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o in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, M ar ch 2 2, 20 18 | O A K V I L L E Statutory Public M eeting Proposed O fficial Plan A m endm ent Town Initiated Em ploym ent and Com m ercial Review File No. 42.15.49, Town-wide Monday, April 16, 2018, at 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Council Chamber You are invited to attend and provide input at this meeting hosted by Planning and Development Council. The Planning Services department will be presenting a recommendation report with respect to the development proposal at this meeting. The purpose of the proposed official plan amendment is to modify the text and schedules (maps) of the Livable Oakville Plan to implement the findings of the town-wide Employment and Commercial Review. The effect of the proposed amendment will be to: • update the Plan's Employment, Commercial and Mixed Use land use policies and definitions to conform with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017; • update the general Employment Area policies to direct employment intensification to areas supported by existing or planned transit and active transportation and encourage the intensification of existing areas with higher office employment densities; • add a policy to direct new major office buildings to appropriate locations and recognize existing major office uses; • update the employment conversion policies; • modify the 'Office Employment' policies to recognize the function of the designation as a priority area to accommodate major office uses; • redesignate certain lands with an existing 'Office Employment' designation, which serve as a buffer to Residential Areas, to a 'Business Employment' land use designation; • update the policies in the 'Business Employment' designation to prohibit outdoor storage where the designation abuts a residential area; • expand the 'Business Commercial' designation in certain locations, and update the associated policies to address the planned function and scale of retail and service commercial uses, and to discourage severances; • add places of entertainment and indoor sports facilities as uses that may be permitted in the 'Main Street 1', 'Main Street 2', 'Urban Centre', 'Urban Core', 'Central Business District', 'Core Commercial', and 'Community Commercial' designations • add hotels as a use that may be permitted in the 'Main Street 1' and 'Main Street 2' designations; • add a policy to address potential official plan amendments affecting lands within the 'Community Commercial' designation; • clarify the scale of retail and service commercial uses on sites designated 'Neighbourhood Commercial.' • identify the lands within the 'Neighbourhood Commercial' designation southeast of the intersection of Cornwall Road and Trafalgar Road as an area for further study; • add exception policies to provide for existing motor vehicle related uses at 1170 Bronte Road and 400 Dundas Street East The proposed amendment will result in changes to the following parts of the Livable Oakville Plan: Sections 12 (Mixed Use), 13 (Commercial), 14 (Employment), 26 (Special Policy Areas), 27 (Exceptions) and 29 (Interpretation); and Schedules F (South West Land Use), G (South East Land Use), H (West Land Use), I (Central Land Use), and J (East Land Use). The amendment applies to the entire Livable Oakville Plan area, being all lands south of Dundas Street and north of Highway 407. At this time there are no other applications, under the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, pertaining to the subject lands. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk's department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at townclerk@oakville.ca before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville Council to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, oakviNe.ca must be forwarded to the Clerk's department for receipt no later than noon on April 16, 2018, to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk's department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at townclerk@oakville.ca. A copy of the proposed town-initiated official plan amendment will be available for public viewing on or before March 26, 2017 at https://www.oakville.ca/ planoakville/employment-and-commercial-review.html or you may visit Town Hall, Planning Services department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, contact Lesley Gill Woods, Senior Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3261 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at lesley.gill-woods@oakville.ca. If you have any accessibility needs, please advise Lesley Gill Woods one week before the meeting. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Dated at the Town of Oakville March 22, 2018. A rborist Licensing By-law Beginning June 1, 2018, arborists and tree companies will be required to be licensed in the town of Oakville. Join us to learn more at: Com m unity Services Com m ittee (CSC) M eeting M onday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Bronte Room W hat's happened so far? Town staff presented a report and draft by-law to the Community Services Committee on January 22, 2018. The Committee requested staff report backinthe spring to provide additional information on certification requirements and possible training opportunities for tree companies. A staff report to the March 26 Community Services Committee will present updated certification requirements and possible training opportunities for tree companies, along with the licensing by-law. Arborists and companies providing tree services (including landscapers) and the public are invited to attend the CSC meeting to learn more. Following CSC, the report will be presented to Town Council for approval on April 3, 2018. More information about the proposed by-law including the staff report is available at oakville.ca. Can't m ake the com m ittee m eeting? Send us your comments by email enforcementservices@oakville.ca. at A ccessib ility needs If you plan to attend the meeting on March 26 and have accessibility needs, please contact Margaret Boswell by March 22 at 905-845-6601, ext. 3350 (TTY: 905-338-4200), email margaret.boswell@oakville.ca, or complete the accessible feedback form on oakville.ca. mailto:townclerk@oakville.ca mailto:townclerk@oakville.ca https://www.oakville.ca/ mailto:lesley.gill-woods@oakville.ca mailto:enforcementservices@oakville.ca mailto:margaret.boswell@oakville.ca