The Royal Vista Business Park is located at Stoney Trail & Country Hills Boulevard NW, south of 112 Avenue NW and east of 85 Street NW and in the northwest community of Royal Oak.

It has direct connections to the Calgary Ring Road (via Stoney Trail) and is only minutes away from the Calgary International Airport, Foothills Hospital, and the University of Calgary.

A Motion Arising directed Administration to undertake engagement in connection with the Royal Vista Business Park. There are currently a high percentage of vacant lots and spaces and we want to engage with business park land and business owners on potential solutions.

Given the historical challenges in fostering business and industrial growth within the Royal Vista Business Park, Council has directed Administration to:

• Identify land use and policy constraints, in collaboration with existing landowners, that have historically impacted development in Royal Vista Business Park.
• Perform a technical review to examine design and infrastructure considerations including traffic studies, transit service, architectural and development design guidelines, and site servicing.
• Conduct a City initiated land use amendment application, including policy changes (if required), for consideration and approval by Council to address development constraints and create a more business friendly land use framework within the Royal Vista Business Park.
• Report back to Council by no later than the end of Q1 2022 with the corresponding amendments, if required.

I-B uses are presently operating in the area, however some examples of additional uses which have been approved in the business park through re-designation include but are not limited to:

• private school
• place of worship
• child-care services
• small-scale retail (local grocery or specialty food stores)
• storage units
• veterinary clinic
• auto service (minor – Mr. Lube)
• others

The core vision and intent for the area is to be an employment area with supportive commercial uses. We want to:

• Welcome uses/businesses that are complimentary to what exists today.
• Create more flexibility for land and business owners by allowing for more uses.
• Incorporate new businesses that operate during the day OR evenings and/or weekends, in order to activate the area during other hours of the day.

ROYAL VISTA Motion Arising (final draft)

That with respect to Report CPC2021-0106, the following Motion Arising be adopted:

Given the historical challenges in fostering business and industrial growth within the Royal Vista Business Park , Council direct Administration to do the following:

• 1)Use Map 1, from the Royal Vista Architectural and Development Guidelines, as the area and scope of a planning and policy review;
• 2)In collaboration with existing landowners including The City of Calgary Real Estate & Development Services, identify land use and policy constraints, including a statistical analysis of current and future employment numbers that have historcially impacted development in Royal Vista Business Park;
• 3)Perform a technical review of Royal Vista Business Park in collaboration with all Corporate Planning Application Group (CPAG) partners to examine design and infrastructure considerations including but not limited to traffic studies, transit service, architectural and development design guidelines, and site servicing.
• 4)Coordinate with the City Wide Growth Strategies team to ensure alignment with the Industrial Growth Strategy Scoping report approved by Council 2021 March 22.
• 5)Following this review and consulation with the individual landowners, conduct a City initiated land use amendment application, including policy changes (if required), for consideration and approval by Council to address development constraints and create a more business friendly land use framework within the Royal Vista Business Park; and
• 6)Report back to Council by no later than the end of Q1 2022 with the corresponding amendments, if required.