1.2.6 Land Use Compatibility

• 1.2.6.1 Major facilities and sensitive land uses shall be planned and developed to avoid, or if avoidance is not possible, minimize and mitigate any potential adverse effects from odour, noise and other contaminants, minimize risk to public health and safety, and to ensure the long-term operational and economic viability of major facilities in accordance with provincial guidelines, standards and procedures.

• 1.2.6.2 Where avoidance is not possible in accordance with policy 1.2.6.1, planning authorities shall protect the long-term viability of existing or planned industrial, manufacturing or other uses that are vulnerable to encroachment by ensuring that the planning and development of proposed adjacent sensitive land uses are only permitted if the following are demonstrated in accordance with provincial guidelines, standards and procedures:

  1. there is an identified need for the proposed use;

  2. alternative locations for the proposed use have been evaluated and there are no reasonable alternative locations;

  3. adverse effects to the proposed sensitive land use are minimized and mitigated; and

  4. potential impacts to industrial, manufacturing or other uses are minimized and mitigated.

1.3 Employment

1.3.1 Planning authorities shall promote economic development and competitiveness by:

1. providing for an appropriate mix and range of employment, institutional, and broader mixed uses to meet long-term needs;

2. providing opportunities for a diversified economic base, including maintaining a range and choice of suitable sites for employment uses which support a wide range of economic activities and ancillary uses, and take into account the needs of existing and future businesses;

3. facilitating the conditions for economic investment by identifying strategic sites for investment, monitoring the availability and suitability of employment sites, including market-ready sites, and seeking to address potential barriers to investment;

4. encouraging compact, mixed-use development that incorporates compatible employment uses to support liveable and resilient communities, with consideration of housing policy 1.4; and

5. ensuring the necessary infrastructure is provided to support current and projected needs.