MUNICIPAL PLAN 2014-2024 TOWN OF PORTUGAL COVE-ST. PHILIP’S | SEPTEMBER 2014 | CONTACT INFORMATION: 100 LEMARCHANT ROAD | ST. JOHN’S, NL | A1C 2H2 | CANADA P. (709) 738-2500 | F. (709) 738-2499 WWW.TRACTCONSULTING.COM URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING ACT (2000) RESOLUTION TO ADOPT ............................................. 4 CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS (MCIP) CERTIFICATION ......................................................... 5 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Purpose of the Municipal Plan .................................................................................................. 6 1.1.1 Contents of the Municipal Plan ..................................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Other Reports, Studies & Comments ............................................................................. 7 1.1.3 Public Engagement ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1.4 Bringing the Municipal Plan into Effect ......................................................................... 8 1.1.5 Municipal Plan Administration ...................................................................................... 9 1.2 Summary of Community Research & Analysis .......................................................................... 9 1.2.1 Population Growth ....................................................................................................... 10 1.2.2 Physical Structure of the Municipality ......................................................................... 10 1.2.3 Municipal Finances ...................................................................................................... 17 2.0 GOALS & OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................ 18 2.1 Community Structure & Character .......................................................................................... 18 2.2 Housing .................................................................................................................................... 19 2.3 Environment ............................................................................................................................ 19 2.4 Transportation ......................................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Economy .................................................................................................................................. 20 2.6 Recreation & Tourism .............................................................................................................. 21 2.7 Municipal & Community Services ........................................................................................... 22 2.8 Municipal Finance ................................................................................................................... 22 2.9 Sustainable Development ....................................................................................................... 23 3.0 LAND USE POLICIES ........................................................................................................... 24 3.1 Policy Framework .................................................................................................................... 24 3.2 Regional Context ..................................................................................................................... 24 3.2.1 St. John's Urban Region Regional Plan (1976) ............................................................. 24 3.2.2 St. John's Agricultural Development Plan .................................................................... 26 3.3 General Land Use Policies ....................................................................................................... 27 3.3.1 General Layout of the Town ........................................................................................ 27 3.3.2 General Environmental Policies ................................................................................... 28 3.3.3 General Policies for the Subdivision of Land ............................................................... 31 3.3.4 Other General Land Use Policies .................................................................................. 34 Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan 2014-2024 2 Tract Consulting Inc. 3.4 Specific Land Use Policies ........................................................................................................ 38 3.4.1 Residential .................................................................................................................... 38 3.4.2 Residential Development Scheme Areas ..................................................................... 42 3.4.3 Traditional Community ................................................................................................ 46 3.4.4 Mixed Use .................................................................................................................... 48 3.4.5 Public Use ..................................................................................................................... 49 3.4.6 Recreational Open Space Use ...................................................................................... 50 3.4.7 Protected Watershed ................................................................................................... 52 3.4.8 Agriculture ................................................................................................................... 53 3.4.9 Rural ............................................................................................................................. 56 3.4.10 Transportation ............................................................................................................. 58 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................ 62 4.1 Administration of the Plan ...................................................................................................... 62 4.2 Development Regulations ....................................................................................................... 64 4.3 Development Control .............................................................................................................. 65 4.4 Amending the Municipal Plan and Development Regulations................................................ 66 MAPS Map 1: Generalized Future Land Use Map Appendix 1: Agricultural Map Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan 2014-2024 3 Tract Consulting Inc. URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING ACT (2000) RESOLUTION TO ADOPT Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan (2014-2024) Under the authority of Section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act (2000), the Town Council of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s adopts the Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan (2014-2024). The Municipal Plan (2014-2024) was adopted by the Town Council of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s on the ____ day of _______________, 2014. Signed and sealed this ___ day of _______________, 2014. Mayor Moses G. Tucker: __________________________________ Municipal Clerk (Judy Squires): ___________________ _______________________ Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s seal Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan 2014-2024 4 Tract Consulting Inc. CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS (MCIP) CERTIFICATION I certify that the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan (2014-2024) has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Urban and Rural Planning Act (2000) of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. _________________________________________________________ Member of Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) signature ______________________ MCIP seal ______________________ Date signed and sealed Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Municipal Plan 2014-2024 5 Tract Consulting Inc. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE MUNICIPAL PLAN The Portugal Cove – St. Philip’s Municipal Plan establishes guidelines and policies for managing future growth and development of the Town by providing a land use strategy for the ten year period 2014 to 2024. The Municipal Plan, which applies to the entirety of the Town’s defined Planning Area (and which corresponds to Municipal boundaries), outlines Council’s policies for overall land use development, for provision of community amenities, and for watershed and environmental protection. This Plan update replaces the Town’s former Municipal Plan that was adopted and registered in 1996. The primary intent of the Municipal Plan policies is to encourage and to work towards a healthy, safe, economically prosperous, and a more complete and sustainable community, where opportunities for appropriate growth and expansion, and supporting municipal services, can be provided within the financial capabilities of the Town, within the realm of the NL Urban and Rural Planning Act (2000), and in conformity with the St. John’s Urban Region Regional Plan (1976). The Municipal Plan, and its companion Generalized Future Land Use Map, provide for future growth and physical improvement of the Town by identifying the designated locations and the specified manner in which varied types of land use development are to occur. The Plan additionally serves as the basis for preparation of