Matching Growth with Services

(1)

(a)

(b)

Development of new areas for housing and apartments
are listed in a series of three stages to reduce the
cost of providing public services (see Plan Map
Schedule B).

Monitoring building activity is the basis for
decisions to extend utility services and updating this
plan.

Lands subject to flooding, designated on Schedule C as
filcod plain, shail where possible be used for parks,
open space or agricultural uses. Where there is no
other land available, flood proofing of buildings used
for habitation or storage of goods that could be
damaged is to be provided to a standard specified by
the provincial Ministry of Environment. Lands subject
to flooding from the Coquitlam, Fraser and Pitt Rivers
are designated on Schedule C (map) as flood plain.
Lands adjacent to smaller water courses, Hyde Creek,
subject to flooding are not; shown on the map.

Notwithstanding this general requirement flood
proofing is not required for heavy industry when it is
located behind a 200 year standard dyke.

The provincial Ministry of Environment standard for
industry and cases where heavy industry are not behind
200 year standard dykes, flood proofing to the 200
year design flood level (.6 metres less than the fload
construction level of 5.18 metres geodetic survey of
Canada datam) together with appropriate setbacks from
the floodway.

The urban part of Port Coquitlam zoned for commercial,
jndustzial and residential use has been exempted from
the necessity to floodproof due to the protection from
flooding from the Fraser and Pitt Rivers by 200 year
standard dyking and the area's existing built up
nature. This area is still floodable, however, from
the Coquitlam River. Consequently it is a policy of
the City of Port Coquitlam to encourage the
construction of 200 year standard dykes along the
Coquitlam River to protect this area.