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1 B

roo

k M

cIlr

oy

Inc

Pla

nn

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+ U

rban

Des

ign

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

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URB

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DES

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IDEL

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INT

RO

DU

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Tow

n o

f C

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ou

rg h

as r

eco

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ized

a c

riti

cal

nee

d

for

a n

ew f

orm

of

com

mu

nit

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row

th t

hat

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e p

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of

nat

ura

l res

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f la

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fro

m m

ore

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stai

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om

mu

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ity

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scio

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ent

init

iati

ves.

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e p

lan

nin

g

and

urb

an d

esig

n f

ram

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rk fo

r C

ob

ou

rg is

bas

ed o

n

an in

teg

rate

d n

etw

ork

of

nat

ura

l an

d n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

p

lace

s an

d a

mu

lti-

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str

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hat

su

pp

ort

s tr

ansi

t, w

alka

ble

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

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th

e cr

eati

on

of

vita

l nei

gh

bo

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entr

es.

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hie

rarc

hy

of

ped

es-

tria

n o

rien

ted

str

eets

is c

om

bin

ed w

ith

a g

reat

er m

ix o

f h

ou

sin

g a

nd

em

plo

ymen

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

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hic

h p

lace

g

reat

er c

on

cen

trat

ion

s o

f peo

ple

clo

ser

to h

om

e, lo

cal

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pp

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lace

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d o

pen

sp

ace.

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ted

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t o

f th

e G

reat

er T

oro

nto

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a, t

he

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n

of

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bo

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kesi

de

sett

ing,

her

itag

e M

ain

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eet,

edu

cati

on

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ura

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d r

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atio

nal

op

po

rtu

nit

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and

dir

ect

acce

ss t

o H

igh

way

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mak

es t

he

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n

an i

ncr

easi

ng

ly d

esir

able

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ce t

o l

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rk a

nd

vis

it

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ure

1).

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nat

ura

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of t

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bo

urg

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thei

r str

a-te

gic

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ity

for

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of

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mu

nit

y th

at i

s cl

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ly l

inke

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atu

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e U

rban

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ign

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pro

ach

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esig

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pp

roac

h in

clu

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the

dev

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ity

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ity

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lan

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d

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pp

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ity

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ion

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ent

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in t

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form

of

new

re

sid

enti

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and

em

plo

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late

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dev

elo

pm

ent.

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mb

inat

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f m

ixed

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mm

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and

re

crea

tio

nal

use

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ill c

on

trib

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to th

e ar

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evo

luti

on

as

a c

om

pre

hen

sive

dev

elo

pin

g u

rban

are

a th

at i

s in

teg

rate

d w

ith

its

surr

ou

nd

ing

nat

ura

l co

nte

xt.

The

exis

ting,

larg

ely

agric

ultu

ral c

onte

xt o

f Cob

ourg

Eas

t C

omm

unity

Sec

ond

ary

Plan

Are

a co

ntai

ns s

igni

fican

t w

ood

ed a

reas

, Br

ook

and

Mid

tow

n C

reek

s tr

aver

sing

th

e w

hole

of

the

area

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stin

g re

sid

entia

l en

clav

es a

nd

stro

ng

conn

ectio

ns

sout

h w

est

to

the

surr

ound

ing

d

evel

oped

com

mun

ity.

The

Sec

ond

ary

Plan

Are

a is

p

rop

osed

to b

ecom

e a

serie

s of g

ener

ally

com

pac

t, lin

ked

p

edes

tria

n sc

aled

nei

ghb

ourh

ood

s in

clo

se p

roxi

mity

to

em

plo

ymen

t, p

ublic

use

and

mix

ed u

se a

reas

.

The

natu

ral

envi

ronm

ent

shou

ld

be

the

prim

ary

fram

ewor

k of

the

com

mun

ity, w

hich

link

s th

e p

rop

osed

ne

ighb

ourh

ood

s w

ith

exis

ting

dev

elop

men

t, an

d

pro

vid

es p

lace

s to

rec

reat

e an

d i

nter

act.

The

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en

Spac

e N

etw

ork,

par

ks, t

rails

and

roa

ds

will

inte

grat

e th

e in

div

idua

l ne

ighb

ourh

ood

s, cr

eatin

g p

hysi

cal

linka

ges

to o

pen

sp

ace,

par

ks, s

torm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t p

ond

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ss t

he n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t as

the

d

omin

ant c

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unity

imag

e.

Figu

re 1

: C

obou

rg is

str

ateg

ical

ly lo

cate

d be

twee

n To

ront

o an

d Ki

ngst

on a

long

the

shor

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Lak

e O

ntar

io.

Co

bo

urg

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2 B

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k M

cIlr

oy

Inc

Pla

nn

ing

+ U

rban

Des

ign

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Th

e U

rba

n D

esi

gn

Gu

ide

lin

es:

Th

e o

bje

ctiv

e o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

Urb

an D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es

is t

o p

rovi

de

a co

mm

on

urb

an d

esig

n d

irec

tio

n f

or

Co

bo

urg

Co

un

cil,

Tow

n S

taff

, Pu

blic

Ag

enci

es, P

rop

erty

O

wn

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Dev

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per

s, C

on

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ants

an

d

Uti

litie

s an

d

oth

ers

invo

lved

in

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f C

ob

ou

rg E

ast

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a.

Thes

e G

uid

elin

es h

ave

bee

n d

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op

ed a

s th

e re

sult

of

an e

xten

sive

an

d t

ho

rou

gh

bac

kgro

un

d r

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rch

an

d

con

sult

atio

n p

roce

ss t

hat

has

en

gag

ed m

any

div

erse

co

mm

un

ity

stak

eho

lder

s. Th

e G

uid

elin

es

sho

uld

as

sist

th

ose

invo

lved

in p

rop

erty

dev

elo

pm

ent

at t

he

beg

inn

ing

of t

he

des

ign

pro

cess

an

d s

ho

uld

be

use

d a

s an

on

go

ing

refe

ren

ce re

sou

rce

du

rin

g th

e p

roce

sses

of

mu

nic

ipal

an

d a

gen

cy re

view

of a

pp

licat

ion

s.

The

Gu

idel

ines

h

ave

bee

n

dev

elo

ped

th

rou

gh

a

set

of

gu

idin

g p

rin

cip

les

to e

nsu

re a

hig

h q

ual

ity

form

of

dev

elo

pm

ent.

Th

e To

wn

sh

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ld e

nd

eavo

r to

ach

ieve

th

e st

and

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s se

t fo

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in

th

is d

ocu

men

t, w

hile

rec

og

niz

ing

th

at m

arke

t an

d s

ite

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dit

ion

s w

ill

req

uir

e fle

xib

ility

an

d j

ud

gm

ent

in t

he

app

licat

ion

of

the

Gu

idel

ines

.

The

Urb

an D

esig

n G

uide

lines

foc

us o

n th

e cr

eatio

n of

a

high

qua

lity,

inte

grat

ed p

hysi

cal

envi

ronm

ent

thro

ugh

w

ritte

n an

d gr

aphi

c de

sign

sta

ndar

d re

com

men

datio

ns.

The

Urb

an D

esig

n G

uide

lines

are

inte

nded

to:

• p

rovi

de

the

Tow

n o

f C

ob

ou

rg w

ith

des

ign

d

irec

tio

n i

n t

he

asse

ssm

ent

of

dev

elo

pm

ent

app

licat

ion

s d

uri

ng

th

e d

raft

p

lan

o

f su

bd

ivis

ion

, rez

on

ing

an

d s

ite

pla

n a

pp

rova

l p

roce

ss;

• p

rovi

de

des

ign

par

amet

ers f

or b

oth

the

pri

vate

an

d p

ub

lic s

ecto

r in

pre

par

ing

dev

elo

pm

ent

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rks;

an

d

• p

rovi

de

des

ign

dire

ctio

n fo

r su

bd

ivis

ion

des

ign

, si

te p

lan

nin

g a

nd

bu

ildin

g im

pro

vem

ents

.

Th

e C

om

mu

nit

y F

ram

ew

ork

Pla

n:

The

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

is

no

t a

fixed

or

final

ized

pla

n, b

ut

it s

erve

s as

an

illu

stra

tio

n o

f d

esig

n

pri

nci

ple

s an

d a

n im

po

rtan

t p

oin

t o

f re

fere

nce

for

the

on

-go

ing

ev

alu

atio

n

of

dev

elo

pm

ent

op

tio

ns

(See

Fi

gu

re 4

).

The

Urb

an D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es w

ill s

erve

as

a b

asis

fro

m

wh

ich

to

imp

lem

ent

the

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

fo

r C

ob

ou

rg E

ast

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a.

Thro

ug

h

the

pro

cess

o

f o

ng

oin

g

dis

cuss

ion

s w

ith

th

e To

wn

an

d c

on

sult

atio

n w

ith

th

e p

ub

lic a

nd

key

st

akeh

old

ers,

a se

ries

of

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

o

pti

on

s h

ave

bee

n d

evel

op

ed a

nd

refi

ned

th

rou

gh

th

e o

ng

oin

g c

on

sult

atio

n p

roce

ss o

f th

e St

ud

y. T

he

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

, lik

e th

e U

rban

Des

ign

G

uid

elin

es, f

ocu

ses

on

cre

atin

g a

n o

vera

ll ‘v

isio

n’ b

y w

hic

h t

o a

sses

s an

d g

uid

e fu

ture

dev

elo

pm

ent

for

the

nex

t 5

to 1

00 y

ears

.

Phot

o 1:

Vie

w o

f rai

l lin

e th

at b

orde

rs th

e St

udy

Are

a to

th

e so

uth.

Phot

o 2:

For

mer

farm

com

plex

loca

ted

on W

orkm

an

Road

.

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cIlr

oy

Inc

Pla

nn

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+ U

rban

Des

ign

TOW

N O

F C

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RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

1.2

Re

po

rt F

ram

ewo

rk

The

rep

ort

is s

tru

ctu

red

into

th

e fo

llow

ing

sec

tio

ns:

Se

ctio

n 1

: In

tro

du

ctio

nSe

ctio

n 1

ou

tlin

es t

he

do

cum

ent

stru

ctu

re,

and

th

e co

mm

un

ity

visi

on

an

d u

rban

des

ign

ap

pro

ach

fo

r th

e p

rep

arat

ion

of t

he

Urb

an D

esig

n G

uid

elin

es.

Se

ctio

n 2

: Gu

idin

g U

rba

n D

esi

gn

Pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

Co

mm

un

ity

Fra

me

wo

rk

This

sec

tio

n o

utl

ines

th

e C

om

mu

nit

y Fr

amew

ork

Pla

n.

The

Des

ign

Gui

del

ines

are

str

uctu

red

into

two

sect

ions

:

Se

ctio

n 3

: P

ub

lic

Re

alm

Gu

ide

lin

es

Com

mun

ity

Stru

ctur

e:

stre

ets

and

b

lock

s, ga

tew

ays

and

land

use

.•

St

reet

scap

e Tr

eatm

ents

: a

hier

arch

y of

roa

ds

incl

udin

g ar

teria

ls,

colle

ctor

s (n

eigh

bou

rhoo

d

par

kway

s a

nd n

eigh

bou

rhoo

d co

nnec

tors

) and

lo

cal r

oads

. St

reet

scap

e tr

eatm

ents

incl

ude

the

desi

gn a

nd p

lace

men

t of

lan

dsca

pe

elem

ents

, lig

htin

g, a

bov

e gr

ade

utili

ties

etc.

Built

For

m:

bui

ldin

g p

lace

men

t, he

ight

s an

d

mas

sing

; b

uild

ing

char

acte

r an

d

gate

way

re

latio

nshi

ps;

rela

tions

hip

to

the

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork,

and

trea

tmen

ts to

ser

vice

and

load

ing

ar

eas.

Land

scap

ing:

tr

eatm

ents

to

the

fron

t, si

de

and

re

ar y

ard

s in

clud

ing

entr

y, fo

reco

urt,

par

king

an

d s

ervi

ce a

reas

.•

Pa

rkin

g:

des

ign

and

loc

atio

n of

on-

and

off

- st

reet

p

arki

ng

area

s, la

ndsc

ape

trea

tmen

ts,

ped

estr

ian

and

veh

icul

ar a

cces

s, lig

htin

g an

d

safe

ty.

Se

ctio

n 4

: Pri

va

te R

ea

lm G

uid

eli

ne

sSe

ctio

n 4

outli

nes

the

Resi

den

tial

Des

ign

Prin

cip

les,

gene

ral

and

sp

ecifi

c

Gui

del

ines

an

d

Arc

hite

ctur

al

Con

trol

for e

ach

land

use

are

a fo

llow

ed b

y gu

idel

ines

and

ar

chite

ctur

al c

ontr

ol fo

r the

Vill

age

Cen

tre

area

.Fi

gure

2:

Aer

ial V

iew

of C

obou

rg E

ast C

omm

unit

y Se

cond

ary

Plan

Are

a

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PLA

N A

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AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

1.3

Stu

dy A

rea

(Pho

tos

1 - 6

)

Co

bo

urg

Ea

st

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

A

rea

is

bo

un

ded

by

CN

& C

P ra

il lin

es t

o t

he

sou

th, H

igh

way

40

1 to

th

e n

ort

h, a

pp

roxi

mat

ely

420

met

res

wes

t o

f B

roo

k Ro

ad a

nd

Jar

vis

Road

to th

e ea

st (F

igu

res

2 a

nd

3

).

The

area

is a

pp

roxi

mat

ely

2.6

to 3

.2 k

ilom

etre

s in

d

epth

by

2.1

kilo

met

res

in le

ng

th, c

om

pri

sin

g a

tota

l of

area

of 5

71 h

ecta

res

(141

1 ac

res)

.

The

char

acte

r an

d f

abri

c o

f C

ob

ou

rg E

ast

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a is

gen

eral

ly d

efin

ed b

y th

e fo

llow

-in

g e

lem

ents

:•

Exis

tin

g r

oad

pat

tern

s in

clu

din

g t

he

pri

mar

y n

ort

h s

ou

th r

oad

s (f

rom

eas

t to

wes

t): J

arvi

s Ro

ad, W

ork

man

Ro

ad a

nd

Bro

ok

Road

. •

The

pri

mar

y ea

st w

est

road

s: D

anfo

rth

Ro

ad

East

, Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st a

nd

Ker

r St

reet

Ext

en-

sio

n•

Ag

ricu

ltu

ral U

ses

• N

atu

ral

Her

itag

e Fe

atu

res:

To

po

gra

ph

ic f

ea-

ture

s, M

idto

wn

an

d B

roo

k C

reek

s, w

oo

dlo

ts,

wet

lan

ds,

stre

ams

and

mea

do

ws

• C

ult

ura

l Her

itag

e Fe

atu

res:

Her

itag

e b

uild

ing

s an

d a

gri

cult

ura

l str

uct

ure

s.

Phot

o 3:

Vie

w lo

okin

g so

uth

from

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad.

Phot

o 5:

Vie

w lo

okin

g so

uth

on G

reer

Roa

d.

Phot

o 4:

Vie

w o

f agr

icul

tura

l lan

ds w

ithi

n C

obou

rg E

ast

Com

mun

ity

Seco

ndar

y Pl

an A

rea.

Phot

o 6:

Exi

stin

g si

lo lo

cate

d on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad.

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ST C

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NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

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AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 3

: C

obou

rg E

ast C

ity

Loca

tion

Pla

n

DEV

ELO

PMEN

TA

REA

CEl

gin

Str

eet

East

CN

/ C

P Ra

il

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

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IDEL

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2.0

GU

IDIN

G U

RB

AN

DE

SIG

N

PR

INC

IPL

ES

AN

D C

OM

MU

NIT

Y

F

RA

ME

WO

RK

2.1

C

om

mu

nit

y Fr

amew

ork

Pla

n

The

Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

(Fi

gu

re 4

) d

epic

ts

the

maj

or c

om

mu

nit

y el

emen

ts in

clu

din

g:

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds:

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

will

co

mp

rise

th

e la

rges

t d

evel

op

able

lan

d a

rea

and

sh

ape

the

imag

e o

f th

e n

ew c

om

mu

nit

y. E

ach

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d

sho

uld

b

e w

alka

ble

w

ith

in

5 m

inu

tes

or

less

(F

igu

re 7

) . Th

e ce

ntr

e o

f th

e n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

can

b

e a

vari

ety

of

pu

blic

use

des

tin

atio

ns

incl

ud

ing

p

arke

ttes

, tra

nsi

t sto

ps,

day

care

, lib

rary

etc

.

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

will

b

e in

ter-

con

nec

ted

th

rou

gh

a c

olle

cto

r ro

ad c

alle

d “

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d

Co

nn

ecto

rs.”

The

new

n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s sh

ou

ld

mai

nta

in

and

in

corp

ora

te

the

exis

tin

g

resi

den

tial

en

clav

es a

nd

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

New

n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s sh

ou

ld b

e in

kee

pin

g w

ith

th

e n

atu

re o

f ex

isti

ng

ho

usi

ng

in

th

e To

wn

, bu

t al

so

bu

ild o

n t

he

po

ten

tial

to

cre

ate

mo

re c

om

pac

t, w

ell

des

ign

ed,

ener

gy

effic

ien

t h

ou

sin

g i

n t

he

futu

re.

Sch

oo

ls,

con

ven

ien

ce s

tore

s an

d l

arg

er

com

mu

nit

y p

arks

sh

ou

ld b

e lo

cate

d a

t th

e ce

ntr

e o

r at

ed

ges

of

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds,

wh

ere

they

can

se

rve

mo

re t

han

on

e n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

.

Exis

tin

g

Resi

den

tial

A

reas

: Ex

isti

ng

re

sid

enti

al

encl

aves

ar

e in

ters

per

sed

th

rou

gh

ou

t A

rea

C.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

loca

ted

im

med

iate

ly

adja

cen

t to

th

ese

encl

aves

sh

ou

ld m

ain

tain

an

d b

e co

mp

atib

le

to

the

scal

e,

hei

gh

t an

d

char

acte

r o

f ex

isti

ng

re

sid

enti

al e

ncl

aves

.

Emp

loym

ent

Lan

ds:

Thre

e ty

pes

of

Emp

loym

ent

Lan

ds

are

pro

po

sed

incl

ud

ing

:

cen

t co

mm

un

ity.

St

reet

s sh

ou

ld b

e b

ased

on

a

rect

ilin

ear

gri

d p

atte

rn, o

r a

mo

difi

ed g

rid

pat

tern

in

res

po

nse

to

nat

ura

l o

r o

pen

sp

ace

con

dit

ion

s as

soci

ated

pri

mar

ily w

ith

in M

idto

wn

an

d B

roo

k C

reek

s. S

tree

ts a

re d

esig

ned

to

defi

ne

a se

ries

of

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

bas

ed o

n w

alki

ng

dis

tan

ces

of

app

roxi

mat

ely

five

min

ute

s fr

om

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d

edg

e to

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d c

entr

e. M

inim

um

blo

ck

dim

ensi

on

s ar

e re

com

men

ded

to

m

axim

ize

ped

estr

ian

an

d v

ehic

ula

r in

terc

on

nec

tio

ns,

and

fle

xib

ility

in lo

ttin

g p

atte

rns (

Fig

ure

8).

Pub

lic O

pen

Sp

ace

Net

wo

rk a

nd

Nat

ura

l Ele

men

ts:

Tog

eth

er

the

Nat

ura

l Fe

atu

res

and

th

e Pu

blic

O

pen

Sp

ace

Net

wo

rk fo

rm a

maj

or s

tru

ctu

re in

the

shap

ing

of

the

new

co

mm

un

ity.

Th

ese

elem

ents

sh

ou

ld

be

pre

serv

ed

and

in

teg

rate

d

to

the

gre

ates

t ex

ten

t p

oss

ible

into

th

e n

ew c

om

mu

nit

y as

a m

ean

s o

f m

ain

tain

ing

a s

ense

of

con

nec

tio

n

wit

h t

he

ori

gin

al la

nd

scap

e.

As

illu

stra

ted

in F

igu

re 9

, th

e Pu

bic

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork

co

nsi

sts

of:

• Pa

rks

and

Vill

age

Squ

ares

• St

orm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t

Faci

litie

s•

Pub

lic S

tree

ts

Wit

hin

th

e Pu

blic

Op

en S

pac

e Sy

stem

th

ere

are

exis

tin

g n

atu

ral f

eatu

res,

that

sh

ou

ld b

e in

teg

rate

d

as p

art

of

pu

blic

ly a

cces

sib

le o

pen

sp

ace.

Th

ese

incl

ud

e:

• C

reek

s (M

idto

wn

an

d B

roo

k C

reek

s)•

Wo

od

lots

• H

edg

ero

ws

• Sp

ecim

en T

rees

1.

Bu

sin

ess

Park

bet

wee

n D

anfo

rth

Ro

ad E

ast

and

Hig

hw

ay 4

01.

2. L

igh

t In

du

stri

al w

est

of B

roo

k Ro

ad.

3. G

ener

al In

du

stri

al s

ou

th o

f Ker

r Ro

ad.

The

loca

tio

n o

f th

e em

plo

ymen

t la

nd

s w

ill p

lay

an

imp

ort

ant r

ole

in th

e d

evel

op

men

t of e

mp

loym

ent

use

lan

ds.

The

emp

loym

ent

lan

ds

rep

rese

nt

an

imp

ort

ant

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r th

is

app

roxi

mat

ely

959,

140

squ

are

met

res

of

lan

d t

o b

e d

evel

op

ed

wit

h a

hig

h d

egre

e o

f des

ign

qu

alit

y at

a s

cale

that

fit

s w

ith

th

e ad

jace

nt

low

to

mid

-ris

e re

sid

enti

al

and

inst

itu

tio

nal

or p

ub

lic u

se b

uilt

form

.

Gat

eway

s: Th

e Pr

imar

y co

mm

un

ity

en

tran

ces

or

Gat

eway

s an

d f

oca

l p

oin

ts s

ho

uld

be

mar

ked

by

lan

dm

ark

or

pu

blic

use

bu

ildin

gs

and

en

han

ced

st

reet

scap

e tr

eatm

ents

su

ch

as

lan

dsc

apin

g,

ligh

tin

g, s

ign

s an

d fe

atu

re p

avin

g a

lon

g w

alkw

ays

and

at

cro

ssw

alks

. Pri

mar

y G

atew

ays

are

loca

ted

at

: •

Bro

ok

Road

an

d K

err R

oad

Ext

ensi

on

• B

roo

k Ro

ad a

nd

Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st•

Dan

fort

h R

oad

an

d N

agle

Ro

ad•

Wo

rkm

an R

oad

an

d J

arvi

s Ro

ad

Elg

in S

tree

t Vill

age

Cen

tre:

Elg

in S

tree

t Vill

age

Cen

tre

will

be

loca

ted

at

Elg

in S

tree

t w

est

of B

rook

Roa

d.

The

Vill

age

Cen

tre

is in

ten

ded

to b

e d

evel

oped

as

a p

edes

tria

n sc

aled

mix

ed u

se lo

cal r

etai

l are

a (F

igu

re

5 an

d 6

). A

Vill

age

Gre

en i

s re

com

men

ded

to

be

loca

ted

cen

tral

ly a

lon

g E

lgin

Str

eet

East

to

pro

vid

e a

sym

bol

ic h

eart

an

d c

ivic

gat

her

ing

pla

ce f

or t

he

area

.

Road

Co

nn

ecti

on

s: Th

e ex

isti

ng

an

d p

rop

ose

d ro

ad

net

wo

rk s

ho

uld

fac

ilita

te t

ran

spo

rtat

ion

an

d s

er-

vice

req

uir

emen

ts w

ith

in a

n e

nri

ched

pu

blic

real

m

that

max

imiz

es c

on

nec

tio

ns

wit

hin

Co

bo

urg

Eas

t C

om

mu

nit

y Se

con

dar

y Pl

an A

rea

and

to

th

e ad

ja-

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roo

k M

cIlr

oy

Inc

Pla

nn

ing

+ U

rban

Des

ign

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 4

: Com

mun

ity

Fram

ewor

k Pl

an

CN

& C

P Ra

il

Her

itage

Bui

ldin

g

Gat

eway

s

Par

kette

Loca

l Par

k

Pla

ce o

f Wor

ship

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pace

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wor

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igh

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stra

int

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pace

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roo

k M

cIlr

oy

Inc

Pla

nn

ing

+ U

rban

Des

ign

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 5

: Low

-ris

e m

ixed

use

bui

ldin

gs a

t the

Elg

in S

tree

t Vill

age

Cen

tre.

Figu

re 6

: Med

ium

Den

sity

resi

dent

ial c

ould

fron

t on

to th

e Vi

llage

Gre

en.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 8

: Roa

d N

etw

ork

Plan

and

Gat

eway

sFi

gure

7: N

eigh

bour

hood

Pla

n ill

ustr

ates

a 5

min

ute

wal

king

dis

tanc

e fr

om n

eigh

bour

hood

edg

e to

nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entr

e.

Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

Ker

r Str

eet

Exte

nsi

on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad E

ast

Hw

y. 40

1

Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

Ker

r Str

eet

Exte

nsi

on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad E

ast

Hw

y. 40

1

400 metre

s:

5 min

utewalk

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atew

ay

Leg

end

:

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 9

: Pub

lic O

pen

Spac

e N

etw

ork

Figu

re 1

0: D

evel

opab

le L

ands

Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

Ker

r Str

eet

Exte

nsi

on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad E

ast

Hw

y. 40

1

Elg

in S

tree

t Ea

st

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

Ker

r Str

eet

Exte

nsi

on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad E

ast

Hw

y. 40

1

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

2.2

Gui

din

g U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cip

les

The

prim

ary

urb

an d

esig

n ob

ject

ives

for

the

Cob

ourg

Ea

st C

omm

unity

Sec

ond

ary

Plan

Are

a in

clud

e:

Cre

ate

a St

rong

Com

mun

ity F

ram

ewor

k:•

To

pro

vid

e st

rong

ac

cess

an

d

visi

bili

ty

opp

ortu

nitie

s fr

om

the

surr

ound

ing

road

ne

twor

k an

d i

n p

artic

ular

fro

m t

he p

rimar

y ex

istin

g an

d p

rop

osed

art

eria

l an

d c

olle

ctor

ro

ad n

etw

ork.

To a

lign

stre

ets,

open

sp

ace

and

vie

w c

orrid

ors

to m

aint

ain

and

cre

ate

conn

ectio

ns t

o p

arks

, w

ood

lots

an

d

othe

r fe

atur

es

incl

udin

g

stor

mw

ater

man

agem

ent

faci

litie

s or

land

mar

k b

uild

ings

.•

To e

stab

lish

a hi

erar

chy

of c

omm

unity

ele

men

ts

from

tho

se t

hat

serv

e th

e To

wn

as a

who

le, t

o

uses

suc

h as

com

mer

cial

, sch

ools

, par

ks, d

ayca

re,

futu

re t

rans

it st

ops

etc.

that

ser

ve i

ndiv

idua

l ne

ighb

ourh

ood

s.

• To

es

tab

lish

a hi

erar

chy

of

stre

et

des

ign

tr

eatm

ent

incl

udin

g:

Art

eria

l ro

ads,

whi

ch

defi

ne

the

bou

ndar

ies

of

maj

or

com

mun

ity

area

s; La

ndsc

aped

Pa

rkw

ays

whi

ch

defi

ne

neig

hbou

rhoo

d st

ruct

ure

and

op

en sp

ace

acce

ss;

Nei

ghb

ourh

ood

Con

nect

ors,

whi

ch

conn

ect

Nei

ghb

ourh

ood

C

entr

es

and

p

rovi

de

loca

l ac

cess

with

in a

nd b

etw

een

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds;

and

loca

l nei

ghb

ourh

ood

str

eets

.•

To p

rovi

de

a d

esig

n fr

amew

ork

that

conc

entr

ates

on

mix

ed u

se,

emp

loym

ent

and

com

mun

ity-

wid

e re

crea

tiona

l us

es

thro

ugho

ut

Cob

ourg

Ea

st C

omm

unity

Sec

ond

ary

Plan

Are

a.•

To p

rovi

de

blo

ck s

izes

and

lan

d p

arce

ls t

hat

acco

mm

odat

e th

e p

rop

osed

var

iety

of b

uild

ing

ty

pes

incl

udin

g re

sid

entia

l, offi

ce an

d co

mm

erci

al

bui

ldin

gs. L

and

par

cels

sho

uld

allo

w fo

r flex

ible

si

te p

lann

ing

and

pha

sed

dev

elop

men

t.

Cre

ate

Nei

ghb

ourh

ood

Cen

tres

: (F

igu

re 1

1)•

To e

stab

lish

a st

reet

grid

that

pro

vid

es v

isib

ility

an

d ac

cess

at

ke

y lo

catio

ns

(par

ks,

natu

ral

feat

ures

, p

ublic

use

fac

ilitie

s, la

ndm

arks

), an

d

to c

reat

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood

enc

lave

s b

ased

on

ap

pro

xim

atel

y fiv

e m

inut

e (4

00 m

etre

) wal

king

d

ista

nces

to

Nei

ghb

ourh

ood

Cen

tres

. (Fi

gu

res

12 a

nd

13)

.•

To li

mit

blo

ck le

ngth

s to

not

mor

e th

an 2

00 t

o

250

met

res

to c

reat

e sh

orte

r w

alki

ng d

ista

nces

w

ithin

ne

ighb

ourh

ood

s, an

d

to

enco

urag

e sl

ower

tr

affic

m

ovem

ent

thro

ugh

resi

den

tial

area

s.•

To p

rovi

de

a hi

gh p

rop

ortio

n of

sin

gle

load

ed

stre

ets

or w

indo

w r

oads

ad

jace

nt t

o w

ood

lots

, cr

eeks

and

sto

rmw

ater

man

agem

ent

pon

ds,

whi

ch r

esp

ond

to

the

orga

nic

form

of

thes

e el

emen

ts

and

em

pha

size

th

eir

pub

lic

role

(F

igu

re 1

2).

• To

cen

tre

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds a

roun

d p

arke

ttes

, d

ay c

are

cent

res,

futu

re t

rans

it st

ops

and

oth

er

com

mun

ity u

se fa

cilit

ies.

Cre

ate

an In

terf

ace

with

Nat

ural

Fea

ture

s: •

To c

reat

e a

linke

d O

pen

Spac

e Sy

stem

tha

t p

rovi

des

a w

ell c

onne

cted

, hig

hly

visi

ble

and

safe

sy

stem

of

recr

eatio

n an

d o

pen

sp

ace

corr

idor

s th

roug

hout

th

e C

obou

rg

East

C

omm

unity

Se

cond

ary

Plan

Are

a as

an

exte

nsio

n of

the

ex

istin

g na

tura

l con

text

. The

se e

xist

ing

natu

ral

feat

ures

in

clud

e st

ream

co

rrid

ors,

woo

dlo

ts,

hed

gero

ws

and

ot

her

sign

ifica

nt

vege

tativ

e fe

atur

es (P

ho

tos

7 &

8).

• To

cre

ate

a sy

stem

of

dev

elop

ed o

pen

sp

ace

that

is

com

ple

men

tary

to

the

exis

ting

natu

ral

Op

en S

pac

e Sy

stem

thr

ough

the

inc

lusi

on o

f st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent

pon

ds,

par

klan

d

and

rec

reat

iona

l tr

ails

and

hig

hly

land

scap

ed

stre

etsc

apes

.•

To

pro

vid

e ap

pro

pria

te

buf

fers

b

etw

een

b

uild

ings

, str

uctu

res

and

land

scap

e el

emen

ts.

• To

fac

ilita

te a

cces

s an

d v

isib

ility

to

the

Op

en

Spac

e Sy

stem

thr

ough

the

des

ign

of r

oad

way

s, p

edes

tria

n co

nnec

tions

and

buf

fer c

ond

ition

s.

Figu

re 1

1:

An

offs

et g

rid

at N

eigh

bour

hood

Cen

tres

em

phas

ises

ke

y ne

ighb

ourh

ood

land

mar

ks

incl

udin

g pa

rket

tes,

dayc

are,

tra

nsit

sto

ps a

nd o

ther

com

mun

ity

use

faci

litie

s.

Figu

re 1

2: “

Win

dow

Str

eets

” hel

p to

redu

ce s

ingl

e-lo

aded

ro

ad le

ngth

s, w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

str

ong

open

spa

ce c

on-

nect

ions

.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Phot

os 7

and

8: N

ew d

evel

opm

ent p

atte

rns

are

alig

ned

to c

reat

e op

en s

pace

con

nect

ions

to w

oodl

ots,

hedg

erow

s, st

orm

wat

er

pond

s an

d th

e N

atur

al O

pen

Spac

e N

etw

ork.

Figu

re 1

3: P

arke

ttes

are

cen

tral

ly lo

cate

d w

ithi

n ne

ighb

ourh

oods

.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Phot

o 9:

A v

arie

ty o

f hou

se s

tyle

s an

d fo

rms

will

con

trib

ute

to a

div

erse

com

mun

ity

imag

e.

Phot

o 10

: A

n id

enti

fiabl

e co

mm

unit

y im

age

is c

reat

ed b

y co

nsis

tent

and

hig

h qu

alit

y la

ndsc

apin

g, s

tree

t fur

nish

-in

gs, l

ight

ing

and

sign

s.

Cre

ate

a D

iver

se C

omm

unity

Fra

mew

ork:

• To

enc

oura

ge a

mix

ture

of

lot

size

s, b

uild

ing

ty

pes

and

arc

hite

ctur

al s

tyle

s th

at c

ontr

ibut

e to

a

div

erse

str

eets

cap

e im

age

(Ph

oto

4).

• To

per

mit

del

iber

ate

varia

tions

in

the

des

ign

of

blo

cks

and

str

eets

aro

und

nat

ural

ele

men

ts

such

as

woo

dlo

ts,

cree

ks a

nd t

opog

rap

hy t

o

enha

nce

view

s an

d

achi

eve

a p

lace

-sp

ecifi

c ne

ighb

ourh

ood

cha

ract

er.

• To

cr

eate

a

cons

iste

nt

and

id

entifi

able

co

mm

unity

im

age

thro

ugh

spec

ific

land

scap

e tr

eatm

ents

, str

eet

furn

ishi

ngs,

pav

ing

mat

eria

ls,

light

ing

and

sig

ns(P

ho

to 1

0).

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

2.3

Cu

ltu

ral H

erit

age

(Ph

oto

s 11

-14)

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

maj

ori

ty o

f C

ob

ou

rg E

ast

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a is

rura

l in

ch

arac

ter t

he

Un

term

an

McP

hai

l re

po

rt l

ists

cu

ltu

ral

her

itag

e re

sou

rces

th

at

hav

e b

een

iden

tifie

d w

ith

in it

s b

ou

nd

arie

s:

• Se

ven

Res

iden

ces

• O

ne

Silo

• O

ne

Bar

n•

Seve

n R

oad

scap

es•

Fou

r Far

m C

om

ple

xes

• O

ne

Form

er F

arm

Co

mp

lex

• O

ne

Ag

ricu

ltu

ral L

and

scap

e

Bu

ilt c

ult

ura

l her

itag

e re

sou

rces

su

ch a

s re

sid

ence

s an

d

farm

ho

use

s ar

e ea

sy to

inco

rpo

rate

into

new

dev

elo

p-

men

t an

d s

ho

uld

be

pre

serv

ed a

s fo

cal p

oin

ts o

f co

m-

mu

nit

y. O

ther

str

uct

ure

s (b

arn

s an

d s

ilos)

may

be

pre

-se

rved

, w

her

e ap

pro

pri

ate,

as

elem

ents

of

the

form

er

rura

l lan

dsc

ape

and

act

as

a lin

k b

etw

een

th

e ex

isti

ng

an

d t

he

emer

gin

g c

om

mu

nit

y.

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

inco

rpo

rati

ng

C

ult

ura

l H

erit

age

incl

ud

ed in

th

e U

nte

rman

McP

hai

l rep

ort

:•

To a

ctiv

ely

enco

ura

ge

the

inco

rpo

rati

on

of

farm

ho

use

s, re

sid

ence

s an

d m

ajo

r ag

ricu

ltu

ral

bu

ilt h

erit

age

elem

ents

su

ch a

s b

arn

s an

d s

ilos

into

futu

re d

evel

op

men

t.•

To p

rote

ct a

nd

mai

nta

in t

he

char

acte

r-d

efin

-in

g e

lem

ents

i.e

. tr

eelin

es a

nd

hed

ger

ow

s, as

soci

ated

wit

h t

he

road

allo

wan

ce f

or

Stan

-to

n R

oad

so

uth

of E

lgin

Ro

ad.

• To

pro

tect

an

d m

ain

tain

ch

arac

ter-

defi

nin

g

elem

ents

i.e.

tree

lines

an

d h

edg

ero

ws

and

the

rolli

ng

to

po

gra

ph

y, a

sso

ciat

ed w

ith

th

e D

an-

fort

h R

oad

an

d E

lgin

Mill

s ro

adsc

apes

.

Phot

o 13

: Ex

isti

ng re

side

nce

loca

ted

on D

anfo

rth

Road

.Ph

oto

14:

Exis

ting

bar

n lo

cate

d in

Cob

ourg

Eas

t Com

-m

unit

y Se

cond

ary

Plan

Are

a.

Phot

o 11

: Ex

isti

ng re

side

nce

loca

ted

on E

lgin

Roa

d Ea

st.

Phot

o 12

: Ex

isti

ng fa

rm c

ompl

ex o

n Br

ook

Road

.

The

Tow

n w

ill w

ork

wit

h l

and

ow

ner

s to

ach

ieve

th

e in

clu

sio

n in

futu

re d

evel

op

men

t o

f su

ch fe

atu

res

as:

Imp

rove

d p

ub

lic a

cces

s to

her

itag

e p

rop

-er

ties

.

• Th

e in

clu

sio

n a

nd

pre

serv

atio

n o

f ru

ral

lan

dsc

ape

feat

ure

s in

clu

din

g b

arn

ru

ins,

fou

nd

atio

ns,

exis

tin

g

tree

lines

, h

edg

es

and

fen

ce li

nes

.

Inte

rpre

tive

dev

ices

su

ch a

s p

laq

ues

an

d

dis

pla

ys.

The

use

of

com

pat

ible

an

d a

pp

rop

riat

e b

uild

ing

m

ater

ials

an

d

des

ign

in

n

ew

dev

elo

pm

ent

adja

cen

t to

her

itag

e p

rop

-er

ties

.

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DES

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GU

IDEL

INES

3.0

PU

BL

IC R

EA

LM

GU

IDE

LIN

ES

3.1

Ope

n Sp

ace

Syst

em G

uide

lines

(S

ee F

igu

re 6

)

Th

e O

pen

Sp

ace

Syst

em in

clu

des

: •

Co

mm

un

ity

Park

s•

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d P

arks

• St

orm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

nd

s•

Nat

ura

l Fea

ture

s: C

reek

s, W

oo

dlo

ts,

Hed

ger

ow

s, Sp

ecim

en T

rees

• Re

crea

tio

nal

Tra

ils

The

follo

win

g G

uid

elin

es

are

inte

nded

to

cr

eate

a

netw

ork

of n

atur

al fe

atur

es in

clud

ing:

cre

ek v

alle

ys, p

arks

, w

ood

lots

, str

eets

and

op

en s

pac

e as

the

pre

dom

inan

t st

ruct

ure

and

am

enity

for t

he n

ew c

omm

unity

. The

cre

ek

valle

ys a

re th

e d

omin

ant n

atur

al fe

atur

e an

d p

rovi

de

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

red

efine

the

imp

orta

nce

of t

hese

nat

ural

ar

eas

as v

isib

le a

nd a

cces

sib

le p

ublic

am

eniti

es i

n th

e co

ntex

t of c

omm

unity

gro

wth

. Woo

dlo

ts, s

trea

m co

rrid

ors,

hed

gero

ws

and

sp

ecim

en t

rees

will

be

pre

serv

ed a

nd

pro

tect

ed a

s na

tura

l her

itage

feat

ures

.

A p

rim

ary

ob

ject

ive

of t

hes

e G

uid

elin

es is

th

e cr

eati

on

o

f a

linke

d

net

wo

rk

of

op

en

spac

es

and

tr

ails

to

p

rovi

de

safe

rec

reat

ion

al c

on

nec

tio

ns

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

com

mu

nit

y.

By

bu

ildin

g u

po

n a

lin

ked

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork

an

d b

y in

corp

ora

tin

g t

he

new

par

ks w

ith

ex

isti

ng

nat

ura

l fe

atu

res

for

exam

ple

, co

mp

reh

ensi

ve

con

nec

tio

ns

bet

wee

n

dev

elo

pin

g

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

the

com

mu

nit

y ce

ntr

e ca

n b

e ac

hie

ved

(Ph

oto

15

). St

reet

s ar

e in

ten

ded

to

hav

e an

en

han

ced

lan

dsc

ape

imag

e w

ith

do

ub

le r

ow

s o

f st

reet

tre

es,

sid

ewal

ks,

lan

dsc

aped

cen

tral

med

ian

s an

d o

ff r

oad

cyc

ling

tra

ils

on

maj

or s

tree

ts.

3.2

G

ener

al G

uid

elin

es

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

O

pen

sp

aces

sh

ould

be

fram

ed o

r fla

nke

d b

y p

ub

lic ro

ads

or p

ub

lic p

arks

wh

erev

er p

ossi

ble

to

im

pro

ve t

he

pre

sen

ce a

nd

saf

ety

of t

hes

e am

enit

ies

in t

he

iden

tity

of

nei

gh

bou

rhoo

ds

(Fig

ure

14)

.b

) Si

ng

le

load

ed

road

s an

d

or

par

ks

are

reco

mm

end

ed to

sur

roun

d a

min

imum

of 5

0%

of th

e p

erim

eter

of w

ood

lots

, dra

inag

e ch

anne

ls,

stor

mw

ater

man

agem

ent p

ond

s an

d p

arks

.c)

Pa

rks

and

sch

ools

sh

ould

be

con

sid

ered

as

a n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

focu

s an

d d

esig

ned

to p

rovi

de

area

s fo

r com

mu

nit

y an

d c

ivic

eve

nts

.d

) Pr

ovid

e a

wid

e ra

ng

e o

f par

k si

zes

that

allo

w a

b

alan

ce o

f act

ive

pla

yin

g a

reas

in la

rger

par

ks

wit

h p

assi

ve o

pen

sp

ace

and

ch

ildre

n’s

pla

y sp

aces

.

Phot

o 15

: Hou

ses

fron

ting

on

to a

sin

gle-

load

ed s

tree

t su

rrou

nd t

he s

torm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t po

nd c

reat

e an

at

trac

tive

com

mun

ity

entr

y fe

atur

e an

d ov

erlo

ok fo

r th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ho

uses

.

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Figu

re 1

4: S

ingl

e Lo

aded

road

s at

woo

dlot

s pr

omot

e pu

blic

acc

ess

and

visi

bilit

y.

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IDEL

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d)

The

par

k sh

ou

ld, w

her

e fe

asib

le, b

e o

pen

to a

t le

ast

3 si

des

of t

he

pu

blic

str

eet.

(Fig

ure

15)

e)

Loca

l an

d D

istr

ict

Park

s sh

ou

ld s

up

po

rt t

he

larg

er

com

mu

nit

y id

enti

ty

and

p

rovi

de

a va

riet

y o

f sp

aces

fo

r p

assi

ve p

ark

use

, as

wel

l as

in

clu

de

a va

riet

y o

f ac

tive

/ re

crea

tio

nal

sp

ort

s fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. bas

ebal

l dia

mo

nd

s, so

ccer

p

itch

es, s

wim

min

g p

oo

ls e

tc).

f)

Park

s ad

jace

nt t

o sc

hool

site

s sh

ould

enc

oura

ge

mut

ual u

se o

f out

door

faci

litie

sg)

Pa

rk e

ntra

nce

desi

gn s

houl

d pr

ovid

e am

eniti

es

incl

udin

g sm

all

area

s of

sur

face

par

king

, vis

itor

drop

-off

and

sign

s to

assi

st in

orie

ntat

ion

and

use

of p

ark

amen

ities

.h)

Pa

rks

shou

ld

incl

ude

pass

ive

park

fa

cilit

ies

incl

udin

g w

alkw

ays,

form

al

gard

ens,

seat

ing

ar

eas,

park

pav

ilion

s an

d in

terp

retiv

e di

spla

ys

rela

ting

to lo

cal h

isto

ry o

r the

nat

ural

con

text

. i)

Hig

hly

visi

ble

conn

ectio

ns s

houl

d lin

k th

e m

ajor

pa

rk a

men

ities

and

fac

ilitie

s th

roug

h w

alkw

ays

and

bicy

cle

path

s. W

here

fea

sibl

e, a

sep

arat

e pe

dest

rian

netw

ork

shou

ld

be

dist

ingu

ishe

d

betw

een

the

recr

eatio

nal n

etw

ork

used

for b

ikin

g

and/

or in

-line

ska

ting.

j) Ve

hicu

lar

conn

ectio

ns t

hrou

gh p

arkl

and

shou

ld

be l

imite

d to

em

erge

ncy

vehi

cle

rout

es a

nd

acce

ss t

o m

ajor

par

k fa

cilit

ies

(e.g

. are

nas,

pool

s)

and

park

ing

area

s.k)

Pr

ovis

ions

to b

uffe

r res

iden

tial a

reas

from

light

ing,

tr

affic

and

par

king

are

as s

houl

d be

pro

vide

d

thro

ugh

land

scap

ing

and

appr

opria

te s

etba

ck

trea

tmen

ts.

l) Pa

rks

shou

ld b

e lo

cate

d al

ong

maj

or c

omm

unity

ro

ads

such

as

ar

teria

ls

and

Nei

ghbo

urho

od

Conn

ecto

r / C

olle

ctor

Roa

ds a

nd w

here

pos

sibl

e at

the

ter

min

us o

f str

eets

and

ope

n cr

esce

nts

to

rein

forc

e a

stro

ng p

ublic

pro

file

(Fig

ure

17)

.

3.3

Pub

lic P

arks

The

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

est

ablis

hed

a p

ark

lan

d h

iera

rch

y o

f 3 t

ypes

:

1. L

oca

l Par

k

1.2

hec

tare

s (3

.0 a

cres

) min

imu

m

2. D

istr

ict

Park

• 4

.0 h

ecta

res

(10.

0 ac

res)

or g

reat

er

3. P

ark

(Par

kett

e)

var

iab

le b

ased

on

a s

ite

spec

ific

bas

is

Pub

lic p

arks

are

in

ten

ded

to

ser

ve t

he

div

erse

op

en

spac

e n

eed

s o

f th

e co

mm

un

ity.

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d p

arks

sh

ou

ld

be

des

ign

ed

to

sup

po

rt

man

y co

mm

un

ity

fun

ctio

ns

such

as

com

mu

nit

y w

ide

even

ts, l

oca

l fa

irs

and

ath

leti

c fie

lds

for

org

aniz

ed s

po

rts

and

rec

reat

ion

. C

om

mu

nit

y p

arks

sh

ou

ld, w

her

e fe

asib

le, b

e lo

cate

d

bes

ide

sch

oo

ls

wit

h

acce

ss

to

recr

eati

on

al

trai

ls

wh

ere

con

nec

tio

ns

fro

m t

he

wid

er a

rea

and

ad

jace

nt

resi

den

ces

are

po

ssib

le.

Th

e fo

llow

ing

G

uid

elin

es

sho

uld

be

app

lied

in

th

e p

lan

nin

g a

nd

des

ign

of

par

ks.

3.3.

1 N

eigh

bour

hood

Par

ks a

nd P

arke

ttes

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Pa

rks a

nd

par

kett

es sh

ou

ld h

ave

a m

inim

um

of

50%

pu

blic

exp

osu

re t

hro

ug

h s

tree

ts o

r o

ther

p

ub

lic r

igh

t-o

f-w

ays

and

lan

ds

to i

ncr

ease

ac

cess

ibili

ty a

nd

saf

ety

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

(Fig

ure

1

5).

b)

Th

e p

arks

sh

ou

ld c

on

trib

ute

to

th

e st

ruct

ure

an

d

iden

tity

o

f th

e n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

an

d

wh

ere

app

rop

riat

e, b

e lo

cate

d i

n c

on

nec

tio

n

wit

h s

cho

ols

or o

ther

co

mm

un

ity

use

s o

r wit

h

the

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork

wh

erev

er p

oss

ible

(F

igu

re 1

6).

c)

Park

s m

ay, w

her

e th

eir

size

per

mit

s, in

clu

de

a va

riet

y o

f m

ino

r o

utd

oo

r p

layi

ng

fiel

ds,

ice

pad

s an

d c

hild

ren’

s p

lay

equ

ipm

ent.

Figu

re 1

5: N

eigh

bour

hood

par

ks t

hat

are

open

to

the

stre

et in

crea

se th

eir e

xpos

ure

and

prov

ide

grea

ter v

isib

il-it

y an

d ac

cess

from

the

surr

ound

ing

neig

hbou

rhoo

d.

Figu

re 1

6: T

he C

ombi

nati

on o

f sc

hool

s, w

oodl

ots

and

neig

hbou

rhoo

d or

com

mun

ity

scal

e pa

rks

cont

ribu

te

to t

he s

hari

ng o

f lo

cal a

men

itie

s an

d th

e id

enti

ty o

f th

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood.

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BO

URG

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NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

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N A

REA

URB

AN

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IGN

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IDEL

INES

Figu

re 1

7: S

tron

g ac

cess

and

vis

ibili

ty to

com

mun

ity

park

s re

info

rces

thei

r pub

lic p

rofil

e an

d sa

fety

.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

3.4

S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

nd

s

Thre

e St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent

Pon

ds

hav

e b

een

id

enti

fied

fo

r C

ob

ou

rg E

ast

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a. T

hes

e ar

e lo

cate

d a

t:•

Two

bet

wee

n D

anfo

rth

Ro

ad E

ast

and

Elg

in

Stre

et E

ast

wit

hin

th

e M

idto

wn

Cre

ek V

alle

y La

nd

s.•

On

e o

n W

ork

man

Ro

ad ju

st n

ort

h o

f Ker

r St

reet

Ext

ensi

on

.

Sto

rmw

ater

man

agem

ent

faci

litie

s sh

ou

ld h

ave

pu

blic

ac

cess

an

d b

e in

teg

rate

d a

s p

osi

tive

an

d s

afe

amen

itie

s w

ith

in t

he

com

mu

nit

y an

d O

pen

Sp

ace

Syst

em.

The

ob

ject

ive

of

crea

tin

g a

few

wel

l-d

esig

ned

co

mm

un

ity

po

nd

s w

ill a

ssis

t in

gre

ater

co

nce

ntr

atio

n o

f use

as

wel

l as

pro

vid

e a

pu

blic

fo

cus

and

co

nn

ecti

on

s b

etw

een

su

rro

un

din

g c

om

mu

nit

ies.

The

follo

win

g

gen

eral

re

com

men

dat

ion

s fo

r st

orm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t p

on

ds

sho

uld

ap

ply

:

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

St

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent

po

nd

s (S

WM

) sh

ou

ld b

e in

teg

rate

d a

s co

mm

un

ity

amen

itie

s to

op

tim

ize

thei

r u

se a

s a

com

po

nen

t o

f th

e p

ub

licly

acc

essi

ble

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork

. b

) O

f th

e to

tal

linea

r p

erim

eter

dis

tan

ce o

f a

SWM

th

at is

ad

jace

nt

to a

new

dev

elo

pm

ent

area

, a

sub

stan

tial

po

rtio

n o

f th

e p

erim

eter

sh

ou

ld b

e b

ou

nd

ed b

y a

pu

blic

ro

ad r

igh

t-o

f-w

ay, p

ub

lic p

ark

or

a co

mb

inat

ion

of

pu

blic

ly

ow

ned

an

d

acce

ssib

le

lan

ds.

A

min

imu

m

of

50%

o

f p

ub

licly

ac

cess

ible

ex

po

sure

is

g

ener

ally

reco

mm

end

ed (P

ho

to 1

6).

c)

SWM

p

on

ds

sho

uld

h

ave

as

mu

ch

pu

blic

ex

po

sure

as

p

oss

ible

. A

lth

ou

gh

th

e ex

act

pro

po

rtio

n s

ho

uld

be

det

erm

ined

on

a c

ase-

by-

case

bas

is, a

s a

gen

eral

ob

ject

ive

no

t m

ore

th

an 5

0 %

of

a SW

M p

erim

eter

sh

ou

ld b

e b

ou

nd

ed b

y th

e re

ar o

r si

de

yard

s o

f ad

jace

nt

ho

use

s(F

igu

re 1

8).

d)

The

des

ign

of

po

nd

s sh

ou

ld a

void

fen

cin

g

req

uir

emen

ts t

o p

rom

ote

pu

blic

acc

ess

and

su

rvei

llan

ce o

pp

ort

un

itie

s. e)

Sa

fe a

cces

s to

th

e p

erim

eter

of

po

nd

s sh

ou

ld

be

exam

ined

on

a s

ite-

by-

site

bas

is t

hro

ug

h

a co

mb

inat

ion

o

f p

on

d

edg

e tr

eatm

ents

. Sh

allo

w

slo

pes

sh

ou

ld

be

con

sid

ered

fo

r d

irec

t acc

ess

area

s an

d o

verl

oo

ks w

ith

raili

ng

s o

r den

sely

pla

nte

d a

reas

sh

ou

ld b

e ap

plie

d to

d

isco

ura

ge

dir

ect

acce

ss.

f)

A h

iera

rch

y o

f d

esig

n t

reat

men

ts s

ho

uld

be

dev

elo

ped

to

ad

dre

ss t

he

vari

ou

s co

nd

itio

ns

of

po

nd

des

ign

an

d l

oca

tio

ns

(e.g

. o

n-l

ine

po

nd

s vs

. tab

le la

nd

po

nd

s).

Phot

o 16

: Sto

rm w

ater

man

agem

ent p

onds

sho

uld

be a

cces

sibl

e co

mm

unity

feat

ures

. The

ir ac

tive

use

will

con

trib

ute

to

thei

r saf

ety.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 1

8: N

ot m

ore

than

50%

of a

sto

rmw

ater

pon

d sh

ould

be

boun

ded

by th

e re

ar o

r sid

e ya

rds

of a

djac

ent b

uild

ings

.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

3.5

Re

crea

tio

nal

Tra

ils

The

po

ten

tial

to

lin

k th

e p

rim

ary

op

en s

pac

e fe

atu

res,

incl

ud

ing

cr

eek

valle

ys,

wo

od

lots

, h

edg

ero

ws

and

sp

ecim

en

tree

s w

ith

in

Co

bo

urg

Ea

st

Co

mm

un

ity

Seco

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a en

cou

rag

es th

e d

evel

op

men

t of a

tr

ail s

yste

m to

lin

k th

e co

mm

un

ity

tog

eth

er a

nd

to b

e an

in

teg

ral p

art

of t

he

Op

en S

pac

e N

etw

ork

(P

ho

tos

17

a &

17

b).

Th

e cr

eek

valle

ys, s

tree

t net

wo

rk a

nd

wo

od

lots

p

rovi

de

the

pri

mar

y lin

ear

fram

ewo

rk f

or

esta

blis

hin

g

con

nec

tio

ns

bet

wee

n

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds,

par

ks

and

sc

ho

ols

. A

tra

il sy

stem

can

pro

vid

e p

edes

tria

ns

and

cy

clis

ts

wit

h

dir

ect

con

nec

tio

ns

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

Co

bo

urg

Eas

t C

om

mu

nit

y Se

con

dar

y Pl

an A

rea.

The

pro

visi

on

of r

ecre

atio

nal

trai

ls c

reat

es a

n a

ttra

ctiv

e an

d v

iab

le a

lter

nat

ive

to d

rivi

ng

an

d th

us

may

resu

lt in

a

sig

nifi

can

t d

ecre

ase

in s

ho

rt a

uto

mo

bile

tri

ps.

Th

ey

also

ser

ve a

s a

mea

ns

of

linki

ng

new

res

iden

tial

are

as

wit

ho

ut

add

ing

ad

dit

ion

al v

ehic

ula

r tr

affic

to

th

ese

sen

siti

ve a

reas

.

The

follo

win

g G

uid

elin

es s

ho

uld

be

con

sid

ered

in t

he

pla

nn

ing

an

d d

esig

n o

f rec

reat

ion

al t

rails

:

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

C

reat

e lin

ks

bet

wee

n p

rimar

y op

en

spac

e de

stin

atio

ns, n

eigh

bou

rhoo

ds a

nd e

mp

loym

ent

area

s by

p

rovi

ding

co

ntin

uous

re

crea

tiona

l tr

ail c

onne

ctio

ns f

or w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g al

ong

st

reet

s an

d th

e ex

istin

g dr

aina

ge c

hann

els

(See

Fi

gu

re 4

, Co

mm

un

ity

Fram

ewo

rk P

lan

).b

) Re

crea

tio

nal

tra

ils o

n s

tree

ts a

nd

wit

hin

par

k an

d o

pen

sp

ace

area

s sh

ou

ld c

on

nec

t to

th

e To

wn

wid

e O

pen

Sp

ace

Syst

em a

s w

ell

as t

o

exis

tin

g a

nd

pro

po

sed

tra

ils i

n C

ob

ou

rg a

nd

o

ther

ad

jace

nt

mu

nic

ipal

itie

s.c)

Th

e d

esig

n o

f th

e re

crea

tio

nal

tra

il sh

ou

ld

refle

ct t

he

fun

ctio

n a

nd

nat

ure

of

the

typ

e o

f o

pen

sp

ace

it o

ccu

pie

s. T

rails

sh

ou

ld b

e a

min

imu

m o

f 3

met

res

wid

e to

allo

w f

or

two

-w

ay u

se.

d)

Trai

ls t

hat

alig

n st

ream

cor

ridor

s, w

ood

lots

or

othe

r se

nsiti

ve n

atur

al a

reas

sho

uld

em

plo

y se

par

atio

n d

ista

nces

fro

m s

uch

feat

ures

. Suc

h

sep

arat

ion

dis

tanc

es

shou

ld

be

ind

ivid

ually

d

eter

min

ed.

e)

Lig

hti

ng

o

n

trai

ls

sho

uld

b

e in

div

idu

ally

d

eter

min

ed,

par

ticu

larl

y w

her

e lig

hti

ng

m

ay d

istu

rb n

atu

ral

hab

itat

s o

r h

ave

hig

h

mai

nte

nan

ce c

ost

s.f)

B

icyc

le p

ath

s al

on

g s

tree

ts s

ho

uld

pro

vid

e d

irec

t co

nn

ecti

on

s to

oth

er t

rails

wit

hin

th

e O

pen

Sp

ace

Syst

em.

g)

Co

nn

ecti

on

s sh

ou

ld b

e p

rovi

ded

as

par

t of t

he

stre

et b

icyc

le p

ath

/tra

il sy

stem

acr

oss

art

eria

l o

r co

llect

or

road

s at

pro

per

ly s

ign

ed a

nd

/or

sig

nal

ized

inte

rsec

tio

ns.

Phot

o 17

b: L

inki

ng th

e co

mm

unit

y to

geth

er th

roug

h a

trai

l sys

tem

will

inco

rpor

ate

the

exis

ting

nat

ural

feat

ures

wit

h ne

w o

pen

spac

es, p

arks

and

str

eets

.

Phot

o 17

a: R

esid

enti

al p

rese

nce

on t

rails

hel

ps t

o m

ain-

tain

a s

afe

envi

ronm

ent a

nd c

reat

es v

isua

l int

eres

t.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

3.6

Stre

ets

The

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

cre

ate

a se

nse

of c

on

nec

tio

n to

the

Are

a’s

exis

tin

g c

on

text

an

d h

isto

ry is

po

ssib

le t

hro

ug

h

the

des

ign

of n

ew s

tree

t an

d b

lock

pat

tern

s. St

reet

s ca

n

be

ori

ente

d a

nd

des

ign

ed t

o e

nh

ance

th

e ex

per

ien

ce

of

trav

el,

cycl

ing

an

d w

alki

ng

an

d t

o c

reat

e vi

sual

an

d p

hys

ical

co

nn

ecti

on

s to

th

e re

mai

nin

g n

atu

ral

her

itag

e fe

atu

res

(wo

od

lots

, cre

ek v

alle

ys, s

ign

ifica

nt

tree

sta

nd

s).

3.6.

1 St

reet

s fo

r Wal

king

and

Rec

reat

ion

The

use

of t

he

stre

et a

s a

pla

ce fo

r in

form

al s

oci

aliz

ing,

w

alki

ng,

cy

clin

g

and

o

ther

re

crea

tio

nal

ac

tivi

ties

in

crea

ses

per

son

al s

afet

y th

rou

gh

cas

ual

su

rvei

llan

ce

op

po

rtu

nit

ies.

In

th

e ex

isti

ng

est

ablis

hed

Co

bo

urg

n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s th

e p

rese

nce

of

sid

ewal

ks, b

ikew

ays

and

mat

ure

tre

e-lin

ed s

tree

ts p

rovi

de

a co

mfo

rtab

le

pla

ce f

or

resi

den

ts t

o w

alk

and

an

ext

end

ed a

rea

for

child

ren

to

pla

y.

The

pro

visi

on

of

sid

ewal

ks a

nd

re

crea

tio

nal

tra

ils w

her

e m

ajo

r ar

teri

al r

oad

s ap

ply

, al

low

fo

r jo

gg

ing,

cyc

ling,

ska

teb

oar

din

g a

nd

oth

er

info

rmal

recr

eati

on

al a

ctiv

ity.

Wh

ere

cars

are

per

mit

ted

to

par

k o

n l

oca

l o

r o

ther

str

eets

, th

ere

are

few

er c

ars

in t

he

fro

nt

yard

an

d a

bu

ffer

zo

ne

bet

wee

n t

he

stre

et

and

th

e si

dew

alk

is c

reat

ed.

The

des

ign

pri

nci

ple

s fo

r st

reet

s th

at w

ill p

rom

ote

st

reet

s fo

r wal

kin

g a

nd

recr

eati

ng

incl

ud

e:a)

C

reat

e In

terc

on

nec

ted

Road

Pa

tter

ns:

A

h

igh

ly i

nte

rco

nn

ecte

d l

oca

l st

reet

net

wo

rk

wit

h s

ho

rter

blo

ck l

eng

ths

will

allo

w t

raffi

c flo

w

to

dis

sip

ate

mo

re

even

ly

thro

ug

h

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

Th

is

pat

tern

w

ill

limit

in

crea

sed

tra

ffic

spee

d o

n lo

ng

road

str

etch

es

and

th

e n

eed

fo

r tr

affic

ca

lmin

g

dev

ices

, w

hic

h

limit

s em

erg

ency

ve

hic

le

resp

on

se

tim

e, r

edu

ces

stre

et p

arki

ng

an

d a

re c

ost

ly t

o

con

stru

ct a

nd

mai

nta

in.

b)

Dis

per

se L

oca

l Tr

affic

: A

n o

ffse

t st

reet

gri

d

and,

wh

ere

app

rop

riat

e, o

ne

way

str

eets

will

en

cou

rag

e th

rou

gh

tra

ffic

to s

tay

on

maj

or

rou

tes

incl

ud

ing

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d C

on

nec

tors

an

d

Art

eria

l Ro

ads

rath

er

than

fil

teri

ng

th

rou

gh

less

dir

ect

loca

l str

eets

. c)

M

inim

ize

Pave

men

t W

idth

: Th

e w

idth

s o

f st

reet

s ar

e p

rop

ose

d

in

acco

rdan

ce

wit

h

op

erat

ion

al sa

fety

of t

he

road

an

d th

e p

rovi

sio

n

of

an e

nh

ance

d p

edes

tria

n r

ealm

. Th

e w

idth

o

f th

e p

avem

ent

in p

arti

cula

r, sh

ou

ld b

e ke

pt

as n

arro

w a

s p

ract

ical

ly fe

asib

le, t

o e

nco

ura

ge

traf

fic to

slo

w d

ow

n.

d)

Enco

ura

ge

Stre

et

Park

ing

: St

reet

p

arki

ng

w

ill

also

h

elp

to

sl

ow

tr

affic

th

rou

gh

th

e m

ano

euvr

ing

of p

arke

d c

ars.

e)

Plan

t St

reet

Tre

es: T

ree-

lined

str

eets

pro

vid

e an

evo

lvin

g a

nd

las

tin

g i

mp

ress

ion

of

the

stre

et a

nd

a p

hys

ical

bu

ffer

ing

bet

wee

n t

he

pav

emen

t, si

dew

alk

and

p

riva

te

dw

ellin

gs.

The

shad

ing

eff

ects

of

mat

ure

str

eet

tree

s h

ave

a si

gn

ifica

nt m

edia

tin

g e

ffec

t on

su

mm

er

sun

ligh

t.

3.6.

2 U

niqu

e St

reet

Cha

ract

er

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Pr

eser

ve

the

Ch

arac

ter

and

Fu

nct

ion

o

f Ex

isti

ng

Ro

ads

(Wh

ere

feas

ible

): Ja

rvis

Ro

ad

and

W

ork

man

Ro

ad

hav

e b

een

id

enti

fied

as

po

ten

tial

‘ch

arac

ter

road

s’ th

at s

ho

uld

in

w

ho

le o

r in

par

t m

ain

tain

it’s

exis

tin

g p

rofil

e an

d t

ran

spo

rtat

ion

fun

ctio

n.

b)

Vary

th

e Le

ng

th o

f St

reet

s an

d B

lock

s: A

llow

st

reet

s to

re

spo

nd

to

th

e co

nfig

ura

tio

ns

of

top

og

rap

hy,

o

ther

n

atu

ral

feat

ure

s an

d

exis

tin

g

dev

elo

pm

ent

(str

eets

, re

sid

enti

al

area

s) t

o r

ein

forc

e a

sen

se o

f pla

ce in

th

e n

ew

com

mu

nit

y.

A u

nifo

rmit

y o

f n

ew s

tree

ts a

nd

b

lock

s w

ill l

imit

ori

enta

tio

n w

ith

co

mm

un

ity

lan

dm

arks

. A

var

iety

of

stre

ets

and

blo

cks

that

are

occ

asio

nal

ly o

ffse

t, si

ng

le l

oad

ed o

r sl

igh

tly

curv

ed w

ill e

nh

ance

on

e’s

ori

enta

tio

n

and

en

joym

ent

of t

he

area

.c)

Pr

ovid

e a

Vari

ety

of

Ho

use

Typ

es: T

he

visu

al

inte

rest

of

the

stre

et w

ill b

e im

pro

ved

by

a co

nsi

sten

t va

riet

y o

f lo

t si

zes,

ho

use

typ

es,

bu

ildin

g h

eig

hts

, mat

eria

ls a

nd

co

lou

rs.

d)

Prov

ide

a Va

riet

y o

f Set

bac

ks: O

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

p

rovi

de

a va

riet

y o

f str

eet

setb

acks

will

cre

ate

visu

al i

nte

rest

an

d a

sen

se o

f in

form

alit

y.

A

gre

ater

var

iety

of b

uild

ing

s will

cre

ate

an im

age

of

incr

emen

tal

dev

elo

pm

ent,

as h

ou

sin

g h

as

evo

lved

in t

he

Tow

n’s

old

er n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s, ra

ther

than

an

ap

pea

ran

ce o

f bei

ng

bu

ilt a

ll at

o

nce

.

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Bro

ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

3.6.

3Li

nks t

o H

erita

ge N

atur

al F

eatu

res

The

org

aniz

atio

n o

f str

eets

an

d b

lock

s sh

ould

rei

nfo

rce

this

his

tori

c co

nn

ecti

on t

o th

e la

nd

scap

e b

y p

rovi

din

g

phy

sica

l an

d v

isu

al c

onn

ecti

ons t

o n

atu

ral f

eatu

res,

par

ks

and

the

surr

oun

din

g ru

ral l

and

scap

e. T

hes

e fe

atu

res c

an

defi

ne

the

edg

es o

r cen

tres

of n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

s, sh

ould

b

e b

oth

eas

ily s

een

an

d a

cces

sib

le a

nd

cre

ate

a st

ron

g

sen

se o

f loc

al id

enti

ty.

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Pr

eser

ve

and

in

corp

orat

e n

atu

ral

feat

ure

s in

to

new

n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

s to

su

pp

ort

an

envi

ron

men

tally

aw

are

com

mu

nit

y.b

) W

her

ever

fea

sib

le,

inco

rpor

ate

mat

ure

tre

es

and

hed

ger

ows

into

par

ks a

nd

oth

er p

ub

licly

ow

ned

ar

eas

incl

ud

ing

st

reet

ri

gh

ts-o

f-w

ay.

The

visu

al p

rom

inen

ce o

f h

edg

erow

s sh

ould

b

e a

key

org

aniz

ing

ele

men

t in

th

e d

esig

n

of

new

n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

s. A

n

ew

pla

nti

ng

ap

pro

ach

th

at r

eplic

ates

hed

ger

ows

and

th

e p

atte

rns

of t

ree-

lined

lan

es m

ay a

lso

be

use

d

in p

ub

licly

ow

ned

are

as o

r as

a t

ree-

lined

pat

h

alon

g re

crea

tion

al tr

ails

.

3.6.

4 N

eigh

bour

hood

Siz

e

The

size

of

nei

gh

bou

rhoo

ds

is b

ased

on

rea

son

able

w

alki

ng

d

ista

nce

s w

ith

in

and

b

etw

een

ad

jace

nt

nei

gh

bou

rhoo

ds.

Th

ese

dis

tan

ces

are

gen

eral

ly

org

aniz

ed t

o al

low

a m

axim

um

of

five

to t

en m

inu

tes

wal

kin

g d

ista

nce

to lo

cal p

arks

an

d s

choo

ls.

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Th

e ex

ten

t of

a

nei

gh

bou

rhoo

d

shou

ld

gen

eral

ly b

e d

efin

ed b

y a

400-

met

re r

adiu

s (fi

ve m

inu

te w

alk)

from

cen

tre

to e

dg

e.b

) N

eig

hb

ourh

ood

s sh

ould

b

e d

isce

rnab

le

thro

ug

h p

ub

lic u

se b

uild

ing

s an

d d

esti

nat

ion

s

(sch

ools

, par

ks) a

nd

a sh

ifted

or c

han

gin

g st

reet

p

atte

rn t

hat

ch

ang

es t

o ac

com

mod

ate

acce

ss

and

exp

osu

re t

o n

atu

ral a

nd

dev

elop

ed o

pen

sp

ace.

c)

Park

s, w

ood

lots

, cre

ek v

alle

ys a

nd

str

eets

can

d

efin

e n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

en

tran

ces

or e

dg

es.

3.6.

5 Bl

ock

and

Stre

et D

esig

n

The

exis

tin

g e

stab

lish

ed n

eig

hb

ourh

ood

s in

Cob

ourg

g

ener

ally

pro

vid

e a

‘fin

e g

rain

’ gri

d p

atte

rn o

f str

eets

an

d

blo

cks.

Th

e av

erag

e le

ng

ths

of b

lock

s av

erag

e 12

0-20

0 m

etre

s. T

his

pat

tern

of s

hor

ter b

lock

s an

d m

ore

freq

uen

t cr

oss

stre

ets

allo

ws

for

gre

ater

filte

rin

g o

f p

edes

tria

n

acti

vity

an

d g

ener

al c

onn

ecti

ons b

etw

een

nei

gh

bou

rin

g

stre

ets.

It a

lso

hel

ps

to re

du

ce t

raffi

c vo

lum

es o

n s

ing

le

stre

ets

by

pro

vid

ing

mor

e op

tion

s to

a g

iven

des

tin

atio

n

as w

ell a

s p

rom

otin

g w

alki

ng

an

d c

yclin

g.

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Th

e st

reet

an

d b

lock

pat

tern

sh

ould

‘fit-

into

’ an

d

acce

ntu

ate

the

nat

ura

l an

d

her

itag

e el

emen

ts

of

the

Cob

ourg

Ea

st

Com

mu

nit

y Se

con

dar

y Pl

an A

rea

incl

ud

ing

woo

dlo

ts, c

reek

va

lleys

, est

ablis

hed

res

iden

tial

are

as, t

ree-

lined

ro

ads

and

lan

es, h

edg

erow

s an

d t

opog

rap

hic

fe

atur

es.

b)

To m

axim

ize

the

con

nec

tion

s fo

r au

tom

obile

s an

d e

spec

ially

ped

estr

ian

s an

d c

yclis

t, st

reet

s sh

ould

be

bas

ed o

n a

gri

d p

atte

rn t

hat

is

mod

ified

in re

spon

se to

nat

ura

l, op

en s

pac

e or

ex

isti

ng

str

eet c

ond

itio

ns.

c)

Bloc

ks a

nd st

reet

s sho

uld

be

desi

gned

to e

nhan

ce

view

s or t

o ac

hiev

e a

dist

inct

ive

char

acte

r aro

und

a

neig

hbou

rhoo

d fo

cus

thro

ugh

delib

erat

e va

riatio

ns in

the

stre

et a

lignm

ent.

d)

Bloc

k le

ng

ths

shou

ld g

ener

ally

ran

ge

bet

wee

n

120

and

200

met

res.

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ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES

Figu

re 1

9: R

ear l

anes

may

be

requ

ired

for h

ousi

ng a

t spe

cific

are

as, i

nclu

ding

art

eria

l roa

ds, p

arks

or

whe

re s

mal

l lot

hou

sing

is p

ropo

sed.

Phot

o 18

: Re

ar la

nes a

llow

hou

sing

to h

ave

adja

cent

ov

ervi

ew o

f par

ks a

nd o

pen

spac

e.

3.6.

6 R

ear L

anes

Wh

ere

app

rop

riat

e, c

onsi

der

atio

n s

hou

ld b

e g

iven

to

th

e u

se o

f rea

r lan

es a

t th

e fo

llow

ing

loca

tion

s:a)

A

t ar

teri

al r

oad

s an

d p

arti

cula

rly

on B

rook

Ro

ad, D

anfo

rth

Roa

d, E

lgin

Str

eet

or K

err

Road

Ex

ten

sion

wh

ere

exce

ssiv

e cu

rb c

uts

to p

rivat

e d

rivew

ays

wou

ld

imp

ede

the

oper

atio

nal

fu

nct

ion

of t

he

road

way

.b

) A

t p

arks

or

open

sp

ace

(par

ks, w

ood

lots

, cre

ek

valle

ys) w

here

lane

bas

ed h

ousi

ng m

ay b

enefi

t fr

om h

avin

g d

irect

ove

rvie

w o

f th

ese

area

s (P

ho

to 1

8).

c)

Wh

ere

smal

ler

lot

fron

tag

es

or

tow

nh

ouse

d

wel

ling

s ar

e b

ein

g c

onsi

der

ed.

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Re

ar l

anes

sho

uld

pro

vid

e a

min

imum

lan

e rig

ht-o

f-w

ay o

f 9 m

etre

s (F

igu

re 1

9).

b)

Trav

el p

avem

ent

wid

th s

ho

uld

be

a m

inim

um

6.

0 m

etre

s p

rovi

din

g a

set

bac

k o

f 1.

5 m

etre

fr

om

th

e tr

avel

lan

e to

th

e g

arag

e fa

ce.

This

1.

5 m

etre

is in

ten

ded

to

acc

om

mo

dat

e sn

ow

cl

eara

nce

an

d d

eco

rati

ve p

avin

g.c)

O

n o

ne

sid

e o

f an

y g

arag

e in

a r

ear

lan

e a

min

imu

m s

ide

yard

set

bac

k o

f 3.

0 m

etre

s fo

r se

mis

an

d 3

.0 m

etre

s fo

r si

ng

les

shal

l b

e p

rovi

ded

to

al

low

fo

r vi

sual

co

nn

ecti

on

s fr

om

th

e la

ne

to t

he

rear

of

the

ho

use

an

d t

o

pro

mo

te s

afer

lan

eway

co

nd

itio

ns.

d

) O

n s

emis

an

d s

ing

les

the

sid

e-ya

rd b

esid

e th

e g

arag

e m

ay a

lso

be

use

d a

s an

ad

dit

ion

al

dri

vew

ay p

arki

ng

sp

ace.

e)

Rear

lan

e g

arag

es a

sso

ciat

ed w

ith

tow

nh

ou

ses

req

uir

e n

o

sid

e ya

rd

setb

ack;

h

ow

ever

, a

min

imu

m 3

.0 m

etre

set

bac

k m

ust

be

pro

vid

ed

bet

wee

n

a m

axim

um

o

f si

x to

wn

ho

use

g

arag

es

con

stru

cted

in

a

row

to

p

rovi

de

acce

ss fo

r em

erg

ency

ser

vice

s.

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ok

McI

lro

y In

c P

lan

nin

g +

Urb

an D

esig

n

TOW

N O

F C

OB

OU

RG -

CO

BO

URG

EA

ST C

OM

MU

NIT

Y S

ECO

ND

ARY

PLA

N A

REA

URB

AN

DES

IGN

GU

IDEL

INES A

rter

ial R

oad

Art

eria

l Ro

ad

Co

llect

or R

oad

Nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d C

on

nec

tor /

Co

llect

or R

oad

Hig

hw

ay

Brook Road

Workman Road

Jarvis Road

Elg

in S

tree

t

Ker

r Str

eet

Exte

nsi

on

Dan

fort

h Ro

ad E

ast

Hw

y. 4

01

3.7

St

reet

Gu

idel

ines

(Fig

ure

20)

The

pro

po

sed

str

eet

net

wo

rk o

utl

ines

a h

iera

rch

y o

f n

ew s

tree

ts t

hat

will

bo

th a

llevi

ate

pre

ssu

re o

f fu

ture

in

crea

sed

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n o

n e

xist

ing

str

eets

, su

ch a

s B

roo

k Ro

ad a

nd

Wo

rkm

an R

oad

wh

ere

the

exis

tin

g

resi

den

tial

en

clav

es a

re lo

cate

d, a

s w

ell a

s p

rovi

de

new

st

reet

s th

at w

ill s

erve

th

e w

ider

co

mm

un

ity

and

th

e n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s w

ith

in it

.

3.7.

1 A

rter

ial R

oads

(Fig

ures

21

- 26)

The

arte

rial

ro

ads

incl

ud

e D

anfo

rth

Ro

ad, E

lgin

Str

eet,

Ker

r St

reet

, Bro

ok

Road

an

d W

ork

man

Ro

ad (

min

. 26.

0 –3

6.0

met

res)

. Th

ese

stre

ets

will

su

pp

ort

mo

der

ate

to h

igh

vo

lum

es o

f p

asse

ng

er a

nd

co

mm

ute

r tr

affic

at

mo

der

ate

spee

ds.

Lim

ited

acc

ess

to d

evel

op

men

t w

ill n

eces

sita

te r

edu

cin

g t

he

nu

mb

er o

f d

rive

way

s an

d, w

her

e re

sid

enti

al i

s p

rop

ose

d, a

lter

nat

ive

acce

ss

thro

ug

h

rear

la

nes

o

r o

ther

m

easu

res

to

red

uce

d

rive

way

s sh

ou

ld

be

exam

ined

. O

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r tr

ansi

t sh

ou

ld b

e co

nsi

der

ed in

the

des

ign

an

d fu

nct

ion

o

f th

ese

stre

ets.

Bro

ok

Ro

ad

Bro

ok

Road

is in

ten

ded

to

be

the

pri

mar

y n

ort

h s

ou

th

Art

eria

l Ro

ad w

ith

in A

rea

C (

26.0

- 36

.0 m

etre

s).

Bro

ok

Road

will

be

a h

igh

ord

er A

rter

ial

pro

vid

ing

lar

ge

volu

mes

of

no

rth

so

uth

tra

ffic

in c

om

bin

atio

n w

ith

a

tree

-lin

ed p

edes

tria

n o

rien

ted

str

eet

edg

e tr

eatm

ent.

Elg

in S

tre

et

Elg

in S

tree

t is

sh

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n a

s a

2 la

ne

arte

rial

(26.

0 m

etre

s)

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vid

ing

larg

e vo

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es o

f eas

t wes

t tra

ffic

in c

om

bin

a-ti

on

wit

h a

tre

e-lin

ed p

edes

tria

n o

rien

ted

str

eet

edg

e tr

eatm

ent.

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po

ten

tial

fo

r El

gin

Str

eet

to b

eco

me

a vi

bra

nt,

com

pac

t mix

ed u

se a

nd

co

mm

erci

al c

entr

e w

ill

incr

ease

as

the

mix

of

ho

usi

ng

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

are

pro

-vi

ded

in th

e ad

join

ing

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

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in S

tree

t is

inte

nd

ed to

be

the

pri

mar

y m

ixed

-use

str

eet i

n th

e Se

c-o

nd

ary

Plan

Are

a an

d s

ho

uld

be

gen

eral

ly e

xpre

ssed

th

rou

gh

co

nsi

sten

t b

uild

ing

hei

gh

ts a

nd

set

bac

ks a

nd

a

hig

h le

vel a

nd

wid

e va

riet

y o

f at

-gra

de

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mer

cial

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reet

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es,

seat

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ng

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d o

ther

str

eets

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s as

ped

estr

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o m

ove

bo

th d

irec

tly

and

cir

-cu

ito

usl

y al

on

g it

s le

ng

th.

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re 2

0: R

oad

Net

wor

k.

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2.75

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SETB

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SID

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6.0 - 9.0 m

SPACING

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NT

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bour

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Con

nect

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25 m

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3.0

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SETB

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PAV

ING

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ctor

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)

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gh

bo

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on

nec

tors

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met

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: A

pp

roxi

mat

ely

fou

r N

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

C

on

nec

tors

ar

e p

rop

ose

d t

o s

up

po

rt p

edes

tria

n a

nd

veh

icu

lar

links

bet

wee

n t

he

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

to

pro

vid

e co

nn

ecti

on

s to

O

pen

Sp

ace,

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ho

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an

d

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s. N

eig

hb

ou

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ecto

rs w

ill b

e d

esig

ned

wit

h a

h

igh

deg

ree

of p

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tria

n a

men

ity

incl

ud

ing

sid

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ligh

tin

g, d

ou

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.

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SETB

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K

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- 18

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to 6

.0 m

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m

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3 Lo

cal S

tree

ts

Loca

l Str

eets

: Lo

cal

Stre

ets

will

su

pp

ort

lo

w t

raffi

c vo

lum

es w

ith

in

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

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arro

wer

18.

0 m

etre

rig

hts

-of-

way

is

reco

mm

end

ed to

cre

ate

a m

ore

inti

mat

e, p

edes

tria

n

scal

ed n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

set

tin

g.

Loca

l st

reet

s w

ill b

e d

esig

ned

wit

h a

hig

h d

egre

e o

f p

edes

tria

n a

men

ity

incl

ud

ing

sid

ewal

ks, l

igh

tin

g, a

nd

str

eet

tree

s an

d o

n

stre

et p

arki

ng

th

at c

ou

ld a

lter

nat

e st

reet

sid

e lo

cati

on

. Sp

ecifi

c g

uid

elin

es a

re il

lust

rate

d o

n F

igu

re 2

8.

Jarv

is R

oa

d a

nd

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rkm

an

Ro

ad

Exis

tin

g J

arvi

s Ro

ad a

nd

Wo

rkm

an R

oad

will

be

mai

n-

tain

ed a

s a

‘ch

arac

ter

road

’. Ex

isti

ng

bu

ilt fo

rms

wh

ich

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o t

he

char

acte

r o

f th

e en

tire

are

a in

clu

de:

re

sid

ence

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form

er fa

rm c

om

ple

x an

d id

enti

fied

her

i-ta

ge

road

scap

es.

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4 O

n-St

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Par

king

The

pro

visi

on

of o

n-s

tree

t p

arki

ng

sh

ou

ld b

e p

rovi

ded

o

n a

t le

ast

on

e si

de

of t

he

stre

et w

her

e ap

pro

pri

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ign

Gu

idel

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:a)

D

rive

way

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n lo

ts le

ss th

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res

sho

uld

b

e p

aire

d t

o i

ncr

ease

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

on

-st

reet

par

kin

g.b

) C

on

sid

erat

ion

to

per

mit

on

-str

eet

par

kin

g t

o

red

uce

the

nu

mb

er o

f car

s re

qu

ired

to p

ark

on

th

e lo

t sh

ou

ld b

e g

iven

wit

h r

esp

ect

to a

ll lo

t si

zes.

3.7.

5 A

bove

Gra

de U

tilit

ies

Ab

ove

gra

de

uti

litie

s o

n r

esid

enti

al s

tree

ts i

ncl

ud

ing

h

ydro

, tel

eph

on

e an

d c

able

box

es g

ener

ally

co

ntr

ibu

te

to a

neg

ativ

e im

age

for

the

stre

etsc

ape

par

ticu

larl

y w

hen

pla

ced

in h

igh

ly v

isib

le a

reas

of t

he

pu

blic

rig

ht-

of-

way

. St

reet

s th

at h

ave

smal

ler

lots

req

uir

e a

gre

ater

n

um

ber

of

abov

e g

rad

e u

tilit

ies

and

th

e lo

cati

on

of

abov

e g

rad

e se

rvic

es r

edu

ces

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to p

lan

t st

reet

tre

es.

Des

ign

Gu

idel

ines

:a)

Th

e g

ener

al lo

cati

on

of

all u

tilit

ies

sho

uld

be

add

ress

ed a

t th

e D

raft

Pla

n o

f su

bd

ivis

ion

st

age.

b)

Staf

f sh

ou

ld

exam

ine

the

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r g

rou

pin

g u

tilit

ies

in s

ing

le l

oca

tio

ns

abov

e g

rad

e (e

.g.

the

flan

kag

e ya

rd o

f th

e p

ub

lic

rig

ht-

of-

way

) or

un

der

gro

un

d.

Such

loca

tio

ns

sho

uld

be

gu

ided

by

the

loca

tio

n a

nd

pri

mac

y o

f str

eets

, sto

rm w

ater

man

agem

ent

faci

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