Sustainable Community DesignNew conservation language for subdivisions

Applications for New Brunswick

(Seminar – Module 3)Presented by Daniel Savard

Department of Environment

The Province of New Brunswick would like

to acknowledge our co-sponsors…

Module 3 –

Adaptation to NB context

Practical and legal aspects

Possible implementation

• SCD through ‘Development Schemes’

• Conservation Easements Act Easements

• Can apply SCD today

• SCD integrates most sustainable principles

• Local response to climate change and ↓ GHG

• Links Provincial + regional planning at local level

Tools already in place in N.B.

Subdivision and lot size

Plan, Zoning, Building, Setback and Subdivision instruments

Community plan: Set objectives

Zoning: Prescribe strategies to meet objectives

Building: Prescribe standards for buildings

Subdivision: Regulate subdivision

Setback: Regulate setbacks of buildings

It is enforced at the local level

Registered

Water & Sewer

Water and sewage standards

Clean Environment, Clean Water and Health Acts →

Standards

Purpose of standards:

Protect water

Provide process for watercourse alteration

Provide criteria for sewage system

Enforced by Ministers of ENV and DHW

Enforceable by Court of Queen’s Bench

Tools already in place in N.B.

Tools already in place in N.B.

SCD Subdivision

Development Scheme

Part of a municipal plan

Refer to specific portions of land

Describe how land, building, streets or development can be carried out

Allocate land for different zoning requirements (Residential, commercial,

industrial, agricultural or other)

Specify how the land should be subdivided, the order and timing of

implementation

Registered

Tools already in place in N.B.

Easements

Conservation Easements

For: Protection, conservation of cultural places, scenic areas or

archaeological places

Voluntary agreement for fixed time or perpetuity

Relate to rights or privileges

Enforceable by Court of Queen’s Bench

Granted to: Landowners, municipalities or the Crown

Held by: Municipality, the Crown, a non-profit organization or a person or

body of persons

Registered

Tools already in place in N.B.

Streets and Roads

Highway standards

CPA + Highway Act Standards for road construction

Specific standards for street design + alignment

Goal of standards: ‘(…) provide efficient streets that serve land uses in rural

areas and ensure good highway development.’

Enforceable by DOT officers & Court of Queen’s Bench

Conditional to subdivision approval

Approval provided by DOT

Registered

Positive with a SCD project•Positive attitudes toward a SCD project (Province, Municipal)

•Cost 1/3 of infrastructure per lot (Est.)

•Climate change action plan: Promote SCD

•Gas price encourages compact development

•Use of municipal water and sewer systems (?)

How to facilitate the implementation in your community?

Challenges

• Find Developer / Coordinator

• DOT standards for roads

• Local planning instruments need adjustment

• Resistance to regulatory change - Sprawl easier than better settlement

pattern

• SCD is not known

• SCD is a tool for subdivision of land 2ha +

Changes to expect

Legislative changes : Adjustment of planning

instruments to encourage SCD

Operational changes

• ENV supports SCD at local level

• SCD is a tool for protection of natural areas

• Practitioners need information, training and

encouragement to use SCD

Actions to Words

SCD project in your community

• Expect local adjustments

• Cooperation and openness is necessary

• Have a success story of SCD subdivision in your area

• Inform all people and groups

• Involve relevant Departments

• Use help of partners

• Train the practitioners

• Develop an action plan to implement

We thank author and Royal Town Planning Institute Fellow

Randall Arendt for his support and encouragement both prior to

and continuing throughout our involvement with and application of

his concepts here in New Brunswick. We appreciate especially his

ongoing interest in enhancing the opportunities within the context

of the conservation of land through the development process,

while engaging the minds of citizens and planners alike as to the

potentials for improving their communities through the simple and

straightforward practices outlined in this training manual based in

part on his work.

Questions?

Please take the time to fill

the evaluation form

For more information or seminar sessions:Contact Eva Turnbull (Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick)

@ Ph.: (506) 453-4229;Fax: (506) 444-5452;

E-mail: amanb@nb.aibn.com

Resource: Daniel Savard @ Ph. (506) 444-4391; daniel.savard@gnb.ca

Partnerships between Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Association of Municipal Administrators of

New Brunswick, Efficiency New Brunswick, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (ACT Program), and the

Department of Environment of New Brunswick

For Reference:

See articles on the following web sites:

http://www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/files/Movies/Webinar_Podcasts/2009-Webinar-Podcasts/February18-

2009/Webinar_FEB1809.mov

http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/files/2008-SC_Conference/Presentations/Daniel_Savard_2008_EN.pdf

http://www.cip-icu.ca/English/pcanonline/PC45/pc45407.pdf

http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/CertPlan/Daniel/daniel.htm

http://www.stewardship2006.ca/images/Abstract_Savard_Daniel.pdf

http://www.stewardship2006.ca/images/presentations/Savard_presentation.pdf

Web site info: http://www.dieppe.ca/dieppe_dev_en.cfm

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