Population Density Map
Southlands Concept Map 1
Traditions Concept Plan
Regional Future Growth Master Plan
Southlands Concept Map 2
Future Landuse Concept Plan
Official Community Plan
General Information
- An Official Community Plan (or OCP) provides the City with
goals, objectives, and policies relating to the future
development of the community.
- The OCP will be replacing the “Town of Warman Development
Plan” of 2006.
- All development within Warman will conform to the objectives
of the OCP.
- The OCP will assist with identifying planning and development
issues, conditions, trends, opportunities, and constraints in the
following areas:
o Physical / Natural Environment
o Population / Demographics
o Residential Housing / Dwelling Characteristics
o Existing and Future Urban Land Use
o Infrastructure and Servicing
o Application Review and Development Regulation
Official Community Plan
Community Vision & Goals
- Future growth and development is financially responsible and
orderly.
- Diversify the economic base to retain added local retail,
commercial, and industrial activity.
- Have a variety of housing types to meet the needs of all
citizens in terms of age and income.
- Develop high quality recreational, cultural, and educational
facilities.
- Enhance the physical appearance of the City (landscaping,
street-scaping, architectural design).
- Develop an adequate land base.
- Transition Central Street into a lively walkable commercial
corridor (improving the Central Business District).
- Maintain an arterial commercial corridor along Centennial
Boulevard, designed to service the region.
- Obtain appropriate Highway commercial developments to
attract commuters.
- Maintain a peaceful community atmosphere.
- Expand transportation networks.
- Establish Warman as a premiere quality of life City.
Official Community Plan
Opportunities & Constraints
- Opportunities:
o High growth rate
o New parks and community service facilities
o Formal and informal open spaces
o Progress in regional planning and future growth planning
o Hometown atmosphere
o Well-developed commercial and industrial sectors when
compared to other communities of similar size
o Adequate land base
o New infrastructure upgrades and local improvements
o Close proximity to Saskatoon
- Constraints:
o Natural physical features (low-lying areas)
o Acreage developments, two railway corridors, and highways
influence spatial development
o Municipal servicing in some areas
o Transportation connections
Official Community Plan
Population
- According to the Ministry of Health, Warman has a current
population of 9,523 citizens.
- The City does not currently have a large surplus labour pool,
and will need to attract employable personnel into the local
workforce.
- Warman has a substantially higher growth rate when compared
to many municipalities, especially on a global scale.
Official Community Plan
Housing
- Ensure a range of housing options are available to promote
independence, ownership, security, health, and dignity for
individuals.
o Single family dwellings, semi-detached dwellings, multi unit
complexes, condos, rental units, mixed use housing, various
types of suites.
o Enhances economic and social well-being.
- Housing construction and design integrates into its
surrounding community.
- Infill development in aging areas alongside new subdivision
development.
- Energy and water efficient designs.
- Recreational and cultural resources, as well as sustainable
transportation networks integrated into subdivision designs.
o Walking and biking trails.
o Design with connectivity to encourage alternate
transportation methods.
Official Community Plan
Commercial
- Downtown commercial areas are located primarily on Central
Street and Klassen Street, while highway arterial commercial is
located on Centennial Boulevard.
- Central Street Vision:
o Cluster businesses to achieve a concentrated commercial
area.
o Implement a Business Improvement District.
o Concentrate on aesthetics and pedestrian-friendly design.
o Implement new concepts – architectural controls, mixed
use buildings, new parking schemes, traffic management
techniques.
- Centennial Boulevard Vision:
o Serves the travelling public, good vehicle access, large sites,
and high degree of visibility.
o Maximize the use of land – larger scale sites still need to
be concentrated.
o Site planning and land use compatibility with existing
development (e.g. shared parking lots, good traffic flow in
and out of sites).
o Buffering between residential land uses and highway
commercial uses via good urban design.
Official Community Plan
Recreational and Open Space
- Objectives:
o Establish areas for recreational and natural space
protection.
o Guide development to accommodate a strong recreational
and open space network.
o Incorporate future connections to regional trail and
recreational systems (Canal, City of Martensville,
Wanuskewin, Meewasin Valley Authority).
- Policies:
o Utilize professional landscape architects.
o Barrier free access to parks and open spaces.
o Neighborhood scale parks will have connectivity to other
park areas by direct pathways or reasonable pedestrian
street linkage.
o Design with four season utilization.
o Work with community groups, clubs, teams, organizers,
and individual users to provide efficient and purposeful
usage of the open space.
o Promote walking, biking, and healthy lifestyles.
o A periodic Park and Open Space assessment will be done
to identify any service gaps and solutions.
Official Community Plan
Municipal Infrastructure
- Two new lift stations (LS8 and LS9) should serve the
City for the next 15 years.
- A new water reservoir expansion is slated for 2015.
- New lagoon expansion completed in 2015.
- Goals:
o Increase public awareness of recycling through
the “Green and Clean” initiative.
o Subdivisions – proponent should be responsible
for all costs associated with providing all
municipal services.
o Recognize opportunities for regional energy
production and distribution infrastructure,
including renewable energy sources.