Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS upon approving the City of Ottawa’s new Official Plan in 2021, Council directed staff to review policies surrounding estate lot subdivisions in the rural area with a focus on assuring any historic applications are clustered near existing subdivisions or villages; and WHEREAS there are only a handful of such applications that would qualify under the proposed amendment; and WHEREAS applications for estate lot subdivisions, which were relocated, would still be required to go through the development application process; and WHEREAS these historic applications, were they approved and constructed, would be more suitable if they were adjacent to existing developments. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff revise the recommended amendment of Volume 1, Section 3.4, Policy 8 to remove the conditions of “draft approval, final approval or registration” and replace Policy 8 a) as follows: “The application in the former location is eligible for consideration for a country lot estate subdivision as per Section 9.2.3, policy 4 in Volume 1 and Area-specific policy 30.1 in Volume 2C, and no development of any kind or local street construction has occurred,” and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that revised amendment 57a in Appendix B – Rural amendments be amended to clarify that a new location is eligible if the abutting existing country lot estate subdivision existed as of November 4, 2022.

WHEREAS report ACS2024-PDB-PS-0087 - Omnibus 2 - Official Plan Amendment (the Report) is targeting the City Council meeting on October 16, 2024; and WHEREAS staff have received multiple submissions relating to the proposed amendments in the Report following its publication on eSCRIBE; and WHEREAS staff would like additional time to review the submissions ahead of Council; and WHEREAS a Case Management Conference with the Ontario Land Tribunal related to the 1600 Stagecoach Drive is scheduled for Oct 17, 2024; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee adopt the following additional recommendation: That Recommendation 2 and proposed Official Plan Amendment 35 proceed directly from Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee to the Council meeting of October 16, 2024.

That the following motion be added for consideration as an additional item at the October 3, 2024 meeting of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, pursuant to Subsection 89 (3) of the Procedure By-law. WHEREAS Council approved a Front-Ending Agreement (ACS2023-PRE-PS-0079) for the construction of a new roundabout at Perth Street and Meynell Road in the Village of Richmond on July 12, 2023, for a value of $5,209,743.06 (plus applicable H.S.T.); and WHEREAS the approach from the east leg on Perth Street (between Meynell Road and Rochelle Drive) has been converted from a rural cross-section to an urban cross-section (with a curb) on the north side to accommodate a new sidewalk and cycling facility to benefit residents living in the developing community; and WHEREAS with the north-side curb in place, local farmers have expressed concern that it is difficult to navigate the east approach to the roundabout with their over-sized farm equipment; and WHEREAS there is right-of-way available on the south side of this section of Perth Street (Meynell Road to Rochelle Drive) to provide that additional width to accommodate over-sized farm equipment; and WHEREAS staff, working with the developer’s consultant, have proposed a design modification that expands the pavement width by 2.8m on the south side of Perth Street for a distance of 250m, with some additional modifications to the constructed splitter island curbs at the roundabout, while leaving other constructed elements intact; and W