Bathurst Street Built Form and Land Use Study Public Meeting 03: Draft Proposed Recommendations / Tuesday October

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1 Bathurst Street Built Form and Land Use Study Public Meeting 03: Draft Proposed Recommendations / Tuesday October CORSO ITALIA BRACONDALE TION TRIANGLE DAVENPORT RISTIE PITS SEATON VILLAGE ERIN GROVE PALMERSTON LITTLE ITALY LE TRINITY BELLWOODS E LIBERTY VILLAGE NIAGARA LIBERTY VILLAGE FORT YORK IO PLACE EXHIBITON PLACE HARBOURFRBBATHURST QUAY ATHURSTSTREETFOREST HILL CHAPLIN ESTAT CASA LOMA DEERPARK MOO THE ANNEX ROSEDALE HARBORD UNIVERSITY OF T KENSINGTON MARKET CHI ALEXANDRA PARK GRANG QUEEN WEST BAY STREET ST CITY PLACE HARBOURFRONT

2 Why this Study? Bathurst Street, like the entire City, is not static. It is always changing. The scale of individual projects is increasing. There is a need to come up establish a framework to guide change. This study:» emerged in response to recent development proposals along Bathurst Street» was recommended by the local Councillors and approved by Council May 09, 2012 (Member Motion 23.15) This study will address confusion created by the unique role Bathurst plays as a boundary between the area formally designated as Downtown and Central Waterfront and the rest of the City. 2

3 This is Part of an Ongoing Discussion Input to Recommendations Council Direction to Begin Bathurst Street Study Bathurst Street Built Form and Land Use Study Continue Public Consultation 2014 Staff Recommendation to Council Study to Evaluate Large Retail Developments Near Pedestrian Shopping Areas in Toronto Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Charrette Markham Street Heritage Study City Transportation Working Group Current Development Applications 3

4 Study Process to Date 1 Understand Bathurst Street / Establish a Vision 2 Generate, Test and Confirm Ideas May to June 2013 June to October 2013 We Are Here 3 Synthesis and and Report October to December 2013 Project Purpose and Schedule Public Meeting #2 Design Charrette Prepare Final Report Understand Context and Existing Conditions Prepare Draft Recommendations Submit to Community Council Stakeholder Meeting #1 Stakeholder Meeting #2 Confirm Actions to Follow Public Meeting #1 Establish the Community Vision Public Meeting #3 Draft Proposed Recommendations 4

5 Study Area Vermont Avenue Dupont Street From CN Rail (north of Dupont) to south of Queen Street 3 kilometres top to bottom Includes 550 properties that face Bathurst Street On side streets: to the rear lane or equal to depth of one street facing property Olive Avenue Follis Avenue London Street Herrick Street Ulster Street Wells Street Barton Avenue Bloor Street West Lennox Street Harbord Street College Street Nassau Street Dundas Street West Robinson Street Carr Street Wolseley Street Queen Street West 5

6 What We Have Heard So Far Respect The Existing Context Embrace New Development Eclectic: Keep It That Way Traffic Is A Nightmare Add Bike LAnes There s No room For Bike LaNes Celebrate And Recognize Heritage Don t Designate Decrepit Buildings Keep Retail Small-Scale And Independent Mixed Use Means Mixed Use! Increase Green Spaces, Greenery, And Landscaping 6

7 How We Developed the Draft Recommendations What We Heard through Public Engagement, Discussions with Staff Avenues & Mid-Rise Buildings Study Our Own Professional Expertise Understanding of Key Direction Documents» City of Toronto Official Plan» Mid-Rise Buildings and Avenues Study: Performance Standards Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design/Pace Architects with E.R.A. Architects Quadrangle Architects Limited Urban Marketing Collaborative May

8 How We Developed the Draft Recommendations Vermont Square Redesign Bloor Corridor Visioning Study College Street Avenue Study West Queen West Urban Development Study Alexandra Park Revitalization King-Spadina Secondary Plan Mirvish Village Streetscape Design Bloor-Annex Corridor Vision Study Harbord Village Urban Forest Management Plan Harbord Heritage Conservation District Garrison Common North Secondary Plan Scadding Court Revisioning Dundas West Streetscape Plan Mirvish Village Streetscape Design College Street Avenue Study University of Torontoonto Secondary Plan Harbord Village Urban Forestry Management Scadding Court Revisioning Dundas West Streetscape Study Alexandra Park Revitalization Heritage Conservation Districts (Queen West, Harbord Village, King-Spadina) West Queen West Urban Development Study Queen West Heritage Conservation District Garrison Common North Secondary Plan King-Spadina Secondary Plan King-Spadina 8 Heritage Conservation District

9 Responding to What We Heard Through Consultation Area Appropriate Built Form and Use Build A Clear and Consistent Policy Enhance and Add Adjacent Open Spaces Bathurst Street Guiding Principles Improve the Pedestrian Realm Expand Heritage Preservation Transition to Neighbourhoods 9

10 Guiding Principles - DRAFT Area Appropriate Built Form and Use Principle: New development should be appropriate to its immediate context along Bathurst Street, which contains a number of distinct character areas or segments. 10

11 Guiding Principles - DRAFT Transition to Neighbourhoods Principle: All new development should be sensitive in scale to the surrounding established neighbourhoods. 11

12 Guiding Principles - DRAFT Expand Heritage Preservation Principle: Important parts of the city s nineteenth to midtwentieth century heritage located along Bathurst Street should be preserved, protected and interpreted. 12

13 Guiding Principles - DRAFT Improve the Pedestrian Realm Principle: The pedestrian experience along Bathurst Street should be improved through new amenities and, where possible, wider sidewalks. 13

14 Guiding Principles - DRAFT Enhance and Add Adjacent Open Spaces Principle: Existing open spaces along Bathurst should be capitalized upon through the addition of new pedestrian amenities and enhanced landscape design, while opportunities for new spaces should be explored. 14

15 Guiding Principles ROGERS - DRAFT HAN Build a Clear and Consistent Planning Policy ST.CLAIR O DAVISVIL MOORE TE PARKSIDE R BAY Principle: Land use and built form permissions should be consistent for the same use from one side of the street to the other, except where clear RONCESVALLES LANSDOWNE QUEEN KING DUFFERIN GARDINER EXPWY DAVENPORT DOVERCOURT reasons exist for difference. DUPONT OSSINGTON COLLEGE RACHAN CHRISTIE BLOOR HARBORD DUNDAS SPADINA ST.GEORGE BEDFORD RICHMOND ADELAIDE WELLINGTON AVENUE UNIVERSITY MT.PLEASANT BAY CHURCH JARVIS SHERBOURNE FRONT ROSEDAL VALLEY WELLESL PARLIAMENT SHU 15

16 Character Areas - DRAFT Character Areas are distinct segments or areas of the street that share certain existing built form, land use, heritage and/or public realm characteristics. 10 Character Areas» Neighbourhoods (Orange)» Main Streets (Purple and Magenta) 16

17 Recommendations - DRAFT Draft Recommendations for Four Subjects» Heritage» Built Form» Land Use» Public Realm and Streetscape Approach to Recommendations» Make a decision if change was appropriate for each subject for each character area» If changing, then by how much 17

18 Summary: Recommendations - DRAFT Heritage Built Form Land Use Public Realm No Heritage Conservation District recommended Change in most of the Study Area No Major Changes New Parks at College and Bathurst and Wolseley TTC Loop Over 50 Individual Potential Heritage Properties (Listed and Designated) Minor change in Neighbourhoods (make both sides the same) Minor adjustments to reflect current conditions Range of Incremental Streetscape Improvements Alexandra Park as Cultural Heritage Landscape Modest change in the Main Streets Suggestions to allow additional uses in Neighbourhoods Strategy for Long- Term Streetscape Improvements 18

19 Bathurst Street Station Presentations Bathurst Street Built Form and Land Use Study > Stakeholder Meeting #2 October 2013 Draft Proposed Recommendations BUILT FORM AND BUILDING HEIGHT Bathurst/Dupont Gateway Current Maximum: 14m-18m (4-6 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 20m (6 storeys) 16m streetwall (4 storeys) Bathurst/Dupont Main Street Dupont Street Vermont Avenue Current Maximum: 12m (4 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 16m (5 storeys) 10m streetwall (3 storeys) One Station for Each Subject: 30 minutes Each Presentation: 5 minutes» Overview of Existing Conditions» Rationale for Making Decisions» Highlight Specific Sites New buildings should respond to and respect the existing context and character of Bathurst Street. Generally: Modest residential scale buildings are recommended in the Neighbourhoods Context sensitive Main Street buildings that reinforce the predominant 3-storey street wall are recommended for the finegrain, narrow lot Mixed Use areas Taller mid-rise buildings are recommended around the major east-west streets (Dupont, College, etc.) and in the west-side largelot revitalization segment between College and Dundas. New building design should enhance the fine-grain character of Bathurst Street. The pattern and rhythm of vertical architectural elements (piers, windows, doors, and bays) will help to strengthen and in some segments repair the overall pedestrian experience. Seaton Village Main Street Current Maximum: 12m (4 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 13m (4 storeys) 10m streetwall (3 storeys) Bathurst/Bloor West Main Street Current Maximum: 12-16m (4-5 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 20m (6 storeys) 16m streetwall (4 storeys) Bathurst-Bloor 4 Corners under special study, exploring different mid-rise options. Will present at Public Meeting October 22. Taller Buildings permitted at Bloor-Bathurst Node by Official Plan Special Policy. Height not yet defined. Reduced height at TTC Station and St. Peters Church Proposed Maximum: 16m (5 storeys) 10m streetwall (3 storeys) Height assigned to Bathurst Station to direct any potential future redevelopment of the site. Palmerston/Harbord Village Neighbourhood Olive Avenue Follis Avenue Barton Avenue London Street Bloor Street West Lennox Street Herrick Street Harbord Street Wells Street Ulster Street West Annex Neighbourhood Current Maximum: 12m (4 storeys) Proposed: No Change Facilitated Discussion: 25 minutes Proposed Maximum Building Heights Current Maximum: 10-12m (3-4 storeys) Proposed: 12m College Street Move to Next Station. Report Back in a Plenary Session Format 12m (3-4 storeys) Typical height assigned to residential neighbourhoods with predominant house forms. Walkup apartments and townhouses permitted. 10m (3 storeys) stepped back to 13m (4 storeys) Height assigned to narrow lot and fine grain Main Street segments with existing 2 to 3 storey street walls on one side of street and residential neighbourhood on opposite side. 10m (3 storeys) stepped back to 16m (5 storeys) Height assigned to narrow lot and fine grain Main Street segments with existing 2 to 3 storey street walls on both sides of street. 16m (5 storeys) stepped back to 20m (6 storeys) Height assigned to larger lot and more intense Main Street segments where larger scale redevelopment is anticipated. 24m (7 storeys) stepped back to 30m (9 storeys) Height assigned to southeast corner of Bathurst and College. Greater height suggested by Avenue Overlay and nearby buildings. Taller Buildings Permitted. Site specific Council approved directions to permit additional height. Limits not yet defined. Subject to Special Study. Further study will determine the appropriate height and built form. Properties Under the Avenues Official Plan Overlay. Areas defined in the Official Plan for reurbanization. Must respond to the underlying land use designation. Open Spaces and Schools. Parks and publicly accessible school grounds. Palmerston/ Little Italy Main Street Current Maximum: 12-18m (4-6 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 20m (6 storeys) 16m streetwall (4 storeys) Greater height at College Street due to 30m right-of-way and taller nearby buildings Taller Buildings permitted at Scadding Court (subject to further study) Alexandra Park West Neighbourhood Current Maximum: 10-12m (3-4 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 12m (4 storeys) Nassau Street Dundas Street West Bathurst/Nassau Neighbourhood Current Maximum: 12m (4 storeys) Proposed: No Change Institutional Properties. Hospitals and Transit Heritage Properties. Existing or Proposed Robinson Street Carr Street Character Area Boundary Queen West/ Trinity Main Street Wolseley Street Current Maximum: 12-16m (4-5 storeys) Proposed Maximum: 16m (5 storeys) 10m streetwall (3 storeys) Queen Street West DTAH Urban Design R.E. Millward Associates Planning Taylor Hazell Architects Heritage Swerhun Facilitation and Decision Support Engagement 19

20 Next Steps Input to Recommendations Council Direction to Begin Bathurst Street Study Bathurst Street Built Form and Land Use Study Continue Public Consultation 2014 Staff Recommendation to Council Study to Evaluate Large Retail Developments Near Pedestrian Shopping Areas in Toronto Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Charrette (Oct 5) Components Completed by end of 2013 Markham Street Heritage Study City Transportation Working Group In Process/ On-Going Current Development Applications 20

21 Contact Liora Freedman Ian Malczewski Planner, Community Planning Swerhun Facilitation City Hall, 18th Floor, East Tower 100 Queen Street West Tel: Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 Tel: Fax: twitter: #bathurststudy 21