Heritage Guidelines
Heritage Guidelines are part of the West Elbow Communities Local Area Plan. The specifics can be referenced on the City of Calgary’s website. Just click on the button below for more information.
Heritage Areas.
Heritage Guidelines became part of the City of Calgary’s land-use bylaw for properties within the designated Heritage Guidelines Areas with the approval by City Council of the WELAP (West Elbow Local Area Plan). If you own an affected property, you would have received a letter entitled “Potential changes to the Land Use Bylaw related to your property” that provided advance notice of this change.
The Guidelines apply to ‘Heritage Guideline Areas’ in all of the West Elbow Communities. Our ‘precinct’, which includes Elbow Park, Rideau and Roxboro, share many guidelines with other precincts, but also have some of our own. They are intended to preserve the historic character of these areas by guiding development and will be enforced by the City as part of the land-use bylaw. The Heritage Guideline Area for Elbow Park is part of Precinct 1 shaded red in the map.
To see which properties are part of the Heritage Areas within the WELAP click on the button below.
Heritage Guidelines Area Blocks
To provide more visibility around the block faces that are contained within the Elbow Park Heritage Area we have created Heritage Guideline Area lawn signs that will be strategically placed on the affected block faces with the support of neighbourhood volunteers. These signs (as shown below) will direct people to information on how Heritage Guidelines impact redevelopment in our neighbourhood and help maintain the historic nature of our community.
What are Heritage Guidelines?
The Heritage Guidelines help ensure new development respects the historic character of existing homes and positively contributes to the ongoing historic nature of our community. Any plans to build or renovate homes within the Elbow Park Heritage Area must meet the Heritage Guidelines.
To review the City’s Implementation Guide for the Heritage Guidelines click on the button below.
For more information please feel free to contact the Elbow Park Development Review Committee using the button below.