3070-2013 Official Plan Amendment No. 1 (Part Lot 3, Concessions 2 & 3)
BEING A BY-LAW TO ADOPT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1
Passed by Council June 23, 2014
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA
By-law No. 3070-2014
BEING A BY-LAW TO ADOPT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended, the Corporation of the Township of Augusta considers it desirable to
adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 1.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Augusta is required
to prepare, adopt and submit an Official Plan Amendment to the Minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing for approval.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Corporation of the
Township of Augusta that:
1. That the Township of Augusta Official Plan Amendment No.1 consisting of the
attached text and map Schedule ‘A’ is hereby adopted.
2. The Clerk is hereby authorized to make application to the Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 1
to the Township of Augusta Official Plan.
3. This By-law shall come into force and take effect upon final reading thereof.
Read a first and second time this 23 day of June, 2014.
Read a third time and adopted this 23 day of June, 2014.
Signed by Reeve Mel Campbell and Clerk Pierre Mercier
AMENDMENT NO. I
to the
OFFICIAL PLAN
OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA
PART LOT 3, CONCESSIONS 2 & 3
TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA
UNITED COUNTIES OF LEEDS AND GRENVILLE
AMENDMENT NO. I
to the
OFFICIAL PLAN
of the
TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA
PART A THE PREAMBLE does not constitute part of this Amendment.
PART B THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the explanatory text and attached Schedule,
constitutes Amendment No. 1 to the Official Plan of the Township of Augusta.
PART A – THE PREAMBLE
LOCATION
The area affected by Official Plan Amendment No. 1 is located on Parts of Lot 32 & 33,
Concession 8 in the Township of Augusta, being all of Park Lot 23, 27 & 31 and Part of
Park Lot 35 of Registered Plan No. 4, Village of North Augusta, within the United
Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Amendment is to allow the rezoning of a property within the North
Augusta Settlement Area in order to permit an aggregate extraction operation consisting
of a licensed Category 7, Class B Pit above water.
BASIS
The applicant owns and operates an existing sand pit immediately adjacent on the east
side of the proposed Bowman Pit. The existing sand pit is licensed under the Aggregate
Resources Act as a Class B — Pit Above Water. It has a licensed area of 19.8 ha and an
extraction area of 17.1 ha. Most of the sand extracted as part of the existing pit
originates from a large sand dune which extends onto the new parcel that is designated
Settlement Area.
The applicant has retained qualified engineers and other professionals to undertake the
required studies to address the issues raised in the Township’s Official Plan. A copy of
a summary report which provides an overview of the findings of the various technical
studies is attached as Appendix I to this Official Plan Amendment.
In essence the applicant has demonstrated that there will be little or no impacts due to
noise, dust, vibration, haulage routes for the following reasons:
5. the site is located more than 250 metres from the nearest sensitive receptor;
6. the existing mixed forest land cover will be retained;
7. the nature of the sand pit operation will involve only excavation and loading of
trucks;
8. All of the truck traffic will access and egress the site through the existing licensed
pit.
The applicant has also demonstrated that there will be no environmental impacts related
to groundwater or natural heritage features or any cultural impacts related to
archeological features.
PART B- THE AMENDMENT
All of this part of the document entitled Part B — THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the
attached map (Schedule A) and the explanatory text, constitutes Amendment No.1 to
the Official Plan of the Township of Augusta.
DETAILS OF THE AMENDMENT
1. The following new section shall be inserted immediately following section 4.2.7.6:
1. Notwithstanding the above list of permitted uses, on lands designated
Settlement Area Special Exception, a Category 7, Class B Pit Above
Water shall also be permitted subject to the issuance of a license under
the Aggregate Resources Act.
2. Schedule A Land Use, Infrastructure and Natural Heritage Plan is hereby
amended by designating those lands, as shown on Schedule “A” of this
Amendment, from Settlement Area to Settlement Area Special Exception.
SCHEDULE “A”
OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1