OPA 226 - Town of Caledon

most recently the Mayfield West Phase 1 Secondary Plan OPA 208
approved
in 2006
While the growth management strategy of OPA 114 was being
implemented the Town proceeded to systematically review other
sections of the Official Plan New Ecosystem Planning and
Management and Open Space and Recreation policies were
established through OPA 124 which was
approved in two steps in
1997 and 2003 New Mineral Resources policies were developed on
the basis of the Caledon Community Resources Study and instituted
through OPA 161 approved in 2003 New Cultural Heritage
Conservation policies were implemented through OPA 173 approved
in 2004 The Town s
Agricultural and Rural policies were
comprehensively updated through OPA 179 which came into effect in
2009 Bolton s oommercial policies were comprehensively reviewed
through
OPA 215 which came Into effect In 2007
In accordance with the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act 2001
the Town
of Caledon adopted Official Plan Amendment 186 on
October 6 2003 to bring the Official Plan into conformity with the Oak
Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan Ontario Regulation 140 02 OPA
186 was approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on
December 6
non decision
2006 except for several policies that were subject to a
and remain outstanding
In 2005 a review of the Town s
population and employment forecasts
was initiated This review originally undertaken to address local
growth issues in Bolton resulted in the development of Town wide
forecasts and distributions that were
incorporated into draft Official
Plan Amendment 203
Draft OPA 203 also extended the Town s
population and employment forecasts to 2031 Draft OPA 203 was
twice endorsed by Council in August 2006 and November 2007 and
Town staff was directed to use the forecasts for planning purposes
While this work was
ongoing the Province of Ontario implemented a
series of sweeping changes to the land use planning system in
Ontario These changes included
1 The Provincial Policy Statement 2005 PPS 2005 which came
into effect on March 1 2005
2 Bill 135 the Greenbelt Act which received Royal Assent on
February 24 2005 and the Greenbelt Plan which took effect
December 14 2004
3 Bill 51 the Planning and Conservation Land Statute Law
Amendment Act which received Royal Assent on October 19
2006 and
4 Bill 136 the Places To Grow Act which received Royal Assent
on June 13 2005 and the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden
Horseshoe the Growth Plan which took effect on June 16
2006
In response to these major Provincial policy and legislative changes
the Town initiated an Official Plan review in 2007 In September
2007 Council approved a work plan for this review This work plan
established that the scope of the Official Plan review would be limited
to addressing conformity with these new Provincial planning
directions The work plan also identified eight Key Topic Areas that
would be reviewed Growth Forecasts and Density Intensification
Targets Employment Transportation and Services Agriculture and
Rural Policies Sustainability Water ResourceslWatershed Planning
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