Body: Planning Committee Type: Document Meeting: Regular Date: 2023 Collection: Agenda Attachments Municipality: Frontenac County
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County of Frontenac Official Plan Amendment #3 Communal Services Planning & Economic Development Advisory Committee Public Meeting - October 4 th , 2023
Frontenac – Villages and Hamlets • No municipal water or sewer services • Historical settlement areas – building lots in village cores too small. • Significant Public Infrastructure Investment • Majority of Commercial Assessment
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Frontenac – Villages and Hamlets (continued)
• “Lack of municipal services in our villages challenges future community viability.” Source: Frontenac County Official Plan (2016)
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Communal Services Study
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Governance Model
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Types of Servicing
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Communal Services Environmental Advantages • Better environmental protection and public health than private on-site services • Fewer malfunctions, longer life • Regular maintenance – measure performance, monitor impact, fix problems early
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Communal Services Community Planning Advantages • Smaller lots = better fit into village/hamlet • Strengthen local economy and community infrastructure (e.g., schools) • “walkable communities”
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Official Plan Amendment #3 Purpose of the amendment • Supports new development or redevelopment across the Frontenac region. • Allows for the opportunity for the four Townships to better consider a variety of housing types other than standard single detached houses, as the new development on communal water and sewer systems can allow for a higher density of development.
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Official Plan Amendment #3 Purpose of the amendment (continued) • Recognition that communal services can also be used to support new commercial and industrial development that would otherwise be not viable if required to use standard well and septic systems. • The Official Plan Amendment also recognizes the creation of a regional public utility that will be formed to operate and manage these systems thereby insuring public oversight of this infrastructure rather than property-by-property private management. Planning & Economic Development Advisory Committee – October 4th, 2023
Official Plan Amendment #3 Subdivision Proposals in Settlement Areas • New residential subdivision proposals in settlement areas identified in the Township Official Plans shall be created on communal services, wherever feasible, to achieve a density that is compatible.
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Official Plan Amendment #3 - Policies Township Official Plans shall include policies to support the use and location of communal services, including:
- Specific settlement areas where communal services shall be required;
- How communal services can be used to create new forms of housing in settlement areas, and the requirement for different forms of housing (e.g., apartments, townhouses, tiny homes, mixed use development, etc.), including policies about the scale and density of development;
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Official Plan Amendment #3 Policies (Continued) 3) Rural areas, with policies that establish criteria for the type and maximum density of rural residential development; 4) Waterfront development or redevelopment, including policies about the scale and density of development; and 5) The studies and plans required to demonstrate that communal servicing for a proposed project is appropriate and will have no negative impacts.
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Questions ? https://engagefrontenac.ca/communal-services
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