Official Community Plan Phase 3 Survey

The Official Community Plan has been organized into 10 chapters that include:

1. Mobility Choice, Not Car Dependency
   This chapter highlights the actions necessary to achieve the city’s transportation "mode-split targets" (the percent of trips in our city made by different mobility choices) of 42% of all trips to be made by walking, rolling, cycling, and transit by the time we reach 100,000 residents.
   
   
2. Land-Use and Growth Management Strategy
   This section includes policies that clearly define maximum building heights in each part of the city; where mixed-use buildings are required, not just allowed; where mixed-use buildings are encouraged with additional allowable densities; and what specific land-uses are allowed or prohibited on every property in the city.
   
   
3. High Quality City-Building
   This section provides clear urban/building design expectations for higher density development to address issues such as building massing, floor plate size, tower separation, and amenities. The goal is to ensure high-quality city-building, particularly as densities increase and development intensifies. It also includes policies for more mobility choices, integration of urban nature, and inclusion of amenities for livability.
   
   
4. Emphasizing Housing Action
   This section includes policies that expand housing choices and improve affordability while ensuring homes are located in well-connected areas of Langford. It also includes targets for addressing the province’s housing legislation, specifically regarding the 5- and 20-year housing target.
   
   
5. Climate Action and Sustainable Infrastructure
   This section includes policies on how the city can align its climate action efforts with federal and provincial GHG reduction targets while meeting community-specific needs. It recognizes that climate action is integrated into almost every section of the Plan, in particular in the policies relating to land-use/density and transportation.
   
   
6. Protecting Ecological Systems and Biodiversity
   This section includes policies on how to protect natural areas across the city, while creating new parks and ecological lands for long-term conservation and community trust. Polices also address the impacts of climate change, such as wildfires, droughts, flooding, heatwaves and storms through long-term environmental stewardship.
   
   
7. Economic Resilience and Prosperity
   This section includes policies on how Langford can foster a resilient, innovative, and adaptable economy that supports all businesses and ensures the community remains strong in the face of future disruptions, such as natural disasters (including the many consequences of climate change), trade wars/tariffs, global conflicts, supply chain disruptions, pandemics, or economic downturns.
   
   
8. Embracing the Creative City
   This section includes policies that prioritize arts and culture as an essential element of city-building, such that Langford can reinforce its identity, improve livability, equity, and inclusion, and identify new opportunities for arts, culture, and social connection. It also embraces urban creativity, innovation and skillful risk-taking in all aspects of city life.
   
   
9. Food Systems and Security
   This section includes policies that will boost local food production and healthy food access, as well as self-reliance amid unpredictable factors, such as fluctuating tariffs and climate change, that threaten food systems and supply chains.
   
   
10. Parks, Places, and Services for People
    This section includes new and enhanced policies for public spaces beyond traditional parks, encompassing urban courtyards, gardens, plazas, squares, transformed streets, and the integration of urban nature. These policies aim to improve the quality of public spaces throughout the city. 

Please review the Plan and provide your feedback in the survey below. The survey closes Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (PST).