Back to SearchNelson Aggregate Co. has made an application to amend the Official Plan for the lands located at 5235 Cedar Springs Rd. & 2226, 2232, 2244, 2280, 2292, 2300, 2316, and 2330 No. 2 Side Rd. The File Reference Number is 505-04/20.
Description of Proposed Development
The application proposes to amend the Official Plan to permit a Class ‘A’, below water aggregate extraction operation with an annual extraction limit of 2 million tonnes. Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at www.burlington.ca/nelsonquarry
Description of Proposed Amendments
The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as amended, designates the subject property as “Escarpment Rural Area”, which permits an array of rural uses including agriculture, single dwellings, forest and wildlife management, agriculture-related businesses and recreational use as provided in the Niagara Escarpment Plan (2017). The land use designation, as well as the permitted uses, remain the same throughout the City’s new Official Plan (2020, subject to appeals). A portion of the City’s Natural Heritage System is identified on the subject lands as identified in the new Official Plan (2020, under appeal).
The City’s Zoning Bylaw identifies the subject properties as ‘Niagara Escarpment Development Control’. This recognises that the Zoning Bylaw is not in effect and that the properties are subject to the policies of the Niagara Escarpment Plan as well as the requirement to secure a Niagara Escarpment Commission development permit.
The applicant is proposing to amend the Official Plan to redesignate the property from a ‘Escarpment Rural Area’ to a ‘Mineral Resource Extraction Area’ to allow for the expansion of the existing aggregate extraction use. The Region of Halton Joint Agency Review Team (JART) report has been completed and is available for review at: www.halton.ca/The-Region/Regional-Planning/Mineral-Aggregate-Operations/Burlington-Quarry-(Nelson-Aggregates)
Public Meeting
You are invited to attend a Public Meeting under the Planning Act concerning these applications. As the application has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT), Burlington Community Planning staff is providing a Staff Report for information purposes only. No recommendation to approve or refuse the application is being provided to Council.
This meeting will be held using a hybrid model, allowing members of Council, City staff and the public to participate remotely or in-person at Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant St.
Sept. 18, 2023
6:30 p.m.
Online at www.burlington.ca/calendar or
in person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, Ont.
Requests to delegate at this meeting can be made by completing the online delegation registration form at www.burlington.ca/delegate, by submitting a written request by email to the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca or by phoning 905-335-7777, ext. 7481 by noon on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.
For more information:
For more information about this application and to view the proposed Official Plan amendment, please visit the City’s Development Project webpage for this file at www.burlington.ca/nelsonquarry. This webpage contains additional material, including studies that the applicant has submitted.
A staff report, which provides a description of the application and updates on the technical review and public comments received to date, will be available for public review on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The report will be available on the City’s website at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the Sept. 18, 2023, meeting of the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee. If you need a hard copy of the report, please email the Clerks Department at clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
For more information about this matter, including about appeal rights, contact:
John Stuart, Senior Planner
905-335-7777, ext. 7384
john.stuart@burlington.ca
or visit www.burlington.ca/nelsonquarry
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