Waste Processing and Transfer Facility By-law

In 2012, the City of Ottawa is proposing to amend Zoning By-law 250-2008 to require that putrescible (odorous) and non-putrescible waste processing and transfer facilities will:  

• Only be permitted on lots with minimum lot areas of 2 ha

• Have direct access to a designated truck route, or access through an RG- or RH-zoned industrial subdivision leading directly to a designated truck route

• Store all putrescible waste inside a building. Such building cannot be located closer than 300 metres to a principal building on a lot zoned Rural Residential (RR); Rural Countryside (RU); Village Residential (V1, V2, V3); Village Mixed Use (VM); Rural Institutional (RI); or any urban residentially-zoned or institutionally-zoned lot

• All new development on lots abutting putrescible and/or non-putrescible facilities will be required to comply with a 300 metre minimum separation distance

• The proposed provisions are the result of a study undertaken in former Cumberland Township in the spring of 2011, and are now under consideration in the remainder of Ottawa’s rural area. The tentative date the application will be considered by the City’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is May 3, 2012.

Provision application

These provisions will apply to the Rural Heavy Industrial (RH) and Rural General Industrial (RG) zones and will also have applicability to lots abutting RH and RG zones, where waste processing and transfer facilities are established. Amendments are also proposed to the waste processing and transfer facility definitions and within existing exception zones to reflect the changes in the definitions. No key map is provided as the amendment affects parcels on a City-wide basis.

Important notice

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Ottawa before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Ottawa to the Ontario Municipal Board and may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Keep informed

Please contact Terry MacHardy if you wish to receive further notification of the Committee and Council meetings and decisions related to this proposal.

Please provide comments by February 10, 2012 to:

Terry MacHardy, Planner II
City of Ottawa, Planning and Growth Management Department
613-580-2424 ext. 16390
fax: 613-560-2459
E-mail: terry.machardy@ottawa.ca

Dated: January 12, 2012