Town of Richmond Hill Draft New Official Plan - Chapter 4

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LAND USE POLICIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Richmond Hill Centre Model 3. The predominant use of land within the Richmond Hill Centre designation shown on Schedule A2 (Land Use) shall be mixed-use, transit-oriented development. 4. The permitted uses within the Richmond Hill Centre designation shall include a broad range and mix of residential and employment uses in a well-integrated, compact urban form. The mix of uses shall generally be integrated in the same building and provide connections to public transit to ensure a high level of connectivity. 5. The following land uses shall be permitted within the Richmond Hill Centre: a. High density residential; b. Medium density residential in accordance with policy 4.2.1.7; c. Major office; d. Office; e. Commercial; f. Major retail in accordance with policy 4.2.1.7; g. Retail; h. Community uses in accordance with Section 4.1 of this Plan; i. Parks and urban open spaces in accordance with Section 3.4.4 of this Plan; and j. Live-work units in accordance with policies 3.3.3.2.9 and 3.3.3.2.10 of this Plan. 6. Medium density residential shall be permitted within the Richmond Hill Centre designation only as a transitional form of development where the lands abut the Neighbourhood designation. 7. It is a long-term objective of this Plan that intensification of existing major retail uses occur through redevelopment into a more compact built form. New major retail development shall be permitted in the Richmond Hill Centre only where it can be demonstrated that the use is to be integrated into the base of buildings as part of mixed-use, transit-oriented development. 8. Major office and office development shall be directed to and promoted in the Richmond Hill Centre to support the long term employee-to-resident target ratio of 1:1 as set out in this Plan and to promote the centre as a major business destination in the Town and York Region. 9. The Richmond Hill Centre shall be planned to achieve the minimum population and employment growth targets in accordance with the policies of Section 3.1.3.7 of this Plan. 10. Development in the Richmond Hill Centre shall support the integration of public rapid transit including the planned extension of the Yonge Street subway, 407 Transitway, VIVA rapid transit, York Region Transit and GO Rail service to the greatest extent possible. RICHMOND HILL OFFICIAL PLAN 4-5 DRAFT MAY 6, 2010
LAND USE POLICIES 11. An integrated transit hub station shall be planned and located in the general area of High Tech Road, east of Yonge Street and west of the CN Rail line, generally as shown on Appendix 5 (Public Rapid Transit) of this Plan and in accordance with the approved Environmental Assessment. 12. The phasing of development shall, to the greatest extent possible, be coordinated with the provision of transit and servicing infrastructure. Detailed phasing policies for development shall be set out in the Secondary Plan for the Richmond Hill Centre. 13. The street network in the Richmond Hill Centre shall include proposed north-south and east-west collector streets and local streets as shown on Schedule A8 (Street Classification) to this Plan promoting a fine grain street network. Height & Density 14. The highest and most dense forms of development shall be located at the planned integrated transit hub with progressively lower, less dense buildings at the edges of the Richmond Hill Centre so as to provide an appropriate transition to the abutting Neighbourhood designation. 1 2 3 4 15. Development in Richmond Hill Centre shall achieve a minimum density of 2.5 FSI per development block. The boundaries of development blocks shall be identified in the Secondary Plan for the Richmond Hill Centre in accordance with the policies of this Plan. Areas of the Richmond Hill Centre 5 6 7 Richmond Hill Centre density gradient DRAFT MAY 6, 2010 4-6 RICHMOND HILL OFFICIAL PLAN
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