TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC OFFICIAL PLAN -Adopted by South Frontenac Township Council September 5th, 2000 -Approved by Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing April 30, 2002 -Approved by Ontario Municipal Board, November 25, 2003 -Text Amendments Approved by Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing May 23, 2013 MARCH, 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 ................................................ PURPOSE AND COMPONENTS OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN 2 1.1 ........................................................................ PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN 2 1.2 ...........................................................................................................COMPONENTS 2 2.0 .................................................................................. A VISION FOR SOUTH FRONTENAC 2 2.1 ................................................................................................ VISION STATEMENT 2 2.2 ........................................................ INTERPRETATION OF VISION STATEMENT 3 3.0 ......................................................................................................................... DEFINITIONS 4 4.0 ................................................................................................... GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 6 4.1 .................................................................................. NATURAL HERITAGE GOAL 6 4.2 ........................................................................................................ HOUSING GOAL 6 4.3 .................................................................... AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL GOAL 7 4.4 ................................................................................ MINERAL RESOURCES GOAL 8 4.5 ................................................................................ CULTURAL HERITAGE GOAL 8 4.6 .................................................................. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY GOAL 8 4.7 ............................................................................................... COMMERCIAL GOAL 9 4.8 ..................................... SERVICING AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GOAL 9 4.9 ........................................................................................... RECREATIONAL GOAL 10 4.10 .....................................................................................TRANSPORTATION GOAL 10 5.0 ............................................................................................................ LAND USE POLICIES 12 5.1 ....................................................................................................... AGRICULTURAL 12 5.1.1 ............................................................................................... Uses Permitted 12 5.1.2 ................................................................................. Second Farm Residence 12 5.1.3 ........................................................ Minimum Distance Separation Formula 13 5.1.4 .............................................................................................. Zoning By-laws 13 5.1.5 ..................................................................................... Agricultural Consents 13 5.2 .......................................................................... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 15 5.2.1 ............................................................................................... Uses Permitted 16 5.2.2 .............................................................Environmental Protection Boundaries 16 5.2.3 ................................................................................................... Flood Plains 17 5.2.4 ............................................................................................. Erosion Hazards 18 5.2.5 ................................................................................ Significant Wetlands 'W' 18 5.2.6 ............................................................................................................Zoning 19 -ii- 5.2.7 .................................................................... Environmentally Sensitive Areas 19 5.2.8 ........................................................................................... Lake Trout Lakes 23 5.2.9 ............................................................... Endangered and Threatened Species 26 5.2.10 ............................................................................. Lake Impact Assessments 26 5.2.11 ............................................................... Environmental Impact Assessment 26 5.3 ...................................................................................................................... MINING 27 5.3.1 ............................................................................................... Uses Permitted 27 5.3.2 ....................................................................................... Amendment Criteria 27 5.3.3 ............................................................................................................Zoning 28 5.3.4 ............................................................................................ Mineral Potential 28 5.3.5 ........................................................................................ Mine Rehabilitation 29 5.4 .................................................................................................... WASTE DISPOSAL 29 5.4.1 ............................................................................................... Uses Permitted 29 5.4.2 ........................................................... Ministry of the Environment Approval 29 5.4.3 ....................................................................................... Amendment Criteria 30 5.4.4 ................................................................................................. Rehabilitation 30 5.4.5 ........................................................................................... Area of Influence 30 5.4.6 ............................................................................................................Zoning 31 5.5 ........................................................................................... MINERAL AGGREGATE 31 5.5.1 ............................................................................................... Uses Permitted 31 5.5.2 ................................................................................................ Influence Area 31 5.5.3 ............................................................................................................Zoning 32 5.5.4 ....................................................................................... Amendment Criteria 32 5.5.5 ...................................................................................Portable Asphalt Plants 33 5.5.6 .............................................................................. Wayside Pits and Quarries 33 5.5.7 ................................................................................................. Rehabilitation 33 5.6 .............................................................................................. SETTLEMENT AREAS 34 5.6.1 ........................................................................................ Residential Policies 35 5.6.2 .......................................................................... Community Facility Policies 38 5.6.3 ...................................................................................... Commercial Policies 39 5.6.4 ........................................................................................... Industrial Policies 40 5.6.5 ....................................................................................... Open Space Policies 41 5.6.6 ........................................................... Settlement Areas Lot Creation Policies 42 5.6.7 Special Settlement Area Policy (Pt. Lot 10,11, Concession IX - Storrington District) (Freeman Sugar Bush) ........................................... ..... 42 5.6.8 Special Settlement Area Policy (Pt. Lot 7, Concession VII - Portland District) (Asselstine) ................................................................ ..... 42 -iii- 5.7 ........................................................................................................................ RURAL 43 5.7.1 ............................................................................. Rural Agricultural Policies 43 5.7.2 ............................................................................. Rural Open Space Policies 44 5.7.3 ................................................................. Rural Community Facility Policies 45 5.7.4 ................ Rural Residential Policies (excluding Limited Service Residential) 45 5.7.5 ............................................................................. Rural Commercial Policies 48 5.7.6 ................................................................................. Rural Industrial Policies 52 5.7.7 ...............................................................Limited Service Residential Policies 54 6.0 ............................................................................................................. GENERAL POLICIES 58 6.1 ...................................................................................... DEVELOPMENT STAGING 58 6.2 ...................................................................................... DEVELOPMENT POLICIES 58 6.3 ............................................................................. DEVELOPMENT