Official Community Plan - Bylaw No. 18020

PLANSURREY 2013 | OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN

C1 Adaptable, Greener Infrastructure Develop efficient and adaptable infrastructure systems Surrey residents enjoy a high level of mu nicipal services (e.g. water, drainage, liquid and solid waste and energy supply) which contribute significantly to a high quality of life. The provision and maintenance of these service demands are detailed in Sur rey’s 10-year Engineering Servicing Plan . Surrey emphasizes a sustainable approach to managing its infrastructure systems in cluding:  Maximizing the efficiency and perfor mance of existing infrastructure before building new systems  Planning for efficiencies that reduce new development infrastructure needs  Reducing infrastructure energy consump tion  Using ‘green’ and natural stormwater in frastructure components to minimize lo cal ecosystem impacts  Supporting District Energy systems to help reduce long term energy costs  Planning for infrastructure to support fu ture development.

C1 POLICIES: General

C1.1 Maintain a 10-year Engineering Servicing Plan (as amended) to identify the infrastructure works and services necessary to meet the needs of the City’s existing population and to support future development within approved areas. C1.2 Encourage the development of more com pact and efficient land uses and servicing systems, emphasizing infill and intensification in order to use existing infrastructure sys tems efficiently and to minimize the costs of new utility infrastructure. C1.3 Coordinate infrastructure upgrades and sys tem extensions with land use and density requirements to ensure cost effective urban development.

In order to meet Objective C1, the City will:

Crescent Beach pump station.

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POLICIES—THEME C: INFRASTRUCTURE and FACILITIES