PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE HURONTARIO-MAIN CORRIDOR SECONDARY PLAN Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6pm 9pm 1 st Floor Atrium, City Hall 2 Wellington Street West, Brampton 1
POLICY FRAMEWORK The 2006 Provincial Growth Plan requires that Major Transit Station Areas and Intensification Corridors be designated in Official Plans and planned to achieve: Increased residential and employment densities that support and ensure the viability of existing and planned transit service levels. A mix of residential, office, institutional and commercial development wherever appropriate. Major Transit Station Areas will be planned to provide access from various transportation modes to the transit facility, including consideration of pedestrians, bicycle parking and commuter pick-up/drop off areas. Intensification Corridors will generally be planned to accommodate local services, including recreational, cultural and entertainment uses. Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan identifies: the Hurontario Corridor as a priority project for implementation of rapid transit. the general area around Hurontario St/Steeles Ave as a Gateway Mobility Hub, which will be planned to connect with the regional transit network and accommodate higher density mixed uses (residential, commercial, institutional, etc.) Brampton s Growth Plan Amendment designates: Hurontario/Main St as a Primary Intensification Corridor. a Gateway Mobility Hub is designated at Hurontario /Steeles. a Major Transit Station Area in the Hurontario/Ray Lawson Blvd area. 2
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN Study Overview: In 2007 Council approved the undertaking of a joint study between the cities of Brampton and Mississauga to develop a Corridor Master Plan that integrates rapid transit, land use and urban design from Downtown Brampton to Port Credit. The Hurontario-Main Corridor Master Plan, which completes Phase One of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process, was issued for final comments in October 2010 and a Notice of Completion was issued in January 2011. The Master Plan may be accessed at http://hurontario-main.ca/masterplan.html The Vision: Create a beautiful street, with attractive places along the corridor featuring expanded mobility, vibrant economic activity, and liveable, mixed-use neighbourhoods. Recognize and reinforce the regional urban system and planned urban structure while providing opportunities for mixed-use, compact, intensified Transit-Oriented Development along the corridor. Provide reliable, frequent, comfortable and convenient Rapid Transit service. 3
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN Guiding Principles: Focus on the big picture City building Visionary and attainable Sustainable and integrated Built form and densities that support rapid transit Compact and complete communities to live, work and play Pedestrian first Multimodal corridor Connectivity to other Regional and municipal transit and pedestrian networks Place-making Protect stable neighbourhoods Preferred Transportation Solution, developed in close consultation with residents and stakeholders: Light Rail Transit (LRT) that moves more people, faster and more efficiently. Conversion of existing six lane cross-section segments of Hurontario/Main Street to four lanes for auto use and two reserved transit lanes. LRT to operate in shared lanes within segments that are currently four lanes as in the Main Street South Heritage Area. 4
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN Brampton City Council Recommendations, Aug 2010: To endorse Light Rail Transit as the recommended rapid transit solution for Hurontario/Main Street; That the final decision on LRT for the segment between Steeles Avenue and Downtown Brampton be confirmed through the completion of planning, design and engineering work including further feasibility for that segment of the Corridor. That the planning and urban design recommendations of the Master Plan be used to draft implementing amendments to the Official Plan and the Comprehensive Zoning By-law and that steps be taken towards approval of these amendments in accordance with the Planning Act. The Staff report to City Council can be viewed at http://hurontario-main.ca/pdfs/masterplan/brampton.pdf 5
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET LRT PRELIMINARY DESIGN & TRANSIT PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS (TPAP) Following the completion of the Hurontario/Main Street Corridor Master Plan, the next phase is the Hurontario-Main Street LRT Preliminary Design and TPAP project that was started recently and will include extensive public consultation beginning with an official project launch in spring 2012. There will be many opportunities for public input to ensure that this project serves the growing communities of Mississauga and Brampton with attractive and reliable light rail transit that connects to the larger transit network, is accessible and appropriate to its context and helps create a beautiful street. If you would like to be included in the mailing list for the Hurontario-Main Street LRT Preliminary Design and TPAP project, please check the box on the comment sheet. Please direct inquiries to inquiries@hurontario-main.ca 6
LRT AND TRANSIT-SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT Light Rail Transit Transit Supportive Development Mix of uses (Residential, Commercial & Institutional); Pedestrian scaled; Street related uses at ground level; 7
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN Brampton Gateway Vision Major pedestrian and transit focused shopping node at Hurontario and Steeles. Mixed use. Attractive and connected civic spaces. Private Publicly Accessible Spaces Visual connections. Connected to the overall network of open spaces. Preservation of tree canopy. Washington D.C. 8
HURONTARIO-MAIN STREET CORRIDOR SECONDARY PLAN AREA PROPOSED BOUNDARY 9
CITY S DRAFT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO: Establish a new secondary plan known as the Hurontario-Main Corridor Secondary Plan (Area 55) by including lands within the Hurontario Corridor that are presently part of Secondary Plan Areas 16, 17 and 24; Provide a planning and urban design framework to implement land use and policy changes intended to transform portions of the Hurontario/Main Corridor from auto-oriented uses to a mixed-use, compact, intensified, transit-oriented development; Establish a Gateway Mobility Hub focused on the Hurontario St. and Steeles Ave. intersection including a transit terminal that connects the Hurontario/Main Street transit service to other conventional and higher order transit services; Prohibit outdoor storage and the development of new autooriented uses such as drive-through facilities, and gas bars; Establish minimum building height of 11 metres (3 storeys), a range of maximum building height from 33 metres (10 storeys) to 78 metres (25 storeys) and a range of maximum density from 2 times site area to 4 times site area; Establish continuous building frontage that ranges between 70% and 95% of the width of the front and/or side lot line; Establish maximum building setback that ranges between 0 metres and 5 metres; and, include other urban design policies consistent with transit-oriented development that encourage new building forms and attractive private and public spaces. 10
PROPOSED SECONDARY PLAN 11
PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS AND PERMITTED USES 12
PERMITTED USES AT GROUND LEVEL FACING THE STREET 13
STREET WALLS ALONG MAJOR ROAD FRONTAGE 14
BUILDING SETBACK FROM MAJOR ROADS 15
MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES AND POTENTIAL ROAD CONNECTIONS 16
THE CITY S DRAFT ZONING BY-LAW PROPOSES To pre-zone key sites within the corridor to: Permit mixed uses, including residential, retail, offices, institutional, etc. Establish minimum building height of 3 storeys (11 metres) and maximum building height of 78 metres. permit higher densities that range from 2 times site area to 4 times site area. establish minimum continuous building frontage that range from 70% - 75%. establish maximum building setbacks that range from 0 metres to 5 metres. prohibit outdoor storage and the development of new autooriented uses such as drive-through facilities and gas bars. The following performance standards: Generally, require retail uses to be located at ground level to create a pedestrian-oriented streetscape. Reduce parking rate requirements to promote the use of transit, and prohibit surface parking between the street edge and the front wall of new buildings. Establish bicycle parking requirements: for residential use - 0.5 spaces per residential unit; or, for commercial use - one space for every 500 sq.m. of Gross Floor Area or portion thereof. Require height transition to minimize impacts on existing adjacent residential areas. 17
THE CITY S DRAFT ZONING BY-LAW PROPOSES Since densities, uses and performance standards proposed for the Hurontario/Main Corridor Secondary Plan are intended to implement the long term planning vision for the area, the implementing zoning by-law includes a Holding zone (H) provision that generally allows existing permissions subject to requiring a minimum building height of 2 storeys and a maximum building height of 4 storeys, and requiring higher performance standards with respect to setbacks and continuous building frontage. Lifting of the Holding (H) symbol is dependent upon approval by the Region of Peel of a Functional Servicing Report and fulfillment of one of the following conditions: i. commitment of funding for the development of higher order transit infrastructure on the Hurontario Corridor, which may also include the requirement for a Traffic Impact Study, or, ii. the submission of a Traffic Impact Study, in consideration of higher order transit, to be approved by the Region of Peel and the City of Brampton, if there is no commitment of funding for the development of light rail transit (LRT) infrastructure. 18
PROPOSED ZONES FOR KEY SITES 19
NEXT STEPS Following the public open house: This open house represents the first of a series of public meetings on planning for the Hurontario-Main Corridor Secondary Plan. Additional meetings will be held with area residents prior to the City proceeding to a statutory public meeting later this year. The public and stakeholders are invited to provide comments on the City s proposal throughout the consultation period. Comments received will be taken into consideration prior to City staff preparing a Recommendation Report on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law. A comment sheet is included in the handout for your use. Comments can be placed in the drop box provided at this Open House or sent via email, fax or mail. Please see the comment sheet for contact information. 20