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ARLETON PLACE Highway 7 South August 23, 2013 Conceptual Design Plan Report No. R-2013-134 First Draft: June 5, 2013 Second Draft: July 15, 2013 Third Draft: August 23, 2012 Urban Design Working Group Members: Town of Carleton Place Paul Knowles, Chief Administrative Office Lisa Young, Director of Planning and Development Landowners and/or Representatives Greg Graham, Cardel Homes Lisa Dalla Rosa, Cardel Homes Rodger Stewart, RSSR Properties Inc. Doug Smeathers, Pegasus / Olympia Homes Peter Foustanellas, Pegasus / Olympia Homes Bill Wingate, IBI Group, for 769494 Ontario Inc. Novatech Murray Chown, Senior Project Manager Janis Fedorowick, Senior Urban Designer Cynthia Jacques, Planner Sam Bahia, Civil Engineer Jennifer Luong, Senior Traffic Engineer Mike Petepiece, Senior Stormwater Management Engineer Bernie Muncaster, Principal, Muncaster Environmental Planning Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 CONTEXT 4.0 COMMUNITY DESIGN GUIDELINES 1.1 Background ....................................................... 1 4.1 High Density Residential .................................. 29 1.2 Study Process ....................................................2 4.2 Medium Density Residential ........................... 30 1.3 Plan Area ........................................................... 3 4.3 Low Density Residential ................................... 31 1.4 Planning Policy ..................................................4 4.4 Parks ..................................................................32 1.5 Supporting Plans .............................................. 6 4.5 Schools .............................................................. 33 4.6 Natural System ..................................................34 4.7 Stormwater Management Facilities ...............35 2.0 PLANNING FRAMEWORK 4.8 Commercial ......................................................36 2.1 Land Use Designations .....................................7 4.9 Employment ......................................................37 2.2 Transportation .................................................. 9 2.3 Geotechnical ..................................................10 2.4 Natural Features .............................................. 11 5.0 STREETSCAPE GUIDELINES 2.5 Hydrology and Stormwater Management .. 12 5.1 Captain A. Roy Brown Boulevard ................. 40 2.6 Servicing ...........................................................13 5.2 McNeely Avenue ............................................. 43 2.7 Trails .................................................................. 14 5.3 Local Roads ...................................................... 45 2.8 Heritage ........................................................... 15 5.4 Highway 15 ...................................................... 46 6.0 DEMONSTRATION PLAN ......................................... 48 3.0 VISION 3.1 Community Design Principles ........................18 3.2 Land Use Pattern ............................................19 7.0 IMPLEMENTATION 3.3 Neighbourhood Structure ..............................20 7.1 Interpretation ...................................................51 3.4 Carrying Capacity ..........................................22 7.2 Phasing ..............................................................52 3.5 Residential Density...........................................23 7.3 Official Plan Amendments ..............................55 3.6 Commercial and Employment Density.........24 7.4 Development Permit Bylaw ........................... 55 3.7 Future Development ...................................... 25 7.5 Plans of Subdivision .......................................... 56 3.8 Conceptual Development Plan ................... 26 7.6 Building Permits .................................................56 Highway 7 South Conceptual Development Plan TRANS CANADA HWY 7 T O W N O F C A R L E T O N P L A C E T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H COM 2.0 ha EMPLOYMENT 18.0 ha NATURAL SWM ENVIRONMENT 1.4 AREA ha WALKWAY 17.5 ha 0.2 ha COMMERCIAL McNEELY AVE McNEELY FUT COMM 13.9 ha SCHOOL 2.0 ha DEV 13.9 ha MD MD HIGH DENSITY SWM FUT 0.6 ha 1.1 ha 1.5 ha 1.5 ha 1.2 ha DEV 1.3 ha HD MED DENSITY MD HD 0.6 ha 1.5 ha 1.1 ha HD 1.8ha MD 1.6 ha 1.0 ha HD HD MED DENSITY MED DENSITY MD SWM SCHOOL 1.2 ha 1.2 ha 1.8 ha 1.6 ha FUT 1.3 ha 2.0 ha 1.4 ha DEV T O W N P 2.0 ha O F 0.5 ha C A R L E T O N MD PARK P L A C E 1.3 ha 1.0 ha MD FUTURE MD PARK 2.0 ha DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 1.3 ha 0.4 ha 11.4ha CENTRE T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H 2.0 ha T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H W I W N S H I P OF B E C K T O HIGHWAY 15 T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H Arterial Road SUBJECT TO ANNEXATION AGREEMENT Local Road Ex and Proposed Trail Low Density Residential Park Commercial Gateway Medium Density Residential School Employment Subject to annexation High Density Residential Stormwater Management Future Development agreement CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOTE: Conceptual Plan is illustrated so that infrastructure can be appropriately sized to plan for future development. 1.0 CONTEXT Highway 7 South Conceptual Development Plan The Town of Carleton Place, together with a group of landowners, has initiated the preparation of a Conceptual TRANS CANADA HWY 7 T O W N O F C A R L E T O N P L A C E Development Plan (CDP) for the new community known as Highway 7 South. The Highway 7 South CDP is a T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H comprehensive development concept plan and urban design framework that will guide development of the COM 2.0 ha lands into a cohesive, complete community. EMPLOYMENT 18.0 ha NATURAL SWM ENVIRONMENT 1.4 AREA ha WALKWAY 17.5 ha 0.2 ha COMMERCIAL 1.1 BACKGROUND McNEELY AVE McNEELY FUT COMM 13.9 ha SCHOOL 2.0 ha DEV 13.9 ha MD MD HIGH DENSITY SWM FUT 0.6 ha 1.1 ha 1.5 ha 1.5 ha 1.2 ha DEV The Town of Carleton Place has experienced significant 1.3 ha four lanes from the Town of Carleton Place to Ottawa’s HD MED DENSITY MD HD growth over the past 15 years, attracting new residents west end (started in 2006; completed in 2012). Tapering 0.6 ha 1.5 ha 1.1 ha HD 1.8ha MD 1.6 ha from the surrounding region. To accommodate continued 1.0 ha for the road widening begins approximately midway in HD HD MED DENSITY MED DENSITY MD SWM growth, a large portion of land (25.0 ha) in Beckwith the study area along Highway 7. SCHOOL 1.2 ha 1.2 ha 1.8 ha 1.6 ha FUT 1.3 ha 2.0 ha 1.4 ha DEV T O W N P 2.0 ha Township located south of Highway 7 was annexed by the O F 0.5 ha C A R L E T O N MD PARK Town of Carleton Place in 1997 as part of the Town’s urban The lands within the CDP study area are owned by P L A C E 1.0 ha 1.3 ha boundary expansion. nine different land owners, and comprise much of the MD FUTURE MD PARK 2.0 ha DEVELOPMENT developable land within the Town. To ensure that the COMMUNITY 1.3 ha 0.4 ha 11.4ha CENTRE Commercial development in the urban expansion area T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H lands are developed as a cohesive, healthy community, 2.0 ha T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H W I W N S H I P OF B E C K T O began to be constructed in 1999 east of the existing the Town and four other land owners have joined together HIGHWAY 15 T O W N S H I P OF B E C K W I T H highway commercial businesses along Highway 7. In Arterial Road to establish a unified vision for the Highway 7 South and a SUBJECT TO ANNEXATION AGREEMENT 2006, further big-box style commercial development was high-level concept plan. Local Road approved and a 300 m length of McNeely Avenue was Ex and Proposed Trail Low Density Residential Park Commercial constructed south of Highway 7 for access. The Highway 7 South CDP and supporting plans will be Gateway Medium Density Residential School Employment used by the Town of Carleton Place and landowners in the Subject to annexation High Density Residential Stormwater Management Future Development Improvements to the surrounding road network have design and assessment of individual planning applications agreement accompanied the plans for expansion. Modifications to in the Highway 7 South community. the Highway 7/McNeely Avenue intersection were built to CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN accommodate larger volumes of traffic in 2009; McNeely Avenue was widened to four lanes from Coleman Avenue to Highway 7 (2007/2008); and Highway 7 was widened to Highway 7 South 1 1.2 STUDY PROCESS A collaborative, hands-on approach was used throughout the study ensuring that the CDP represents a collective of ideas from all stakeholders. Preliminary background studies were initiated by the consultant team, identifying opportunities and constraints for physical site conditions in stormwater management, transportation, servicing, geology, natural systems, community facilities and heritage. An Urban Design Working Group (UDWG) was then assembled made up of four landowners / representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Planning and Development for Carleton Place and members of the Novatech consulting team. The mandate of the UDWG was to create the vision, layout and design details of the new community through a series of interactive design workshops. Design Charette 1 The UDWG met on December 13, 2012, to discuss the main findings of the consultant team’s background studies and opportunities and constraints, and to share their visions for the development of the study site. A round-table discussion identified a set of goals and objectives. Members worked together to produce a preliminary concept sketch incorporating the main elements of the collective vision. In the weeks to follow, the consultant team developed the sketch into two design concepts illustrating the layout of land uses and road system to connect them. Design Charette 2 The UDWG met for a second design charette on February 12, 2013, to discuss and provide feedback on the two design concepts.