Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie

vii Urban Design Guidelines for Barrie’s Intensification Areas - DRAFT
ix. Intensification Nodes
Within the Intensification Corridors are a series of Primary and
Secondary Intensification Nodes located at the intersection
of major transportation corridors, including:
Primary Nodes - Dunlop Street (at Anne Street), Yonge Street
(at Little Avenue, Big Bay Point Road and Mapleview Drive),
and Duckworth Street (at Grove Street).
Secondary Nodes - Bayfield Street (at Grove Street, Cundles
Road, and Livingstone Street), and Dunlop Street (at Miller
Drive).
Key opportunities include:
• The creation of key destinations along the Intensification
Corridors.
• Promoting arrival into the City of Barrie through
appropriate gateway design.
• Linking the key destinations within the City of Barrie,
including the Intensification Nodes, the Urban Growth
Centre, and the lakefront.
Key recommendations include:
• Focus the short-term redevelopment of the Intensification
Corridors on the Intensification Nodes to spur development
on the remainder of the corridor.
• Create attractive gateways, characterized by landmark
buildings, and wide pedestrian-supportive boulevards,
signifying arrival to the City of Barrie.
• Locate the highest densities along the Intensification
Corridors, through a mix of land uses.
• Where appropriate, encourage taller buildings (at a 1:1
ratio with the right-of-way width) at Intensification Nodes
to indicate the prominence of these sites.
• Support Intensification Nodes as centres of information,
including wayfinding signage that promotes key locations
throughout the City (i.e. the Urban Growth Centre, the
waterfront, and key parks and open spaces), temporary
advertising (i.e. banners) for City events, etc.
DRAFT
Figure 5: Intensification Nodes Rendering
At the Intensification Nodes, new development should follow the recommendations of their respective Intensification Typologies, with taller, landmark
buildings at the corners.