Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax
Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax
Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax
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The Official Plan differentiates between twocategories <strong>of</strong> employment lands: Prestige<strong>Employment</strong> and General <strong>Employment</strong>. General<strong>Employment</strong> areas shall be developed to a highstandard <strong>of</strong> urban design, but because they aregenerally located away from major transportationroutes, outdoor storage is permitted if screened frompublic view. Prestige <strong>Employment</strong>, because it islocated along major transportation corridors, doesnot permit outside storage and has an even greateremphasis on a high standard <strong>of</strong> building design andlandscaping.Excerpts from the Official Plan include:• All employment areas shall ensure adequatescreening, landscaping, berming, or acombination. Shared access and parkingamong various properties is encouraged.• Adjacent to Highway 401, buildings shall frontonto the highway and exemplify high qualitydesign features including built form, landscapingand signage. No outdoor display <strong>of</strong> items suchas vehicles, watercraft, or equipment shall bevisible from the highway. Parking shall generallynot be located between the building andhighway.2.2 <strong>Ajax</strong> HistoryPolicies in the Official Plan seek to preserve andcelebrate <strong>Ajax</strong>’s valued rich history. The prologue tothe Official Plan outlines <strong>Ajax</strong>’s history:H.M.S. <strong>Ajax</strong><strong>Ajax</strong>, the early years (1945)The <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ajax</strong> is named after a warship, the “H.M.S. <strong>Ajax</strong>”. During the earlydays <strong>of</strong> the Second World War, inDecember <strong>of</strong> 1939, the H.M.S. <strong>Ajax</strong>,together with the H.M.S. Achilles andthe H.M.S. Exeter won an importantnaval victory in the famous Battle <strong>of</strong> theRiver Plate.<strong>Ajax</strong> grew into a community during theSecond World War as a result <strong>of</strong> thewar-related munitions plant, DefenceIndustries Limited, that was built in thearea, south <strong>of</strong> what is now Highway 401.The plant and its associated facilitieswere significant in size and the rapidinflux <strong>of</strong> plant employees quickly led tothe establishment <strong>of</strong> a community. Bythe time the War ended, a settlementhad emerged and the residents <strong>of</strong> thisnew community needed a name for theirnew town, and a contest was held for8
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