TOWNSHIP OF SABLES-SPANISH RIVERS OFFICIAL PLAN Consolidated with Modifications Approved May 28, 2020 Tunnock Consulting Ltd. 287 Three Bay Road PERTH ON K7H 3C7 Tel. (613) 464-8805 e-mail: [email protected] File P-2870 As Approved with Modifications May 28, 2020 Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers Official Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction and Utilization ........................................................................................ 1 1.2 Authority ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Title and Components ................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Interpretation ............................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Agency Names and Responsibilities ........................................................................... 3 1.6 Planning Period, Review and Amendments ................................................................ 3 1.7 How to Use This Plan ................................................................................................. 5 2.0 BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN ............................................................... 7 2.1 General ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Provincial Planning System ........................................................................................ 7 2.3 Municipal Restructuring and Planning Documents ..................................................... 7 2.4 Population Growth ...................................................................................................... 8 2.5 Settlement Pattern ....................................................................................................... 8 2.6 Economic Growth ....................................................................................................... 9 2.7 Public Health and Safety ........................................................................................... 10 2.8 Natural Heritage Features ......................................................................................... 10 2.9 Public Service Facilities and Infrastructure .............................................................. 10 2.10 Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Resources ..................................................... 11 2.11 Resource Management .............................................................................................. 11 2.12 Energy ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.13 Climate Change ......................................................................................................... 11 2.14 Coordination ............................................................................................................. 11 3.0 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ................................................. 12 3.1 General Statement ..................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Provision of Municipal and Public Service Facilities ............................................... 12 3.3 Infilling and Intensification ....................................................................................... 12 3.4 Existing and Non-Conforming Uses ......................................................................... 13 3.5 Lots of Record........................................................................................................... 14 3.6 Fringe Development and the Built Form .................................................................. 14 3.7 Plans of Subdivision, Consents and Part-Lot Control ............................................... 15 3.7.1 Plans of Subdivision...................................................................................... 15 i 3.7.2 Subdivision and Consent Review Criteria .................................................... 15 3.7.3 Part-Lot Control ............................................................................................ 22 3.8 Lots Fronting on Both Water and Road .................................................................... 22 3.9 Shoreline Structures .................................................................................................. 22 3.10 Transportation, Transportation and Infrastructure Corridors .................................... 23 3.10.1 Provincial Highways ..................................................................................... 24 3.10.2 Township Roads ............................................................................................ 25 3.10.3 Private Roads ................................................................................................ 28 3.10.4 Resource Access Roads................................................................................. 29 3.10.5 Transportation Corridors ............................................................................... 29 3.10.6 Infrastructure Corridors ................................................................................. 30 3.11 Communications, Utilities and Services, Energy and Air Quality ............................ 30 3.11.1 Communications, Utilities and Services ....................................................... 30 3.11.2 Energy Conservation ..................................................................................... 31 3.11.3 Air Quality .................................................................................................... 32 3.11.4 Climate Change ............................................................................................. 32 3.12 Water Supply and Sewage Disposal ......................................................................... 34 3.12.1 Policy Overview ............................................................................................ 34 3.12.2 Municipal Water and Sewer Services ........................................................... 35 3.12.3 Individual On-Site Sewage and Water Services ........................................... 37 3.12.4 Private Communal Water and Sewage Systems and Responsibility Agreements ................................................................................................... 39 3.13 Storm Water Management and Drainage .................................................................. 40 3.14 Waste Disposal Facilities .......................................................................................... 41 3.14.2 Policies .......................................................................................................... 41 3.15 Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Resources ..................................................... 43 3.15.2 Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Resources, Policies ........................... 43 3.16 Environmental Protection Area - Flood Plains and Lands with Development Constraints ................................................................................................................ 47 3.16.1 Policies - Flood Plains and Natural Hazards ................................................. 47 3.17 Organic Soils and Other Hazardous Sites ................................................................. 50 3.17.1 Policies .......................................................................................................... 50 3.18 Contaminated Sites ................................................................................................... 51 3.18.1 Policies - Site Decommissioning and Clean-up ............................................ 51 3.19 Noise and Vibration .................................................................................................. 52 3.19.1 Policies .......................................................................................................... 52 3.20 Mine Hazards ............................................................................................................ 53 3.20.1 Mine Hazards ................................................................................................ 53 3.21 Community Improvement Policies ........................................................................... 53 3.21.1 Description .................................................................................................... 53 3.21.2 Goal ............................................................................................................... 54 3.21.3 Characteristics of a Community Improvement Area ..................................... 54 3.21.4 Objectives for Community Improvement ..................................................... 54 3.21.5 Phasing Community Improvement ............................................................... 55 3.21.6 Implementation of Community Improvement .............................................. 55 ii 3.22 Natural Heritage Features ......................................................................................... 56 3.22.1 Natural Heritage Features ............................................................................. 56 3.22.2 Definitions..................................................................................................... 57 3.22.3