A Statutory Public Meeting will be held on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7PM in the City Hall Council Chambers to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the proposed amendments to the City’s Official Plan, Zoning By-Law, and the Downtown Development Permit By-law.

See the attached notice for more information.

Please click here to access the staff report for the November 7, 2011 Public Meeting. A copy of the Public Meeting display boards can be found here, and a copy of the Public Meeting presentation to the Public and Council can be found here.

Overview

The review of the Downtown Brampton Special Policy Area policies is being undertaken to establish a comprehensive framework for the City of Brampton to review development applications received for lands located within the Downtown floodplain area. Currently the floodplain within the City’s Downtown core is identified as Special Policy Area #3 within the Downtown Brampton Secondary Plan.

The objective of this project is to establish recommendations for modifying the SPA policies to provide greater clarity regarding the requirements for obtaining development approvals. The Province has established procedures for amending Special Policy Areas. These are set out in a document entitled, “Procedures for Approval of New Special Policy Areas (SPAS) and Modifications to Existing SPAS Under the PPS, 2005-Technical Guide (January 2009).

In January of 2011, a staff report was presented to City Council seeking direction to formally proceed with making a submission to the Province in accordance with the provincial protocol for amending the City’s Downtown floodplain policies. In accordance with Council’s recommendation to move forward, a submission package was submitted to the Province, entitled, “Downtown Brampton Special Policy Area: Comprehensive Flood Risk and Management Analysis”, dated July 2011.

Please find below a link to the January 5, 2011 staff report and the July 2011 Provincial submission package:

STAFF REPORTS:

PROVINCIAL SUBMISSION:

• Downtown Brampton Special Policy Area: Comprehensive Flood Risk and Management Analysis: July 2011
• Appendix A: Downtown Urban Design Vision Study, 2005
• Appendix B: Downtown Development Potential Within SPA No. 3. Calculation Table
• Appendix C: Draft Secondary Plan Amendment and Schedules
• Appendix D: Draft Official Plan Amendment Summary Table
• Appendix E: Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• Appendix F: January 5, 2011 Recommendation Report (see above staff report)
• Appendix G: Draft Main Street North Development Permit System Official Plan Amendment
• Appendix H: Draft Main Street North Development Permit System Zoning By-Law Amendment
• Appendix I: Standard Operating Procedure- Downtown Brampton Flood Emergency Response
• Appendix J: Calculation Assumptions
• Appendix K: Zoning By-Law 2006-266
• Appendix L: Aquafor Beach Downtown Drainage Flood Risk Study, 2006

For more information, please call the Planning, Design and Development Department at 905-874-2050.