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Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review

Draft Policy Changes

Public Information Session March 6, 2017

Outline

1. Introduction 2. Other Downtown Projects 3. What is an Official Plan? 4. Why Review the Official Plan? 5. Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review 6. Analysis of Draft Policy Directions 7. Policy Directions and Draft Policy Changes 8. Next Steps 9. Questions

Other Downtown Projects

Downtown Plan

• Downtown Cultural Hub Study (ongoing)
• Downtown Transportation and Streetscape Study (2015)

Harbours Master Plan (ongoing) Downtown Oakville Retail Action Plan (2015) Downtown Oakville Economic Study (2014) Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District Plan and Guidelines (2013) Commercial District Parking Study (2013) Downtown Oakville Strategic Action Plan (2010)

Town of Milton Town of Oakville

Livable Oakville Plan Area North Oakville Secondary Plan Area

What is an Official Plan?

Why Review the Official Plan?

Province of Ontario Region of Halton Town of Oakville

• Planning Act
• Provincial Policy Statement
• Growth Plan & Greenbelt Plan, etc.
• Halton Region Official Plan
• Town of Oakville Official Plan -

Livable Oakville

2017 2018

Public Consultation &/or Draft OPA Decision Meeting Directions Report

2019

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Region of Halton Official Plan Review Urban Structure Review Employment & Commercial Review Kerr Village Bronte Village Downtown Oakville Growth Area Reviews Active Project / Feed into Conformity Review We Are Here Population & Housing Numbers

2020

Statutory Public Meeting Palermo Village Uptown Core

Municipal Elections

Stable Residential Review Speers Road Corridor Study Bronte GO – Major Transit Station Area North Oakville Review

Cultural Heritage, Urban Design, Community & Institutional Uses, Transportation (complete streets), Physical Services & Utilities, Sustainability (urban forest & tree canopy, climate change, brownfields, stormwater management), Residential, Mixed Use, Natural Area & Open Space (parkland needs), Parkway Belt West, Implementation & Monitoring, Housekeeping

Corridor Studies (based on USR) Discussion Papers Parkway Belt West Plan

Local Official Plan Adoption Regional Official Plan Adoption

Provincial & Regional Conformity Review

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW WORK PLAN

stage 1 stage 2

Consultation: Study Commencement Draft Directions Consultation: Draft Directions Draft Policies Consultation: Draft Policies Proposed Policies OPA - Public Meeting Recommended Policies OPA

we are here

STAGE 2 (2019 – 2020)

Statutory Planning Act Process: Official Plan Amendment (OPA) at Planning & Development Council

Town Wide Conformity Review & Official Plan Amendment

Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review

Q1 2017 STAGE 1 (2015 – 2017)

Category Description

Carry Forward Direction should be implemented. Modify Policy Direction Direction should be modified and implemented. Do Not Carry Forward A new approach should be considered. Future Conformity Further conformity considerations required.

Public, Staff, & Subcommittee Comments Redevelopment Viability Report Emerging Directions, Master Plans, & Policies

Advancing Draft Policy Directions to Draft Policy Changes

Draft Policy Directions

Analysis of Draft Policy Directions

Direction Carry Forward Modify Direction Do Not Carry Forward Future Conformity

1 Maintain the existing growth area boundary

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2 Maintain the existing land use permissions

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3 Explore (identify) opportunities for increased building heights

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4 Explore (identify) opportunities for bonusing

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5 Strengthen existing urban design policies

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6 Implement the Council-endorsed vision and

• bjectives for the Downtown Plan (i.e., DTS

and DCH studies)

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7 Revise approach to growth target

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Additional directions:

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Maintain the existing growth area boundary

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Evaluation: Modify Direction

• -- Existing Boundary

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Modify the growth area boundary

1

• -- Draft Boundary Change
• -- Existing Boundary

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Maintain the existing land use permissions

2

Evaluation: Carry Forward

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Maintain the existing land use permissions

2

What is different?

• Most of the land use designations would

change from Central Business District to the Mixed Use designations, which have very similar land use permissions.

• ‘Hotel’ would be added as a use that may

be permitted in the Main Street 1 and Main Street 2 designations.

• New policies would be added to maintain

certain land use permissions.

What does it mean?

• The Central Business District designation,

which originated in the 1984 official plan and has largely been replaced by the Mixed Use designations, would be phased

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• Mixed use buildings would be required

along Lakeshore Road East (e.g., with retail uses on the ground floor).

• Single-use buildings would be permitted on

lots that do not abut Lakeshore Road East.

For more details, please refer to the complete document: Draft Policy Changes for Downtown Oakville (March 6, 2017)

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Explore opportunities for increased building heights Explore opportunities for bonusing

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Evaluation: Carry Forward

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3/4 Identify opportunities for increased building heights

Identify opportunities for bonusing

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Strengthen existing urban design policies

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Evaluation: Modify

Existing Policy: Urban Design All development within Downtown Oakville shall be

• f a high quality design that considers the integration
• f new and existing buildings, as well as building

façade treatment.

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Strengthen urban design policies & add an urban design schedule

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Incorporate Vision & Objectives from Downtown Plan (DCH & DTS)

Goal Downtown Oakville will be an attractive, active, animated and vibrant downtown where people come together to live, meet, work, say, interact and engage. It will be the cultural, social and economic heart of our community where citizens and visitors can celebrate and experience the natural setting, heritage, culture and the arts.

Goal Downtown Oakville will be an attractive, active, animated and vibrant downtown where people come together to live, meet, work, say, interact and engage. It will be the cultural, social and economic heart of our community where citizens and visitors can celebrate and experience the natural setting, heritage, culture and the arts.

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Revise Approach to Growth Target

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• Draft approach considers a “minimum planned density” of

people and jobs per hectare

• No number provided at this point. To be confirmed once:
• Public input received on draft policies
• An approach for expressing growth and density numbers

is more firmly established for the OP as a whole

• Baseline data confirmed through census
• Allocation requirements from Halton Region more clearly

understood

• Future conformity amendments necessary

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Consultation: Study Commencement Draft Directions Consultation: Draft Directions Draft Policies Consultation: Draft Policies Proposed Policies OPA - Public Meeting Recommended Policies OPA

we are here

STAGE 2 (2019 – 2020)

Statutory Planning Act Process: Official Plan Amendment (OPA) at Planning & Development Council

Town Wide Conformity Review & Official Plan Amendment

Q1 2017 STAGE 1 (2015 – 2017)

Study Process: Next Steps

We want to hear from you!

Please submit your comments no later than April 28 so that they may be included in a report to the Council Subcommittee.

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