OPA #17 Appendix1 - County of Simcoe

4. The General Criteria for considering new lots by consent in Section H2.2.1 is modified by
adding in a new subsection j) which states “will conform to Section 51(24) of the Planning
Act, as amended”.
5. The policy on boundary adjustments in Section H2.2.2 is amended by deleting the words
“correcting conveyances, enlarging existing lots or through acquisition by a public body.”
and replacing those words by “modifying lot boundaries.”
6. Section D2.3.2.1 is modified by adding the word “retirement” to the title and “retiring” in
the body of the policy dealing with lots for retiring bona fide farmers.
7. Section D2.3.2.2 is modified by adding in the words “in the agricultural designation” in the
introductory section. This section is also modified by changing subsection b) from “an
original Township lot upon” to “that existed on”. The intent of this change is allow for no
more than one infilling lot from any 20 hectare parcel which existed on the date the Plan
comes into effect in the Agricultural designation.
8. Section 2.3.12, which deals with farm related tourism establishments is modified by
adding the words “permanent” in the second sentences.
9. Section D3.3.2, which deals with infilling lots in the Rural designation is modified by
adding the words “in the Rural designation” in the first sentence. In addition, subsection
a) is deleted and the word “that” in subsection b) is replaced with “than generally”. Lastly,
subsection c) is modified by deleting the words “an original Township lot upon” and
replacing those words with “a lot that existed on”. The intent of this policy is also to allow
for the creation of no more than one infilling lot from any 20 hectare parcel of land that
existed when the new Official Plan policies come into effect.
10. Section D10.3.8 is substantially modified by deleting all of the text that was in the draft
OPA that was presented to the public at the public meeting on June 24, 2003. Instead, it
is proposed to delete the last sentence and replace that sentence with the following
words. “Amendments to this Plan that have the effect of permitting additional residential
development adjacent to the Shoreline designation will be discouraged. If such an
application is submitted, the appropriateness of the immediate area for development from
an environmental, servicing, character and traffic perspective shall be assessed. If major
development is proposed, a detailed review of the entire shoreline area shall be carried
out to determine if the proposed location is suitable and appropriate from a growth
management perspective.”
11. Section E4, which deals with the Edgar Special Policy Area, was proposed to be deleted
as part of this Amendment presented on June 24, 2004. Instead, it is now proposed that
the deletion of the Special Policy Area designation be dealt with separately in the context
of a future OPA.
12. The water taking section has been significantly modified to ensure that the policy will only
come into effect once the courts have ruled that water taking is a use of land in
accordance with the Planning Act. The policy will also state that if the courts rule that the
use is a land use, a By-law review process shall be undertaken and all issues with
respect to water taking shall be addressed at that time.
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