City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

CITY POLICY
Oak Ridges Moraine
The Oak Ridges Moraine
was formed approximately
12,500 years ago when
material gathered between
two separate lobes of glacial
ice creating an interlobate
moraine. The moraine is
significant for its unique
concentration of geological,
hydrogeological, landform
and special attributes. Only
a small portion of the
moraine extends into the
City. Nevertheless, it is the
source of many of the City’s
streams, and provides
important local ecological
and aesthetic values.
10.13 City Council recognizes that the Oak Ridges
Moraine provides a wide range of
environmental functions critical to the
maintenance of healthy water resources and
natural heritage values in the City and beyond;
accordingly, Council shall,
(a) designate the Oak Ridges Moraine
boundary in accordance with Ontario
Regulation 01/02;
(b) implement the Oak Ridges Moraine
Conservation Plan, (Ontario Regulation
140/02) through this Plan as required by
the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act,
2001;
(c) where questions of interpretation arise,
regard shall be given to the Oak Ridges
Moraine Conservation Plan;
(d) implement a development control
strategy that requires all development on
the Oak Ridges Moraine to maintain the
ecological integrity of the key natural
heritage features, preserves the sensitive
hydrologic features and maintains the
significant landform features of the
Moraine in accordance with Chapter
Fifteen; and
(e) where the policies of this Plan
contradict the Oak Ridges Moraine
Conservation Plan, the more restrictive
policies shall prevail with the exception
of policies that apply to agricultural
uses, mineral aggregate operations and
wayside pits.
CITY POLICY
Lake Ontario Waterfront and
Frenchman’s Bay
10.14 City Council recognizes the ecological,
cultural, recreational and economic
significance of Frenchman’s Bay and the
Lake Ontario Waterfront; accordingly,
Council shall,
(a) designate the shoreline of Frenchman’s
Bay and the Lake Ontario Waterfront as
part of Shorelines and Stream Corridors
to increase awareness of this area
(see Schedule III);
(b) permit uses and activities along and
adjacent to Frenchman’s Bay and the
Lake Ontario Waterfront that promote
the area as attractive, healthy and
accessible, while protecting and/or
enhancing ecological systems and the
character of abutting neighbourhoods;
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