Background Report - Town of Georgina

TOWN OF GEORGINA, SUTTON SECONDARY PLAN REVIEW STUDY
BACKGROUND REPORT - DRAFT
ACTIVITY 2 - ESTABLISHING DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR FOCUS AREAS
The second activity, a design workshop, established design principles for six focus areas: High Street Core Area,
Jackson’s Point Lakefront and Core Area, Community and Neighbourhood Design, Dalton Road and Baseline
Road Corridors, the Natural Heritage System and Sustainable Communities (healthy communities, energy conservation,
climate change and aging population). The following discussion summarizes the principles for each of
the six areas.
JACKSON’S POINT - PRINCIPLES
Environment
• Land-based, Water-based;
• Encourages walkability;
• Support urban canopy;
• Support spawning areas along lake edge; and,
• Preserve existing park/band shell as focus.
Social
• Create a walkable community;
• Bicycle trail system;
• Enforced speed control;
• Balance water’s edge access and activities
for tourists and year-round residents;
• Provide for transient boating; and,
• Develop lake drive as a scenic pedestrian
oriented street for residents and tourists.
Land Use
• Preserve cottage scale development footprint;
• Promote mixed use development combining commercial and residential on lake drive;
• Upgrade and support retail uses on commercial streets (Lake Drive);
• Blend retail use for both tourism and residents; and,
• Address rooming houses and retail conflicts.
Main Opportunities for Change
• Keep tourism as part of community mix/balance;
• Retail that would support tourist and residents;
• Support cultural activities and events;
• Provide boating access to lake and from the lake;
• Expand marina to attract transient boaters;
• Create a park for everyone at the waters edge (not day trippers);
• Opportunity for collaboration with park space and the two adjacent developments (developers, residents and town);
• Support mixed use park retail/commercial/residential;
• Neighbourhood road and beach access protection;
• Conservation charge in stable residential areas (consistent with existing development);
• Lake edge development - high environmental standard; and,
• Tree cutting bylaw.
The Planning Partnership • LGL Limited • Poulos & Chung • SCS Consulting • Cushman & Wakefield LePage | July 2008