Giulio Cescato, City Planner May 8, 2013

Presentation to the Provincial Government

Downtown East Planning Study

The Study Area

Dundas Street East and Jarvis Street

The Study Area

Jarvis Street

The Study Area

George Street

The Study Area

Pembroke Street

The Study Area

Sherbourne Street

Official Plan

Official Plan

Downtown and Central Waterfront

• Downtown will:• continue to evolve as premier employment area • provide a range of housing.

• City will explore opportunities to: • maintain and improve the public realm; • promote an environment of creativity and

innovation; • support and enhance the specialty retail and

entertainment districts; • support business infrastructure; and • create business partnerships.

Downtown and Central Waterfront (Cont.)

Downtown will be improved by:• Developing tools to maintain/upgrade public amenities/infrastructure• Enhance parks/open spaces• Strengthen social services• Improve pedestrian realm• Expanding PATH system• Providing full range of housing options encouraged through intensification/infill • Preserving heritage resources• Creating design guidelines• Prioritizing Transit• Creating more opportunities for transit

Mixed-Use AreasMixed-use Areas are intended to:• Provide a range of commercial, residential/institutional uses • Provide in single-use and mixed-use buildings.

Development will: • provide new jobs and homes on underutilized lands• Locate/mass new buildings to provide transition• setback and/or step down towards lower scale Neighbourhoods.• limit shadow impacts on Neighbourhoods

Mixed-Use Areas(Cont.)Development will also:

• be located and massed to frame edges of streets and parks • maintain sunlight and comfortable wind conditions• provide attractive, comfortable and safe pedestrian environments• have access to schools, parks and community centres as well as libraries/childcare. • take advantage of nearby transit services• provide good site access and circulation • supply both visitor and resident parking• screen service areas• provide indoor/outdoor amenity space

The Story So Far

At its meeting on July 6, 2010 City Council directed staff to conduct a full local area review for the lands designated in the Official Plan as Mixed Use Areas fronting on Dundas Street East between George Street and Sherbourne Street and Mixed Use Areas and Neighbourhoods on Sherbourne Street between Dundas Street East and Shuter Street. The intent of the study was to examine the possibility of permitting higher density residential development in that area.

New Study Area

Why Study Downtown East?

• Rich Heritage Context threatened both by gentrification and neglect.

• Public safety both real and perceived is at an unacceptable level.

• Area is beginning to experience development pressure.

• Chance for Planning Staff to get ahead of the curve.

Downtown East Planning Study• Purpose of the Downtown East

Planning Study is to examine built form & planning policies within Study Area; and

• Examine if existing planning tools and policies are still serving the area.

• Nested within larger Downtown East Revitalization Study

• Being done concurrently with Heritage Conservation District Study

Project TimeframeInformation Gathering

Analysis

Finalize Policies &Community Consultation

Final Report to Council

June 6, 2010

February, 2013

Q3, 2013

Q4, 2013

Area Profile

HCD Study TenderedBuilt Form ModellingDraft Planning PoliciesCommunity Consultation

Final Consultation and Circulation

January, 2013

We are here

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