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3 Appendix A List of Original Documents and s ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: By-law No as adopted on December 20, 1973 (the original 1973 Policy Plan document) By-law No as adopted on March 28, 1974 (Commercial Policies) By-law No as adopted on September 19, 1974 (urban areas boundaries maps referred to as an "Addendum") By-law No as adopted on March 20, 1975 (map amendment - ) By-law No as adopted on June 5, 1975 (map amendment City of Port Colborne) By-law No as adopted on September 4, 1975 (map amendments and Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake) By-law No as adopted on August 5, 1976 (reductions to urban areas boundaries, as requested by the Province, plus one definition) By-law No as adopted on November 4, 1976 (map correction ) Proposed reductions in the urban areas boundaries were announced by the Minister of Housing by letter dated February 16, DPD 987, Minor Editing as adopted on October 20, 1977 (minor editing of text) By-law No as adopted on November 3, 1977 (revisions to urban areas boundaries in the City of Welland and the ) One By-law No as adopted on June 1, 1978 (amendments to the Agricultural, Rural, Environmental and Implementation Sections of the Policy Plan) Statement of the Minister of Housing, the Honourable Claude Bennett, dated June 16, 1978, that: "This Official Plan for the Niagara Planning Area (the Policy Plan dated December, 1973)...is hereby modified..." (followed by a list of modifications) "As thus modified, the Regional Niagara Policy Plan is hereby approved...save and except:." (followed by a list of referrals and deferrals) OMB decision of February 9, 1979 (and subsequent orders) concerning portions of urban areas boundaries maps for the Cities of Niagara Falls, Thorold and Port Colborne. 3

4 OMB decision of February 27, 1981 (and subsequent orders) concerning portions of the urban areas boundaries maps for the Towns of Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Pelham and the City of St. Catharines, plus all of One and small portions of the original text. Order-in-Council dated August, 1981, modifying Policy 6.A.9 re: consent policies, and Policy 6.B.10 re: rural residential development. Order made April 5, 1988 by the Minister of Municipal Affairs under Subsection 15(2) of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act R.S.O. 1980, bringing the Regional Policy Plan into Conformity with the N.E.C. Plan. 4

5 List of Additional s Approval Feb. 15, 1979 June 18, Apr. 17, 1980 May 7, Mar. 5, 1981 June 4, Sept. 18, 1980 Nov. 29, Aug. 21, 1980 June 4, Jan. 22, 1981 June 29, Sept. 17, 1981 Mar. 4, Mar. 19, 1981 Nov. 5, Mar. 18, 1982 Mar. 19, Nov. 4, 1982 (withdrawn) May 6, 1982 Sept. 2, Dec. 17, 1981 Mar. 16, Inactive Dec. 20, 1984 June 24, Aug. 20, 1987 Sept. 20, Nov. 15, 1984 Jan. 24, 1986 Industrial Land City of Welland Urban south of Chippawa R.E. Law Quarry Township of Wainfleet Industrial south to Welland River Burnstein Brick Quarry -Garner Road Urban East Side Industrial Area City of Welland E.S. Fox Industrial Relocation Port Colborne Quarries D.L. Stephens Pit Waterline Extension Policy Surplus Dwelling on Amalgamated Farm Policy Fonthill Kame Policy Group Homes Policy Fonthill Urban Area Smithville Urban Area Township of West Lincoln 5

6 Approval June 6, 1985 Aug. 18, Nov. 1, 1984 Feb. 18, July 11, 1985 Jan. 31, Mar. 7, 1985 Apr. 9, Aug. 22, 1985 June 14, July 6, 1989 Apr. 2, Jan. 23, 1986 Dec. 9, (Denied DPD 2055) May 5, 1988 June 30, Mar. 17, 1988 Oct. 24, 1988 Agricultural and Rural Areas Policies Hannon Lumber Steed and Evans Pit Fort Erie QEW Interchange Grimsby Deferred Urban Area QEW/Ontario Street Interchange Existing Lots Along Corridors Islamic Cemetery Deletion of Possible Aggregate Area Township of Wainfleet to Urban Area, North of Mountain Road Deferred Urban to Urban City of Port Colborne Oct. 1, 1987 Nov. 8, 1988 to Urban Area, Former Humberstone Township City of Welland Oct. 15, 1992 May 21, May 10, 1988 Nov. 8, 1988 to the Old Town Urban Area Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake to North Welland Urban Area City of Welland 6

7 32 33 Part 1 Part Denied DPD 2291 (Feb. 10, 1988) Apr. 1, 1993 Feb. 5,, 1998 Approval Jan. 17, 1995 May 1, Jan. 19, 1989 Apr. 20, July 6, 1989 Aug. 8, Sept. 21, 1989 Mar. 14, Denied DPD 2557 (Sept. 7, 1989) Dec. 21, 1989 May 16, Nov. 2, 1989 Jan. 22, Inactive Jan. 19, 1990 June 12, Dec. 21, 1989 June 11, Inactive Oct. 3, 1991 Nov. 1, 1991 Aug. 27, June 7, 1990 July 20, (Referred to OMB) May 27, 1993 Master Paving and Construction Park Road Consortium Lands Town of Grimsby Waterline Extension, Lookout Street Church and School Town of Grimsby Church in Agricultural Area Italo-Canadian Club Beamsville Urban Area, Lincoln Avenue Area to Niagara Falls Urban Area Banquet Hall Town of Grimsby Mobile Home Park Vineland Urban Area, Existing Development Urban Boundary, Northwest Quadrant Walker Bros. Quarry Waterline Extension Fonthill Urban Area Landco 7

8 Approval July 4, 1991 Feb. 4, Mar. 7, 1991 July 5, Mar. 19, 1992 Feb. 5, April 18, 1996 June 25, Mar. 7, 1991 Jan. 31, Application Withdrawn Smithville Urban Area Township of West Lincoln Grimsby Municipal Cemetery Town of Grimsby N-O-T-L Urban, Charlotte Road Area Golf Course Welland Urban Area, Riverside Drive City of Welland Transportation Centre City of St. Catharines Aug. 1, 1991 Dec. 17, Inactive Virgil Urban Area Pleasant Manor Church in Agricultural Area 55 Application Withdrawn (Mar. 14, 1991) Urban Area, Martindale Road City of St. Catharines July 4, 1991 Sept. 28, Sept. 19, 1991 Jan. 10, Nov. 7, 1991 Dec. 20, Nov. 7, 1991 Dec. 20, Oct. 3, 1991 Dec. 20, 1994 Housing Policies Waterline Extension Regional Objectives, Development and Conservation Revised Urban Area Policies Revised Agricultural and Rural Area Policies Apr. 2, Mar. 2, 1994 OMB Beamsville Urban Area Meadowood

9 Approval Sept. 19, 1991 Apr. 24, May 6, 1993 Aug. 25, Inactive Mar. 5, 1992 Dyck Property Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Urban Area, Iafrate Property Beamsville Urban Area -Mountainview Homes Waterline Extension Ridgeway 66 Niagara Escarpment Plan Denied December, 1996 Twenty Valley Estates 67 Conditional Approval by OMB 68 Application Withdrawn (Nov. 8, 1993) May 21, 1992 Feb. 4, 1993 Asphalt Plant City of Thorold Golf Course City of Welland 70 Inactive 71 See 122 Agricultural Land Base Map Peninsula Lakes Golf Course Aug. 20, 1992 Sept. 15, 1994 OMB Jan. 21, 1993 Mar. 19, 1993 Asphalt Plant (New Site) City of Thorold Halfway Sand Pit June 2, 1994 OMB Sept. 21, 1995 Culp Road Urban Area 9

10 75 76 Part 1 Part 2 Approval Order made under Section 15(2) of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act Nov. 9, 1988 Order made under Section 14 and 14(3) of the Planning Act Sept. 17, 1991 Order made under Section 15(2) of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act Oct. 20, 1992 Rockway Glen Golf Course to the Glendale Urban Area Marra Project Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Green Golf Course Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake May 6, 1993 July 15, Apr. 7, 1994 OMB June 30, July 15, 1992 Aug. 13, Inactive Nov. 21, 1996 Feb. 28, June 2, 1994 Mar. 8, Jan. 20, 1994 May 20, Jul. 26, 1995 May 31, Sept. 21, 1995 Nov. 23, Feb. 16, 1995 June 4, Inactive Waterline Extension Vineland Quarries School in Agricultural Area Near Jordan Four Minor Urban Area s Smithville Urban Area Costello Property Agape Valley Campground Urban Area Martindale Road City of St. Catharines Municipal Sports Park Grimsby Urban Area Virgil Urban Area Penner Property Shumlick Golf Course City of Welland Mewburn Sports Complex 10

11 Approval Apr. 7, 1994 May 27, Withdrawn Oct. 20, 1994 May 15, Aug. 18, 1994 Feb. 2, Withdrawn Jan. 19, 1995 July 27, Apr. 20, 1995 April 3, May 18, 1995 Feb. 23, Withdrawn 97 Denied by OMB Oct. 27, Nov. 2, 1995 Dec. 12, Aug. 17, 1995 Nov. 10, Sept. 21, 1995 Dec. 13, Nov. 16, 1995 Feb. 15, Inactive Dominion Road Pine Tree Village Church in St. Catharines Waterline Extension Hy-Grade Concrete City of St. Catharines Southeast Vineland Urban Area Changes Fort Erie & Crystal Beach Welland Canal Parkway Church in City of Welland Comm/Ind. Estate Residential Concrete Batch Plant City of Thorold Industrial Use City of Port Colborne Prudhommes Area Italo-Canadian Centennial Club Afrukhteh Property Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Oct. 2, 1997 July 3, Apr. 11, 1996 July 10, 1996 East Side Thorold City of Thorold Gerada Property City of Thorold 11

12 Approval Aug. 15, 1996 Dec. 5, Apr. 18, 1996 June 23, June 6, 1996 Nov. 26, July 18, 1996 Nov. 9, File closed May 21, 1998 June 29, 1999 Wellandport Church Township of Wainfleet Port Colborne Poultry Waterline Extension Niagara-on-the-Green Commercial Church in Jordan Road Rights-of-Way Policies Leisureplex Township of West Lincoln Oct. 2, May 7, 1998 Feb. 12, 1998 (Province) July 27, 1998 (OMB) July 18,, 2000 (OMB) Agricultural Severance Policies Urban Area East Side Fonthill March 19, 1998 July 9, Inactive Nov. 6, 1997 May 6, Inactive Miller Road Rural Urban Area Crystal Beach Club Italia Urban Area South of Quaker Road City of Welland April 16, Dec. 16, July 14, 1998 (Province) Oct (OMB) July 18,, 2000 (OMB) Urban and Rural Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Urban Area Fonthill, Mori

13 119 Inactive 120 Denied by Cabinet Approval Urban Area North of Quaker Road City of Welland Culinary Centre 121 No Required July 16, 1998 Aug. 7, Nov. 5, 1998 Dec. 1, Withdrawn July 15, 1999 Aug. 11, April 1, 1999 April 28, Jan. 21, 1999 Feb. 16, Nov. 4, 1998 Nov. 30, 1999 Waterline South Service Road Peninsula Lakes Golf Course Italo-Canadian Club Thorold Hydro Service Centre Egerter Golf Course City of Thorold Black Creek Retirement Park Urban Area Rural Clusters Highway Commercial Areas Township of West Lincoln Blue Circle Pit Jan. 21, 1999 Feb. 16, Mar. 1, 2001 Mar. 28, 2001 St. Catharines Urban Area Martindale Road/QEW Mewburn Road Recreation Complex Mar. 4, 1999 Mar. 31, 1999 Minor of Fonthill Urban Area 13

14 Approval May 6, 1999 June 5, April 6, 2000 Nov. 8, 2000 (OMB) April 20, 2000 May 18, Aug. 19, 1999 Sept. 14, July 19, 2001 Aug. 15, Oct. 4, 2001 Oct. 4, Dec. 16, 1999 Jan. 11, Withdrawn Waterline Policy Modification Smithville Urban Area Boundary Modification to Regional Policy Plan 103 East Side Thorold Sparrow Lakes Golf Course City of Welland Nelson Aggregates Quarry Municipal Official Plan Exemption Policies Port Robinson West Urban Area Smithville Industrial Area Township of West Lincoln Dec. 16, 1999 Jan. 11, 2000 Country Lane Golf Course City of Port Colborne 141 Aug. 5, 2003 (OCH) May 4, 2000 May 30, May 18, 2000 June 16, 2000 Vineland Quarry Wainfleet Rural and Hamlet Pleasant Manor, Virgil June 21, 2001 Dec. 13, 2001 (OMB) Lookout Point Practice Facility Aug 16, 2001 Sept 11, 2001 Facility Pelham Aug 17, 2000 Sept 11, 2000 Virgil Fire Station Niagara on the Lake 14

15 Approval Nov. 2, 2000 Nov. 28, Nov. 2, 2000 Nov. 29, Nov. 2, 2000 Nov. 28, June 6, 2002 July 5, Nov. 2, 2000 Nov. 28, 2000 Minor Urban Area Boundaries Niagara Falls Greater Niagara Circle Route Regional Bicycle Policies Sewer Line Vincor Lincoln Campden Urban Area Part Deferred Decision by Regional Council pending NEC approval. Deferrals lifted by Council Aug. 17, Mar. 15, 2001 Apr. 10, May 17, 2001 June 13, Jan. 18, 2007 Feb. 16, Withdrawn 156 Withdrawn Jan. 24, 2002 Mar. 28, Denied by OMB Aug. 16, 2001 Sept 18, Denied Greek Orthodox Church St. Catharines Leiden Tents Pelham Beamsville Urban Area Boundaries Grey Gables Thorold Welland Long-Term Care NET Campground Golf Course Southwest Airside Development Grand Niagara Golf Course Temporary Use West Lincoln July 18, Sept. 8, 2006 Appeal withdrawn Miller Road Niagara Falls Estate Residential

16 Approval Feb. 7, 2002 Mar. 12, Nov. 6, 2003 Nov. 8, Dec. 6, 2001 Jan. 3, Withdrawn Fort Erie Race Track Grimsby Urban Area Waterline Extension E.L. Crossley Westbrook Greenhouse Plant Lincoln 166 Withdrawn Niagara Falls July 18, 2002 Aug. 14, Nov. 7, 2002 Dec. 6, 2002 Urban Area Ridgeway/Crystal Beach Twenty Valley/Jordan Harbour Policies 169 Approved by OMB Oct. 18, 2005 Urban Residential Grimsby Aug. 17, 2005 Appealed to OMB and substantially modified Jan. 25, 2008 & Aug. 20, 2008 Willoughby Land Use Policies June 19, 2003 July 23, March 1, 2007 March 30, Nov. 6, 2003 Dec. 9, Feb. 6, 2003 Mar. 5, July 12, 2013 August 2, 2013 Church in Boyle West Lincoln Grand Niagara Golf Course Niagara Falls Inn and Restaurant Niagara-on-the-Lake Welland Urban Area Leisureplex West Lincoln 16

17 Approval June 19, 2003 July 23, May 1, 2003 May 28, June 5, 2003 July 3, June 5, 2003 July 7, Inactive May 15, 2003 June 12, Nov. 6, 2003 Dec. 9, File Closed Oct 21, 2004 Nov 12, Aug 19, 2004 Sept 14, June 9, 2005 July 12, 2005 Church in Grassie Grimsby Waterline Extension Windmill Point Park Fort Erie Fenwick Centennial Park Waterline, Niagara Christian Collegiate Fort Erie Grace and Truth Seniors Home Urban Area Ridgeway Hamlet Kemp Road Grimsby Smart Growth Policies Club Roma City of St. Catharines Servicing Policies Review Auto Recycling Business to Urban Residential Grimsby Dec 15, May 19, 2005 Approved by OMB April 16, 2008 and modifications approved Mar. 10, 2009 Denied by OMB Aug. 14, 2008 & Aug. 15, 2008 Environmental Policies Niagara River Golf Club 17

18 Approval June 3, 2004 July 3, August 2, 2013 August 24, June 17, 2004 July 14, April 7, 2005 May 5, Feb. 3, 2005 March 3, Sept. 16, 2004 Oct. 14, 2004 Sawmill Golf Course Sewer Line Extension Town of Grimsby Urban Area Fenwick Sparrow Lakes Golf Course Sewer Line Extension Haist Road Aug. 19, 2004 Sept. 14, March 21, 2013 Under Appeal April 28, 2005 May 31, 2005 Consent Application Bertie Street to Urban Area Northwest Niagara Falls Wind Power Development Township of Wainfleet Mar. 2, 2006 April 6, 2006 Hard Rock Paving Quarry Township of Wainfleet File Closed Apr. 13, 2006 Approved by OMB June 20, 2007 Port Colborne Energy Park Regional Road Allowance Policies Agri-Plastics Township of West Lincoln Jan. 19, 2006 Feb 22,

19 Approval Approved as modified by OMB April 28, 2008 Reeb Quarry Township of Wainfleet Nov. 9, 2006 Dec. 6, 2006 to Grimsby Urban Boundary: On-the-Lake Estates Aug. 17, June 14, 2007 Approved by OMB March 30, 2007 Approved by OMB June 16, 2008 Updated Agricultural and Rural Area Policies Proposed to Urban Area Boundary Portage Road & Stanley Avenue Deemed to be withdrawn Animal Sanctuary Kottmeier Road City of Thorold Sept. 7, 2006 Oct. 4, 2006 Zooz Stevensville Appeal Withdrawn Aug. 17, 2006 Sept 12, July 5, 2007 July 27, June 14, 2007 Approved in part by OMB Feb. 25, 2008 with a 1, and Part 3 later approved July 3, May 24, 2007 June 20, 2007 Compost Facility Waterline Extension to a Church Urban Area Central West Welland Urban Area Boundary Modifications Proposed Walker Brothers Landfill 19

20 Approval April 12, 2007 May 8, Denied July 26, 2007 August 21, Oct. 16, 2008 Nov. 13, Oct. 18, 2007 Nov. 14, Feb. 7, 2008 Mar. 4, Oct. 14, 2010 Nov. 9, Sept. 25, 2008 Oct. 22, Sept. 11, 2009 Oct. 9, Application Withdrawn Waterline Connections Rice Road Sewer Line Extension Quaker Rd and Rice Rd City of Welland CIP Grant Policies Regional Wind Energy Policies Regional Road Allowance Policies Update: Welland, Pelham, Port Colborne Regional Road Allowance Policies: Niagara on the Lake of Pleasantview Cemetery City of Thorold Complete Application Policies Wine Country Policies The Commons at Niagara-onthe Town of Niagara on the Lake March 3, 2011 Approved with modifications by the OMB on January 27, 2012 Queenston Quarry Redevelopment Town of Niagara on the Lake May 28, Feb.11, Referred to OMB July 10, 2009 Referred to OMB Mar. 23, 2010 Community Policies Canadian Motor Speedway

21 Inactive Approval New Site for Lincoln Agricultural Society Mar. 5, 2010 Mar. 30, 2010 Regional Bicycle Policies & Network Mapping April 23, Referred to OMB May 31, 2010 Agricultural Value-Added Activities Policies Niagara Falls World of Motorsports, Sodom Rd./QEW Switchgrass Pelletization and Pallet Recycling Township of West Lincoln May 9, 2013 June 4, June 21, 2012 Approved with modifications by the OMB on December 28, June 21, 2012 July 17, July 6, 2012 July 31, 2012 No s Niagara Culture Plan Implementation Water Resource Policies Ivanhoe Cambridge/Niagara-onthe-Green, Town of Niagara-onthe-Lake Two Sisters Winery, John Street, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Economic Gateway Zone and Centre January 18, 2013 February 12, 2013 Niagara Economic Gateway Zone and Centre Housekeeping October 25, 2012 November 16, 2012 To Permit Changes During Consolidation of the Regional Policy Plan 21

22 Approval April 18, 2013 May 16, July 12, 2013 August 2, 2013 Environmental Policies Housekeeping to Implement the EIS Guidelines Welland Canal Cultural Heritage Landscape June 20, 2013 July 16, September 20, 2013 February 27, 2014 October 16, 2013 Under Appeal October 31, 2013 Under Appeal Urban Area Boundary Modifications for Fonthill, Town of Pelham Urban Area Boundary Modifications for St. Catharines Hamlet Policies Urban Area Boundary Modifications for the City of Welland February 27, 2014 April 11, January 16, 2014 February 7, July 3, 2014 January 27, 2015 Consultation, Engagement and Implementation Policies Site Specific Policies Development Phasing Policies ROPA June 19, 2014 July 10, 2014 Organization Framework of the Regional Official Plan ROPA 2 Rural and Agriculture Policy Update ROPA June 19, 2014 July 2, 2015 West Lincoln Land Swap/Exchange ROPA 4 Growing the Economy ROPA April 30, 2015 May 22, 2015 Source Water Protection Policies ROPA 6 Corridor Protection Policies ROPA 7 Southwest Welland Urban Area Boundary Reduction ROPA 8 Aggregate Policy Update ROPA 9 Employment Lands Phase II ROPA May 21, 2015 June 11, 2015 Greater Fort Erie High School 22

23 Appendix B Advisory Committees to Regional Council Greater Niagara Circle Route The Region will coordinate a Committee to pursue the creation of the Greater Niagara Circle Route with appropriate representation from the Regional Municipality of Niagara; the municipalities of St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Wainfleet, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake; and members of the public to a total of 15 members. The Greater Niagara Circle Route Committee, in association with the Local Municipalities, will: i. Coordinate the development of the Greater Niagara Circle Route and the Welland Canals East Side Trail; ii. Coordinate a private fund-raising campaign to assist with the financing of the Greater Niagara Circle Route; iii. Support a construction program to build or upgrade the necessary sections of the route, with a work iv. Emphasize the completion of the proposed Greater Niagara Circle Route as a Regional Policy Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee The Niagara Region will continue to maintain, support, encourage and fund the activities of the Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee: i. As an advisory sub-committee of the Public Works Committee with membership consisting of political, public, interest groups, appropriate agencies and Regional Staff Representation ii. As a forum providing for public and agency input into Provincial, Regional and local cycling decisions in areas such as policy development, bikeway network development, cycling education, safety, promotion/ encouragement, enforcement; and iii. To undertake tasks related to the above Objectives Agricultural Policy and Action Committee The Region will attempt to ensure a viable agricultural industry through such means as: i. The Agricultural Policy and Action Committee whose purpose is to advise the Region on agricultural issues (This Sub Committee includes representatives from Regional Council and local agricultural and marketing organizations.) 23