December 2024 Radium Hot Springs Draft OCP Presentation - Flipbook - Page 35
4.3 DOWNTOWN MIXED-USE
INTRODUCTION
The Radium Hot Springs Downtown is a
welcoming place for locals and travelers. The
Downtown is full of opportunities to shop,
dine, drink, socialize, and stroll around with
beautiful views of the surrounding Columbia
Valley and Rocky Mountains. The Downtown
also has unique amenities, such as the Parks
Canada visitor centre and the Stations of the
Cross associated with the adjacent St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church. The Downtown bustles and
bursts in the summer months followed by a
slower time when the weather gets colder.
Business viability and expansion is deeply
connected to demand generated by both
permanent population and year-round
vibrancy. To accomplish this the land use
strategy in this Plan promotes a broad range
of commercial and Mixed-Use development
in the Downtown, including overnight
accommodations and Short-Term Rentals,
shops, restaurants and pubs, craft and artisan
manufacturing, and other businesses that will
continue to make Radium Hot Springs feel
human-scale and unique.
Community engagement feedback strongly
favoured focusing commercial areas within
the existing Downtown and Highway 93, and
not expanding it beyond what can be viably
sustained. This direction is embedded in the
policies.
INTENT
The land use strategy and related policies
focus on maintaining the Downtown as the
Village’s primary commercial centre. The
Village welcomes mixed-buildings and in昀椀lling
of vacant lots with multi-storey buildings that
have an active street presence. The Downtown
should be walkable with plenty of sidewalks,
pathways, public space, and inspired building
and space design.
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