Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie

List of Figures
Figure 1: Intensification Typologies ii
Figure 2: Mixed-Use and Residential Avenue Rendering iv
Figure 3: Mixed-Use Main Street Rendering v
Figure 4: Established Neighbourhood Streets Rendering vi
Figure 5: Intensification Nodes Rendering vii
Figure 6: Major Transit Station Area Rendering viii
Figure 7: Schedule I: Intensification Areas 7
Figure 8: Existing typologies within
the Intensification Areas 10
Figure 9: Existing Auto-Oriented
Commercial Districts within the Intensification Areas 12
Figure 10: Existing Corridor Residential
Districts within the Intensification Areas 14
Figure 11: Existing Core Districts within
the Intensification Areas 16
Figure 12: Barrie Transit Network 17
Figure 13: Large-Format Retail (Surface Parking Areas) 17
Figure 14: Intensification Typologies 22
Figure 15: Intensification Typologies
(Mixed-Use and Residential Avenues) 24
Figure 16: Intensification Typologies (Mixed-Use
Main Streets) 26
Figure 17: Intensification Typologies (Established
Residential Streets) 28
Figure 18: Neighbourhood Park Demonstration Site 33
Figure 19: Green Street Rendering 37
Figure 20: Boulevard Components 39
Figure 21: Boulevard Rendering 40
Figure 22: Mid-Block Connections 54
Figure 23: Street Network Structure 55
Figure 24: Lot Size Variety 56
Figure 25: Parking Courts 60
Figure 26: Evolution of Structured Parking 62
Figure 27: Rear Transition to Neighbourhoods 63
Figure 28: Mechanical Penthouse Placement 63
Figure 29: Building Location at Street Edge 66
Figure 30: Maximum Building Heights 67
Figure 31: Maximum Ground Floor Height 68
Appendices
Appendix A: Existing Policy Framework
Appendix B: Urban Design Glossary
Appendix C: Urban Design Guidelines Checklist
Figure 32: Front Façade Step-backs 69
Figure 33: Side Building Step-backs 70
Figure 34: Side Building Step-backs 71
Figure 35: Tall Street Wall 71
Figure 36: Porous Street Wall 71
Figure 37: Transition to Neighbourhoods 72
Figure 38: Sample Building Articulation 73
Figure 39: Mechanical Penthouse Placement 74
Figure 40: Mixed-Use and Residential
Avenue Rendering 79
Figure 41: Prominent Street Rendering 80
Figure 42: Boulevard Widths 81
Figure 43: Bayfield Street (at Livingstone Street)
Demonstration Plan - Axonometric View 83
Figure 44: Bayfield Street (at Livingstone Street)
Demonstration Plan - Plan View 84
Figure 45: Bayfield Street (South of Highway 400)
Demonstration Plan - Axonometric View 85
Figure 46: Bayfield Street (South of Highway 400)
Demonstration Plan - Plan View 86
Figure 47: Mixed-Use Main Street Rendering 87
Figure 48: Parks and Open Space Demonstration Site 88
Figure 49: Heritage Infill Set-back 90
Figure 50: Heritage Streetwall 91
Figure 51: Bradford Street Demonstration
Plan - Axonometric View 93
Figure 52: Bradford Street Demonstration
Plan - Plan View 94
Figure 53: Established Residential Street Rendering 95
Figure 54: Duckworth Street Demonstration
Plan - Axonometric View 97
Figure 55: Duckworth Street Demonstration
Plan - Plan View 98
Figure 56: Intensification Nodes Rendering 99
Figure 57: City Gateway Rendering 101
Figure 58: Major Transit Station Area Rendering 103
Figure 59: Sample Station Area Rendering 1 105
Figure 60: Sample Station Area Rendering 2 106
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