City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

CITY POLICY
Community Services Planning
(cont’d)
(d) consider preparing a Fire Protection
Services Plan to establish priorities for
the development and funding of fire
protection services and facilities,
including related public education
respecting fire and other safety needs;
(e) maintain a local emergency plan, and
co-operate with others in developing and
maintaining regional or other emergency
plans; and
(f) consider developing an infrastructure
plan prioritizing the provision and
maintenance of new and existing
infrastructure.
CITY POLICY
Accommodating Service Needs
Teenagers are a special
needs group. Other special
needs groups include:
children, youth, senior
citizens, the disabled, visible
minorities, unemployed and
underemployed persons,
working families, and single
parent families.
CITY POLICY
Connected System of Parks, Trails
and Greenspaces
7.6 City Council shall,
(a) consider tailoring facilities, services and
programs to favour broad community
participation;
(b) despite section 7.6(a) above, consider
identifying and providing leisure and
recreational services and programs to
special and priority needs groups as
identified over time;
(c) in determining which services and
programs to offer, consider,
(i) the adequacy of the supply of the
facility, service or program relative to
its demand;
(ii) the level of affordability of the
service or program for the intended
users; and
(iii) the location of the service or
program relative to the distribution
of the users and the ability of the
users to conveniently access the
service or program; and
(d) promote environmentally sustainable
forms of recreation including non-motorized
passive uses, and unstructured and
informal activities.
7.7 Recognizing the importance that parks and
green space have in providing healthy settings
and opportunity for healthy lifestyles for
residents, employees and visitors, City
Council shall promote the establishment of an
accessible, publicly-owned, connected system
of parks, trails and greenspaces, providing
within that system activities for people of
different ages and different abilities.
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