Updated Guidebook Available
The updated proposed Guidebook for Great Communities is available now available here. There is also a new timeline on the presentation of the refined Guidebook to PUD and to the Combined Meeting of Council. You can view the dates here. In response to Council direction from, these areas have been updated: Simplified the Urban Form […]
Heritage Conservation Incentives and Programs – Update
At the direction of Council, The City is currently working to implement new policy tools and financial incentives to support heritage conservation. This includes additional grant funding for designated non-residential heritage resources, continued development of a proposed residential heritage tax credit program, and phased implementation of residential heritage area policies throughout 2021-2023. At the July […]
Guidebook for Great Communities Revisions
On July 15, PUD was presented with the proposed Guidebook for Great Communities and the North Hill Communities Local Area Plan. The Committee voted to forward the recommendations of administration to Council. Those recommendations directed administration to revise both documents, based on feedback received from stakeholders, and to revise the Urban Form Classification System. On […]
Removal of Parking Requirements for Commercial Uses
What? On July 15, 2020 Council directed Administration to eliminate minimum parking requirements for businesses from the Land Use Bylaw (link to report) https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=134809 This means that a business or developer would inform Administration how much parking their project requires instead of providing parking based on a rate located in the Land Use Bylaw Why? […]
Province Resets Clock on Development Appeal Periods
On Apr.17, The Government of Alberta signed a new Ministerial Order which rescinded the Order signed on Mar. 31. The original order caused unintentional permit delays and affected appeal deadlines for development permit and subdivision applications, as well as unintentionally delayed construction of those developments. The new order ‘resets the clock’ on appeal periods for […]
Guidebook for Great Communities and North Hill Local Area Plan Delayed
On March 4, the Guidebook for Great Communities and the North Hill Local Area Plan were presented to the Standing Policy Committee on Planning and Urban Development (PUD). The committee approved the two policy documents for consideration at the 2020 April 27 Public Hearing of Council. The March 4 PUD meeting was prior to the […]
MDP Updates – Redline Version
The Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and Calgary Transportation Plan (CTP) are Calgary’s long-range land use and transportation plans that look 60 years into the future. These plans are currently under review, as the city has changed since they were first created back in 2009. The proposed changes, as well as some other supporting documents, are […]
Guidebook 101 Video
Did you miss the Guidebook 101 sessions? We’ve got you covered. The City of Calgary has produced a video of the presentation that was given. The video is just a little over 30 minutes, but provides a great overview of the Guidebook, how it works with local area plans, and how it supports applications.
Changes have been made to the Guidebook – Highlights of the Changes
Below is a message from the City on the Guidebook for Great Communities: On behalf of the project team, I would like to share with you a few updates on the Guidebook for Great Communities. At the November 2019 public hearing, Council asked Administration to “Communicate the vision and intent of the document with Calgary […]