Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 3 – Surrey 2050

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increased diversity of housing tenure options, such as attainable homeownership, rental, co op housing, rent-to-own models, and cohousing

D1.2.6 Encourage and permit student housing on the campuses of post-secondary educational institutions.

D1.3.1 Target a healthy vacancy rate of approximately 4 percent for purpose-built rental housing citywide.

D1.3.2 Maintain or increase the number of rental units and bedrooms when existing purpose-built rental housing sites are redeveloped.

D1.3.3 Advocate to senior governments for policy and taxation changes that will encourage the construction of purpose-built rental apartments . D1.3.4 Explore tools and/or mechanisms to support the development of new purpose-built rental housing , including: a. Expediting applications; b. Reducing parking requirements; c. Waiving development fees and charges; or d. Providing financial or non-financial incentives. D1.5.3 Use regulatory tools such as "as-of-right" zoning, inclusionary zoning and bonus density to increase the supply of non-market rental housing. D1.3.4 Explore tools and/or mechanisms to support the development of new purpose-built rental housing , including: a. Expediting applications; b. Reducing parking requirements; c. Waiving development fees and charges; or d. Providing financial or non-financial incentives. D1.5.3 Use regulatory tools such as "as-of-right" zoning, inclusionary zoning and bonus density to increase the supply of non-market rental housing. D1.2.1 Expand opportunities for multi-generational housing, aging in community, and family-friendly housing through small-scale multi-unit housing, row housing and townhouses.

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increased density and supply of diverse ground-oriented and infill housing forms in low-density neighbourhoods, such as duplex, four-plex, townhouse, laneway/coach houses, and apartments, particularly in proximity to transit integration of land use and transportation planning such that households can reduce their combined housing and transportation costs

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D1.5.6 Provide opportunities for the co-location of non-market housing with new civic facilities, such as recreation centres, libraries and fire halls. D1.5.1 Support non-market housing projects in all communities and encourage them in locations: a. With access to transit routes; b. Within Transit Oriented Areas ; c. In the City Centre, Town Centres and transit corridors; and d. With access to shopping, civic facilities and other services and amenities.

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