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Rach G.V.R.D. Municipality may prefer a different approach to
protecting Green Zone Lande (it is up to each Municipality to
identify ways to protect the Green Zone lands aa the only body having
jurisdiction).

Many Green areaa may have numerous values; flexibility and creativity
will be needed to develop management strategies that encourage
multiple uses of such areas.

The implementation of the Green Zone is proposed as a interim Municipal
process where each Municipality would identify appropriate lands to become
part of the Greater Vancouver's Green Zone, and ensure that they are

adequately protected for the long term.

The first suggested step for implementation ia to prepare and inventory of
the Green Lands. Municipalities will undertake this task in the framework set
out by the Region. The G.V.R.D. will consolidate the Municipal inventories
into a regional inventory and will review this inventory to determine whether
it meets the goals and objectives for the Green zone as set out in "Creating

our Future".

The second implementing step will be to analyse the regional inveatory to
identify Green Lands that are inadequately protected. (In private lands,
subject to development pressures, etc.).

. The third step of implementation will identify and analyae policy options
for protecting Green Lands. These options will range from acquisition of
landa, to establish new policies, to regulatory frameworks that may assist the
protection of the Green Lande.

The fourth step ia to develop actiona plana for the sites in the Green
Zone inventory that are inadequately protected. These action plans will be
different for each particular situation that may need action.

DISCUSSTIGN:s

By identifying this lande and ensuring they are protected from intensive
urban development, Municipalities will assist the G.V.R.D. in understanding
how much growth the region can accommodata and assist in maintaining a legacy

of natural heritage.

The Green Zone designation does not in itself protect lands that, for
whatever reason, a Municipality wants to see left totally undisturbed
(additional measures are required for these lands), neither prevent the City
from, where appropriate, develop recreational facilities or permit other types
of development of a lesser intensity than atandard urban development.

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Carios Fetin,tfZArch., M.C.1.P.
Registe Planer Director of Planning

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