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NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Towns power policies up for public input By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Town of Oakvilles policies for dealing with pro- posed power generation facilities began to take shape last week with Town staff proposing a number of amendments to the Towns Official Plan, Zoning bylaw and north Oakville zoning bylaw. The amendments, which will be discussed at an open house on Tuesday, Sept. 21 and at a public meeting on Monday, Sept. 27, seek to fill in the blanks in the Towns legislation, which is largely silent on where and how power generation facilities can be built in Oakville. Council in March 2009 unanimously approved an interim control bylaw pro- hibiting power plants greater than 10-megawatts to give staff the time to develop poli- cies and regulations on how they are should be treated, said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. These proposed regula- tions are the product of near- ly 18 months of work and council is eager to hear feed- back about them from the community. One amendment states that power generation facili- ties are not included among the utility features such as transmission lines, trans- former stations and distrib- uting stations, which are permitted throughout Oakville. Another amendment dealt with the size, location and type of power generation facility the Town wants to see take root in Oakville. This amendment said that the Town should encourage proposals for alternative energy and renewable energy systems at appropriate scales, which are compatible with the surrounding areas exist- ing or proposed land uses. One of the major prob- lems residents have with TransCanadas 900- megawatt gas-fired power plant, which is proposed for the Ford-owned lands of 1500 Royal Windsor Dr., is its size and the fact that it is less than 400 metres from the nearest residential area. Another amendment said that cogeneration facilities with a capacity of less than 25-megawatts and other power generation facilities with a capacity of less than 5- megawatts may be permitted in the Midtown Oakville employment district south of the QEW, the Uptown Core community west of Trafalgar Road, the Palermo Village Centre community and other lands designated employment. The amendment also said these facilities would need to be designed in a way to make them compatible with the surrounding areas existing or proposed land uses. Another amendment said the building of cogeneration facilities with a capacity larg- er than or equal to 25- megawatts and other power generation facilities with a capacity larger than or equal to 5-megawatts will require consultation with the Region, an amendment to the Official Plan and zoning bylaw and will be subject to a number of conditions. These conditions include the producing of a planning justification report outlining the rationale, benefits and need for the facility; studies indicating the facility will have no adverse impacts (noise, vibration, air quality, plume, etc) on the local area; and a site design indi- cating the facility will be appropriately buffered and be in keeping with the char- acter of the area to the extent possible. Another amendment said the Town should encourage new development to connect to district energy facilities. The Town is also encour- aging these facilities to pro- duce power through cogen- eration. Were saying this type of energy is a very clean, very appropriate type of energy See Town page 9