City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

15.25 City Council shall encourage its Committee
of Adjustment to apply the goals, objectives
and policies of this Plan, and maintain the
purpose and intent of the City’s zoning
by-laws in making decisions regarding the
granting of minor variances pursuant to the
Planning Act.
CITY POLICY
Committee of Adjustment
15.26 City Council, in commenting to the
Regional Land Division Committee
regarding the consideration of land
severances pursuant to the Planning Act,
CITY POLICY
Land Severance
(a) shall be guided by the policies of the
Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan,
Durham Regional Official Plan, this
Plan, and the regulations and
requirements of the City’s zoning bylaws;
(b) shall limit the creation of lots for
residential purposes by land severance
to a maximum of three, and require that
an ownership of land capable of being
divided into more than three additional
lots be developed by a plan of
subdivision, except where it is
demonstrated to Council’s satisfaction
that a plan of subdivision is neither
appropriate nor necessary in which case
Council may authorize the development
to proceed by land severance;
(c) may, when authorizing a development
to proceed by land division, require the
owner to enter into one or more
agreements respecting matters that
would normally have been covered by a
subdivision agreement, and
(d) for lands within the Oak Ridges
Moraine, shall also require the
following,
(i) permit residential infilling and lot
creation within the hamlet
boundaries of Claremont as
expansions to the hamlet boundary
shall not be permitted;
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