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Smart Bylaws Guide – Integrated Stormwater Management - Burnaby
In 1995 the City of Burnaby adopted a best management practices policy for stormwater following an Engineering Department report on stormwater management alternatives. Suggested stormwater management system tools include detention/retention facilities, floodplain and watercourse delineation and protection, sedimentation control, run-off recharge, infiltration trenches/basins, porous pavement and artificial wetlands. The policy applies to municipal projects and is also recommended for private developments particularly CD rezonings. For example, applications of permeable paving and detention systems have been used at Discovery Place, a high tech industrial park, at Canada Way and Gilmour. The City has also completed integrated stormwater management plans for Byrne Creek and Stoney Creek.
In 2003, Burnaby solidified and expanded the approach, with the
institution of its "Total" Stormwater Management Policy, which encompasses watershed mapping,
standards, best practice tools, public education and communication.
The UniverCity development at Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain in
Burnaby has also adopted an integrated stormwater management plan and process for
Stoney Creek. Furthermore, the UniverCity project is using an adaptive
management model to ensure that learning is incorporated into
subsequent phases of the development.
Finally, in 2006, Burnaby launched an Alternate Street Design
pilot project, to demonstrate the benefits to be had from
integrating rainwater management goals into street design.
For more information:
West Coast's Green
Infrastructure Guide, at pp. 70 and 72-73
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