Review: Preliminary Directions Report planning...Target Date Item March 21, 2016 Preliminary Report OP Review Sub-Committee Meeting April 18, 2016 Preliminary Report Planning & Development

Employment & Commercial Review: Preliminary Directions

Report

Livable Oakville (Official Plan) Sub-CommitteeMarch 21, 2016

• Urban Structure Review• Growth Area Reviews • Employment and

Commercial Review• Speers Road Corridor

Study• Stable Residential

Neighbourhoods Review

• North Oakville Secondary Plans Review & Consolidation

• Master Plan Coordination• Discussion Papers &

Technical Reports• Conformity Exercise

Official Plan Review2015 - 2018

Official Plan Review – Major Projects

Employment & Commercial Review

Study Area

North Oakville Secondary Plan Area

Livable Oakville Plan Area

Livable Oakville Plan

Area


Study Objectives

• Confirm the town’s employment and commercial land supply and ability to meet projected needs to 2041

• Assess the current employment generating land use designations and policies

• Provide policy directions to facilitate the town’s goals and objectives for employment and commercial growth

• Identify any lands that are appropriate for employment land conversions

Conversion Request ProcessJuly 2015 – September 2015

Stakeholder Meeting & Public Open House #1

June 4 & 16, 2015

Fall 2014

Public Comment Period

Q1 2016


Study Process

MACROECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

• Halton Region will be the fastest growing GTAH municipality over the next 25 years

• Strong population growth across the GTAH has fueled steady growth in the retail and food services sectors

• The recession has accelerated the decline in the manufacturing sector and rise of the knowledge intensive and creative economic activity

• Locational qualities that support office sector growth (transit, amenities, and services) play a significant role in attraction/retention of office investment


Macroeconomic and Demographic TrendsHighlights

COMMERCIAL LANDS

Employment and Commercial Review

Commercial Lands

• Vacant commercial supply unbalanced (24% south, 76% north)

• Northwest Oakville is ‘under-stored’ relative to the town overall

• N.O. policy framework permissive, but no sites specifically identified for commercial

• Intensification pressure on existing sites• Retail evolving (e-Commerce, consumer pick-up), but

there will still be demand for “bricks and mortar” stores • Population in N.O. will create demand for commercial

space

Existing Vacant Supply of Commercial land

2041 Forecasted Demand Forecasted Shortfall to 2041

251,000 m2 (2,700,000 ft2) 325,000 m2 (3,500,000 ft2) 74,000 m2 (796,529 ft2)


Commercial Lands - Highlights

1. Strengthen design policies for mixed use and commercial development

2. Encourage commercial development in the Northwest Retail Zone

3. Promote intensification and redevelopment (commercial uses) of existing built-up commercial

4. Implement policy definitions to ensure commercial uses are developed in North Oakville

5. Develop a monitoring program for commercial and demographic trends


Commercial Lands – Policy Directions

EMPLOYMENT LANDS


Employment Lands

• Vacant employment land supply is unbalanced (27% south; 73% north)

• N.O. has large parcels, but most are unserviced with limited transit access

• Knowledge-based jobs on the rise in Oakville

• Increased demand for amenities (e.g. retail and service commercial) in employment areas

• Need to think beyond 2041; no more land

Existing Vacant Supply of Employment Land

Forecasted Demand to 2041

638 ha (1,576 acres) 408 ha (1,008 acres)


Employment Lands – Highlights

1. Preserve strategically important employment lands beyond the 20 year planning horizon

2. Resist the large scale conversion of employment lands

3. Minor site specific conversions may be appropriate

4. Enhance policy framework around Midtown to promote mixed use development

5. Revitalize the lands around Bronte Go Station

6. Comprehensively plan for an Innovation District surrounding the North Oakville Hospital

7. Recognize the existing function of the Speers Road corridor

8. Direct major office development to priority areas

9. Harmonize the employment land use designations in the Livable Oakville Plan and North Oakville Secondary Plans


Employment Lands – Policy Directions

10. Allow for a broader range of service amenities within employment areas

11. Designate additional Business Commercial lands

12. Update policies on land use compatibility

13. Update urban design guidelines for employment uses

14. Encourage employment land intensification

15. Work with the Region to align the tracking for growth with the BPE’s

16. Development a monitoring program

17. Work with Halton Region and other levels of government to identify proactive approaches to providing infrastructure

18. Address inconsistencies between the Region’s Employment Area overlay and the towns employment areas


Employment Lands – Policy Directions

EMPLOYMENT LAND CONVERSION REQUESTS


Conversion Request – Highlights

4a

17 Requests Received

3 Recommended for Approval (16ha)-Request #4A & 4B – Great Lakes Marketplace-Request #6 – Rio Can Burloak-Request #12 – Star Oak

OPA - Business Commercial-Request #8 – Hans Holding

Conversion Recommended

Business Commercial

Business commercial consideration

Halton Overlay Irregularties


Next Steps

Target Date Item

March 21, 2016Preliminary ReportOP Review Sub-Committee Meeting

April 18, 2016Preliminary Report Planning & Development Council

TBD Stakeholder Meetings & Public Open House

Fall 2016 Final Report & Recommendations


Questions?

Documents

Review: Preliminary Directions Report planning...Target Date Item March 21, 2016 Preliminary Report OP Review Sub-Committee Meeting April 18, 2016 Preliminary Report Planning & Development