Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

10

Date:

Thursday, February 01, 2024

Time:

10:00 A.m. - 12:00 P.m.

Location:

Ben Franklin Place, The Chamber, Main Floor, 101 Centrepointe Drive, and by electronic participation

Present:

• Chair George Darouze, 
• Vice-Chair Clarke Kelly, 
• Councillor David Brown, 
• Councillor Catherine Kitts, 
• and Councillor Matt Luloff 

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

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Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 in Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 10.

The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, and the deadline to register by email to speak is 9:00 am on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

These “Summary Minutes” indicate the disposition of items and actions taken at the meeting. This document does not include all of the text that will be included in the full Minutes, such as the record of written and oral submissions. Recorded votes and dissents contained in the Summary Minutes are draft until the full Minutes of the meeting are confirmed by the Committee. The draft of the full Minutes (for confirmation) will be published with the agenda for the next regular Committee meeting and, once confirmed, will replace this document.

The Chair read the following statement at the outset of the meeting pursuant to the Planning Act:

This is a public meeting to consider the proposed Comprehensive Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments listed as Item(s) 4.2 – 4.7 on today’s Agenda.

For the item just mentioned, only those who make oral submissions today or written submissions before the amendments are adopted may appeal the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal. In addition, the applicant may appeal the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal if Council does not adopt an amendment within 90 days of receipt of the application for a Zoning By-law Amendment and 120 days for an Official Plan Amendment.

To submit written comments on these amendments, prior to their consideration by City Council on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, please email or call the Committee or Council Coordinator.

2.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

ARAC Minutes 9 - Thursday, November 30, 2023

• Carried

4.

Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department

4.1

Amendment to the Master Drainage Plan for Western Development Lands, Village of Richmond

ACS2024-PRE-PS-0037 - Rideau-Goulbourn (21)

• Report recommendation(s)

  That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the Master Drainage Plan, Western Development Lands, Village of Richmond to permit interim stormwater management solutions to facilitate timely approvals of residential development, as per Document 1.

  Carried

4.2

Zoning By-law Amendment - 1867 Donald B. Munro Drive

ACS2024-PRE-PSX-0005 - West Carleton-March (5)

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 1867 Donald B. Munro Drive, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development as detailed in Document 2. 
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7th, 2024,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.3

Zoning By-law Amendment – Part of 1980 Phelan Road West

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• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for part of 1980 Phelan Road West, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7, 2023,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.4

Zoning By-law Amendment – 1961 Sarsfield Road

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• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 1961 Sarsfield Road, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development on the retained lands, and to permit a lot coverage of seven per cent for accessory structures on the severed lands, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7th, 2024,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.5

Zoning By-law Amendment – 5812 Malakoff Road

ACS2024-PRE-PSX-0008 - Rideau-Jock (21)

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 5812 Malakoff Road, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development on the retained lands, and to permit a lot coverage of six per cent for accessory structures on the severed lands, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7th, 2024,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.6

Zoning By-law Amendment - 5084 Canon Smith Drive

 ACS2024-PRE-PSX-0004 - West Carleton-March (5)

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 5084 Canon Smith Drive, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development on the retained lands, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7th, 2024,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.7

Zoning By-law Amendment – 5497 Manotick Main Street

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• Report recommendation(s) 

  1. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 5497 Manotick Main Street, as shown in Document 1, to permit a low-rise apartment as an additional use on the property and to amend the performance standards related to water setback, front yard setback and height, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7th, 2024,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.8

Omnibus Amendments – Q1 2024

ACS2024-PRE-EDP-0026 - City Wide

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve amendments to Zoning By-law No. 2008-250, as shown in Document 1, and detailed in Document 2. 
  2. That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve amendments to Zoning By-law No. 2008-250, as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2. 
  3. That Planning and Housing and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committees approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of February 7, 2024”, subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision. 
  Carried

4.9

Rural Community-Building Grant Program – Grant Application Review

ACS2024-PRE-EDP-0030 - Osgoode (20)

• Report recommendation(s)

  That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the recommendation on the Rural Community-Building Grants Program application as detailed in Document 1.  

  Carried

5.

Office of the City Clerk

5.1

Status Update – Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Inquiries and Motions - For the Period Ending January 19, 2024

ACS2024-OCC-CCS-0001 - Citywide 

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee receive this report for information.

  Received

6.

In Camera Items

There were no in camera items.

7.

Information Previously Distributed

7.1

2024 Rural Affairs Workplan

ACS2024-PRE-EDP-0018

8.

Open Mic Session

There were no open mic session.

9.

Motions of Which Notice has been Previously Given

9.1

Motion - Ditch Infill Notifications for 4644, 4634 & 4652 Anderson Road

ACS2024-OCC-CCS-0006 - Osgoode (20)

• Moved by G. Darouze

  Note: The Darouze Motion of which Notice was previously given at the 30 November, 2023, Agriculture and Rural Affair Committee meeting was replaced with the following revised motion pursuant to Subsection 59(5) of the Procedure By-law. 

  WHEREAS the City of Ottawa approved the Local Improvement Policy on 24 November 2021, which allows for residents to act collectively through a Local Improvement petition process; and

  WHEREAS the City of Ottawa passed the revised Ditch Alteration Policy, ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0001, on 6 July 2022. 

  WHEREAS the ditch alteration policy describes the circumstances and requirements for the City to permit property owner-initiated alteration of drainage ditches and drainage courses;

  WHEREAS the ditch alteration policy prevents the altering or unauthorized filling of a ditch and actions are subject to enforcement; and 

  WHEREAS non-compliant or unauthorized ditch alterations which occur after July 6, 2022, the rules set out in the Ditch Alteration policy will be enforced in accordance with the Use and Care of Roads Bylaw and/or Site Alteration By-law; and  

  WHEREAS the City of Ottawa issued notice of violations on 18 November 2022 to civic addresses 4634, 4644, and 4652 Anderson Road for the removal of illegal ditch infills along each of their Anderson Road frontages; and

  WHEREAS the City of Ottawa provided a local improvement as an avenue to alter the ditch in accordance with the local improvement policy; and

  WHEREAS residents have not identified any flooding related to the ditch infills at the above-mentioned addresses; 

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the ditch infill at 4633, 4634, and 4652 Anderson Road be exempted from the revised ditch alteration policy carried by Council on 6 July 2022, with the alterations remaining in place and monitored for future flooding concerns; and

  THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT should flooding concerns arise in the future, the city will seek corrective action in accordance with the Use of Care of Roads By-law and/or Site Alteration By-law with respect to the ditch infill exemptions at 4633, 4634, and 4652 Anderson Road will be reassessed 

  Carried

9.2

Motion - Manure Drag Lines in Rural Ottawa

ACS2024-OCC-CCS-0005 - Citywide

• Moved by D. Brown

  WHEREAS the agriculture industry operations in rural Ottawa requires the movement of agricultural products between multiple adjacent fields and across roadways; and

  WHEREAS the transportation of manure/livestock waste results in a significant number of vehicle trips, per location, between the farm storage site and the fields being serviced and results in traffic congestion, damage to farmlands due to weight of tankers, damage to roadways due to weight of tankers, odour complaints, mud/dirt on roadways and large uses of fuel and cost; and

  WHEREAS some farming communities make use of city ditches and culverts installed along the roadways to run drag lines from a manure reservoir directly to smaller and lighter spreading equipment across roadways and in adjacent lands; and

  WHEREAS these culverts are not readily available in all locations necessary in rural farm lands;

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to investigate the feasibility of the use of highway right of ways and culverts to accommodate manure draglines and report back to Committee in 2024; and  

  AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the investigation will report back on traffic safety, roadway/highway impacts and maintenance, surface water/drainage impacts, installation of additional infrastructure and a permitting system.

  Carried

10.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

11.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

12.

Other Business

12.1

Developing a Rural ASE Strategy

• Motion No. ARAC 2024-10-01
  Moved by D. Brown

  That the Rules of Procedure be Suspended to consider this motion such that it may rise to Council quickly in order for the timelines outlined in this motion to be kept to and such that the safety measures outlined in this motion may be introduced expediently.

  WHEREAS according to the Ottawa Fatal Collision Review Committee 2020 annual report, rural Ottawa has the highest percentage of fatal collisions, representing over one third (37%) of all fatal collisions and only 9% of all reportable collisions in the City of Ottawa; and

  WHEREAS the Ottawa Fatal Collision Review Committee 2020 annual report identifies a need to have increased enforcement resources to reduce speed collisions in rural areas of the City of Ottawa; and

  WHEREAS based on the pilot study conducted by the City of Ottawa in 2020-2021, automated speed enforcement (ASE) has been shown to be an effective tool at reducing speeding in school zones; and

  WHEREAS based on the result of the ASE pilot, Council approved the implementation of 15-25 new ASE cameras annually in front of schools and parks that meet the data-driven selection process; and

  WHEREAS Council directed staff to implement ASE at four locations outside of school/park areas and along high volume/high-speed roadways and report back to Council on the effectiveness of ASE at these types of locations; and 

  WHEREAS of the 60 ASE locations that are existing, pending, or currently proposed by the end of 2024, only 8 are in the city’s rural area; and 

  WHEREAS on May 11, 2016, City Council approved a pilot of ASE, which included the requirement for Ward Councillor concurrence for locations to be included in the pilot; 

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that ARAC recommend that Council direct staff to undertake a pilot study to ascertain the efficacy of ASE cameras as a road safety improvement in Ottawa’s rural villages; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the baseline data be collected for site selection in 2024; and 

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, following the collection of baseline data, staff be directed to return to ARAC with recommended pilot sites to be included in the 2025 ASE implementation list; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as with the original pilot study, the concurrence of the Ward Councillor be a requirement for ASE sites selected for this pilot study; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff report back to the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on the results of this pilot study as soon as practicable.

  Carried

13.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

Thursday, March 7, 2024.

The meeting adjourned at 10:17 am.