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Background Report

Kleinburg-Nashvillefocus area review

Prepared For: City of Vaughan

Prepared By: The Planning Partnership in association withPlan B Natural HeritageBray Heritage

December 2009 | DRAFT


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1.1 Purpose of this Report1.2 Study Area

2 | Policy Review

2.1 OfficialPlanAmendmentsNo.600,No.601,andNo.610

2.2 VaughanOfficialPlanReview2.4 YorkRegionOfficialPlan(1994)2.3 DraftYorkRegionOfficialPlan(June

2009)2.5 PlacestoGrow:TheGrowthPlan

fortheGreaterGoldenHorseshoe(2006)

2.6 TheGreenbeltPlan2.7 TheProvincialPolicyStatement

(2005)

3 | Existing Development & Character Analysis

3.1 ElementsofNeighbourhoodCharacter

3.2 StreetscapeTypes2.2.1SettlementStreetscapeTypes2.2.2RuralStreetscapeTypes

3.3 CharacterAreas3.3.1KleinburgVillage3.3.2NashvilleHamlet3.3.3SuburbanResidentialEstates3.3.4 Traditional Residential Estates3.3.5ContemporaryResidential

Estates3.4 UrbanDesignConclusions

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4.1 EnvironmentalOverview4.1.1PhysicalFeatures4.1.2 Natural Features4.1.3 Natural Area Designations

4.2 EnvironmentalPolicyRegimeandNaturalHeritageSystem

4.3 RuralFocusAreas-ExistingConditionsandConstraintsOverview4.3.1FocusArea14.3.2FocusArea24.3.3FocusArea34.3.4FocusArea44.3.5FocusArea54.3.6FocusAreas6and7

4.4 Recommendations

5 | Heritage Planning

5.1 HeritageResources5.1.1HistoryofAreaDevelopment5.1.2AssessmentofHeritageResource

Potential

6 | Commercial Land Use Review

6.1 CommercialLandUseReview6.1.1FutureGrowthinVaughan6.1.2VillageCoreRetailinVaughan6.1.3RetailinKleinburg-Nashville

7 | Transportation

7.1 Background7.1.1 Region of York OP and York TMP7.1.2OPA601

7.2 ExistingConditionsReview7.2.1DataCollection7.2.2ExistingTransportationNetwork7.2.3CyclingandPedestrianFacilities

7.3 TrafficOperationsReview7.3.1RoadwaySections7.3.2IntersectionOperations7.3.3HeavyTruckOperations

7.4 Major Transportation Studies and Issues7.5 SummaryofOpportunitiesandConstraints

7.5.1 Opportunities7.5.2 Constraints7.5.3NextSteps

8 | Servicing

8.1 BackgroundDocuments8.2 SummaryofFindings

8.2.1WaterSupplyandStorageCapacity8.2.2WastewaterServicingCapacity

8.3 Conclusion

9 | Summary/Conclusions


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This Background Report has been prepared as anoverview for theKleinburg-Nashville FocusedAreaStudy. The purpose of the report is to:

•highlightissuesthathavebeenidentifiedbytheconsultantteam;

•review the requirements and opportunitiesprovided by Provincial legislation and policydirectives;

•provide a synopsis of the background workthat commencedMay2009and ledup to theworkshopsthatwereheldinJune2009.Initialfindingsforthestudyareaareincludedinthisreportwith respect to urban design, land useplanning policy, the environment, culturalheritage, transportation, servicing, commercialactivityandsustainability.

1 IntroductionIn May 2007, Vaughan Council approved the

Terms of Reference for the new Vaughan Official Plan. Within the approved Terms of Reference for the new Official Plan, the Kleinburg-Nashville Community Plan was identified as one of the four Focused Area Studies to be undertaken. The Kleinburg-Nashville Focused Area Study will result in an Amendment to the Kleinburg-Nashville Community Plan that will be consistent with the principles, goals and objectives identified in the process leading to the new Official Plan - Vaughan Tomorrow.

While the scope of the study entails examining the Community Plan Area in

its entirety, the main focus of the Kleinburg-Nashville Focused Area Review is the lands designated “Rural Area” and the “Nashville Core Area”. These key areas, as well as the Boundary of the Kleinburg-Nashville Community Plan, are identified on the air photo which follows.


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The primary study area for this Review includes the landsdesignated‘RuralArea’andthe‘NashvilleCoreArea’aspertheKleinburg-NashvilleCommunityPlanArea(OPA601)(seeFigure1-AerialView).

The‘NashvilleCoreArea’designationconsistsofthehistoricNashvilleRoadcorridor,eastofHuntingtonRoadextendingtotheCPRline.The‘NashvilleCoreArea’encompassesanareaofabout6.3hectares(shownasArea1onFigure1).

Thedesignated‘RuralArea’ iscomprisedofsevenseparateareas located along the northern edges of the Kleinburg-NashvilleCommunityPlanArea.Threeofthesevenareasarequitesignificantinsize,rangingfromabout41to65hectares(shownassites2,5and6ontheadjacentmap),whiletheremainingthreearecomparativelysmall,rangingfromabout1to6hectares(identifiedassites1,3,4and7onFigure1).

Table1belowsummarizestheapproximatelandareaoftheprimarystudyareas.

Area No. Designation Area (ha)Area 1 Nashville Core Area 6.32

Area 2 Rural Area 65.60






Table 1. Summary of land areas (ha) within the primary study area


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Figure 1) Focus Areas within the Kleinburg-Nashville Community Plan Area (OPA 601)

Boundary of Kleinburg-Nashville Community Plan Area (OPA 601)

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