Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax

interchange will make a large area of employmentlands both north and south of Highway 401 easilyaccessible. These guidelines will ensure that a highstandard of urban design is established for theseareas as well as other employment sites in the town,contributing to health and vitality of the Town ofAjax.1.2 Organization of the GuidelinesThese guidelines include both general, guidingprinciples for achieving the vision for employmentlands, as well as detailed, specific requirements toguide all aspects of the employment areaenvironment. They are organized under sixsections:1. Introduction• description of the purpose, organization andcreative process of the guidelines2. Guiding Principles• identification of general goals for employmentareas, as taken from policies of the Official Plan• an examination of each of the employmentareas in Ajax (see map entitled “EmploymentAreas”, Figure 2, page 10) with respect tolocational attributes that make them unique, andhow the general goals can be applied to them• a description of the vision for employment areasestablished by stakeholders3. The Public Realm• an outline of the broad principles for establishingquality employment environments through thecreation of streetscapes that are interesting andcohesive• an examination of how the hierarchy of streets inAjax is both informed by, and supports theoverall vision• a description of how public land uses andfeatures establish a positive framework foremployment areas4. The Private Realm• an analysis of how the “appearance” ofindividual development sites – the type of builtenvironment they create – supports the visionand reinforces the public realm• a presentation of specific guidelines for thelocation, configuration, and relationship of all4