Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax

3.4.1 General Streetscape• Provide a sidewalk on both sides of the street.• Provide splash strips at major intersections.• Locate transit stops to maximize rider safety andconvenience.• Provide concrete pads at all transit stops.3.4.2 Street Trees• Provide tree planting on each side of the streetas per Town standards.• Select street trees from a diversity of highcrowned deciduous species, with selection ofvariety based on hardiness, seasonal colour andsalt tolerance. Where streets abut natural areasselect native deciduous species.3.4.3 Street Furniture• Consider modern rather than necessarily‘victorian’ in character heritage-inspiredelements that bring a common language to unifythe employment areas in the Town. The Town ofAjax is working towards establishing elements ofbuilt form, street furniture and/or landscapingthat will establish a unique identity for Ajax.• Tree grates, guards, bollards, benches, busshelters, waste receptacles, lighting, streetsignage posts, newspaper boxes and otherpermanent site furnishings are encouraged tocomplement and harmonize in finish, colour andmaterials throughout the employment areas.• Provide street furniture in appropriate locationsalong street frontages (e.g., in the vicinity oftransit stops, at intersections of arterial andcollector roads, and along pedestrian routesshown in the town’s “Vision 2020 – Bicycle andLeisure Trail System Plan” or similar trail plan).30