City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

General Information
CITY POLICY
Preparation of Rural
Settlement Plans
CITY POLICY
Rural Settlements
12.1 In preparing rural settlement plans, City Council
shall,
(a) involve residents, business-people, landowners,
relevant public agencies, and other interested
groups and individuals;
(b) designate the settlement boundary and land
uses within that boundary on Schedules IV-1
to IV-13 in accordance with the description and
permissible uses set out in Table 17;
(c) indicate the location of new public road
connections, where known, and endeavour to
ensure the construction of such road
connections through development proposals
and government initiatives; and
(d) indicate the general location of existing and
new community facilities, where known, and
endeavour to ensure the construction of such
facilities through development proposals and
government initiatives.
12.2 For development in Rural Settlements, City
Council shall,
(a) require development to occur along existing
roads, and along new roads introduced in
locations identified either on the rural settlement
maps or through the review of development
proposals;
(b) encourage and where possible require, the scale,
character and relationships of new development
(including lots, buildings, structures, roads,
services and utilities) to be compatible with
scale, character and relationships of existing
development, considering features such as the
size and shape of lots, lot coverage, building
heights, building setbacks, building floor area,
building material and design, road widths, street
patterns and vegetation;
(c) encourage new development to enhance the
range of housing choice in the settlement and to
be innovative in relation to compact form, water
usage and sewage disposal;
(d) require all new development, whether on
individual or communal water and sanitary
services, to be based on appropriate technical
review to ensure the adequate provision of
services, protection of the natural environment,
the protection of nearby property owners, and
compliance with Provincial and Regional
standards; and
(e) protect for road connections to adjacent lands.
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