Report to/Rapport au :

 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Comité d'agriculture et des questions rurales

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

19 June 2007 / le 19 juin 2007

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager / Directrice municipale adjointe,

Planning, Transit and the Environment / Urbanisme, Transport en commun et Environnement

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Karen Currie, Manager / Gestionnaire, Development Approvals / Approbation des demandes d'aménagement

(613) 580-2424, 28310  Karen.Currie@ottawa.ca

 

Osgoode (20)

Ref N°: ACS2007-PTE-APR-0141

 

 

SUBJECT:

ZONING - Part of 3461 4th Line Road (FILE NO. D02-02-07-0041)

 

 

OBJET :

ZONAGE - partie de 3461, CHEMIN 4th Line

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the  recommend Council approve an amendment to the former Township of Osgoode Zoning By-law to change the zoning of Part of 3461 4th Line Road from RU (Rural Zone) to RU[349] (Rural Exception 349 Zone) as shown in Document 1.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de  recommande au Conseil d’approuver une modification au Règlement municipal de zonage de l’ancien Canton d’Osgoode visant à faire passer de RU (zone d’espace rural) à RU[349] (zone d’espace rural avec exception 349) le zonage d’une partie du 3461, chemin 4th Line comme l’illustre le document 1.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The subject land is located on the east side of 4th Line Road, south of Springhill Road in the former Township of Osgoode. The site is flat and contains a residence, barn, garage and a shed. The surrounding lands are used for agricultural purposes.

 

This property has been subject to a severance application to create a 0.8 hectare residential lot for a surplus farm dwelling. The application was approved by the Committee of Adjustment on March 12, 2007, subject to the condition that the retained lands be rezoned to prohibit any residential uses. The retained land consisting of 21.67 hectares of farm land is the subject of this Zoning By-law amendment application.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Official Plan

 

The Official Plan designates the subject land “Agricultural Resource Area”. Lands are designated Agricultural Resource with the intent of protecting the major areas of agricultural production and other lands suitable for agriculture from loss to other uses; and ensuring that uses, which would result in conflicts with agricultural operations, are not established in productive farming areas.

 

The Plan requires that where an application to sever a surplus dwelling is made, the City will require that the vacant agricultural parcel so created be rezoned to prohibit any residential use.  This housing restriction is intended to limit a pattern of lot creation in Agricultural Resource Areas that would see a new residence being constructed on a vacant farm property, the house being declared surplus and severed from a lot and the pattern so repeated.

 

Zoning By-law

 

The property is currently zoned “Rural (RU) Zone”. The current zoning permits a single detached dwelling, an agricultural and forestry use, a cemetery, a church, a public park and a private home day nursery.

 

Details of Proposed Zoning

 

The purpose of this rezoning is to limit the introduction of any new residential uses, which could lead to the creation of a new lot on the subject property.

 

The proposed zoning will allow for the agricultural land to be combined with a neighbouring farm operation.

 

The proposed zoning is considered appropriate for the site. The RU[349] zone exists within the Osgoode Zoning By-law and is used for this purpose. This restriction will ensure consistency with the 2005 Provincial Policy Statement and conformity with the City Official Plan. Therefore, the Department recommends approval of the rezoning proposal.

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The subject land will be limited to agricultural uses. By restricting residential uses, major agricultural areas will be protected from fragmentation and competing uses. In effect it will enhance a rural heritage and fortify the rural landscape.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City's Public Notification and Consultation Policy. The Ward Councillor is aware of this application and the staff recommendation. The City did not receive any negative comments or opposition to this application.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 

APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS

 

This application was processed by the "On Time Decision Date" established for the processing of Zoning By-law amendment applications.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1      Location Map

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

City Clerk’s Branch, Secretariat Services to notify the owner, Paul Velthuis (Velthuis Farm Ltd.), 3554 5th Line Road, Osgoode, Ontario KOA 2W0, applicant, (same as owner), OttawaScene.com, 174 Colonnade Road, Unit #33, Ottawa, ON  K2E 7J5, Ghislain Lamarche, Program Manager, Assessment, Financial Services Branch (Mail Code:  26-76) of City Council’s decision.

 

Planning, Transit and the Environment Department to prepare the implementing by-law, forward to Legal Services Branch and undertake the statutory notification.

 

Legal Services Branch to forward the implementing by-law to City Council.

LOCATION MAP                                                                                                  DOCUMENT 1