City of Burnaby Streamside Protection and Enhancement Areas and Guide for Developing Near Streams

The City of Burnaby Zoning Bylaw defines the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (see 6.23 on page 18), which mandates setbacks for development from streams, ravines, wetlands and lakeshores.

In situations where development is proposed within a streamside protection and enhancement area, an application must be made to the Environmental Review Committee for a variance to the setback.

The Director of Planning and Building reviews and approves the committee’s recommendations for setback variance.

The City’s Guide for Developing Near Streams outlines the streamside development review process.

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We are all downstream.

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A healthy watershed is central to clean and abundant source water.

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Establishing setbacks, restoring riparian buffer zones along watercourses, and acquiring watershed segments can save money by preventing costly impacts to source water.

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British Columbia legislation related to source water protection is complicated, and the Government of British Columbia does not have a lead water agency.

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Local action supported by stable funding and consistent and coordinated approaches is imperative to maintaining source water quality.

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Funding for this project was provided by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Interior Health Authority, City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna and the Okanagan Basin Water Board. This project was also supported through the Healthy Watersheds Initiative, which is delivered by the Real Estate Foundation of BC and Watersheds BC, with financial support from the Province of British Columbia as part of its $10-billion COVID-19 response.