Attachment 10. OCP Policy excerpt

Policy LU9.1 Harbour-Helmcken Community Corridor

Support the development of the Harbour-Helmcken Community Corridor along the portion of the Island Highway located between Burnett Road and Beaumount Avenue.

The Community Corridor area includes lots fronting the Island Highway and some adjoining lots on the north side of the Island Highway. Limited mixed-use intensification and public space improvement should be concentrated at the Helmcken Intersection, with residential uses occupying the other portions of the corridor.

Development in the Harbour-Helmcken Community Corridor should be carefully reviewed to consider the following:

Mixed-use intensities appropriate for the corridor’s lots sizes and adjacent residential areas.
Commercial uses should be neighbourhood-serving and limited to properties located near the Helmcken Intersection.
Circulation, access and parking.
Right-of-way conditions and pedestrian safety, including connections across the Island Highway and Helmcken Road.
Placemaking and the quality of the built environment.
Strong and safe connections to surrounding residential areas, the waterfront, Helmcken Road, View Royal Elementary School and the planned Town Centre.
Opportunities to consolidate and rezone lots fronting the Island Highway to higher residential densities.

The Harbour-Helmcken Community Corridor should be planned to compliment [sic] and not compete with the future Town Centre. Planning decisions in the Harbour and Helmcken neighbourhoods should recognize the community’s aspiration for the development of the Town Centre and ensure that land use planning in other areas does not inhibit eventual development of the Fort Victoria site.

Development outside the Community Corridor shall be discouraged.