City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

Appendix II
Guidelines on When to Submit Environmental Reports
In Accordance with Section 15.8 of the Pickering Official Plan
The chart below guides the conditions under which an Environmental Report may be requested as outlined in
section 15.9 of this Plan. (As a reminder, the matters to be addressed by an Environmental Report are
outlined in section 15.11 of this Plan.) The chart identifies that an Environmental Report may be required to
be submitted if the development application or infrastructure project is located on lands (a) having any one of
the listed features, or (b) located the specified distance from the listed features. For convenience, the chart
also identifies the Schedule or Map from this Plan where the features are illustrated. In some cases, the
features may be identified through the review of a development proposal.
Schedule Or Map
from this Plan
Where Feature Is Found
Environmental Report to be Submitted if the Development
Application or Infrastructure Project is for Lands:
(A)
Having Any of the Following Features
(B)
Located the
Following Distance
from the Feature
Listed in Column (A)
Schedule I: Land Use
Structure an Open Space System - Natural Areas designation within 50 metres
Schedule III: Resource an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) within 50 metres
Management an Environmentally Significant Area (ESA) within 50 metres
the Former Lake Iroquois Shoreline
within 50 metres
the Oak Ridges Moraine
within 50 metres
the Rouge Park Boundary
within 50 metres
Rouge Duffins Wildlife Corridor
within 50 metres
Shorelines and Stream Corridors
within 50 metres
a Known Waste Disposal Site
within 500 metres
a Class 1, 2 or 3 Wetland
within 120 metres
a Class 4, 5, 6 or 7 Wetland
within 75 metres
Map 4: Forests, Fields
and Hedgerows* a Forest greater than 2 hectares in size within 50 metres
Map 5: Known Areas of a Known Area of Significant Groundwater Recharge
Groundwater Recharge or Discharge, or any other area which may exhibit
and Discharge*
Potential for Significant Groundwater Recharge or
Discharge.
N/A
Map 6: Environmental
Resource Areas* a candidate ANSI or ESA that may be identified within 50 metres
Not Identified in this a Known Location of the Habitat of an Endangered,
Plan**
Threatened or Vulnerable Species, where a
significant portion of the habitat has been mapped within 50 metres
Not Identified in this a Known Location of the Habitat of an Endangered,
Plan**
Threatened or Vulnerable Species, where the habitat
has not been mapped
within 100 metres
* Feature may also be identified through the review of development proposals.
** These features are identified through the review of development proposals.
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