City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

10.17 City Council recognizes that the
Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor is intended
to function as a significant vegetated
connector providing for species migration
between the Rouge and Duffins valley
systems; accordingly, Council shall,
(a) designate the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife
Corridor to increase awareness of this
area (see Schedule III), while
recognizing that any interpretation of the
boundaries of the Open Space System on
Schedule I, through an Environmental
Report, in accordance with section 14.4
of this Plan, shall result in coincident
interpretation of the boundaries of the
Corridor shown on Schedule III;
(b) require, where appropriate, that the
recommendations of any Environmental
Report required by section 15.9 and the
development guidelines resulting from
section 11.16(b) be implemented;
(c) require that the development guidelines
and Environmental Report(s) referred to
in (b) above address the relationship of
such matters as appropriate setbacks
and/or buffers, edge management and
stormwater management to the
Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor;
(d) recognize that any uses permissible
within the Open Space System - Natural
Areas designation (see Table 3) are
permissible within the Rouge-Duffins
Wildlife Corridor as identified on
Schedule III;
(e) despite the permissible uses listed in
Table 13, permit utility and ancillary
uses, as well as any uses permissible
within the Open Space System – Natural
Area designation (see Table 3) on lands
designated both Freeways and Major
Utilities – Potential Multi-Use Area on
Schedule I and also Rouge-Duffins
Wildlife Corridor on Schedule III; and
(f) encourage the Ministry of Natural
Resources, Toronto & Region
Conservation Authority, Region of
Durham, Ontario Hydro and interested
others to both prepare a “Rouge-Duffins
Wildlife Corridor Management Plan”
and establish funding for on-ongoing
maintenance and restoration of the
Corridor.
CITY POLICY
Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor
The corridor is intended to
function as a natural linkage
between the Rouge and
Duffins valleys which
provides nearly
uninterrupted passage for
various species. This
broadens their habitat and
can lead to greater species
survival.
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