"Planning Department fonds" found 342 records

Planning photograph series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-2005

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: ca. 6000 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs created, and/or used by the Planning Department in the course of preparing reports, studies, publications, or displays. Subjects of the photographs vary, but include street scenes, prominent buildings, aerial views of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, and photogra…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-2005

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning photograph series

Physical Description: ca. 6000 photographs

Description Level: Series

Accession Number: 2001-02; 2002-03; 2002-06; 2003-15; 2004-16; 2010-09; 2012-15; 2016-09

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs created, and/or used by the Planning Department in the course of preparing reports, studies, publications, or displays. Subjects of the photographs vary, but include street scenes, prominent buildings, aerial views of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, and photographs taken at certain Burnaby events.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Photo catalogue 502

Studies, reports, and conferences series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930-2010

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of the various published and draft reports and studies produced by the Planning Department covering all facets of their operations. During the course of their research and reporting on all planning issues within the City, the Planning Department published or made available studies …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930-2010

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of the various published and draft reports and studies produced by the Planning Department covering all facets of their operations. During the course of their research and reporting on all planning issues within the City, the Planning Department published or made available studies that outlined the findings or proposals that arose from their work and this type of material was all grouped together within this series. These reports and studies ranged from topics such as Burnaby regional studies, transportation and apartment reports, and park and school site needs to Official Community Plans and development schemes related to residential, commercial, and industrial sites. Also found within this series were the records that were created dealing with conferences, workshops, and seminars attended or held by the Burnaby Planning Department staff.

Media Type: Textual Record; Moving Images

Redevelopment and Urban Renewal series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931-1974

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series contains records that resulted from the Planning Department’s participation in municipal redevelopment and urban renewal projects. The records include: maps, plans, surveys, reports, statistical information, studies, minutes of Council and Council Committees, correspondence, and memoranda.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931-1974

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Redevelopment and Urban Renewal series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series contains records that resulted from the Planning Department’s participation in municipal redevelopment and urban renewal projects. The records include: maps, plans, surveys, reports, statistical information, studies, minutes of Council and Council Committees, correspondence, and memoranda.

Media Type: Textual Record

Planning General series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-2007

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series includes documents that were collected by the Planning Department for use as research and reference tools within the Department. These include newspaper clippings, external publications, maps, plans, brochures, pamphlets, statistical information, and educational aids.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-2007

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series includes documents that were collected by the Planning Department for use as research and reference tools within the Department. These include newspaper clippings, external publications, maps, plans, brochures, pamphlets, statistical information, and educational aids.

Media Type: Textual Record

Planning Department fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2016

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 80 m of textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of those records created during the regular conduct of business by the Planning Department and its predecessor agencies according to their mandate of providing professional and technical advice to Council on the current and future uses of City land and resources.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2016

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Physical Description: 80 m of textual records and other material

Description Level: Fonds

File Class: 71000 10 (add. 2020); 71000 20 (add. 2020); 71000 30 (add. 2020); 71000 40 (add. 2020)

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of those records created during the regular conduct of business by the Planning Department and its predecessor agencies according to their mandate of providing professional and technical advice to Council on the current and future uses of City land and resources.

History: The City of Burnaby Planning Department was established on October 9, 1956, when the City Council unanimously carried the motion to create a distinct department to deal with planning issues within the City and appointed Mr. William John Blakely as its head. This decision followed a report and recommendation made by the City’s Chief Administrative Officer which indicated that the role of the Planning Engineer and his staff had quickly expanded to become a separate division within the Engineering Department and that they were functioning as an independent unit in all but name. The proposed separation of the Engineering and Planning departments had been in the works since the early part of 1956 when staff changes and restructuring within the Engineering Department’s Planning Division illustrated the undermanned condition of the Planning Engineer’s office. As a result, Council asked the Chief Administrative Officer to undertake a study examining the feasibility of creating a distinct Planning Department. This report was delivered to Council on July 3, 1956, but was laid over until a Committee of the Council had the opportunity to study the functions of the Planning department to determine the necessity of the proposal. The Committee’s findings were in line with the initial report and the Planning Department was established with a staff of nine (the head Planning Engineer, an Administrative Planner, three Research Planning Assistants, a Draughtsman, a Subdivision Control Clerk, a department Clerk and a Clerk Stenographer). This new department was to offer advice and carry out the work intensive in matters such as zoning and rezoning applications, subdivision control, traffic and transportation planning, and general City planning schemes. Prior to the creation of the Planning Department, a number of bodies within the City had been responsible for fulfilling the functions carried out by this new unit. In the earliest years of the City, the members of Council were responsible for matters of planning and were assisted in their job by the City’s Engineer or any number of hired consultants (e.g. surveyors, cartographers). By 1906, however, the provincial laws surrounding the subdivision process had changed, and local governments were charged with the task of approving all private subdivision plans in their respective Municipalities. In Burnaby, the City Council passed a bylaw decreeing that all subdivision plans were to be submitted to Council for review and the City Engineer was responsible for ensuring compliance with the law. After the first Town Planning Bylaw in 1924 which restricted the type and size of construction that could occur in certain City areas, the Engineering and Building departments were to work together to oversee the enforcement of the Bylaw and the development of City plans. The scope and competence required to carry out this work grew as Burnaby’s population expanded, and in 1930 Council passed the Town Planning Commission Bylaw (No. 1028) that saw the creation of a permanent body – the Town Planning Commission – which was to serve as an advisory body to help direct the planning activities in the City while the actual work continued to be carried out by the Engineering Department. This body was comprised of the Reeve, the Chairman of the School Board, the Chairman of the Park Committee (later, the Board of Parks Commissioners), and six appointed citizens who served three-year terms. Council referred all matters of subdivisions, transportation planning, and rezoning to this Commission, which was later supported in its work by several other special or standing committees such as the Subdivision Committee, the Apartment Committee, the Transportation Committee or the Town Planning Board of Appeal. By 1953, it had become apparent that the advisory committees that were dedicated to these planning issues needed a permanent staff to carry out the work intensive, so a restructuring of the Engineering department resulted in a permanent Planning Engineer’s office being created. The Town Planning Commission continued in its advisory capacity even after the determination came in 1956 to create a separate Planning Department. When Bylaw No. 4473 was passed in 1963, the Town Planning Commission was disbanded in favour of a new Advisory Planning Commission that would turn over all routine matters such as subdivision and rezoning applications to the Planning Department but would offer advice and community input into the more complex planning schemes within the City and act as an intermediary in cases where Council and Planning staff were in disagreement. A new Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw (No. 7600) was adopted in 1980 which allowed for even greater community participation in the planning process. The Planning Department was initially responsible to report directly to Council, but in 1957, the administrative structure of Municipal staff changed with the introduction of the Burnaby Municipal Manager Bylaw (No. 3859) and from that point on, the head of the Planning Department held a direct reporting relationship to the Municipal Manager, who in turn was responsible for reporting the activities of the Department to the City Council. Over the years, the internal structure and the scope of responsibilities of the Department have changed during periods of staff reorganizations. Under the larger umbrella of the Planning and Building Department, Planning has come to be comprised of two divisions: the Current Planning Division and the Long Range Planning Division. The functions of the Current Planning Division include rezoning, subdivision, development plan areas, preliminary plan approvals, urban design, heritage planning, and urban trails and bicycle routes. The Long Range Planning Division is responsible for environmental planning concerns, transportation planning, housing, neighbourhood area planning, social planning and planning information services. In 2022, the Planning and Building Department was reorganized to better align functions with delivery of services. The Climate Action and Engery Division moved from Corporate Services to the Planning and Building Department, while Indigenous Relations and Facilities Management moved to Corporate Services and Lands and Facilities, respectively. The position of Director of Planning and Building was changed to General Manager, Planning and Development. The following individuals have served as Planning Engineer and/or Director of the Planning Department and/or General Manager, Planning and Development for the City of Burnaby: William John Blakely 1954-1956 (as Planning Engineer) 1956-1963 (as Head of the Department) Anthony P. Parr 1964-1993 Don G. Stenson 1993-2001 Jack S. Belhouse 2001-2006 Basil Luksun 2006-2012 Lou Pelletier 2012-2019 Edward Kozak 2019-present

Formats: Microforms exist for some records. See series descriptions.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Moving Images

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Subdivision Control series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2015

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of the records created during the subdivision application process. This includes the initial application made by the property owner(s), the relevant reports and recommendations by outside departments and agencies, inter- and extra-office communication and correspondence, receipts o…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-2015

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Subdivision Control series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of the records created during the subdivision application process. This includes the initial application made by the property owner(s), the relevant reports and recommendations by outside departments and agencies, inter- and extra-office communication and correspondence, receipts of fees paid, maps, plans, architectural drawings, tentative approval checklists, right-of-way agreements, easements, covenants, road closure references, Title Search Certificates, and final approval checklists.

Media Type: Textual Record

Lower Mainland Regional Plan

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 7 maps : col. ; 22.5 x 53.5 cm on sheets 42 x 65 cm

Scope and Content: A collection of seven maps titled "Lower Mainland Regional Plan". Maps are numbered and subtitled as: "Light and Power Distribution / Map No. 5"; "Harbour Areas" / Map No. 8"; "Land Use" / Map No. 2"; "Water Supply" / Map No. 6"; "Dykes" / Map No. 7"; "Population Distribution / Map_No._1". All maps…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: 7 maps : col. ; 22.5 x 53.5 cm on sheets 42 x 65 cm

Material Details: Scale : in miles; Map no. 4 is missing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 59929

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2016-09

Scope and Content: A collection of seven maps titled "Lower Mainland Regional Plan". Maps are numbered and subtitled as: "Light and Power Distribution / Map No. 5"; "Harbour Areas" / Map No. 8"; "Land Use" / Map No. 2"; "Water Supply" / Map No. 6"; "Dykes" / Map No. 7"; "Population Distribution / Map_No._1". All maps have are marked with boundaries, and landmarks including Historical Monuments, Custom Ports, Airports and Railways.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Responsibility: Bureau of Post War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Regional Planning Division

Notes: Transcribed title; Credit on maps read as: "Bureau_of_Post_War / Rehabilitation_and_Reconstruction / Regional_Planning_Design / Parliament_Buildings_Victoria_BC / Date_Sept_1st_1945 / (signed by ) [A.G._Graham]"

British Columbia Digest

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: One copy of the Digest from March, 1946.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 8974

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: One copy of the Digest from March, 1946.

Media Type: Textual Record

1946 Data Report (supplement) - Burnaby Town Planning Commission

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: This data report also contains a supplemental folder of maps.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11805

Accession Number: 2003-17

Scope and Content: This data report also contains a supplemental folder of maps.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Museum and Art Notes - The Art, Historical, and Scientific Association of Vancouver

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: Pamphlet includes historical information about Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11814

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: Pamphlet includes historical information about Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Commerce and Industry series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-1990

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to the development of commercial and industrial sites in the City of Burnaby. These records include: maps, plans, architectural and technical material, reports, surveys, studies, applications, correspondence, and memoranda.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-1990

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Commerce and Industry series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to the development of commercial and industrial sites in the City of Burnaby. These records include: maps, plans, architectural and technical material, reports, surveys, studies, applications, correspondence, and memoranda.

Media Type: Textual Record

Transportation series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-1995

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by the Planning Department while fulfilling its role as the municipal department responsible for transportation planning in the City of Burnaby. Included in the series are records such as: reports, studies, statistical information, maps, plans, minutes, agendas, …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-1995

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Transportation series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created by the Planning Department while fulfilling its role as the municipal department responsible for transportation planning in the City of Burnaby. Included in the series are records such as: reports, studies, statistical information, maps, plans, minutes, agendas, correspondence, and memoranda.

Media Type: Textual Record

Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board 1951 Progress Report, Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: Report is enclosed in a three-ringed binder and contains not only a progress report on Burnaby, but on the activities of the Regional Planning Board as well.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11803

Accession Number: 2003-17

Scope and Content: Report is enclosed in a three-ringed binder and contains not only a progress report on Burnaby, but on the activities of the Regional Planning Board as well.

History: In 1948 the Provincial Government extended the Town Planning Act of 1925 to include the concept of Regional Planning. The Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board was the first body established for the purpose of carrying out the mandate of that amendment

Media Type: Textual Record

The Dedication of Stanley Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11818

Accession Number: 2001-02

Media Type: Textual Record

Regulations and Controls series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952-1993

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to the controls and regulations under which the Planning Department operated and also to those regulations that the department had the power to impose on other public and private bodies. These include: reports, plans, applications, memoranda, contracts, agreement…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952-1993

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Regulations and Controls series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records related to the controls and regulations under which the Planning Department operated and also to those regulations that the department had the power to impose on other public and private bodies. These include: reports, plans, applications, memoranda, contracts, agreements, financial records, and correspondence.

Media Type: Textual Record

1951 Census of Canada - Labour Force Wage-Earners - Earnings and Employment by Sex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 35104

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

1951 Census of Canada - Labour Force - Occupation by Sex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 35105

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

Facilities series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1953-2010

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records that were produced by the Planning Department to assist in the work of managing public facilities found in the City of Burnaby. Records include: maps, plans, reports, studies, financial statements, minutes, agendas, correspondence and memoranda.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1953-2010

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Facilities series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records that were produced by the Planning Department to assist in the work of managing public facilities found in the City of Burnaby. Records include: maps, plans, reports, studies, financial statements, minutes, agendas, correspondence and memoranda.