City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

Personal Security
Another important objective of community design is to
achieve a high level of personal security by making
developments more attractive to users, by providing better
surveillance opportunities, and by reducing the
opportunities for victimization. Through careful attention
to design, a high level of personal security can be achieved.
13.11 City Council shall,
(a) endeavour to ensure that the design of
developments minimize conditions that are
potentially dangerous to the public without
impeding functional and aesthetic
characteristics;
(b) encourage the continuous occupancy and use
of public spaces throughout daily, weekly and
seasonal cycles by encouraging the mixing of
spaces, activities and institutions which
enable public presence at varied times;
(c) discourage developments from having public
and publicly-accessible spaces such as
parking facilities, outdoor and indoor
walkways, elevators, stairs and lobbies in
remote or isolated locations;
(d) endeavour to ensure publicly-accessible
spaces are located near public roads, transit
stops and other high activity spaces to enable
public surveillance;
(e) endeavour to ensure landscaping plants and
materials are used in a manner that does not
obstruct views into lobbies, windows, parking
facilities and pathways, or any other views
needed to ensure clear surveillance and
safety;
(f) endeavour to ensure views are provided into,
out-of, and through publicly-accessible
interior spaces of developments through the
use of transparent materials in stairways,
lobbies, hallways, elevators and doors;
(g) discourage the creation of long passages or
outdoor walks which cannot be adequately
watched or monitored;
(h) endeavour to ensure adequate lighting, early
detection (e.g. mirrors and transparency), and
remote monitoring (e.g. cameras) are used in
locations where personal security risks may be
present;
CITY POLICY
Personal Security
Greater visual security is provided by
glazing building lobbies and opening
them to views from the street.
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