OP Volume 2 – Secondary Plan

2. East Riverside Planning Area

PARKLAND CONVEYANCE

• 2.7.2.37 Public Open Space shall be provided in the locations as generally shown on Schedule ER-3: Greenway System Plan. The Municipality shall require that parkland be conveyed as land rather than cash-in- lieu whenever the amount conveyed forms at least one building lot and/or can be exchanged to become part of a required park. Minimum amounts conveyed shall be as set out in Section 6.7.3 of Volume I: The Primary Plan. For residential developments the required gratuitous conveyance shall be 5% of the land proposed for development or subdivision where the gross density is less than 20 units per hectare; 1 hectare per 300 dwelling units for the land proposed for development where the gross density is 20 units per hectare or greater. For industrial or commercial subdivisions or development the required gratuitous conveyance shall be 2% of the land for development.

2.7.7 Residential Neighbourhoods

DEVELOPMENT TYPE

• 2.7.7.1 The Residential Neighbourhoods are expected to be developed with predominantly low density, street residential dwellings.

  OPTION FOR HIGH DENSITY

• 2.7.7.2 Notwithstanding policy 2.7.7.1 above, developers shall be encouraged to provide alternative, higher density forms of housing in the Residential Neighbourhoods, particularly in proximity to community services and facilities such as parks, schools and convenience retail to accommodate a range of demographic and tenure types.

  PERMITTED USES

• 2.7.7.3 Development within the Residential Neighbourhoods shall occur at densities of up to 40 units per net hectare (16 units per net acre). Unit types permitted within this density range will include:

  1. single detached dwellings;

  2. semi-detached dwellings;

  3. street related townhouse dwellings;

  4. stacked townhouses;