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CITY INITIATED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVINCIAL PLANNING STATEMENT (2024) (FILE: D30-001-2025)
Michelle Banfield, Executive Director of Development Services, and Celeste Kitsemetry, Senior Planner of Development Services advised that the purpose of the Public Meeting is to review the City-initiated application to amend the Official Plan to conform to the new Provincial Planning Statement, 2024.
Ms. Banfield discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• Public meeting overview;
• Overview of why the City needs an official plan;
• Employment Area definition as amended;
• Amendment to Map 1 - Community Structure;
• New Land Use Designation - Business Commercial;
• Amendment to Map 2 - Land Use Designation;
• Transition for Employment - Industrial Land Use; and
• Next steps.
Members of committee asked a number of questions and received responses.
Verbal Comments:
1. Colin Hassey, 33 Imperial Lane discussed his concerns regarding the property on Bayview Drive and Saunders Road area. Mr. Hassey outlined that these properties are employment industrial and would be restricted to industrial warehouses, when most of these are designed to offer flexibility as transitional spaces and not dedicated to specific manufacturing functions.
Written Comments:
1. Correspondence received from Metrolinx dated February 25, 2025.
2. Correspondence received from The Jones Consulting Group dated February 26, 2025.
3. Correspondence received from Innovative Planning Solutions dated February 26, 2025.