REPORT - The Township of Uxbridge

esidents of the regional market area”. Further, Sections 1.4.3 c), d) and e) directs newhousing to “locations where appropriate levels of infrastructure and public servicefacilities are or will be available”; promotes densities of new housing which efficientlyuses land, resources, infrastructure and public service facilities and; directs thatdevelopment standards minimize the cost of housing and facilitate compact form.Section 1.6 Infrastructure and Public Service Facilities: Section 1.6.2 states that “The useof existing infrastructure and public service facilities should be optimized, whereverfeasible, before consideration is given to developing new infrastructure and publicservice facilities.” Section 1.6.4.1 also states that “planning for sewage and waterservices shall: a) direct and accommodate expected growth in a manner that promotes theefficient use of: 1. Municipal sewages services and municipal water services...”Section 1.7 Long-Term Economic Prosperity: Section 1.7.1a) indicates that long-termeconomic prosperity should be supported by: a) optimizing the long-term availability anduse of land, resources, infrastructure and public service facilities.The Growth Plan focuses on directions which promote intensification of existing communities inboth built-up areas and designated greenfield areas, in particular Sections 2.2.2 and 2.2.3. Thepolicies direct “a significant portion of new growth to the built-up areas of the communitythrough intensification” and encourage the development of “complete communities with adiverse mix of land uses, a range and mix of employment and housing types, high quality openspace and easy access to local stores and services”.The subject lands are located within the “built boundary” as defined by the Province and as suchany development will contribute to the achievement of the intensification target of 40 per cent ofall residential development occurring annually within any upper tier municipality by the year2015 established in Section 2.2.3.1 of the Growth Plan. Such development will also assist inimplementing the Township’s Uxbridge Urban Area Growth Management Strategy in Section2.5.2.3 in Official Plan Amendment No. 50 which is adopted, but not yet approved.The policies of the Plan also, as reflected in the Guiding Principles of the Growth Plan (Section1.2.2), direct that development:“Optimize the use of existing and new infrastructure to support growth in a compact, efficientform.”The proposed development is consistent with the PPS and conforms with the Growth Plan as itprovides for development within a settlement area in a more intense form than has occurred inthe past. It also provides for a greater mix of housing types, and the optimization of existinginfrastructure and public service facilities.Greenbelt Plan3