Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie
Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie
Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie
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5.2.4 Heritage Context Infill<br />
In the Historic Neighbourhood Strategy, the <strong>Urban</strong> Growth<br />
Centre is comprised <strong>of</strong> three historic neighbourhoods, including<br />
Downtown, Brock Park and Allandale. As intensification occurs<br />
within the <strong>Urban</strong> Growth Centre and these neighbourhoods,<br />
careful consideration should be given to ensure that new<br />
buildings strike a balance between heritage character and<br />
creative, context-sensitive architectural design.<br />
Building Orientation<br />
a) Alterations to existing buildings should match the preestablished<br />
set-back <strong>of</strong> adjacent buildings to ensure a<br />
continuous street wall. This is especially beneficial on<br />
sites where buildings are currently set back from the<br />
street or are missing altogether.<br />
b) Where streets lack a continuous building frontage<br />
and there is no negative impact on the identified<br />
character defining elements <strong>of</strong> a heritage property, new<br />
developments should contain a set-back which reflects<br />
an average between those <strong>of</strong> adjacent buildings.<br />
existing heritage<br />
building<br />
setback a<br />
Scale, Height and Massing<br />
90<br />
c) Infill buildings and renovations to existing buildings within<br />
the historic neighbourhoods should not mimic adjacent<br />
heritage properties, but should have sympathetic scale,<br />
massing, and height.<br />
d) Heritage buildings should be retained and restored.<br />
Retaining the façade is not an acceptable substitute to<br />
the retention <strong>of</strong> the whole structure.<br />
e) Heritage properties should generally be limited to their<br />
existing height, not including the cornice or parapet, to<br />
encourage the retention <strong>of</strong> these key features.<br />
f) On blocks with significant heritage frontages, new<br />
buildings should have a height-to-width ratio that is<br />
similar to existing buildings.<br />
DRAFT<br />
infill building existing heritage existing<br />
building<br />
building<br />
setback b<br />
(average <strong>of</strong> a & c)<br />
setback c<br />
Figure 49: Heritage Infill Set-back<br />
Where infill is adjacent to two buildings with differing set-backs, the new building should achieve a set-back that is the average <strong>of</strong> the two adjacent buildings.