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Urban Design Study

• Establish Town wide urban

design standards;

• Guide the preparation of detailed

Block level urban design guidelines.

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Goals of the Design Guidelines

• Consolidate existing design

policies, update with new guidelines and establish design concepts for specific areas

• Recommend policies for future

implementation and control to ensure the highest level of community design

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Streetscape Objectives

• Connected street systems;
• Visually attractive streetscapes;
• Enhancement of pedestrian experience and convenience;
• Variety of street section standards reflecting local context

& character;

• Use of high quality of landscaping;
• Enhancement of community identity;
• Creation of Community meeting places in focal areas.

Open Space Objectives

• Development of fully linked open space system;
• Preservation of Natural heritage features;
• Full range of open spaces including natural lands, parks,

parkettes, pedestrian links, trail systems;

• Enhancement of views to and from open spaces;
• Sustainable vegetation and design of open space and

stormwater facilities as community open space features.

Sample Objectives of the Guidelines

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Residential Development Objectives

• Promotion of diversity through range of housing types and

densities;

• Integration of higher density and mixed use built form;
• Built form responding to local context and built heritage;
• Built form that addresses the street & reinforces pedestrian

streetscapes;

• Built form that promotes sustainability.

Mixed Use and Commercial Objectives

• Promotion of mixed use built form at focal nodes and

commercial areas;

• Street related retail - mainstreets;
• Enhancement of pedestrian comfort and convenience in

commercial areas;

• Minimize impact of parking on streetscapes;
• Integration of community and institutional uses located

within these focal areas.

Sample Objectives of the Guidelines

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Employment Area Objectives

• Establish a distinct, attractive, prestigious business

image;

• Promote high quality streetscapes;
• Promote pedestrian connectivity and access to

amenities;

• Support the transit and cycling;
• Minimize the impact of vehicles on the streetscape;
• Visually attractive buildings to promote prestige

business image;

• Encourage innovative architectural design;
• Integrate building design with adjacent open space

systems.

Sample Objectives of the Guidelines

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Sustainability Objectives

• Promote healthy and sustainable vibrant community

through efficient use of land, diversity of uses and proximity of amenities;

• Promote efficient use of energy and material resources in

community and built form and landscape design;

• Promote interactions and connectedness within a

community and to nearby communities;

• Promote livability, transportation efficiency, walkability and

alternate modes of transit;

• Enable citizens from a wide range of economic levels and

age groups to live within the community and ensure basic needs are met within the community.

Sample Objectives of the Guidelines