Official Plan May 2018 Quartek Group Inc. 89-91 St. Paul Street St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M3 T 905-905-984-8676 Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Official Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1—INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN ............................................................. 1 1.2 PROVINCIAL POLICY CONTEXT .................................................................. 1 1.2.1 Conformity with the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) ...................... 2 1.2.2 Conformity with the Places to Grow–The Growth Plan for Northern Ontario 3 1.3 EFFECT OF THE PLAN .................................................................................. 4 1.4 BASIS OF THE PLAN ..................................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Oliver Paipoonge’s Growth Strategy ............................................................ 5 1.5 STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN ......................................................... 6 SECTION 2—GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES ............................................ 8 2.1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 8 2.2 COMPLETE COMMUNITY ............................................................................. 9 2.3 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................... 10 2.4 ECONOMIC DIVERSITY............................................................................... 10 2.5 GROWTH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................... 11 SECTION 3—GENERAL POLICIES ............................................................................. 13 3.1 ABANDONED MINE HAZARDS ................................................................... 13 3.2 ACCESSORY USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES .............................. 13 3.3 AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ....................................................... 14 3.4 AREAS OF AGGREGATE POTENTIAL........................................................ 14 3.5 AREAS OF MINERAL POTENTIAL .............................................................. 16 3.6 BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS ............................................... 18 3.7 COMMUNICATION TOWERS ...................................................................... 18 3.8 COMMUNITY HUBS ..................................................................................... 19 3.9 CONTAMINATED SITES .............................................................................. 19 3.10 CROWN LANDS ........................................................................................... 19 3.11 CULTURAL HERITAGE ................................................................................ 20 3.12 DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO RAILWAYs ..... 22 i | Page Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Official Plan 3.13 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY .......................................... 22 3.14 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY (EIS) ................................................... 23 3.15 FORESTRY ................................................................................................... 25 3.16 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES .................................................................. 26 3.17 GROUP HOMES ........................................................................................... 27 3.18 HOME PROFESSIONS AND HOME INDUSTRIES ...................................... 28 3.19 LAND USE COMPATIBILITY ........................................................................ 28 3.20 LOCALLY IMPORTANT AGRICULTURE ..................................................... 30 3.21 MOBILE HOME PARKS ................................................................................ 30 3.22 NATURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES .......................................................... 32 3.23 PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANTS ................................................................... 35 3.24 PROVINCIAL HIGHWAYS ............................................................................ 35 3.25 PROVINCIALLY SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURE .......................................... 37 3.26 ROADS ......................................................................................................... 37 3.27 SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS ................................................................ 38 3.28 SEWAGE AND WATER SERVICING ........................................................... 39 3.29 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION ............................................................... 41 3.30 WASTE DISPOSAL ...................................................................................... 42 3.31 WAYSIDE PITS AND QUARRIES ................................................................ 43 3.32 WILDLAND FIRE .......................................................................................... 44 SECTION 4—LAND USE POLICIES ............................................................................ 46 4.1 SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURE ..................................................................... 46 4.2 NATURAL RESOURCE ................................................................................ 49 4.3 RURAL .......................................................................................................... 51 4.4 RESIDENTIAL ............................................................................................... 54 4.5 COMMERCIAL .............................................................................................. 56 4.6 INDUSTRIAL ................................................................................................. 58 4.7 INSTITUTIONAL ........................................................................................... 60 4.8 OPEN SPACE ............................................................................................... 60 4.9 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ............................................................... 62 4.10 RECREATION .............................................................................................. 65 ii | Page Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Official Plan SECTION 5—IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION ........................................ 70 5.1 THE MUNICIPALITY’S ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION .................................. 70 5.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................. 70 5.3 STREAMLINING REVIEWS OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS ...................... 71 5.4 OFFICIAL PLAN – AMENDMENTS AND REVIEW ....................................... 71 5.5 ZONING BY-LAW ......................................................................................... 72 5.6 NON-CONFORMING USES ......................................................................... 72 5.7 FEES ............................................................................................................. 73 5.8 MINOR VARIANCE ....................................................................................... 74 5.9 SITE PLAN CONTROL ................................................................................. 74 5.10 HOLDING PROVISIONS............................................................................... 75 5.11 INTERIM CONTROL ..................................................................................... 76 5.12 TEMPORARY USE BY-LAWS ...................................................................... 77 5.13 IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT POLICIES ....................... 77 5.14 PARKLAND DEDICATION ............................................................................ 78 5.15 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY STANDARD BY-LAW .... 79 5.16 AGENCY NAMES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEGISLATION .............. 80 5.17 LAND USE BOUNDARIES ............................................................................ 80 5.18 REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-CONSULTATION ........................................... 81 5.19 SUBDIVISION OF LAND ............................................................................... 82 iii | Page Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Official Plan SECTION 1—INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN The primary purpose of the Official Plan is to provide for managing growth that will support and emphasize the Municipality’s character and have a positive impact on the quality of life for the citizens who live and work in Oliver Paipoonge. The Official Plan is the primary planning document that will direct the actions of the Municipality through the guiding principles and land use policies. The Ontario Planning Act requires municipalities to prepare and adopt an Official Plan to provide guidance for the physical development of communities. The purpose of the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge Official Plan is to establish guiding principles and policies to manage and direct physical development and the effect of change on the social, cultural, economic and natural environment for the next 20 years. The Official Plan achieves the long term goals of the community by implementing provincial policies at a local level with policies reflecting the local context. The Official Plan provides a cohesive vision for the development and growth of the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge and provides a consistent policy set for the whole Municipality with the goal of maintaining and enhancing its identity while managing change. It is the intent of the Plan to provide Council with the tools to manage