Lakeshore Road Corridor Background Booklet: Port Credit District
February 20th, 2008 Place Making Session Community Priorities: 2. Promote Vibrant Mixed Use Development: (Identifi ed at the kick-off meeting) • Balances population during the day and night • Provides diversity in housing types Priority #1: Shape Future Development • Attracts diversity in types of commercial, retail and professional Use appropriate building heights, massing and design for all areas especially for services residential areas and areas along Lakeshore Road. • Is respectful of adjacent land uses • Provides needed uses Priority #2: Vision for Brownfi eld Sites Develop a new vision for the existing vacant and under-utilized sites, including the 3. Shape New Development: OPG lands and Texaco Lands, sites along Lakeshore and industrial areas. • Properly address the street, proportions, uses • Respectful of community character, place specifi c Priority #3: Community Character and Main Streets • Appropriate building heights Achieve and maintain a pedestrian and cyclist friendly main street for both com- • Appropriate transitioning and setbacks munities. Create vibrant public spaces . Address existing transportation and traffi c • Appropriate land uses congestion issues. • Sustainable design, energy effi cient • Accommodates needed uses Priority #4: Connect to the Waterfront • Rationalizes driveway entrances Visually and physically connect to the waterfront with more green spaces and open views to the lake 4. Push for Quality Public Spaces: • Express district identity and heritage Priority #5: The Environment • Protect urban tree canopy and sun access Healthy communities – clean air, water and land. Build environmentally friendly • Provide safe places and linkages, cohesive and organized buildings. Expand existing green spaces and enhance existing natural features. • Environment responsive designs • Gateways and nodes at logical locations • Opportunities for various scales Community Objectives: • Connections to the waterfront and existing parks (Summarized from data collection to date) • Views to the waterfront 1. Support Main Street ‘Walkable’ Village Character: • Perceived height of 2 to 3 storeys at street-line 5. Improve Transportation and Transit • Allow breaks in street wall • Reduce congestion • Pedestrian scale detailing and site furnishings • Slow traffi c, improve safety • Protection from the elements • Reliable transit, introduce LRT along Lakeshore Road • Canopy trees and landscaping • Bus stops pedestrian design • Opportunities for parkettes, courtyards, patios • More crosswalks or signal lights • Crosswalks • Bike lanes • Slower speed limits • Workable parking strategy • Bike friendly • Building and directional signage • Discrete parking, integrated with greening opportunities • Screening and buff ering from confl icting views, uses etc • Rationalize wide boulevards
page 2 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet General Site Information
Length of Lakeshore Road in Port Credit District: Approx. 3.4 kms
Adjacent Land Uses: • Main Street Commercial ** • High Density Residential • Medium Density Residential • Motor Vehicle Commercial • To Be Determined (at Texaco Lands) • Greenbelt • Public Open Space Lakeshore Road will remain 4 lanes with turning lanes at some intersections. ** Generally the most common land use along the corridor is Main Street Commercial, Zoned C4. These areas along Lakeshore Road East allow a variety of commercial uses - retail, food sales, offi ce, recreation, education, fi nancial, parking lot and personal services. The height of commercial build- ings is typically 2-3 storeys.
Points of Interest:
• Lakeshore Road will remain 4 lanes with left turning lanes at some intersections. • Right of Way is typically 26m in width • Plans for high order transit along Hurontario Street to link Port Credit to Brampton. • District has strong ties to the Credit River Harbour and Lake On District has strong ties to the Credit River Harbour and Lake Ontario. tario. • Provides access to many very high quality parks and the Waterfront Trail. • Go Station at the centre of the district.
Streetscapes are typically narrow but include streetscapes elements such as lighting, banners, signage, seating, trees and on street parking.
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 3 Existing commercial built form.
New commercial built form .
Site Photos: Typical Commercial Development, existing and new built form.
page 4 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 5 Shawnmarr Character Area
page 6 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet Texaco Lands Character Area
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 7 Core Village Character Area
page 8 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet East Village Character Area
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 9 Port Credit
Memorial Park i River dit Richard’s Rhododendron Memorial Park Gardens Cre Tecumsen Creek Lakeshore Road
Marina A Park J.J.Plaus Park St. Lawrence Park Tall Oaks Park Hiawatha Ben Machree Park Park Imperial Oil J.C. Saddington Waterfront Trail Park Extension
Lake Ontario
District Waterfront Parks accessed by Lakeshore Road
page 10 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet St.Lawrence Park JJ Plaus Park Memorial Park East
JC Saddington Park Imperial Oil Trail Extension Rhododendron Park
District Parks
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 11 Roadway Hierarchy
page 12 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet Destinations
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 13 Green Spaces
Parks and Natural Areas
page 14 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet Existing Land Use Designations
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 15 Traffi c signals: Legend:
Triangular symbol represents City controlled signal
Stop sign symbol represents Region of Peel controlled sig- nal
Circle symbol represents MTO controlled signal
Existing Traffi c Signal Plan page 16 Port Credit District District Place Making Background Booklet Weekday Transit Map
District Place Making Background Booklet Port Credit District page 17 WOO
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