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TOWNSHIP OF GREY SECONDARY PLAN'
SECTION I:
Introduction
And Purpose
1: INTRODUCTION
The following text and the maps, noted as
Schedules ("A", "13", "C, "D", "E", "F", "G"
& "H") shall constitute the Secondary Plan for the
Township of Grey. As it represents an amendment
to the Official Plan for the County of Huron, this
Secondary Plan has the legal status of an Official
Plan under the meaning of the Planning Act.
The policies stated in this Secondary Plan are
intended to operate within those already established
in the County Official Plan. It is not the intention of
this Secondary Plan to, either directly or indirectly,
alter any of the major policy directions established in
the County Official Plan. This Secondary Plan
reinforces and refines basic county planning policies
within the context of the Township of Grey..
The limits of this Plan arc co-incident with the
corporate boundaries of the Township of Grey.
This Plan, as a Secondary Plan to the County Official
Plan, adopts, as a point of departure, certain basic
principles of the County Plan relating to secondary
plans. The need to carry out more detailed
secondary plans at the local level is set out in Section
3 of the County Official Plan.
This section sem-,
"This Plan (the County Official Plan) will
function as the Official Plan for all County
MunicipalitieS. It is intended, however, that local
municipalities will prepare Secondary Plans so as
to express more precisely local planning policies
and priorities. These Secondary Plans will
become amendments to this Plan (County
Official Plan)".
It is necessary, therefore, that the major policies ()I'
the County Official Plan which effect Grey Township
be understood. The County Plan develops a basic
distinction between rural and urban development
and adopts policies for directing urban oriented
development to urban areas. Grey Township is
shown on the County Land Use Plan as rural and
predominantly agricultural. The several hamlets of
the Township arc shown as urban. •
The land use categories of' the County Official Plan
are broad and generalized. It is intended that more
specific land use planning will be developed through
a municipal secondary plan. While the County
Official Plan's basic policy distinction between
"Urban" and "Rural" land uses is taken as the.
general point of departure, this plan develops a far
more detailed and locally significant refinement of
this basic distinction.
2: .PURPOSE
The purpose of this secondary plan is to begin a
process of local planning for the residents of Grey
Township. It brings planning down to the local or
community level where the residents can make a
significant and continuing input.
The basic purpose of this plan is to create a vision of
the future for Grey Township. A future which can be
agreed upon generally by the community and in
which the community takes an active role in
developing. The plan is an educational . tool in
thinking about the future, It assists the community
in looking at the physical resource, the economic
conditions and its ambitions and the effect of these
4,on the future. The plan then tries to marshal)
implementation forces such as public works,
incentives; policy decisions and by-laws in an
attempt to achieve the• desired future.
The plan is only one tool in helping the community
look at its future goals and attempt to achieve them.
But within its confines the major purpose of this plan
is to look at the future, to assist the community in
coming to certain general agreements about a
desired future and to develop policies aimed at
achieving that future.
Although this plan looks in detail at various aspects
of the Township it is not the intention that this plan
will remain unchariged.lt is the intention that this
plan will be changed to reflect current conditions by
refinement of policies and programs outlined in the
Blatt and by the addition of new sections to make the
plan more comprehensive. These changes will
become amendments to the Secondary Plan and
should be cominenced as soon as required so as
planning becomes a continuous protess. It is'
intended that this plan will be reviewed annually by
the toWnship council and residents in a public
planning workshop.
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This Plan is intended to provide guidance to the
Township of Grey Council, and Planning
Committee, the County of Huron, and the County
Planning Board and Land Division Committee as
they continue to administer and to plan for the
welfare of the Township of Grey under powers
conferred upon them. It will provide a friltmework
within which private anti public development
'proposals and actions will be made.
It is the purpose of this plan that development will
be permitted only when it has been established that
such development fulfills the goals and policies of
this plan
In summary, the purposes ,of this plan are:•
a) to create a vision of the future for Grey Town-
ship which is agreed upon generally by the
community and in which the community takes
an active role in developing. '
b) to create a program of community
involvement in the design, implementation
and review of the plan's goals and policies.
c) to create a land use pattern that insures the
compatibility of different types of land uses.
d) to ensure that future development of the
Township is related to the Plan's goals and
policies.
c) provide for the necessary capital works pro-
grams and municipal legislation to implement
the Plan's goals.
f) provide a liaison between Municipal, County
and Provincial levels of government in order
to implement the Plan's goals.
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SECTION II:
Basic Principles
of the Plan
This plan is based on the principles and information
developed from the public participation program
and planning studies carried out in order to
formulate the plan. The results' of these are
contained in the appendices attached to this Plan.
Although the-appendices do not constitute .part of
the formal secondary plan, they do provide the basis
of the plan. • In cases where a more detailed
explanation of the plan is required, such explanation
shall be sought in the appendices.
I. INTRODUCTION
Grey Township is an agricultural community: Land
is it's life. Planning for such an area must
concentrate on the present and the future use of that
land. Of paramount importance is the use of the
land; its capability. The conclusion of the public
participation program and the planning studies is'
very clear: Grey Township is a solid, prosperous
agricultural community, and if properly managed, it
has the resource base in the land and the social
structure and economy to ensure its continuance. Its
continuance is the ambition of its residents, and the
objective of this Plan.
2. BASIC PRINCIPLES
a) AGRICULTURE
Ninety percent of the land in Grey Township is
rated as either class one or class two in the
Canada Land Inventory of agricultural
capability, A fall 70% of the land base is class
one. Grey Township has a nationally
significant agricultural resource base.
But the land is only one component of
successful agriculture.The community and the
economy must directly support agrictilture,
The basic economic indicators of successful
agriculture are strong in Grey. Probably the
Most significant part of the formula for
successful agriculture is the community; the
residents themselves. The community is
highly oriented to agriculture and a way of life
which supports it.
A basic principle is therefore to promote the
long term future of agriculture by protecting
the land base and promoting the creation of an
environment conclusive to an integrated
agricultural community and economy. This is
the most fundamental principle of the Plan
and the one to which the Plan's goals ,and
policies •are directed.
b) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
The rivers, Marshes, uplands and Woodlots of
the Township make up its natural
supportive
to the land resource
fu
and hence
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agriculture,
The quantity and quality of th e natural
environment has been seriously depleted
throughout much of the Township. In Order to
maintain harmony between natural systems
and human activity the natural environment
must be protected and in
reestablished.
A basic principle is therefore tc
reestablish where necessary
environment.
c) URBAN
The Township's urban places, its
the Village of Brussels, are wei
and support the agricultural co;
as the agricultural community se t
Primarily places of residences ar
for the farmer, they provide imp
and local commercial functii
agricultural community. In additil
the surrounding agricultural area,
also allow a "rural life-style" fo
urban people while providing
services.
A basic principle is therefore to
development of the existing ham
points for social and local
functions for the surrounding
area. Also, to provide residentii
people who wish to live in the are
directly related to operating fart
d) EXTRACTIVE RESOURCES
Grey Township has plentiful al
sand and gravel deposits.Sand
an important resource which 1.
more difficult to obtain. In order ti
optimum use of this resource, ar
deposits must be protected from
which would preempt them. The
sand and gravel can often have ad)
on the environment. Hence such
should be developed in such a w
minimize harmful effects and be r
after use.
A basic principle is therefore to
sand and gravel deposits are pi
future use, developed in a ma:
limits their impact on surrounding
reclaimed for other productive use
resource has been used.
e) RECREATION
The need for recreational land is
assess but the demand is growi:
demand which mainly comes from
agricultural community and is urba
it can be very disruptive. It cat
valuable agricultural land,
agriculture economy by inflating h
and restricting certain types of °pet
cause conflict in the agricultural e
Density and location of n
development should be planned
agricultural land and minimize till
effects on the agricultural comm
economy..
A ' basic principle is therefore
recreational development only to
that it does not consume agriculture
cause adverse effect on the a
community and economy.
SECTION III:
The Land Use
Plan
1. OBJECTIVES "
The basic principles of this Plan revolve ar
recognition and reinforcement of Grey Tow
an agricultural community. In the achievir
fundamental principle of promoting the le
future of agriculture, the land use plan re
only one tool. This principle is also implete
a wide array of government ministries and,
at all levels of government and by the dec
the private sector. Primarily, however
off the
implementedresidenbtys of theGnruemy.erous individual d
The objective of this land use plan is to
policies for the use of land that suPlx
principle of promoting the long terrn futi
viability of agriculture; the land resat
eemioniy and the community.
2: LAND USE DEFINITION
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more intensive look at a specific gregi,
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