Official Plan Consolidated Version May 2006 United Counties of Prescott and Russell Planning Department 59 Court Street P.O. Box 304 L’Orignal, Ontario K0B 1K0 Tel: (800) 667-6307 Fax: (613) 675-1007 www.prescott-russell.on.ca UCPR Official Plan May 2006 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________ 1 1.1 PLANNING AREA ___________________________________________________ 1 1.2 PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN _________________ 2 1.2.1 Purpose of the Official Plan __________________________________________ 2 1.2.2 Title and Components of the Official Plan _______________________________ 3 1.2.3 Political and Administrative Framework ________________________________ 4 1.2.4 Provincial Policy Statement __________________________________________ 4 1.3 PLANNING PERIOD _________________________________________________ 5 2 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES __________________________ 6 2.1 INTRODUCTION ____________________________________________________ 6 2.1.1 Demographic Overview Forecasts _____________________________________ 6 2.1.2 Growth Targets ____________________________________________________ 8 2.1.3 Objectives ________________________________________________________ 9 2.2 URBAN POLICY AREA _______________________________________________ 9 2.2.1 General __________________________________________________________ 9 2.2.2 Urban Policy Area Boundaries _______________________________________ 10 2.2.3 Urban Policy Area Boundary Expansions ______________________________ 10 2.2.4 Urban Policy Area Boundary Adjustments _____________________________ 10 2.2.5 Development on Adjacent Land ______________________________________ 11 2.2.6 Municipal water and sewer services ___________________________________ 11 2.2.7 Residential Policies _______________________________________________ 11 2.2.8 Community Core Policies __________________________________________ 13 2.2.9 Commercial Policies _______________________________________________ 14 2.2.10 Industrial Development Policies _____________________________________ 15 2.3 COMMUNITY POLICY AREA ________________________________________ 16 2.3.1 General _________________________________________________________ 16 2.3.2 Community Policy Area Boundaries __________________________________ 17 2.3.3 Expansion of Community Policy Area Boundaries _______________________ 17 2.3.4 Community Policy Area Boundary Adjustments _________________________ 17 2.3.5 Development on Adjacent Land ______________________________________ 18 2.3.6 Municipal Water and Sewer Services _________________________________ 18 2.3.7 On-Site Private Water and Sewer Services _____________________________ 18 2.3.8 Residential Policies _______________________________________________ 19 2.3.9 Community Core Policies __________________________________________ 20 2.3.10 Commercial Development Policies ___________________________________ 21 2.3.11 Industrial Development Policies _____________________________________ 22 2.4 TRADE AND INDUSTRY POLICY AREA ______________________________ 23 2.4.1 General _________________________________________________________ 23 2.4.2 Trade and Industry Policy Area Boundaries ____________________________ 24 2.4.3 Trade and Industry Policies _________________________________________ 24 1 UCPR Official Plan May 2006 2.4.4 Special Policies – Ivaco Rolling Mills _________________________________ 25 2.5 RURAL POLICY AREA ______________________________________________ 26 2.5.1 General _________________________________________________________ 26 2.5.2 Rural Policy Area Boundaries _______________________________________ 26 2.5.3 Non-residential Development Policies _________________________________ 27 2.5.4 Site Specific Exceptions ____________________________________________ 29 3 INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES __________________________ 31 3.1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________ 31 3.2 INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING _____________________________________ 31 3.2.1 Local Infrastructure Planning ________________________________________ 32 3.3 TRANSPORTATION ________________________________________________ 32 3.3.1 Provincial Highways ______________________________________________ 32 3.3.2 Upper Tier Highways ______________________________________________ 33 3.3.3 Primary Artery ___________________________________________________ 33 3.3.4 Major Collector Policies ____________________________________________ 34 3.3.5 Minor Collector Policies ___________________________________________ 35 3.3.6 Local Roads _____________________________________________________ 35 3.3.7 Land Acquisition _________________________________________________ 36 3.3.8 Extension or improvements to Existing Roads __________________________ 37 3.3.9 Addition of Roads ________________________________________________ 37 3.3.10 Conversion of Roads ______________________________________________ 37 3.3.11 Bridges _________________________________________________________ 37 3.4 WATER, WASTE WATER AND STORMWATER SERVICES _____________ 37 3.4.1 General _________________________________________________________ 37 3.4.2 Innovative Technologies ___________________________________________ 38 3.4.3 Watershed Planning _______________________________________________ 38 3.4.4 Surface Water Management Plans ____________________________________ 38 3.4.5 Municipal Drains _________________________________________________ 39 3.5 WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY AREA ______________________________ 39 3.5.1 Objectives _______________________________________________________ 39 3.5.2 Permitted Uses ___________________________________________________ 39 3.5.3 Policies _________________________________________________________ 39 3.5.4 Land Use Adjacent to Waste Water or Solid Waste Management Sites _______ 40 3.6 ENERGY ___________________________________________________________ 40 3.6.1 Wind energy _____________________________________________________ 40 3.7 UTILITY AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES CORRIDORS __________ 41 3.7.1 General _________________________________________________________ 41 4 RESOURCES _________________________________________ 42 4.1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________ 42 4.2 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE POLICY AREA _________________________ 42 4.2.1 General _________________________________________________________ 42 2 UCPR Official Plan May 2006 4.2.2 Identifying Agricultural Resource Policy Areas _________________________ 42 4.2.3 Permitted Uses ___________________________________________________ 43 4.2.4 Lot Area ________________________________________________________ 44 4.2.5 Residential Uses __________________________________________________ 44 4.2.6 Intensive Livestock Operations ______________________________________ 44 4.2.7 Site Specific Exceptions ____________________________________________ 45 4.2.8 Lot Creation _____________________________________________________ 45 4.2.9 Zoning and Development Control ____________________________________ 46 4.3 MINERAL AGGREGATE RESOURCE POLICY AREA __________________ 46 4.3.1 Basis General ____________________________________________________ 46 4.3.2 Identifying Mineral Aggregate Resource Policy Areas ____________________ 47 4.3.3 Review of Mineral Aggregate Policy Area Designation Policies and Boundaries 47 4.3.4 Permitted Uses ___________________________________________________ 47 4.3.5 Prohibited Uses ___________________________________________________ 48 4.3.6 New or Expanded Mineral Aggregate Resource Policy Areas ______________ 48 4.3.7 Adjacent Land ___________________________________________________ 49 4.3.8 Mineral Aggregate Resource Extraction and Agricultural Resources _________ 49 4.3.9 Mineral Aggregate Resource Extraction and Significant Woodlands _________ 49 4.3.10 Rehabilitation of Extraction Sites _____________________________________ 49 4.3.11 Wayside Pits and Quarries and Portable Asphalt Plants ___________________ 50 4.3.12 Zoning and Development Control ____________________________________ 50 5 NATURAL HERITAGE _________________________________ 51 5.1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________ 51 5.2 DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE _______________________________ 51 5.3 PRINCIPLES _______________________________________________________ 51 5.4 GENERAL LAND USE POLICIES _____________________________________ 52 5.5 LANDFORM SPECIFIC LAND USE POLICIES _________________________ 52 5.5.1 Wetlands Policy Area ______________________________________________ 52 5.5.2 Endangered or Threatened Species Habitat _____________________________ 54 5.5.3 Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI’s) ________________________ 54 5.5.4 Significant Wildlife Habitat _________________________________________ 55 5.5.5 Natural Sites of County Significance __________________________________ 55 5.5.6 Significant Woodlands _____________________________________________ 56 5.5.7 Fish Habitat _____________________________________________________ 57 5.5.8 Ground Water Protection and Enhancement ____________________________ 58 5.5.9 Groundwater Recharge Areas _______________________________________ 58 5.5.10 River Corridors ___________________________________________________ 59 5.6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS __________________________ 60 5.6.1 Introduction _____________________________________________________ 60 5.6.2 Environmental Impact Assessment Study ______________________________ 60 5.7 BEST MANAGEMENT POLICIES ____________________________________ 60 5.7.1 Introduction _____________________________________________________