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That, on the recommendation of the Managing
Director, Planning & City Planner, the following actions be taken with
respect to the application by the City of London to adopt The London Plan,
the new Official Plan for the City of London:
a)
the attached,
revised, by-law BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on
June 23, 2016, to adopt “the London Plan” - the Official Plan for the City of
London pursuant to section 17 of the Planning Act that allows the
Council of a municipality to adopt an Official Plan; it being noted that the
revised by-law incorporates additional policies as set out in Official
Plan Amendment No. 622, Official Plan Amendment No. 630 and Official Plan
Amendment No. 632;
b)
“the London Plan”
– the Official Plan for the City of London as noted in part a) above, BE
FORWARDED to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval;
c)
the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing BE ADVISED that the Municipal Council declares
that “The London Plan” – the Official Plan for the City of London does not
conflict with provincial plans, has regard to the matters of provincial
interest, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement;
d)
upon receipt of
the comments from the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, the Civic
Administration BE DIRECTED to forward the comments to the Municipal Council
and to the Minister of Municipal Affairs Housing; and,
e)
pursuant to
section 19.12.8i) of the City of London’s Official Plan, as determined by
Municipal Council, no further notice BE GIVEN as the amendments noted in a)
above have been previously subject to public review and Municipal Council
consideration;
it being noted that
in the consideration of the adoption of “the London Plan” – the Official Plan
for the City of London, Municipal Council has undertaken a comprehensive
review and thorough program of public consultation as cited in the
bibliography to the staff report dated June 13, 2016 and including the
following matters:
·
the
preparation, review, consideration and adoption of Employment, Population,
Housing and Non-Residential Construction Projections, City of London, 2011
Update, September 7, 2012 (the “Altus Report”), endorsed by Municipal Council
on October 30, 2012, following the consideration of the Update by Planning
and Environment Committee on June 18, 2012 and October 15, 2012;
·
the
preparation, consideration and adoption of “ReThink London Land Needs
Background Study, 2011-2031”, adopted by Municipal Council on December 3,
2013, following the consideration of the Background Study by Planning and
Environment Committee on June 18, 2013, a public participation meeting on
July 23, 2013 to consider landowner requests for inclusion within the Urban
Growth Boundary, and public participation meeting on November 26, 2013;
·
the
preparation and release for public comment of the “ReThink London Discussion
Papers” on June 13, 2013, outlining the Vision, Values and Directions for the
new Official Plan;
·
the
consideration of “What We’ve Heard”, a summary of feedback on the ReThink
London (Official Plan Review) process and the eight Discussion Papers by the
Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee on August 26, 2013;
·
the
adoption of an Official Plan Amendment to permit an expansion of the Urban
Growth Boundary for Industrial Lands by Municipal Council on March 31, 2015
following the consideration of the possible Urban Growth Boundary expansion
by Planning and Environment Committee at public participation meetings held
on April 23, 2013, June 17, 2014, September 23, 2014 and March 23, 2015;
·
the
adoption of intensification targets for the new Official Plan by Municipal
Council on January 4, 2016 following the consideration establishing both an
overall intensification target to be achieved within the Built Area Boundary
and an additional intensification target to be achieved within the Primary
Transit Area as identified in the new Official Plan by Planning and
Environment Committee at a public participation meeting held on December 14,
2015; and,
·
the
preparation of an Office Policy Review by Hemson Consulting Ltd., April 11,
2016 to review the Official Plan office policies, and to recommend any
modifications to those policies if required as a result of the review;
it being further
noted that “The London Plan” to be adopted includes the May, 2016
version with the modifications, additions and deletions listed in the staff
report dated June 13, 2016, as Appendix ‘B’; and,
it being also noted
that Municipal Council may consider further changes to “The London Plan” as
identified in the staff report dated June 13, 2016, (Shift Rapid Transit
Environmental Assessment, outstanding Ontario Municipal Board hearings,
Secondary Dwelling Unit policies, Near-Campus Neighbourhoods policies and the
Mud Creek Environmental Assessment) at a future meeting of Council; depending
on the timing of Council’s approval of these further changes, they may be
forwarded to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for inclusion in their
review and approval of “The London Plan”;
it being pointed out that the Planning and
Environment Committee reviewed and received the following communications with
respect to these matters:
·
communications
dated October 30, 2015, May 17, 2016 June 8, 2016, and June 9, 2016,
respectively, from B.R. Card;
·
a
communication dated October 2, 2015, from B.R. Card, on behalf of J.
McGuffin, Monteith Brown Planning Consultants;
·
communications
dated April 11, 2016, from C. Weibe, MHBC Planning Urban Design and Landscape
Architecture;
·
a
communication dated June 9, 2016, from J. McGuffin, Monteith Brown Planning
Consultants;
·
a
communication dated June 9, 2016, from H. Hardy, GSP Group;
·
communications
dated June 9, 2016, from E. Saulesleja, GSP Group;
·
a
communication dated June 10, 2016, from S. Levin, Chair, Environmental and
Ecological Planning Advisory Committee;
·
a
communication from A. Caveney, by e-mail;
·
a
communication dated May 31, 2016, from T. Kelly, Planning Coordinator,
Infrastructure Ontario;
·
a
communication dated June 9, 2016, from E.P.K. Costello, Aird & Berlis;
·
a
communication dated June 9, 2016, from D.R. Schmidt, Corlon Properties Inc.;
·
a
communication dated June 8, 2016, from S. Stapleton, Auburn Developments;
and,
·
a
communication dated June 9, 2016, from R.G. Waters, 72 Frank Street,
Strathroy;
it being pointed out that at the public
participation meeting associated with this matter, the individuals indicated
on the attached public participation meeting record made oral
submissions regarding this matter. (2016-D09)
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