December 2024 Radium Hot Springs Draft OCP Presentation - Flipbook - Page 64
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5.6 INFRASTRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
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Clean water, ef昀椀cient sewage system, safe
roads and sidewalks, and waste disposal/
transfer are essential to a high quality of life in
the Village. Without these services quality of
life would be signi昀椀cantly diminished. These
key municipal services (and many others)
require complex infrastructure that is often out
of sight and out of mind. Proper planning of
infrastructure and servicing systems is a key
contributor to keeping taxes (and the cost of
living) affordable for Village residents.
OBJECTIVES
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Objective 73: Build infrastructure in a logical,
safe and sustainable manner.
Objective 74: Require that new developments
be serviced with water and
sewer.
Objective 75: Ensure the Village has
suf昀椀cient water quality and
quantity for existing and
future development.
Objective 76: Ensure adequate capacity
for treatment of liquid
waste for existing and
future development.
Objective 77: Add backup sources of power
generation at our water and
sewer plants to make us
more resilient in the event of
an emergency.
POLICIES
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New developments shall be required to
connect to municipal sewer and water.
The Village should have a robust asset
management plan to ensure longterm maintenance and replacement of
infrastructure before it fails or breaks.
Investigate and apply current climate
science to ensure infrastructure resilience
through life cycle 昀椀nancial planning, and
sustainable maintenance.
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5.6.5.
5.6.6.
5.6.7.
5.6.8.
5.6.9.
5.6.10.
VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS Official Community Plan
Future growth shall be directed to
areas that can be fully serviced
with municipal piped water and
sewer services, with highest
priority on in昀椀lling existing
developed areas where water
and sewer capacity is available.
Coordinate infrastructure upgrades
and system extensions with land use
and density to ensure cost-effective
development, in order to minimize
infrastructure lifecycle costs and to
mitigate the 昀椀nancial impacts of lower
density residential development.
Require that development pays its fair
share of on-site and offsite infrastructure
costs through compliance with servicing
and development cost charge bylaws
while not limiting the Village’s other
funding opportunities for cost-sharing
(e.g. latecomers agreements and grant
funding).
Developers are required to provide
off-site extension of services and utility
facility upgrades, at their cost, so as to
service new development.
Developers shall be required to cover
third-party professional costs (e.g.
engineering) associated with the review
or analysis of the servicing requirements
for a proposed development. For
example, costs associated with modeling
the impact of a proposed development
on the water or sewer system.
Make land use, planning and capital
investment decisions with a longterm life
cycle asset management perspective for
the design, maintenance and renewal
of servicing infrastructure, including
Natural Assets.
Regularly review the Development
Cost Charge Bylaw every 5-7 years to
ensure that development pays for the
infrastructure it will use over the lifecycle
of the development proposal.
