COUNTY OF PETERBOROUGH OFFICIAL PLAN CONSOLIDATION INCLUDES: OPA #1 (Oak Ridges Moraine – Approved October 2004) OPA #2 (Official Plan Update – Approved March 2006) OPA #3 (Local Component – Approved October 2008) OPA #4 (Local - Fitzgerald Fuels– Approved Aug. 2009) OPA #6 (Local – Peterborough Housing – Approved Dec. 2009) OPA #7 (Growth Plan Conformity – Approved Jan. 2010) OPA #8 (Local – Shrama Pit – Approved March 2010) COUNTY OFFICIAL PLAN – TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose and Structure of the Official Plan ............................................................. 1-1 1.2 County Strategy ...................................................................................................... 1-4 1.2.1 Implications of the County Vision ................................................................ 1-4 1.2.2 Components of the Strategy ......................................................................... 1-4 1.2.3 Future Growth ............................................................................................... 1-5 2.0 IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 General .................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Amendments to the Plan ......................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 Local Official Plans ................................................................................................ 2-2 2.4 Local Zoning By-Laws ........................................................................................... 2-3 2.5 Development Charges ............................................................................................. 2-3 2.6 Development Applications ..................................................................................... 2-3 2.6.1 Subdivision Approvals and Agreements ....................................................... 2-4 2.6.2 Site Plan Control ........................................................................................... 2-5 2.6.3 Division of Land ........................................................................................... 2-6 2.6.3.1 General Policies .............................................................................. 2-6 2.6.3.2 Settlement Areas ........................................................................... 2-10 2.6.3.3 Shoreland Areas ............................................................................ 2-11 2.6.3.4 Agricultural Areas ......................................................................... 2-12 2.6.3.5 Rural Areas ................................................................................... 2-14 2.7 Public Participation ............................................................................................... 2-16 3.0 WATERSHED STRATEGIC APPROACH ............................................................... 3-1 3.1 Rationale for Approach .......................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Water Management Issues/Concerns ............................................................ 3-1 3.1.2 Land Use Planning and Water Management Linkages ................................. 3-2 3.1.3 Reasoning for Watershed Boundaries ........................................................... 3-2 3.2 Description of Watershed Areas ............................................................................. 3-3 Official Plan Consolidated January 2010 County of Peterborough TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 3.3 Implementation of Approach .................................................................................. 3-3 3.3.1 Watershed Management Plan ........................................................................ 3-3 3.3.2 Subwatershed Management Plan .................................................................. 3-4 3.4 Coordination of Approach ...................................................................................... 3-4 4.0 WATERSHED STRATEGIC COMPONENTS ........................................................... 4-1 4.1 Natural Environment ............................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Goal ............................................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.3 Policies ........................................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.3.1 General ............................................................................................ 4-2 4.1.3.2 Flood Plains ..................................................................................... 4-5 4.1.3.3 Mineral Aggregate and Non-Aggregate Mineral Resources ............. 4-8 4.1.3.4 Natural Heritage Features ............................................................... 4-11 4.1.3.5 Water Resources ............................................................................ 4-13 4.1.3.6 Oak Ridges Moraine ...................................................................... 4-14 4.2 Settlement Areas .................................................................................................... 4-19 4.2.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-19 4.2.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-19 4.2.3 Policies· ....................................................................................................... 4-19 4.3 Rural and Cultural Landscape ................................................................................ 4-24 4.3.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-25 4.3.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-25 4.3.3 Policies ......................................................................................................... 4-25 4.3.3.1 General .......................................................................................... 4-25 4.3.3.2 Agriculture ..................................................................................... 4-27 4.4 Shoreland Areas and the Waterfront ...................................................................... 4-29 4.4.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-30 4.4.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-30 4.4.3 Policies ......................................................................................................... 4-31 Official Plan Consolidated January 2010 County of Peterborough TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 4.5 Recreation and Open Space ................................................................................... 4-37 4.5.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-37 4.5.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-37 4.5.3 Policies ......................................................................................................... 4-38 4.6 Economic Development ........................................................................................ 4-39 4.6.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-39 4.6.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-39 4.6.3 Policies ......................................................................................................... 4-40 4.6.3.1 General .......................................................................................... 4-40 4.6.3.2 Industrial and Commercial Sector .................................................. 4-40 4.6.3.3 Tourism Sector ............................................................................... 4-42 4.6.3.4 Agricultural Sector ......................................................................... 4-44 4.7 Physical Services and Utilities ............................................................................... 4-45 4.7.1 Goal ............................................................................................................. 4-45 4.7.2 Objectives .................................................................................................... 4-45 4.7.3 Policies ......................................................................................................... 4-46 4.7.3.1 General .......................................................................................... 4-46 4.7.3.2 Sanitary Sewage and Water ............................................................ 4-46 4.7.3.3 Solid Waste Disposal ..................................................................... 4-49 4.7.3.4 Transmission Facilities ................................................................... 4-50 5.0 OTHER STRATEGIC