City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

• Completed a joint agency Transit- Oriented-Development Study with Township of Langley, City of Langley, TransLink and the Province for the future 196 Street Skytrain station area; Introduced new Zoning By-law amendments to identify guidelines for the placement of heat pumps and related screening requirements; • Completed a General Land Use Plan for Scott Road to support anticipated R6 RapidBus services and establish a framework for future NCP work along the corridor; • Completed review of back-to-back townhouse unit types and identify potential design guidelines for this new form; • • Planning & Development, Engineering, Corporate Services, Community Services, and Finance jointly applied for and received provisional approval for CMHC’s Housing Accelerator Fund based on the proposed Action Plan and projected growth in issued permitted housing units over the next three years; • Continued to support the implementation of the online permit portal and digital permit processing, providing new and enhanced permitting abilities across multiple permit types, improving transparency, access, and efficiencies for applicants; • Completed the replacement of Strawberry Hill Hall; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND LIVELIHOODS

• Held a Plumbing Contractors Forum to discuss new processes and online tools, and to provide tips for enhanced success during plumbing field reviews; • Initiated a comprehensive update to the Official Community Plan, defining the engagement approach, and undertaking background studies for climate change, housing needs integration, and assessment of all agricultural, food-producing land in Surrey, with a view to protecting these lands for the purpose of addressing future food security requirements; and Continued with design and the construction of Cloverdale Sport & Ice Complex, Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre Expansion and Newton Community Centre. • • Conducted baseline of current levels of service provided for various building application types to support defining and establishing target levels of service in a future state; • Enhanced inspections services by enabling online inspection requests for Building Permits and Plumbing Permits, providing significant improvements to the information available online for contractors to review and enhance inspection pre requisites communication; • Enabled online payment for most Single-Family Building Permits, Multi

Family Building Permits, Tenant Improvements and Commercial Building Permits;

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