City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

CITY POLICY
TABLE 12 (cont’d):
Agricultural Areas
and Oak Ridges Moraine Countryside Areas:
Permissible Uses (cont’d)
TABLE 12
Designation
Permissible Uses
(Restrictions and limitations on the uses permissible, arising from other policies of this
Plan, will be detailed in zoning by-laws.)
Oak Ridges
Moraine
Countryside
Areas
Primary agricultural uses such as,
Growing crops, including nursery and horticultural crops;
Raising livestock and other animals, including poultry and fish;
Aquaculture, agro-forestry, maple syrup production;
Animal agriculture;
Farm-related residential dwellings, existing lawful residential dwellings, a new
residential dwelling on a vacant lot that was zoned as of November 15, 2001;
Complementary and supportive agricultural uses such as,
Home businesses;
Farm-related businesses producing agricultural products from farm operations,
such as value-added processing and packing operations of agricultural
products, roadside produce stands retailing products from the farming
operation, farm vacations as part of a farming operation, and cottage wineries
producing produce from local farming operations;
Other agriculture-related uses.
Other uses, such as,
Fish, wildlife and forest management;
Conservation, environmental protection, restoration, low intensity recreational
uses, and similar uses;
Transportation, infrastructure, and utilities (but only if the need for the project
has been demonstrated and there is no reasonable alternative);
Home industries;
Bed and breakfast establishments;
Low-intensity recreational uses;
Mineral aggregate operations and wayside pits.
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