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BYLAW - OPA #41 - 19860317 - 283286• ADOPTION BY-LAW FOR OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 41 BY-LAW NUMBERt83.;2~E?' OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora, under Section 17(6) of the Planning Act, 1983, hereby enacts as follows: 1. Official Plan Amendment No. 41 for the Town of Aurora, consisting of the explanatory text, is hereby adopted. 2. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to make application to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 41 for the Town of Aurora. 3. This By-law shall come into force and take effect on the day of the final passage thereof. READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS __ "[jf_!}_Q ____ DAY OF (V} 1i c..f-1 1986. --------------------' READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS _{]_~DAY OF 1986 Certified that the above is a true copy ol By-law No. enacted and passed by the _ s;ouncil of the Corporation of Aurora on _ _/l:1Lk!:_C:_tf:_ __ Ll&_ ____ , 1986. ----------~-~-~--~~ J,_~3g~!~ as the Town of This Amendment to the Official Plan for the Town of Aurora, which has been adopted by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora, is hereby approved in accordance with Section 17 of the Planning Act, 1983 as Amendment No. 41 to the Official Plan for the Town of Aurora. DATE: SIGNATURE: AMENDMENT NO. 41 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE AURORA PLANNING AREA ,_) AMENDMENT NO. 41 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA Index The Statement of Components PART I -THE PREAMBLE Purpose of the Amendment Location Basis of the Amendment PART II -THE AMENDMENT Introductory Statement Details of the Amendment Implementation and Interpretation Page 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS PART I -THE PREAMBLE does not constitute part of this Amendment. PART II -THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the following text constitutes Amendment No. 41 to the Official Plan for the Town of Aurora. . ' • PART I -THE PREAMBLE The purpose of this amendment is: 1. To delete the existing policies and to provide new policies limiting the use of the property designated commercial in part of Lot 84, Concession 1 E. Y .S. LOCATION ------- This amendment consists of one part which shall be referred to as item (1 ). Item (1): Section 4.5(e) is deleted and special policies regarding the subject lands are to be added to Section 4 (Land Use Plan) Subsection 5 (Commercial) of the Official Plan in place of that section. 1. Council is enacting this amendment on the following basis. The subject property has frontage on Yonge Street and therefore well located for a use which will at least in part rely on passing traffic for its viability. 2. The applicants propose a substantial buffer area composed of landscaped open space adjacent to Yonge Street, and the northern and eastern boundaries of the property. As well the site will be landscaped internally to provide an attractive entrance to the community. 3. An existing automotive use and an industrial food processing plant are located to the south of the property. The proposed use, a well landscaped and attractively designed automotive sales campus will provide a transition between the proposed residential uses to the north of the property and the automotive and industrial uses to the south. 4 . Grouping together of automotive sales areas in one location is considered to be advantageous to the community in that a convenient, attractive, service will be available to the residents. ... PART II -THE AMENDMENT All of this part of the document entitled Part II -The consisting of the following text constitutes Amendment No. Official Plan of the Town of Aurora. Amendment 41 to the The Official Plan is hereby amended as follows: Item (1): Section 4 (Land Use Plan), Subsection 5 (Corrmercial) (e) of the Official Plan of the Town of Aurora is amended by deleting the present subsection and adding the following in the place: The following policies apply to those lands designated Corrmercial in part of Lot 84, Concession 1, E. Y .s. Because the subject property is located at the municipality's northern urban entrance, it is Council's intention to ensure that high standards of urban design are maintained on the site and that a substantial landscaped buffer area is provided at the northern, eastern boundaries of the property and along Y onge Street. The use of the site will be limited to an automobile sales campus comprising several automotive dealerships. i. In order to ensure that surrounding residential areas or areas proposed for residential purposes are protected from the Corrmercial uses, a substantial landscaped buffer area averaging about 5 metres in width shall be required on the site, adjacent to Old Yonge Street and along Yonge Street. This width of this buffer area shall not be less than 2 metres. At the northern edge of the property the landscaped buffer area shall be not less than 10 metres in width. The landscaped area may contain such berms, walls, fences, hedges, trees, shrubs, or other ground cover as are deemed necessary to protect adjacent uses and provide an attractive Yonge Street frontage. • , .. ii. Council shall require that a 'master' site plan agreement be entered into for the entire property concerning the landscaping of the site and protection of adjoining lands upon any application for rezoning. This site plan will also specify locations of entrances onto Yonge Street. As well, the lighting facilities, design of parking areas, design of buildings, relationship of the proposed buildings to adjacent buildings, street and exterior areas and individual site landscaping shall be specified in the site plans. iii. Design and massing of the various buildings must be compatible both in respect to other buildings on the site and those buildings surrounding the lands in question. The design of buildings shall be in accordance with good architectural standards. Exterior cladding of the buildings shall be compatible throughout the block. iv. Floodlights, security lighting and illuminated signs shall be located so that no direct light or glare affects adjoining land uses or the safety of traffic on adjacent roads. v. It is intended that lots will not have individual access to Yonge Street, but will be jointly serviced by an internal service road system with limited Yonge Street access. Generally entrances off of Old Yonge Street will not be permitted. vi. The policies of Section 4.11 "Environmental Protection Area" shall apply to the portions of the site which are within the flood limits of Tannery Creek as defined by the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority. vii. Prior to any rezoning of the amendment area, a traffic report and overall site plan showing the location and design of access points of Yonge Street (Highway 11) shall have been approved by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The implementation and interpretation of this Amendment shall be in accordance with the respective policies of the Aurora Official Plan.