With new industries such as the Beef processing Plant, Quality Thermoform and TranscontinentalPEI, there is an increasing demand for residential development within Borden-Carleton. Much of the existing residential stock is older, smaller and vernacular in style; in many cases, it does not meet the needs of today's families.

The community is in need of land for new residential development to attract new residents as well as to encourage residents to remain in the community. Opportunities for infilling exist on the eastern fringe of the old Borden town site as well as areas off the Dickey Road and will continue as infrastructure is extended into the Carleton area.

Other uses can coexist with residential uses which provide services to the residential neighbourhoods. These uses, home occupations, neighbourhood’s commercial and institutional uses, are acceptable in residential areas if they are of an appropriate scale and are designed and maintained so as to lower the negative impact on adjacent properties.

Objectives

• To provide opportunities through zoning provisions for new residential subdivision development.
• To encourage appropriate infilling in areas where municipal investment in infrastructure has taken place.
• To ensure that in general future residential development occurs in locations where appropriate municipal services are available or can be provided.

Policies

1. Borden-Carleton shall make land available for residential use in areas designated on the official Plan Land Use Map to accommodate a variety of residential uses.
2. Borden-Carleton shall guide new residential development to areas with existing servicing infrastructure.
3. Borden-Carleton shall require that land proposed for residential use with on-site servicing contain soil suitable for long term use, the usage of which will not adversely affect ground water supplies.

4. Borden

   -Carleton shall allow for a range of residential types and densities in order to accommodate carious community needs.

5.  

   Borden-Carleton shall permit some residential uses within the Fixed Link Development Corridor of a low density nature; multi-units of more than four units and mobile home courts shall not be supported.

6. Borden-Carleton shall encourage residential infill land use in all existing residential areas.

7. Borden-Carleton shall encourage residential land uses, such as mobile homes, to locate in mobile home courts, or as a secondary residence on farmsteads.

8. Borden-Carleton shall direct housing intended for senior citizens and nursing home facilities to areas where existing services and infrastructure are available or can be made available.

9. Borden-Carleton shall permit home occupations in designated zones and in single and two family dwellings, provided they are secondary to the use of the swelling unit for residential purposes.

10. Borden-Carleton shall permit daycares in a residential designation, subject to standards related to size, external appearance, number of employees, parking, signage, and outdoor storage and display. Daycare facilities are also subject to regulations established by the PEI Department Social Services and Seniors.