The Corporation of the City of Welland Official Plan
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THE CORPORATIONOF THE CITY OF WELLAND Q,FFICIAL PLAN Revised: November 4, 2019 [this page is intentionally blank] AMENDMENT BY‐LAW BY‐LAW DATE APPROVAL PURPOSE NUMBER NUMBER DATE 1 2012‐64 February 25, 2013 OMB ORDER High Density Issue Date Residential Section February 25, 4.2.3.20.A (529 South 2013 Pelham Road 2 2013‐95 July 16, 2013 August 13, 2013 Low Density Residential Section 4.2.3.20.C 3 2013‐104 August 12, 2013 September 10, Medium Density 2013 Residential Section 4.2.3.20.D (Coyle Creek Estates Phase 6 Subdivision 4 2013‐110 August 27, 2013 September 26, Area 3: Canadian Tire 2016 Financial Site Section 6.7.3.1 to 6.7.3.4 (475, 55 and 635 Princes Charles Drive) Low Density Residential Section 4.2.2.2.B Parks, Open Space and Recreational Section 6.2.2.1.B Site Plan Control Section 7.8.1 (Various City‐owned Facilities) 5 2013‐118 September 10, October 10, 2013 High Density 2013 Residential Section 4.2.3.20.E (1 Griffith Street) 6 2014‐89 July 15, 2014 August 7, 2014 Community Commercial Corridor Section 4.4.3.13.B (152 Hellems Avenue and 131 Young Street) 7 2014‐138 October 7, 2014 November 11, Core Natural Heritage 2014 System, Open Space & Recreation, Low Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, Area Specific Low Density Residential and Area Specific Medium Density Residential Section 4.4.3.13.D (Sparrow Meadows Estates Subdivision) 8 2015‐58 May 19, 2015 File closed by Community OMB September Commercial Corridor 21, 2015 June Section 4.4.3.13.E (142 23, 2015 and 144A Thorold Road) 9 2015‐58 May 19, 2015 File closed by Community OMB September Commercial Corridor 21, 2015 Section 4.4.3.12.E (170 Hellems Avenue) 10 2015‐118 October 13, 2015 November 13, Mapping Changes 2015 (Vanier Estates) 11 2015‐120 October 13, 2015 November 13, Rural Employment 2015 Area Section 5.2.2.5.A (566 Ridge Road) 12 2017‐28 April 4, 2017 May 4, 2017 Health and Wellness Cluster Section 4.5.3.9 (16 Steel Street) 13 2017‐66 June 10, 2017 July 20, 2017 Mapping Change (383 Aqueduct Street) 14 2017‐91 August 22, 2017 September 23, Mapping Change 2017 (40 McCabe Avenue) 15 2018‐30 March 6, 2018 April 7, 2019 Mapping Change (570 River Road) 16 Currently In Process 17 2018‐89 July 24, 2018 August 17, 2018 Mapping Change (309 Chaffey Street) 18 2018‐104 September 25, October 25, 2018 Mapping Change 2018 (East of Viger Drive, Canal View Heights Condominium) 19 2019‐16 February 19, 2019 March 13, 2019 Employment Areas Section 4.3.3.9 Mapping Change (210 Primeway Drive and 790 River Road) 20 2019‐99 August 6, 2019 September 4, Mapping Change 2019 (897 Niagara Street) 21 2019‐60 May 21, 2019 June 19, 2019 Affordable Housing Section 4.2.3.10 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 1.1 Historical Context for the Official Pan ................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Planning Context for the Official Plan ................................................................................................. 5 1.3 Purpose of the Official Plan ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 How to Read this Plan ................................................................................................................................ 7 2 COMMUNITY STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS .................................... 10 2.1 Community Strategic Directions ........................................................................................................ 11 2.2 A Leadership Community ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 A Complete Community ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.4 An Economic Gateway ............................................................................................................................ 15 2.5 A Sustainable City .................................................................................................................................... 17 2.6 A Safe, Healthy and Accessible City ................................................................................................... 19 2.7 A Proud and Attractive City .................................................................................................................. 20 2.8 A Good Neighbour .................................................................................................................................... 21 3 GROWTH MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 22 3.1 Welland’s Growth Management Strategy ........................................................................................ 23 3.2 Planning Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Growth Forecast ....................................................................................................................................... 24 3.4 City Structure ............................................................................................................................................. 27 3.5 Urban Area Expansion............................................................................................................................ 35 i May 2010 3.6 New Settlment areas ............................................................................................................................... 36 4 Urban Area Land Use Policies.............................................................................................................. 37 4.1 Downtown Welland ................................................................................................................................. 38 4.2 Housing and Residential Areas ........................................................................................................... 44 4.3 Employment Areas .................................................................................................................................. 56 4.4 Commercial Areas .................................................................................................................................... 64 4.5 Institutional Areas ................................................................................................................................... 76 5 AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL AREA LAND USE POLICIES ........ 81 5.1 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................................. 82 5.2 Rural Employment Areas ...................................................................................................................... 86 5.3 Mineral Aggregate Resource Areas ................................................................................................... 88 5.4 Rural ............................................................................................................................................................ 94 6 CITY-WIDE LAND USE POLICIES .............................................. 98 6.1 Environment .............................................................................................................................................. 99 6.2 Parks, Open Space and Recreation ................................................................................................. 119 6.3 Welland Recreational Waterway .................................................................................................... 125 6.4 Transportation....................................................................................................................................... 130 6.5 Infrastructure and Utilities ............................................................................................................... 144 6.6 Arts, Culture and Heritage ................................................................................................................. 152 6.7 Area Specific Policy Areas .................................................................................................................. 156 7 IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................. 164 7.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 165 7.2 Planning Studies .................................................................................................................................... 165 7.3 Secondary Plans .................................................................................................................................... 165 ii May 2010 7.4 Zoning By-Law ........................................................................................................................................ 167 7.5 Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................ 172 7.6 Plans of Subdivision ............................................................................................................................. 173 7.7 Plans of Condominium ........................................................................................................................ 174 7.8