Adaptive Re-Use of 7 Bayview Road Ottawa, on December 16, 2011
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Reference Document for the Adaptive Re-use of 7 Bayview Road Ottawa, ON December 16, 2011 Submitted to: Hintonburg-Mechanicsville Neighbourhood Planning Initiative Continuity Task Force Submitted by: Introduction This document is a reference resource for all Relevant Policies, Plans & Reports of the research that Strata Planning under- took in the process of creating the redevelop- Ottawa 20/20 Growth Management Relevant Bylaws ment plan for the Public Works building and Strategy Community Design Plans surrounding vacant lands at 7 Bayview Road. - Official Plan - Carling-Bayview CDP - Arts and Heritage Plan Strata Planning reviewed a variety of reports, - Wellington West CDP policies, plans, and other documents to gain an understanding of how the redevelopment Secondary Study Hintonburg-Mechanicsville of the Bayview Yards and the heritage Public - Bayview/Somerset Area Neighbourhood Plan Works building can support the goals of the Secondary Plan Study City’s Official Plan and related policies, while -Heritage Report for the serving the needs of the community. City Design Guidelines Secondary Plan Study - Transit-Oriented Development In addition to policies and reports, Strata -Report to the Planning and - High Rise Housing Guidelines Planning consulted existing developments and Environment Committee - Urban Design Guidelines organizations to develop ideas for the rede- velopment plan for the Bayveiw Yards build- Transportation Master Plan View of cyclists on the Ottawa River Pathway from the edge of the study site ing and site. Successful examples of heritage Engineering Reports building integration into a new building struc- - Structural Risk Assessment Ontario Provincial Heritage Act ture were also exmained to provide inspira- - Building Condition Audit Strata Planning Team: tion for any potential additiona to the Public Works building. Heritage Case Studies Case Studies Cynthia Jacques Brookfield Place The Historic Distillery District Jordan Kemp A complete list of research elements is pro- Bank of Canada Brantford Arts Block vided in the table to the right. A summary of Lauren Lupton Musée des Beaux Arts Complexe Dompark the key research pieces reviewed during this Kaela Schramm Front Cover: An archival floor plan of the Ottawa Public Workshops, December 1956. process are included in the subsequent sec- Five Condominiums Artscape: Wychwood Barns Please see Photos Credits for sources of photos not taken by Strata Planning. Megan Shrubsole tions of this report. Artspace Relevant Plans and Reports Strata Planning reviewed a variety of re- · An innovative city where prosperity is S. 2.5.5.11 Arts and Heritage Plan nected to other aspects of the City’s Official and need to preserve built heritage resourc- ports, policies, plans, and other documents to shared among all The City may participate in the devel- Plan, such as revitalization, public access, and es, including buildings, cultural heritage land- Arts gain an understanding of how the redevelop- · A responsible and responsive city opment of heritage resources through economic development. scape, streetscapes, and public and symbolic ment of the Bayview Yards and the old Pub- acquisition, assembly, resale, joint ven- The Arts Plan is centred on five strategic di- civic places. · A healthy and active city lic Works building can support the goals of tures, tax credits, tax exemptions, or rections for the City to work towards with as- The City of Ottawa’s Arts Plan acknowledges the City’s Official Plan and related policies, The Strategy consists of five supporting growth other forms of involvement that will re- sistance from other community members, other that nurturing arts and culture can have a pos- The guiding principles of the Heritage Plan while serving the needs of the Hintonburg and management plans, two of which are particu- sult in the sensitive conservation, resto- levels of government and private firms. They itive impact on the revitalization of neighbour- are: · Identify, collect and preserve Mechanicsville communities. The following sec- larly relevant to the current study: the Official ration, and/or rehabilitation of those are: hoods and cultural districts. One of the main · Broaden public access to the local arts tion provides a summary of the key reports Plan and the Arts and Heritage Plan, both of resources. initiatives relating to this objective is the de- · Research, interpret and promote and documents that were reviewed during this which are discussed briefly below. · Keep Ottawa’s Artists here velopment of the Quartier des artistes – Arts · Build capacity process. Additional relevant documents are S. 2.5.5.16 · Build creative capacity District (QUAD) in the Hintonburg- Mechanics- summarized in Appendix X. Official Plan As the owner of many heritage resources, ville community. the City will protect, improve and manage · Revitalize public places Heritage In terms of Heritage Designation, the City ac- its heritage resources in a manner which knowledges the need for the adaptive reuse Ottawa 20/20 Growth Management The Official Plan provides direction to the furthers the heritage objectives of this · Realize the economic potential of the lo- cal cultural sector of heritage buildings. The Plan suggests that Strategy other four plans that make up the Growth Plan and sets an example of leadership Management Strategy. It provides a vision for heritage buildings be made available to ac- for the community in the conservation of One of the main shortcomings identified in the managing the city’s expected growth over the commodate cultural and other functions in or- Adopted in 2003, the Ottawa 20/20 Growth heritage resources, including: Arts Plan is the lack of available affordable Management Strategy aims to guide the City’s next 20 years, and sets out a policy frame- der to ensure their conservation and mainte- a. Designating its heritage resources un- arts space in the City, which can take the form growth and development over a 20-year pe- work to guide future development patterns nance. Further, the Plan suggests that there are der the Heritage Act where appro- of studio, workshop or live/work space. Rec- riod. The Growth Management Strategy is and ensure the sustainability of the city. incentives for private developers to undertake priate and reviewing all conservation ognizing that the Artists in the City are under- the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. based on seven guiding principles: funded and suffer from a lack of resources, Ottawa’s Heritage Plan defines heritage as “a · A caring and inclusive city There are a number of relevant policies in plans for their maintenance with the the Arts Plan focuses on ways to increase the legacy inherited from the past, valued in the Section 2.5.5 of the City’s Official Plan that Local Architectural Conservation Ad- · A creative city rich in heritage, unique in level of support, space and funding to entice present, which helps to interpret, and safe- identity set the groundwork for the rehabilitation and visory Committee (LACAC); and Ottawa’s young and emerging artists to stay guard for the future, which it helps shape.” The preservation of the old Public Works building b. Registering a heritage easement on a · A green and environmentally-sensitive in the region. Much of the Arts Plan is con- main focus of the Heritage Plan is the desire city at 7 Bayview Road, including: property to ensure its on-going pro- tection when ownership is transferred · A city of distinct, liveable communities from the City to others. Secondary Planning Study current study will propose a more detailed · Local roads “fan out” from Bayview · In total, this concept proposes approx- plan for the old Public Works building and the Road - courtyards will be wider to- imately 1,470 residential units (with Bayview/Somerset Area Secondary Plan immediately surrounding land. The details of wards the east, where high-rise point the civic use at the south end of the Study the recommended concept for the Bayview/ towers will be located. Bayview Yard) or 1,590 residential Somerset Area are outlined below*: units (with a mixed-use development The Bayview/Somerset Area Secondary Plan- · The south end of the Bayview Yard will at the south end of the Bayview Yard), ning Study was carried out in 2004, to es- · The existing community of Mechanics- accommodate a civic facility with pos- of which 25 percent are intended to tablish a framework for the redevelopment ville and the new Bayview neighbour- sible residential development above, be affordable housing units in accor- of the Bayview Yards and surrounding area hood will face each other across a re- or a mixed-use residential develop- dance with the Official Plan policies. (which includes the site examined in this cur- vitalized Laroche Park, which will be ment with supporting retail, community rent study). The Secondary Planning Study framed by public streets. uses, and offices in the building po- *Taken from the following City of Ottawa web- generated a range of alternative concepts dium. An enclosed pedestrian linkage · site: for the Bayview Yards and surrounding area. Bayview Road is kept in its present between the community and the pro- http://ottawa.ca/residents/planning/commu- Each concept provided a general outline for alignment, and is conceived as the posed “transit hub” will be integrated nity_plans/completed/bayview/development_ the types and scale of uses on the site, the ap- community’s “Main Street”. It will have into the civic facility or mixed-use de- concept_en.html propriate urban form, and the financial feasi- ground level retail shops, principally velopment. bility. The various concepts were presented in focused at the key intersection, with five storeys of apartments above. · Additional park space to serve the a public meeting in October 2004, to identify residents is proposed on the eastern which concept was preferred by the commu- · The City Works building on the Bay- edge of the Bayview Yard. nity; this became the recommended concept view Yard site will be retained for in the Secondary Planning Study Plan and adaptive re-use.