Urban Design Guidelines - Town of Caledon

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BOLTONSIGNAGE PRECEDENT,CreemoreStreet furniture, Lighting and SignageStreet furniture, lighting and signage make an essentialcontribution to the streetscape by providing a consistentand unified appearance. The Town of Caledon and theBolton Core Business Improvement Association havealready recognized its importance by investing in newstreet lights, litter containers, banners, flower containers,etc. in priority areas such as Queen, King and a fewother streets.EXISTING STREET LIGHT■■Extend the use of the same family of street furnitureto the sections that are unfurnished. Consideradding other elements that match the currentheritage theme such as: benches, outdoor caféfurniture, bollards, bike racks, bus shelter andnewspaper holders;Add signage and wayfinding that is consistent withthe heritage theme, including street signs, parkingsigns and information kiosks;EXISTING LITTERCONTAINERBENCHPRECEDENT,Kingston■■■Encourage all business and commercial landowners to use the selected family of street furniture;While advertising on street furniture is often usedto defray the costs of the hardware, this should becarefully considered not to overwhelm the visualcharacteristics of the furniture;Many of these furnishings tend to be clustered atstreet corners adding to street congestion. Whenpossible, locate these elements away from thestreet corner, particularly news boxes. As well,provision within new building redevelopment for littercontainers, telephones and mailboxes should beconsidered and encouraged; and26 Town of Caledon■Minimize the number of freestanding traffic signs.
Public Art and ScreeningPublic art plays an important role in the interpretation ofthe history, the people and the character of a place. Itcan have a variety of expressions, from 2-dimensionalmurals and pavement to 3-dimensional sculptures,gates, seating or fencing. The introduction of art works inthe public realm should be encouraged, in a way that issensitive to the site and enhances the historic core.The use of fencing, hedges or planted screens should beencouraged to hide the view of side and backyards frompublic streets.EXISTING MURAL,Queen StreetMURALPRECEDENT,Gravenhurst27EXISTING FENCEAND PLANTING,Queen StreetPUBLIC ARTPRECEDENT,OrangevilleURBAN DESIGN GUIDELINESFINAL Bolton CIP Urban Design Guidelines | April 2009
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