THE CITY OF WINNIPEG WEST ALEXANDER & CENTENNIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN BY ...

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THE CITY OF WINNIPEG

WEST ALEXANDER & CENTENNIAL
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN BY-LAW
NO. 64/2008, as amended

A By-law of THE CITY OF WINNIPEG to adopt
a secondary plan for the West Alexander &
Centennial Neighbourhood.

THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, in Council assembled, enacts as follows:

1 This By-Law may be referred to as the “West Alexander & Centennial
Neighbourhood Plan By-Law”, as amended.

2 The document entitled “West Alexander & Centennial Neighbourhood Plan”, attached
hereto and marked as Schedule 1 to this By-law, is hereby adopted as a secondary plan for the
West Alexander & Centennial Neighbourhood.

RECEIVED FIRST READING on this 23rd day of April, 2008

RECEIVED SECOND READING on this 16th day of July, 2008

RECEIVED THIRD READING on this 16th day of July, 2008

DONE AND PASSED in Council assembled, this 16th day of July, 2008

File No. SP 1/2008
West Alexander & Centennial
Neighbourhood Plan
Prepared by the Planning, Property and Development Department
Planning and Land Use Division

May 26th, 2008
West Alexander & Centennial Neighbourhood Plan

The Planning and Land Use Division wishes to acknowledge the contributions
the Stakeholder Committee members made to help in the development of this
plan. The Stakeholders included participants from the following groups and
organizations:
McDermot-Sherbrook Resident Association
(cid:139)
Centennial Community Improvement Committee
(cid:139)
West Alexander Resident Association
(cid:139)
Elgin Avenue Resident Association
(cid:139)
University of Manitoba
(cid:139)
International Centre For Infectious Diseases
(cid:139)
Health Sciences Centre
(cid:139)
Committee to the Canadian Centre for Animal and Human Health
(cid:139)
Research
National Microbiology Lab and Public Health Agency of Canada
(cid:139)
Red River College
(cid:139)
Winnipeg Health Authority/Health Science Centre Foundation
(cid:139)
Myers Drugs Ltd
(cid:139)
Riediger’s Super Market Ltd.
(cid:139)

Furthermore we would like to thank community members for supporting the
planning process by sharing their opinions, voicing their concerns and by
making valuable contributions through participating in the public open houses.

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Table of Contents
Part I
Part III
How to Use the Plan
Plan Management

Chapter 1 – How to Use the Plan 1 Chapter 9 - Plan Management 38
Plan Need 3 Chapter 10 - General Administration 39
Plan Concept 3 Chapter 11 - Plan Monitoring & Review 41
Vision 4 Chapter 12 - Glossary 44
Goals 4 Appendix A 48
Community Assets & Challenges 4
Appendix B 49
Time Frame 5
Chapter 13 - Implementation 51
Plan Formulation Process & Public 5
Zoning Map 53
Input

Part IV
Part II Background
Neighbourhood Plan
Introduction 55
Land Use Map 6 Chapter 1 4– Study Area
Chapter 2 - Residential 7 14.1 Neighbourhood Boundaries 56
Low Density Residential 10 14.2. Regional Context 56
Medium Density Residential 11 14.3. Neighbourhood Overview 56
Residential Mixed-Use 14 14.4 Why Plan? 57
Chapter 3 - Commercial 16 Chapter 15 – History of the Neighbourhoods
Commercial Mixed-Use 19 15.1 Centennial 58
Character Commercial 21 15.2 West Alexander 59
Chapter 4 - Institutional 22 Chapter 16 – Community Profile
Proposed Expansion Map 23 16.1 Neighbourhood Statistics 61
Chapter 5 – Industrial 29 Population 61
Age 61
Chapter 6 – Transportation 31
Families 62
Chapter 7 - Parks and Open Space 34
Marital Status 62
Chapter 8 - Heritage 36
Lone Parent Families 62

Mobility 62

Ethnic Diversity 62

Language 63

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Income 63 Summary 83
Low Income Cut-Off 63 19.6 Parks & Open Space Precincts 84
Recreation Facilities /Community
Employment 63 84
Centres
Education 63
Parks & Open Play Spaces 85
16.2 Sense of Community 63
Summary 87
16.3 Neighbourhood Challenges & 64
Chapter 20 - Neighbourhood Schools and
Strengths
Community Facilities
Chapter 17 – Zoning
20.1 Neighbourhood Schools 88
17.1 Residential Zoning 66
Summary 90
17.2 Commercial Zoning 66
20.2 Churches/Places of Worship 90
17.3 Industrial Zoning 66
20.3 Day Care Centres 90
17.4 Parks and Open Space 66
20.4 Youth Drop-In Centres: 91
17.5 Character Area 66
20.5 Adults & Seniors Drop-in Centres
91
Chapter 18 – Heritage Assets 68
Summary 91
Chapter 19 – Land Use
Chapter 21 – Traffic and Transportation
19.1 Land Use Distribution 72
21.1 Traffic Volumes 92
19.2 Residential Precincts 73
21.2 Traffic Operational Issues 93
Housing Tenure 74
21.3 Proposed Capital Work - Street
94
Public Sector Supported Housing 74 Improvements
Age & Condition of Residential 75 21.5 Public Transit 95
Buildings
21.6. Parking 96
Demolitions and Vacant Lots 76
Chapter 22 – Summary of Findings and
Residential Market Values 77
Next Steps
Summary 77
22.1 Summary of Findings 97
19.3 Institutional Precincts 78
22.2 Implications of Key Findings for 98
Health Sciences Centre /University
78 Planning
of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus
Virology Lab Precinct 80
Exchange District Education
80 Part V
Precinct
Meeting Notes 100
Health & Related Institutions 81

Summary 81
19.4 Commercial Precincts
81
Summary 82
19.5 Industrial Precincts 82

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P I
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The West Alexander & policies for open spaces,
Chapter 1
Centennial Neighbourhood Plan is streetscaping, and the urban
divided into several parts and forest;
How to Use the
elements for ease of use. This Heritage – Contains policies
(cid:139)
section explains how to use the for heritage conservation in
Plan
plan, and where to look for the plan area;
specific information.
Each of the above Elements
Persons or groups looking for contain the following
detailed background information subsections:
on the neighbourhoods, and in
depth coverage of current land use (cid:139) Overview– Background and
patterns and issues in the area contextual information
should consult Part IV: Background relating to the specific
Study. Element, including a
description of land use,
Part I: How to Use the Plan includes transportation networks,
the rationale for the Plan, the issues, and challenges for the
overall Plan concept and goals, future;
and an explanation of the Plan (cid:139) Issues –Issues that have been
formulation process. identified as important by the
community;
Part II: Neighbourhood Plan presents (cid:139) Intent – Explains the intent
the substantive portion of the Plan and purpose of each Element
as it relates to urban form and and each sector within that
land use. The Elements contained Element;
within this Section include: (cid:139) Policies – Provides principles
and required actions for
(cid:139) Residential – Contains development expectations,
policies to guide development improvements, and future
and conservation of existing actions in the
housing stock; neighbourhoods;
(cid:139) Commercial – Contains (cid:139) Actions – Policies which
policies to guide commercial require future action. The
development; specific action, by whom it is
(cid:139) Institutional – Contains to be done, the priority level,
policies to guide institutional and anticipated timeframe are
areas; shown in the implementation
(cid:139) Industrial – Contains policies schedule.
to guide industrial areas;
(cid:139) Transportation – Contains Part III: Plan Management includes
policies to guide development the portions of the Plan relating to
projects and capital public participation in planning,
improvements for streets, plan management, general
public transit, multi-modal administration, monitoring &
transportation, and on-street review, and a glossary of terms.
and off-street parking.
Parks & Open Space –
(cid:139)
Provides information and

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Background Study: new and emerging facilities Safety
contribute significantly to the A healthy neighbourhood means
Part IV: Background Study
City’s economic future. that people look out for one
The Background Study includes a
another. Homes close to the
detailed neighbourhood overview
At the same time, their presence sidewalk with porches and
and an identification of key
exerts significant and ongoing windows out front allow you to
issues. The Study was completed
pressure on the residential keep an eye on the street. You can
in 2006, and therefore reflects
precincts within these stop and chat with neighbours at
data gathered up to that year.
neighbourhoods, making attempts the shops, by the front porch, or at
to stabilize and rejuvenate them a nearby park. Neighbours can
more difficult. meet each other along the street,
and children can play safely.
Striking a balance, then, which
supports and encourages growth
and development of these
institutions while protecting and
enhancing the quality of the
residential neighbourhoods, is the
thrust of the Secondary Plan for
the West Alexander & Centennial
Meeting Notes: neighbourhoods.
Part V: Stakeholder Meeting Notes
This section of the document Plan Concept:
includes the meetings notes taken
The West Alexander &
from the Stakeholder Meetings,
Centennial Neighbourhood Plan is
dated from March 2007 to
based on the concept of a Health
December 2007. The meetings
and Wellness District – where
helped define neighbourhood
principles of a healthy
issues and provided the overall
neighbourhood are valued,
direction and vision for the plan.
promoted, and shared. This
concept is designed to recognize
Plan Need: the unique assets that exist in the
neighbourhood today and to build
Intensification of major medical
upon these strengths. The
institutions and health research
following Healthy
facilities in the vicinity of the
Neighbourhood information was
Health Sciences Centre and the

taken from Canada Mortgage and
Virology Lab coupled with
Pedestrian Oriented
Housing Corporation’s features of
development of Red River
A healthy neighbourhood is a
Sustainable Neighbourhoods.
College Downtown Campus
place where shopping, schools,

adjacent to the University of
recreation, and public transit are
Winnipeg Continuing Education Healthy Neighbourhood
available within a short walk from
Bannatyne Campus has led to Streets
home so you don’t have to use
A healthy neighbourhood is a
demand for scarce land and
your car every time you go out.
place where streets are for people,
resources to support the growth
Boulevard trees also make it a
not just for cars. The human scale
needs of these institutions.
pleasant place to walk. By living
of the streets and slow speed of
Located within the heart of the
close to work, you can get there
the cars make them comfortable,
neighbourhoods of West
easily by bus, foot, bike, or a
safe and pleasant places to walk.
Alexander and Centennial, these

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short car ride. This means Goals:
spending less time in traffic.
The goal of the plan is to build on

the strengths that exist today and
Affordability
to establish policies which seek to
A healthy neighbourhood is a
improve on the identified
place where you can find a home
challenges in the neighbourhoods,
that meets your needs at a price or
in order to foster a healthier, more
rent that you can afford. There are
sustainable community that will:
a variety of housing choices
Support and encourage the
(cid:139)
ranging from apartments to
growth and development of
condos to townhomes, duplexes
the local institutions;
and semi- or single-detached 7. A desirable location adjacent
Protect and enhance the
houses. It’s the sort of place you (cid:139) to downtown and
quality of the residential
can stay in throughout life’s institutions;
neighbourhoods;
changes. As your age, family 8. Strong access to public
Maintain a balance of
situation, abilities and income (cid:139) transit;
complementary land uses;
change, you can still find a 9. Low land prices help
Create and reinforce a well-
suitable home in the same (cid:139) facilitate redevelopment
designed, liveable, integrated
neighbourhood, where you have potential of the area.
community;
put down roots.
Encourage building design,
(cid:139) At the same time, the following
site layouts, and urban design
Strong businesses & institutions challenges have been identified:
features which promote
A healthy neighbourhood is a
safety, accessibility and
place where businesses and Health and Safety
contribute to the uniqueness
institutions thrive today and have 1. Crime is high or perception
of the community;
an opportunity to grow and of crime is high;
Promote affordable and
(cid:139)
prosper in the future. It is a place 2. Concentration of uses which
varied housing choices.
where a wide variety of have spillover impacts into
employment opportunities are the community (bathhouses,
Community Assets and
available and where new beer vendors);
opportunities are continually Challenges:
presenting themselves. Land Use
The general land use of West
Alexander & Centennial is 3. There are pressures to
Vision: comprised of several key factors, expand the HSC into
The ambition of this Plan is to tie all of which are considered assets existing residential areas;
together the important role of the by the stakeholder committee: 4. Land uses are expanding in
neighbourhood institutions with 1. A pedestrian oriented scale an ad hoc manner;
the values of neighbourhood and design of the area; 5. Lack of services (such as
health and sustainability to forge a 2. A diversity of land uses, banks);
new, positive vision for the housing types, and
community, which is captured in population; Transportation
the proposed new designation for 3. World class institutions; 6. High volumes of primarily
the area - the City of Winnipeg’s 4. Availability of local regional traffic through the
Health and Wellness District. services; neighbourhood heighten the
5. The presence of numerous feeling that the area is just
buildings of heritage and for passing through;
architectural importance; 7. Parking pressures from land
6. Affordable housing; uses;

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8. Construction and detours; Plan Formulation
9. Need more traffic controls
Process/Public Input:
(HSC, Notre Dame &
Gertie, Notre Dame & Ellen, The formulation and development
Pacific, Ross, & Alexander, of the West Alexander &
back lanes); Centennial Neighbourhood Plan
10. Infrastructure upgrade to have involved a multi-step,
provide for better pedestrian thorough, and inclusive planning
accessibility; process. These steps have
included:
Housing Stakeholder group
(cid:139)
11. Houses declining/ consultations; this has
abandoned/ demolished; included numerous meetings
12. Derelict houses foster illicit of the stakeholder group over
activities; a period of three years,
13. Difficulty in obtaining starting in 2005;
property insurance and (cid:139) Meetings with community
mortgages in the representatives;
neighbourhood (“red (cid:139) Background study
lining”); preparation;
14. Manitoba Housing concerns; (cid:139) Draft Neighbourhood Plan
15. Low home ownership rates; preparation;
16. Slum landlords not properly (cid:139) Public feedback
maintaining properties; opportunities—including five
public open houses; and
Other (cid:139) Final Neighbourhood Plan
adoption, in accordance with
17. Poor by-law enforcement;
the public hearing process
18. Low property values
outlined in Section 234 of
discourage investment in
The City of Winnipeg
properties;
Charter. These meetings
19. Land speculators in the area.
include:
(cid:130) A public hearing before the
Time Frame:
Lord Selkirk-West
The plan is future-oriented and Kildonan Community
depicts how development and Committee;
redevelopment are to occur over (cid:130) Review and
an extended time period through recommendation by the
private and public sector projects. Standing Policy Committee
Due to the complexity of land use on Planning, Property, and
and market issues, and the pace of Development;
development and redevelopment (cid:130) Review and
in West Alexander and recommendation by the
Centennial, the plan has a time Executive Policy
frame of twenty (20) years. Committee; and,
(cid:130) Review and by-law
approval by City Council.

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