Revelstoke Bylaw
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BYLAW 1519

• Central Revelstoke/South Revelstoke/Clearview Heights:
  • Victoria Road
  • Eastern Access Road
  • Douglas Street
  • Edward Street
  • Fourth Street
  • Railway Avenue
  • Oscar Street
  • Campbell Avenue
  • Powerhouse Road
  • Charles Street
  • Townley Street
  • Wright Street
     
• Big Eddy:
  • Big Eddy Road
  • Nixon Road
     
• Columbia Park:
  • Laforme Boulevard
     
• Westside Road:
  • Westside Road
     
• Arrow Heights: *Amended Bylaw 1813
  • Airport Way
  • Nichol Road
  • Camozzi Road
     
• Northeast Revelstoke:
  • Eastern Access Road
  • Proposed Link South of Highway #1
     

The Major Street Network is important to the community for a number of reasons. It allows the safe and efficient movements of vehicles and provides for separation between potentially conflicting traffic types (e.g. local residential and trucks). The Network also designates roads which may be eligible for funding from the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Highways, with whom the designations were developed. Over the long-term, the Network becomes entrenched in the community as development proceeds around it. Therefore, decisions made today will have long-term implications for the community.

*Amended Bylaw 1813 The provincial Ministry of Transportation has completed studies for upgrading the major component of Revelstoke's Major Street Network - Highway #1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and although four (4) options were considered the existing highway corridor was selected and subsequently upgraded. The proposed Mount Mackenzie Resort Development was a key factor in identifying the selected alignment.

Other non-automobile forms of transportation also play a significant role in the community. Cycling and walking provide not only enjoyment and exercise but also reduced demand for roads (and therefore deferred capital expenditures) and parking, energy conservation and environmental benefits through reduced air emissions. The public transit system has similar benefits. On a broader scale, the railway and airport facilities provide critical links with communities outside the Revelstoke region.

Objectives

4.2 Council's objectives are to:

.1 establish a road network that will guide development and provide for safe and efficient traffic circulation.

.2 ensure that the Trans-Canada Highway upgrading maximizes benefits and minimizes costs with respect to land use, social, economic, environmental and other issues and concerns.

.3 retain important railway and air transport links with areas outside Revelstoke.

.4 manage demand for automobile use as the primary mode of transport through emphasizing alternative means including walking, cycling, and public transit.

Policies

Major Street Network

4.3 Council's policies are to:

.1 designate the Major Street Network as shown on Schedule C - Land Use Map. Schedule C - Land Use map is intended to illustrate only the approximate location of the various elements of the Major Street Network and their interrelationships. Where, as a result of consultation with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways and more detailed planning, individual elements of the Network are identified for development, those elements need not be in the precise location indicated on Schedule C - Land Use Map. Where the Major Street Network shown on Schedule C - Land Use Map includes portions of streets that are not in existence on the date of adoption of this Plan, it is Council's policy to acquire land by purchase and to construct such streets within the current period of the capital expenditure program only to the extent that funds are specifically identified for that purpose in the current capital expenditure program.

.2 utilize the streets designated on the Major Street Network for through-traffic and minimize the amount of such traffic utilizing local roads in residential neighbourhoods.

*Amended Bylaw 1813 .3 work with the provincial Ministry of Transportation in evolving the Major Street Network to respond to changing circumstances, and in undertaking capital and maintenance works on a cost-shared basis. Arrow Heights provides an interesting challenge in the development of the Major Street Network as the proposed second crossing of the Illecillewaet River and the Mount Mackenzie Resort will significantly increase traffic traveling along Airport Way, Camozzi Road and Nichol Road. The proposed design of the road improvements must limit non-local traffic traveling through the neighbourhoods, reduce traveling speeds and provide safe opportunities for pedestrians and cyclists.

.4 encourage the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Highways to provide firm direction on plans for upgrading Highway #1. Furthermore, the City encourages the Ministry to take all land use, social, environmental, economic and other considerations into account in its deliberations, and to keep the community informed through a public consultation program. The City's initial reaction is that upgrading using the existing corridor should be the preferred option.

*Amended Bylaw 1813 .5 recognize the Camozzi Road crossing as the preferred second crossing of the Illecillewaet River. A feasibility study and analysis is required to determine the appropriate alignment of the Camozzi Road crossing as well as the anticipated timing given the phasing of development in Arrow Heights and the Mount Mackenzie Resort. The Camozzi Road option was selected through the consideration of public safety, cost, impacts on adjacent land uses, reliability/security of river crossing, relationship to overall real network, impacts on Illecillewaet River (environmental concerns, recreation, other) and other factors.

.6 examine alternate access routes to the Clearview Heights area in addition to those which utilize crossings of the CPR corridor.

Non-Automobile Modes of Transportation

4.4 Council's policy is to encourage cycling, walking and transit usage as a means to reduce automobile travel demands. Specific initiatives Council will take include the implementation of the Revelstoke Greenway, the undertaking of a Bicycle Route Network Study and review of pavement width standards (the Ministry of Transportation and Highways' Interim Cycling policy could be helpful in this regard), and co-operative efforts with BC Transit to operate the transit system.

Parking

4.5 Council's policy is to provide an appropriate amount of parking for all patrons and modes of transport, including physically challenged persons and bicycle users. Over the long term, it is Council's policy to reduce the number of required vehicle parking spaces as non-automobile modes of transportation become more prominent.

Railway

4.6 Council's policy is to work with Canadian Pacific Railway to reduce potential conflicts between the movement of trains and vehicles. This will include strategically located crossing points between Victoria Road and Clearview Heights, ensuring proper signage is maintained, and examining a further potential access point in the vicinity of the Victoria Road/Highway #1 intersection.

Airport

4.7 Council's policy is to dedicate the airport site and adjacent lands only for activities and uses which rely upon air travel as a means to ensure efficient operation and reduce potential conflicts.

Water Transportation

4.8 Council's policy is to consider the provision of facilities to allow water transportation for local and tourist use on the Upper Arrow Lake.
 

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