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Local Government: Library of Source Documents

Below are real examples of local government heritage planning related documents. The examples include many approaches and methods to planning.
It is important that your planning process is designed to suit your particular needs and your community’s aspirations. A plan is only successful if it can lead you to the goals and outcomes that are appropriate and needed for your situation.
Please contact Heritage BC if you have questions or you would like to recommend a document for this page.
Find an example plan or document:
» Strategic Plans
» Requests for Proposals
» Action, Management, Revitalization and Sustainability Plans
» Commissions and Committees
» Conservation, Design and Alteration Guidelines
» Master Plans
» Policies, By-Laws and OCPs
Strategic Plans

- City Of Vancouver Heritage Program 2020
- District Of North Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan 2019
- Regional District Of Okanagan Similkameen Regional Heritage Strategic Plan 2015
- Maple Ridge Community Commission Heritage Strategic Plan 2013
- District Of West Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan 2006
- District Of West Vancouver Heritage Strategic Plan Illustrated And Abbreviated 2016
- City Of Victoria Heritage Strategic Plan 2002
- City Of Surrey Heritage Strategic Review Implementation Plan 2016
- City Of Surrey Heritage Strategic Review 2010
- Port Moody Heritage Strategic Plan 2016
- City Of Port Coquitlam Heritage Strategic Plan 2010
- City Of Kelowna Heritage Strategy 2015
- City Of Delta Heritage Strategy 2017
- City Of Dawson Creek Heritage Strategy
- City Of Abbotsford 2005 Heritage Strategic Plan
- Township Of Langley Heritage Strategy 2012
- Nanaimo Heritage Conservation Program Review And Update 2015
Action, Management, Revitalization and Sustainability Plans
Examples Of Heritage Revitalization Agreements
- City of Delta link
- City of Kelowna link
- City of Surrey link
- City of Surrey link
- City of Vancouver link
- City of Vancouver link
- City of Victoria link
- District of Oak Bay link
- District of Oak Bay: link
- District of West Vancouver link
Revitalization Tax Exemptions: A Primer On The Provisions In The Community Charter
Examples of Tax Exemptions and Incentives:
- City of Kelowna Tax Exemption Checklist link
- City of Nanaimo Downtown Revitalization Tax Exemption Program link
- City of Victoria Tax Incentive Program link
- Heritage Designation Incentives I (Heritage BC) link
- Heritage Designation Incentives II (Heritage BC) link
- Port Moody Heritage Revitalization Tax Exemption link
- Province of BC Municipal Partnering, Heritage, Riparian & Other Special Tax Exemptions link
- Salmon Arm Revitalization Tax Exemption Program link
New Westminster Heritage Policy For The Use Of Heritage Revitalization Agreements
Oak Bay, The Prospect Heritage Conservation Area Proposed Guidelines
City Of Vancouver Heritage Action Plan (June 2017)
Vancouver Heritage Action Plan (Heritage Register System Plan
First Nations Heritage Conservation Action Plan
Revelstoke Sustainability Action Plan 2013
District Of Saanich Heritage Action Plan 2007
Vancouver Chinatown Economic Revitalization Action Plan 2011
City Of New Westminster Heritage Area Revitalization Guidelines
Conservation, Design and Alteration Guidelines
Conservation Guidelines For Modernist Architecture In The Victoria Region
City Of New Westminster Heritage Area Revitalization Guidelines
City Of Kelowna Adaptive Re-Use Guidelines
District Of Maple Ridge Heritage Maintenance Standards 2010
Nanaimo Heritage Building Design Guidelines
City Of Victoria Design Guidelines Old Town
City Of Vancouver Guidelines For Additions, Infill And Multiple Conversion Dwellings
City Of Victoria Sign And Awning Guidelines
Policies, By-Laws and OCPs
City Of Surrey Official Community Plan Heritage Policies 2013
City Of North Vancouver 2013 Heritage Conservation Procedures Bylaw
City Of North Vancouver 2013 Designation Policy
District Of Maple Ridge Heritage Procedures Bylaw 2013
Kamloops Indian Band (Stkemlupsemc) Heritage Conservation By-Law
Lower Nicola Indian Band Cultural Heritage Policy