Innovative Planning…

Innovative Planning Solutions Inc. (‘IPS’) is the planning consultant for MCN (King-Vaughan) Inc., owners of lands in Block 35 and Block 42, within North Vaughan and vicinity of Highway 400 and the planned Highway 413 corridor.

This correspondence constitutes a formal submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (‘MMAH’) on Council-endorsed Vaughan Official Plan 2025 (‘VOP 2025’).

Below summarizes the requested modifications to VOP 2025 affecting the Subject Lands:

Parcel 1:

The following requests are for Parcel 1 as shown above in Figure 1. We request that the MMAH:

1. Modify all applicable VOP 2025 schedules to reflect the refined Highway 413 alignment, ensuring accurate depiction of the right-of-way and corresponding land use mapping affecting Parcel 1;

2. Modify Schedule 1 – Urban Structure to:
a. reflect the Approved Regional Employment Conversions applicable to Parcel 1; and,
b. extend the Community Areas urban structure east of the currently mapped employment conversion limit, consistent with the Approved Regional Employment Conversion and planned context;

3. Consider identifying King-Vaughan Road and Weston Road in the vicinity of Parcel 1 as Future Primary Corridor in Schedule 1B, recognizing their corridor-based growth and transition function;

4. Modify Schedule 10 to include the planned transitway infrastructure associated with the proposed Highway 413 corridor and consider future recognition of higher-order transit function, including potential PMTSA-related planning, where warranted, through future study;

5. Modify Schedule 13 – Land Use Designations to:

a. apply the Future Development (Non-Employment) designation to the portion of Parcel 1 subject to the Approved Regional Employment Conversion; and,

b. apply Prestige Mixed-Use I and/or Prestige Mixed-Use II designations to the easterly portion of Parcel 1, generally aligned with the developable area east of the Approved Regional Employment Conversion limit;

6. Introduces site- and area-specific policies that provide Parcel 1:
a. implements and reflects the Approved Regional Employment Conversion framework; and,

b. supports Future Development (Non-Employment) and Prestige Mixed-Use I/II permissions through an updated implementation policy structure.

Parcel 2:

The following requests are for Parcel 2 as shown above in Figure 1. We request that the MMAH:

1. Modify all applicable VOP 2025 schedules to reflect the refined Highway 413 planned corridor alignment, ensuring accurate depiction of the forthcoming right-of-way and associated developable area limits affecting Parcel 2;

2. Consider identifying King-Vaughan Road in the vicinity of Parcel 2 and the Subject Lands as a Future Primary Corridor and recognizing Pine Valley Drive as a Future Local Corridor in Schedule 1B, reflecting their long-term corridor and transition role;

3. Modify Schedule 10 to include the planned transitway infrastructure associated with the proposed Highway 413 corridor and consider future recognition of higher-order transit function, including potential PMTSA-related planning, where warranted, through future study;

4. Modify Schedule 13 – Land Use Designations to remove the Prime Agriculture designation and assign the Rural designation until such time that the planned land use designations are realized through individual planning applications, or through the anticipated Secondary Plan process.

We thank the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the opportunity to provide comments on Vaughan Official Plan 2025 and for your consideration of our proposed modification requests as outlined in Section B of this letter. At your convenience, we would be pleased to discuss this submission in greater detail and/or provide any additional information or respond to any questions.