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Official Plan Review
The City of Kitchener is currently reviewing and updating our Official Plan.
The Province of Ontario requires municipalities to bring their Official Plans into conformity with the new legislation and
policies of the Places to Grow Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe -- new measures for how communities
should be planned and designed. They promote sustainability principles, transit supportive development, intensification
of downtown and other appropriate areas, good urban design, and complete communities.
Through Kitchener city council's approval of the Kitchener Growth Management Strategy in 2009, a major component of
reviewing the provincial direction at the local level is now complete -- providing recommended actions for preparing the
necessary studies to comply with Places to Grow and some of the basis for the new Official Plan.
Our new plan must also conform to the Region of Waterloo's new Official Plan (ROP).
Supporting Projects
Although Kitchener completed several major policy directions that could influence the Official Plan, such as the Plan for a
Healthy Kitchener and the Strategic Plan for the Environment update, there are still many other master plans and
supporting studies required to be undertaken.
To learn more about the description, status and any meetings or reports on the supporting studies listed below, please
click here.
Comprehensive Review of Employment Lands (CREL)
Comprehensive Review of Intensification Areas (CRIA)
Commercial Policy Review (CPR 2)
City-wide Sanitary Sewer Capacity Analysis
Transportation Master Plan (TMP),Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan
Cycling Master Plan
Kitchener Natural Heritage Systems (KNHS)
Community Infrafrastructure Planning
Community Profile (social, housing, demographics)
Review of "Green" Development Policies (RGDP)
Designated Greenfield Area (DGA) Assessment
Secondary Plans - Housekeeping Review
Southwest Urban Area Studies (SUAS) - Community Master Planning phase
Community Trails Master Plan
Public Process
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Many of the supporting studies include extensive public engagement. In addition to this, the formal public review period
of the draft version of the new Official Plan is expected to begin early in 2011. A formal public meeting was held on
March 8, 2010. Additional public meetings will be scheduled for 2011 along with a review by the City's Advisory
Committees.
Contact
For more information on the Official Plan Review, please contact us at 519-741-2426.
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Official Plan Review Supporting Studies
In addition to major policy directions that Kitchener has completed, such as the Plan for a Healthy Kitchener and the Strategic
Plan for the Environment update, there are numerous master plans and studies that support the preparation of our new Official
Plan. These studies are listed in the chart below.
Supporting StudiesProject LeadTimingStatusAdditional Information
DTS-10-054 Report
Comprehensive Review of Planning CompleteApproved by DTS-10-054 Study
Employment Lands (CREL)council in
The province's Places to Grow March 2010.
Growth Plan requires that Report
municipalities conduct a available
comprehensive review of their
employment lands. Employment
can include a broad range of
uses. For the purposes of this
particular study, industrial-related
uses are the focus. This study will
inventory properties that are
currently designated or zoned for
industrial use and compare
current and future lands with the
forecast for these uses to
determine if there are enough
industrial lands in Kitchener
and/or whether any lands can be
converted to other uses.
Comprehensive Review of HeatherFall 2010 Project ProjectSummary.pdf
Intensification Areas (CRIA)HolbrookSummary
Glossaryofterms.pdf
The purpose of this project is to BrandonReport under
further refine the information Sloanpreparation.
CRIAOpenHouseBoardsNov23.pdf
created in the Kitchener Growth Planning Open house
Management Current Baseline held Nov.
CRIA_CommentForm.pdf
Report, to implement Goal 2: 23/10.
Action 2 of the Kitchener Growth
Phase 1:
Management Strategy, to follow
DTS-10-121 Report
up on the Nodal Living (1999)
Study, Commercial Policies Study
(2000) and subsequent Municipal
Plan Amendment #36.
Specifically, this project is further
investigating the role and function
of mixed use areas such as
nodes and corridors.
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Commercial Policy BrianFall 2010 Draft reports CPR_Phase1_2.pdf
Review (CPR 2)Bateman for all phases
CPR_Phase3A.pdf
This project is investigating Brandon now
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specific commercial uses, such as available.
CPR_Phase3B.pdf
retail and office, within various
Sarah
areas of the municipality. This
CPR_Phase4.pdf
Longstaff
study involves an inventory of
Planning
existing commercial space and
considerations to the future
provisions of commercial uses in
a growing municipality.
City-wide Sanitary Sewer Engineering CompleteCity-wide
Capacity Analysissanitary sewer
The City is conducting a modeling model for
exercise of the capacity of the internal use is
sanitary sewer system. This can now complete.
enhance the information available
for future rehabilitation and future
forecasting related to growth in
different areas of the city.
Transportation Master Plan John McBride2011 Underway
(TMP)Engineering -
The City is undertaking a plan to Transportation
direct transportation objectives Planning
and initiatives for all modes of
travel in Kitchener. This plan will
determine how best to implement
the Region of Waterloo's new
Transportation Master Plan
(Moving Forward 2031). Topics
that are being considered include
transportation demand
management, the new cycling
master plan, our pedestrian
charter, movement along our trail
network and local street issues.
Cycling Master PlanEngineering - CompleteApproved by
The City is developing a Cycling Transportation council
Master Plan with the ultimate goal Planning in August
of creating policies, programs, 2010. Report
design standards and available.
infrastructure that support and
promote both recreational and
commuter cycling.
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Parks Master PlanCommunity CompleteApproved by Study
The City is currently developing a Services - council on
Parks Master Plan which is Design & September
intended to: Development 28, 2010.
1.Provide strategies and
opportunities for the
Planning, Conservation and
Management of the park
system;
2.Bridge the gap between
community needs and
expectations and the
current operating and
development level of
standards for parks;
3.Create the framework for
where resources (staff,
budget and effort) should be
allocated in order to build a
vibrant healthy and livable
community.
Kitchener Natural Heritage Barbara Fall 2010 Draft report NaturalHeritagePoliciesBoards.pdf
Steiner
Systems (KNHS)and mapping
KNHS Comment Form
This project is to recognize local, Carrieunder
regional, and provincial natural Musselmanpreparation.
heritage (environmental) features Planning Open
and systems. The study area will house held
included all lands located within Dec. 7/10.
the City. The findings will be used
to update City of Kitchener
Official Plan mapping and
policies.
Community Infrastructure Planning TBD Project on
Planninghold in 2010.
The purpose of this project is to
review Section 3.2.6 of Places to
Grow Growth Plan and identify
how community infrastructure is
planned in Kitchener and where
improvements may be required.
Community infrastructure includes
elements such as health,
education, recreation, social-
cultural and safety. This review is
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specific to land and buildings not
programs/education. Although the
municipality is not the primary
service provider for many of these
actions, the objective is to ensure
that coordination is enhanced
with land use planning.
Community Profile Planning CompleteInternal
(Social/Housing/Demographics)information
Planning staff are pulling together now complete.
existing information regarding
housing and demographic
statistics about the municipality
using 2006 Census and other
available information. This will
help form a profile of the various
Planning Communities to provide
background to the preparation of
policies in the new Official Plan.
Review of "Green" Planning CompleteReport DTS-10-125 Report and Draft
Development Policies (RGDP)accepted by Policies
The purpose of this project is to Council June
review existing Official Plan 2010.
Policies regarding "Green"
development, including energy
production and conservation, air
quality, water conservation and
waste management. The intent is
to investigate matters that can be
influenced at the local level.
Designated Greenfield Area Alexandra2010 Draft report
(DGA) AssessmentPiresunder
This project involves further work Brandonpreparation.
to determine what the specific SloanPublic
numerical target will be for the Planning consultation
density (measured in persons and pending.
jobs per hectare) for new
'greenfield' subdivision.
Secondary Plans - Planning 2011 Minor review
Housekeeping Reviewunderway as
A minor review of the existing part of Official
nine Secondary Plans will be Plan policy
conducted as part of this Official writing. Major
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Plan Review. The intent is to review of
prepare 'housekeeping' revisions existing and
and ensure that the policies do any new
not contradict provincial or secondary
regional requirements. A plans
comprehensive public review of expected
all existing and any new potential 2012-2015.
Secondary Plans within the
existing built area is scheduled to
start in 2012 in advance of the
next 5-year Official Plan Review.
The future comprehensive review
may also include the preparation
of Secondary Plans surrounding
major transit station areas.
Southwest Urban Area Studies/ Juliane von Phase Public Project Overview
Community Master Planning Westerholt1/2 Fall meeting held
Questions and Answers
The City is preparing a Brandon2010 June 24,
Community Master Plan for the Sloan2010.
largest remaining greenfield area Planning
Phase 2 - land
that is contemplated for urban
Pre-Study:
Phase
use option
development. The lands under
3/4
and
study are approximately 430
-157
DTS Report 09
Summer
evaluation.
hectares in size and are located
2011
1&2)
Terms of Reference (Phases
in the southwest portion of the
Draft
city along Fischer Hallman Road,
Community
mostly between Bleams Road to
Master Plan
the north and Huron Road to the
pending.
south. The Community Master
Additional
Plan that will provide the basis for
public and
a subsequent Secondary Plan for
stakeholder
a portion of the Study Area
sessions to be
(Fischer Hallman Corridor
scheduled.
between Rockwood Road and
Plains Road) and give guidance
to the processing of development
applications. The overall objective
is to have a complete community
that is planned, designed and
developed to be walkable, transit-
supportive, and respectful of the
natural environment.
Community Trails Master Plan William SleethSpring Project
and Implementation Strategy
Community 2011 Initiation
The City of Kitchener is initiating Services,
Public Survey
a study of the citywide community Design and
available
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trail system to improve this Development
important off-road cycling and
pedestrian network.
We will be examining potential
improvements to existing trails,
identifying gaps in the current trail
system and improving the way
trails are incorporated into the
planning and design of new
neighbourhoods
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