The applicant is proposing to establish a licensed aggregate extraction operation (gravel pit) on the subject property. The Hog’s Back Pit would be a Class ‘A’ pit with a proposed annual tonnage of 100,000 tonnes. The applicant proposes to license 13.38 hectares of which 5.77 hectares is slated for extraction.
To permit this use, three (3) applications under the Planning Act are required, including an amendment to the County’s Official Plan (OPA 42-07-090-OPA-16), an amendment to the Township of Southgate’s Official Plan (OPA 1-22) and an amendment to the Township’s Zoning By-Law (C11-22). The County would make a decision regarding the County Official Plan Amendment (OPA), while the Township would make a decision regarding the Township OPA and Zoning By-Law Amendment. The proposed gravel pit also requires a license under the Aggregate Resources Act from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry. The license application is not being considered as part of this public meeting.
The lands are designated Rural, Hazard Lands, and Provincially Significant Wetlands in the County’s Official Plan, and similarly designated in the Southgate Official Plan. The lands are zoned Agriculture (A1), Wetland Protection (W), and Environmental Protection (EP) in the Southgate Zoning By-Law. A County OPA is required because the applicant seeks to establish a Mineral Resource Extraction Area partially outside of the Aggregate Resource Area mapping shown on Schedule B of the County’s Official Plan, and within a mapped Core area, shown on Schedule C. Both OPA applications seek to establish a Mineral Resource Extraction Area of approximately 13.38 ha, while the zoning application would re-zone a portion of the lands to Extractive Industrial (M4). The boundaries of the Environmental Protection (EP) and Wetlands (W) may be refined based on additional mapping as a result of the required studies.