December 2024 Radium Hot Springs Draft OCP Presentation - Flipbook - Page 110
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Environmental Site
Assessment
An environmental site assessment will help identify the existence and scope
of soil or groundwater contamination (e.g., from petroleum, heavy metals,
pesticides or herbicides), as well as the presence in buildings of products
such as asbestos, lead paint or mould.
Environmentally Sensitive
Area(s) (ESA)
An area(s) identi昀椀ed through reports, studies, plans, or government
designation as having special environmental attributes that are worthy of
preservation, conservation, protection, or special area.
Fourplex
A building containing four separate dwelling units with each unit having its
own exterior entrance, bathroom, cooking facilities and service connections.
The dwelling units can be side-by-side, stacked on top of each other, or a
combination of both.
Hazard Area
Hazard Areas
An area(s) subject to natural events known to result in death or
endangerment of the works of man, such as stream 昀氀ooding, ground water,
昀氀ash 昀氀ooding, erosion or 昀氀uvial deposits, landslides, earthquakes, weak
foundation soils, and other hazards unique to a local or regional area.
Hazard Risk Assessment
An assessment of:
• Hazards (Sources of potential harm, or situations with a potential for
causing harm, in terms of human injury; damage to health, property, the
environment, and other things of value; or some combination);
• Risk: (The likelihood that a hazard will occur, as well as the severity of
possible impacts to health, property, the environment, or other things of
value); and
• Vulnerability (The people, property, infrastructure, industry, resources,
or environments that are particularly exposed to adverse impact from a
hazardous event).
• The purpose of the HRVA is to help a community make risk-based
choices to address vulnerabilities, mitigate hazards and prepare for
response to, and recovery from, a range of hazard events.
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Impervious Surfaces
Those areas which prevent or impede the in昀椀ltration of stormwater into
the soil as it entered in natural conditions prior to development. Common
impervious areas include, but are not limited to, rooftops, sidewalks,
walkways, patio areas, driveways, parking lots, storage areas, compacted
gravel and soil surfaces, awnings and other fabric or plastic coverings.
Invasive Species
A species that is non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration;
and, whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or
environmental harm or harm to human health.
Land Alteration
Land alteration includes, but is not limited to, the stripping and grading
including the removal of trees, vegetation and grading of the land for the
purposes of development or access.
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VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS Official Community Plan
