Station Profile for Kitchener City Hall Station
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CONESTOGA NORTHFIELD KITCHENER CITY HALL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO STATION AREA CHARACTERISTICS LAURIER- WATERLOO PARK Land Use Plan WATERLOO h St PUBLIC Blucher St A SQUARE D h H r e Bismark Ave e e k e n p a t St tt d p ar s y I nh ei A e R St St v A e W v WILLIS WAY Stahl Ave e M o Wilhelm St o r e W Adam St ALLEN y St A a v e t e r l Louisa St o ouisa St m o D GRAND RIVER 0 t S t S 0 u HOSPITAL 0 k M 1 L e L S W a a M e t S n Welling e St ton St N r g a g c n b e j CENTRAL STATION- a a W o to e r g r s r r n e t S e i t INNOVATION DISTRICT l t S S t r A t t S W Breithaupt St Breithaupt St v e KITCHENER W CITY HALL K Gzowski Lane in g St Victoria St N W m C L J F VICTORIA o 0 h o i 0 e s Heit Lane l El c 5 b e N l s PARK p u General Characteristics P e n h St le t St e s r n i r e t u St te g m t a e St r t t B l e S e W l H t o W N Luella St S B ll C St St • High concentration of employment, institutional and residential uses r C L g n a h a un e QUEEN m a n o A e r e Y u m l h Q Pe Mansion St • Centred around Kitchener City Hall and Carl Zehr Square e r L O s H e a S W q a St a n n • King Street “main street” area and high quality streetscaping t s u k ll e R c M e St W s b St El a i o g c e L e O s S y l • Surface parking to the east and west of King Street e r t h v a W e n St a A n St St tt n a a S e o r FREDERICK i T e n r l t e St S • Victoria Park serves as a major destination to h St W W St ic St d A V e n r t i E v H r L te E e e a e • Charles Street Terminal to the south serves as a major hub but also KITCHENER e s v W n a A St N MARKET r s l St St disconnects Victoria Park from the Downtown y St in e rick e e k io ede St H v u r Fr A a ta d G n n St n O BORDEN Devo o Future Population and Employment Density m Sp J ch S G u i o bil R St e Bingem ee o u t I D ri d z r r v ta i n e S i Desired residential and job density within 800m of LRT Station n MILL O s t L St a Current Kitchener City Hall Station residential density: 52/hectare n R e o Current Kitchener City Hall Station employment density: 125/hectare la K Hohner Ave BLOCK LINE n i d St n Current Kitchener City Hall Station residential and job density: id g St Pl S av tt Sc t D St o n H lto h Sc i Brubacher St Projected 2021 Kitchener City Hall Station residential and job density: LEGEND n e a E W e S n ll D i La s FAIRWAY i d St ll e n ns L S r ee e a R H t A u em n N Krug l N o om v Q C St e St City of Kitchener Land Use Recommendations e r s e C E St a y D d e Business Park G h e Eb u C e u k St Commercial o r e St r c n g h S St • Encourage bonusing for increased height and density within 450m of an ION Corridor Commercial t nto Pl e St S e l y E B be St b N station and the Urban Growth Centre M e E e H Av a n : 160/hectare M r o • Maintain established low density neighbourhoods and Heritage Conservation B ti is i W l r n d l a u e M St d St b Districts C e e r h St A r a W te S r v l Pe St e h C r s N 177/hectare i a Additional Land Use Recommendations Core t o d e n u e St v C A r r High Density Residential tl E ne a S etz Medium Density Residential n ve B d A • Encourage redevelopment of surface parking lots to intensified uses with n 207/hectare Low Density Residential A so d v i n ad reduced parking requirements and/or structured parking M Pa Sti • Prioritize infill of currently vacant lots to create a complete and usable r l in streetscape g Mixed Use Mixed Use ResidentialStirling Ave S Mixed Use Non-Residential Mixed Use Neighbourhood Commercial Mixed Use Office Industrial/Employment Heavy Industrial Employment Institutional Major Institutional Open Space Active Frontage**Updated December 2020 Convertible Frontage** Additional Active/Convertible Frontage** KITCHENER CITY HALL STATION AREA CHARACTERISTICS Land Use Plan h St Blucher St A D h H r e Bismark Ave e e k e n p a t St tt d p ar s y I nh ei A e R St St v A e W v Stahl Ave e M o Wilhelm St o r e W Adam St y St A a v e t e r l Louisa St o ouisa St m o D 0 t S t S 0 u 0 k M 1 L e L S W a a M e t S n Welling e St ton St N r g a g c n b e j a a W o to e r g r s r r n e t S e i t l t S S t r A t t S W Breithaupt St Breithaupt St v e W K Gzowski Lane in g St Victoria St N W m C L J F o 0 h o i 0 e s Heit Lane l El c 5 b e N l s p u General Characteristics P e n h St le t St e s r n i r e t u St te g m t a e St r t t B l e S e W l H t o W N Luella St S B ll C St St • High concentration of employment, institutional and residential uses r C L g n a h a un e m a n o A e r e Y u m l h Q Pe Mansion St • Centred around Kitchener City Hall and Carl Zehr Square e r L O s H e a S W q a St a n n • King Street “main street” area and high quality streetscaping t s u k ll e R c M e St W s b St El a i o g c e L e O s S y l • Surface parking to the east and west of King Street e r t h v a W e n St a A n St St tt n a a S e o r i T e n r l t e St S • Victoria Park serves as a major destination to h St W W St ic St d A V e n r t i E v H r L te E e e a e • Charles Street Terminal to the south serves as a major hub but also CONESTOGA e s v W n a A St N r s l St St disconnects Victoria Park from the Downtown y St in e rick e e k io ede St H v u r Fr A a ta d G n n St n O Devo o Future Population and Employment Density NORTHFIELD m Sp J ch S G u i o bil R St e Bingem ee o u t I D ri d z r r v ta i RESEARCH & n e S i Desired residential and job density within 800m of LRT Station n O s t L St TECHNOLOGY a Current Kitchener City Hall Station residential density: 52/hectare n R e o Current Kitchener City Hall Station employment density: 125/hectare UNIVERSITY la K Hohner Ave ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION n i d St n Current Kitchener City Hall Station residential and job density: OF WATERLOO id g St Pl S av tt Sc t D St o n H lto h Sc i Brubacher St Projected 2021 Kitchener City Hall Station residential and job density: Existing Sidewalk Network LEGEND n e a E W e S n ll LAURIER- D i La s i d St ll e n ns L WATERLOO PARK S r ee e a R H t A u em n N Krug l N o om v Q C St e St City of Kitchener Land Use Recommendations Sidewalk-roadway ratio of e r s e C E St a y D d e Business Park G h e WATERLOO Eb u C • Current ratio indicates large number of streets have sidewalk on both sides e u k St Commercial o r e PUBLIC St r c n g h S St • Encourage bonusing for increased height and density within 450m of an ION with some exceptions Corridor Commercial e t SQUARE nto Pl St S e l y E B be St b N station and the Urban Growth Centre • The majority of gaps include dead-end streets and laneways M e E e H Av a n : 160/hectare M r o • Maintain established low density neighbourhoods and Heritage Conservation B ti is 90% i W l r n d l a u e M St d St b Districts Existing Connectivity & Walkability C e e WILLIS WAY r h St A r a W te S r v l Pe St e h C r s N 177/hectare i a Additional Land Use Recommendations • Core t o d e n u e St v C A ALLEN r r High Density Residential tl E ne • This Walkindicates Score comfortable and direct walk distances for pedestrians a S etz Medium Density Residential n ve B d A • Encourage redevelopment of surface parking lots to intensified uses with n 207/hectare Low Density Residential A so d v di n GRAND RIVER of 96 (Walker’s Paradise) a Pa reduced parking requirements and/or structured parking Existing Bike Network M HOSPITAL Sti • Prioritize infill of currently vacant lots to create a complete and usable r l in streetscape CENTRAL STATION- • Several main corridors of bike infrastructure: g o o INNOVATION DISTRICT • Sharrows on Queen Street between King Street and Ahrens Street S t Mixed Use • Sharrows on King Street between Madison Avenue and Francis Street Mixed Use ResidentialStirling Ave S KITCHENER • Sharrows on Duke Street between Madison Avenue and Water Street Mixed Use Non-Residential CITY HALL Blucher S H Mixed Use Neighbourhood Commercial • Sharrows on Jubilee Drive e Ave t Bismark t A p Mixed Use Office St v t p rd e • Bike lanes on both sides along Water Street between King Street and ha A ein e R h ma Ave A Em r e VICTORIA v Jubilee Drive n e s PARK S Ave • Bike lanes on both sides along Queen Street between Courtland Avenue Briar Ave Stahl t W Wilhelm St Industrial/Employment and Joseph Street am St Heavy Industrial Employment • Bike lanes on both sides along Courtland Avenue between Hebel Place Shanley St Ad Victoria M 65 Institutional QUEEN HALL CITY KITCHENER and Stirling Avenue n t Major Institutional S Louisa St Existing Sidewalk Network Open Space Existing Trail Network FREDERICK Wellington St N M L a a j o n r c S KITCHENER • Spur Line Trail travels from William/Willow Street to Ahrens Street West in a s k Updated December 2020 t Active Frontage** t e S MARKET r Kitchener Breithaupt St t Convertible Frontage** S It Additional Active/Convertible Frontage** • Internal trail network within Victoria Park W BORDEN Gzowski Lane S K W l MILL in Heit Lane t P g e L ie t N b M El e S St e g rm l n L r a e e e e W St r H e a N S e g n r u t n A Francis St N S t g Maynard Ave a St S Q r r le c t W l r t te o e a h B C t W la St a s Luel u e A r l W t l v e BLOCK LINE B P L e r r l a a S n L m S e t t D o S E m C s u c i u k t h S S c e S Pe s t O n S g e t t ra t n s a W u q k F tn o R G u FAIRWAY St Y M o o e u y g ic e H El r t St d n h v a St l o a A l a e ls O e l n n n t e A t St L t A T d a h o St A h in n C v r la l v e L e e S r P e E e ce e r W N n t n H t s e S S St e s e t l o St n a v S e ri r A r k ta y St s te u n E a a O S St in G S e W i H C a m m e h e D v J a A o r u e n St d s le e o n e l v o p s h St S m S Sp h t t Ju ic W bi R e Bingeman St l t ee G Dr z o u S