The Official Plan Of The Township Of Cramahe Office Consolidation December 2014 Official Plan of the Township of Cramahe – Office Consolidation December 2014 The Official Plan Of The Township Of Cramahe Office Consolidation Including: The Official Plan as Approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing On March 26, 1998, with Modifications And Approved Amendment Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. 2014 Consolidation Prepared by the Township of Cramahe Planning Department December 2014 ii Official Plan of the Township of Cramahe – Office Consolidation December 2014 Notes and Disclaimer: 1. The Official Plan of the Township of Cramahe was adopted by the Council of the Township of Cramahe on November 3, 1997, and was approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on March 26, 1998, with modifications. 2. This Office Consolidation has been prepared for the purposes of convenience only, and for accurate reference recourse should be had to the original copy of the Official Plan and Amendments thereto, as approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Since this Official Plan has not been certified, the Township cautions that users should not rely on the information enclosed herein to their detriment. 3. Certified copies of the official documents should be obtained from the Township office. 4. This Office Consolidation includes the following Amendments: Official Plan Amendment Date Adopted By The Council Date Approved By The (O.P.A.) Number Of The Township Of Cramahe Minister Of Municipal Affairs And Housing O.P.A. No. 1 Adopted as O.P.A. No. 5 to Approved by the Ontario the former Cramahe Municipal Board as Township Official Plan, O.P.A. No. 1 to the 1998 August 15, 1988 Plan, September 1, 1998. O.P.A. No. 2 November 4, 2003 January 21, 2005 O.P.A. No. 4 October 21, 2003 May 11, 2005 O.P.A. No. 5 December 21, 2004 July 14, 2005 O.P.A. No. 6 September 19, 2006 January 11, 2007 O.P.A. No. 7 April 17, 2007 September 5, 2007 O.P.A. No. 8 January 16, 2007 May 29, 2007 O.P.A. No. 9 March 2, 2010 Approved by the Ontario Municipal Board as O.P.A. No. 9, March 14, 2011 O.P.A. No. 10 April 16, 2013 March 11, 2014 O.P.A. No. 11 March 20, 2012 August 8, 2012 iii Official Plan of the Township of Cramahe – Office Consolidation December 2014 Table of Contents 1.0 Title and Components ..................................................................................... 1 2.0 Purpose of the Plan ......................................................................................... 2 3.0 Basis of the Plan .............................................................................................. 3 4.0 Goals and Objectives ....................................................................................... 6 5.0 Land Use Policies .......................................................................................... 14 5.l General Development Policies ...................................................................... 14 5.1.1 General ................................................................................................. 14 5.1.2 Township of Cramahe Growth Management ......................................... 14 5.1.3 Liaison With Other Boards .................................................................... 18 5.1.4 Unserviced Development ...................................................................... 18 5.1.5 Public Uses ........................................................................................... 19 5.1.6 Electric Power Facilities ........................................................................ 19 5.1.7 Development Abutting Public Highways ................................................ 20 5.1.8 Development Abutting Railway Lines .................................................... 20 5.1.9 Development Abutting Pipelines............................................................ 20 5.1.10 Accessory Uses ..................................................................................... 21 5.1.11 Environmental Review ........................................................................... 21 5.1.12 Servicing ............................................................................................... 23 5.1.13 Stormwater Management ...................................................................... 29 5.1.14 Site Re Use - Soil Quality Assessment ................................................ 31 5.1.15 Housing ................................................................................................. 31 5.1.16 Mobile Homes ....................................................................................... 31 5.1.17 Condominiums ...................................................................................... 31 5.1.18 Group Homes ........................................................................................ 32 5.1.19 Day Nurseries ........................................................................................ 33 5.1.20 Bed and Breakfast Establishments ........................................................ 34 5.1.21 Infilling ................................................................................................... 34 5.1.22 Community Improvements .................................................................... 34 5.1.23 Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Resource Conservation .............. 37 5.1.24 Parkland ................................................................................................ 39 5.1.25 Significant Wildlife Habitat and Endangered and Threatened Species .. 39 5.1.26 Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI's) ................................... 39 5.1.27 Forest Resources .................................................................................. 40 5.1.28 Alterations to Waterways ........................................................................ 41 5.1.29 Separation of Incompatible Uses ............................................................ 41 5.1.30 Minimum Distance Separation - Agriculture .......................................... 41 5.1.31 Wayside Pits and Quarries .................................................................... 41 5.1.32 Portable Asphalt Plants ......................................................................... 42 5.1.33 Re-Use of Contaminated and Potentially Contaminated Sites .............. 43 5.1.34 Issues That Cross Municipal Boundaries .............................................. 43 5.2 Agricultural .................................................................................................... 44 5.3 Rural ............................................................................................................. 47 5.4 Hamlet .......................................................................................................... 51 5.5 Colborne Periphery Area .............................................................................. 54 5.6 Rural Residential........................................................................................... 55 iv Official Plan of the Township of Cramahe – Office Consolidation December 2014 5.7 Resort ........................................................................................................... 56 5.8 Commercial ................................................................................................... 59 5.9 Employment Areas ........................................................................................ 62 5.10 Disposal Industrial ......................................................................................... 66 5.11 Aggregate Resources ................................................................................... 69 5.12 Recreation-Conservation .............................................................................. 74 5.13 Environmental Protection .............................................................................. 76 5.14 Historic .......................................................................................................... 80 6.0 The Division of Land ...................................................................................... 82 6.1 Subdivisions .................................................................................................. 82 6.2 Severances ................................................................................................... 84 6.3 Development On Registrar Compiled Plans ................................................. 91 7.0 Transportation ................................................................................................ 92 7.1 Roads ........................................................................................................... 92 7.2 Minimum Right-Of-Way Widths ..................................................................... 93 7.3 Road Assumptions ........................................................................................ 93 7.4 Road Maintenance ........................................................................................ 94 7.5 Road Inventory.............................................................................................. 94 8.0 Implementation ............................................................................................... 95 8.1 Existing Land Uses ....................................................................................... 95 8.2 Non-Conforming Land Use ..........................................................................