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Recommendation: That, further
to the direction of Municipal Council at its meeting held on June 25, 2012,
with respect to the application by the City of London for an Official Plan
Amendment to change the existing land uses designations and to adopt a
Secondary Plan for the area generally bounded by Southdale Road West, White
Oak Road, Exeter Road, Wellington Road South, Green Valley Road, and the
Urban Growth Boundary, the following actions be taken:
a)
the
attached, revised, proposed by-law BE INTRODUCED at the
Municipal Council meeting on October 30, 2012 to:
i)
amend
Chapter 20-Secondary Plans, BY ADDING “Southwest Area Secondary Plan”
to the list of Secondary Plans adopted by the Municipal Council in Section
20.2 of the Official Plan for the City of London;
ii)
amend
Chapter 20-Secondary Plans, BY ADDING Section 20.5-Southwest Area
Secondary Plan to the Official Plan for the City of London;
iii)
amend
Chapter 4-Commercial BY ADDING a new land use designation “Wonderland
Road Community Enterprise Corridor” to be applied along the Wonderland Road
corridor between Southdale Road West and Hamlyn Street to permit a broad
range of commercial, residential, office and institutional uses; subject to servicing
and financing plans being provided to support development to ensure that it is
economically viable;
iv)
change
the land use designation of the subject lands within the Southwest Area
Planning Area on Schedule “A”- Land Use of the Official Plan FROM “Urban
Reserve- Community Growth”, “Urban Reserve- Industrial Growth”,
“Environmental Review”, “Agriculture”, “Low Density Residential”,
“Multi-family, Medium Density Residential”, “Auto-oriented Commercial
Corridor”, “Light Industrial”, and “Open Space” TO “Urban Reserve-
Community Growth”, “Urban Reserve- Industrial Growth”, “Environmental
Review”, “Low Density Residential”, “Multi-family, Medium Density
Residential”, “Multi-family, High Density Residential”, “Community Facility”,
“Auto-oriented Commercial Corridor”, “Main Street Commercial Corridor”,
“Neighbourhood Commercial Node”, “Community Commercial Node,” “New Format
Regional Commercial Node”, “Office Area”, “Light Industrial”, “Community
Facility”, “Open Space”, “Rural Settlement” and “Wonderland Road Community Enterprise
Corridor”;
v)
change
to the southerly and easterly limits of the Urban Growth Boundary in the
vicinity of the Brockley Area on Schedule “A”-Land Use of the Official Plan
to remove a portion of the lands in the “Urban Reserve – Industrial Growth”
designation, generally located north and south of Dingman Drive, and west of
easterly limit of the Urban Growth Boundary;
vi)
change
Schedule “B-1”-Natural Heritage Features of the Official Plan by adding
“Environmentally Significant Area (ESA)”, “Potential ESAs”, “Significant
Woodlands”, “Woodlands”, “Unevaluated Vegetation Patches”, “Significant
Corridors”, “Locally Significant Wetlands”, and “Potential Naturalization
Areas”;
vii)
change
Schedule “C”-Transportation Corridors of the Official Plan by adding Primary
Collector Roads, and Secondary Collector Roads; and,
viii)
change
Schedule “D”- Planning Areas of the Official Plan to add the naming and
delineation of the Southwest Area Secondary Plan;
ix)
the
southerly portion of the property located at 457 Southdale Road West adjacent
to the Bradley Avenue Extension, and the portion of the property located at
3080 Bostwick Road west of the open space be designated “Multi-Family, High
Density Residential”;
it being
noted that any changes to Schedule “B-1” Natural Heritage features will be
subject to the completion of an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to the
satisfaction of the City; it being further noted that the Secondary Plan will
be amended to remove reference to the 57 metre road width along Wonderland
Road South, noting that the road grid in the Secondary Plan is conceptual,
and it being also noted that the extension of the Wonderland Road Community
Enterprise Corridor south of Exeter Road to Hamlyn Street will provide for
high density residential uses on the east side of Wonderland Road and
complimentary commercial uses on the east side of Wonderland Road;
b)
the
proposed Official Plan Amendment to delete references to the Southside
Pollution Control Plant and interim servicing policies, (File O-7971), BE
CIRCULATED for public review and comment in advance of a public
participation meeting to be scheduled at a future Planning and Environment
Committee meeting;
c)
pursuant
to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, as determined by the Municipal
Council, no further notice BE GIVEN in respect of the proposed by-law;
it being noted that the Planning and
Environment Committee reviewed and received the following communications:
·
a
communication, dated October 18, 2012, from L. Kirkness, Kirkness Consulting
Inc.;
·
a
communication, dated October 23, 2012, from J.W. Harbell, Stikeman Elliott;
·
a
communication, dated October 23, 2012, from C. Wiebe, MHBC Planning;
·
communications,
dated October 19 and October 22, 2012, from R. Zelinka, Zelinka Priamo
Ltd. (2012-D11-09/2)
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