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Official Plan Document

OFFICIAL PLAN
        of the
CITY OF SARNIA
January 12, 2001
Office Consolidation
as Amended
July, 2006
List of Amendments (pdf)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1
INTRODUCTION (pdf)

1.1     PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
1.2     EFFECT OF THE PLAN
1.3     BASIS OF THE PLAN
1.4     GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT
1.5     GOALS OF THE PLAN

PART 2
LAND USE POLICIES (pdf)

2.1     INTRODUCTION
2.2     RURAL AREA
2.3     RESIDENTIAL AREAS
2.4     COMMERCIAL AREAS
2.5     INDUSTRIAL AREAS 
2.6     INSTITUTIONAL AREAS
2.7     MAJOR OPEN SPACE AREAS
2.8     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREAS
2.9     RESOURCE EXTRACTION
2.10   WATERFRONT AREAS
2.11   MAJOR TRANSPORTATION AREAS

PART 3
SECONDARY PLANS

3.1   SECONDARY PLAN
DEVELOPMENT AREA 1 (pdf) 

(lands bounded by Highway 402 to the south, Modeland Road to the east, Blackwell Road to the north and the former Canadian National Railway right-of-way [now the Howard Watson Nature Trail] to the west)  

3.2   SECONDARY PLAN
DEVELOPMENT AREA 2 (pdf)

(lands bounded by the Canadian National Railway to the south, Highway 40A to the west, Blackwell Sideroad to the east, the existing Highway Commercial designation from Blackwell Sideroad to Perch Creek, then south along Perch Creek to the existing "Light Industrial" designation, then westerly to Highway 40A all generally to the north) 

PART 4
MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND UTILITIES (pdf)

4.1    TRANSPORTATION
4.2    PUBLIC USES AND UTILITIES 
4.3    MUNICIPAL SERVICES, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

PART 5
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POLICIES (pdf)       

5.1     ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5.2     CULTURAL HERITAGE
5.3     NATURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES
5.4     NATURAL HAZARDS
5.5     WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
5.6     AMENITY AND DESIGN
5.7     URBAN DESIGN
5.8     ENERGY CONSERVATION
5.9     LAND USE COMPATIBILITY
5.10   NEIGHBOURHOODS
5.11   STABLE AREAS
5.12   DECOMMISSIONING AND LAND USE REHABILITATION
5.13   COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT 
5.14   PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
5.15   AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS
5.16   RENTAL HOUSING CONVERSION TO CONDOMINIUM

PART 6
IMPLEMENTATION (pdf)

6.1     GENERAL
6.2     OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW AND AMENDMENTS
6.3     ZONING BY-LAWS
6.4     HOLDING BY-LAWS
6.5     TEMPORARY USE BY-LAWS
6.6     INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAWS
6.7     BONUS ZONING
6.8     EXISTING, NON-COMPLYING AND NON-CONFORMING USES
6.9     SUBDIVISION CONTROL
6.10    SITE PLAN CONTROL 
6.11    DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
6.12    COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT
6.13    CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
6.14    SECONDARY PLANS 
6.15    PUBLIC INFORMATION 
6.16    SPECIAL STUDIES 
6.17    CAPITAL WORKS
6.18    MONITORING

PART 7
INTERPRETATION (pdf)

7.1     LAND USE BOUNDARIES
7.2     NUMERICAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS 
7.3     MEANING
7.4     PERMITTED USES
7.5     REFERENCE TO ACTS
7.6     SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE "A"
Proposed Land Use (pdf)

SCHEDULE "A-3.1"
Secondary Plan - Development Area 1 (pdf)

SCHEDULE "A-3.2"
Secondary Plan - Development Area 2 (pdf)

SCHEDULE "B"
Natural Heritage and Natural Hazard Areas (pdf)

SCHEDULE "C"
Transportation and Road Widening Plan (pdf)

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A (pdf) - Definitions

APPENDIX B (pdf) - List of Background Reports in Support of the Official Plan

APPENDIX C (pdf) - Bibliography 

 

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