Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie

83 Urban Design Guidelines for Barrie’s Intensification Areas - DRAFT
5.1.4 Demonstration Plan: Bayfield Street (at
Livingstone Street)
The Bayfield Street (at Livingstone Street) Demonstration
Plan shows how a typical large-format retail site, such as the
Georgian Mall, can evolve into a long-term redevelopment
area
Key features of the plan include:
• Proposed intensification within a generally mid-rise built
form.
• A revised street and block structure that connects
redevelopment to the adjacent neighbourhoods and
surrounding commercial development.
• Smaller blocks to provide appropriate development
parcels for a range of commercial, mixed-use and
residential land uses.
Figure 43: Bayfield Street (at Livingstone Street) Demonstration Plan - Axonometric View
• Development forms that face the street with a defined
building base podium and upper-storeys that step back
to promote a generally mid-rise building height of 4 to
8-storeys.
• Where surface parking is lost, additional parking is
provided in either structured decks above grade, or below
proposed buildings (please refer to Page 62).
• The integration of community-scale and smaller civic
park spaces to accommodate a variety of public events,
including festivals, outdoor markets. When appropriate,
these areas can also provide interim parking.
• The location of taller building elements at Intensification
Nodes (i.e. Bayfield Street and Livingstone Street).
• The integration of mid-block pedestrian walkways to
create a fine grain of walking opportunities throughout
the area.
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