OPA 226 - Town of Caledon

Region adopting a series of Regional Official Plan Amendments in
2009 and 2010
And by adding the following sentence to the end of the fourth
paragraph
The planning roles and responsibilities of the Region of Peel and the
area
municipalities within Peel are further detailed and refined from
time to time through the establishment of appropriate operating
protocols and other service delivery agreements Information
regarding the most current set of operating protocols is attached to
this Plan as
Appendix VI
6 The renumbered Section 1 7 Contents of the Plan is amended by
adding reference to Schedule S Figure 1 and Figure 17
7 Section 2 2 1 c is amended by adding the following words protecting
expanding and diversifying the Town s employment and assessment
base and after the words achieve fiscal sustainability by
8 Section 2 2 2 a is amended by adding the following
end of the second paragraph
sentences to the
Notwithstanding that a significant portion of Caledon s Prime
Agricultural Area is also located within the Growth Plan Area based
on Caledon s current population and employment forecasts the vast
majority of the Growth Plan Area in Caledon will remain in a Prime
Agricultural Designation during and beyond the life of this Plan This
will pose unique challenges with respect to the continued viability and
vitality of agriculture in southern Caledon which will require policies
that support agricultural innovation diversity and flexibility
9 Section 2 2 2 b is amended by adding the following as the final
paragraph
The Provincial Growth Plan June 2006 identifies a
conceptual
Future Transportation Corridor that generally extends east from the
Guelph area to the east of Caledon and includes policy directions
requiring that transportation corridors be identified and protected The
Ministry of Transportation has initiated an Environmental Assessment
study that will more
specifically define the GTA West Future
Transportation Corridor Should the outcome of this Environmental
Assessment determine that a
major east west transportation
infrastructure corridor is needed in south Caledon it could significantly
influence long term development patterns and provide opportunities
for strategic employment lands development
10 Chapter 3 General Policies is amended by adding the following new
Section 3 1 Sustainability and renumbering all subsequent Sections
accordingly
3 1 SUSTAINABILITY
3 1 1 Introduction
Sustainability in its broadest sense refers to the wise use of
available resources to meet the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs Under many policy models sustainability is
considered to have three primary pillars economic
environmental and social cultural
The Town of Caledon prides itself for its tradition of progressive
local community based land use planning This tradition has
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