BYLAW - OPA #28 - 19840813 - 270184,._ l,
AMENDMENT NO. 2 8
TO THE
OFFICIAL PLAN
OF THE
AURORA PLANNING AREA
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BY-LAW NUMBER J70!-'t¥
OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
Being a By-law to adopt Amendment No. 28 to the Official Plan
of the Aurora Planning Area.
The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora in
accordance with the provisions of Section 17(1) of The
Planning Act enacts as follows:
l. Amendment No. 28 to the Official Plan of the Aurora
Planning Area, consisting of the attached explanatory
text, is hereby adopted.
2. That the Municipal Corporation of the Town of Aurora
make application to the Ministry of Housing for approval
of said Amendment.
3. The Clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to make or
cause to be made on behalf of this Corporation such
application as may be necessary to the Ministry of
Housing for approval of said Amendment and to execute
under the Corporate Seal such documents as may be
required for the above purposes. .
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS ./t4.DAY OF.~ ... 1984 .
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MAYOR ~ , CLERK
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AMENDMENT NO. 28
TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN
OF THE AURORA PLANNING AREA
PART I: THE CERTIFICATION
The explanatory text constituting Amendment No. 28 to
the Official Plan of the Aurora Planning Area, was
adopted-~ the Council of the Town of Aurora by By-law
No.2at-~ accordance with Section 17 of The Planning
Act on the ····-/~~ .. day of .. ~l9.8Y.
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MAYOR \} .. • .. CLERK
This Amendment to the Official Plan of the Aurora Plan-
ning Area which has been adopted by the Council of the
Town of Aurora is hereby approved in accordance with
Section 17 of The Planning Act, as Amendment No. 28 to
the Official Plan of the Aurora Planning Area.
AMENDMENT 1'0. 2.8
TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN
OF THE AURORA PLANNING AREA
PART I I : THE PREAMBLE
1. TITLE AND COMPONENTS
This amendment comprising the text and attached
Schedule 'D' shall be known as Amendment 28 to the Official
Plan of the Aurora Planning Area.
2. THE PURPOSES
The purpose of this amendment is to provide policies
for "Community Improvement" and to designate Community
Improvement Areas on Schedule 'D'.
3. LOCATION
The policies,goals, objectives and criteria apply to
the Aurora Planning Area in general. Specific policies will
apply to areas designated as Community Improvement Areas.
Council may from time to time designate new Community
Improvement Areas as the need may arise by amendment.
4. BASIS OF THE AMENDMENT
This amendment has been prepared in response to the
enactment of Bill 159 "An Act to revise the Planning Act"
which provides policies for Community Improvement. Section
28(2) of that legislation requires that the municipality
have policies respecting community improvement as a
prerequisite to Council designating any part of the
municipality as a community improvement area and also to
make the municipality eligible for certain provincial
funding. The Council of the Town of Aurora is interested in
implementing certain of its community improvement projects
through the assistance of provincial loans, etc. In
addition the municipality has an ongoing reconstruction
programme involving roads and underground services which is
part of the current improvement programme within the
municipality.
AMENDMENT IlK). 2 8
TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN
PART Ill: THE AMENDMENT
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES
GOVERNING AMENDMENT IlK). 2 8
1. The Official Plan is amended as follows:
(i) That Schedule 'D' showing Community Improvement Areas I
and II is hereby added to the Official Plan of the
Aurora Planning Area.
(ii) That the following is added as Section 10 to the
Official Plan of the Aurora Planning Area.
(iii)That Sections 10 and II are hereby renumbered to
Sections 11 and 12 respectively.
SECTION 10: c:oM.IUNITY IMPROVEMENT POLICIES
1. GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Goa I 1
To establish a consistent standard of municipal servicing
throughout the municipality.
1. Build on the existing system of upgrading municipal roads
and underground services in deficient parts of the
community.
2. To provide sidewalks as needed and as financial constraints
permit in deficient parts of the community.
3. To upgrade or establish parks in parts of the community
where deficiencies exist as financial constraints permit.
~. To upgrade and/or renovate cultural and recreational faci-
lities in parts of the community where deficiencies exist as
financial constraints permit.
Goal 2
To improve the physical and economic environment of the
Central Business District as the main pedestrian commercial area
within the municipality.
Objectives
1. Improve off-street parking and access to it in the Central
Business District.
2. Create a pleasant shopping atmosphere by improving amenities
within the area including lighting and landscaping.
3. To ensure that the underground services are sufficient to
provide for intensification of uses which may result from
parking and amenity improvements.
2. CRITERIA FOR AREA SELECTION
The following criteria shall be used when determining areas
suitable to be designated as community improvement areas:
(i) There is a deterioration or deficiency in municipal
services such as water sewers, road sidewalks, street
lighting, etc.
(ii) There is a deterioration or deficiency in public
community services such as indoor recreational
facilities, open space, parks,community centres,
libraries, etc.
(iii)The area is in need of improvement to parking and
streetscape.
(iv) The area has some symptoms of decline; physical,
functional or economic, including vacant and underused
commercial buildings.
(v) Park deficiencies are evident based on criteria
established for the provision of parks in both Section
8B6 of the Official Plan and the Recreation Master
Plan.
3. DELINEATION OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AREA
The Community Improvement areas are shown on Schedule 'D' to
this Plan. Council may from time to time delineate new Community
Improvement Areas which conform to the criteria listed in
Subsection (2} above by amendment to this plan.
4. PHASING OF IMPROVEMENT
(i) In Community Improvement Area I Council's first
priority shall be the reconstruction of the parking
area on the west side of Yonge Street. Further parking
improvements, landscaping and lighting improvements
will follow as funds permit. The details of these
projects will be outlined in Community Improvement
Plans.
(ii) In Community Improvement Area II the main priority
shall be the reconstruction of roads and underground
services, although renovation and upgrading of
recreational and cultural facilities will also be
undertaken as funds become available.
(iii)While this is the preferred phasing it shall not
prohibit the municipality from providing other
facilities and services as funds permit.
5. METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION
Council will implement its Comnunity Improvement Policies in
the following ways.
(i) Designation of comnunity improvement project areas and
preparation of comn,un i ty improvement pI an s.
(ii) Utilization of public funds through municipal,
provincial and federal programnes as these programnes
become available.
(iii)Continued enforcement of a property standards by-law.
(iv) Encouraging infill, redevelopment and rehabilitation
through appropriate policies in the official plan and
zoning provisions.
(v) Continued support for the activities of the Business
Improvement Association.
(vi) Assistance to individual and corporations in applying
for funding under government programnes.
(vii)Participate in and/or encourage projects and programnes
which improve the municipality's physical environment
and expand the economic base within the Central
Business District.
PART IV: THE APPENDIX
1. Improvement Area I
i. In 1982 a Comprehensive Core Area Study was under-
taken. This study included a market analysis
which examined the core areas position in both
community and the region; a planning analysis
which covered historical development, existing
land use pattern, servicing capacity, development
trends, redevelopment opportunities and examined
the existing legislative requirements of the
Official Plan and zoning by-law; and a traffic
and parking analysis. The study made land use,
traffic and parking, energy conservation and urban
design recommendations. As well an implementation
strategy was laid out for the municipality. This
strategy included policy and zoning changes as
well as a series of public improvements. Improve-
ment Area I has been designated as a result of
this study, its findings and recommendations. The
Summary of Findings and Recommendations is included
as Exhibit 1.
The details of the improvement plans for this area
will be laid out in a Community Improvement Plan
which must be submitted to the Minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing for approval. The full text
of the Core Area Study carried out by A. J.
Diamond Planners Limited, Peter Barnard Associates
and Barton Aschman Canada Limited, November 1982
can be obtained at the municipal offices.
2. Improvement Area II
i. Roads and Services
The municipality has a number of improvement
programmes currently underway whereby existing
roads, sidewalks and underground services are
improved or replaced.· Figure 1 indicates roads
identified by the Public Works Department both as
deficient "now" and deficient "1-5 years".
A program of sewer separation has been carried out
over the past number of years to ensure that storm
water is not being treated. Figure 2 indicates
the location of existing combined sewers.
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ii. Leisure Services
In 1980 a Recreation Master Plan was prepared for
the municipality. That plan identified a 5 year
capital works programme for improvement of cultural
and recreational facilities. A recent internal
update of the Master Plan makes capital projections
for upgrading and development to the year 1989.
Figure 3 indicates the locations and year of
upgrading of the facilities. Figure 4 shows 2
cultural facilities which are under consideration
for upgrading.
iii. Conclusions
Overlaying of the various figures identified above
does not provide an overwhelmingly obvious improve-
ment •area, however the area shown as improvement
area II on SChdule 'D' does have a concentration
of deficient roads and combined sewers. In addition,
this area which is one of the older residential
sections of the municipality is the location of a
number of cultural facilities, the Church Street
school which houses the museum, senior citizens
centre, potters, etc., and is one of the municipa-
lities most significant historic buildings, the
library, the parks building which is under
consideration to be relocated to the now defunct
sewage treatment plant and Victoria Hall a
municipality owned former church used as a meeting
hall.
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NOTES DATED MAY 24 '1979.
I THIS MAP MUST 8E READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TEXT OF THE iNTERIM OFFICIAL PLAN
2_ AREAS AND LOCATIONS OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL
AND OPEN SPACE DESIGNATIONS WITHIN UNDEVELOPED
ARfAS ARE SYMBOLIC ONLY AND WILL BE DETERMINED
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