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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT L.L. KRISTOF,M.C.I.P., Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1,10 TEL. (416)263-2231
TO: Chairman & Members of the REPORT NO. P-30-79
Planning & Development Committee DATE: February 27, 1979
SUBJECT: Official Plan Amendment - Bowmanville Official Plan
O.P.A. 148, Wilswar Enterprises Ltd.
Regional File: 77-30
Town File: 0-A-2-4-2
Comments:
In October 1977 the above noted application was circulated
to the Town for comments.
The application was circulated to various agencies by the
Town and Region in order to solicit comments or objections. The
following represents a brief summary of the responses to that circulation.
(i ) Ministry of the Environment - no objection, subject to
provisions of noise control measures.
(ii ) Ministry of Natural Resources - no objection.
(iii ) Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authori�y - cannot re-
commend approval due to flood susceptibility
of a portion of the site.
(iv) Regional Works Department - no objection to amendment,
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however, any rezoning or subdivision appli-
cation would be considered premature due to
lack of sewage capacity in Bowmanville pla}�t.
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(v) School Boards - no objection.
(vi) Town Works Department - no objection.
(vii) Bowmanville Public Utilities Commission - no objection
subject to future concerns regarding
overhead wires.
Having reviewed the concerns of the various agencies relative
to this application, we wish to make the following comments.
The Bowmanville Official Plan designates the site for Indus-
trial uses while the Durham Regional Official Plan shows a residential
designation. To the west of Waverly Road the lands are designated for
industrial uses in both Official Plans, while the lands south of the
Baseline are designated for highway commercial uses and special purpose
commercial in the respective plans. The lands immediately to the north
of the site have been developed for residential purposes.
The proposal for the residential development of these lands
does not appear to be consistent with the neighbourhood design since
there are no provisions for pedestrian movement from this site, north
through the residential neighbourhood, to either of the school sites
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or the local commercial uses. This could create a potentially hazardous
situation for children walking to schools, since the shortest route would
expose them to the traffic of Waverly Road and the Baseline. The application
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also proposes residential frontages along the Baseline, which could further
compound the traffic situation, and is in conflict with the policies of
the Durham Regional Official Plan respecting access to a Type B arterial
road.
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Two further concerns with respect to residential development
on this site are the potential noise problems and the site's intrusion
within the Bowmanville Creek floodplain.
The Ministry of the Environment identified the potential
noise problems created by Highway 401 , the C.N. Railway, the hydro
substation and noise from the two arterials abutting the site. Noise
Levels from these sources would exceed accepted guidelines unless proper
noise attenuation features were incorporated into the development.
The staff of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority,
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have indicated that a portion of the site is flood susceptible which
restricts both the developable area and access to the site unless the
Authority's concerns can be adequately resolved.
Based on the foregoing, the proposed amendment does not
appear to be consistent with the intent of the Bowmanville Official
Plan to create an industrial-commercial node at this location. Insofar
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as the Durham Regional Official Plan is concerned, the present industrial
designation is a permitted use within a residential area, subject to the
inclusion of appropriate designations within the respective district
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plans. Inasmuch as the Bowmanville Official Plan remains in force until
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such time as a District Plan has been approved, it is our interpretation
that the present designation of this site does not offend the intent of
the Durham Regional Official Plan.
Recommendation:
Based on the foregoing, we recommend the following:
"That the Region of Durham be advised that the Town of
Newcastle objects to the proposed amendment to the
Official Plan for the former Town of Bowmanville, File
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77-30 (Former File O.P.A. 143), and that it is our
intent to retain the present designation of these
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lands, for inclusion in that portion of the Newcastle
District Plan dealing with Bowmanville. "
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Respec fully submitted,
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TTE:lb Leslie L. Kristof, M.C. I.P
Director of Planning & Dev lopment
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