Development Services

Responsible in 11 actions

ID	Action title	Implementation phase	Status	Resources	Priority
B1.5	Support the accelerated local implementation of a provincial alterations code for existing buildings	Planning	On time	high	high
B1.9	Investigate incentives, financing and/ or education to encourage building retrofits for flood-proofing, FireSmart, and air quality measures. Consider integrating with other retrofit programs (e.g. energy retrofit programs)	In progress	On time	high	medium
B3.1	Investigate and implement policy that reduces local barriers to building to the highest Energy Step Code or Zero Carbon Step Code	In progress	On time	moderate	critical
B3.4	Explore policies to increase the use of mass timber in larger buildings	Not started	On time	low	medium
B4.1	Advocate to higher levels of government to add heat-risk reduction elements to the local building code, such as thermal insulation, roof reflectance, space cooling requirements, and shading.	In progress	On time	low	critical
B4.2	Investigate policy options to integrate climate resilient roof spaces (e.g., green roof or cool roof) for buildings in neighbourhoods projected to experience increased UHIE	Planning	On time	high	critical
C2.2	Develop a new City-wide floodplain bylaw, using the Mill Creek Floodplain bylaw as a template, to reduce flood risk for habitable space in floodplain areas.	Not started	On time	high	high
C2.4	Consider encouraging designs for offstreet parking that allow structures to be adapted for purposes other than vehicle storage in the future.	Not started	On time	moderate	medium
C2.5	Incorporate climate considerations into development guidelines for building and site and develop a process to review and communicate the performance.	In progress	On time	moderate	high
C2.7	Adopt the Wildfire DP Terms of Reference.	Not started	On time	moderate	critical
C2.8	Include/incorporate the construction and major renovation of new single-family homes on existing lots into the Wildfire DP process.	Not started	On time	moderate	critical