BYLAW - Adopt Official Plan Amendment No.14 - 19951011 - 366895DAMENDMENT NO. 14
TO THE
OFFICIAL PLAN FOR
TOWN OF AURORA
This Amendment No. 14 to the Town of Aurora Official Plan which was adopted by the
Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora is hereby approved under Sections 17 and
21 of The Planning Act.
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M. DeAn is,
Director of Development Services,
Regional Municipality of York
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
By-law Number 3668-95.D
BEING A BY-LAW to adopt Official Plan
Amendment No. 14
The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora, under Section 17 ( 6) of the Planning Act,
RSO 1990 Chapter P. !3 as amended, hereby enacts as follows:
!. Official Plan Amendment No. 14 for the Town of Aurora, consisting of the attached
explanatory text and schedules, is hereby adopted ..
2. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to make application to the Minister of Municipal
Affairs for approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 14 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 27th DAY OF September, 1995.
READ A THIRD AND FINAL TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS lUh,. DAY OF
9.S!.£ber, 1995.
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AMENDMENT NO. 14
TO THE
OFFICIAL PLAN
FOR THE TOWN OF AURORA
AMENDMENT NO. 14
TO THE
OFFICIAL PLAN FOR HIE
TOWN OF AURORA PLANNING AREA
The Amendment No. 14 to the Official Plan for the Town of Aurora Planning Area which was
adopted by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora is hereby approved under
Sections 17 and 21 of the Planning Act.
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Index
AMENDMENT NO.l4 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE
CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
The Statement of Components
PARTI-THEPREAMBLE
Purpose of the Amendment
Location
Basis of the Amendment
PART II-THE AMENDMENT
Introductory Statement
Details of the Amendment
Implementation and Interpretation
PART III-THE APPENDIX
Conceptual layout and building elevations
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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 (6) of the Planning Act, RSO 1990 Chapter P. 13 as Amendment No. 14 to the Official Plan for
the Town of Aurora.
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PART I
PART II
PART III
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STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS ·
THE PREAMBLE does not constitute part of this Amendment.
THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the following text and maps (designated
Schedule "A") constitutes Amendment No. 14 to the Official Plan for the·
Town of Aurora.
THE APPENDIX does not constitute part of this Amendment.
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PART I -THE PREAMBLE
Purpose of the Amendment
Amendment 14 would change the land use designation applying to the subject lands from "Rural"
to "Suburban Residential Specific" and "Private Open Space Specific" to provide policies to guide
their development.
Location
The subject lands are Part of Lot 75, Concession I E.Y.S. more particularly described on Schedule
"A" attached hereto and forming part of this amendment.
Basis of the Amendment
Amendment Number 14 is being enacted in response to the following factors:
1) The site was designated for "Special Rural Residential" and "Special Major Open Space"
land uses by a site specific amendment to the previous Official Plan. A ·subsequent
application for Official Plan Amendment to permit 35 very large town houses on the
residential part of the site was rejected by Council in 1990.
2) When Council repealed the previous plan and adopted the present Official Plan in its place,
the lands were designated in "Estate Residential" and "Private Open Space" land use
categories to reflect the existing uses of the property. The lands owners requested a deferral
of these land use designations to allow them to attempt to find a proposed use for the
property which increased the density but addressed the concerns of Council and
neighbouring property owners. Council agreed to the deferrals and recommended that the
viability of a suburban residential designation be explored. ·
3) The present proposed land use incorporates a "cluster" form of housing comprising of groups
of two and four units. The building form is intended to be low rise, no more than one and
op.e half storeys in height. The massing of the buildings has been designed to achieve
compatibility with both the townhomes on the adjoining golf course and residential
development to the south and east while creating an overall building size similar to the estate
homes on the large lot development to the west. Generally, it is intended that the two unit
clusters will make up the majority of the buildings on those portions of the site that interface
with the existing abutting residences as requested by adjoining property owners.
3) While the subject lands are located within the Oak Ridges Moraine, agencies responsible for
monitoring proposals on the Oak Ridges Moraine have indicated that their objectives can be
achieved through full municipal servicing of the site and involvement in the zoning by-law
amendment and site plan approval stages. Water and sewer capacity have been allocated to
the site.
4) The applicants propose to buffer the. adjoining residential uses by means of setback
requirements from the property lines and landscaped buffer areas so as to minimize the
impact of the development on the privacy presently enjoyed by residents of the area.
5) The cluster form of housing implements Goals E, F and G of Section 3.1 of the Official Plan
which support the provision and promotion of intensified use of serviced residential areas
without detracting from the physical character of the community; maintenance of human
scale of existing development while protecting privacy and amenity of individual dwellings,
and; innovation in residential development.
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PART II-THE AMENDMENT
Introductory Statement
All of this part of the document entitled Part II: THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the following
text and attached map, identified as Schedule "A" (Land Use Plan of the Town of Aurora) constitutes
Amendment No. 14 to the Official Plan of the Town of Aurora.
Details of the Amendment
The Official Plan of the Town of Aurora, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
Item (1) The area indicated on Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this
amendment, being Part of Lot 75 Concession I E.Y.S., is hereby redesigned
from "Special Rural Residential" and "Special Major Open Space" to
"Suburban Residential Specific" and "Private Open Space Specific" as shown
on Schedule "A".
Item (2) Section 3.1.4. (Site Specific Policy Areas) is hereby amended by adding the
following as Section 3.1.4.j:
J. The lands shown designated Suburban Residential Specific and Private Open Space
SpeciJ;ic on Schedule "A" attached hereto, being part of Lot 75, Concession I E.Y.S.
shall be used for no more than 34 residential units constructed in groupings of 2 and
4 units and a tennis complex comprising of a tennis clubhouse, tennis courts,
swimming pool and associated parking and landscaping in accordance with the
following provisions.
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i) It is intended that no further development or infill of any part of the property
including the parking area and club house building will take place.
ii) The Suburban Residential land use category allows for a cluster form of
development provided that the density conforms with the minimum lot area
requirement of 0.2 net residential hectares per unit and that a minimum of 25% of the
overall lot area is designated as common or public open space. Calculations of the
density and open space requirements have been based on the entire site including the
existing tennis complex, designated Private Open Space Specific, however excluding
the parking area and clubhouse building. This formula was determined in
consideration of the of the intensity of the use, and agreement that the built upon
components of the site will not be treated as "common open space" for the purposes
of this policy.
iii) The built form shall consist of attached dwelling units comprising of groupings
of two or four units of no more than 1112 storeys, approximately 8 metres in height.
At the western and southern peripheries of the site two unit groupings shall be the
predominant form although four unit groupings may be permitted in limited
quantities provided the number of 2 unit groupings exceeds 4 unit groupings.
Exterior cladding shall be of high quality in keeping with the types of building
materials used on surrounding residential buildings and the existing tennis clubhouse
building.
iv) A buffer consisting of a heavily landscaped berm, open space and fencing in
addition to a distance separation between the buildings and the southern and western
property boundaries shall be provided. Along the easterly property line a wooden
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privacy fence shall be erected. The distance separation shall be no less than 25
metres for structures abutting the west property line and shall include a landscaped
berm with a minimum width of 10 metres, an open space buffer with a minimum
width of 1 0 metres, and a rear yard area with a minimum depth of 5 metres. Along
the south property line, the minimum distance separation shall be 20 metres including
a landscaped berm and open space buffer, each having a minimum width of 10
metres. Details of the planting, grading and fencing provisions required to
implement this buffer area shall be specified in the site plan agreement.
v) As a condition of development the owner shall be required to entered into a site
plan agreement with the Town of Aurora which shall include review by and input of
the Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority. Appropriate Storm Water Management Reports and Studies
will be submitted as part of that approval which will be acceptable to the Ministries
of Natural Resources and Environment, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority and the Town of Aurora.
vi) The development shall be serviced with municipal water supply and sanitary
sewerage disposal.
Implementation and Interpretation
Amendment Number 14 to the Official Plan will be implemented and interpreted in
accordance with the respective policies of the Town of Aurora Official Plan, as amended.
Development of the subject lands will require an arnendmiOJI.t to the Town's Zoning By-law
to-establish an appropriate zoning category and standards as well as the execution of a Site
Plan Agreement.
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AMENDMENT No. 14
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
EXTRACT FROM THE
AURORA OFFICIAL PLAN
SCHEDULE A
LAND USE PLAN
LEGEND
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
RE: Official Plan Amendment Number 14
Official Plan Amendment Number 14 would change land use designation applying to the subject
lands which are currently developed as a tennis complex to permit 34 townhouse type units
constructed in clusters of 2 or 4 units in addition to the tennis complex. The amendment provides
details respecting: the density which is calculated on the entire property but excludes the actual site
of the tennis complex and its associated parking area; the buffers adjacent to existing development;
maximum building heights and means of servicing the site. Involvement of agencies responsible for
monitoring development on the Oak Ridges Moraine in the zoning by-law amendment and site plan
approval process is provided for to ensure adherence to their requirements. Policies also require that
exterior cladding of buildings be of high quality using materials of similar quality to surrounding
buildings.
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