1 Document 2 – Official Plan Amendment Official Plan Amendment 162 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa
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1 Document 2 – Official Plan Amendment Official Plan Amendment 162 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa 2 INDEX THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS PART A – THE PREAMBLE Purpose …………………………………………………………………….......... Location …………………………………………………………………………... Basis ………………………………………………………………………………. PART B – THE AMENDMENT Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. Details of the Amendment ……………………………………………………… Implementation and Interpretation …………………………………………….. Schedule 1 of Amendment 162 – Official Plan for the City of Ottawa …. Schedule 2 of Amendment 162 – Official Plan for the City of Ottawa….. Schedule 3 of Amendment 162 – Official Plan for the City of Ottawa….. ANNEX A Manotick Secondary Plan ……………………………………………………… 3 THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS PART A – THE PREAMBLE introduces the amendment but does not constitute part of Amendment 162 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa. PART B – THE AMENDMENT constitutes Amendment 162 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa. 4 PART A – THE PREAMBLE 1.0 PURPOSE The purpose of Amendment 162 to the Official Plan is to provide updated planning policy that will guide long term development and change in the Village of Manotick. The Manotick Secondary Plan supplements the broad policy direction of the Official Plan for the Village. It will replace the existing Manotick Secondary Plan found in Volume 2C of the Official Plan. The Amendment will also include updates to Manotick’s village boundary and other mapping, remove out-dated policies in the Official Plan and increase the cap on commercial development for the Mews shopping centre. 5 2.0 LOCATION The Manotick Secondary Plan applies to the area generally bounded by Bankfield Road, First Line Road, Century Road, the eastern edge of Long Island and Rideau Valley Drive as delineated within the heavy dark line shown below. 6 3.0 BASIS Manotick is one of the largest villages in the City of Ottawa. It is located in Ottawa’s rural area, south of the urban boundary and east of Highway 416. The Rideau River, which is part of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site runs through Manotick providing a significant amount of waterfront property within the Village. Adjacent to the Rideau River is the historic Watson’s Mill and adjacent buildings that form the Mill Quarter. This Plan will guide development to result in a more sustainable community that accommodates residents’ housing needs, reinforces the historic character of the village core, provides a pedestrian-oriented core and improves connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists in the Village Core, neighbourhoods, local destinations, and the Rideau River. Further the Plan aims to protect the natural heritage system and recognizes environmental constraints. Other significant changes in the updated Manotick Secondary Plan reflect the availability of public water and wastewater services, where only private wells and septic systems were available previously, the results of the Mud Creek Subwatershed Study (2015) and the designation of the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Council-approved Official Plan states that the City will encourage employment in the larger villages, such as Manotick, to have at least 0.65 jobs per household. Since 443 new jobs were created between 2006 and 2012, it is assumed that this will be achievable with development along Manotick Main Street and adjacent commercial areas by 2031 without the need to identify specific employment lands. 7 PART B – THE AMENDMENT 1.0 Introduction All of this part of this document entitled “Part B – The Amendment” consisting of the following text, Schedule 1 – Amending Schedule A – Rural Policy Plan, Schedule 2 – Amending Schedule H – Road Network – Select Villages, Schedule 3 – Amending Schedules L1, L2 and L3 Natural Heritage System Overlay, and the Manotick Secondary Plan attached as Annex A constitutes Amendment 162 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa 2.0 Details The Official Plan for the City of Ottawa is amended as follows: a) Volume 1, Section 3.7.1, Policy 7. Villages is amended by adding after the sentence: “Permitted uses will include: residential and retail and commercial service facilities of up to 10,000 square metres gross leasable area.” the following: “Notwithstanding this limit, the Manotick Mews, as identified in the Manotick Secondary Plan, may accommodate up to 11,000 square metres gross leasable area. b) Volume 1, Schedule A – Rural Policy Plan is amended by re-designating lands from “General Rural Area” to “Village” as shown on Schedule “1” of this Official Plan Amendment. c) Volume 1, Schedule H – Road Network – Select Villages is amended by adding the collector road shown on Schedule “2” of this Official Plan Amendment to the inset map for Manotick. d) Volume 1, Schedule L – Natural Heritage System Overlay is amended by adding mapping shown on Schedule “3” of this Official Plan Amendment. e) Volume 2C – Secondary Plan Villages is amended by deleting the Former City of Nepean policies. f) Volume 2C – Secondary Plan Villages is amended by deleting “Manotick Official Plan Amendment” and replacing it with Annex A – Manotick Secondary Plan. 8 3.0 Implementation and Interpretation Implementation and interpretation of this Amendment shall be in accordance with the policies of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa. 9 4.0 Schedule 1 of Amendment 162 10 Schedule 2 of Amendment No.162 11 Schedule 3 of Amendment No. 162 12 Annex A ____________________________________________________________ MANOTICK SECONDARY PLAN ____________________________________________________________ 13 Contents 1.0 Introduction and Planning Framework 1.1 Community Vision 1.2 Goals and Objectives 1.2.1 Goals 1.2.2 Objectives 2.0 Land Use and Design 2.1 General 2.2 Village Core 2.2.1 Main Street 2.2.2 Bridge Street 2.2.3 Historic Village 2.2.4 Mews 2.2.5 Gaps 2.2.6 Design Guidelines - Village Core 2.3 Residential 2.3.1 Residential Detached (Estate) 2.3.2 Residential Detached (Low Density) 2.3.3 Residential (Medium Density) 2.3.4 Special Design Area (SDA) – Estate Residential and Open Space 2.3.5 Mahogany Community 2.3.6 Mixed Residential-Commercial 2.4 Park, Open Space and Greenspaces 14 3.0 Connectivity, Traffic and Parking 3.1 Sidewalks and Multi-use Pathways 3.2 Rideau River Access and Views 3.3 Cycling 3.4 Local Traffic and Parking 3.4.1 Local Traffic 3.4.2 Parking 4.0 Natural Heritage System and Environmental Constraints 4.1 Natural Heritage System 4.2 Environmental Constraints 5.0 Servicing 5.1 Water and Wastewater 5.2 Stormwater 6.0 Implementation and Interpretation Schedules Schedule A – Land Use Schedule B – Village Core Character Areas Schedule C – Mahogany Land Use Schedule D – Phasing for Mahogany Community 15 Annexes Annex 1 – Historic Village – Street Tree Inventory Annex 2 – Natural Heritage Wastewater Network Annex 3 – Proposed Water Distribution System Annex 4 – Proposed Water Distribution System Annex 5 – Rideau River Access Annex 6 – Village Connectivity Plan – Manotick Village Core and Historic Character Area Annex 7 – Village Connectivity Annex 8 – Transportation Measures – Parking and Traffic Annex 9 – Transportation Measures – Alternative Travel. 16 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING FRAMEWORK 1.1 Community Vision The vision for Manotick is to maintain a village atmosphere in a growing inclusive community that respects Manotick’s historic beginnings, where resdients daily needs are met and where visitors are welcomed in a pedestrian-oriented commercial core. People will be able to easily access a network of sidewalks, bicycle routes and multi- use pathways to reach the village’s amenities, natural areas, parks and the Rideau River. 1.2 Goals and Objectives 1.2.1 Goals The goal of the Manotick Secondary Plan is to provide a policy framework that supports the community vision. The policy framework will serve to: 1. Maintain and enhance Manotick’s village character. 2. Enhance and develop Manotick as a vibrant, walkable and cycle friendly community and gathering place for both residents and visitors. 3. Ensure that the Village Core is a focus of commercial and community activity. 4. Address local parking and traffic issues in the Village Core. 5. Ensure that residential development located outside of the Village Core consists primarily of single detached dwellings, with the exception of the Mahogany Community and lands designated Residential (Medium Density) as detailed in this Plan. This density of development will offer a broader range of housing that will take advantage of public services. 6. Maintain Manotick’s natural areas and open spaces while enhancing access to the Rideau River. 7. Improve connectivity that provides ways for residents and visitors to easily travel throughout the Village to the core, schools, parks, natural areas, Rideau River, and neighbourhoods. 8. Protect the natural environment. 9. Provide a strategy for the expansion of public water and wastewater services. 17 1.2.2 Objectives In order to implement the vision for Manotick, the objectives of the Manotick Secondary Plan are to: 1. Provide a land use plan and policies that will guide long-term development and improve sustainability in the Village. 2. Provide a connectivity plan for pedestrians, cyclists and others that will improve ways in which residents and visitors can travel within, to and from the Village Core, that also increases access to the Rideau River, Manotick’s amenities, services and destinations. 3. Provide a strategy to address local parking and local traffic issues in the Village Core. 4. Provide policies guiding future expansion of public water and wastewater services. 5. Provide an implementation strategy for this Secondary Plan. 18 2.0 LAND USE AND DESIGN The Plan sets out a broad range of land use categories within the Village including: Village Core, Residential, Mixed Residential-Commercial, Parks, Open Space and Greenspaces. Each of these categories may be further divided into distinct areas with each having its own policies. All land uses located within Manotick’s village boundaries will be subject to the Land Use and Design policies in Section 2.0.