Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan Updates
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The document outlines a community design plan for Mid-Centretown in Ottawa. It provides an overview of the planning process and engagement activities to develop a vision for the area over 20 years. Key projects proposed include converting streets to two-way traffic, improving parks and acquiring new park spaces, enhancing cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, and guiding new development to fit within the existing neighbourhood context through updated design guidelines. The plan divides the area into four zones and tailors policies and projects to each zone's needs and opportunities.
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Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan Updates
- 1. Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan Photo By: Charles Akben Marchand www.centretown.blogspot.com November 30, 2010 ERA Architects Delcan Hariri Pontarini Architects
- 2. TONIGHT 6:30 Presentation 7:30 Questions & Answers 8:00 Activity Stations: 1. The Character of Centretown: Buildings 2. Greening Centretown: Parks & Public Realm 3. Moving Around Centretown: Mobility 4. Living In Centretown: Community Amenities
- 3. Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan Defining Centretown Living In Centretown Moving Around Centretown Building Centretown Greening Centretown Next Steps
- 4. Who We Are Heritage Advice: Architecture: Transportation & Servicing:
- 6. What is a Community Design Plan? Implemented through the Official Plan, CDPs direct future growth and guiding development across areas facing significant change. CDPs provide guidelines for decision-making on land use planning at the neighbourhood level, around: 1. Future development 2. Urban design 3. Parks and open spaces 4. Streetscape improvements 5. Zoning 6. Community priorities Community Design Plans (CDPs) are used to update Secondary Plans. A key objective of process is to build consensus around an updated twenty-year vision for Mid-Centretown.
- 7. Work Plan At A Glance TONIGHT
- 9. Where & What is Centretown? O’Conner Metcalfe Bank Elgin Kent Gloucester Nepean Lisgar Cooper Somerset MacLaren Gilmour James Florence Gladstone McLeod Flora Arlington Catherine 417
- 10. Centretown is composed of a diversity of places
- 11. Downtown
- 14. The Catherine Street Corridor
- 15. A Mixed Use Central Zone
- 16. Containing important Main Streets
- 17. …and a district around the Museum
- 18. …that connects the Civic & Capital Realms
- 19. Supporting important heritage buildings
- 20. Centretown is composed of a diversity of places Residential Northern Neighbourhood Central Residential Catherine Corridor Neighbourhood Downtown Metcalfe Street Heritage Cluster Northern Zone Main Street Museum District Central Zone Catherine St. Corridor
- 22. Centretown Community Amenities: A Snapshot of Provision Today
- 23. Centretown Community Amenities Worked with University of Ottawa to prepare a Community Amenities Audit – sets the baseline scenario for the provision of community facilities in Centretown. Focused on public spaces & facilities that provide community services. Starting point for understanding existing provision and where gaps exist.
- 24. Centretown Community Amenities Key Findings As a well-established, central neighbourhood, Centretown is generally well provided for with facilities. However, Centretown suffers from many of the same deficiencies experienced in other urban communities, such as: community centres … meeting space … local libraries … youth centres…investment in existing facilities…outdoor recreation space… Findings were reinforced by what we heard from you: … more park space … more healthy trees … better quality affordable housing … a new local library …. more bike lanes needed … schools are essential … improvements to rinks, tennis and basketball courts
- 25. Making It Happen Section 37 Allows the City to grant additional height and/or density beyond existing permissions in return for ‘community benefits’. Typically community benefits are cash contributions, but can also be physical facilities. Community benefits are negotiated between the applicant, the City, the local councilor.
- 26. Community Benefits What qualifies as a ‘Community Benefit’? From City of Ottawa’s Official Plan: > Cultural facilities > Public art > Heritage conservation > Rental housing conservation > Affordable housing provision, including land > Child care > Improvements to rapid-transit stations > Artist live-work studios PLUS…other local improvements identified in community design plans, community improvement plans, capital budgets, or other implementation plans or studies.
- 27. Community Benefits …but could also include: > Parkland > Park improvements > Funding for non-profit arts, community, cultural or institutional facilities > Streetscape improvements > Land for municipal purposes > Funding for the urban forest > Green technologies Let us know what ‘community benefits’ are important to Centretown
- 28. Moving around Centretown > People > Bicycles > Transit > Cars
- 29. The Street Network Today
- 30. The Street Network Today Metcalfe O’Connor Kent Lyon Catherine Isabella
- 31. The Transit Network Today - Transitway Albert Slater
- 32. Cycling in Centretown Today Albert Slater Percy Bay
- 33. The Starting Point Mobility Projects: Two way conversion of all one-way arterials Removal of Metcalfe Street from East Lawn Metcalfe Street as a Civic Boulevard
- 34. Mobility Overlay Study: Centretown Demands… The City of Ottawa is about to undertake a Downtown Mobility Study. All ideas presented tonight will be included in the scope of work for the Downtown Mobility Study. Would you like to include other ideas?
- 35. Turning Your Roads into Street: Two–Way Conversions Metcalfe O’Connor Kent Lyon
- 36. Turning Your Roads into Street: Two–Way Conversions Before After
- 37. Getting Started on Two-Way Conversions: Two–Way Conversions: Metcalfe first Metcalfe First O’Connor Metcalfe Kent Lyon
- 38. Metcalfe Street as a Civic Ceremonial Street
- 39. Future Opportunities for Two-Way Conversions Metcalfe O’Connor Kent Lyon
- 40. Making Centretown More Accessible
- 41. Making Centretown More Walkable: Pedestrian Priority Streets Somerset O’Connor Metcalfe Elgin Bay
- 42. Making Centretown More Walkable: Safer Crossings Somerset O’Connor Metcalfe Elgin Bay
- 43. Pedestrian Priority Streets: What does this mean?
- 44. Pedestrian Priority Streets: Safe Crossings
- 45. Pedestrian Priority Streets: Connected to Transit
- 46. Pedestrian Priority Streets: Clean
- 47. Pedestrian Priority Streets Well Lit
- 48. Pedestrian Priority Streets: A Place to Rest
- 49. Building a Complete Cycle Network
- 50. What is being considered today
- 51. Expanding the Network: Building the Missing Links
- 52. Expanding the Network: Future Priorities?
- 55. Moving Centretown: Projects 1. Metcalfe should be converted to two-way 2. Restore grid street system around Museum 3. Safe Crossing Project: Signalized pedestrian crossing should be introduced at intersections along arterial routes. 4. New on-street cycle lanes 5. Pedestrian comfort improvements should be pursued as a priority on Metcalfe, Elgin, Bay, Somerset.
- 57. Centretown Today
- 58. Built in the last 10 years/Under Construction Built in the last 10 years/Under Construction
- 59. What is Approved Built in the last 10 years/Under Construction Approved Development
- 60. City or NCC Sponsored Districts Built in the last 10 years/Under Construction Approved Development City or NCC Sponsored Districts
- 61. What is Proposed Built in the last 10 years/Under Construction Approved Development City or NCC Sponsored Districts Proposed Development
- 62. …and more change is likely O’Conner Metcalfe Laurier Laurier Bank Elgin Kent Gloucester Gloucester Nepean Nepean Lisgar Lisgar Cooper Cooper Somerset Somerset MacLaren MacLaren Gilmour Gilmour James Florence Florence Gladstone Gladstone McLeod McLeod Flora Flora • Bank Street Arlington Arlington • Centretown North Catherine Catherine • Neighbourhood Infill • Catherine Corridor 417
- 63. Category 1 & 2 Heritage Buildings O’Conner Metcalfe Laurier Laurier Bank Elgin Kent Gloucester Gloucester Nepean Nepean Lisgar Lisgar Cooper Cooper Somerset Somerset MacLaren MacLaren Gilmour Gilmour James Florence Florence Gladstone Gladstone McLeod McLeod Flora Flora • Bank Street Arlington Arlington • Centretown North Catherine Catherine • Neighbourhood Infill • Catherine Corridor 417
- 64. Four Zones of Change, each with a different response. • Bank Street • Centretown North • Neighbourhood Infill • Catherine Corridor
- 65. Neighbourhood Infill • Neighbourhood Infill
- 67. Central Zone Mid-Rise Today
- 70. Central Zone Neighbourhood Infill
- 71. Central Zone Neighbourhood Infill Tomorrow
- 72. Neighbourhood Infill Tomorrow of right Central Zone Mid-Rise: As
- 73. A redistribution of density allows for a Neighbourhood Infill Tomorrow public plaza or park space.
- 74. Neighbourhood Infill Tomorrow its context Creating a building that fits
- 75. Central Zone Mid-Rise Infill Tomorrow
- 76. Main Street • Main Street
- 80. Bank Street South: As-of-Right (18m)
- 81. Sculpting the building envelope to provide opportunities for new parks or plazas.
- 82. A redistribution of density allows for better transition to the neighbourhood.
- 86. Centretown North • Centretown North
- 87. This is what you can build today
- 88. This is what you can build today
- 89. Building a Tall Building 750 m2 Built Form Principles: 6 storeys How should you build? Minimum Maximum Minimum distance tower distance between tower floorplate between and adjacent towers properties
- 90. Centretown North: As-of-Right (Varies up to 37m./no height limit, FSI 3)
- 91. Redistributing as-of-right density can create better buildings…
- 92. … and also provide opportunities for creating new open spaces & greening …
- 93. … or new community amenity for Centretown through density bonusing
- 95. The Catherine Street Corridor • Catherine Corridor
- 96. The Catherine Street Corridor
- 97. Catherine Street: As-of-Right (18m – 19m)
- 98. Redistributing density can create better quality buildings …
- 99. …that transition to the neighbourhood…
- 100. …and also provide opportunities for new park spaces or community amenities.
- 101. Various Options Exist for a Park: West Flora Lyon Kent Arlington Bay Catherine Queensway
- 102. Various Options Exist for a Park: Mid-Block Flora Lyon Kent Arlington Bay Catherine Queensway
- 103. Various Options Exist for a Park: East Flora Lyon Kent Arlington Bay Catherine Queensway
- 104. Various Options Exist for a Park: Along the Highway Flora Lyon Kent Arlington Bay Catherine Queensway
- 105. Catherine Street Corridor Tomorrow
- 106. Four Zones of Change, each with a different response. Built within the last 10 years/Under Construction Approved City or NCC Sponsored District Proposed Development Possible Developments
- 107. Centretown Tomorrow? Built within the last 10 years/Under Construction Approved City or NCC Sponsored District Proposed Development Possible Developments Heritage Category 1 Heritage Category 2
- 108. Four Zones of Change, each with a different response. • Main Street • Centretown North • Neighbourhood Infill • Catherine Corridor
- 109. Building Centretown: Projects 1. Design Guidelines (Infill, Mid-Rise and Tall Building) 2. Green Building Design Standards 3. Update Policy Framework Update (zoning) 4. Existing quality heritage buildings of Category 1 and 2 should be preserved. Depending on the site context and the characteristic of the existing heritage building, these buildings could also be integrated into new proposals.
- 110. Greening Centretown
- 111. What We Have Today Somerset Gladstone Catherine
- 112. The Starting Point Greening Projects: Park Space Acquisition Program Canadian Museum of Nature Block Restoration Metcalfe Gateway Square Escarpment Cental Park Street Beautification for: • Elgin Street • O’Connor Street • Somerset Street • Metcalfe Street • Bank Street
- 113. Things are already happening: Bank Street Beautification
- 114. Uppertown Common & Escarpment Park
- 115. Canadian Museum of Nature Park West Lawn Long term site development plan Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects KPMB Architects Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, Architects
- 116. Greening Centretown: Park repair and upgrade programme Dundonald Somerset Jack Purcell McNabb Gladstone East Lawn Catherine
- 117. Museum of Nature East Lawn Expansion Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects KPMB Architects Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, Architects
- 118. Museum of Nature East Lawn Expansion Requires: Elimination of the Metcalfe Street Removal of surface parking lot Re-landscaping the park Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects KPMB Architects Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, Architects
- 119. Jack Purcell Park Improvements
- 120. Jack Purcell Park: Existing
- 121. Jack Purcell Park: What’s Proposed Playground enhancement New basketball court New winter ice rink Off-Least Dog Area Improvements
- 122. Jack Purcell Park: Suggested Upgrades • Improve Park entrances • Improve streets leading to park • Make park more visible by improving edge conditions • Improve pathway system • New planting
- 123. Greening Centretown: Park Space Acquisition Program Somerset Gladstone ? Catherine
- 124. Catherine-Lyon Park
- 125. Catherine-Lyon Park
- 126. Derby Place Square
- 127. Derby Place Square
- 129. Greening Centretown: Creating Smaller Moments Somerset Gladstone Catherine
- 130. Create Smaller Moments urban park forecourts
- 131. Create Smaller Moments plazas linear parks
- 132. Greening Centretown: Catherine/Highway Corridor Greening Use Forgotten Green Spaces Somerset Gladstone Catherine
- 133. Catherine Street/417 Corridor Create Smaller Moments
- 134. Use forgotten green spaces
- 135. Greening Centretown: Connect your assets with great streets Metcalf Elgin Somerset Gladstone Catherine
- 136. How do you ‘green’ neighbourhood streets? Don’t allow front yard parking
- 137. Eliminate parking on sidewalks and the public right of way
- 138. Don’t let garbage be stored by the sidewalk
- 140. Hide your servicing area
- 141. Buffer parking from the sidewalk
- 142. Plant vertically
- 143. Greening Centretown: Projects 1. Park space acquisition programme 2. Park repair and upgrade programme: Museum of Nature East Lawn and Jack Purcell Park as priorities. 3. Metcalfe reinvented as a green boulevard 4. Streetscape enhancements: Elgin and Catherine streets 5. Reclaim public ROW when encroached by parking
- 144. Next Steps
- 145. Winter 2011 Action Strategy Summit Prepare Draft Plan Spring PCG Meeting Community Open House #3: Draft Plan