2016 Regional Growth Strategy Referral

"THAT "Capital Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1, 2016" not be accepted; AND THAT Council objects to Map 3: Regional Growth Management Concept Plan and policy statements relating to the definitions of the land use designations as they imply a hierarchy between the Regional Growth Strategy and Local Government planning, and due to errors on the map as it pertains to View Royal as illustrated in the staff report dated January 3, 2017; AND FURTHER THAT Council objects to provisions 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 for the following reasons: That provision of water service will increase sprawl in rural areas and is contrary to the objectives of the overall Regional Growth Strategy which supports complete and compact communities; That additional development on rural and resource lands is at the expense of development on lands within the Urban Containment Boundary; That additional residential development on rural and resource lands will contribute to further transportation challenges in the region, and does not allow for efficient public transportation, increases greenhouse gas emissions, and does not provide for jobs/housing balance; That rural development will further contribute to GHG emissions by freeing a high-carbon built form."