Dufferin County Official Plan Review

COUNTY OF DUFFERIN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT

Municipal Comprehensive Review Phase III – Land Use Policy Framework

NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

TAKE NOTICE that the County of Dufferin will hold a Public Open House pursuant to subsection 17(15) and 17(16) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, regarding the proposed land use policy framework updates to the County of Dufferin County Official Plan as a result of the County's Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

Public Open House

A virtual Public Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. To join the meeting virtually on Zoom, please use the following link:

https://dufferincounty-ca.zoom.us/j/84933085713

Password: 959929687

Documents shared at the Public Open House will also be posted on Join In Dufferin https://joinindufferin.com/dufferin-county-municipal-comprehensive-review

The Purpose and Effect of the Official Plan Amendment

This proposed third phase Official Plan Amendment (OPA) has been prepared in association with the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) to bring the County Official Plan into conformity with the Provincial Growth Plan, A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) (Office Consolidation 2020), to ensure that it has appropriate regard for matters of Provincial interest, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020.

This proposed OPA represents the third and final amendment, concluding the County’s MCR process. The Phase III OPA relates the policies of the Official Plan that address general strategy to govern development growth throughout the County. These include general policy updates relating to housing options, climate change, Employment Lands, implementation and interpretation. The policy text amendment also includes updates to key policy definitions for the purpose of conformity and to simplify policy wording.

The third phase OPA applies to the whole of the County of Dufferin and therefore, a key map is not provided with this notice.

For further information on the Public Open House, please contact:

Silva Yousif, Senior Planner, County of Dufferin, syousif@dufferincounty.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

TAKE NOTICE that the County of Dufferin will hold a public meeting pursuant to Subsection 17(15) and 17(16) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, regarding a proposed amendment to the County of Dufferin Official Plan to implement the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

Public Meeting

The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the W. & M. Edelbrock Centre, 30 Centre Street, Orangeville. The purpose of the public meeting is to present the proposed land use policy framework updates to the Official Plan Amendment (OPA) being put forward for consideration as a result of the County’s MCR exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, and to give an opportunity for the public to provide input.

Any person or public body wishing to participate in the meeting may attend in-person or virtually. To join the meeting virtually on Zoom, please use the following link:

https://dufferincounty-ca.zoom.us/j/84760671556

Password: 947791334

Written comments can be sent to the attention of the County Clerk by email or via regular mail to the address listed at the end of this notice.

The meeting will be livestreamed and will be available on the County’s YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/DufferinOne

The Purpose and Effect of the Official Plan Amendment

This proposed third phase OPA has been prepared in association with the County’s MCR to bring the County Official Plan into conformity with the Provincial Growth Plan, A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) (Office Consolidation 2020), to ensure that it has appropriate regard for matters of Provincial interest, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020.

This proposed OPA represents the third and final amendment, concluding the County’s MCR process. The Phase III OPA relates the policies of the Official Plan that address general strategy to govern development growth throughout the County. These include general policy updates relating to housing options, climate change, Employment Lands, implementation and interpretation. The policy text amendment also includes updates to key policy definitions for the purpose of conformity and to simplify policy wording.

The third phase OPA applies to the whole of the County of Dufferin and therefore, a key map is not provided with this notice.

Additional Information

A copy of the proposed OPA and additional information will be available at

https://joinindufferin.com/dufferin-county-municipal-comprehensive-review

Notification of Adoption

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed OPA, you must make a written request to the County Clerk at the address listed below. Such requests must include the name and mailing address/email address to which such notice should be sent.

NOTE: The approval authority for adopted County of Dufferin Official Plan Amendments is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make

written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless in the opinion of the Tribunal there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Notice of Collection, Use, and Disclosure

All personal information collected will be used to support Council in their deliberations and decision making, and by staff, about the second phase schedules and maps Official Plan Amendment, in accordance with sections 17 and 26 of the Planning Act and disclosed in full, including names, opinions, addresses and email, to any other persons requesting access to these records, or published as part of a public agenda. All information submitted to the County is subject to the Municipal Freedom of Information Act and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). Questions about this notice of collection should be directed to the County Clerk.

DATED at Orangeville this 24th day of January, 2024.

Michelle Dunne, County Clerk

W. & M. Edelbrock Centre, 30 Centre Street, Orangeville, ON L9W 2X1

Phone: 519-941-2816 x 2504 Email: clerk@dufferincounty.ca

Dufferin County invites residents and stakeholders to get involved in shaping the future of the community. The County is hosting four public workshops at the Monora Park Pavilion in July to help inform its Phase III Official Plan Amendment (OPA):

• July 5, 2023, 2 to 4 pm – Healthy Communities
  • Age friendly communities
  • Recreation and tourism
  • Job creation
• July 5, 2023, 6 to 8 pm – Housing
  • Additional Residential Units
  • As of Right Zones
  • Mixed-use zones (live, work and play)
  • Affordable/attainable housing
• July 6, 2023, 9 to 10 am – Infrastructure
  • Public transit
  • Road access and traffic
  • Shelburne bypass
• July 6, 2023, 2 to 4 pm – Sustainability
  • Aquifers
  • Schools
  • Climate
  • Lot creation in agricultural and rural
    

The aim of these workshops is to engage the community and gather input to inform the County’s MCR Phase III OPA. The Phase III OPA will address how to manage population and employment growth while prioritizing the development of complete communities, addressing affordable housing, ensuring infrastructure is sustainable and mitigating climate change.

During these engagement sessions, the County will address key Community and Governance policy topics as aligned with its recently approved 2023 to 2026 Strategic Plan. Residents and stakeholders are encouraged to share their perspectives, concerns and ideas to help shape policy that reflects the needs and aspirations of the Dufferin community as the County plans for the future.

Presentations and video of these workshops will be made available online for those unable to attend, and community members can provide feedback on these topics until July 23, 2023 on Join In Dufferin.

About the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review

Dufferin County is currently home to 67,000 people and is planning to exceed 100,000 people and 40,000 jobs by 2051. To address this planned increase in population, the County is working on its Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR), a series of studies that will influence Dufferin’s Official Plan and shape the growth of Dufferin County for the next 30 years.

The Phase III OPA represents one of multiple amendments to the existing County Official Plan that will establish where and how growth is to occur in Dufferin County. It has been prepared in association with the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) to bring the County Official Plan into conformity with the Province of Ontario’s A Place to Grow: Growth plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
To learn more about the MCR and to get involved, visit Join In Dufferin.

QUOTES

“Our vision for Dufferin County under our new Strategic Plan is to be a community that grows together. To achieve this vision, it is so important that our residents and all stakeholders get involved in addressing how we manage population and employment growth in the future. We encourage our community to attend these engagement sessions in July to have their say as we plan for the future of Dufferin County.”

- Wade Mills, Warden, Dufferin County

“Dufferin County’s MCR will establish the goals, objectives, and land use policies that guide us as we work to ensure the future needs of our community are met. With Equity and Climate Lenses top of mind, it is our goal to develop complete communities, address the affordable and attainable housing crisis, build and maintain sustainable infrastructure and mitigate climate change while planning for and managing growth. We invite our community to join us in July to share their feedback on these important topics.”

- Sonya Pritchard, Chief Administrative Officer, Dufferin County

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Megan Ball, Manager of Communications

mball@dufferincounty.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

County of Dufferin Official Plan Amendment - Municipal Comprehensive Review Phase II – Schedules and Maps

TAKE NOTICE that the County of Dufferin will hold a public meeting pursuant to Subsection 17(15) and 17(16) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, regarding a proposed amendment to the County of Dufferin Official Plan to implement the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

PUBLIC MEETING

The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the W. & M. Edelbrock Centre, 30 Centre Street, Orangeville. The purpose of the public meeting is to present the proposed second phase schedules and maps Official Plan Amendment (OPA) being put forward for consideration as a result of the County’s MCR exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, and to give an opportunity for the public to provide input.

Any person or public body wishing to participate in the meeting may attend in-person or virtually. To join the meeting virtually on Zoom, please use the following link:

https://dufferincounty-ca.zoom.us/j/83298000567

Password: 817117136

If you wish to attend the meeting either in-person or virtually, please email dcmcr@dufferincounty.ca before July 12, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. to pre-register.

Written comments can be sent to the attention of the County Clerk by email or via regular mail to the address listed at the end of this notice.

The meeting will be livestreamed and will be available on the County’s YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/DufferinOne

THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT

This proposed second phase schedules and maps OPA has been prepared in association with the County’s MCR to bring the County Official Plan into conformity with the Provincial Growth Plan, A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) (Office Consolidation 2020). The proposed OPA will introduce updated policies and mapping required to conform to provincial plans and policies and to reflect the County’s growth structure including a settlement area hierarchy, updated Natural Heritage mapping, and updated Prime Agriculture Areas to accommodate the proposed growth allocations presented in Phase I of the MCR (OPA No. 2).

The OPA applies to the whole of the County of Dufferin and therefore, a key map is not provided with this notice.

NOTE: The County is specifically looking for your input on the second phase schedules and maps OPA at this time. There will be opportunity through future statutory Open Houses and Public Meetings regarding additional County OPAs to address proposed updates to the County’s policy framework and context.

This proposed OPA represents the second of multiple amendments to the County Official Plan that relates to the County Municipal Comprehensive Review.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A copy of the proposed OPA and additional information is available at

https://joinindufferin.com/dufferin-county-municipal-comprehensive-review

NOTIFICATION OF ADOPTION

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed OPA, you must make a written request to the County Clerk at the address listed below. Such requests must include the name and mailing address/email address to which such notice should be sent.

NOTE: The approval authority for adopted County of Dufferin Official Plan Amendments is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless in the opinion of the Tribunal there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

NOTICE OF COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE

All personal information collected will be used to support Council in their deliberations and decision making, and by staff, about the second phase schedules and maps Official Plan Amendment, in accordance with sections 17 and 26 of the Planning Act and disclosed in full, including names, opinions, addresses and email, to any other persons requesting access to these records, or published as part of a public agenda. All information submitted to the County is subject to the Municipal Freedom of Information Act and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). Questions about this notice of collection should be directed to the County Clerk.

DATED at Orangeville this 19th day of June, 2023.

Michelle Dunne, County Clerk

W. & M. Edelbrock Centre

30 Centre Street, Orangeville, ON L9W 2X1

Phone: 519-941-2816 x 2504

Email: clerk@dufferincounty.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE

COUNTY OF DUFFERIN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT

MUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

PHASE 2 OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDEMENT – SCHEDULES AND MAPS

AND TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FINDINGS

TAKE NOTICE that the County of Dufferin will hold a Public Information Center in person and virtually pursuant to subsection 17(15) and 17(16) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, regarding a proposed draft schedules and maps to the County of Dufferin County Official Plan as a result of the County's Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

Public Information Center (in person)

The PIC is scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 2023 from 12 to 1 pm at 55 Zina Street. Pre-registration is required via email at dmarwaha@dufferincounty.ca no later than January 16, 2023.

Public Information Center (virtual)

The virtual PIC is scheduled for January 21, 2023 from 1:30 to 3 pm and will be held virtually via ZOOM. To participate in the meeting, pre-registration is required via email at dmarwaha@dufferincounty.ca by no later than noon on January 16, 2023.

THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT

This proposed second phase Official Plan Amendment (OPA) has been prepared in association with the County’s MCR to bring the County Official Plan into conformity with the Provincial Growth Plan, A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) (Office Consolidation 2020), to ensure that it has appropriate regard for matters of Provincial interest, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020.

This proposed OPA represents the second of multiple amendments to the existing County Official Plan that relates to the schedules and maps for the county growth structure, including a settlement area hierarchy, natural heritage, and agricultural areas to reflect the potential growth allocations presented in the Land Needs Assessment (LNA).

The second phase OPA applies to the whole of the County of Dufferin and therefore, a key map is not provided with this Notice.

The purpose of the Public Information Center and public meeting is to present the proposed second phase OPA being put forward for consideration as a result of the County's MCR exercise under Section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, and to provide an opportunity for the public to provide input.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the County of Dufferin on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to County of Dufferin, 30 Centre Street, Orangeville, ON L9W 2X1 or planner@dufferincounty.ca

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the County of Dufferin to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the he

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Silva Yousif, Senior Planner, County of Dufferin

syousif@dufferincounty.ca

The County’s Land Needs Analysis will be presented to Dufferin County Council in February 2022 for adoption. The purpose of this study is to conform with the Provincial Growth Plan (2020, consolidated) regarding:

• Population and employment forecasts
• Minimum intensification targets
• Greenfield density targets

In addition to determining the residential and employment lands needs for each local municipality.

More information on the Land Needs Analysis can be found on the right hand side of this page in the document labelled “January 27, 2021 - My Community Plan Update”.

Since late 2019, the County has been working on the Municipal Comprehensive Review – a series of studies aiming to help us plan how we shape the growth of Dufferin County until the year 2051.

The County, in partnership with our Planning Consultants WSP have wrapped up Phase 1 and 2 of this project and will be spending the first half of 2022 working on and completing Phases 3 and 4 of this project (more details can be found in the timeline section on the right hand border of this page).