Notice of Adoption: By-law 2024-082 & 2024-083

TAKE NOTICE that the Council for The Corporation of the Town of Caledon passed By-laws 2024-082 and 2024-083 on October 7, 2024, to adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 1 and amend Zoning By-law 2006-50 under Sections 17,26 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13. This intent of these amendments is to develop updated mineral aggregate policies and mapping for the Council-adopted Future Caledon Official Plan and updates to Zoning By-law 2006-50, where appropriate, building upon the findings of the Joint Peel-Caledon Aggregate Policy Review. as indicated on the attached Schedule A.


And TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of the Zoning By-law 2024-083 by filing with the Clerk of the Town of Caledon no later than the close of business on the 12th day of November 2024 a Notice of Appeal.

Location

The Official Plan Amendment BL 2024-082 relates to the entire geographic area of the Town of Caledon.
Zoning By-law Amendment BL 2024-083 relates to:

  • Part of Lot 27, Concession 5 WHS, Geographic Township of Chinguacousy;
  • Part of Lots 13, 14 and 15, Concession 5 WHS, Geographic Township of Caledon; and
  • Part of Lot 16, Concession 2 WHS and 3 WHS, Geographic Township of Caledon.

Explanation of Purpose and Effect

The purpose and effect of BL-2024-082 (Official Plan Amendment 1) is to amend the Council-approved Future Caledon Official Plan to:

  • Implement the Supplementary Aggregate Policy Study
  • Build upon the findings of the Joint Peel-Caledon Aggregate Policy Review.
  • Establish Chapter 20 with updated mineral aggregate policies
  • Establish Schedule E12 with updated Caledon High Potential Mineral Aggregate Resource Area (CHPMARA) mapping.
  • Amend text and Schedules related to mineral aggregate policies elsewhere in the Official Plan, where appropriate.
  • Authorize additional implementation projects and requests for reports on study issues.

The purpose and effect of BL-2024-083 (amending Zoning By-law 2006-50) is to:

  • Update zoning standards, where appropriate.

Please find attached copies of the Amendments.

The basis for these By-laws is contained in Staff Report 2024-0544: Recommendation Report: Supplementary Aggregate Policy Study as brought forward to the Special Town Council Meeting on October 7, 2024.

All oral and written submissions relating to the Amendment were considered by Council before this decision was made.

 Appeal Procedure

Official Plan Amendment No. 1 is subject to approval by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and is therefore not subject to appeal. Any person or public body will be entitled to receive notice of the decision of the approval authority if a written request to be notified of the decision (including the person’s or public body’s address, fax number or email address) is made to the approval authority. The approval authority is the Municipal Services Division – Central Region Office, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 777 Bay Street, 17th floor, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2J3

The last date for filing a notice of appeal to BL-2024-083 (being the Zoning By-law Amendment that implements OPA 1) is November 12th, 2024. Such notice of appeal must be filed with the Town Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Caledon and must:

  1. Set out the reasons for the appeal, and the specific part of the proposed official plan amendment to which the appeal applies,
  2. Set out the reasons for the appeal and the specific part of the proposed official plan amendment to which the appeal applies, and
  3. be accompanied by the Ontario Land Tribunal fee in the amount of $1,100.00, which can only be paid by certified cheque or money order made payable to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before By-law 2024-083 (being the implementing zoning by-law amendment to OPA 1) was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

The appeal form is available from the Ontario Land Tribunal on their website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/forms-submissions/ or by contacting the Town Clerk.

Additional Information

Additional information in respect of this Amendment is available for inspection at the Town of Caledon, Planning Department, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., by contacting Jeff Hignett, Senior Planner, Strategic Policy Planning, 905-584-2272 x. 4222 or jeff.hignett@caledon.ca.

DATED at the Town of Caledon Kevin Klingenberg

This 22nd day of October 2024. Town Clerk