Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax

EMPLOYMENT AREAS URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINESTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS ............................1LIST OF FIGURES ....................................2INTRODUCTION .......................................31.1 PURPOSE..................................31.2 ORGANIZATION OF THEGUIDELINES ..............................41.3 PROCESS..................................52.0 GUIDING PRINCIPLES ....................62.1 OFFICIAL PLAN ..........................62.2 AJAX HISTORY...........................82.3 CONTEXT..................................92.4 COMMON VISION .....................123.0 THE PUBLIC REALM.....................183.1 IMAGE.....................................183.2 UNITY AND VARIETY.................183.3 STREETSCAPES.......................183.4 STREET NETWORK...................274.0 THE PRIVATE REALM ..................314.0 THE PRIVATE REALM ..................324.1 SITE PLANNING .......................324.2 BUILT FORM............................414.3 LANDSCAPING .........................474.4 LIGHTING AND FURNISHING.......494.5 SIGNAGE.................................505.0 AREAS OF SPECIAL TREATMENT.......................................................515.1 GATEWAYS AND LANDMARKS....515.1.1 HIGHWAY 401/SALEM ROADINTERCHANGE GATEWAY..........525.2 FOUR CORNERS ......................565.3 HIGHWAY 401 .........................565.4 CELEBRATION OF HISTORY.......585.5 LARGE SITES...........................585.6 VARIETY OF USES....................615.7 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TOSITE PLANNING .......................61JULY 2006 1