trca roles and responsibilities in planning and development

TRCA Roles and Responsibilities in Planning and Development

Regional Watershed Alliance

November 14, 2018

Laurie Nelson, MCIP, RPP

Associate Director, Planning and Policy

Outline

• Roles and Legislation

• The Living City Policies

• Integration of TRCA’s Interests in Planning and

Development Process

• Growth and Development in TRCA’s Watersheds

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CA Roles Set Out inMNRF Provincial Procedural Manual

• Public Commenting Body

• Delegated Provincial Interest

• Regulatory Authority

• Service Provider

• Resource Management Agency

• Landowner

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority 3

TRCA Plan Review Roles & Responsibilities

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Planning ActConservation

Authorities Act

Watershed

Plans,

Section 28

Regulation

Environmental

Assessment

Act

Official Plan

& Zoning

By-laws

Hazard, Water

& Heritage

Policies

Building Code

& Design

Standards

MNRF/MOECC/MMA

Technical Manuals &

Guidelines

The Living

City

Policies

Procedural

Manual &

Technical

Guidelines

Master

Plans

Individual

EAsMunicipal

Class EAs

Schedules

A, B & C

Provincial Policy

Statement,

Provincial Plans

Service Delivery

Agreements

Memorandums

of

Understanding

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TRCA Policy Document


1. Introduction

2. The Toronto Region

3. Legislative Foundation

4. TRCA History & Evolution to The Living City

5. The Living City

6. Paths to Achieving The Living City: Policies for Sustainable Communities

7. Policies for Environmental Planning

8. Regulation Policies

Glossary

References

Appendices

Advocacy Role: Sustainable Communities


Environmental Planning


Addressing growth, intensification and

redevelopment near the natural system

Defining and protecting the natural

system

Adapting and mitigating

climate change impactsMaximizing

ecosystem services

Regulatory Role


“Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation” –Section 28 of CA Act

Source: CTV News

TRCA Regulated Areas


Regulated Areas


VALLEY CORRIDOR

LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE

WETLANDS

AREA ADJACENT TO WETLANDS

(120 m/30 m)

WATERCOURSE

STREAM CORRIDOR

Regulatory Role


Permission from CA for:

• Development within a regulated area

• Interference & alterations to watercourses, wetlands, and shorelines

Regulation Tests:

• the control of flooding, erosion, dynamic beaches, pollution or the

conservation of land will not be affected

CA Regulation:

• “applicable law” under Building Code Act

• can overlap with Municipal Fill or Site Alteration By-law


Provincial Plans, Policies & Technical Guidelines

Conservation Authority Watershed Plans, Policies & Technical Guidelines

Plan input (to municipal documents), development and environmental

assessment review, permitting and compliance, policy analysis,

technical expertise & advice

Watershed Planning in the Planning Process


Municipal Official Plan Informed by Watershed

Plan

Water Servicing Study

Conceptual Master Plan

M.E.S.P & Secondary Plans

Plans of Subdivision & Servicing

Building and TRCA Permits

2017 Stats



TRCA Planners, Ecologists & Engineers Integrate Watershed Science with Development, Infrastructure & Urban Design

We work with provincial & municipal partners & the development industry

to move from RISK to RESILIENCY

in a growing and intensifying city-region

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Growth and Development Areas


905 Major Planning Projects



Toronto Major Planning Projects

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• Collaborative Plan;

• Protect and enhance a

robust Natural Heritage

System;

• 53% of land in Natural

Heritage System;

Central Pickering

Development Plan

(Seaton)

• Environmental stewardship;

• A Sustainable urban community integrated with the Natural

Heritage System;

• Target = 70,000 population and 35,000 jobs.


• Defining the

NHS

• TRCA/MNR

Staking Exercise

• Comments on

Policy

• Approx 1,350

hours staff

time = $100,000

Water Resource Management in Seaton

Five computer models were developed to

fully understand the impacts of

urbanization and to develop an

appropriate plan;

Development setbacks from flood and

erosion hazards and natural features

were established;

57 stormwater management ponds; and

LID strategy was accepted – LID is

required to reduce runoff volumes and

protect aquatic habitat and wetlands.

Scale is important!

Geographic - Developers focused

on Development Area – TRCA

focused on Watershed

Time - Developers interested in

build-out time frame (10-20 years)

TRCA protects for long term (100

years)



Vaughan Block Plans

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

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