Waterfront Profile - Imperial Oil Lands

Location

Access

• via Bowes St. & Great North Rd.
• Property can be entered from Champagne St. & Olive St. with potential entrances easily developed from Great North Rd., Birch St. & Kate St.
• There is also 244 metres of frontage on Georgian Bay

Description of Land

• 5.96 ha
• Parcel A has approximately 396.24 m of frontage on public streets
• Average Depth is 76.2m
• Parcel B has 500m of water frontage and an additional shore frontage is owned by the Town.
• Parcel B also has 30.48m & 137.6m of frontage on Champagne St. and unopened Mill St. to the east respectively. Kate & Olive Streets access the property and are open public streets

Physical Features

• Parcel A: rock to the north, flat sandy soils to the south. Overburden is shallow to the north but ranges from 0 to 4.6m in thickness to the south.
• Parcel B: high rocky shoreline with 2 plateau areas to the northeast along the Bay and the southeast adjacent to Olive St. with soil depths varying from 0 to over 3m on the plateau
• Drainage from either property is generally into the Bay.
• Orientation of the property to the Bay offers a wide variety of alternatives for quality development

Services

The lands are fully serviced or serviceable with water, sewer & hydro. Parcel A and the northern portion of Parcel B would be serviced by the pumping station on Champagne St. The only constraint is the intake feed located at 176m above sea level.

Zoning By-Law

The present zoning is "Marine Residential (RM) and Marine Residential holding (RMh)", to protect the flood plain. The following are the permitted uses: apartment building, lodging house, row houses , marina, hotel, Liquor Licensed Premises, restaurant, convenience store, parking areas, place of entertainment, tourist information building, marine retail outlet, indoor/outdoor theatres, gift shop, community centre, public hall, park or walkways, office space in conjunction with above.

Official Plan

• Section 7.11 of the Official Plan outlines the policies with respect to the Marine and Resort Residential designations
• It is believed the most significant changes to the Town's waterfront will occur within this designation. This category will include marinas, hotels, lodges/resorts/restaurants oriented toward the waterfront, public waterfront facilities & utilities, recreational craft docking, open space, waterfront commercial uses which will attract or service tourists or visitors.
• Residential development will be considered if higher densities are proposed and architectural designs compliment the waterfront and will be given preference where "resort" theme is maintained (i.e. condominiums , time-sharing apartments)
• connections to municipal services will be required for any development.
• Structures over 15m in height may be permitted subject to the maintenance of waterfront vistas, compatibility of proposed use with surroundings , restriction of structure to a property area of 2 ha where no other development is allowed and use of site buffering & landscaping to minimize visual impact.
• Expansion of marinas in this area will be supported by Council.