PLANNING FOR CHILDCARE IN THE GATEWAY DISTRICT NODE: CITY OF MISSISSAUGA

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17 APPENDIX H PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT NO. TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL 1.0 Statutory Provisions This Amendment No. to the Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of Peel Planning Area, which will be adopted by the Council of the Corporation of the Regional Municipality of Peel, is hereby approved under section 17 or 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.p.13, as Amendment No. to the Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of Peel Planning Area. 2.0 Region of Peel Approval This Amendment No., to the Regional Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of Peel Planning Area, will be adopted by By-law, as attached hereto. 3.0 Purpose The purpose of this Amendment is to amend the Regional Official Plan Section to include the Gateway among the Malton, Meadowvale Village and East Credit Districts where the Region has directed the City of Mississauga to define specific exceptions to Regional Policy in terms of the municipal official plan. The specific exception involves permission for a specific community use to be located substantially within the Gateway District Node, which comprises part of the Gateway District, as specified in Mississauga Plan. More specifically, this Official Plan Amendment is intended to permit work-place oriented Day Care facilities, as accessory uses serving existing and planned office commercial centres comprising the Gateway District Node. These accessory uses are suitably located on the Hurontario Street Urban Corridor which is central to the Gateway District Node, the Gateway District and the City of Mississauga. The proposed use will be located within the Lester B. Pearson International Airport (LBPIA) Operating Area below the 35 NEF composite noise contour (1996 NEP and 2000 NEF) consistent with Regional Policy i). Accessory use Day Care facilities, located within this Node, will be required to satisfy the acoustical design standards of the Ministry of Environment. 4.0 Location The lands subject to this amendment are located within a portion of the L.B.P.I.A. Operating Area Schedule H and Figure 11 of the Regional Official Plan.

18 5.0 Basis of the Amendment The Gateway District Node is emerging as a major Employment Node where a significant restriction compromising the full development and planned function of the Gateway District Node is the current inability to accommodate certain land uses which are deemed sensitive to aircraft noise, such as Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities. Today s social climate includes family structures with single parents who work, and/or families where both parents work. This situation places demand on the need to deliver adequate child care services in the Region of Peel. Employers acknowledge that the growing problem of employee absenteeism may be reduced by recognizing and minimizing work-life conflicts. Conveniently located, work place oriented child care assists in relieving work-life conflicts as it provides workers the option of having their children closer to them during their work day. While there are various options regarding the delivery of child care services, licensed child care services are preferred, as working parent(s) are better able to conveniently respond to their children during working hours. There is a major shortfall in the provision of Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities in the Region of Peel today. Given that working families are in need of child care services, it is appropriate to consider the availability and accessibility of this service, particularly in areas of major employment activity, like the Gateway District Node. Further, the Airport Operating Area is substantial in land area while providing employment to about 185,000 persons. As such it is appropriate to consider locational opportunities for workplace oriented Day Care facilities, particularly where it substantially fulfils broader provincial, regional and local planning policy objectives. In further support of the amendment: i) Provincial Policy Statements (PPS) and Places to Grow/Growth Plan reinforce the importance of the Region s and City s major Employment Areas like the Gateway District Node in achieving Ontario s planning vision. The planned function and form of this Major Employment Node, combined with the function of the central Hurontario Corridor, (which bisects the Node and connects two Urban Growth Centres) deserves special attention. ii) iii) A basic planning principle in Places to Grow includes complete communities, and in terms of a complete employment community, the Gateway District Node would be one which is supported by a broad range of complementary or accessory uses to effectively minimize work life conflicts and trip generation. Employment opportunities and multiple service opportunities in situ, makes employment communities stronger and working conditions easier. Nodes are based on design principles that encourage high quality urban design, distinctive architecture, landscaping and pedestrian activity. It is a principle that employment density should be sufficiently high to support transit usage. As well, community, cultural, and recreational

19 facilities should be encouraged to locate in Nodes. The City of Mississauga has embarked on a major land/use transportation study on Hurontario Street to determine the feasibility of accommodating higher order transit to support major office and transit oriented development. Mississauga Staff advise, We are working with the City of Brampton to improve this important connection between the two cities. We want this study to set the vision and focus of development and future transit needs of this vital corridor. Both Mississauga s and Brampton s transportation plans have recognized the potential significance of this high-order transit corridor for many years. iv) The planned function of the Gateway District Node includes high employment density, major offices and a mix of supporting land uses, further strengthened by planning objectives to establish high levels of accessibility to public services including existing and planned public transit facilities along the Hurontario Corridor, among other attributes. According to City Staff, Hurontario Street carries the highest transit readership of any Mississauga Transit Corridor, with 25,000 riders each day. It also links to GO Transit commuter Rail stations and future BRT routes. v) The Gateway District Node provides community focus and identity, being part of a centrally located corridor in Mississauga, and as such functions as a well located and major Employment Node with future opportunities for compact, mixed use. vi) vii) viii) The Gateway District Node provides a focus of activity for the surrounding areas as this central Node has excellent accessibility, a prestigious profile and a relatively high level of existing transit services; with major longer term transit possibilities to support growth and intensification in the future. A long term planning objective is to create compact urban form in the Gateway District Node. Transit oriented development supports intensified density and major office investment and broadens access. The provision for work-place oriented Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities will enhance opportunities for pedestrian circulation distinguishing the significance of this Node from the surrounding area. Important community service amenities such as Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities support the function of prestigious companies that choose to locate in higher density multi-storey office campuses. The availability of community service amenities supports new office building investments, contributing to planned function and form. Employment Nodes support regional and local property tax assessment.

20 ix) Noise sensitive land use such as Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities, including an outdoor playground will be located as an accessory use in high quality office buildings, or free-standing buildings as part of an office campus, well insulated from aircraft noise. This will require an Acoustical Report to be approved as part of the building permit process. x) Community service amenities such as accessory use Child Care Centres/Day Care facilities support companies located in higher density office campuses and support planned function and form. From a corporate tenant/employee personal service point of view, work-place oriented Day Care facilities serve an important function within the business community. The ability to attract high quality corporate office investment is in part dependent being able to accommodate this desirable community amenity. 6.0 Details of the Amendment and Policies Related Thereto The document known as the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality of Peel Planning Area is amended as follows: Official Plan Amendment Number No. 5 was implemented by By-law Number and approved July 11, 2002, including Policy Section which reads as follows: Direct the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton, in consultation with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and the Region, to define specific exceptions to Policy in the municipal official plan, which may be considered for Malton, Meadowvale Village and East Credit, within the L.B.P.I.A. Operating Area, subject to: i) Prohibit, above the 35 NEF/NEP contour, development, redevelopment or infilling, which increases the number of dwelling units, and development, redevelopment and infill for new sensitive land uses, specifically hospitals, nursing homes, daycare facilities and public and private schools; ii) iii) Define the areas to which the exceptions would apply; and Require that MOE acoustical design standards be met. It is proposed Regional Official Policy Section be revised to add the Gateway District Node to the list of Districts within the L.B.P.I.A. Operating Area, and update number policy sections as follows: Direct the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton, in consultation with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and the Region, to define specific exceptions to Policy in the municipal official plan, which may be considered for Malton,

21 Meadowvale Village, East Credit and the Gateway District Node within the L.B.P.I.A. Operating Area, subject to: i) Prohibit, above the 35 NEF/NEP contour, development, redevelopment or infilling, which increases the number of dwelling units, and development, redevelopment and infill for new sensitive land uses, specifically hospitals, nursing homes, daycare facilities and public and private schools; ii) iii) Define the areas to which the exceptions would apply; and Require that MOE acoustical design standards be met. 7.0 Implementation Upon adoption of this Amendment, and the enabling By-law by the Council of the Regional Municipality of Peel the appropriate sections and policies of the Regional Official Plan will be revised in accordance with this Amendment. The Amendment supplements the intent and policies of the Regional Official Plan. The provisions of the Regional Official Plan, as amended from time to time regarding the interpretation of that Plan, will apply to this Amendment.

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25 APPENDIX I DRAFT ADOPTING BY-LAW: FOR A PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT TO MISSISSAUGA PLAN (OPA NO. 25) THE GATEWAY DISTRICT POLICIES AND LAND USE MAP REGARDING THE GATEWAY DISTRICT NODE ON BEHALF OF ORLANDO CORPORATION AMENDMENT No. _-2008 to the Official (Mississauga) Plan for the City of Mississauga Planning Area By-law No A by-law to adopt Official (Mississauga Plan) Amendment No WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of sections 17 or 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., c.p13, as amended, Council may adopt an Official Plan Amendment thereto; AND WHEREAS, pursuant to section 17(10) of the Planning Act, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing may authorize an approval authority to exempt from its approval any or all proposed Local Municipal Official Plan Amendments; AND WHEREAS, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has authorized the Region of Peel to exempt from its approval any or all Local Municipal Official Plan Amendments; AND WHEREAS, on January 27, 2000, Regional Council passed a By-law Number which exempted all Local Municipal Official Plan Amendments adopted by local Councils after March 1, 2000, provided that they conform with the Regional Official Plan and comply with conditions of exemption; AND WHEREAS, the Regional Commissioner of Planning has advised that, with regard to Mississauga Plan, in his opinion the amendment conforms to the Regional Official Plan and is exempted;