Smooth Rock Falls Planning Area Official Plan As Adopted by The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Smooth Rock Falls And the Smooth Rock Falls Area Planning Board September 11, 2014 Prepared for: Corporation of the Town of Smooth Rock Falls 142, 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 249 Smooth Rock Falls, ON P0L 2B0 Prepared by: J.L. Richards & Associates Limited Engineers • Architects • Planners 217-469 Bouchard Street Sudbury, ON P3E 2K8 JLR No. 26159 Smooth Rock Falls Planning Area 2013-14 Official Plan Review Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCING THE SMOOTH ROCK FALLS PLANNING AREA OFFICIAL PLAN .................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Legislative Context ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Duties of the Planning Board and Council .................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Basis ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Principles of the Plan .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.5.1 Town Vision ........................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.2 Urban Settlement Area Concept ............................................................................................................ 3 1.5.3 Rural Area Concept ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.5.4 Unincorporated Area (Haggart Township) Concept .............................................................................. 3 1.6 Interpretation of the Plan ........................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 PROMOTING COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 5 2.1 Community Improvement .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Economic Development.............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2.1 Health Care and Housing (Seniors’ Continuum of Care) ........................................................................ 6 2.2.2 Service Hub for Transportation on Highway 634 ................................................................................... 6 2.2.3 Staging location for EnergyEast Pipeline project ................................................................................... 6 2.2.4 Waterfront Residential Properties ......................................................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Economic Development Partnerships with First Nations and Aboriginal Organizations ....................... 6 2.2.6 Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2.7 Solid Waste ............................................................................................................................................ 6 3.0 GUIDING LAND USE POLICIES .......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Growth Management ............................................................................................................................ 7 3.1.2 Servicing ................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1.3 Road Access ........................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.4 Home Based Businesses ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.5 Institutional and Community Facility Uses ............................................................................................ 8 3.1.6 Community Gardens, Greenhouses, and Temporary Markets .............................................................. 9 3.1.7 Public Infrastructure and Utilities .......................................................................................................... 9 3.1.8 Wayside Pits and Quarries ..................................................................................................................... 9 3.1.9 Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Air Quality Improvement, and Waste Reduction ........... 10 3.1.10 Adaptive Design for Climate Change ............................................................................................... 10 3.2 Housing ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 J.L. Richards & Associates Limited September 11, 2014 Job No.: 26159 Page i Smooth Rock Falls Planning Area 2013-14 Official Plan Review 3.2.1 Affordable Housing .............................................................................................................................. 11 3.2.2 Secondary Units ................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.3 Garden Suites ....................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.4 Group Homes ....................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Urban Settlement Area ............................................................................................................................. 12 3.3.1 Residential Designation ....................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.2 Employment Designation..................................................................................................................... 13 3.3.3 Mixed Use Designation ........................................................................................................................ 14 3.4 Environmental Protection Designation .................................................................................................... 14 3.5 Rural Designation ..................................................................................................................................... 15 3.5.1 Rural Residential Uses ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.5.2 Waterfront Areas ................................................................................................................................. 16 3.5.3 Rural Commercial and Industrial Uses ................................................................................................. 17 3.5.4 Agricultural Uses .................................................................................................................................. 18 3.5.5 Mineral Mining .................................................................................................................................... 18 3.5.6 Aggregate Extraction ........................................................................................................................... 19 3.5.7 Outdoor Recreation and Tourist Commercial Uses ............................................................................. 20 3.5.8 Rural Designation in Haggart Township ............................................................................................... 20 3.6 Crown Land ............................................................................................................................................... 20 4.0 PROTECTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT & CULTURAL HERITAGE ................................................................. 21 4.1 Water Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Sourcewater Protection ............................................................................................................................ 21 4.3 Natural Heritage Features and Areas ....................................................................................................... 21 4.3.1 Significant Wildlife Habitat .................................................................................................................. 22 4.3.2 Fish Habitat .......................................................................................................................................... 22 4.3.3 Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest ..............................................................................................