- Planning Program Revised August 17, 2016 The Land Use Planning and Development Act defines a Planning Program as a document which must state • the general aims of land development policy within the area of the municipality; • the general policies on land use and land occupation density. • the planned layout and the type of the principal thoroughfares and trans- port systems. · (Amendt By-law 1046) This Planning Program, as revised in 2015, complies with the Montreal Agglomeration’s 2015 Land Use and Development Plan. The present document constitutes Appendix "A" of Bylaw number 1031 of the Town of Baie-D’Urfé. Table of contents CHAPTER 1 EXISTING LAND USE ...................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL AIMS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY ................... 2 2.1 POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................................................. 2 A) DEMOGRAPHICS ......................................................................................... 2 B) R ESIDENTIAL ZONING ................................................................................4 C) LOT SIZE ................................................................................................. 5 D) BUILDING SIZE ........................................................................ ................... 5 E) BUFFER ZONE ALONG ROUTE 20 ............................................................ 6 2.2 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS ............................................................... 6 2.3 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ................................................................... 7 2.4 HERITAGE BUILDINGS ....., ..................................................................... 8 2.5 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 8 2.6 ROAD NETWORK ......................................., .............................................. 9 A) ARTERIAL AND SCENIC ROAD NETWORK ................................................ 9 B) NOISE BARRIERS.... ........................................................................... 10 C) AUTOBUS SERVICES ................................................................................ 10 D) ROUTE 20 / MORGAN INTERCHANGE AND RAILWAY STATION ............ 11 E) ROUTE 40 / MORGAN INTERCHANGE ..................................................... 11 CHAPTER 3 - GENERAL POLICIES ON LAND USE AND LAND OCCUPATION DENSITY ............................................................................................................... 12 3.1 LAND ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE SAINT-LOUIS ............................. 13 3.2 MOBILE HOMES ....................................................................................... 13 3.3 LAND USE AND DENSITY .................................................................... 14 3.4 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLANNING PROGRAM .............................. 14 Note : ln case of contradiction between the French and the English version of the present document, the French version shall prevail. Chapter 1 EXISTING LAND USE The town of Baie-d'Urfé occupies an area of 6 square kilometers along the north shore of Lake St-Louis, in the West Island sector of the Island of Montreal. The Town is bounded on the west side by the campus of Macdonald College in Ste- Anne de Bellevue, on the north side by the TransCanada Highway, and on the east side by the Beaconsfield town limits. A major transportation corridor runs through Baie-D’Urfé in an east-west direction. lt contains Route 20 and the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways, which link Montreal to Ontario and Western Canada. The area south of the corridor represents approximately two thirds of the town's total area and forms the residential sector of Baie-d'Urfé. The northern third, between Route 20 and 40, has been developed as an industrial sector. Table 1 Baie-d'Urfé - Land Use Uses Area (ha) % Residential Single-family 298.60 48.9% Multi-family 5.12 0.8% Seniors Residence 1.28 0.2% Playgrounds 6.46 1.1% Parks 17.89 2.9% Wooded Areas 6.80 1.1% Cemetery 3.33 0.5% Institutional 7.87 1.3% Community Facilities 3.46 0.6% Municipal Facilities 1.61 0.3% lndustrial 207.92 34.1% Commercial 2.14 0.4% Highway: and Railroads Servitudes 47.72 7.8% Total: 610.20 100.0% Page 1 Chapter 2 GENERAL AIMS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY The present chapter deals with the general aims of land development policy with regard to population and housing, parks and playgrounds, commercial facilities, heritage buildings, industrial development, and the road network. 2.1 Population and housing According to the latest published Statistics Canada census, taken in 2006, the population of Baie-D’Urfé then amounted to 3,902 individuals, divided among 1,378 households. a) Demographics The residential sector of Baie-D’Urfé is now almost fully developed. Very few lots remain to be built on. Because of the shortage of building lots in this much sought- after residential area, more recent housing has been expensive. More- over, property owners in Baie-D’Urfé demonstrate a high degree of attachment to their homes and seem reluctant to move to other towns. On the whole, existing house values have substantially increased, to the point where they are attainable to few but second- or third-home buyers, mostly above 35 years of age, sometimes elder than 45. The graph below clearly shows a gap in the 25-34 year age group and higher percentages in the 5-14 and 45-64 year age groups, when compared to the background of Montreal as a whole, over the period from 1991 to 2006. The same structure, particularly as regards the 5-14 and 25-34 year age groups, is evident in the analysis of census data from 1976 to 1986 carried out as part of the 1989 Baie- D’Urfé Planning Program. This structure and its stability, indicate that there is a persistent trend of people in their twenties moving away from the Town, and being replaced by people in their forties. This phenomenon can be explained in large part by people moving away in order to study or to start careers elsewhere, and being replaced by people at a later stage in their lives, who are more financially secure. There is also some evidence of people who have moved away as young adults and have subsequently returned to Baie-D’Urfé to raise their own families here. Baie-D'Urfé 1991-2006 25.0% 20.0% 1991 15.0% 1996 2001 10.0% 2006 Percentages 5.0% 0.0% 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 + Age Group Page 2 Montreal 1991-2006 25.0% 20.0% 1991 15.0% 1996 2001 10.0% Percentages 2006 5.0% 0.0% 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 + Age Group lt should be noted that the total population of the Town has changed very little over the period: 3,849 in 1991, decreasing slightly to 3,774 to 1996, and increasing again to 3,813 in 2001, to reach 3,902 in 2006. The 1991 number represents a complete recovery from the low point of 3,571 registered in 1986. Thus the total population has been stable over at /east a 15-year period. The age distribution has been stable over a period of 30 years. Page 3 The other feature which is evident in the graph is an increasing number of people in the 65-74 and over-74 year age groups, which is somewhat more pronounced in Baie-D’Urfé than in Montreal as a whole. This reflects two factors: the first is the general increase in longevity, resulting from improved living standards and medical care. The second is the aging of the original population of the Town, a significant number of whom are still here. This second factor will eventually disappear, leaving a more stable distribution. A third factor, affecting the 2006 population distribution only, is the recent opening of the Maxwell Residence, and the resulting influx of seniors from other communities. b) Residential zoning (By-law 1046) The residential sector of Baie-D’Urfé has developed with a water distribution sys- tem but almost completely without a sanitary sewer system. The use of private septic installations has necessitated a continued requirement for large lots, so that residential density has remained at a third or a half of that usually found in single family subdivisions. (By-law 1046) Only a small section of Surrey Drive, to the west of Morgan Road, is attached to the industrial park’s sewer system, and this has enabled the development of the Maxwell Residence, two condominium buildings and some townhouses. The rest of the residential area will retain its exclusively single-family zoning. Page 4 c) Lot dimensions The natural character of Baie-D’Urfé is unusual in that all its houses are located on large lots and surrounded by large gardens and lawns and many trees have been preserved.· This Planning Program sets minimum lot size at 1,500 m2 (16,146.4 square feet). (Most existing lots are 15 000 fl2). (By-law 1046) In addition, one of the main features of Baie-D’Urfé’s special character is its large residential properties on the Lake St-Louis waterfront. This Planning Program therefore sets a minimum lot size of 2,000 m2 (21,528 square feet) in the lakeshore corridor of 300 metres (984 feet) measured from the lake’s high water boundary as it appears on the Montreal Land Use and Development Plan, but a minimum lot size of 4,000 m2 (43,057 square feet) for the area south of Lakeshore Road, twice the minimum 2,000 m2 required by the Plan. d) Building size The Baie-D’Urfé Planning Bylaws already include high standards with regard to building size, shape and materials. They also include provisions regarding the planning and use of open space and the preservation of trees.