Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review November 18, 2013 Public Meeting Proposed Changes 1

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Section 26 of Planning Act: mandatory OP review every 5 years Seguin OP in effect April OP review began July 2011 July 2011 ~ November 2012: public review and consultation November 3, 2012: statutory Public Meeting on OP revisions 2

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review December 2012: OP revisions presented to MMAH May 2013: MMAH provide OP revision comments Summer 2013: Additional consultations with provincial ministries November 18, 2013 – 2 nd statutory Public Meeting on OP revisions 3

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Summary of Official Plan Review updates Continue to recognize Shoreline, Settlement, and Rural Areas “Natural Heritage System Approach” Recreational Carrying Capacity – use as “guideline” on small lakes (B.3.3) Development policies on high-sensitivity/over- threshold lakes (B and B.3.2.1) 4

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Summary of Official Plan Review updates “Cultural Heritage” terminology based on comments from Ministry of Culture (B.11) Mainland access policies for water-access lots (B.12.2) Criteria for creating waterfront landings (B ) Increased protection of threatened and endangered species habitat (D.4.6) 5

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Summary of Official Plan Review updates Shoreline character protection policies (C ) Addition of 3 Provincially-Significant Wetlands (D.4.3) Narrow waterbody policies (D.8) Green Energy Act policies (E.8.3) 6

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Summary of Official Plan Review updates Development standards for points & peninsulas (C g) Dark Sky Lighting policies (F.1.5) Pre-consultation & Complete Applications (F.7, F.8) Resort Commercial policies (C ) 7

Seguin Official Plan 5 Year Review Summary of Official Plan Review updates Removal of “Georgian Green” policies Updates and corrections to OP mapping: Schedule A – Land Use Schedule B – Transportation Schedule C – Overlay Designations 8