Township of Langley Official Community Plan
| Topic | Sub-topic | Policy or Policy Excerpt | Document Location | Language Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| urban-agriculture conflict/edge planning; | buffer at agricultural edge; | The boundary between urban areas and rural areas should be carefully planned and designed to create a clear limit on urbanization, to create an attractive edge that integrates Langley’s rural/agricultural character into its communities, and to minimize negative impacts on rural areas. This can be achieved by: • creating greenbelts between urban zoned land and the ALR, • ensuring that the urban/rural boundary is “defendable”, and • using park land as a buffer between urban and agricultural uses |
4.1; | * |
| food processing, storage and distribution; |
zoning; food processing; |
• Council shall consider the development of agricultural processing facilities as allowed by the British Columbia Land Commission and the expansion of existing industrial facilities outside the Designated Industrial Growth Areas. |
4.1; | |
| development and productive use of agricultural land; | ALR; | The detailed Community Plan for each Designated Urban Growth Area shall provide:....Holders of non-farm lands of a lesser agricultural capability (classes 4 to 7) shall be encouraged to retain the Agricultural Land Reserve classification of their lands so that a future, yet to be designated, use for their lands may be identified. These lands may be designated as Special Reserve in the OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN. | 4.1; | * |
| development and productive use of agricultural land; |
ALR; ALR exclusion; |
• Council shall not support any application for exemption of lands from the Agricultural Land Reserve for commercial, residential or industrial development purposes, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of Council that an adequate demand exists for the proposed use and no other Non-Agricultural Land Reserve area in Langley can satisfy the requirements of that demand. The procedure established by the Land Commission for exclusion of lands from the Agricultural Land Reserve will be followed at all times. | 4.5; | |
| development and productive use of agricultural land; |
ALR; residential development; |
• Residential uses in the Agricultural Land Reserve will be permitted only where no loss of agricultural production is demonstrated and when in accordance with the Land Commission Act, existing zoning and development permit bylaws. | 4.5; | * |
| development and productive use of agricultural land; |
ALR; ALR subdivision; |
• Subdivision of agricultural lands shall not be permitted unless it is for the demonstrated purpose of creating a more efficient agricultural use of land. | 4.5; | * |
Municipality:
Township of Langley
Document Type:
Official Community Plan
Level of Government:
Municipal
Topic(s):
Sub-topic(s):
Policy URL:
https://www.tol.ca/your-township/about-the-township/community-plans/
Policy File:
Region:
Metro Vancouver
Province:
British Columbia
Year:
consolidated 2015
Supplementary Information:
No
Population Range:
>75,000