The City of Hamilton is preparing a secondary plan and subwatershed study for the Waterdown South area.
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The City of Hamilton is holding a public meeting as required by the Planning Act on September 7th, 2010 in the Council Chambers at City Hall (71 Main St. W, Hamilton) in regards to the proposed Official Plan Amendment for the Waterdown South Secondary Plan. Please review the meeting agenda at www.hamilton.ca/edpagendas for this meeting and see what order this item will be presented.
A public meeting notice has been circulated to the study area residents and posted in the Hamilton Spectator and the Flamborough Review. The staff report and proposed Official Plan Amendment, Urban Design Guidelines and Subwatershed will be available to the public as of September 2nd, 2010.
If you wish to speak at the public meeting or submit written comments please contact Alexandra Rawlings on or before noon on September 2nd at Alexandra.Rawlings@hamilton.ca or 905-546-2424 Ex 2729. Please note that the Committee will also hear from speakers who attend the meeting but are not registered. If you have questions about the proposed Secondary Plan please contact Kirsten McCauley at Kirsten.McCauley@hamilton.ca or 905-546-2424 Ex 1292.
In advance of the full report and appendices being available to the public, a copy of the draft Waterdown South Secondary Plan and Urban Design Guidelines have been posted below.
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Location
The lands referred to as South Waterdown are bounded by Highway No. 5 to the north, Mountain Brow Boulevard to the south, Kerns Road to the east, and Flanders Drive to the west. South Waterdown has an approximate area of 180 hectares.
Waterdown South Secondary Plan
The Waterdown South secondary plan will provide direction on land use, infrastructure, transportation, environment, and urban design for the study area.
Waterdown South Subwatershed Study
In June 2002, the Executive Council of the Provincial Cabinet of Ontario approved Official Plan Amendment (OPA) No. 28 which brought lands into the urban boundary. Included in Cabinet's decision was a signed Memorandum of Agreement between the Cities of Hamilton and Burlington and the Waterdown landowners. As part of the Memorandum of Agreement, a condition was included that required a subwatershed planning study be completed to the satisfaction of the former Town of Flamborough, City of Burlington, and Conservation Halton prior to any development south of Highway No. 5 (Dundas St E). The study is intended to identify ways and means to limit future flows to pre-development level, to prevent increase on down stream erosion or down stream flood risk.