A complete community is a fully developed area that meets the needs of local residents through an entire lifetime. Complete communities include a full range of housing, commercial, recreational, institutional and public spaces. A complete community provides a physical and social space where residents and visitors can live, learn, work and play.

City Council has already set the vision and direction for more complete communities through the Municipal Development Plan (MDP). The next step is for us to implement this vision with the development industry as we design Calgary's future communities.

The City is preparing a new Area Structure Plan for (four) 4 main reasons;

Alberta Regulation 177-2009 which now permit residential development on the Aurora Lands as a result of changes to the Airport Noise Exposure Frequency Contours;

Calgary Transportation Plan which contemplates significant transit investment in the vicinity of the Aurora Lands. To date these investments, include rapid bus service, number of upgraded stops, a Light Rail Transit Station (Greenline North), and as well as a connection to the Airport;

Calgary Housing Strategy which calls upon the City of Calgary to review its land holdings and make land available for housing supply and residential development;

Findings of the City’s 2023 Industrial Area Growth Strategy and the specific needs and considerations related to the industrial sector in the City’s Northeast.

Yes. The existing Area Structure Plan for the Aurora Lands was adopted in 2008 and designed to allow for a ‘campus style’ business park.

The City is contemplating a new Area Structure Plan for the Aurora Lands as the current Area Structure Plan is no longer aligned with Calgary’s current Municipal Development Plan, Transportation Plan or New Community Guidebook.

Yes. The City of Calgary has a long-established framework for the creation of Area Structure Plans. Commonly referred to as the ‘Developer-Funded Model’, this framework allows developer or landowner to apply to The City to create a new development plan for greenfield sites. All costs for the plan development are charged back to the developer or landowner. They are often the sole or majority landowner within the area being considered for plan development.

The Aurora Area Structure Plan was approved in 2008. The land area is approximately 234 hectares (or 578 acres). The area is designated for employment and otherwise non-developable lands which include a ravine, slope and environmentally significant watershed. Aurora ASP lands are generally characterized as a greenfield development site.

In August 2021, changes were approved to Calgary International Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation (Alberta Regulation 177-2009) which allow residential land uses to be considered on the site. At the same time, the Calgary Transportation Plan envisioned as many as two LRT Stations – Greenlane LRT and the Airport LRT within proximity of the Aurora Lands.

The City of Calgary is initiating a new Area Structure Plan for the Aurora Lands to assess how and where residential land uses may be introduced or incorporated into the Aurora Lands.

Yes. The City of Calgary is a majority landowner within the Aurora Business Park.

• Community Planning Business Unit will provide the planning policies for the lands in accordance with The City's ASP process.
• The City is adhering to the established processes for engagement and transparency for Area Structure Planning work.
• Council will make the final decision on the ASP.

Yes. There are no proposed changes to park boundaries in the project area at this time. Additional policies to protect, promote access and enhance the environmental features of the site will be considered based on the feedback received from the public, current policies, the parks department and parks ecologists.

Yes. The City will engage with Indigenous groups with cultural and historical ties to the lands. Engagement will inform recommendations of the new Area Structure Plan.

Evidence of early human presence in West Nose Creek and Nose Creek Valleys is well established through historical records.

• Phase 1 web content
• Info session Boards
• Phase 1 Engagement Summary
• Phase 1 What We Heard Report
• Phase 1 What We Did Report

• Phase 2 web content
• Info session Boards
• Phase 2 Engagement Summary
• Phase 2 What We Heard Report
• Phase 2 What We Did Report