Revised version of the Centretown Plan has been released. You can
download it from the Mid Centretown blog here (it's around 65 MB).
Haven't had a chance to read it over properly, but I'm pleased to see that they listened to a number of my bullet point ravings concerning the first draft. My key complaint - and judging by the intro I definitely wasn't the only one - was that they had developed a plan for some amorphous blob called 'mid Centretown' rather than for the whole community. This one feels more like a big picture plan. Looks like they listened to m0nkeyman's previous comment, too.
Here's an excerpt from the City's summary blurb:
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Please be advised that we have completed the revisions to the draft Centretown CDP, incorporating several changes based on comments received since the draft was released last June. The following is a summary of the major changes to the CDP.
Land Use Plan
- Residential Mixed Use area has been reduced in size to focus on those blocks that border Traditional Mainstreets, Apartment Neighbourhood or the Catherine Street corridor and presently have some mix of residential and commercial uses.
- On Gladstone west of Bank, and portions of Somerset Street west of Elgin the Residential Mixed Use designation has been changed to Secondary Mainstreet in keeping with the Official Plan land use designation.
- Open Space has been split into two designations – Open Space – existing and Open Space –proposed.
- Bronson Avenue has been excluded from the CDP, but with a recommendation that a Bronson Avenue TM CDP should be undertaken for its full length from Gloucester to Carling.
Maximum Building Heights
- In the Apartment Neighbourhood the extent of the area with a maximum of 27 storeys has been substantially reduced to the area bounded by Elgin, Lisgar and Kent, with Bank Street having a nine storey limit to Gloucester.
· Other reductions from the draft CDP maximum heights include:
- East of Elgin , maximum heights reduced from 27 to 21 storeys to the south side of Cooper, from 27 to 9 from the north side of Somerset to MacLaren;
- An additional height band have been introduced between Bank and Elgin - a reduction from 27 to 21 storeys on the south side of Lisgar;
- Between Bank and Elgin, a reduction from 27 to 16 storeys on the north side of Cooper and between O’Connor and Elgin from 16 to 9 storeys on the south side of Cooper;
- West of Bank ,maximum heights reduced from 27 to 18 storeys, reflecting recent approvals, and to 21 storeys ,reflecting an existing development at Gloucester and Percy;
- West of Kent on the north side of Lisgar, reduction from 16 to 9 storeys.
Other Revisions
- Restrictions on the amount of floor area and location in the building of commercial uses in the Residential Mixed Use zone have been introduced to reinforce that residential remains the predominant use in this zone.
- To improve readability, the Zoning By-law map has been split into two maps , one showing the zone categories and the other showing maximum height areas.
Heritage Conservation District
- The Heritage Approach in Section 6.5 has been revised to provide a more balanced analysis of the Heritage Conservation District and the Heritage Overlay.
Built Form Guidelines
- The guidelines have been augmented with new figures illustrating the various building (tower and podium) setbacks depending on the lot location and configuration.
Chapter 4 Mobility
- New sections on Transportation Demand Management, ROW protection and parking supply
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