PDC020-2024

Background

Item Description

The report recommends that this application to amend the Zoning By-law be approved.  MHBC Planning Limited, submitted the application on behalf of Glenshore Investments Inc to amend the Zoning By-law to accommodate the proposed development of a 0.91 hectare privately owned Stormwater Management facility on the subject lands.  The subject property is designated ‘Business Corridor’ and ‘Open Space’ in the City’s Official Plan. An amendment to the Official Plan is not required.  The subject property is designated ‘Mixed Commercial/Industrial’ and ‘Valleyland’ in the Bram East Secondary Plan (Area 41a). The subject lands are also part of the Highway 427 Industrial Secondary Plan (Area 47) but do not currently have a designation. An amendment to the Secondary Plan is not required to facilitate the proposed development.  A housekeeping amendment to the Secondary Plan will be required in the future to correct the lands from being part of two secondary plans. The amendment will remove the lands from the Bram East Secondary Plan (Area 41a) and provide a designation for the lands in the Highway 427 Industrial Secondary Plan (Area 47).  The subject property is zoned ‘Industrial Business – Special Section 3558 (MBU-3558)’, ‘Floodplain (F)’ and ‘Open Space (OS)’ by By-Law 270-2004, as amended. An amendment to the Zoning By-law is required to permit the private Stormwater Management facility.  A Statutory Public Meeting for this application has been scheduled for January 15, 2024. At the time of the preparation of this report, no written correspondence has been received. Staff will continue to consider comments received by the public and will address them, as needed, at the Planning and Development Committee Meeting on January 29, 2024 in order to ensure that the Bill 109 legislated timeline is satisfied.  This application represents good planning, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, and conforms to the Provincial Growth Plan, the Region of Peel Official Plan, and the City of Brampton Official Plan

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The proposed zoning by-law amendment will streamline the zoning for the industrial blocks and stormwater management pond. The amendment will rezone the site from Floodplain to Industrial Business – Section 3757. The permitted use will remain for flood and erosion control. This proposal and implementing documents have regard for matters of provincial interest that are set out in the Planning Act. The application to is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, maintains the goals and objectives of the City’s Official Plan, and conforms to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Region of Peel Official Plan.