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

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Are

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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

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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

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Planning Services

Town of Oakville

1225 Trafalgar Road

Oakville ON L6H 0H3

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