Loyalist Township Staff Report Official Plan Comprehensive Review Regular Council Meeting Report Number: SR- 996
Loyalist Township Staff Report Official Plan Comprehensive Review Regular Council Meeting Report Number: SR- 996 Meeting: Regular Council - 23 Apr 2019 Type: Regular Council Department: Planning & Development Report Date: April 12, 2019 Author: Bohdan Wynnyckyj Attachments: Yes Number of Attachments: 2 Executive Summary: The Loyalist Township Official Plan is required to be reviewed in accordance with the Ontario Planning Act. This report outlines a draft Official Plan update based upon a review process conducted over the course of 2017, 2018 and early 2019, that included input from Township staff, the County of Lennox and Addington, and various key government agencies and Ministries. We are requesting Council to authorize staff to proceed to share the Draft Official Plan and commence consultation with the public on the proposed changes, following which all comments and input will be reviewed by staff, and brought back to Council for final consideration and approval. Recommendation: That the report from the Supervisor, Planning Services, dated April 12/19, regarding the Comprehensive Review of the Official Plan, be received and the following be adopted: 1. Staff commence consultation with the public on the proposed modifications to the Township Official Plan in accordance with Sections 26 and 27 of the Ontario Planning Act. Background: The Official Plan is a long-range planning policy document that provides the framework to manage land use, growth and development over a 20 year horizon. Section 26(1)(1.1) of the Planning Act requires Official Plans to be reviewed every five years (or every 10 years if a new Plan comes into effect, as opposed to an amendment) in order to ensure that it: (a) conforms with provincial plans or does not conflict with them, as the case may be, (b) has regard to the matters of provincial interest listed in section 2, and (c) is consistent with policy statements issued under subsection 3(1).
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