Community design

The City may undertake concept plans, zoning studies or community design plans to translate the principles and policies of the Official Plan to the community scale.

The Official Plan provides a vision of the future of the city and its physical development. Design and Planning Guidelines translate that broad framework into detailed principles for development. These guidelines play an integral role in achieving high quality design throughout the city.

Watershed planning is an integrated, ecosystem approach to land-use planning based on the boundaries of a watershed. A watershed plan may be used to provide an overall picture of how land use practices have influenced environmental resources or how land use changes should take place without causing adverse impacts to the watershed resources.