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Background
The Regional Municipal Planning Strategy (RMPS) establishes HRM’s intention to prepare a Business Parks
Development Functional Plan (BPDFP) to guide future development of HRM owned business parks. Functional Plan Draft Report
The BPDFP includes a number of
recommendations regarding potential amendments to the RMPS, Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and
Land Use By-law (LUB) applicable to the Greater Burnside Area.
Overview
Council has directed staff to use the land use related recommendations of the BPDFP as a framework to guide potential
amendments to the applicable planning documents. All lands within Burnside are designated Industrial by the Dartmouth MPS and zoned I-2 (General Industrial) under the Dartmouth LUB.
The Industrial designation and I-2 Zone contain
broad provisions and permit a wide range of commercial and industrial uses. The BPDFP recommends the creation of
several, more specific, designations and zones in order to prioritize the supply of land for categories of uses (i.e. light
industrial, distribution, office, commercial) and focus those uses in appropriate and strategic locations.
Council also directed staff to undertake additional consultation in order to consider all potential land uses for the HRM
owned lands located southeast of a powerline corridor that is built along a ridge between Dartmouth Crossing and
Wilkinson Avenue in Burnside (area map). The BPDFP recommends this area for light industrial uses.
Dartmouth Crossing recently rezoned 35 hectares of their land in this area to permit consideration of a mixed use
development, including medium and high density residential uses.
An addendum to the BPDFP recommends that light industrial uses, of a limited scale and lot coverage, are appropriate for the steep terrain in the area and would be compatible with the adjacent existing industrial uses in Burnside as well as Dartmouth Crossing’s potential residential development.
Status
A public meeting was held on January 27, 2010 at Dartmouth High School to seek the public’s input on potential future land uses in this area of Burnside. HRM also sought public input through a short online survey.
A staff report has been tabled with Harbour East Community Council, which includes the minutes of the meeting and the survey results. Light industrial uses were affirmed as most appropriate for the area.
Subsequent opportunities to discuss the other land use related
recommendations of the BPDFP will be organized in the future. In addition to this survey and other
public meetings, any amendments to planning documents will also require a public hearing before Regional Council.
HRM, in partnership with the Greater Burnside Business Association (GBBA), is now preparing to undertake further public consultation. This process will address land use matters in future phases of Burnside, as well as in existing developed areas. Further information will be posted here as the details are finalized.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
Mitch Dickey, Planner
Planning Services, Eastern Region
Telephone: 490-5719
Fax: 490-4346
Email: Mitch Dickey |
Mail:
HRM Planning Services,
Eastern Region
PO Box 1749,
Halifax, NS B3J 3A5
Attention: Mitch Dickey, Planner
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