2016 Official Community Plan
2016 Official Community Plan documents are available for download below. The Land Use Bylaw, Subdivision Bylaw and Municipal Planning Strategy were approved on September 21, 2016.
If you have questions regarding the Official Community Plan please contact the Planning & Development Department at 902-883-3387 or email.
Municipal Planning Strategy
2016 Municipal Planning Strategy
Land Use Bylaw (LUB)
- LUB 2016 Part 5 – Rural Zones
- Zones: Rural Use (RU) ¦ Agricultural Reserve (AR) ¦ Rural Comprehensive Development District (RCDD) ¦ Wind Energy (WE)
- LUB 2016 Part 6 – Residential Neighbourhood Zones
- Zones: Country Residential (CR) ¦ Lakeshore Residential (LR) ¦ Established Residential Neighbourhood (R1) ¦ Two Dwelling Unit Residential (R2) ¦ Mini-home (MH)
- LUB 2016 Part 7 – Mixed Use Zones
- Zones: Townhouse (R2-T) ¦ Multiple Unit Dwelling (R3) ¦ Mixed Use Centre (MC) ¦ Village Core (VC) ¦ Walkable Comprehensive Development District (WCDD)
- LUB 2016 Part 8 – Separated Commercial Zones
- Zones: General Commercial (GC) ¦ Highway Commercial (HC) ¦ Regional Commercial (RC) ¦ Business Park (BP) ¦ Industrial Commercial (IC)
- LUB 2016 Part 9 – Community Use Zones
- Zones: Institutional Use (IU) ¦ Open Space (OS)
- LUB 2016 Part 10 – Environmental Zones
- Zones: High Risk Floodplain (HF) ¦ Moderate Risk Floodplain Overlay (MF) ¦ Water Course Greenbelt (WG) ¦ Water Intake Overlay (WI) ¦ Watershed Protection Overlay (WP) ¦ Shubenacadie Aquifer Protection Overlay (SAP) ¦ Water Supply (WS)
- Appendices
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix A Land Use Bylaw Maps
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix B Form Based Zone Requirements for the Village Core
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix C Site Plan Approval Forms
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix D Environmental Study
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix E Large Scale Wind Turbines
- LUB 2016 Part 11 – Appendix F MC Special Area Map