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Bylaw 0712008 Planning & Engineering Services 1.0 VALUES, VISION, PRINCIPLES & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..................... 1 1.1 SHARED COMMUNITY VALUES........................................................................... 1 1.2 VISION FOR THE FUTURE...................................................................................... 2 1.3 PLANNING PRINCIPLES & GOALS ....................................................................... 2 1.4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT............................................................................ 4 2.0 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING .................................................................................... 6 2.2 MDP PURPOSE & PROCESS.................................................................................... 6 3.0 INTERPRETATION OF THE MDP................................................................................. 9 3.1 MAP INTERPRETATION ......................................................................................... 9 3.2 POLICY INTERPRETATION.................................................................................... 9 4.0 RELATED PLANS ............................................................................................................ 9 4.1 STATUTORY PLANNING POLICY DOCUMENTS ...............................................10 4.2 POLICY DOCUMENTS............................................................................................10 5.0 COMMUNITY CONTEXT ..............................................................................................11 5.1 A HISTORY OF GROWTH ......................................................................................11 5.2 HOUSING.................................................................................................................13 5.3 ECONOMY...............................................................................................................14 5.4 WATER ....................................................................................................................15 5.5 COMMUNITY CONTEXT SUMMARY...................................................................16 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ...........................................................................17 6.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................17 6.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................17 6.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................17 7.0 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.......................................................................................24 7.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................24 7.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................24 7.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................25 8.0 LAND USE CONCEPT.....................................................................................................26 8.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................26 8.2 LAND USE GOALS..................................................................................................26 8.3 GENERAL LAND USE ............................................................................................26 8.4 RESIDENTIAL .........................................................................................................29 8.5 COMMERCIAL ........................................................................................................33 8.6 INDUSTRIAL ...........................................................................................................37 8.7 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, SCHOOLS, RECREATION & CULTURAL FACILITES ..39 9.0 TRANSPORTATION .......................................................................................................42 9.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................42 9.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................42 9.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................42 9.4 DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS....................................................................44 9.5 COMMUNITY IMAGE.............................................................................................44 10.0 SERVICING......................................................................................................................46 10.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................46 10.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................46 10.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................46 11.0 SOCIAL & EMERGENCY SERVICES & COMMUNITY FACILITIES.....................48 11.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................48 11.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................48 11.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................48 12.0 HERITAGE PRESERVATION........................................................................................50 12.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................50 12.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................50 12.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................50 13.0 INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION...........................................................................53 13.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................53 13.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................53 13.3 FRAMEWORK FOR BOUNDARY EXPANSION....................................................53 13.4 REGIONAL COOPERATOIN...................................................................................54 13.5 POLICIES .................................................................................................................54 14.0 IMPLEMENTATION & MONITORING .......................................................................56 14.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................56 14.2 GOALS .....................................................................................................................56 14.3 POLICIES .................................................................................................................56 FIGURE 1...........................................................................................................................60 FIGURE 2...........................................................................................................................61 FIGURE 3...........................................................................................................................62 FIGURE 4...........................................................................................................................63 FIGURE 5...........................................................................................................................64 FIGURE 6...........................................................................................................................65 APPENDIX A.....................................................................................................................66 APPENDIX B.....................................................................................................................67 APPENDIX C.....................................................................................................................69 APPENDIX D.....................................................................................................................71 APPENDIX E .....................................................................................................................73 APPENDIX F .....................................................................................................................77 APPENDIX G.....................................................................................................................82 APPENDIX H.....................................................................................................................83 APPENDIX I 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