Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 3 – Surrey 2050

corridors, including those accessing port facilities, international border crossings, rail lines and major river crossings. The OCP DP1 Development Permit Guidelines: Form and Character apply to all areas of the city and provide guidance for all types of development including mixed employment and industrial.

ix)

consider the preparation of urban design guidelines for Industrial land edge planning, such as interface designs, buffering standards, or tree planting, to minimize potential land use conflicts between industrial and sensitive land uses, and to improve resilience to the impacts of climate change do not permit strata and/or small lot subdivisions on identified Trade-Oriented lands include policies for Employment lands that: support a mix of industrial, small scale commercial and office, and other related employment uses, while maintaining support for the light industrial capacity of the area, including opportunities for the potential densification/intensification of industrial activities, where appropriate allow large and medium format retail, where appropriate, provided that such development will not undermine the broad objectives of the regional growth strategy commercial, higher density forms of employment, and other Major Trip-Generating uses in Urban Centres, and local-scale uses in Frequent Transit Development Areas support higher density forms of commercial and light industrial development where Employment lands are located within Urban Centres or Frequent Transit Development Areas, and permit employment and service activities consistent with the intent of Urban Centres or Frequent Transit Development Areas, while low employment density and low transit generating uses, possibly with goods movement needs and impacts, are located elsewhere support the objective of concentrating larger- scale

x)

Not applicable. The city has not identified Trade-Oriented lands.

d)

i)

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. D3.2.3 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. D3.2.3 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.

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iii)

3.1.1 Designate sufficient land in City Centre to accommodate long-term office space demand.

3.1.2 Support the growth of major institutions in City Centre including universities and hospitals.

D3.3.1 Encourage and support the location of local-serving office, commercial and service space in Town Centres and mixed-use neighbourhood centres, particularly near transit and active transportation networks. 8.3.1 Intent The Employment II designation applies to employment generating lands intended for office development, generally 3 20+ storeys. It supports office, office-supportive commercial, and other complementary uses. Residential uses are generally not supported, with the exception of institutional residential uses (such as care facilities, supportive housing, student housing, etc.), subject to any restrictions on the residential use of lands as per the Regional Growth Strategy.

iv)

This is the only area where employment lands are located within in FTDA or urban centre.

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