An Official Plan describes your upper, lower or single tier municipal council or planning board's policies on how land in your community should be used. Within the United Counties of SDG, the Official Plan is established by the upper tier municipality (United Counties) and implemented locally through tools like zoning by-laws, site plans and plans of subdivision.
Current Official Plan Designation
The subject lands were designated “Special Land Use Area” and “Special Land Use District” via Official Plan Amendment 20 and approved by County Council in January 2014. Subsequently, the Township amended its Zoning By-law to conform to the County Official Plan in 2015.
Section 9.3.2 of the OP identifies the lands as a “Special Land Use Area” to allow for Employment Uses as described in Table 3.5, which include:
- Class I, II, and III industrial uses, as defined in the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP) D-Series Guidelines;
- Transportation and distribution industries near transportation corridors;
- Office uses;
- Other associated retail and ancillary facilities. These may include limited employment supportive commercial uses serving the employment area (e.g. hotels, restaurants, fitness centres, financial institutions, convention centres, service commercial uses) as defined in the implementing Township Zoning by-law or through a site-specific zoning amendment.
