Community
Planning
Goal: To create a compact, complete and dense community.
Why is this important?
- The layout of a community is
one of the greatest contributors to sustainability.
- The most sustainable
communities are compact - buildings and services are close together
- and complete - and all the main services are within close range.
- Compact
and complete communities provide opportunities for healthy activities,
such as walking or biking, make transit systems more viable, offer
more opportunities for renewable energy systems and minimize infrastructure
costs.
Where are we now?
The way the community is currently laid out offers some good opportunities
to increase sustainability. The downtown core offers a variety of services
and is pedestrian-oriented. Further residential development in this
area could create a more complete community.
How are we doing?
The community's sustainability plan will also outline a series of indicators
so that progress toward sustainability can be measured over time. It
is expected that the indicators will be available by the end of 2008.1
What are we doing to improve?
Land Use Charrette
Dawson Creek engaged in a public land use planning charrette process
to plan the development of 240-acres at the north end of the city between
8th and 17th streets. This leading edge approach was undertaken to ensure
the land is developed in a sustainable way that meets the needs of the
community in the future.
Sustainable
Neighbourhood Plan  (4,707
KB)
Land Use Charrette Media Release PDF (68 KB)
Official Community Plan (7,868
KB)
The Official Community Plan (OCP) governs all land use decisions made
in the City. It is currently being revised to reflect sustainability
principles.
For the OCP map and amendment application, please visit the Development Services Department 
Subdivision Bylaw
Subdivision
and Development Bylaw
The subdivision by-law governs the subdivision and development of lands
within the city and is under review and revision to ensure future development
is undertaken in a sustainable fashion.
Community Planning Documents
Building
Regulation Bylaw (consolidated)
Fees
and Charges Bylaw (consolidated)
Property
Maintenance Bylaw
Sewerage
Frontage Tax Bylaw
Sign
Regulation Bylaw
Subdivision
and Development Servicing Bylaw
Tax
Rate Bylaw
Zoning
Bylaw
- For the zoning map and amendment application, please visit the Development
Services Department
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