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Terrapure is proud to have received the 2016 Industry Excellence Award for Health & Safety from Natural Resources Magazine. DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION Stoney Creek Regional Facility Environmental Assessment Supporting Document #3: Land Use and Social Environment Existing Conditions Report DRAFT COPY 1195 Stellar Drive, Unit #1 Newmarket Ontario L3Y 7B8 Canada 11102771 | Report No 11 | June 21, 2016 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Study Areas .................................................................................................................................. 1 3. Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 3 3.1 Available Secondary Source Information Collection and Review ...................................... 3 3.1.1 Bill 151, Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 ............................................................ 3 3.1.2 Ontario Planning Act ......................................................................................... 4 3.1.3 Provincial Policy Statement (2014)................................................................... 4 3.1.4 Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Provincial Guidelines D-1: Land Use Compatibility & D-4: Land Use On or Near Landfills and Dumps ...................................................... 5 3.1.5 Urban Hamilton Official Plan (2013) & Rural Hamilton Official Plan (2012) ..... 5 3.1.6 City of Stoney Creek Zoning By-law No. 3692-92 & City of Hamilton Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 05-200 ...................................................... 6 3.1.7 City of Hamilton Ward Profiles – Ward 9 .......................................................... 6 3.1.8 Stoney Creek Community Profile ..................................................................... 6 3.1.9 Niagara West – Glanbrook NHS Profile ........................................................... 6 3.2 Process Undertaken .......................................................................................................... 6 4. Characterization of the Existing Land Use Environment .............................................................. 7 4.1 Terrapure SCRF – Study Area: Existing Land Use Conditions ......................................... 7 4.1.1 Urban Hamilton Official Plan (2013) Designations ........................................... 9 4.1.2 City of Stoney Creek Zoning By-law No. 3692-92 .......................................... 10 4.2 Local Study Area: Existing Land Use Conditions ............................................................ 12 4.2.1 Historic Residential Development Activity ...................................................... 12 4.2.2 Land Uses within 500 m of the Terrapure SCRF ........................................... 18 4.2.3 Urban Hamilton Official Plan (2013) ............................................................... 21 4.2.4 Rural Hamilton Official Plan (2012) ................................................................ 33 4.2.5 City of Stoney Creek Zoning By-law No. 05-200 & City of Hamilton Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 05-200 ......................... 35 5. Characterization of the Existing Social Environment ................................................................. 44 5.1 Neighbourhood & Community Character ......................................................................... 44 5.2 Visual ............................................................................................................................... 45 5.3 Local Businesses, Institutions, Public Facilities and Community Services ..................... 45 5.4 Recreation ........................................................................................................................ 46 5.5 Local Employment, Labour Supply and Economic Base ................................................. 47 6. References ................................................................................................................................. 47 GHD | Report for Terrapure Environmental – Land Use & Socio-Economic Existing Conditions Report | 11102771 (11) | i DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION Figure Index Figure 2-1 Land Use Study Areas ....................................................................................................... 2 Figure 4-1 Official Plan Mapping – Nash Neighbourhood Secondary Plans ...................................... 8 Figure 4-2 Zoning Map ...................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 4-3 Residential Development Activity .................................................................................... 13 Figure 4-4 Land Uses within 500m of the SCRF .............................................................................. 19 Figure 4-5 Official Plan Designations within Local Study Area ......................................................... 23 Figure 4-6 Nash Neighbourhood Secondary Plan ............................................................................... 24 Figure 4-7 West Mountain Area (Heritage Green) Secondary Plan ..................................................... 25 Figure 4-8 Old Town Secondary Plan .................................................................................................. 26 Figure 4-9 Rural Hamilton Official Plan Land Uses .......................................................................... 34 Figure 4-10 Hamilton Zoning Index Map 'H' ......................................................................................... 35 Figure 4-11 RU 150 .............................................................................................................................. 36 Figure 4-12 RU 151 .............................................................................................................................. 37 Figure 4-13 RU 166 .............................................................................................................................. 38 Table Index Table 4.1 Stoney Creek Secondary Plans – Nash Neighbourhood Secondary Plan (Site Study Area) ............................................................................................................. 10 Table 4.2 Registered Plans of Subdivisions & Registered Plans of Condominium......................... 14 Table 4.3 Stoney Creek Secondary Plans – Existing Land Use Designations ............................... 27 Table 4.4 Stoney Creek Secondary Plans – Designation Descriptions and Restrictions ............... 27 Table 4.5 Local Study Area – Existing Zoning Designations........................................................... 39 GHD | Report for Terrapure Environmental – Land Use & Socio-Economic Existing Conditions Report | 11102771 (11) | ii DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION 1. Introduction Terrapure Environmental (Terrapure), owner and operator of the Stoney Creek Regional Facility (SCRF; Facility), has initiated an Individual Environmental Assessment (EA) under the Ontario EA Act seeking approval to provide an additional 3,680,000 cubic meters (m3) of disposal capacity to their SCRF through a reconfiguration of the site back to its original Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change-approved footprint. This reconfiguration would allow Terrapure to utilize the existing space more efficiently while retaining the same overall geographic size of the site. Terrapure's SCRF has been an important part of the local community since it was approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change in 1996. The existing SCRF is only permitted to accept solid, non-hazardous residual materials from commercial, industrial and institutional sources. These are truly "end of life" materials that have exhausted all recycling options. Putrescible waste (i.e., municipal solid waste, organic material) disposal is not permitted at the SCRF. The total approved capacity under the Environmental Protection Act approvals at the existing SCRF is 6,320,000 m3 with an approved maximum annual volume of 750,000 tonnes of solid, non-hazardous industrial residual materials. The proposed changes would not change the type or annual volume of materials currently accepted at the facility, nor the maximum number of vehicles to the site per day. The SCRF is expected to reach capacity in the next 16 to 22 years, accepting a combination of residual material and industrial soils or "fill," which is required to bring the site to final grade. By changing the configuration of the site and accepting more residual materials than industrial soils, it is expected that the SCRF may be able to close sooner than currently anticipated (within 13-20 years) because the market for residuals is much stronger and more consistent than that for soils. The EA Act requires that proponents describe the environment that may potentially be affected or may reasonably be expected to be affected, directly or indirectly, by the alternatives and the undertaking proposed as part of an EA. As such, this report characterizes the land use and social environment existing conditions presently found at the SCRF. 2. Study Areas From a Land Use and Social perspective, the characterization of existing conditions within the following study areas are appropriate to this EA: • Site Study Area, including all lands (41.5 ha (102.5 acres)) within the existing, approved boundaries of the