City of Surrey's Annual Financial Report 2021

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

The primary functions of the Planning & Development Department are to prepare land use plans, bylaws and policies for consideration by City Council; and undertake application reviews and approval processes consistent with Council approved plans, bylaws and policies in support of planned, orderly and sustainable development of the City. The Department’s mandate is accomplished through activities of the following five divisions:

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION BusinessTransformation provides general administrative support services, records management, budgeting, information technology deployment and support, Enterprise Content Management implementation and customer service. AREA PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, NORTH & SOUTH Area Planning & Development implements Council-adopted bylaws approved secondary plans and policies in relation to the use and development of land. This work involves receiving and reviewing applications and making appropriate recommendations for land development projects and preparing reports to Council. BUILDING Building administers Council-adopted bylaws and policies related to building construction. This work involves servicing residential and commercial building plan reviews, performing building, plumbing and electrical field review services and the administration of the Tree Preservation Bylaw and sign bylaws. The building division is also responsible for providing professional advice on building construction-related matters to City Council, the Board of Variance, other City departments and the public.

CIVIC FACILITIES Civic Facilities plans, designs and constructs new facilities and maintains and operates the City’s existing building inventory, which includes redeveloping and modifying buildings and administering an ongoing preventative maintenance program. The division leads energy-saving initiatives throughout the City, including lighting and HVAC system upgrades. COMMUNITY PLANNING Community Planning develops land use plans and policies in support of the planned and orderly development of the City. The division administers the Official Community Plan (OCP), General Land Use Plans, Neighbourhood Concept Plans (NCP), Local Area Plans, zoning bylaw amendments and monitors the City’s growth management strategies. The division is also responsible for Social Planning, Agricultural Planning, Heritage Planning and demographic tracking and growth forecasting.

2 0 2 1 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S • Deployed the Guaranteed Timeline Initiative for Single Family Building Permits, Tenant Improvement Permits and rezoning applications. • Received 729 development applications for rezoning, subdivision, development permits, development variance permits and Official Community Plan development and prepared and presented 229 planning reports to Council on development applications. • Secured $16 million CMHC Rapid Housing Initiative funding for 44 Supportive Housing units in Partnership with Atira Women’s Resource Society and secured $13.8 million CMHC Rapid Housing Initiative funding for 30 Supportive Housing units for youth in partnership with the Pacific Community Resource Society. • Completed or initiated Land use Plans, including Completed Stage 2 Darts Hill NCP and Completed Stage 1 Plans for South Campbell Heights and Newton King George. • Approved the creation of 462 single family lots.

• Completed Background Studies and Preliminary Engagement for Fraser Highway SkyTrain Corridor and the Central Business District Office Study for City Centre. • Completed community consultation for Chuck Bailey Community Centre Expansion. • Completed design consultation with First Nations, as well as community consultation for the South Surrey Indigenous Carving Centre. • Completed accelerated inspections for emergency winter shelters and summer cooling centres. • Completed Phase 1 of the Zoning By-law Update to improve clarity, as well as continued updates to allow Secondary Suites in Comprehensive Development Zones. • Completed the City Centre Incentive Program with seven eligible projects making use of this incentive. • Completed Don Christian Community Centre Childcare expansion.

• Completed revisions to the Heritage Evaluation Sheet to include expanded criteria for determining heritage and cultural value. • Increased the use of the digital building permit intake and review process for single-family building permits and began the phased implementation of a new online permitting portal to provide Land Development clients and staff with expanded online services abilities, enhanced communication, process efficiencies and improved quality of submissions. • Continued streamlined reviews and acceptance of specified BC Housing Building Projects to meet key homelessness reduction objectives, as well as for Surrey School District Building Permits Applications to meet the increased enrolment demands within the City. • Continued roll-out of the electrical Contractor Performance Management Program to reduce the rate of inspections for high performing contractor and enhance community safety.

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