Ontario is poised to experience extraordinary growth. Achieving this growth in a manner that is consistent with our Vision requires a delicate balancing act. For instance, the City must balance the benefits and impacts of being a regional urban hub with the livability of our neighborhoods.
As an active participant in regional planning and SCAG’s Compass Blueprint, Ontario contributes to the regional jobs-housing balance by providing significant office, industrial and retail employment opportunities while focusing this growth strategically to minimize development impacts on established neighborhoods.
Goals
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A community that has a spectrum of housing types and price ranges that match the jobs in the City and that make it possible for people to live and work in Ontario and maintain a quality of life.
Policies
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Strategic Growth. We concentrate growth in strategic locations that help create place and identity, maximize available and planned infrastructure, and foster the development of transit.
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Sustainable Community Strategy. We integrate state, regional and local Sustainable Community/Smart Growth principles into the development and entitlement process.
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Adequate Capacity. We require adequate infrastructure and services for all development.
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Mobility. We require development and urban design, where appropriate, that reduces reliance on the automobile and capitalizes on multi-modal transportation opportunities. (Link to Mobility Element Policy M3-3)
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Jobs-Housing Balance. We coordinate land use, infrastructure, and transportation planning and analysis with regional, county and other local agencies to further regional and subregional goals for jobs-housing balance. (Link to Community Economics Element Policy CE1-1)
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Complete Community. We incorporate a variety of land uses and building types in our land use planning efforts that result in a complete community where residents at all stages of life, employers, workers and visitors have a wide spectrum of choices of where they can live, work, shop and recreate within Ontario. (Link to Complete Community Section of Community Economics Element)
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Revenues and Costs. We require future amendments to our Land Use Plan to be accompanied by analyses of fiscal impacts. (Link to Community Economics Policy CE3-2)