Town of Richmond Hill Draft New Official Plan - Chapter 4

LAND USE POLICIES
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main street character.
4. Vehicular access to Yonge Street shall be limited and generally provided
from side to rear streets.
5. Surface parking areas should be designed to include native, non-invasive
landscaping and low impact development techniques that enhance the
ecological character of the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Transition to Neighbourhoods
6. Development shall transition to a compatible built form adjacent to lowrise
residential areas.
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4.4 KEY DEVELOPMENT AREAS
Key Development Areas (KDAs) are intensification areas located on a Regional
Corridor where public rapid transit services intersect with major nodes of
retail and commercial development activity, and where opportunities exist for
redevelopment of large sites that can support new public streets, parks and urban
open space connections. Two KDAs have been designated on Yonge Street: at the
intersection of Yonge Street and Carville/16 th Avenue and at the intersection of
Yonge Street and Bernard Avenue. The KDAs are envisioned as “sub-centres” or
“inter-modal nodes” between the Local and Regional Centres. The purpose of the
KDA designation is to establish mixed-use service centres serving the surrounding
neighbourhoods and future intensification along Yonge Street. The Yonge Street
and 16 th Avenue KDA will be a sub-centre for mixed-use high density development
due to its proximity to public rapid transit on Yonge Street and the opportunity to
intensify underutilized lands in the area. The Yonge Street and Bernard Avenue KDA
will be a sub-centre for mixed-use high density development due to its proximity to
public rapid transit on Yonge Street, including the Bernard transit terminal, and the
opportunity to intensify underutilized lands in the area.
4.4.1 LAND USE
It is the policy of Council that:
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1. The Town shall prepare a Secondary Plan for the Yonge Street and 16 th
Avenue Key Development Area (KDA) and the Yonge Street and Bernard
Avenue KDA in accordance with the policies of Section 5.1 of this Plan.
2. The predominant use of land in the KDA designation shown on Schedule
A2 (Land Use) shall be for mixed-use, transit-oriented development.
3. The following land uses shall be permitted in the KDA designation:
RICHMOND HILL OFFICIAL PLAN 4-17
DRAFT MAY 6, 2010