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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting:
General Purpose and Administration Committee
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Date:
Monday, June 18,2001
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Report #:
PD-062-01
File #: PLN 12.5
Subject:
COURTICE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR/MAIN CENTRAL AREA STUDY
FINAL REPORT PRESENTATION
FILE NO.: PLN 12.S
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-062-0l be received;
2. THAT the Courtice Highway 2 Corridor/Main Central Area Study be received;
3. THAT the Courtice Highway 2 CorridorlMain Central Area Study be referred back to
staff of the Planning & Development and Public Works Departments for review;
4. THAT Staff be authorized to prepare a Secondary Plan for the Courtice Highway 2
CorridorlMain Central Area using the information contained in the Courtice Highway 2
CorridorlMain Central Area Study as appropriate;
5. THAT Staff be authorized to advertise for a Public Meeting under the Planning Act to
consider a proposal to amend the Clarington Official Plan and incorporate the Secondary
Plan; and
6. THAT the Study be forwarded to the Region of Durham for their consideration.
1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The Courtice Highway 2 Corridor StudylMain Central Area Study has been initiated by the
Municipality ofClarington and the Region of Durham in July 2000. The consulting firms of
Markson, Borooah, Hodgson Architects, TSH Associates, Valerie Cranmer and Associates and
TCI Management Consultants were engaged in July 1999 to conduct the Study. A Technical
Committee consisting of Staff of the Municipality of Clarington, Region of Durham and Central
Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, and a Study Committee consisting of Municipal
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Councillors, major property owners and residents were set up to work with the consultants on the
Study,
The purpose of the Study is:
. To provide urban design principles to guide the development of Highway 2 (King Street) in
Courtice as a Main Street for the community;
. To create an overall framework of mixed use development along the Corridor that will
accommodate change through various development scenarios in the long term;
. To create a framework for the development of the Main Central Area into the primary focal
point of activity, interest and identity for Courtice; and to provide urban design guidelines, an
access management plan and an implementation strategy to assist the Municipality in the
development ofthis critical part ofthe Courtice Urban Area.
2. STUDY AREA
The Study Area was originally divided into two parts, the Highway 2 Corridor, from Prestonvale
Road to Courtice Road and the Courtice Main Central Area bounded by Sandringham, Highway
2, Maplefield and Trolls Road). It became clear during the course of the study that the Highway
2 Corridor and the Main Central Area are not separate and distinct entities but part of an
integrated whole with land uses that are dependent on each other. Also during the course of the
study, Council approved an expansion of the original study boundary to Townline Road to the
west and Hancock Road to the east for design consideration. Map I shown the study area
(Attachment 1).
3. PROCESS
The Study consisted of seven phases as follows:
. Identification ofIssues, Constraints and Opportunities
. Principles of Land Use, Urban Design and Transportation
. Developing a Vision
. Confirming the Vision
. Policy Directions and Urban Design Guidelines
. Draft Secondary Plan and Implementation Strategy; and
. Final Report
Each phase was developed with input from the committees, major property owners and five
workshops held throughout the study process. In addition, the planning process was supported
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by an extensive communication strategy and the production and distribution of four interim
reports, newspaper advertisements, municipal web site updates and a series of newsletters that
summarized the results of the consultation process.
The final report is now completed and the report together with a summary of recommendations
will be presented to Council on June 18, 2001.
4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The study process was based on extensive consultation with the various residents and property
owners in the area. Every effort was made to balance competing interests in an effort to ensure
that the area will be transformed into the focal point of Courtice in the future. To continue the
process it is recommended that staffbe authorized to initiate an Official Plan amendment to
incorporate the recommendations ofthe study as appropriate and that a copy of the study be
forwarded to the Region of Durham for their consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
Reviewed by,
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Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.
Chief Administrative Officer
Bin Newell
Acting Director of Planning and Development
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11 June 2001
Attachment NO.1
Map of Study Area
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