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Planning for the Future Growth and Development
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Alastair Lawrie, Senior Planner |
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Pictou County District Planning Commission
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Overview of development issues and planning
initiatives underway in Pictou County communities. |
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Planning |
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Development Administration |
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Building Inspection Services |
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Development patterns in Pictou County |
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Environs of Pictou County |
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Where is growth occuring ? Why ? |
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Growth related challenges |
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Potential solutions |
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Planning for the future |
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District Town(s)
Suburban Suburban – Town(s) |
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New Glasgow
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Area |
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Pictou Area 0.00 -0.60 -0.60 |
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A positive difference means the suburban areas |
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grew at a faster rate than the urban centre. |
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District Town(s)
Suburban Suburban – Town(s) |
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New Glasgow 2.37 6.87 4.50 |
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Pictou Area 2.17 6.66 4.49 |
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A positive difference means the suburban areas |
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grew at a faster rate than the urban centre. |
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Residential |
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Concentrated |
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Unserviced |
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Low Density |
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Strip or ribbon development |
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Scattered development |
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Leapfrog development |
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High cost of serviced lots |
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Higher urban tax rates |
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Choice (space, privacy, etc.) |
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Service inefficiencies and increased costs |
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Higher servicing costs in the future |
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Increased traffic (dependence on the automobile) |
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Decline of traditional town centres |
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Increased land use conflicts |
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District wide planning |
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Determine preferred form of growth and
development (growth concept) |
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Coordinated services |
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Cooperative municipal decision making |
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Establishes a consistent decision making process
for managing future growth and development. |
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Provides a source of information on district
growth and development related issues. |
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Identifies and protects natural and cultural
resources. |
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Coordinates municipal capital improvements with
land development in a cost efficient manner. |
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Provides a forum for inter-municipal
cooperation. |
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Develop “build-out” concepts for Town
development |
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New Glasgow build-out concept will be first
model for Pictou County… |
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Develop a growth concept to state the preferred
form of urban growth and development in the District. |
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Approach the issues accompanying growth -
traffic congestion, vanishing open space, diminishing environmental
quality, demands on infrastructure such as water and sewer treatment plants
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Make the connections between these issues to
enhance our ability to manage urban growth successfully and ensure a
livable future. |
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Notes