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1.6.3 Before consideration is given to developing new infrastructure and public service facilities:

1. the use of existing infrastructure and public service facilities should be optimized; and

2. opportunities for adaptive re-use should be considered, wherever feasible.

1.6.4 Infrastructure and public service facilities should be strategically located to support the effective and efficient delivery of emergency management services.

1.6.5 Public service facilities should be co-located in community hubs, where appropriate, to promote cost-effectiveness and facilitate service integration, access to transit and active transportation.

1.6.6 Sewage, Water and Stormwater

1.6.6.1 Planning for sewage and water services shall:

a) direct and accommodate expected growth or development in a manner that promotes the efficient use and optimization of existing:

• 1. municipal sewage services and municipal water services; and

• 2. private communal sewage services and private communal water services, where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are not available;

• b) ensure that these systems are provided in a manner that:

  1. can be sustained by the water resources upon which such services rely;

  2. is feasible, financially viable and complies with all regulatory requirements; and

  3. protects human health and the natural environment;

   

• c) promote water conservation and water use efficiency;

• d) integrate servicing and land use considerations at all stages of the planning process; and

• e) be in accordance with the servicing hierarchy outlined through policies 1.6.6.2, 1.6.6.3, 1.6.6.4 and 1.6.6.5.

1.6.6.2 Municipal sewage services and municipal water services are the preferred form of servicing for settlement areas. Intensification and redevelopment within settlement areas on existing municipal sewage services and municipal water services should be promoted, wherever feasible.

1.6.6.3 Where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are not provided, municipalities may allow the use of private communal sewage services and private communal water services.