Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Part B – Growth Strategy

OBJECTIVE

1.3 Intensify Employment Lands

Employment Lands are areas designated for industrial and employment uses. They provide space for industry and for a diverse economy (see D3 Economy). The growth strategy envisions the protection and intensification of existing employment lands to increase employment on a constrained land base.

1.3.1 Industrial Lands

1.3.2 Employment Lands

Industrial lands are located near ports, railways, and highways for efficient goods movement. Industrial operations are generally not compatible with residential uses. Surrey holds the largest share of Metro Vancouver’s industrial lands. With a regionally constrained industrial land supply and high demand, Surrey’s industrial land is a significant economic generator.

Employment lands accommodate future job growth and businesses that support the region. The City will create more jobs within Surrey, to support a growing population.

The growth strategy:

protects employment land supply (see Policy Action D3.2.2);

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• introduces urban-style office development in Town Centres (Policy Action D3.3.1); and, • reinforces City Centre as a regional central business district for office and business development (Policy Action 3.1.1).

The growth strategy:

• encourages using industrial land more efficiently (see Policy Action D3.2.1); and, • protects the existing industrial land supply for industrial use (see Policy Action D3.2.2 and D3.2.3).

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