City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

(v) If Table 18 does not specify the
dimensions of a minimum vegetation
protection zone, determine whether
one is required, and if one is required,
specify the dimensions of the required
minimum vegetation protection zone
and provide for the maintenance and,
where possible, improvement or
restoration of natural self-sustaining
vegetation within it, including, without
limitation, an analysis of land use, soil
type, slope class and vegetation type,
using criteria established by the
Province, as amended from time to
time, and
(vi) in the case of a key natural heritage
feature that is fish habitat, ensure
compliance with the requirements of
the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (Canada);
(e) for lands within the minimum area of
influence that relate to a hydrologically
sensitive feature, but outside the
hydrologically sensitive feature itself and the
related minimum vegetation protection zone,
require a hydrological evaluation for an
application for development or site alteration
that shall:
(i) demonstrate that the development or site
alteration will have no adverse effects on
the hydrologically sensitive feature or on
the related hydrological functions;
(ii) identify planning, design and
construction practices that will maintain,
and where possible improve or restore
the health, diversity and size of the
hydrologically sensitive feature; and
CITY POLICY
Key Natural Heritage
Features and Hydrologically Sensitive
Features -
Oak Ridges Moraine
(Cont’d)
Fish habitats are to include
but are not limited to all
hydrologically sensitive
features with surface water
characteristics.
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