C2.1Explore targeted development regulations, form and character guidelines and public realm design principles for select Urban Centres and Transit Supportive Corridors to achieve land use, transportation and climate resiliency objectives.

Limited policy, tools, and procedures have been developed to date to ensure that land use planning and development decisions adequately consider the impacts, opportunities, risks and potential benefits and savings of climate change.

Understanding that land use and development decisions have long-term climate impacts which can endure for many decades, assessing developments in Kelowna through a climate lens is a critical to reducing GHG emissions and preparing for a changing climate.

While this action is similar to Action C2.5 ("Incorporate climate considerations into development guidelines for building and site and develop a process to review and communicate the performance"), this takes a more targeted approach, by considering requirements under specific circumstances (e.g. transit supportive corridors, certain areas of the city, etc.).

The City recently completed a study entitled "Applying a Climate Lens to the City of Kelowna Development Process". One of the initial recommendations is to update the 2040 OCP Form and Character Guidelines with additional climate considerations. Staff from the Climate Action & Environmental Stewardship Department are working with the Long-Range Planning and Development Planning Departments to follow through on this recommendation.