Greenbelt plan : Plan de la ceinture de verdure

Section 5.0 – Implementation: Provides a description of: • The status and effect of the Plan; • How the Plan is to be implemented; • The relationship of the Plan to the land use planning system; • How boundaries are to be interpreted; • The process for reviewing and amending the Plan; • Monitoring and performance measures; and • The Greenbelt Council. [...] Where, by the operation of subsection 2(4) of the ORMCP, lands are within the Oak Ridges Moraine Area but are not governed by the policies of the ORMCP, the lands are deemed to be within the Protected Countryside and all of the polices of the Greenbelt Plan apply to the lands. [...] The Protected Countryside includes several areas of hydrologic significance, including: • The upper reaches of watersheds draining to Lake Ontario to the west of the Niagara Escarpment; • Lands around the primary discharge zones along the toe of the Escarpment and base of the Oak Ridges Moraine; • The major river valleys that flow from the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment to Lake Onta [...] Improve the efficiency of sewage disposal facilities in order to reduce nutrient inputs to groundwater and the lake; and v. Integrate landscaping and habitat restoration into the design of the proposal to enhance the ability of native plants and animals to use the shoreline as both wildlife habitat and a movement corridor; and e) The capacity of the receiving water body shall be determined conside [...] If the physical characteristics of the proposed site will not allow for the rehabilitation of the property back to an agricultural condition, which allows for the same range and productivity of specialty crops common in the area, and will not allow for the microclimate on which the site and the surrounding area may be dependent for specialty crop production to be maintained, the applicant shall co