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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1.2.1 <strong>Intensification</strong> Typologies<br />
Each <strong>of</strong> these <strong>Intensification</strong> <strong>Area</strong>s was examined in<br />
detail, through site visits and consultation with the <strong>City</strong>,<br />
local stakeholders, and the community, to examine their<br />
characteristics and role in the urban structure and to<br />
identify opportunities for intensification and urbanization.<br />
As intensification occurs, the Auto-Oriented Commercial<br />
Districts, Core Districts, and Corridor Residential Districts<br />
should evolve into more pedestrian-supportive streets and<br />
blocks, described throughout this document as:<br />
• Mixed-Use and Residential Avenues, including Bayfield<br />
Street, Dunlop Street, Essa Road, and Yonge Street.<br />
• Mixed-Use Main Streets, including streets within the<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> Growth Centre.<br />
• Established Residential Streets, including Duckworth<br />
Street, Dunlop Street (east <strong>of</strong> Highway 400), and the<br />
historic Allandale neighbourhood.<br />
Together, these typologies comprise the <strong>Intensification</strong> Nodes<br />
and Corridors, the <strong>Urban</strong> Growth Centre, and the Major Transit<br />
Station <strong>Area</strong>s as identified in the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Barrie</strong> Official Plan.<br />
Demonstration sites were prepared based on best practices<br />
to show how intensification could occur on existing sites in<br />
each <strong>of</strong> these typologies.<br />
1.3 Application <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Guidelines</strong><br />
The recommendations <strong>of</strong> this study apply to the <strong>Intensification</strong><br />
<strong>Area</strong>s outlined in the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Barrie</strong> Official Plan, including the<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> Growth Centre, <strong>Intensification</strong> Corridors, and Major<br />
Transit Stations <strong>Area</strong>s. The document is intended to assist<br />
<strong>City</strong> Planning Staff, land owners, developers and the public<br />
with clear tools to guide intensification on private land, as well<br />
as public infrastructure, such as utilities, pump houses, hydro<br />
substations, fire halls, arenas, and other public buildings and<br />
structures.<br />
The guidelines apply to development applications that are<br />
submitted following the adoption <strong>of</strong> the guidelines. Where<br />
applications are in process at the time the guidelines are<br />
adopted, the <strong>City</strong> should work with the developer to determine<br />
if the directions <strong>of</strong> the guidelines can be met.<br />
Those using the guidelines should locate their site within the<br />
<strong>Intensification</strong> Typologies outlined on Page 22, and refer to<br />
the respective section <strong>of</strong> the document. In addition, general<br />
Public Realm <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> and Private Realm<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> are provided. These guidelines<br />
apply to all projects within the <strong>Intensification</strong> <strong>Area</strong>s.<br />
Developments within the <strong>Intensification</strong> Nodes are guided by<br />
the <strong>Intensification</strong> Typology in which they are located, as well<br />
as the additional guidelines provided in Section 5.4.<br />
DRAFT<br />
Users should reference all sections that are relevant to their<br />
application.<br />
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