• that PCFA categorically…

Numéro du REO

019-0279

Identifiant (ID) du commentaire

35637

Commentaire fait au nom

Perth County Federation of Agriculture

Statut du commentaire

Commentaire

• that PCFA categorically opposes any reintroduction of farm retirement lots in Ontario's prime agricultural areas (page 7)
• that the PPS require fixed urban boundaries for 25-years, and include policies requiring mandatory intensification within the existing built urban boundary as well as mandatory "greenfield" density requirements to better utilize infrastructure, improve the financial viability of public transit and protect our prime agricultural lands from sprawl (page 3)
• that policy 1.1.3.8(d) retains reference to compliance with the minimum distance separation formulae (page 3)
• that OMAFRA's "Guidance Document for Agricultural Impact Assessments" be finalized, adopted and specifically cited in the PPS (page 3)
• that the province uses of a range of buffer forms, located on the urban side of the settlement boundary, to better separate urban uses from agricultural uses (page 4)
• that language be added to policy 1.6.6.7 to require stormwater management ponds be used to separate urban development from adjacent agricultural and rural uses (page 4)
• that municipalities ground truth the presence and boundaries of natural heritage features and areas before including them in the municipality's Official Plan and Zoning By-laws and that municipalities notify each property owner in writing of the identification of a natural heritage feature on their property as well as their appeal options (page 5)
• that use of the agricultural system and the agri-food network be mandatory (page 6)
• that the reference to MDS be restored to Policy 2.3.6.1 (page 6)
• that OMAFRA's AIA guidelines be formally recognized in the draft 2019 PPS, and through potential revisions to Ontario's environmental assessment process (page 6)
• that policy 3.2.3 be relocated to section 1.1.3 (Settlement Areas) (page 6)
• that policies be added to section 1.0 of the PPS to encourage broader use of garden suites (page 7)
• that the PPS definition of "prime agricultural land" be rewritten to include specialty crop areas and/or Canada Land Inventory Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 lands or in Northern Ontario, the highest two soils classes in the district or region, and that updates of Ontario's soils maps must continue to completion (page 8)
• that PPS guidance materials be listed in the PPS (page 9) . that municipalities be mandated to update their Zoning

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