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What Are We Concerned About?
What Are We Concerned About?
Halton Region is currently working on an amendment to the Regional Official Plan (ROPA 48), which looks to designate the Silver Creek neighbourhood as part of the Georgetown GO Major Transit Station Area (MTSA).
The proposed boundaries of the Georgetown GO MTSA are illustrated below:
This amendment proposes to significantly increase the density targets for this area, to 100 residents or jobs per hectare. What does a density of 100 residents per hectare look like, you may ask? The document visualizing density will help you better understand.
For example, this neighbourhood in Markham has a calculated density of 96 residents per hectare:
In a typical section of the Silver Creek Neighourhood, you can see that our community has larger yards with houses that accommodate significantly lower density per hectare:
The changes proposed under ROPA 48 will require significant density increases in the Silver Creek neighbourhood, either by adding many more single family dwellings, but more likely through the introduction of multiple medium and high density apartment buildings. It will also provide a policy framework to enable developers to demolish existing single family homes to achieve this greater density.
More details on ROPA 48 can be found here:
Key concerns with the amendment include:
That the Georgetown MTSA is an existing stable low/medium density neighbourhood that requires special policies that address and protect its’s current residents. The current MTSA policies are “once-size-fits-all”, that fail to respect the residential land uses already in place;
That Regional staff have been unsuccessful in describing actual implementation details regarding how this will work, i.e. how will new parks, schools and other community facilities be built to support increased population densities, how residents will provide input, and in articulating how existing and new municipal policies interact with ROPA 48 policies.
We have requested that Council reconsider the designation of the Georgetown MTSA and do the following:
That Regional Planning staff work with both the Regional and Local council to ensure that any planning or density changes be consistent with the 2019 Council approved Georgetown GO Station Area Secondary Plan.
That Regional and Town councilors reach out specifically to residents of the Georgetown GO Station Secondary Plan Area to discuss the changes the Region is targeting for our neighbourhood, including adding members of the Silvercreek Neighbourhood Association to the Secondary Plan Steering Committee.
That Regional and Local planning staff look for other areas within the Town of Georgetown to evenly distribute population increases.
In addition to the changes proposed under ROPA 48, there are a number of development projects under active consideration in our neighbourhood. These include:
a request to replace single family homes at 59, 61 and 63 King Street with medium density row houses not permitted under the Town Plan and allow a 43 seat restaurant at 1 Elgin Street
a request to replace the buildings at 16 and 18 Mills Street with a six story building that exceeds the medium density goals in the Town Plan and fails to comply with high density regulations
ongoing discussion about the next phase of development at 42 Mill Street
discussion about an affordable housing development near Chapel and Guelph Street
Although the 2019 Official Town Plan recognizes much of this area as a stable residential area where only modest changes in keeping with the existing area will be permitted, development proposals for Mill Street and King Street are already asking the town to make amendments to permit density above what the current plan allows.
We believe that if residents of this community don't get involved we will see rapid intensification that will negatively impact our community.
Current Development Proposals
Current Development Proposals
Contact us at SilverCreekNA@gmail.com for more information
Proposed Development at
16 / 18 Mill Street
Proposed Development at
16 / 18 Mill Street
Current Development Proposal Concerns
The proposal is to allow for a high density building in an area that is currently zoned for medium density
The proposal is to build a 6 story building in an area zoned for maximum 4 story buildings
The proposal is to reduce the minimum required Greenland setbacks and the minimum required frontage at the road and from the side and rear of the yard, resulting in an oversized building for the size of the lot
The proposal is to permit a reduction in the required parking spaces, which will result in more street parking and congestion
The proposal is to reduce the number of loading spaces from three to one, which will result in congestion as people move into and out of the building
Drone photo taken at the height of the proposed building on 16/18 Mill Street to demonstrate the height relative to neighbouring homes.
Proposed Development at 59, 61 and 63 King Street and 1 Elgin Street
Proposed Development at 59, 61 and 63 King Street and 1 Elgin Street
Current Development Proposal Concerns
The proposal to allow construction of medium density buildings inside a low density area.
The proposed building's driveway and parking accesses Elgin Street which is a major access way to the Go Station. This will increase traffic congestion and create access problems into and out of the Go Station and proposed buildings
The proposal exceeds the maximum lot coverage and reduces the green space available to the residents
The proposed Tap Room and Pizzeria will cause the following:
Tap Room customers will park in the Go Station thus reducing available parking for Go Transit Riders.
Tap Room customers will park on surrounding roads increasing congestion problems on King Street and will impact the safety
Increase noise which impacted residents’ quiet enjoyment of the neighbourhood.
The Furnace Brewery currently utilizes the residential waste collection and with this proposed Tap Room/Pizzaria this waste situation and eye sore will increase.
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