Draft Community Plan

Draft Community Plan

City of Yellowknife COMMUNITY PLAN DRAFT | October 2019 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Community Context .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 City Context ................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Regional Co-existence and Indigenous Reconciliation ................................................................. 4 2.2.1 Regional Co-existence ........................................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Indigenous Reconciliation ..................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Demography and Land Use ........................................................................................................... 5 2.3.1 Historical populations and population projections ............................................................... 5 2.3.2 Housing ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3.3 Economy and Employment ................................................................................................... 6 2.3.4 Land Details ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.5 Land Demand ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.3.6 Climate Change and Adaptation ......................................................................................... 10 3 Vision and General Development Goals and Strategy ........................................................................ 12 3.1 Vision and Goals .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.1 Vision ................................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.2 General Development Goals ............................................................................................... 12 3.2 Context and Strategy for Area Designation Decisions ................................................................ 13 3.2.1 Historical Land Use .............................................................................................................. 13 3.2.2 Contemporary Land Use ..................................................................................................... 13 3.2.3 The City’s Vision and Strategic Goals .................................................................................. 14 3.2.4 Economic, Environmental, and Social Factors .................................................................... 14 3.2.5 Land Constraints ................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.6 Designation List ................................................................................................................... 17 4 Land Use Designations ........................................................................................................................ 19 4.1 Downtown ................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1.1 City Core .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.1.2 Central Residential .............................................................................................................. 23 4.2 Old Town ..................................................................................................................................... 26 4.3 Old Airport Road Commercial ..................................................................................................... 31 4.4 Capital Area ................................................................................................................................. 34 4.5 Niven Residential ........................................................................................................................ 36 i 4.6 West Residential ......................................................................................................................... 38 4.7 Grace Lake ................................................................................................................................... 41 4.8 Kam Lake ..................................................................................................................................... 43 4.9 Kam Lake South ........................................................................................................................... 47 4.10 Engle Industrial Business District ................................................................................................ 52 4.11 Con Redevelopment Area ........................................................................................................... 56 4.12 Solid Waste Management ........................................................................................................... 59 4.13 Recreation Hub ........................................................................................................................... 62 4.14 Giant Mine .................................................................................................................................. 65 4.15 Akaitcho ...................................................................................................................................... 67 4.16 Special Reserve ........................................................................................................................... 69 4.16.1 Airport ................................................................................................................................. 69 4.16.2 Fred Henne Park .................................................................................................................. 70 4.16.3 Seismological Array ............................................................................................................. 70 4.16.4 North Slave Correctional Complex ...................................................................................... 71 4.17 Special Management Zone .......................................................................................................... 73 5 General Objectives and PolicIes .......................................................................................................... 76 5.1 Environment and Climate ........................................................................................................... 76 5.1.1 Climate Change ................................................................................................................... 76 5.1.2 Environment ........................................................................................................................ 78 5.2 Transportation ............................................................................................................................ 81 5.2.1 Roads and Motorized Vehicle Trails .................................................................................... 81 5.2.2 Active Transportation Infrastructure .................................................................................. 81 5.2.3 Public transit ....................................................................................................................... 84 5.3 Municipal Infrastructure ............................................................................................................. 87 5.3.1 Water Supply & Treatment ................................................................................................. 87 5.3.2 Water and Sewer Services .................................................................................................. 87 5.3.3 Solid Waste Disposal & Wastewater Treatment ................................................................. 87 5.3.4 Community Energy Planning ............................................................................................... 88 5.4 Subdivision and Land Development Sequencing ........................................................................ 91 5.4.1 Residential ........................................................................................................................... 92 5.4.2 Commercial ......................................................................................................................... 93 5.4.3 Industrial ............................................................................................................................. 94 ii 5.4.4 Institutional and Recreational ............................................................................................. 94 6 Implementation .................................................................................................................................. 96 6.1 Area Development Plans ............................................................................................................. 96 6.2 Zoning

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