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Speers Road Corridor Study –Proposed Official Plan Amendment

Public Information MeetingsOctober 24, 2017

Speers Road Corridor Study

Livable Oakville Plan

May 2015 2016 Mar. 2017 Sept. 2017 Oct. 2017 Nov. 2017 Early 2018

Launch: Official Plan Review

Employment and Commercial Review is ongoing

Speers Road Corridor Report: Preliminary Directions

Speers Road Corridor Report: Draft Policies

Public Information Meetings: Proposed OPA

Council -Statutory Public Meeting

Council: RecommendationMeeting

Why study the Speers Road Corridor? The town’s approved Official Plan –Livable Oakville, adopted by Council in 2009, identifies Speers Road as a special policy area which is to be studied to confirm long-term land uses and opportunities for suitable intensification.

Official Plan ReviewThe town’s five year Official Plan Review, required by the Planning Act, was launched at Council. The Speers Road Corridor Study was identified and to be completed in coordination with the town-wide Employment and Commercial Review.

Livable Oakville Council SubcommitteeWith direction from the Employment and Commercial Review, the Speers Road Corridor Study got underway. Reports provided to the subcommittee outlined staff’s assessment of the policies, plans, and existing conditions which may impact planning for Speers Road. Reports were presented in two phases: 1) preliminary directions, and 2) draft policies.

Public Input - Official Plan Amendment Based on all input to date, town staff drafted an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to solicit public input and comments. A Statutory Public Meeting at Council is scheduled for November 6, 2017 to hear comments from the public.

RecommendationStaff anticipate recommending an OPA for Council’s consideration and adoption.

We are here

Speers Road Corridor – Study Area

STUDY AREA

* The east end of study area is located within the Kerr Village Growth Area. The proposed Speers Road

Corridor policies do not apply to this area.

*

The study reviewed the lands bound by:

North: Railway tracksEast: Kerr Street *South: Boundary between the employment

area and southerly residential area West: Bronte Creek

Study Inputs – Plans, Policies and Documents

Province of Ontario

Region of Halton

Town of Oakville

• Provincial Policy Statement 2014• New Provincial Growth Plan • Metrolinx – Bronte GO Station Master Plan• Metrolinx – GO Rail Station Access Plan

• Halton Region Official Plan (and Review)• Transportation Master Plan• Mobility Management Strategy for Halton

• Livable Oakville Official Plan• Official Plan Review

• Employment & Commercial Review• Urban Structure Review

• Speers Road Environmental Assessment• Transportation Master Plan• Active Transportation Master Plan• Zoning By-law 2014-014• Economic Development Strategy

Basis

• Speers Road Corridor Study report findings and policy directions (March 2017 & September 2017);

• Input from the Livable Oakville Council Subcommittee;

• Ongoing review of emerging and recently approved policies including: Provincial Growth Plan, Urban Structure, Employment & Commercial Review, and transportation related projects; and,

• Consultation with town departments, Halton Region, and initial business and property owner meetings.

Speers Road Corridor – Proposed OPA

Format

• Special Policy Area (Section 26 of Livable Oakville)

• Goal, Objectives, Development Concept (three districts), Functional Policies, Land Use Policies, and Implementation Policies

Bronte Creek to East of Third Line

East of Third Line to Fourth Line

Fourth Line – toWest of Kerr Street


Goal and Objectives

GoalThe Speers Road Corridor will support the town’s urban structure as an intensification corridor and transit priority corridor which will be a multi modal, transit supportive, employment area where a wide range and mix of business and economic activities can thrive.

Objectives

a) Recognize the unique context of the Speers Road Corridor employment area as an employment mixed use corridor

b) Support the role of Speers Road as an intensification corridor

c) Support the role of Speers Road as a regional transit priority corridor


Functional PoliciesTransportationPolicies with respect to the evolving transportation requirements for Speers

ParkingPolicies for how parking should be accommodated, including driveways

Urban DesignPolicies for how new development should be designed – compatible and transit-supportive

Accommodating IntensificationPolicies for how we can accommodate additional employment growth


Land Use Policies • Expanded use permissions from what is allowed today

• “Arterial commercial” (new defined term) uses would be permitted, subject to a maximum size threshold. “Major retail” continues to be prohibited.

• Expanding the range of permitted uses within all land use designations found along the corridor including these additional uses:


Business Employment Industrial Business Commercial

• Indoor sports facilities• Places of entertainment• Arterial commercial uses• Service commercial uses• Accessory retail• Major office within 500 metres

of Bronte GO Station • No new outdoor storage

adjacent to residential

• Office uses• Hotels• Public halls• Places of entertainment

• Light industrial uses• Arterial commercial uses• Indoor sports facilities• Places of entertainment

NOTE: As part of the Employment and Commercial Review, the lands designated “Office Employment” on the south side of Speers Road, between Bronte Road and Fourth Line, are proposed to be redesignated as “Business Employment”.

Implementation Policies • New criteria to evaluate consent applications

Phasing and Transition Policies• Allow legal existing uses• Allow reductions to the minimum building height of 2 storeys for certain

uses such as warehousing or manufacturing• Allow changes a change in use, additions and expansions of existing

buildings which are not subject to the minimum building height• Protection for Bronte Go Station Major Transit Station Area – future

study to be undertaken

Programs and Initiatives• economic development strategies• Community Improvement Plans for brownfield redevelopment• Updates in consultation with the Halton Region


NOTE: As part of the Employment and Commercial Review, the lands designated “Office Employment” on the south side of Speers Road, between Bronte Road and Fourth Line, are proposed to be redesignated as “Business Employment”.

Next Steps

Livable Oakville Plan

May 2015 2016 Mar. 2017 Sept. 2017 Oct. 2017 Nov. 2017 Early 2018

Launch: Official Plan Review

Employment and Commercial Review is ongoing

Speers Road Corridor Report: Preliminary Directions

Speers Road Corridor Report: Draft Policies

Public Information Meetings: Proposed OPA

Council -Statutory Public Meeting

Council: RecommendationMeeting

Why study the Speers Road Corridor? The town’s approved Official Plan –Livable Oakville, adopted by Council in 2009, identifies Speers Road as a special policy area which is to be studied to confirm long-term land uses and opportunities for suitable intensification.

Official Plan ReviewThe town’s five year Official Plan Review, required by the Planning Act, was launched at Council. The Speers Road Corridor Study was identified and to be completed in coordination with the town-wide Employment and Commercial Review.

Livable Oakville Council SubcommitteeWith direction from the Employment and Commercial Review, the Speers Road Corridor Study got underway. Reports provided to the subcommittee outlined staff’s assessment of the policies, plans, and existing conditions which may impact planning for Speers Road. Reports were presented in two phases: 1) preliminary directions, and 2) draft policies.

Public Input - Official Plan Amendment Based on all input to date, town staff drafted an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to solicit public input and comments. A Statutory Public Meeting at Council is scheduled for November 6, 2017 to hear comments from the public.

RecommendationStaff anticipate recommending an OPA for Council’s consideration and adoption.

We are here

Discussion, Comments & Questions

Submit comments to: [email protected]

Attend Council: November 6, 2017 at 7 p.m. or watch it online (youtube.com; TownofOakvilleTV)

Join our email list: oakville.ca/planoakville

Visit oakville.ca:Search “Speers Road Corridor Study” for more information

Expect a follow-up report in early 2018