New Tecumseth Official Plan

The Town of New Tecumseth Official Plan was Provincially approved with modifications in 1995. Since then a number of Official Plan Amendments have been approved. The following copy of the Official Plan has been consolidated with amendments up to the fall of 1999.

New Tecumseth Strategic Plan

On November 14, 2005 New Tecumseth Council approved its new strategic plan, “Building on the Foundation” replacing the Town’s first strategic plan, “Foundation for the Future”, adopted by the Town in 1991.

New Tecumseth Emergency Plan (Under Review)

Most municipalities routinely attend to emergencies that require fire fighting, policing, ambulance and public works related response. Large-scale emergencies such as chemical spills, plane crashes and natural emergencies - tornadoes, floods, etc., can severely deplete available resources, requiring additional personnel, equipment and expertise. In cases such as these, an Emergency Plan must be implemented.

New Tecumseth Growth Managment Reports

The purpose of this report is to update residential and non-residential growth forcasts for the Town of New Tecumseth and determine land requirements to accommodate such growth, as input to an Official Plan review process.

Urban Forest Management Strategy

It is a long-term (i.e., 20 year) plan that addresses: tree inventory needs, tree planting opportunities, tree care needs (e.g., pruning, cabling, soil amendments, etc.) and hazard prevention. This plan then outlines mechanisms of implementation, including development of more short-term plans incorporating these items on a priority basis, as well as ongoing public education, and anticipated budgetary requirements.

Updated Leisure & Culture Master Plan

The Town of New Tecumseth offers a high quality of life to local residents through access to a varied open space system, its small community atmosphere, a strong employment base, and its proximity to other population centres. As a result, New Tecumseth continues to experience strong growth pressures, particularly in the form of residential development. Growth has largely been focused on the Town’s three settlement areas – Alliston (including Briar Hill), Beeton, and Tottenham.
In response to these issues, the Town has undertaken an update to the 2000 Leisure & Culture Master Plan. The scope of the Leisure & Culture Master Plan Update encompasses the acquisition, provision and distribution of parks, culture, and leisure facilities and services.

Community Improvement Plan

The Alliston, Beeton and Tottenham Downtowns - Community Improvement Plan (CIP) has been prepared to provide grants to eligible property owners in each of the three commercial downtown cores of Alliston, Beeton and Tottenham to assist with the costs of restoration and/or refurbishment of the commercial storefront facades, exterior side street elevations and/or rear elevations facing the Boyne River, in the context of an historical building conservation strategy.

Urban Commerical Core Parking Study

The Town's objective is to ensure that an adequate parking supply is provided in each of the urban commercial core areas to encourage healthy and vibrant downtown areas and ensure their long-term viability.

2006 Annual Drinking Water Reports

The reports provide a brief description of the water systems, some of the major works undertaken to operate and maintain the systems in 2006, and the most recent water quality data.
 
New Tecumseth Class Environmental Assessment for Wastewater Treatment

In 2001, the Ministry of Environment requested the Town to undertake a Town-wide environmental assessment for wastewater. The study was undertaken and in March 2003, an Environmental Study Report was filed for public review. The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing expressed concerns with the conclusions in the report. Accordingly, the report was not approved. MOE requested that the report be amended such that the overall limit of 28,681 m3/day be established for all wastewater permitted to enter the Nottawasaga River from the Regional and Alliston WWTPs (formerly Sir Frederick Banting WWTP). MMAH requested that planning approvals, including official plan designations, only be permitted up to a maximum 80% of the 28,681 m3/day flow identified in the ESR and that this provision should be incorporated in the Town’s Official Plan, subsequent to the ESR being completed. In June 2004, Council retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. to amend the ESR as required by the ministries. The report has been completed and concludes that the most appropriate approach to provide future wastewater treatment capacity in the Town is to implement a centralized treatment facility through modular expansion of the Regional WWTP.

The ESR document was placed on public record for a period of thirty (30) days upon Council’s acceptance of the ESR. The report was also circulated to all appropriate ministries and agencies for the same thirty (30) day review period. There were no comments received or Part II Order (bump-up) requests submitted accordingly the document was approved after the thirty (30) day review period in April 2005.