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main street that has evolved along Wellington
Avenue, Yale Road and Young Road, and the
open malls that cluster around the downtown
gateways. They also recognize the residential
root of the downtown and establish a develop-
ment framework that fosters a functional and
attractive built environment, a distinct lifestyle
and culture, and a vibrant, healthy community.
Key designations include:
•
Urban Quarter (mixed use with high
density residential development )
•
Village Quarter (mixed use with
medium density residential develop-
ment)
•
Service commercial
•
Civic institutional
•
Civic Recreation/Culture
•
Industrial
•
Health Related Services (Permitted
Secondary Use)
•
Village Walk Heritage Area
•
Residential 4 (mid/high rise – focus-
ing on the Downtown as the predom-
inant high-density residential area)
•
Residential 3 (low-rise apartment)
•
Residential 2 (townhouse)
•
Residential 1 (single family attached)
•
Parks and Recreation
Each designation is supported by descriptions
of its intent and general characteristics, includ-
ing appropriate built-forms, density, building
height and parking provision. For detail and
the Proposed Downtown Land Use Figure, see
OCP Schedule D -1 Downtown Land Use and
Development Plan.
Chilliwack Proper (Map 17A)
Map 17A presents the balance of Chil-
liwack proper outside the downtown
core and neighbourhoods delineated in
Appendix D1. It embraces the single de-
tached residential neighbourhoods that
once were the suburbs of the historic
downtown settlement, as well as more
recent single family residential subdivi-
sions. The OCP designations recognize
these low density neighbourhoods and
their significance in maintaining an ade-
quate supply of family housing in Chilli-
wack proper.
Since Sardis-Vedder began its urban
transformation and new traffic corridors
emerged between the northern and
southern settlements, commercial uses
have established themselves along Yale
Road and Young Road; concurrently, the
Broadway corridor has attracted much
multi-family residential development.
These corridor developments will only be
entrenched as densification continues,
and the OCP designations need to reflect
that trend, which is part of the overall
urban corridor consolidation process.
Throughout the early settlement history
of Chilliwack proper, some industries
were attracted to the “fringe” of the
original Chilliwack settlement and they
now represent opportunities for unique
industrial activity that can add to the
diversity and vibrancy of the downtown.
Sardis-Vedder (Map 17B)
Sardis-Vedder is a corridor community
anchoredbytwocentresatitsnorthernand
southern ends. Over time, developments,
including a neighbourhood commercial
node and a number of townhouse
projects, infilled the space between the
two centres along Vedder Road. Land use
designations for Sardis-Vedder (Map 17B)
reinforce this twin-centre structure, with
medium-density residential development
along Vedder Road, the traffic corridor,
to support the activity focal points and
a more cosmopolitan lifestyle. Behind
the corridor development, residential
neighbourhoods will remain largely
traditional single detached in support of
family housing; nevertheless, strategically
placed townhouse projects may be
accommodated if certain site specific
conditions are met.
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