DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

Objectives

The Official Community Plan policies Fit together to make a strategy for
guiding future development. That strategy is outlined in the four
objectives for the plan.

The first objective to focus development in South Port Coquitlam is a
key element in the development strategy. What this objective does is
to focus development in a single area so there will be sufficient
resources and activity to inetall desired public services such as
roads, parks and flood protection.

The second objective is to clearly state that top priority for public
investment is the industrial area. What this is intended to achieve
is to guide future City Council budget delibrations and to advise
private land owners and developers about the City's priorities for
utility servicing.

The third cbjective is to provide the apartment staging scheme, and
re-enforce the City's commercial districts. The apartment staging
scheme is a device to designate areas where apartments can be built
and transition areas where they must wait. What the scheme does is
to prevent leap-frog development.

The fourth objective is a statement of philosophy, that the City will
continue to strive towards better development and continue to take
neighborhood considerations into account.

Urban Design Strategy

Within this objective the City has a series of specific urban design
qualities that are being sought for parts of the City.

~ Working towards creating a focal point of density and commercial
activity node at Shaughnessy Street and Lougheed Highway to unite the .
north and south sides of Port Coquitlam.

- Obtaining a high standard of architecture for development along
Lougheed Highway and Mary Hill Bypass to convey a good image for Port
Coquitlam.

- Directing new residential development to the south side of the City
so that improvements can be made to the Coquitlam River dyking as
part of those developments.

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