Hi SnS86,
Thanks for letting us know about this update.
I'll be sure to keep tabs on the Derry Green & Clarke development maps (
http://www.milton.ca/en/build/resources ... oodMap.pdf)
I'll also check in with Robert Duvall letting him know that nearby residents are curious about the forthcoming planning process about this chunk of the James Snow corridor.
I have no qualms about the Derry Green area being developed as originally planned (the general plan has been in existence for a good number of years) but I do share your concerns about the potential "eyesore" nature of this development as proposed.
- I'm not so sure this design is up-to-spec with required design guidelines for the area
Are you aware if this is the most up-to-date document regarding the urban design guidelines for the Derry Green area?
Section 1 and 2
https://www.milton.ca/en/build/resource ... on_1_2.pdfSection 3
https://www.milton.ca/en/build/resource ... tion_3.pdfIf it is, it does appear to specify 10s of meters along the James Snow Corridor as a Street Oriented Area - see pages 9 and 12 of their Section 1 and 2 document (pages 15 and 18 of the .pdf).
Also in the Section 1 and 2 document they state:
- Sites in Street-Oriented Areas should be developed with a continuous frontage of buildings along the front property line.
- By locating surface parking at the rear or sides of buildings and limiting the percentage of frontage that can be allocated to parking, a continuous street edge can be developed."
In the Section 3 document they state:
- In order to foster a pedestrian-friendly environment within the Derry Green Corporate Business Park, buildings should frame the public realm through minimal distances between the front building façade and front property line
- Buildings and main entrances must front onto the public street to encourage a pedestrian orientated streetscape and maximize public surveillance of the street. Buildings fronting onto two or more public streets must provide entrances on each façade.
- Buildings should face the public street and apply the highest design standards to primary building façades
- Buildings must occupy a minimum 60% of the total lot frontage.
- Buildings facing James Snow Parkway, Derry Road and Main Street in particular, should apply a level of design that reinforces the role of these streets as gateways to the Derry Green Business Park Area and the community
- Minimum building heights are as follows:
Business Park - Street Oriented Areas: Two storeys along James Snow Parkway and Derry Road are encouraged
- Blank façades that extend the entire length of the building parallel to a public street are not permitted. Building façades should include the following elements:
Windows; Awnings and canopies; Outdoor terraces and patios; Projections and recesses; and, Architectural details and change of materials.
- In general, large areas of surface parking are discouraged. Where they are required, they should not dominate the streetscape and be designed to be visually unobtrusive.
- Parking between the primary building façade and the public street is discouraged (except for on-street parallel parking). Rear-yard, side-yard and structured parking are alternatives.
- Large areas of unbroken parking must be avoided...
Based on the guidance of those urban design guidelines I definitely have some questions about the direction of this development as it currently stands.
SnS86 wrote:
Yea, I understand it will happen. Just hoping to lessen the eyesore. Traffic will be another issue...but James Snow is slated to go to 6 lanes in the future so it was always designated to be a busy road.