Sustainable Community Design New conservation language for subdivisions Applications for New Brunswick (Seminar – Module 3) Presented by Daniel Savard Department of Environment
Sustainable Community DesignNew conservation language for subdivisions
Applications for New Brunswick
(Seminar – Module 3)Presented by Daniel Savard
Department of Environment
The Province of New Brunswick would like
to acknowledge our co-sponsors…
Module 3 –
Adaptation to NB context
Practical and legal aspects
Possible implementation
• SCD through ‘Development Schemes’
• Conservation Easements Act Easements
• Can apply SCD today
• SCD integrates most sustainable principles
• Local response to climate change and ↓ GHG
• Links Provincial + regional planning at local level
Tools already in place in N.B.
Subdivision and lot size
Plan, Zoning, Building, Setback and Subdivision instruments
Community plan: Set objectives
Zoning: Prescribe strategies to meet objectives
Building: Prescribe standards for buildings
Subdivision: Regulate subdivision
Setback: Regulate setbacks of buildings
It is enforced at the local level
Registered
Water & Sewer
Water and sewage standards
Clean Environment, Clean Water and Health Acts →
Standards
Purpose of standards:
Protect water
Provide process for watercourse alteration
Provide criteria for sewage system
Enforced by Ministers of ENV and DHW
Enforceable by Court of Queen’s Bench
Tools already in place in N.B.
Tools already in place in N.B.
SCD Subdivision
Development Scheme
Part of a municipal plan
Refer to specific portions of land
Describe how land, building, streets or development can be carried out
Allocate land for different zoning requirements (Residential, commercial,
industrial, agricultural or other)
Specify how the land should be subdivided, the order and timing of
implementation
Registered
Tools already in place in N.B.
Easements
Conservation Easements
For: Protection, conservation of cultural places, scenic areas or
archaeological places
Voluntary agreement for fixed time or perpetuity
Relate to rights or privileges
Enforceable by Court of Queen’s Bench
Granted to: Landowners, municipalities or the Crown
Held by: Municipality, the Crown, a non-profit organization or a person or
body of persons
Registered
Tools already in place in N.B.
Streets and Roads
Highway standards
CPA + Highway Act Standards for road construction
Specific standards for street design + alignment
Goal of standards: ‘(…) provide efficient streets that serve land uses in rural
areas and ensure good highway development.’
Enforceable by DOT officers & Court of Queen’s Bench
Conditional to subdivision approval
Approval provided by DOT
Registered
Positive with a SCD project•Positive attitudes toward a SCD project (Province, Municipal)
•Cost 1/3 of infrastructure per lot (Est.)
•Climate change action plan: Promote SCD
•Gas price encourages compact development
•Use of municipal water and sewer systems (?)
How to facilitate the implementation in your community?
Challenges
• Find Developer / Coordinator
• DOT standards for roads
• Local planning instruments need adjustment
• Resistance to regulatory change - Sprawl easier than better settlement
pattern
• SCD is not known
• SCD is a tool for subdivision of land 2ha +
Changes to expect
Legislative changes : Adjustment of planning
instruments to encourage SCD
Operational changes
• ENV supports SCD at local level
• SCD is a tool for protection of natural areas
• Practitioners need information, training and
encouragement to use SCD
Actions to Words
SCD project in your community
• Expect local adjustments
• Cooperation and openness is necessary
• Have a success story of SCD subdivision in your area
• Inform all people and groups
• Involve relevant Departments
• Use help of partners
• Train the practitioners
• Develop an action plan to implement
We thank author and Royal Town Planning Institute Fellow
Randall Arendt for his support and encouragement both prior to
and continuing throughout our involvement with and application of
his concepts here in New Brunswick. We appreciate especially his
ongoing interest in enhancing the opportunities within the context
of the conservation of land through the development process,
while engaging the minds of citizens and planners alike as to the
potentials for improving their communities through the simple and
straightforward practices outlined in this training manual based in
part on his work.
Questions?
Please take the time to fill
the evaluation form
For more information or seminar sessions:Contact Eva Turnbull (Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick)
@ Ph.: (506) 453-4229;Fax: (506) 444-5452;
E-mail: [email protected]
Resource: Daniel Savard @ Ph. (506) 444-4391; [email protected]
Partnerships between Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Association of Municipal Administrators of
New Brunswick, Efficiency New Brunswick, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (ACT Program), and the
Department of Environment of New Brunswick
For Reference:
See articles on the following web sites:
http://www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/files/Movies/Webinar_Podcasts/2009-Webinar-Podcasts/February18-
2009/Webinar_FEB1809.mov
http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/files/2008-SC_Conference/Presentations/Daniel_Savard_2008_EN.pdf
http://www.cip-icu.ca/English/pcanonline/PC45/pc45407.pdf
http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/CertPlan/Daniel/daniel.htm
http://www.stewardship2006.ca/images/Abstract_Savard_Daniel.pdf
http://www.stewardship2006.ca/images/presentations/Savard_presentation.pdf
Web site info: http://www.dieppe.ca/dieppe_dev_en.cfm
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