DRAFT 2.0 VISION, PRINCIPLES AND LAND USES 2.1
Plan Vision Developed in consultation with the Burquitlam-Lougheed community, and based on the community context and opportunities for growth and investment, this vision serves as the policy foundation for the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan: Burquitlam-Lougheed is a complete community made up of a collection of distinctive neighbourhoods. These range from active neighbourhood centres and streets in the core to quieter, outlying, lower-density residential areas. Burquitlam-Lougheed offers a range of housing options, local employment, and social interaction opportunities, with high quality parks, streetscapes, and community amenities in a safe environment. Connected locally and regionally, people move efficiently by transit, walking, cycling, and driving.
2.2 Guiding Principles These key principles implement the Plan vision and serve as the basis for Plan policies: a) Revitalize Neighbourhood Centres - Develop the Burquitlam and Lougheed Neighbourhood Centres as vibrant community hubs with activities and services that benefit the local community, and the broader City, by providing employment opportunities, shopping, services, and a variety of residential options in a walkable setting. b) Improve Community Amenities - Pursue strategies to improve and expand neighbourhood parks, open spaces, and community facilities and connect these to the Citywide network with walking and biking supportive infrastructure. c) Increase Transportation Choice - Integrate transportation with land use decision-making and support transportation accessibility and choice by providing greater connectivity to manage congestion, maximize potential transit ridership and make walking, cycling, and transit viable choices for all ages and abilities as the primary modes of travel. d) Provide Housing Options - Promote housing diversity to accommodate Updated different types of households at a variety of life-stages including Text purpose-built rental and accessible/adaptable units, and foster housing choice balance between the Neighbourhood Centres and other areas. e) Design on a Human Scale - Incorporate human-scale building and site design principles with a focus on creating attractive buildings, highquality public spaces and streetscapes within a safe, accessible, and pedestrian-friendly environment. f) Foster Sustainability - Demonstrate the importance of environmental, social, and economic sustainability in building and public realm design, Updated Text community space, and policies that promote housing affordability, transportation choices, supportive building densities, green and open space, and watercourse protection. Adopted XXXX, X, 201X - Bylaw No. XXX, 201X 8
9.2 Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan
Area and Neighbourhood Plans - Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan