Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 3 – Surrey 2050

uses, residential uses, and stand- alone office uses, other than ancillary uses, where deemed necessary encourage improved utilization and increased intensification/densification of Industrial lands for industrial activities, including the removal of any unnecessary municipal policies or regulatory barriers related to development form and density review and update parking and loading requirements to reflect changes in industrial forms and activities, ensure better integration with the surrounding character, and reflect improvements to transit service, in an effort to avoid the over- supply of parking explore municipal industrial strategies or initiatives that support economic growth objectives with linkages to land use planning

D3.2.3 Ensure commercial and retail uses on industrial lands are accessory and subordinate to a principal industrial use or provide services and amenities to industrial workers. D3.2.1 Encourage the intensification of industrial and employment lands by: a. Allowing multi-storey development; b. Diversifying employment uses; and c. Supporting higher intensity activities, such as high-tech, research and development, and light manufacturing.

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The City is developing a comprehensive Employment Lands Strategy later in 2026 that can further inform this work.

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D3.2.1 Encourage the intensification of industrial and employment lands by: a. Allowing multi-storey development; b. Diversifying employment uses; and c. Supporting higher intensity activities, such as high-tech, research and development, and light manufacturing. D3.3.3 Explore making City-owned land available to attract strategic private sector investment and provide opportunities for unique community-focused enterprises. D3.3.4 Encourage private sector investment through: a. Development incentive programs; b. The creation of economic investment zones; and c. Streamlined zoning, servicing, and permitting process D2.4.4 Facilitate efficient goods movement through the use of designated truck routes.

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provide infrastructure and services in support of existing and expanding industrial activities

D2.4.7 Formalize a clear and consistent approach to delivering transportation demand management measures .

D2.4.8 Collaborate with senior levels of government and TransLink to improve efficiencies along goods movement corridors, including those accessing port facilities, international border crossings, rail lines and major river crossings. D3.2.2 Discourage the conversion of designated Industrial or Employment lands to non-employment uses, especially lands that are accessible by water or rail.

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support the unique locational and infrastructure needs of rail oriented, waterfront, and trade oriented industrial uses

D3.2.5 Work with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to limit conflict and support efficient operations.

D2.4.8 Collaborate with senior levels of government and TransLink to improve efficiencies along goods movement

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