Salt Spring Island OCP Bylaw No. 434 - Transportation Servicing Objectives and Policies

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         71                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
 
PART C - INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICING 
OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
C.1 GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICING OBJECTIVES 
 
C.1.1 To accommodate a sufficient level of infrastructure that does not exceed the normal needs of the 
rural island community anticipated by this Plan.   
 
C.1.2 To encourage responsible  agencies  to develop  infrastructure  that  will  sustain  the  community's 
natural and economic resources, reduce public costs and maximize efficiency. 
 
C.1.3 To promote a coordinated approach to land use and servicing on Salt Spring Island.  
 
C.1.4 To support strategies that cause the servicing needs of new development to be largely borne by 
the proponent, rather than by the community at large. 
 
C.1.5 To  encourage and  support  collaboration  among  agencies  responsible  for  infrastructure  services 
in  integrated  resource  management  and  strategic  planning  to  support  the  land  uses  anticipated 
by this Plan. 
 
C.2 TRANSPORTATION SERVICING OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
C.2.1 General Transportation 
 
C.2.1.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
C.2.1.1.1 To plan land use in a way that encourages those forms of transportation that consume the fewest 
resources  and  least  land;  to  encourage  settlement  patterns  that make walking, bicycling  and 
public transit become viable, convenient and natural alternatives to automotive transportation.  
 
C.2.1.1.2 To encourage   responsible   agencies   to reduce   the   environmental   and   social   impacts   of 
transportation facilities and the land area or water surface occupied by them. 
 
C.2.1.1.3 To  work  cooperatively  with  other  levels  of  government and  stakeholder  groups to  influence  the 
location  and  function  of land, water  and  air  transportation  facilities  so  that  they  support  the 
community's land use, servicing and social objectives. 
  
C.2.1.1.4 To carefully consider the impacts of additional traffic and increased traffic flow when development 
choices are being made.  
 
C.2.1.1.5 To  support   transportation  systems  that   are   designed  to  the  highest  standards,   and  that 
accommodate all members of the community. 
 
C.2.2 Land Transportation 
 
C.2.2.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
C.2.2.1.1 To  encourage responsible  agencies  to  create   and  maintain land  transportation  networks, 
consisting  of  both  roads  and off-road trails  that serve  a  broad  range  of  transportation,  social, 
environmental and aesthetic purposes.  
 
C.2.2.1.2 To preserve the scenic rural character of existing island roads. 
C.2.2.1.3 To support efforts to reduce the impacts of new and upgraded roads on the natural environment, 
resource lands and on the island's character. 
 

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         72                                                           

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