Planning
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OFFICIAL PLAN
The new City inherited several Official Plans. The community believes that these plans remain fundamentally sound and that their policies should be enforced. Building on these strengths, a single integrated Official Plan will be developed within a reasonable time-frame, which includes:
- A Heritage Strategy featuring design guidelines for heritage buildings/districts and the downtown;
- Environmental Policies;
- A Growth Management Plan;
- A Waterfront Strategy;
- An Open Space Plan; and
- Policies appropriate to rural and urban needs.
The Official Plan will allow the community to build upon its strengths while protecting our assets for future generations.
TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN
The community believes that a good quality transportation system is necessary to achieve good quality of life. A plan for the transportation system will direct road development and address:
- A Transit Strategy that stabilizes the service, markets the service to current and potential clients and builds the service as demand grows;
- A City-wide network of paths and trails serving walkers, joggers, and cyclists which links neighbourhoods;
- Accessibility for mobility impaired users;
- Safety issues; and
- Needs of rural and urban users, businesses and visitors.
Work is underway on this initiative. The challenge is to ensure that the plan being developed is consistent with the community's Vision for Kingston in 2010.
