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APPROVED 17 Avenue SW urban design strategy calgary.ca/centrecity | call 3-1-1 APPROVED 17 Avenue SW urban design strategy calgary.ca/centrecity | call 3-1-1 PUBLISHING INFORMATION TITLE: 17 AVENUE SW URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY AUTHOR: LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT & ASSESSMENT STATUS: APPROVED 2008 MARCH 10 PRINTING DATE: 2008 MARCH ADDITIONAL COPIES: THE CITY OF CALGARY RECORDS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (RIM) P.O. BOX 2100, STN “M”, #8115 CALGARY, ALBERTA T2P 2M5 PHONE: (403) 268-5333 or Call 3-1-1 FAX: (403) 268-4615 WEB: www.calgary.ca/centrecity TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Acknowledgment .....................................................ii 7.0 Case Studies .....................................................37 1.0 Background.........................................................1 7.1 East Precinct Context: ..............................38 2.0 Role of The Strategy ..........................................2 Case Study 1: Stampede Entrance .........38 3.0 Stakeholder Engagement .................................3 Case Study 2: Rouleauville Park .............40 4.0 Local Character Discussion .............................4 7.2 Central Precinct .........................................42 4.1. The East Precinct .......................................6 Case Study 3: Tomkins Park .....................42 4.2 The Central Precinct ...................................8 7.3 West Precinct ............................................44 4.3 The West Precinct .....................................10 Case Study 4: 11 Street S.W. Intersection 44 5.0 Uses....................................................................12 8.0 Implementation.................................................46 5.1 Uses & Use Sizes ......................................12 6.0 Public Realm Guidelines .................................13 6.1 Pedestrian Realm Guidelines ..................14 6.1.1 “Build to” Incentive .........................15 6.1.2 Pedestrian Realm Scenarios ..........15 6.2 Built Form Guidelines ................................30 MARCH 2008 APPROVED i Acknowledgment The City wishes to acknowledge the contributors of Sturgess Architecture in the stakeholder engagement and analysis components of this Strategy. Section 7.0 Case Studies is the product of Sturgess Architecture. ii APPROVED APPROVED 17 AVENUE SW URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.0 Background Once a boundary to the city in the early 1900’s, 17 Avenue SW including on-street parking, appropriate plantings and an has always been an important artery in Calgary. It marks the animated and safe pedestrian environment. The pedestrian intersection of the CPR established downtown grid with the realm, especially the interface zone must accommodate a alignment of the greater city grid. It is the original surveyor’s full range of activities from retail to patios. High streets are correction line with the confluence of the two grids occurring characterized by: at the centre of the avenue at Tomkins Park. s Upgraded sidewalks; Today, 17 Avenue SW is often viewed by many Calgarians as s Public art; one of the City’s most vital and thriving thoroughfares. The s Pedestrian scaled street lighting; avenue is a medley of mixed-use commercial, residential and office in varying building forms providing fluctuating degrees s Single tree boulevards; and quality of public realm. As mentioned in the Beltline Area s Pedestrian scaled built form; and, Redevelopment Plan (ARP), public realm can be defined as s Enhanced street furniture. “special places, linkages, interfaces and the building form which are fundamental to the creation of a functional, visually The Strategy provides urban design guidelines for this attractive and safe public realm”. portion of 17 Avenue SW. The guidelines aim to preserve the unique personalities of different sections of the avenue, The study area is comprised of both the north and south sides while providing a cohesive and consistent guideline for future of a sixteen block stretch between MacLeod Trail SE to 14 development along the whole avenue. The guidelines will Street SW. There currently exists a need within this portion address: of 17 Avenue SW to define and identify the character of the avenue so that it can be preserved and enhanced through s Pedestrian oriented development; future development. s Building massing and scale; and This avenue has been identified by the Centre City Plan as a s Interfaces between public and private realm. High Street, typically found in areas with historic character or high-density retail areas with a high concentration of pedestrian movement. High streets represent a model of the traditional main street with mixed use, medium to high-density developments, and provide flexible transportation alternatives MARCH 2008 APPROVED 1 2.0 ROLE OF THE STRATEGY 2.0 Role of The Strategy The 17 Avenue SW Urban Design Strategy is a non-statutory s Lower Mount Royal ARP; and, document that provides guidelines for development and s The Beltline ARP. makes recommendations for future action. It addresses the interaction and relationship between buildings, landscape, The Strategy will be used in addition to these documents to road right of ways and public spaces to encourage livability guide design for new development. Other applicable plans and vitality along the avenue. There are four communities include: which are represented along the thoroughfare. s The Centre City Plan These communities are: This plan is non-statutory in nature, but does contain ideas, actions and projects that relate to the avenue. s Mission: 1 St. SE to 4 St. SW on the south side of 17 Avenue; Currently there is no unified strategy for the 17 Avenue SW corridor to address urban design ideas and guidelines for s Cliff Bungalow: 4 St. SW and College Lane SW on the south side of 17 Avenue SW; sidewalks, streetscapes, public spaces, and built form along both sides of the avenue. The Strategy is sensitive to the s Lower Mount Royal: College Lane SW and 14 St SW on character of the avenue and surrounding neighbourhoods. It the south side of 17 Avenue SW; and, strives to maintain a high quality of urban design and built s Beltline: Macleod Trail SE and 1 St SE on the south side form similar to the character of the avenue that Calgarians of 17 Avenue SW and between Macleod Trail SE and 14 have come to expect. St SW on the north side of 17 Avenue SW. Each of the communities has an Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) that guides land use and development for the area. Applicable ARP’s include: s Mission ARP; s Cliff Bungalow ARP; 2 APPROVED APPROVED 17 AVENUE SW URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY 3.0 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 3.0 Stakeholder Engagement Comprehensive consultation with stakeholders ensured development expected within the area in terms of use, that public opinion and values were taken into account in density and design. Each of these ARP’s were informed by the creation of these guidelines. Stakeholders from the the 17 Avenue SW engagement input. Also, the new Land above mentioned communities, as well as local Business Use Bylaw 1P2007 has created new districts for commercial Revitalization Zones were consulted through two public corridors that apply to 17 Avenue SW. These new districts have open houses held on September 20th 2005, and October incorporated provisions that address some of the concerns 25th, 2005. The intent of these open houses was to gather raised through the earlier 2005 engagement process. With information on issues relating to developments along the these pieces now in place, The Strategy brings them together avenue. These open houses identified a number of design in a unified vision for the 17 Avenue SW corridor. aspects such as: s Building typology; s Building character; s Urban edges; s Building interface s Building massing; and, s The quality of the public realm. A stakeholder presentation was held to review the ideas prior to the final open house held at the beginning of January, 2006. Between 2005 and 2007, significant work was completed on the Centre City Plan which identified street and road typologies vital to the development of 17 Avenue SW. Work on this plan also included significant stakeholder engagement and discussed the vision for 17 Avenue SW along with the rest of the Centre City. Additionally, new ARP’s were approved for Mission and Beltline, which have further clarified the future MARCH 2008 APPROVED 3 4.0 LOCAL CHARACTER DISCUSSION 4.0 Local Character Discussion The local context of an area includes a variety of physical MAP 1: Study Area aspects which are visible and tangible; such as elements W pertaining to the built form, redevelopment opportunities, 14 STS and open space patterns. The Beltline ARP defines character areas as: “areas that are identifiable as having special or 14 AV SW unique qualities that are different from neighbouring areas within the community”. Using this thinking, the avenue can 15 AV SW be differentiated into three different precincts, each with its W S W S W T S S T S T 2 1 S own unique character, personality and potential. 1 1 0 16 AV SW 1 The first precinct is located between MacLeod Trail SE and 16 AV SW 2 Street SW (the East Precinct), the second precinct from 2 17 AV SW 17 AV SSWW Street SW to 9th Street SW (The Central Precinct), and the third precinct between 9th Street SW and 14 Street SW (the West Precinct). 9A ST SW ST 9A CAMERON AV SW CAMERON AV SW W S T BAGOT AV SW 10 ST SW 10 ST S A 4 ROYAL AV SW 1 Legend 10A STSW 11 STSW 14 ST SW 14 ST 12 ST SW 12 ST Ownership ParcelsSW 13 ST COLBORNE CR SW Buildings 1:10,500 4 APPROVED APPROVED 17 AVENUE SW URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY 9 ST SW 9 ST SW 9 ST SW 18 AV SW 19 AV SW MARCH 8 ST SW 8 ST SW 2008 7 ST SW 7 ST SW 1 1 1 3 5 17 AV SWS 4 A A COLLEGE LN SW A V V V S S S W W W W ROYAL AV SW HOPE ST SW 6 ST SW 5A ST SW 5 ST SW 5 ST SW 18 AV SW 19 AV SW 20 AV SW 4 4 ST SW 1 3 1 1 4 A 17 AV SWS 5 2 V A 0 A V S V A W S V S W W S W W 2 ST 1 9 A V S W 1 ST S 1 ST SW 4.0 LOCAL CHARACTER DISCUSSION 1 1 1 17 AV SWS AV SW 17 AV SE 3 5 4 1 A 8 A A V V V A V S S S W W W S W W CENTRE ST S CENTRE ST S 1 8 A V 17 AV SE 1 1 1 S 5 4 3 E A A A V V V S S S E E E 1 S SE 1 ST SE T X:\149_...\GIS\mxd\lett....mxd 1 S T S PARK RD SE 1 APPROVED 8 A V S E MACLEOD TR SE MACLEOD TR SE p 5 4.1.