City of Courtenay Official Community Plan - 2026 update

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MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTIAL Mobile homes, including mobile home parks, are permitted in the Urban Residential land use designation and are subject to Form and Character Development Permit guidelines.

40 HOUSES HERITAGE NEIGHBOURHOOD The 40 houses are valued as a group of properties for their connection to a federal housing program intended to provide returning veterans of World War II and their families with affordable and appropriate housing. This project was a joint Veterans Land Act and Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation venture spearheaded by Mayor Harry Simms and the Courtenay Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. The houses were awarded to World War II veterans based on their length of service in Canada and overseas, intended length of residence, marital status, and number of dependents. Historically, their construction reflects a significant stage in the development of Canadian communities. The construction of the 40 houses was part of the postwar response to a massive country-wide housing shortage created by the impact of the two World Wars. Similar housing developments were created across the country with modest homes on small, uniform lots aligning narrow, curving streets. The neat, tidy, simple and efficient design of the houses and the subdivision, and the 40 houses location “in the woods,” reflects social attitudes of the early 20th century and influenced later housing styles and suburban development patterns. Policies 1. Preserve the existing built-form by encouraging that any redevelopment of properties replicates the original small scale one-storey housing characteristics, following the neighbourhood specific Form and Character Development Permit Area guidelines. 2. Consider pursuing a formal heritage conservation area under the Local Government Act.

CROWN ISLE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Crown Isle refers to a master planned community area that has been steadily developing since the 1990s, when zoning was designated for an area approximately 3 km 2 (nearly 9% of the Courtenay's land base today). Predominant land uses include a golf course community with a significant residential component and commercial centres. Due to its master planned tailored zoning (Comprehensive Development (CD) zones in the Zoning Bylaw ), that has been in place since the 1990s, the land use policy is to maintain the established uses as described in the relevant CD Zones, and in accordance with Bill 44 requirements. As described in the Neighbourhood Centres land use designation, a local area planning process is proposed for the undeveloped lands near the Ryan Road and Anderton Road intersection and will provide an opportunity for land uses to be explored in more detail in that area.