LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE Draft Vision, Land Use Concepts and Policy Directions
1 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE Aerial Photo of the Lochdale Area, 2018
2 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE DRAFT VISION
“Lochdale is a distinct and sustainable community within Burnaby, with close access to parks, trails and nature in a transit-oriented Urban Village setting, where people can work, shop, live, and connect.” BIG MOVES
Further support Hastings Street as the Urban Village centre with a mix of commercial New and enhanced and community uses, vibrant connections to a wider public spaces, and housing system of local, regional oppurtunities. and national trails. Protect and expand community park space. Break up large, privately-owned blocks with new streets, connections, and public spaces, including a north extension of Brooklyn Avenue. Creek Heron
Lou Moro Park
INLET DR Westridge Park BARNET RD
HASTINGS ST
Kensington Kensington Square Shopping Park Centre
CLARE AVE DUNCAN AVE Westridge FRANCES ST Elementary School C A
KENSINGTON AVE L GEORGIA ST V TRUDY CT IN
CLIFF AV Burnaby North C Secondary T School SPERLING AVE UNION ST
Employment opportunities, Maintain and enhance key Consider school and including office, retail community assets, including community use needs, from and live-work units. Lochdale Community Hall. daycares to school expansions.
Consider opportunities Diverse home-ownership to create pedestrian and and rental options that cycling only green corridors. accommodate individuals and families from varying backgrounds and life stages. CLICK underlined text to open links on digital versions of this document
LINKS TO RELATED POLICIES + BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS • Phase 1 Consultation Guide
• Burnaby Official Community Plan (1998)
• Economic Development Strategy (2007)
• Metro Vancouver 2040 Regional Growth Strategy (2010)
• Social Sustainability Strategy (2011)
• Metro Vancouver Regional Context Statement (2014)
• Environmental Sustainability Strategy (2016)
• Mayor’s Task Force on Community Housing (2019)
• Climate Action Framework (2019)
• Burnaby Community Safety Plan (2020)
• Housing and Homelessness Strategy (ongoing)
• Burnaby Transportation Plan (ongoing)
• Burnaby Rental Use Zoning Policy (2020)
• Burnaby Housing Needs Report (2021)
5 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS This Consultation Guide provides background information on the existing community, and summarizes the Draft Vision, Land Use Concepts and Policy Directions that will be further developed as part of Phase 2 public consultation for the Lochdale Urban Village Community Plan.
PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose & Overview 1.2 Where We Are 1.3 What We Heard 1.4 Context & History 1.5 Plan Boundary 1.6 Community Snapshot
PART 2: SHAPING THE FUTURE 2.1 Urban Villages in Burnaby 2.2 The Urgency for Climate Action 2.3 Sustainable Place-Making
PART 3: MOVING FORWARD 3.1 Character Areas, Land Use & Development 3.2 Parks, Schools, Public Space & Mobility 3.2.1 Mobility Network 3.2.2 Streetscape Concepts and Design Actions 3.2.3 Urban Village Streetscape Designs 3.3 Housing, Community Amenities & Services
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
7 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1.1 — Purpose & Overview This document is a continuation of the Phase 1 Consultation Guide for the development of a new Lochdale Urban Village Community Plan (The “Lochdale Plan”). It is intended to build on the results of Phase 1 Public Consultation and to outline the draft vision, land use concepts and policy directions that were developed for Phase 2 of the Lochdale community plan process. These draft materials will be further developed as additional feedback and comments are received from the public and other stakeholders during the Phase 2 public consultation process.
The Lochdale Plan is intended to guide the long-term, gradual and incremental development of Lochdale over the next 50 years. It also presents an opportunity to plan for:
• A new and unique Urban Village character in Lochdale • A carbon neutral community by 2050 • New public spaces, community services and amenities for residents • An expanded mix of market and non-market housing options • New local employment opportunities • Change and reinvestment as the existing building stock ages • The creation of a multi-modal transportation hub • The enhancement of the natural environment, and increased connection and access to nature • The accommodation of regional growth
Looking east along Hastings Street near Kensington Avenue
8 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1.2 — Where We Are On July 27, 2020, City Council endorsed the preliminary goals and land use framework for the Lochdale Plan, as a basis to initiate the first phase of the Community Plan process. Phase 1 Public Consultation occurred during fall 2020 to collect feedback on the future identity, vision, goals, land use framework and Plan area boundary for the Lochdale Urban Village.
Phase 2 of the Lochdale Plan will collect public and stakeholder input on a draft vision for the Plan, as well as input on policy directions for how different areas in the Plan will be developed. Phase 3 is scheduled for later in 2021 and will include a final Draft Plan for City Council consideration and further public consultation.
Phase 1: Phase 2: Phase 3: Goals + Land Use Framework Policy Directions + Draft Community Plan Land Use Concepts
Consultation on Plan area Consultation on community Consultation on Draft boundary, preliminary plan draft vision, policy Community Plan with goals, and land use directions, and land use established Plan area framework concepts boundary, and refined vision and policy directions Public engagement in Public engagement in early fall 2020 mid 2021 Public engagement in late 2021
Present final Draft Plan to City WE ARE HERE Council for consideration late 2021/early 2022
Late 2020 Mid 2021 Late 2021 / Early 2022
Get Involved
During the Lochdale Urban Village Community Planning process, there will be multiple opportunities for residents, stakeholders and the public to provide feedback.
Share your vision for Lochdale by Contact taking our phase 2 survey! Email: [email protected] burnaby.ca/yourvoice-lochdale Phone: 604-294-7781 Mail: City of Burnaby Subscribe to our City Connect Planning and Building Department eNews: 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC burnaby.ca/enews V5G 1M2
9 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE CLICK underlined text to open links on digital versions of this document INTRODUCTION 1.3 — What We Heard Phase 1 public consultation involved an extensive media advertising campaign to notify the public and other stakeholders of the Lochdale Plan, and to solicit feedback and input. An online survey was launched between October 6 and November 15, 2020, which allowed respondents to provide detailed written feedback on key topics such as the vision, plan area boundary, preliminary goals and the land use framework for the Lochdale Plan. In total, the survey received 254 responses, along with feedback received via telephone, e-mail, written letters and social media responses.
2,200+ 250+ 80% Unique visitors to the Completed the Average support for dedicated website Urban Village Survey Plan goals (May - Oct, 2020)
68% 70% Chose to provide 44,000 Of respondents live Distribution of Burnaby Now feedback on at least in Northeast Burnaby (2 Print Advertisements) 1 detailed Plan sub-goal
95% 9,450 Identifiedaccess to Mail-outs sent to 13,000 + parks, services and Total reach through Social Media Burnaby Households amenities as important (Leading all development priorities)
Overall, Phase 1 public consultation garnered valuable input on various important themes, including the following:
PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HOUSING
LOCAL ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY AMENITIES
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DESIGN TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY
For a full, detailed summary of public input that was received during Phase 1 public consultation, and how this input will be addressed and further explored during Phase 2, please refer to the Phase 1 Public Consultation Summary.
10 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1.4 — Context & History
The Lochdale area is located LOCHDALE along Hastings Street, west of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area and the Simon Fraser University campus. The community currently includes commercial uses on Hastings Street, surrounded largely by single and two-family residential uses, and industrial and petrochemical uses to the north. Community amenities such as Lochdale Community Hall and several parks and pedestrian/cycling trails currently serve the neighbourhood. Figure 1: Green connections in northeast Burnaby
Shell Lands
INLET DR
HASTINGS ST
Kensington Square Shopping Centre
Westridge Elementary
KENSINGTON AVE KENSINGTON School SPERLING AVE
Burnaby North Secondary School
Figure 2: Neighbourhood context – an Urban Village within a City
11 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE THE HISTORY OF LOCHDALE Burrard Inlet and the Burnaby Mountain area were rich in resources that were used by hənq̓ əmin ̓’ The “Hastings Extension” streetcar at Ellesmere on Hastings Street ̓ əm and Sḵwxwú7mesh speaking in 1913. people. The area’s timber resources [487-001, City of Burnaby Archives] attracted newcomers who altered the landscape through extensive logging.
A North Burnaby bus stop in 1976. [556-314, Alan Cook photograph, City of Burnaby Archives]
A logging camp on Burnaby Mountain, circa 1904. [HV977.140.2, Burnaby Village Museum]
A transportation network reached Lochdale in advance of settlement, and shaped the development of the neighbourhood. The first roads to serve the neighbourhood were the Hastings-Barnet Road (1903), and the Pole Line Road (now Sperling Avenue) built in 1905.
Electric streetcar service was introduced on Hastings Street in 1913, terminating at Ellesmere Avenue. By 1949 a network of bus routes served the area. Vancouver-bound travellers could board Hastings-Barnet Road in 1903, looking west from present day an express bus at the Kootenay Loop by 1953. Sperling Avenue. Both roads were constructed to convey electricity Express bus service continues today, with the brought across Burrard Inlet from the Buntzen Lake Generating introduction of the R5 Hastings Street in 2020. Station. [403-001, City of Burnaby Archives]
12 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE Early settlers farmed acreages in a close-knit community. Large lots were replaced after the war with suburban style housing.
Up until the 1950s, Lochdale was characterized by small acreages, where residents engaged in small scale agricultural production, growing food and raising livestock for family consumption and sale. The relative isolation of the area created a close-knit community.
Burnaby’s post-war population boom led to suburban development that re-shaped the Lochdale neighbourhood by increasing the density of residential areas. Westridge Elementary and Burnaby North Secondary School were built to in response to the post-war population boom.
1946 aerial photograph of North Burnaby. [069-001, City of Burnaby Archives]
The Lochdale Community Hall at 490 Sperling served as a social centre for the relatively isolated early Lochdale community. [BV005.20.7, Burnaby Village Museum]
John and Frances Wuzinski operated a berry farm and apiary on Houses under construction in the Westridge subdivision in 1949. their 1-acre property at 6950 Hastings from 1944 to 1962. [VPL 80990A, Vancouver Public Library, Tom Christopherson [Courtesy of Janice Bobic/Burnaby Village Museum BV018.39.9] photographer]
13 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION Commercial development in the Lochdale Urban Village has included both purpose-built commercial and mixed uses.
The earliest commercial buildings were located at Hastings and Sperling and served the immediate neighbourhood. Industrial land uses were later encouraged, including the establishment of a Shell Oil refinery during the Great Depression, and the designation of lands at the intersection Hallett’s Poultry at 6947 Hastings was established in 1940 and of Hastings and Sperling as a node for light persisted as a mixed residential, commercial and agricultural industrial development in the 1948 Town Planning operation until at least 1980. Bylaw. Though subsequent municipal land use [556-613, City of Burnaby Archives] studies and plans did not include industrial land designations, an eclectic blend of commercial, industrial, and residential uses persisted.
The Lochdale General Store was constructed at Hastings and The first phase of the Kensington Square Plaza shopping centre was Sperling in 1913 for proprietor Eudore (Dora) Lochead. When a Post constructed in the late 1960s, and later expanded in the late 1980s Office was added in 1914, Lochead chose the name “Lochdale”, to form the Kensington Square Shopping Centre at 6500 Hastings. which was a combination of her last name and “dale” to describe the [556-175, City of Burnaby Archives] surrounding geography. [HV976.62.1, Burnaby Village Museum]
Employees in front of the main office at the Shell Oil refinery in 1935. [370-231, City of Burnaby Archives]
14 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1.5 — Plan Area Boundary Areas and properties included in the Lochdale Plan boundary will become part of the overall review process whereby future land uses, transportation networks, parks and amenities are considered in the context of the wider Community Plan. As shown on Figure 3, the proposed Focus Area is centred along Hastings Street commercial uses, and includes or is adjacent to residential neighbourhoods, parks, schools, and Shell lands to the north. Phase 1 consultation considered expanding the Lochdale Plan boundary to include properties north of Inlet Drive and east of Cliff Avenue, which at present are primarily single and two-family residential areas.
The feedback from Phase 1 public consultation varied, with some advocating for limited to no land use changes in areas outside the focus area, and others showing support for the inclusion of these properties with added housing choices. Phase 2 will continue to explore and garner input on more specific options on how this Plan could include direction for additional areas outside the Focus Area in a manner that recognizes its context within an Urban Village, and considering the potential for sensitive ground-oriented infill housing choices that could be developed incrementally over the long term based on the desires of individual residents and families.
Figure 3: Proposed Urban Village Plan Boundary Creek Heron
Lou Moro Park
INLET DR Westridge Park BARNET RD
HASTINGS ST
Kensington Kensington Square Shopping Park Centre
CLARE AVE DUNCAN AVE Westridge FRANCES ST Elementary School C A
KENSINGTON AVE L GEORGIA ST V TRUDY CT IN
CLIFF AV Burnaby North C Secondary T School SPERLING AVE UNION ST
FOCUS AREAS EXPANSION AREAS
15 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1.6 — Community Snap Shot
LAND USES EMPLOYMENT
POPULATION AGE OF HOUSING STOCK
600 Year of Construction 500 2,741 2010’s 400 2000’S
300 1990’S
200 1980’s
100 1970’s
Pre-1970 25% 24% 0 Commercial uses in Lochdale are concentrated in Kensington Square Shopping Centre, where there is approximately 120,000 sq.ft. of existing commercial floor area serving the neighbourhood. Other
7% INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONAL commercial uses are located along Hastings Street 13% further east. 10% UNDEVELOPED MULTI FAMILY Older single and two-storey commercial buildings 21% COMMERCIAL SINGLE FAMILY exist along Hastings Street between Kensington Avenue and Clare Avenue. To the east of Clare Avenue
Data Source: City of Burnaby 2020 are auto-oriented commercial uses. Data Source: City of Burnaby HOUSING BY TYPE TRANSPORTATION Existing public transit allows for travel from Lochdale to key destinations including: SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE LOW RISE » Simon Fraser University 343 110 457 » Burnaby Heights » Vancouver » Brentwood Town Centre PARKS & SCHOOLS » Coquitlam » Port Moody —all in less than 30 minutes.
Kensington Park, Westridge Park, Lou Moro Park and the Westridge Elementary School field are located Hastings Street and Inlet Drive within Lochdale. are the primary vehicle routes through Lochdale.
Westridge Elementary School is located in Lochdale. Other schools including Burnaby North Secondary The Trans Canada Trail, or Great School and Simon Fraser University Trail, is a network of pedestrian are located nearby. and cycling connections across Canada that runs through the Lochdale neighbourhood.
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PART 2: SHAPING THE FUTURE
17 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE SHAPING THE FUTURE 2.1 — Urban Villages in Burnaby Lochdale is one of 13 neighbourhoods designated under Burnaby’s Official Community Plan (OCP) as an Urban Village. In contrast to Burnaby’s Town Centres like Metrotown and Brentwood which are more regionally-focused and feature larger, high-density scales of urban growth and development, Urban Villages provide more moderate multi-family residential densities near locally-serving commercial uses, employment, recreation, schools and other everyday services close-to-home. The mix of services and housing in Urban Villages helps to bridge the gap between the Town Centres and small-scaled commercial and residential neighbourhoods in the City.
The level of existing or future transit service helps to guide the general scale and density for each Urban Village. Larger Urban Villages are located adjacent to SkyTrain rapid transit stations, medium Urban Villages are located adjacent to existing or future Rapid Transit service, and smaller Urban Villages are accessible mainly by the Frequent Transit Network (FTN) routes or other public transit routes (see Figure 4). Mixed-use Urban Villages, which include a range of residential uses complemented by various commercial uses and community services, are intended to share some common characteristics as part of their unique role in the City:
• welcoming and comfortable neighbourhoods that provide access to a diverse mix of housing, services, activities, experiences, and nature;
• compact, tight-knit neighbourhoods that are easily accessed and explored within short walking or cycling distance and where residents can conveniently access daily needs and services on foot;
• streets, pathways, trails and public spaces that provide for movement in, out and through the neighbourhood, while also acting as outdoor “living rooms” with opportunities for rest, relaxation, recreation and social interaction;
• a focus on providing new usable public parks and open space, as well as the protection and enhancement of sensitive natural habitats and green spaces; and
• additional housing choices for existing and future residents as part of longer term incremental growth and renewal in the neighbourhood.
As one of the first Urban Villages to undergo a new Community Plan process in recent years, and with Hastings Street being identified for future Rapid Transit, Lochdale has the opportunity to lead by example and to influence how other transit-oriented Urban Villages can adopt similar core values to grow and evolve sustainability in the coming decades.
Olympic Village, Vancouver Wesbrook Village, UBC
18 LOCHDALE URBAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASE 2 CONSULTATION GUIDE SHAPING THE FUTURE