Present / Présent : D.
Thompson (Chair/Président), S. Blais (Vice-Chair/Vice-Président)
Councillors / Conseillers S. Moffatt, S. Qadri
Regrets / Excuses : Councillor
/ Conseiller E. El-Chantiry (City Business / Affaires municipales)
DECLARATIONS
OF INTEREST
DÉCLARATIONS D’INTÉRÊT
No declarations of interest were filed.
CONFIRMATION OF
MINUTES
RATIFICATION DU
PROCÈS-VERBAUX
Minutes 1, ARAC / TRC Joint Meeting
of Thursday, 3 March 2011, Minutes 2,
TRC / ARAC Joint Meeting of Wednesday, 6 April 2011 and Minutes 6, ARAC Meeting of Thursday, 7 April 2011, were confirmed.
STATEMENT
REQUIRED UNDER THE PLANNING ACT
The
Committee Chair read a statement required under the Planning Act, which advised anyone intending to appeal the
Comprehensive Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendments listed as Items 2 to 5 and 7 on the agenda that they must either voice their objections at the
public meeting or submit comments in writing prior to the Amendment being
adopted by City Council on
25 May 2011, failing which, the Ontario Municipal Board might dismiss all or
part of the appeal. In addition, it was
noted that applicants could appeal the matter to the Ontario Municipal Board if
Council did not adopt an amendment within 120 days for Zoning, or 180 days for
an Official Plan Amendment, of receipt of the application.
deferrals
renvois
Infrastructure Services and
Community Sustainability
SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET
VIABILITÉ DES COLLECTIVITÉS
PLANNING
and growth management
1. ROAD
CLOSING APPLICATION FOR THE UNTRAVELED ROAD ALLOWANCE BETWEEN 1792 AND 1818 OLD
PRESCOTT ROAD
DEMANDE
DE FERMETURE DE RUE CONCERNANT L’EMPRISE ROUTIÈRE NON FRÉQUENTÉE SITUÉE ENTRE
LE 1792 ET LE 1818, CHEMIN OLD PRESCOTT
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0043 Osgoode (20)
REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
refuse the Road Closing Application for the untraveled road allowance between
1792 and 1818 Old Prescott Road, as shown on Document 1.
Consideration
of this report was deferred from the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
meeting of 3 March 2011.
The
Committee received a PowerPoint slide presentation from Mr. Charles Warnock,
Program Manager, Development Review, Rural Services Branch (East), Planning and
Growth Management (PGM), Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
(ISCS), which served to provide an overview of the staff report and
recommendations. A copy of this
presentation is held on file with the City Clerk.
Mr. Tim
Chadder, J.L. Richards Consultants, spoke to
request a further deferral of this item for purposes of additional
consultation.
Following a brief debate, the report recommendation was put to Committee
and CARRIED, as presented.
2. cOMPREHENSIVE
ZONING BY-LAW 2008-250:
ANOMALIES AND MINOR CORRECTIONS - FIRST QUARTER 2011 -
2980 CONLEY ROAD
Règlement général de zonage 2008-250 : anomalies et corrections mineures - premier trimestre
de 2011 -
2980, Chemin Conley
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0012 City-wide
/ À l'échelle de la Ville
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
recommend Council amend Section 240 of Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2008-250,
Exception [460r], by adding the following to Column IV - Land Uses Prohibited:
(all uses except for)
- a campground
And add to Column V - Provisions:
- a campground is a seasonal
use only.
Consideration
of the portion of this report dealing with the property located at 2980
Conley Road was deferred from the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
meeting of 7 April 2011.
Councillor
Moffatt said that he had spoken with the owner and planner involved, and that
although work on zoning would continue, the Committee could proceed to accept the
recommendation as presented.
The report recommendations were then put to
Committee and CARRIED, as presented.
REGULAR ITEMS (PGM,
ISCS)
POINTS RÉGULIERS
(UGC, SIVC)
3. ZONING - 6622 RIDEAU VALLEY DRIVE
ZONAGE -
6622, promenade rideau valley
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0096 Rideau–Goulbourn (21)
(This application is subject to the
provisions of Bill 51.)
REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law
2008-250 to change the zoning of 6622 Rideau Valley Drive from Development
Reserve Subzone 1 (DR1) to Village Residential First Density Subzone P (V1P) as
shown in Document 1.
Mr. Mike
Casey, Novatech Engineering, spoke in support of
the report although expressed concerns with the length of time the process had
taken.
The report recommendation was then put to Committee and CARRIED, as
presented.
directions to staff:
That Planning and Growth Management staff
follow up with Mr. Casey to address his concerns.
4. ZONING
- 3131 RIVER ROAD
ZONAGE -
3131, CHEMIN RIVER
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0098 Osgoode (20)
(This application is subject to the
provisions of Bill 51.)
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS:
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law
2008-250 to:
1. Change the zoning for
part of 3131 River Road from Agricultural Subzone 2 (AG2) to Agricultural
Subzone 6 (AG6) as shown on Document 1; and
2. Amend
the AG2 [Agricultural Subzone 2] Zone for part of 3131 River Road, as shown on
Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
5. ZONING
- 6080 McVAGH ROAD
ZONAGE -
6080, CHEMIN mcvagh
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0103 Cumberland (19)
(This application is subject to the
provisions of Bill 51.)
REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law
2008-250 to change the zoning for part of 6080 McVagh Road from Agricultural
Subzone 2 (AG2) to Agricultural Subzone 6 (AG6) as shown in Document 1.
Mr. Jeff Ritskes was the only registered speaker, and
expressed that he would be pleased should Committee approve the report
recommendation.
The report recommendation was then put to Committee and CARRIED, as
presented.
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL
CITY CLERK AND SOLICITOR
GREFFIER ET CHEF DU CONTENTIEUX
6. FLEWELLYN
SPECIAL STUDY AREA
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICIES - PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO OPA 76
AIRE
D’ÉTUDE SPÉCIALE DE FLEWELLYN
POLITIQUES
ENVIRONNEMENTALES - CHANGEMENTS PROPOSÉS À LA MPO 76
ACS2011- CMR-LEG-0013 City-wide / À l'échelle de la Ville
REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council
endorse the modifications to Official Plan Amendment No. 76 set forth in
Documents 1 and 2 to this report.
The Committee received a verbal
overview of the staff report and recommendations from Mr. Tim Marc, Senior
Legal Counsel, Corporate Development and Environmental Law Branch, City Clerk
and Solicitor’s Department. Mr. Marc
said he wished it to be known that despite the fact that this report was
transmitted under the banner of the City’s Legal department, the planning analysis had actually been done by Planning
and Growth Management staff.
The
following five delegations spoke to the report to express their views and/or concerns:
Ms. Ursula Melinz*,
Soloway, Wright for Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd.;
Mr. Ken McRae (copy of presentation held on
file);
Mr. Terry Hale, Goulbourn Landowners
Group, Inc. (copy of reference map held on
file);
Mr. Mike Westley, Goulbourn Landowners Group, Inc.; and,
Mr. Domenic Idone, R. W. Tomlinson (copy of presentation held on
file).
* Ms. Melinz expressed her endorsement
of the proposals as submitted by R.W. Tomlinson.
At the request of staff, Committee
approved the following motions to incorporate corrections and modifications to the
staff report:
MOTION No. ARA 7/1
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:
That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve
that the row corresponding to Item 269 in Document 1 be replaced with Item 269 in
Document 3.
CARRIED
MOTION No. ARA 7/2
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:
That ARAC recommend to Council that the City Clerk and Solicitor be
directed to seek a modification to Section 4.7.3, Policy 3 such that it will
read as follows:
3. The setback provided for in
policies 1 and 2 will be implemented through the zoning by-law and any change
in the setback will require a zoning by-law amendment or variance that is
consistent with the policies in this section of the Plan.
CARRIED
MOTION No. ARA 7/3
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council
approve that the City Clerk and Solicitor be directed to seek a modification to
Section 3.2.5 such that it will read as follows:
3.2.5 – Flewellyn Special Study Area
Land in the vicinity of
In addition to the Flewellyn Special Study Area policies, the Study Area
remains subject to the Drainage By-law No. 2007 – 398 and former Township of
Goulbourn Removal of Topsoil By-law No. 45 - 86.
Policies
1. Notwithstanding the
underlying designations on Schedule A of this Plan, no new development, as
defined in Section 4.7.8, will be permitted until the Flewellyn Special Study
Area overlay is removed.
2. Uses that lawfully exist
on the date that this provision comes into force are recognized and may
continue. [Mod. 33.]
CARRIED
Following
Committee discussion, the report recommendations, as amended by Motions ARA
7/1, ARA 7/2 and ARA 7/3 and set out in full below, were then put to Committee:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council
endorse the modifications to Official Plan Amendment No. 76 set forth in
Documents 1 and 2 to this report, as amended by the following:
1. That the row
corresponding to Item 269 in Document 1 be replaced with Item 269 in Document
3;
2. That
the City Clerk and Solicitor be directed to seek a modification to Section
4.7.3, Policy 3 such that it will read as follows:
“3. The setback provided for in
policies 1 and 2 will be implemented through the zoning by-law and any change
in the setback will require a zoning by-law amendment or variance that is
consistent with the policies in this section of the Plan.”;
3. That the City Clerk and Solicitor be directed to seek a modification to
Section 3.2.5 such that it will read as follows:
“3.2.5 – Flewellyn Special Study Area
Land in the vicinity of
In addition to the Flewellyn Special
Study Area policies, the Study Area remains subject to the Drainage By-law No.
2007 – 398 and former Township of Goulbourn Removal of Topsoil By-law No. 45 -
86.
Policies
1. Notwithstanding
the underlying designations on Schedule A of this Plan, no new development, as
defined in Section 4.7.8, will be permitted until the Flewellyn Special Study
Area overlay is removed.
2. Uses
that lawfully exist on the date that this provision comes into force are
recognized and may continue. [Mod. 33.]”
CARRIED
directions to staff:
That Planning and Growth Management / Legal
staff respond to the R.W. Tomlinson submissions on the Flewellyn Special Study
Area Environmental Policies via memo to City Council prior to Council’s meeting
of 25 May 2011.
Infrastructure Services and
Community Sustainability
SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET
VIABILITÉ DES COLLECTIVITÉS
PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT
URBANISME et Gestion de la croissance
7. former Cumberland interim control study and
zoning by-law amendment – waste processing and transfer facilities
ÉTUDE SUR LA RESTRICTION PROVISOIRE DANS
L’ANCIEN SECTEUR DE cUMBERLAND ET MODIFICATION AU RÈGLEMENT DE ZONAGE –
Installations de traitement et de transfert des déchets
ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0104 cUMBERLAND (19)
REPORT RECOMMENDATION:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council
that a Zoning By-law Amendment be adopted that creates
a set of General Provisions applicable to waste processing and transfer
facilities, and that these regulations have general applicability throughout
the Rural Area of the City.
The Committee received a
highly detailed PowerPoint slide presentation from Ms. Beth Desmarais, Planner,
Community Design and Environment, Policy Development and Urban Design, PGM,
ISCS, which served to provide the Committee with an overview of the staff
report and recommendations. A copy of this presentation is
held on file with the City Clerk.
The
following five delegations spoke to the report to express their views and/or
concerns in opposition to the report:
Mr. Camile Lebrun;
Mr. Marc Labrosse, Vice Hunter
Labrosse LLP;
Ms. Sylvia Tauvette;
Mr. Ivan Tanner; and,
Ms. Laurie McCannell.
At the request of staff, Committee
approved the following motions to incorporate modifications to the staff
report:
MOTION No. ARA 7/4
Moved by Councillor S. Blais:
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee recommend Council approve:
1. That Clause 1 of Document 3 –
Details of Recommended Zoning be deferred and brought forward to Committee at a
later date.
2. That Document 3 – Details of
Recommended Zoning, Clause 2 be modified as follows:
1. Amend
Part III, Specific Use Provisions, to add a new
Section 95: Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities and to add the following:
Section 95 - WASTE PROCESSING AND
TRANSFER FACILITIES IN THE RURAL AREA
(1) The
following applies to Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities in the area shown
on Schedule xxx:
(a) waste
processing and transfer facility (putrescible) is only permitted in RH Zones,
(b) minimum
lot area for waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible): 2 ha,
(c) minimum separation distance
of 300 metres is required between a building containing a waste processing and
transfer facility (putrescible) and a principal building on a lot zoned Rural
Residential (RR), Rural Countryside (RU), Village Residential (V1, V2, V3),
Village Mixed Use (VM), Rural Minor Institutional (RI1) and Rural Major
Institutional (RI2);
(d) minimum separation distance of 300 metres is required between a
building containing a waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and
a principal building on a residentially-zoned or institutionally-zoned lot
located within Area C of Schedule 1,
(e) New
development in proximity to existing waste processing and transfer facilities
(putrescible) must also comply with the minimum separation distance;
(f) despite
the required minimum separation distance, no waste processing and transfer
facility (putrescible) is deemed to be non-complying by the subsequent erection
of a residential use or institutional use building on another lot,
(g) waste
processing and transfer facilities, (putrescible) and waste processing and
transfer facilities, (non-putrescible), are restricted to having either direct
access to a designated truck route or access through an RG- or RH-zoned
industrial subdivision leading directly to a designated truck route,
(h) the
development of a waste processing transfer facility, (putrescible) or a waste
processing transfer facility (non-putrescible)
must not result in truck traffic that necessitates travel through a
Village, and
(i) the development of a waste processing transfer facility,
(putrescible) or a waste processing transfer facility (non-putrescible) must
not be developed without the approval of the Ministry of Environment.
(j) In
Rural Heavy Industrial (RH) Zones in the area as shown on Schedule xxx the
following terms and definitions replace the term ‘waste processing and transfer
facility:
Waste
processing and transfer facility (non-putresible) means a facility where
non-putresible waste is sorted, processed and temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and may include a
recycling operation.
Waste processing and transfer
facility (putrescible) means a facility where putrescible and non-putrescible waste
is sorted, processed or temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and may
include a source separated organics and biosolids processing and storage
facility.
(k) On
lands zoned RG in the area shown on Schedule xxx this section applies to ‘waste
processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible).
(l) On
lands zoned RH in the area shown on Schedule xxx this section applies to ‘waste
processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible)’ and ‘waste processing and
transfer facility (putrescible)’
(m) On lands zoned Rural Heavy
Industrial (RH) Zone a minimum lot area of 2 ha
is required in the case of a waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible).
(n) waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and
waste processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible) must not be used as a
solid waste disposal facility; and
(o) outdoor storage of putrescible waste is prohibited.”
2. Amend
the Zoning Map to delete the exceptions [27r] and [29r] from the lands known as
5001 Herbert Drive.
3. Amend
Section 17 - Schedules of By-law No. 2008-250 to add a new schedule that shows
the rural areas of old Cumberland that where subject to the original Interim
Control By-law, to be noted as Schedule xxx.
3. That
no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act.
4. That
Committee direct staff to come back to Committee with this item again with
requisite public notice for the balance of the rural area.
CARRIED
MOTION No. ARA 7/5
Moved by Councillor S. Blais:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council
approve:
1. That Document 3 –
Details of Recommended Zoning, Clause 2 be modified to
add two additional regulations:
“(10) waste processing and transfer facility
(putrescible) and waste processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible) must
not be used as a solid waste disposal facility; and
(11) outdoor
storage of putrescible waste is prohibited.”
2. That wherever reference
is made, in the Report and Documents attached thereto, to the lands identified
as “307 Entrepreneur Crescent”, such address is incorrect and should be changed
to “336 Entrepreneur Crescent”.
- That no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34(17) of
the Planning Act.
CARRIED
Following
Committee discussion, the report recommendations, as amended by Motions ARA 7/4
and ARA 7/5 and set out in full below, were then put
to Committee:
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council
that a Zoning By-law Amendment be adopted that creates
a set of General Provisions applicable to waste processing and transfer
facilities, and that these regulations have general applicability throughout
the Rural Area of the City, as amended by the following:
1. That Clause 1 of Document 3 –
Details of Recommended Zoning be deferred and brought forward to Committee at a
later date.
2. That Document 3 – Details of
Recommended Zoning, Clause 2 be modified as follows:
A) Amend Part III, Specific Use
Provisions, to add a new Section 95: Waste Processing
and Transfer Facilities and to add the following:
Section 95 - Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities in the Rural Area
(1) The following applies to Waste
Processing and Transfer Facilities in the area shown on Schedule xxx:
(a) waste
processing and transfer facility (putrescible) is only permitted in RH Zones,
(b) minimum
lot area for waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible): 2 ha,
(c) minimum separation distance of
300 metres is required between a building containing a waste processing and
transfer facility (putrescible) and a principal building on a lot zoned Rural
Residential (RR), Rural Countryside (RU), Village Residential (V1, V2, V3),
Village Mixed Use (VM), Rural Minor Institutional (RI1) and Rural Major
Institutional (RI2);
(d) minimum separation distance of
300 metres is required between a building containing a waste processing and
transfer facility (putrescible) and a principal building on a
residentially-zoned or institutionally-zoned lot located within Area C of
Schedule 1,
(e) New development in proximity
to existing waste processing and transfer facilities (putrescible) must also
comply with the minimum separation distance;
(f) despite the required minimum
separation distance, no waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) is
deemed to be non-complying by the subsequent erection of a residential use or
institutional use building on another lot,
(g) waste processing and transfer
facilities, (putrescible) and waste processing and transfer facilities,
(non-putrescible), are restricted to having either direct access to a
designated truck route or access through an RG- or RH-zoned industrial
subdivision leading directly to a designated truck route,
(h) the development of a waste
processing transfer facility, (putrescible) or a waste processing transfer
facility (non-putrescible) must not
result in truck traffic that necessitates travel through a Village, and
(i) the
development of a waste processing transfer facility, (putrescible) or a waste
processing transfer facility (non-putrescible) must not be developed without
the approval of the Ministry of Environment.
(j) In Rural Heavy Industrial
(RH) Zones in the area as shown on Schedule xxx the following terms and
definitions replace the term ‘waste processing and transfer facility:
Waste processing and transfer
facility (non-putresible) means a facility where non-putresible waste is
sorted, processed and temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and may
include a recycling operation.
Waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) means a facility
where putrescible and non-putrescible waste is sorted, processed or temporarily
stored prior to transfer off site and may include a source separated organics
and biosolids processing and storage facility.
(k) On lands zoned RG in the area
shown on Schedule xxx this section applies to ‘waste processing and transfer
facility (non-putrescible).
(l) On lands zoned RH in the area
shown on Schedule xxx this section applies to ‘waste processing and transfer
facility (non-putrescible)’ and ‘waste processing and transfer facility
(putrescible)’
(m) On lands zoned Rural
Heavy Industrial (RH) Zone a minimum lot area of 2 ha is required in the case of a waste processing and transfer
facility (putrescible).
(n) waste
processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and waste processing and
transfer facility (non-putrescible) must not be used as a solid waste disposal
facility; and
(o) outdoor
storage of putrescible waste is prohibited.”
B) Amend the Zoning Map to delete
the exceptions [27r] and [29r] from the lands known as 5001 Herbert Drive.
C) Amend Section 17 - Schedules of
By-law No. 2008-250 to add a new schedule that shows the rural areas of old
Cumberland that where subject to the original Interim Control By-law, to be
noted as Schedule xxx;
3. That
Committee direct staff to come back to Committee with this item again with
requisite public notice for the balance of the rural area;
4. That wherever reference is
made, in the Report and Documents attached thereto, to the lands identified as
“307 Entrepreneur Crescent”, such address is incorrect and should be changed to
“336 Entrepreneur Crescent”; and,
That no further notice be provided pursuant to
Section 34(17) of the Planning Act.
CARRIED
directions to staff:
The Committee directed the Committee Co-ordinator to renumber the provisions in the adopted motions as necessary.
That Planning and Growth Management / Legal
staff address the deletion of exception [29R] in respect of the lands known as 5001
Herbert Drive via memo to City Council prior to Council’s meeting of 25 May
2011.
That Planning and Growth Management / Legal
staff address the City-wide aspects of the proposed zoning changes in respect
of Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities via memo to City Council prior to
Council’s meeting of 25 May 2011.
ADDITIONAL
ITEM
POINT
SUPPLÉMENTAIRE
Councillor/Conseiller S.
Moffatt
8. RURAL REVIEW -
ESTABLISHMENT OF PROJECT WORKING GROUPS
L’examen
rural - Établissement de groupes de
travail pour des projets
MOTION No.
ARA 7/6
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the
Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to section 84(3) of the Procedure By-Law
(being By-Law 2006-462).
CARRIED
MOTION No.
ARA 7/7
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:
Whereas the Rural
Review is the umbrella name given to the suite of inter-related rural land use
planning projects in the rural area that will be completed to inform the 2014
review of the Official Plan;
And whereas a Rural
Review Steering Committee has been established to provide oversight and advice
to the individual projects;
And whereas the
Steering Committee Project Charter contemplates the creation of Working Groups
for the individual projects;
And whereas working
groups may be required by the Steering Committee;
Therefore be it resolved that
1. A
selection committee of Councillors will be established to select the members of
Project Working Groups; and,
2. Individuals
interested in participating in a Working Group will be asked to submit a Letter
of Interest indicating their background and expertise relating to the subject
matter of the particular project.
CARRIED
“OPEN MIKE” SESSION
« TRIBUNE
LIBRE »
Ms. Claire Deschènes spoke to the Committee about drainage issues
affecting her personal property.
Councillor Blais offered to speak with her to try to address her
concerns.
Mr. Wyatt McWilliams spoke to the Committee to inform of an
upcoming (3 June 2011) Food Aid fair and
barbeque at Ottawa City Hall, and he invited all in attendance to participate.
ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE
LA SÉANCE
The meeting was
adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
Original signed by Original
signed by
C. Zwierzchowski Councillor
D. Thompson
Committee Coordinator Chair