Glossary

A cheat sheet on acronyms used in Planning Documents.  

Acronyms: 

• MGA = Municipal Government Act 
• CTP = Calgary Transportation Plan 
• ARP = Area Redevelopment Plan  (earlier type of area plan, as compared to the local area plans, see below) 
• LAP = Local Area Plan  (Multi-Community Area Plans created using the policies from The Guidebook for Great Communities) 
• “Districts” for Local Area Plan - the Administration is proposing 42 districts for the LAPs
• • cf. https://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Pages/Current-studies-and-ongoing-activities/Local-Area-Planning-in-Calgary.aspx 
• LUB = Land Use Bylaw 
• New Bylaw for ‘Low Density Residential’ 
• • cf. https://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Pages/Current-studies-and-ongoing-activities/Toward-a-Renewed-Land-Use-Bylaw.aspx 
  • Question:  will there be one district?  or two?  or more?  we don’t know yet.  
  • The Guidebook for Great Communities is laying the foundation for the new bylaw. 

‘Next Generation Planning’ (aka ‘Next Gen Planning’):  cf. https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=123893 

For amendments to MDP & CTP, see:  https://engage.calgary.ca/next20