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Community Character Element
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CC-6.E
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CC-8.C
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Action CC-6.E
Full-time Residences
Annually monitor the ratio of full-time to part-time residents. Consider reasons for decreased full-time
residents and possible ways to address this in the annual CDD Report and Council priorities. [Source: August
16, 2022, staff response to council questions number 1]
Rationale for change: The declining ratio of full-time to part-time residents has been noted over the years
as potentially affecting community connectivity and character, as well as the supply of work-force
housing. This policy and action treat the potential issue at a threshold level by monitoring the ratio and
examining the reason for the changing ratio.
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Action CC-8.C
Develop objective design standards that might include setbacks, step-backs, incidence of angle, and height
limits for the purpose of limiting visual impacts of future development on the views of the surrounding
natural features along both sides of Donner Pass Road. Identify the significant natural features deserving
heightened protection.
Rationale for change: Proposed policy CC-8.6 is an excessively broad expansion of the existing viewshed
protection reflected in Figure CC-1 of the current Community Character Element, given the absence of
analysis of its potential effect on infill development. It also mistakenly assumes that existing
developments can be used as a guide for future developments, when the more recent developments have
partially reduced, rather than entirely preserved, the views of the natural terrain. Finally, it creates
uncertainty in the development process. It would be better to establish a policy and action item directing
the establishment of objective design standards for protecting viewsheds, including, as an example, an
“angle of incidence” for the surrounding forest, that recognizes the need for workforce housing as well as
the preservation of views of vistas and forested hillsides.