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BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND OPTIONS DISCUSSION | County of Dufferin | January 2014

BACKGROUND,

ISSUES AND OPTIONS

DISCUSSION

COUNTY OF DUFFERIN

OFFICIAL PLAN PROJECT JANUARY 9, 2014

Joint Council Meeting


1. Process and Schedule

2. Managing Growth

3. Countryside Area

4. Planning Administration

5. Issues Not Addressed in the

County Official Plan

6. Next Steps

Outline



Phase 3

Final County Official

Plan

• Consultation Report (June

2014)

• Presentation to Local &

County Councils (June 2014)

• Final Draft of County Official

Plan (July 2014)

• Statutory Public Meeting &

Council Adoption of Official

Plan (August 2014)

Phase 2

Draft County Official

Plan

• Draft County Official Plan

(late March 2014)


County Councils (April –

May 2014)

• Public Open Houses (late

May 2014)

Phase 1

Background, Issues and

Options Report


County Councils (November

2013)

• Draft Background Report

(December 2013)

• Joint Council Presentation

(January 9, 2014)

• Public Open Houses

(January 11 and 15, 2014)

• Presentation of the Report

(February 2014)

September 2013 August 2014



Important Milestones:

• Tight schedule to have Official Plan for Council adoption in August 2014,

prior to municipal election period.

• Draft Background, Issues and Options Report released (December 2013)

• First Draft Official Plan by late March 2014:

• Presentation to Local Councils (April-May 2014)

• Two Public Meetings on First Draft Official Plan (May 2014)

• Statutory Public Meeting (August 2014)

• Project is currently on schedule.


• OP should establish clear settlement

hierarchy:

• Primary Settlements

(Orangeville, Shelburne,

Grand Valley)

• Secondary Settlements

(Hamlets, Villages)

• Primary Settlements should be

clearly defined, however, Secondary

Settlements may be identified

conceptually (rely on local Official

Plans for delineation).

2. Managing Growth

Community Structure:


• Approach to Update County GMS, 2009 growth forecasts:

• Consistent with Growth Plan forecasts to 2031, 2036 and 2041

(Amendment #2).

• Implement Ministry approved forecasts/allocations to 2031.

• Allocate the unallocated population of 4,000 persons to 2031 to the

three primary settlements, to the extent feasible.

• Consider allocation of growth beyond 2031, to provide for a 20-year

planning horizon (to 2036), which includes an additional population

of 1,000 persons.

• Consider minimum alternative intensification targets.

2. Managing Growth

Key Issues (Growth Forecasts):


• Province requires that any additional allocation to the primary settlements

be supported by servicing feasibility:

• Orangeville able to accommodate 36,490, but have identified significant

servicing constraints beyond this.

• Grand Valley urban area may accommodate 6,050 persons.

• Shelburne anticipates accommodating a population of 10,000 persons,

but it is recognized that further servicing work is required.

2. Managing Growth

Key Issues (Growth Forecasts):


2. Managing Growth

Recommendations (Growth Forecasts):

Population 2011 Population

Forecast to 2031

(MOI 2010)

County Allocations

based on Assimilative

Capacity (2031)

Population

Forecast to

2036

Population

Forecast to

2041 Stats

Canada

Plus Under-

count

Orangeville 27,975 29,020 36,490 36,490 36,490 36,490

Shelburne 5,846 6,060 8,400 10,000 10,000 10,000

Grand Valley Urban 1,481 - 4,165 6,050 6,050 6,050

Grand Valley Rural 1,245 - 1,575 1,575 1,600 1,625

Grand Valley Total 2,726 2,830 5,740 7,625 7,650 7,675

Amaranth 3,963 4,110 4,680 4,680 4,710 4,840

East Garafraxa 2,595 2,690 3,150 3,150 3,180 3,290

Melancthon 2,839 2,940 3,410 3,410 3,430 3,540

Mono 7,546 7,830 9,770 9,770 9,890 10,340

Mulmur 3,391 3,520 4,290 4,290 4,340 4,520

Sub-Total (Excluding

Unallocated) - - 75,930 79,415 79,690 80,695

Future allocated growth

within the County of Dufferin - - 4,000 585 1,310 4,305

Total for the County of

Dufferin 56,881 59,000 80,000 80,000 81,000 85,000

Unallocated portion of growth reserved for primary settlement areas, subject to servicing and assimilative

capacity feasibility


• Establish a 20-year planning horizon (i.e., to 2036) and allocate the unallocated

population growth to the extent it is supported by servicing feasibility. Of the

unallocated/additional population growth of 5,000 persons to 2036, this results

in an unallocated reserve of 1,310 persons.

• The allocation of a total of 10,000 persons to Shelburne is contingent upon

further justification from the Town with respect to the servicing feasibility and

fiscal and environmental sustainability of the forecast (otherwise an alternative

allocation may be carried forward in the Official Plan).

• Policy framework to be developed in the Official Plan for the future allocation of

the unallocated population to the:

• primary settlement areas; and

• secondary settlement areas.

2. Managing Growth

Recommendations (Growth Forecasts):


• Currently the overall County minimum intensification target is 40%, with the

following assigned targets:

• Grand Valley – 12%;

• Orangeville – 50%; and

• Shelburne – 38%.

• As infill and intensification occurs, available opportunities for intensification will

decline, as a result reduced intensification targets will be required.

2. Managing Growth

Key Issues (Intensification Targets):


• Request and provide justification to the Province to support alternative

intensification targets at this time.

• Request overall County alternative minimum intensification target of 30%, with

the following assigned targets:

• Grand Valley – 6%; and

• Shelburne – 24%.

• Orangeville proposed to be maintained at 50%.

2. Managing Growth

Recommendations (Intensification Targets):


• Develop an appropriate set of land use policies to deal with the uses

and activities in the countryside area.

• Agriculture;

• Rural/estate residential;

• Aggregate resource extraction;

• Natural heritage conservation and source water protection;

• Other rural industrial and commercial activities, and uses

secondary to agriculture.

3. Countryside Area

Countryside Land Uses


• Official Plan to distinguish between:

• Prime Agricultural Areas

• Rural Areas

• Establish consistent policy

framework for secondary uses and

agricultural-related uses.

Agricultural Uses

3. Countryside Area


• Addressing natural resources in the

policies of the Plan:

• Aggregate Resources

• Petroleum Resources

• Ensure identification and protection

of resources while ensuring that

extraction minimizes social and

environmental impacts.

• Support undertaking of a County

Aggregate Master Plan Study.

3. Countryside Area

Natural Resources


• Conserving Natural Heritage

features and Water Resources.

• Identify significant features based

on existing local Official Plans

(conceptual delineation, overlay

approach).

• Policy framework for a natural

heritage systems strategy.

• Policy framework for

implementation of Source Water

Protection Plans.

Natural Heritage & Water

3. Countryside Area


• Today:

• Province is the approval authority for local OPs, OPAs and

plans of subdivision (except for Orangeville and Mono,

which have delegated approvals from the Province).

• Once County Official Plan is Approved:

• County is the approval authority for local OPs, OPAs, and

plans of subdivision.

• The County’s ability to exempt approval of lower-tier OPAs

may only occur once the County is prescribed by

regulation under the Planning Act.

• County may delegate subdivision/consent approval by by-

law.


Summary of Approval Authority:



Delegation of Approval Authority:

Local Municipal Official Plan Amendments:

• County Council may consider making a formal request to Minister for all local

municipalities to be granted exemption of approval of local OPA’s:

• County must be prescribed by the Province through regulation under

the Planning Act.

• Province has indicated that they typically do not grant exemption of

approval for local Official Plan Amendments, but support the notion of

County oversight, and may only consider under unique circumstances.

• Sufficient justification would need to support the request (i.e., adequate

municipal resources, County’s planned administration of the County OP,

overall context for implementing the County OP).



Delegation of Approval Authority:

Draft Plan of Subdivision Approval:

• County Council may consider passing a by-law to delegate plan of subdivision

approval to the local municipalities:

• County should be satisfied that local municipality has sufficient

resources in place to administer.

Consents:

• County Council should consider passing a by-law to delegate consents to all

local municipalities.



County Planning Administration Structure:

• What role should the County play in administering the County planning function

(approval authority responsibilities)?

Potential Options for Administering County Planning Function:

• Hire a County Planner

• County Planning Department or Contracting Services

• Planning Committee of County Council (Council level)

• County Planners Working Group (Staff level)


5. Issues Not Addressed in the County Official

Plan

• Growth beyond existing municipal boundaries (i.e., annexations).

• Rural/Agricultural delineation and LEAR analysis (based on local Official Plans).

• Agricultural consent policies (directed by Provincial Policy).

• Renewable energy projects (dealt with under the Green Energy Act).

• County Council voting and governance structure.


• Public Open Houses:

• Saturday, January 11, 2014 (Dufferin Oaks

Auditorium, Shelburne); and

• Wednesday, January 15, 2014 (County of Dufferin

Office, Orangeville).

• Present Final Background, Issues and Options Report to

County Council (February 2014)

• Draft Official Plan (late March 2014)

• Local Municipality and Council Presentations (April-May

2014)

• Public Open Houses (late May 2014)

6. Next Steps


THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

For further information:

Tracey Atkinson, Project Manager

Dufferin County Official Plan

Phone: 519-941-2816 ext. 2508

Toll Free: 1-877-941-2816 ext. 2508

[email protected]

www.dufferincounty.ca/planning/

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