The District of West Vancouver is starting a community engagement process in an effort to create detailed policy for a new compact, sustainable urban community in Cypress Village.
According to the district, its goal is to protect a substantial portion of the Eagleridge lands for conservation and recreation, including the most ecologically significant portions.
It also aims to create a new compact, sustainable urban community in Cypress Village, served by transit, with a mix of housing types, community facilities, and shops/commercial space to serve Cypress Village and Rodgers Creek.
A comprehensive process that is expected to run until spring 2021, it will involve detailed analysis, careful consideration, and a ‘substantial’ level of community engagement.
The Upper Lands refers to the undeveloped land north of Highway 1 and below Cypress Provincial Park and the Capilano Watershed Reserve, from the eastern edge of West Vancouver out to Horseshoe Bay.
The Upper Lands include undeveloped lands above and below the 1,200 foot contour. No changes are proposed to lands above the 1,200 foot contour.
Lands below the 1,200 foot contour are divided into four remaining planning areas: Cypress Village, Cypress West, Inter Creek, and Eagleridge.
The OCP envisions protecting environmentally important lands within Cypress Village and Cypress West, concentrating development in these areas into higher density, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods.
Project information will be online and regularly updated at westvancouverite.ca/ upperlands.
You can email upperlands@westvancouver.ca with questions.
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