OFFICIAL PLAN United Counties of Prescott and Russell Planning Department 59 Court Street P.O. Box 304 L’Orignal, Ontario K0B 1K0 Tel: (800) 667-6307 Fax: (613) 675-1007 www.prescott-russell.on.ca OFFICE CONSOLIDATION - May 2017 Official Plan - United Counties of Prescott and Russell Office Consolidation – May 2017 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION __________________________________ 7 1.1 PLANNING AREA ______________________________________________ 7 1.2 PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN ________________ 8 1.2.1 Purpose of the Official Plan ________________________________ 8 1.2.2 Title and Components of the Official Plan _____________________ 8 1.2.3 Political and Administrative Framework ______________________ 10 1.2.4 Provincial Policy Statement _______________________________ 10 1.3 PLANNING PERIOD ____________________________________________ 11 2 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES _____________________ 13 2.1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 13 2.1.1 Population, Housing Units and Employment Forecasts __________ 13 2.1.2 Growth Targets ________________________________________ 16 2.1.3 Objectives ____________________________________________ 19 2.2 URBAN POLICY AREA _________________________________________ 20 2.2.1 General ______________________________________________ 20 2.2.2 Urban Policy Area Boundaries _____________________________ 20 2.2.3 Urban Policy Area Boundary Expansions ____________________ 21 2.2.4 Development on Adjacent Land ____________________________ 22 2.2.5 Water and Sewer Services ________________________________ 22 2.2.6 Residential Policies _____________________________________ 23 2.2.7 Community Core Policies _________________________________ 25 2.2.8 Commercial Policies _____________________________________ 26 2.2.9 Industrial Development Policies ____________________________ 27 2.3 COMMUNITY POLICY AREA _____________________________________ 28 2.3.1 General ______________________________________________ 28 2.3.2 Community Policy Area Boundaries _________________________ 28 2.3.3 Expansion of Community Policy Area Boundaries ______________ 29 2.3.4 Development on Adjacent Land ____________________________ 30 2.3.5 Water and Sewer Services ________________________________ 30 2.3.6 On-Site Private Water and Sewer Services ___________________ 31 2.3.7 Residential Policies _____________________________________ 31 2.3.8 Community Core Policies _________________________________ 33 2.3.9 Commercial Development Policies __________________________ 34 2.3.10 Industrial Development Policies ____________________________ 35 2.4 TRADE AND INDUSTRY POLICY AREA ___________________________ 37 2.4.1 General ______________________________________________ 37 2.4.2 Trade and Industry Policy Area Boundaries ___________________ 37 2.4.3 Trade and Industry Policies _______________________________ 38 2.4.4 Special Policies – Ivaco Rolling Mills ________________________ 39 Council Adopted June 22, 1999 -- MMAH Approved on December 7, 1999 Council Adopted 5 year review on August 16, 2015 -- MMAH Approved on March 1, 2016 1 Official Plan - United Counties of Prescott and Russell Office Consolidation – May 2017 2.5 RURAL POLICY AREA _________________________________________ 41 2.5.1 General ______________________________________________ 41 2.5.2 Rural Policy Area Boundaries _____________________________ 41 2.5.3 Non-residential Development Policies _______________________ 43 2.5.4 Site Specific Exceptions __________________________________ 45 2.6 CROWN LANDS _______________________________________________ 46 3 INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES ______________________ 47 3.1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 47 3.2 INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING __________________________________ 47 3.2.1 Local Infrastructure Planning ______________________________ 48 3.2.2 Asset Management _____________________________________ 48 3.3 TRANSPORTATION ____________________________________________ 48 3.3.1 Provincial Highways _____________________________________ 49 3.3.2 Upper Tier Highways ____________________________________ 50 3.3.3 Primary Artery _________________________________________ 50 3.3.4 Major Collector Policies __________________________________ 52 3.3.5 Minor Collector Policies __________________________________ 53 3.3.6 Local Roads ___________________________________________ 53 3.3.7 Land Acquisition ________________________________________ 54 3.3.8 Extension or improvements to Existing Roads _________________ 55 3.3.9 Addition of Roads _______________________________________ 55 3.3.10 Conversion of Roads ____________________________________ 55 3.3.11 Bridges _______________________________________________ 55 3.3.12 Cycling Policies ________________________________________ 56 3.3.13 Pedestrian Policies______________________________________ 56 3.3.14 Railway Properties ______________________________________ 56 3.3.15 Airport and Marine Facilities _______________________________ 58 3.4 WATER, WASTE WATER AND STORMWATER SERVICES ____________ 58 3.4.1 General ______________________________________________ 58 3.4.2 Innovative Technologies _________________________________ 59 3.4.3 Watershed Planning _____________________________________ 59 3.4.4 Surface Water Management Plans _________________________ 59 3.4.5 Municipal Drains________________________________________ 59 3.5 WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY AREA ____________________________ 60 3.5.1 Objectives ____________________________________________ 60 3.5.2 Permitted Uses ________________________________________ 60 3.5.3 Policies _______________________________________________ 60 3.5.4 Land Use Adjacent to Waste Water or Solid Waste Management Sites _____________________________________________________ 61 3.5.5 Snow Disposal Sites ____________________________________ 61 3.6 ENERGY CONSERVATION, AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ____ 62 3.6.1 Alternative/Renewable Energy Systems _____________________ 62 Council Adopted June 22, 1999 -- MMAH Approved on December 7, 1999 Council Adopted 5 year review on August 16, 2015 -- MMAH Approved on March 1, 2016 2 Official Plan - United Counties of Prescott and Russell Office Consolidation – May 2017 3.7 UTILITY AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES CORRIDORS ___________ 62 3.7.1 General ______________________________________________ 62 3.7.2 Utility facilities _________________________________________ 62 3.7.3 Telecommunication Facilities ______________________________ 63 4 RESOURCES ____________________________________ 65 4.1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 65 4.2 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE POLICY AREA _______________________ 65 4.2.1 General ______________________________________________ 65 4.2.2 Identifying Agricultural Resource Policy Areas _________________ 65 4.2.3 Permitted Uses ________________________________________ 66 4.2.4 Policies _______________________________________________ 67 4.2.5 Land Stewardship, Sustainable Operations and Nutrient Management _____________________________________________________ 68 4.2.6 Zoning and Development Control___________________________ 68 4.2.7 Site Specific Exceptions __________________________________ 68 4.3 MINERAL AGGREGATE RESOURCE POLICY AREA _________________ 69 4.3.1 Basis General _________________________________________ 69 4.3.2 Mineral Aggregate Resource Areas Licensed Pit and/or Quarry ___ 69 4.3.3 Permitted Uses ________________________________________ 69 4.3.4 Prohibited Uses ________________________________________ 70 4.3.5 New or Expanded Licenced Pits and Quarries _________________ 70 4.3.6 Supporting Information requirements for New Pits and Quarries within Mineral Aggregate Resource Areas _________________________ 71 4.3.7 Adjacent Land _________________________________________ 72 4.3.8 Mineral Aggregate Resource Extraction and Agricultural Resources 73 4.3.9 Mineral Aggregate Resource Extraction and Significant Natural Heritage Features ______________________________________ 73 4.3.10 Rehabilitation of Extraction Sites ___________________________ 74 4.3.11 Wayside Pits and Quarries and Portable Asphalt and Portable Concrete Plants ________________________________________ 74 4.3.12 Zoning and Development Control___________________________ 74 4.3.13 Former Mineral Aggregate Operations _______________________ 74 5 NATURAL HERITAGE _____________________________ 77 5.1 INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________ 77 5.2 DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE _____________________________ 77 5.3 PRINCIPLES __________________________________________________ 77 5.3.1 Natural heritage system __________________________________ 78 5.4 GENERAL LAND USE POLICIES _________________________________ 79 5.5 LANDFORM SPECIFIC LAND USE POLICIES _______________________ 80 5.5.1 Wetlands Policy Area ____________________________________ 80 5.5.2 Endangered or Threatened Species Habitat Species at Risk _____ 81 Council Adopted June 22, 1999 -- MMAH Approved on December 7, 1999 Council Adopted 5 year review on August 16, 2015 -- MMAH Approved on March 1, 2016 3 Official Plan - United Counties of Prescott and Russell Office Consolidation – May 2017 5.5.3 Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI’s) _______________ 82 5.5.4 Significant Wildlife Habitat ________________________________ 83 5.5.5 Natural Sites of County Significance ________________________ 84 5.5.6 Significant Woodlands and Vegetation Cover _________________ 84 5.5.7 Fish Habitat ___________________________________________ 88 5.5.8 Significant Valleylands ___________________________________