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Borden-Carleton offers a range of recreational services including a municipal park, passive and active recreation open spaces and various recreation programs. Less than one percent of the land area in Borden-Carleton is being used for recreation and open space purposes. The community intends to maintain the high quality of recreational services it provides by maximizing the use of existing recreational and community facilities and by involving community groups and organizations in establishing new facilities, recreation program delivery and facility maintenance.
In addition to publicly owned recreational lands and facilities, private recreational uses are also a consideration. The Planning Act requires that a municipality acquire or provide compensation for privately owned lands zoned for park or open space purposes.
Recreation and open space uses, whether public or private, are compatible with, and contribute to, the diversity of the commercial area and, as such are permitted anywhere in this designation. The community considers future park development and economic development opportunity. The community envisions park and trail facilities as a four season tourist and community recreation attraction serving local and regional markets.
The community can acquire additional open space lands through donations, purchase and dedications received through the subdivision process. In assessing the suitability of parcels of land for recreational use, the community through its Recreation Committee, must consider the usability of the land in terms of size, location, physical characteristics and current demand. The community recognizes that there is a need for a balance of passive and active recreational opportunities and an adequate distribution of open space lands in all residential areas of the community.
In balancing recreational need and desires, Borden-Carleton as a corporation needs to consider the financial and liability costs associated with acquiring and maintaining recreational lands and facilities.
Objectives
- To provide adequate recreational space facilities and programs to meet the year round recreational needs of the residents of Borden-Carleton.
- To ensure a variety of open spaces are provided throughout the community.
Policies
- Borden-Carleton shall develop and maintain the recreation and park system through the collective efforts of the Recreation Committee, Council and residents of Borden-Carleton.
- Borden Carleton shall establish priorities for the acquisition, development and on-going maintenance of present and future park land and recreational facilities. These priorities shall be reviews on an annual basis and incorporated into the community's budgeting operations, as funding permits.
- Borden-Carleton shall designate land as Open Space which shall apply to all existing public recreation and open space uses, excluding neighbourhood parks, and shall permit a ranges of passive and active recreation open space uses.
- Borden-Carleton shall permit neighbourhood parks on any lands designated or zoned for residential use.
- Borden-Carleton shall consider proposals for privately owned recreation facilities in any designation.
- Borden-Carleton shall ensure that adequate open space is provided in new developments of multiple unit dwellings with three or more units.
- Borden-Carleton shall acquire lands which provide a variety of open space opportunities as well as a balance between active and passive recreational needs. Priority shall be placed on the acquisition of land for neighbourhood parks where deficiencies presently exist. Advice shall be sought from the Recreation Committee.
- Borden-Carleton shall investigate the feasibility of providing a linear open space network of pedestrian linkages throughout the Community. Linear open spaces shall be considered along the abandoned rail right-of-way; along the shore of the Northumberland Strait; between the Visitors Centre and Noonan's Marsh; and between the former Borden Townsite, the Amherst Cove School and the old Carleton School. Borden-Carleton shall work with the Western School Board to establish guidelines for the community use of schools for recreational purposes and to: establish access to school facilities to accommodate cultural programs such as children's crafts, music and dance lessons: and identify ways in which more extracurricular activities can be developed for children.
- Borden-Carleton shall make every effort, where appropriate and financially feasible, to make park areas and recreation facilities in the community accessible to the physically challenged.
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