Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie

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