Town of Richmond Hill Draft New Official Plan - Chapter 4

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LAND USE POLICIES 1 4.8.1.2 DESIGN It is the policy of Council that: Leadership in Urban Design 2 1. Development shall be designed to conserve water and energy and to protect, enhance and actively manage the Greenway System in order to promote the Town’s vision for sustainable economic growth. Building a Strong, Vibrant Identity and Character 3 4 2. Development shall be designed to promote a prestige image and business environment by: a. Creating distinctive gateways at the primary entrances to the business parks and considering opportunities for minor gateway features at secondary entrances; and b. Providing a series of focal points with coordinated streetscape elements that contribute to a unified theme. 3. Applications for development shall be assessed on the basis of conformity with the policies of this Plan and the applicable urban design guidelines which have been approved by Council as set out in the Headford Business Park Urban Design Guidelines and the Barker Business Park Urban Design Guidelines. Walkable Streets and People Places 5 4. Development shall be designed to provide outdoor amenity space for employees that is generally oriented towards public streets, parks, trails or other focal points. Transition to Neighbourhoods 6 7 5. In addition to the policies of 3.4.1.55, development shall be designed to ensure that buffering and screening is provided in accordance with the following: a. Buffering in the form of fencing, planting, and other similar means to ensure visual compatibility and where necessary, safety between uses; and b. Enhancing the quality of the public realm by providing appropriate screening, landscaping and streetscaping along public streets. RICHMOND HILL OFFICIAL PLAN 4-29 DRAFT MAY 6, 2010
LAND USE POLICIES 4.8.2 EMPLOYMENT CORRIDOR The Town’s designated Employment Corridor lands are located along the southern boundary of the Beaver Creek Business Park on Highway 7 and within the Employment Corridor lands fronting on Major MacKenzie Drive East and on Yonge Street. The purpose of this designation is to provide a range of higher density employment uses such as office, hotel, convention centres, banquet facilities, and ancillary uses that have direct access to a Regional Corridor serviced by existing or planned public rapid transit. 1 2 4.8.2.1 LAND USE It is the policy of Council that: 1. The predominant use of land within the Employment Corridor designation shown on Schedule A2 (Land Use) shall be for office and major office uses. 2. The following uses shall be permitted within the Employment Corridor designation: a. Major office and office uses, including research and development; b. Hotels, convention centres and banquet facilities; c. Automotive service commercial in accordance with policy 3.4.1.47 of this Plan; d. Community uses as permitted in Section 4.1.1.8 of this Plan; and e. Linear parks and urban squares in accordance with Section 3.4.4 of this Plan. 3. The following secondary uses may be permitted in the Employment Corridor designation provided that the uses are integrated with an office development, hotel, convention centre or banquet facility and in no case shall such uses be located in a stand alone building: a. Day Nursery accessory to a major office development subject to policies 4.1.1.8 and 4.8.2.1.4 of this Plan; b. Ancillary commercial uses which serve the function and needs of the primary business uses in the employment lands such as limited types of personal service uses that serve the office, hotel and convention centre uses such as copy shops, banks, financial institutions, fitness centres, restaurants, dry cleaners and similar compatible uses intended to serve the needs of businesses in the employment lands; and c. Ancillary retail uses which serve the function and needs of the primary business uses in the employment lands such as convenience stores, gift shops, boutiques, stationary outlets, print shops, and sales and service of computers and other office supplies. d. Ancillary commercial and ancillary retail uses shall generally be directed to the ground floor. 3 4 5 6 7 DRAFT MAY 6, 2010 4-30 RICHMOND HILL OFFICIAL PLAN
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