Intensification Area Urban Design Guidelines - City of Barrie

4.3.1 Building Orientation and Site Layout
The relationship of buildings to one another, and to streets
and open spaces, influences the amount of energy they
consume, the comfort of pedestrians at the street, and the
quality of interior spaces. Buildings should frame streets and
open spaces, and preserve desirable views.
a) Buildings should be positioned to frame abutting streets,
internal drive aisles, sidewalks, parking areas and amenity
areas. On corner sites, buildings should be designed to
frame both the primary and the secondary street.
b) Where a building abuts a natural heritage feature or open
space, the interface should create opportunities for easy
public access and viewing from streets and adjacent
developments. It is therefore encouraged that where
possible, new developments in this condition face and
open towards the public open space.
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c) Main building entrances should be directly accessible
from public sidewalks.
d) The front streetwall of buildings should be built to the
front property line, or applicable set-back line, to create a
continuous streetwall.
e) A minimum of 75% of a building’s frontage should be built
to the applicable set-back line.
f) The remaining 25% of the building frontage can be set
back a maximum of 5 metres to accommodate lobby
entrances, bicycle parking, or outdoor marketting areas
(i.e. cafe seating, display areas, etc.).
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Figure 29: Building Location at Street Edge
Buildings should be appropriately located to frame streets and open spaces, with the primary entrance directly accessible from the sidewalk. On corner
sites, buildings should be designed to frame both the primary and the secondary street.