Regional Plan Draft #2

Released December 6, 2005

Regional Municipal Planning Strategy (Draft #2):

• Full Document (text only)  (792KB)

• Table of Contents (43KB)
• Executive Summary  (49KB)
• Chapter 1: Introduction  (141KB)
• Chapter 2: Environment  (132KB)
• Chapter 3: Settlement & Housing  (164KB)
• Chapter 4: Transportation  (126KB)
• Chapter 5: Economy & Finance  (149KB)
• Chapter 6: Cultural & Heritage Resources  (80KB)
• Chapter 7: Water, Wastewater, Utilities & Solid Waste  (95KB)
• Chapter 8: Implementation  (65KB)
• Chapter 9: Governance  (78KB)

• Appendix A: Goals & Performance Measures  (58KB)
• Appendix B: Existing Municipal Planning Strategies  (30KB)
• Appendix C: Species at Risk in HRM (2004)  (37KB)
• Appendix D: Selected Opportunity Sites: Regional Centre  (33KB)
• Appendix E: Halifax Harbour Plan Proposed Land Use  (36KB)

• Maps:
  1. Settlement and Transportation
  2. Generalized Future Land Use
  3. Trails and Natural Networks
  4. Parks and Natural Corridors
  5. Significant Habitats and Endangered Species
  6. Opportunity Sites within the Regional Centre
  7. Future Transit and Transportation
  8. Existing Road Hierarchy Classification
  9. Halifax Harbour Plan Proposed Land Use
  10. Cultural Significance
  11. Areas of Archaeological Significance
  12. Potential Residential Sites: Area Surrounding Burnside

Land Use By-law Amendments: 

• Halifax Peninsula 
• Halifax Mainland
• Planning District 5 (Chebucto Peninsula)
• Planning District 4 (Prospect)
• Planning Districts 1 and 3 (St Margaret’s Bay)
• Timberlea/Lakeside/Beechville
• Hammond Plains, Beaver Bank and Upper Sackville
• Planning Districts 14 and 17 (Shubenacadie Lakes)
• Musquodoboit Valley and Dutch Settlement
• Planning Districts 8 and 9 (Lake Echo/Porters Lake)
• Eastern Shore West
• Eastern Shore East
• Lawrencetown
• Cole Harbour/Westphal
• North Preston/Cherry Brook/Lake Major/Lake Loon/East Preston
• Dartmouth
• Downtown Dartmouth
• Eastern Passage/Cow Bay
• Bedford
• Sackville
• Sackville Drive
• Zoning Schedules (maps) to accompany land use by-law amendments can be obtained from Regional Planning at 490-5857

Regional Subdivision By-law    (6,167KB)

• Schedules (maps) to accompany the subdivision by-law can be obtained from Regional Planning at 490-5857