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Downtown Oakville
Growth Area ReviewDraft Policy Changes
Public Information Session
March 6, 2017
Outline1. Introduction
2. Other Downtown Projects
3. What is an Official Plan?
4. Why Review the Official Plan?
5. Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review
6. Analysis of Draft Policy Directions
7. Policy Directions and Draft Policy Changes
8. Next Steps
9. Questions
Other Downtown ProjectsDowntown Plan
• Downtown Cultural Hub Study (ongoing)
• Downtown Transportation and Streetscape Study (2015)
Harbours Master Plan (ongoing)
Downtown Oakville Retail Action Plan (2015)
Downtown Oakville Economic Study (2014)
Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation
District Plan and Guidelines (2013)
Commercial District Parking Study (2013)
Downtown Oakville Strategic Action Plan (2010)
Town of Milton
Town of Oakville
Livable Oakville Plan Area
North Oakville Secondary Plan Area
What is an Official Plan?
Why Review the Official Plan?
Province of Ontario
Region of Halton
Town of Oakville
• Planning Act
• Provincial Policy Statement
• Growth Plan & Greenbelt Plan, etc.
• Halton Region Official Plan
• Town of Oakville Official Plan -
Livable Oakville
2017 2018
Public Consultation &/or Draft OPA Decision Meeting
Directions Report
2019
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Region of Halton Official Plan Review
Urban Structure Review
Employment & Commercial Review
Kerr Village
Bronte Village
Downtown Oakville
Gro
wth
Are
a R
evi
ew
s
Active Project / Feed into Conformity Review
We Are Here
Population & Housing Numbers
2020
Statutory Public Meeting
Palermo Village
Uptown Core
Municipal Elections
Stable Residential Review
Speers Road Corridor Study
Bronte GO – Major Transit Station Area
North Oakville Review
Cultural Heritage, Urban Design, Community & Institutional Uses, Transportation (complete streets), Physical Services & Utilities, Sustainability (urban forest & tree canopy, climate change, brownfields, stormwater management), Residential, Mixed Use, NaturalArea & Open Space (parkland needs), Parkway Belt West, Implementation & Monitoring, Housekeeping
Corridor Studies (based on USR)
Discussion Papers
Parkway Belt West Plan
Local Official Plan Adoption
Regional Official Plan Adoption
Provincial & Regional Conformity Review
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4OFFICIAL PLAN
REVIEW WORK PLAN
stage 1
stage 2
Consultation:
Study Commencement
Draft Directions
Consultation:
Draft Directions
Draft Policies
Consultation:
Draft Policies
Proposed Policies
OPA - Public Meeting
Recommended Policies
OPA
we are here
STAGE 2
(2019 – 2020)
Statutory Planning Act Process:
Official Plan Amendment (OPA) at
Planning & Development Council
Town Wide Conformity Review &
Official Plan Amendment
Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review
Q1 2017
STAGE 1
(2015 – 2017)
Category Description
Carry Forward Direction should be implemented.
Modify Policy Direction Direction should be modified and implemented.
Do Not Carry Forward A new approach should be considered.
Future Conformity Further conformity considerations required.
Public, Staff,& Subcommittee
Comments
Redevelopment Viability Report
Emerging Directions, Master
Plans, & Policies
Advancing Draft Policy Directions
to Draft Policy Changes
Draft Policy Directions
Analysis of Draft Policy Directions
DirectionCarry
Forward
Modify
Direction
Do Not
Carry
Forward
Future
Conformity
1 Maintain the existing growth area boundary
2 Maintain the existing land use permissions
3Explore (identify) opportunities for increased
building heights
4 Explore (identify) opportunities for bonusing
5 Strengthen existing urban design policies
6Implement the Council-endorsed vision and
objectives for the Downtown Plan (i.e., DTS
and DCH studies)
7 Revise approach to growth target
Additional directions:
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Maintain the existing growth area boundary1
Evaluation: Modify Direction
--- Existing Boundary
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Modify the growth area boundary1
--- Draft Boundary Change
--- Existing Boundary
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Maintain the existing land use permissions2Evaluation: Carry Forward
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Maintain the existing land use permissions2
What is different? Most of the land use designations would
change from Central Business District to the Mixed Use designations, which have very similar land use permissions.
‘Hotel’ would be added as a use that may be permitted in the Main Street 1 and Main Street 2 designations.
New policies would be added to maintain certain land use permissions.
What does it mean? The Central Business District designation,
which originated in the 1984 official plan and has largely been replaced by the Mixed Use designations, would be phased out.
Mixed use buildings would be required along Lakeshore Road East (e.g., with retail uses on the ground floor).
Single-use buildings would be permitted on lots that do not abut Lakeshore Road East. For more details, please refer to the complete document:
Draft Policy Changes for Downtown Oakville (March 6, 2017)
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Explore opportunities for increased building heightsExplore opportunities for bonusing3/4Evaluation: Carry Forward
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3/4Identify opportunities for increased building heightsIdentify opportunities for bonusing
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Strengthen existing urban design policies5Evaluation: Modify
Existing Policy:
Urban Design
All development within Downtown Oakville shall be
of a high quality design that considers the integration
of new and existing buildings, as well as building
façade treatment.
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Strengthen urban design policies & add an urban design schedule
5
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6 Incorporate Vision & Objectives from Downtown Plan (DCH & DTS)
Goal
Downtown Oakville will be an attractive, active,
animated and vibrant downtown where people
come together to live, meet, work, say, interact
and engage. It will be the cultural, social and
economic heart of our community where citizens
and visitors can celebrate and experience the
natural setting, heritage, culture and the arts.
Goal
Downtown Oakville will
be an attractive, active,
animated and vibrant
downtown where people
come together to live,
meet, work, say, interact
and engage. It will be the
cultural, social and
economic heart of our
community where citizens
and visitors can celebrate
and experience the
natural setting, heritage,
culture and the arts.
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Revise Approach to Growth Target7
• Draft approach considers a “minimum planned density” of
people and jobs per hectare
• No number provided at this point. To be confirmed once:
• Public input received on draft policies
• An approach for expressing growth and density numbers
is more firmly established for the OP as a whole
• Baseline data confirmed through census
• Allocation requirements from Halton Region more clearly
understood
• Future conformity amendments necessary
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Consultation:
Study Commencement
Draft Directions
Consultation:
Draft Directions
Draft Policies
Consultation:
Draft Policies
Proposed Policies
OPA - Public Meeting
Recommended Policies
OPA
we are here
STAGE 2
(2019 – 2020)
Statutory Planning Act Process:
Official Plan Amendment (OPA) at
Planning & Development Council
Town Wide Conformity Review &
Official Plan Amendment
Q1 2017
STAGE 1
(2015 – 2017)
Study Process: Next Steps
We want to hear from you!
Please submit your comments no later than April 28
so that they may be included in a report to the
Council Subcommittee.
For more information, visit www.oakville.ca and search
“Downtown Oakville Growth Area Review”
Email us:
plan@oakville.ca
Write us a letter:
Planning Services
Town of Oakville
1225 Trafalgar Road
Oakville ON L6H 0H3
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