PLAN103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Regional Municipality Of Waterloo, Urban Growth Boundary, Growth Management
23 Mar 2016
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John lubczynski: municipal planning and administration in waterloo. Waterloo region is growing and will grow by 40% over the next 20 years: two thirds of population growth is from outside canada, region has some of the best farmland in canada, must protect and conserve this. Governance structure: region of waterloo is upper tier, area municipalities are in lower tier. Must protect countryside, using a long term growth boundary and find best area for growth to be directed to: transit planning. Region now controls transit planning, and development is now focused on rapid transit development in the central transit corridor. Integration of transit and land use planning is now an integral part of growth management strategies: source water protection. One of the largest urban areas relying on groundwater for drinking water and have identified source water protection areas for wells which restrict land uses to minimize threat of contamination to wells. Area municipal responsibilities: planning, parks and rec, fire, building permits.
