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C ORFURAHON 0 111- TOWN OF NEWC-AST1T
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMEN I DEPA€$TM ENT D. N. Smi_tla ,M.C.I.P., Director
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HAMPTON, ONTARIO LOB U
O TEL. (416) 2612231
REPORT TO T
1 ' LAtiNi`G AND )C VsIOPrtN COMMITTEE
AIEIJTII`IG OF June 11, 1979 .
UPOhT NO. . P-90- 79
;UBJBCT: Official Plan Amendment Application
P'.il.c : 75-32/D/ND - Part Lot 7, Con. 1, former. Township
of D,crlin£;tenn - Schic�kendanz Developments Ltd.
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l lIACKGROUND:
' ThO Subject- application was originally circulated to the
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Town for cor,uce nt in October, l94„� :(n accordance with the procedures
for processing there al)PlicaLlodIs ' at that time, furker requests were �
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made of the applicant . Due to the applicant 's apparent neglect of these
requests tho Planning Department considered the application abandoned
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► rend recommended a new nlrpl tcat i.on bc. submitted prior to further ec>us i.d-
oration.
In ldov`mhct: 197ti the applicant requested that processing of
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this application he continued. At that time, staff reviewed the file
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Ind recommundcd to Goan.i. t l.ue that t:he Region he advised that we have no
objection to the further processing of the application, provided tint
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the application was ruclu :ul"ted for revised or updated
comments. In
accordance with that ru( olam- n.l:ct t.ice Region has recirculated the
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application and now requests the Town's comments relative to this
III MCIIENTS:
The subject site is located north of Highway 2, east of the
Super Creek, SOHLh of Concussion Street and west of the Darlington
Third Line consi.sting ot approximately 45. 7 ha (113 ac.) .
The Site is
Presently designated "Permanent Agricultural
Reserve" by Me Durham RegLunal officUnl Alan and, therefore, all
amendment is required to permi.t the proposed Urban Residential and
Commercial Uses .
"he subject al)?livati011 was circulated to various concerned
agencies; and a notice publi-shed to soLicit public input,
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Group present ly preparin,,p, the BQw,"allvi I le Urban Area Plan were requested
to review this applicac on du ill Wir preliminary investigations in
order to ancertaLn its iot n
: 0 71—IMAIlLcations relative to servicing and
presently CUMNLud or doo[gnated are,, for urban growth,
Th( le wu, 3 no to LhU public notice and the result oL
the circulation are
ouMnlod be Low. However, the review by the I ,B, I,
group QdWnLos that while the area, may at Some time in the future form
a logicaL extonsion to tha urban are", present cnnniumentg and dpsLqnntWn
will adequately accounodate Bowmanvillu 's potential growth withLn the tim(:
Of WS Man Area Mall. Approval of
this proposal, therefore,
may require addMonal
rapLtal expenditures and redesign for servicing;
unless a rcNilocatLon of plant capacity, away from presently designated
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Town of Newcastle PAM Works no comment .
Publkscho-&- .00ard- no objection, however, a school site: would be
required within the area.
Hoard - no objAy
_,Separate- School
C.L.O.C.A. - Concerned about the potential impacts upon the Soper
Creek in a trout habitat. Require
applicant to
denonnMLP methods by AM impacts would be
MitigNt-rd prior to Official plan amendment and
feel Lhat: approval of proposed amendment would b
premnlurp .
-- lygionjI Wy-rks, Cannot support the application due
to the fact that
sanitary norvices are not available and the site in
outside of the dusf ,awd drainage area of the Soper
Creek trunk sewer system, Furthermore, Rejonn].
Works has no plans to extend sanitary services into
this Nrea.
Mi-ilistry of Mural Resources - No
objection to the
principle of
development on this site; however they are concerned
about- iNzard land areas and potential impactor up,u
the ;;opc,r Cr(,,uk ,wy a frouL habitat.
Mnist:ry and Fool''
Qbjuct to the proposal due cn the
l-a(:-L th.,iC -J-jje J :� prime agricultural land currently
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an ideal natural boundary between the Bowmanvible Urban
Area and the adjaCenL rural areas.
Our revLow or Lho comments received also indicate that anide
from servicino tharo aro Privirnumental and agricultural co"curns Lo be
considered.
CONCLUS ION
In vipw of the Kct t. rat large amounts of land have currently
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been designaL, For urban development within the Bow-manville area; and
the fact that: this d0vOlopniVaL will arvur over a relntivejy long purLod
of Linde; we a: c tillable Vj suppo"t, fhQ appl Vation at this time.
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jl That the PLan"Ing and Development Committee
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recommend to
Council the foll,win,:
That this report b eived; and that
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Region of Durhl jjj
��'!Ijndvised that the Town of
Newcastle rucommends;
Ch"al of Official Plan Amend-
[""nt No.
75-32/D/ND; affecting Part of Lot 7,
Concession
1 , former 1ywnHhjp of
DuFlington, on the basis that It
IS premature,
Respectfully
submitted,
ATEMB
Hay 30, 1.979 D. N. Smith, M.C. I.P.
Director or Planning,
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