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1.6.7.2

Efficient use should be made of existing and planned infrastructure, including through the use of transportation demand management strategies, where feasible

1.6.7.4

A land use pattern, density and mix of uses should be promoted that minimize the length and number of vehicle trips and support current and future use of transit and active transportation.

1.7.1

Long-term economic prosperity should be supported by:

1. promoting opportunities for economic development and community investment-readiness;

2. encouraging residential uses to respond to dynamic market-based needs and provide necessary housing supply and range of housing options for a diverse workforce;

3. optimizing the long-term availability and use of land, resources, infrastructure and public service facilities;

4. maintaining and, where possible, enhancing the vitality and viability of downtowns and mainstreets;

5. encouraging a sense of place, by promoting well-designed built form and cultural planning, and by conserving features that help define character, including built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes;

6. promoting the redevelopment of brownfield sites;

1.8.1

Planning authorities shall support energy conservation and efficiency, improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and preparing for the impacts of a changing climate through land use and development patterns which:

• a) promote compact form and a structure of nodes and corridors;

• b) promote the use of active transportation and transit in and between residential, employment (including commercial and industrial) and institutional uses and other areas;

• e) encourage transit-supportive development and intensification to improve the mix of employment and housing uses to shorten commute journeys and decrease transportation congestion;

2.6.1

Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes shall be conserved.

2.6.2

Development and site alteration shall not be permitted on lands containing archaeological resources or areas of archaeological potential unless significant archaeological resources have been conserved.

3.2.2

Sites with contaminants in land or water shall be assessed and remediated as necessary prior to any activity on the site associated with the proposed use such that there will be no adverse effects.