Approving the Community Planning Permit By-law and repealing the old Zoning By-law

Councillor Votes

Full Resolution Text

That Council approve the recommendations as amended as follows: a) That Council receive for information a presentation from staff and Dillion Consulting Limited on the Community Planning Permit By-law; b) That the Community Planning Permit By-law be approved as attached as Appendix A to Report IPGPL26-030; c) That the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law Number 1972-120, and any amending By-law thereto, including By-law 97-123 as amended, be repealed on the day that the Community Planning Permit By-Law comes into force and effect, in accordance with Appendix A to Report IPGPL26-030; d) That City By-law Numbers 1985-211 and 11-081 respecting site plan control, as amended, be repealed on the day that the Community Planning Permit By-law comes into force and effect, in accordance with Appendix A to Report IPGPL26- 030; e) That the following by-laws respecting the zoning of former Township lands and annexed by the City of Peterborough through various Ministerial Orders since 1972, be repealed on the day that the Community Planning Permit By-law comes into force and effect, in accordance with Appendix A to Report IPGPL26-030: i. Township of Smith Zoning By-law 1971-17, as amended including By-law 1996- 44; ii. Township of Otonabee Zoning By-law 12-79; and iii. Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan Zoning By-law 2010-65; f) That in accordance with Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, Council confirms that no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes made to the proposed draft Community Planning Permit By-law since the March 23, 2026 Statutory Public Meeting; g) That Council permit and consider application requests to amend the Community Planning Permit By-law before the fifth anniversary of the date the by- law is passed as follows: i. applications subject to transition provisions under Section 2.4.3 of the Community Planning Permit By-law; and ii. City-initiated amendments. h) That the By-law to establish Reserve Funds to regulate the use of monies collected as Cash-in-lieu of In-kind Facilities, Services and Matters when imposed as a condition of approval for Class 2 or Class 3 Community Planning Permits be approved, as attached as Appendix B to Report IPGPL26-030; i) That the By-law to repeal By-law Number 24-095 and establish a new Pre- Application Consultation protocol prior to the submission of applications under the Planning Act be approved, as attached as Appendix C to Report IPGPL26-030; j) That the By-law to amend the City’s 2026 User Fees By-law Number 25-128 to update Planning Application Fees be approved, as attached as Appendix D to Report IPGPL26-030; k) That Council direct staff to complete and publish Terms of References for commonly requested studies, reports or plans as part of a development application by Q4 2026; and l) That Council direct staff to provide an information report to Council, outlining lessons learned, and any recommended implementation changes to the By-law, in part, based on the evaluation of Natural Heritage Features verified by Environmental Impact Studies, after one year of the CPP By-law coming into effect; m) That Council direct staff to expedite the preparation of a Community Improvement Plan that supports the objectives of the Climate Change Action Plan 2.0 by incentivizing Green Development Standards with best efforts to establish by Q2 in 2027; n) That Council direct staff to prepare a supplementary voluntary green development standards document and checklist, to be shared and strongly encouraged at the pre-consultation stage for Community Planning Permit Applications, and utilized in conjunction with the above-noted Community Improvement Plan, in order to incentivize best practices; o) That Council direct staff to develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) by Q2 2027 to ensure that field-verified natural heritage features, including those readily identified and evaluated by a qualified professional, and peer reviewed as deemed appropriate are documented, mapped and integrated into the CPP By- law's Environmental Protection precinct through periodic city-initiated amendments. p) That Staff be directed to provide bi-annually public reports during the first year of implementation of the Community Planning Permit System, including a summary of all Class 2 and Class 3 applications received and approved, variations granted, building heights approved, Facilities, Services and Matters secured, cash in lieu contributions collected, and any issues identified through implementation.