Urban Design Guidelines - Town of Caledon

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BOLTONELEMENTS OF A COMPLETE STREET(Source: Omaha Streetscape Handbook)KEY1 Bus Stop2 Street Trees (shade)3 Coordinated Street Furniture4 Planters5 Median Refuge6 Pedestrian Crosswalk7 Colocating Signs8 Bicycle Lane9 Public Art10 Pedestrian Lighting11 On-street Parking38 Town of Caledon
2.2. Regional Road 50 CommercialCorridor“The image of a city is reflected in its streets,from the fixtures that light them to the sidewalksthat frame them. Coordinating the features andcomponents of the streetscape help define an area’scharacter and create a distinctive sense of place.Without coherence, these same components clashwith one another, producing visual noise that wearson both residents and visitors. Streets define how acity presents itself to the public. An attractive andcohesive streetscape is a vital part a city’s physicalappeal.” (Omaha Streetscape Handbook)The Regional Road 50 corridor faces similar challengesto other highway corridors. It has the same cardealerships and chain stores as in other small towns inOntario, flanked by large areas of parking and marked bya collection of signs competing for one’s attention.The intention is to create a ‘complete’ street, one thataccommodates the needs of pedestrians, transit users,cyclists as well as private automobile use. The followingguidelines point to the completion of the pedestriannetwork, the future addition of bike lanes, the reductionof the number of access points by adding servicelaneways, and the reduction of the roadway width wherepossible.In terms of streetscape, Regional Road 50 has thepotential to become a ‘green avenue’ that is flankedby large trees and continuous sidewalks. This intentis achievable through a concerted effort between theRegion of Peel and the Town of Caledon in the planning,design, construction and maintenance of the avenue.Ultimately the purpose is to enable the right-of-way todevelop independently from the surrounding built form,allowing for a unified vision of the public realm to beimplemented as soon as possible, with the full build-outof residential and/or commercial density evolving overtime.In terms of built form, the intent is to encourage astronger building edge along the whole corridor bylocating surface parking on the side or rear of buildings.Mixed use development is encouraged in the South HillCommercial Area, especially in the section between AllanDrive and Queensgate Boulevard where it is possible toincrementally create a more pedestrian-friendly ‘MainStreet’ with grade-related uses facing both sides of thestreet.The diagrams on the following page summarize therecommended improvements to the two areas ofRR50: the South Hill Commercial Area and the HighwayCommercial Area.39URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINESFINAL Bolton CIP Urban Design Guidelines | April 2009
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