OPA 226 - Town of Caledon

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Caledon will prepare an intensification strategy that will identify
opportunities for intensification appropriate to the role and
function of Caledon s communities within the Town structure
and the availability of community infrastructure water and
wastewater services to support intensification appropriate
areas for focusing intensification such as intensification
corridors urban nodes Major Transit Station Areas and other
appropriate intensification areas the appropriate type and
scale of development in intensification areas barriers to
intensification and measures for overcoming identified barriers
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Caledon will permit and encourage compatible forms of
intensification in existing residential neighbourhoods
rural area such as Apartments
apartments above garages and duplexes
Section 5 10 3 14 of this Plan
and the
in Houses coach houses
in accordance with
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Greenfield Densitv
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Introduction
To create compact efficient and complete communities the
Growth Plan requires that Greenfield development within each
upper or
single tier municipality be planned to meet a density
target of 50 residents and jobs combined per hectare
In response to this Provincial direction
the Region of Peel
Official Plan area
municipalities state that the Region will plan
to achieve a minimum Greenfield density of 50 residents and
jobs combined per hectare by 2031 The Region of Peel will
complete
an
analysis in collaboration with the area
municipalities to demonstrate how the allocation of the
Regional forecasts will be planned at the municipal level to
contribute to the achievement of the minimum combined
Regional Greenfield density target
The Region will only consider approving settlement boundary
expansions for Rural Service Centres if they contribute to the
achievement of the Regional minimum Greenfield Density
Target established for 2031 Regional approval will be required
for expansions to rural settlement areas if the expansion will
adversely affect the achievement of the Regional Greenfield
density target
Caledon will make its best efforts to contribute to the
achievement of the Regional Greenfield Density Target
however this will be very difficult as employment lands in
Caledon are
generally at a density far below the Greenfield
Density Target and are not expected to achieve 50 jobs per
hectare in the future Compensating for lower density
employment lands will necessitate higher residential and
population related employment densities in the Rural Service
Centres Higher densities may be accommodated in part
through the development of high density nodes such as the
potential Major Transit Station Areas but would not be
desirable in residential neighbourhoods due to the lack of
public transit and other necessary services and objectives for
community form and character
A built boundary and Designated Greenfield Area have been
identified by the province in the Palgrave Estate Residential
Community The Palgrave Estate Residential Community is
approved to be developed at a very low density in this Plan and
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