City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

NEIGHBOURHOOD 3: BAY RIDGES
Description
Neighbourhood
Population Projection
1996 Population 7,800
Projected Growth 1,700
Percent Increase 21.8
2016 Population 9,500
Is bounded by the mid-line of Frenchman's Bay, Highway
401, the hydro transmission corridor, and Lake Ontario
Includes significant parkland adjacent to Lake Ontario
and at the south end of Sandy Beach Road
Consists of a mix of 1960s (and later) detached,
semi-detached, townhouse and apartment dwellings; older
village development near the Bay from early 1900s; also
includes three elementary schools, four neighbourhood
parks, three places of worship, a community/seniors'
centre, a lawn bowling facility, a library, an arena, a GO
Transit station, and marinas
Has neighbourhood and community shopping located on
Bayly Street west of Liverpool Road; neighbourhood
shopping on Krosno Boulevard near Liverpool Road, and
on Bayly Street at Sandy Beach Road
Has general and prestige employment areas located north
and south of Bayly Street, east of Sandy Beach Road
Has environmentally sensitive areas associated with
Frenchman's Bay and the Lake Ontario waterfront
Has four Detailed Review Areas within its boundary: (i)
lands and water surrounding the existing marinas; (ii) the
lands around Liverpool Road, Old Orchard Road and
Krosno Boulevard; (iii) lands around the Bay Ridges
Plaza, west of Liverpool Road; and (iv) lands around the
GO Transit station and easterly along Bayly Street
City Council has adopted development guidelines as
follows:
* The “Liverpool Road Waterfront Node
Development Guidelines” (for lands surrounding
the existing marinas)
CITY POLICY
Bay Ridges Neighbourhood
Policies
11.5 City Council shall,
(a) recognize that the area generally situated
from Commerce Street stretching south to
the Lake Ontario shoreline, on either side of
Liverpool Road, exhibits a unique mix of
built and natural attributes that establishes
the area as the ‘Liverpool Road Waterfront
Node’;
PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN EDITION 6: Chapter Eleven -- Urban Neighbourhoods 152