Model Urban Design Guidelines

Municipal CIP's

Incentives

Recent initiatives (e.g. Smart Growth and Brownfields) are now focusing on limiting the effects of urban sprawl, protecting the surrounding agricultural lands, and improving existing neighbourhoods. It is understood that the challenge of directing growth into existing neighbourhoods, and promoting the intensification and reuse of vacant buildings and underutilized properties requires a more participatory role for municipalities. That is, there is a need to actively partner with the private sector in order to strategically guide new development.

The purpose of the Community Improvement Plan is to:

establish a program of financial assistance to stimulate private sector investment in the rehabilitation and improvement of the designated Community Improvement Project Areas
coordinate private/public works to make the most efficient use of the public infrastructure

The objectives of the Community Improvement Plan are:

a) to stimulate investment in public and private lands
b) to encourage private/public partnership ventures
c) to encourage residential development/redevelopment
d) to stimulate the redevelopment of vacant and underutilized properties
e) to enhance the physical appearance of the project areas