Importance of Shoreline Development on Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching
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Why does my proposed development result in the need to protect the shoreline?
Where can I find more information about shoreline development?
The City of Orillia has taken direction from the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (“LSPP”) in requiring that all forms of development on lands adjacent to shorelines to be subject to Site Plan Control (see Chapter 363 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code) as established in the City’s Official Plan. The objective of controlling shoreline development is to help avoid, minimize and/or mitigate the impacts of stormwater on the quality and quantity of water entering Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, and to prevent erosion while improving the quality of the shoreline.
There are many resources where more information about preserving and enhancing your property’s shoreline can be found. Please find below a list of a few such resources, for your convenience.
It is important to note that your proposed development along the shoreline is not the only form of approval that you will need from the City as you develop your property (e.g., Building Permit), and it may not be the only form of approval that you will need for other alterations to your property. For example, you may also need to obtain a Work Permit from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (see “When is a Work Permit Required”).
• The Couchiching Conservancy • Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority • Lake Simcoe Protection Act • LandOwner Resource Centre – EXTENSION NOTES • Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
Benefits to Landowner How will you benefit from improving your shoreline by planting native, selfsustaining vegetation? The enhanced process for protecting shorelines in Orillia is designed to achieve a few key objectives, including: 1. Preventing siltation by identifying where erosion-control measures will be installed before any construction begins,
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2. Identifying areas on your shoreline (other than the area to be developed) that already contain natural vegetation that will be preserved and maintained,
4. Minimizing the use of your shoreline by waterfowl (e.g. geese).
3. Ensuring that you and future owners of the shoreline property are aware of natural self-sustaining species of vegetation that are well-suited to preserving and enhancing the shoreline, and
The riparian zone is the land closest to the shore. Vegetation in the riparian zone prevents soil erosion, reduces runoff, shades and cools shallow water and provides food and shelter for wildlife.
Source: lrconline.com
The shoreline is the place where land and water meet. This area is a bridge for the many species that depend on both land and water.
The littoral zone extends from dry land to the depth at which sunlight no longer penetrate to the bottom of the water. Most aquatic species feed, spawn and nurture their young in the littoral zone.
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Benefits to the Community
Examples of those benefits include: • Protecting and Improving Water Quality (by trapping pollutants)
How will enhancing my shoreline benefit the community?
• Restoring and Maintaining Natural Self-Sustaining Vegetation
By naturalizing your shoreline, you are benefiting your community in many ways as you pursue the development of your property.
• Preserving and Enhancing the Stability of Your Shoreline Bank • Improving Existing Habitat and Creating New Habitat for Fish and Wildlife
Source: lrconline.com
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Site Plan
(Conceptual Illustration Only) Street Name
Legend Property boundaries
Detached Accessory Building
Building or structure (proposed and existing) Driveway
Single Detached Dwelling
Shoreline Buffer Overlay Zone Existing vegetation (to be preserved)
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Sample Performance Standards and Naturalization Guidelines* (*Performances Standards from “Residential One” Zone of Zoning By-law 2014-44, as amended)
Performance Standards Required Yards (in metres): Front (min.): Lake Couchiching 15 m, Lake Simcoe 30 m Interior Side (min.): 1.2 m Exterior Side (min.): 4.5 m Rear(min.): 7.5 m
Additional Notes About Site Plan Drawing 1. Where the development or redevelopment of a property already requires a professional lot grading plan, an approved version of that plan can be used by the applicant to show vegetation to be preserved and transplanted. 2. Any additional markings on a site plan (or lot grading plan) must be drawn to scale. 3. The amount and type of new vegetation being installed should be shown on the site plan, using the list of native self-sustaining vegetation as a guide.
Landscaped Open Space: % of Lot Area (min.): 30%
Naturalization Guidelines Native, self-sustaining vegetation occupying a minimum of: • 10% of Shoreline Buffer Overlay Zone
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List of Native Self Sustaining Vegetation Recommended for Shoreline Planting Plant Type
Trees
Shrubs
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Index No.
Common Name
Scientific Name
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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum ssp. Saccharurr
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Red Maple Silver Maple Bur Oak Red Oak White Ash Green Ash Black Ash Black Cherry Balsam Poplar Trembling Aspen Paper Birch Bitternut Hickory White Spruce White Cedar Tamarack Shining Willow Black Willow Peach-leaved Willow White Pine
Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Quercus macrocarpa Quercus macrocarpa Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus nigra Prunus serotina Populus balsamifera Populus tremuloides Betula papyrifera Carya cordiformis Picea glauca Thuja occidentalis Larix laricina Salix lucida Salix nigra Salix amygdaloides Pinus strobus
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Red Osier Dogwood Gray Dogwood Alternate Leaved Dogwood Chokecherry Maple-leaved Viburnum Nannyberry Highbush Cranberry Serviceberry Bush Honeysuckle Black Chokeberry Common Winterberry Common Elderberry Pussy Willow Sandbar Willow Shining Willow Peach-leaved Willow Slender Willow Bebb’s Willow Sage leaved/Hoary Willow Black Willow Staghorn Sumac Elderberry Speckled Alder Narrow-leaved meadowsweet
Cornus stolonifera Cornus foemina Cornus alternifolia Prunus virginiana Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum lentago Viburnum trilobum Amelanchier spp. DIervilla lonicera Aronia melanocarpa Ilex verticillata Sambucus Canadensis Salix discolor Salix exigua Salix lucida Salix amygdaloides Salix petiolaris Salix bebbiana Salix candida Salix nigra Rhus typhina Sambucus canadensis Alnus incana spp. Ranus Spirea alba
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List of Native Self Sustaining Vegetation Recommended for Shoreline Planting (Cont.) Plant Type
AquaticSubmergent
AquaticRobust Emergent AquaticBroadleaved Emergent AquaticNarrowleaf Emergent
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Index No.
Common Name
Scientific Name
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Common Waterweed
Elodea Canadensis
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Coontail Tape Grass Northern Water Milfoil Water Starwort Slender/Small Pondweed White Water Lily Floating Pondweed Large-leaved Pondweed Yellow Pond Lily
Ceratophyllum demersum Vallisneria Americana Myriophyllum sibiricum Callitriche hermaphroditica Potamogeton pusillus Nympea odorata Potamogeton natans Potamogeton amplifolius Nuphar variegatum
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Common Cattail
Typha latifolia
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Bulrush
Scirpus spp.
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Broadleaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
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Burreed
Sparganium spp.
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Grasses
Leersia spp.
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Sedges
Carex spp.
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