Post on 28-Sep-2020
ERA Architects Delcan
June 2010
Hariri Pontarini Architects
Mid-CentretownCommunity Design Plan
Photo By : Charles Akben Marchandwww.centretown.blogspot.com
Who we are
What is a Community Design Plan?
The study process
Where did the study come from?
Understanding Mid-Centretown
What happens next?
Mid-CentretownCommunity Design Plan
Who We Are
Introducing the Team
Transportation & Servicing:
Heritage Advice:
Architecture:
A Community Design Plan for Mid-Centretown
What is a Community Design Plan?Community Design Plans help shape the evolution of neighbouhoods by directing future growth and guiding development across areas facing significant change.
Implemented through the Official Plan, CDPs are meant to update and/or replace Secondary Plans (current plan from 1976).
CDPs translate the principles and policies of the Official Plan to a community scale and provide guidelines for decision-making on land use planning. CDPs include:• Analysis of existing conditions• Targets for community development (housing, open space, transit access, etc.)• Constraints and Opportunities• Spatial components (land uses, parks, green spaces, transportation corridors, etc.) • Implementation Strategy and Policy Directions
A key objective of process is to build consensus from land owners, the business community, residents and politicians around an updated twenty-year vision for Mid-Centretown.
How We Will Work With You
An Open Discussion: Opportunities for Engagement
7 scheduled client / team working sessions
5 scheduled Public Consultation Group meetings
5 days of stakeholder interviews and focus group sessions
2 major community events – Community Workshops & Open Houses
1 Implementation Action Strategy Summit
Hosting a Conversation
Work Plan At A Glance
Once Upon A Time…
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The City of Ottawa
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What is the future?
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What is the future?
1,136,0001,136,000[+30% increase][+30% increase]
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Outside GreenbeltInside Greenbelt
2006:Population 871,000Households 346,000Area 2,796 sq. km.
2031:Population 1,136,000 [+30%]Households 489,000 [+40%]Area 2,796 sq. km.
Directing Growth: ForecastsThe Official Plan indicates that by 2031, 265,000 new residents will make Ottawa home:
• Inside Greenbelt• Outside Greenbelt• Rural towns & villages
Directing Growth: TargetsThe Official Plan indicates that by 2031, 265,000 new residents will make Ottawa home.
The plan dictates that at least 40% of new residential growth is to occur in the City’s Urban Area.
This means that a minimum of 53,700 new homes are required in the City’s Urban Area.
The Official Plan indicates that by 2031, 265,000 new residents will make Ottawa home.
The plan dictates that at least 40% of new residential growth is to occur in the City’s Urban Area.
This means a minimum of 53,700 new homes are required in the City’s Urban Area.
The Residential Land Strategy illustrates much greater opportunity in the Urban Area, identifying the potential for 71,250 units by 2031 and up to 122,000 new homes in the longer term.
Directing Growth: Targets
What does this mean for Mid-Centretown?
Downtown/Central Area
The Centre will remain the Centre
Downtown/Central Area
Where do people work & live?
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The Central Area is a place for work.
In 2006, the Central Area was home to:• 97,000 jobs• 7,000 residents• 4,110 homes
14:1 ratio of jobs/residents
So, where do people live?
Centretown
In 2006, the Centretown was home to:• 20,500 residents• 14,300 homes• 22,200 jobs
1:1 ratio of jobs/residents
Between 1981 and 1996, employment opportunities decreased by more than 5%.
Between 1951 and 2006, the population of Centretown decreased from 26,500 to 20,500 (a 23% decline). The biggest decline was between 1971 and 1981 with 4,000 residents leaving.
Centretown
Approved in 1976, the Centretown Secondary Plan identified that the area could support a residential increase of up to 50%.
This equates to approximately 10,000 new residents.
Centretown
Where should new residents live in Centretown?
Centretown
Mid-Centretown
Mid-Centretown
Mid-Centretown?
Mid-Centretown
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What is Mid-Centretown?
In 2006, the Mid-Centretown [Kent to Cartier] was home to:• 11,200 residents• 8,450 homes• 19,700 jobs
Mid-Centretown is Growing:• In 2006, employment in Mid-Centretown accounted for 89% of all jobs in Centretown, an increase of 12% since 1981.
• Although population growth stagnated, between 1951 and 2006, the number of homes in Mid-Centretown increased from 4,000 to 8,000
What type of neighbourhood has Mid-Centretown become?An Apartment Neighbourhood. In 1951, 80% of all dwelling units were apartments, in 2006, 96% of all dwelling units were apartments.
What does this tell us about Mid-Centetown?Although part of Centretown…Mid-Centretown is a distinct place:
• How it is used – a growing population and employment hub• How people interact – a higher population density • How people live – 96% of dwellings are in apartments• How it looks – taller, larger buildings, faster streets, urban landscape • How it feels – broad mix of eras and building typologies
The current planning policy framework does not have a category for what Mid-Centretown is today, how it operates, how it is used or how to position it for a successful future.
Growing Mid-Centretown Smartly
Our starting point.
Ottawa’s Planning Framework
The Official Plan established a new Vision for an amalgamated City.
Provides a city-wide policy framework as a blueprint for where the City wants to be physically, socially and economically in 2021.
The Plan is supported by 13 area-specific Secondary Plans, including Centretown.
Secondary Plans are the most important policy documents to direct change and growth at a neighbourhood level.
Important that plans are current. Municipalities must review their Official Plan and bylaws every five years.
Centretown Secondary Plan
Purpose is to guide future growth and change to:
1. To maintain a residential character2. To safeguard affordable housing
Supplemented with 19 supporting objectives across a variety of themes.
…what does it say?
Centretown Secondary Plan
Provides policies on:
• land uses
• housing
• commercial development
• heritage
• transportation & parking
• community facilities & services
• open spaces
…what does it say?
Centretown Secondary Plan
The Centretown Secondary Plan was approved in 1976.
Today, Ottawa as a City - and Centretown as a district - are facing very different planning and community development pressures than those from 35 years ago.
This is especially true for the Mid-Centetown portion of the neighbourhood.
…what does it not say?
City of Ottawa’s Zoning By-law
The purpose of a zoning by-law is to regulate what you can build on a property.
This is achieved by regulations around permitted uses and a building’s size, height, bulk, density and location on a property.
Adopted most recent Zoning By-law in 2008.
Mid-Centretown’s
Zoning
Residential: Mid-High Rise
Residential: Low Rise Apartment
Traditional Mainstreet
Minor Institutional
Major Leisure Facility
General Mixed Use
1 unique and well-defined neighbourhood….…supported by 14 different zoning Land Use classifications.
More than a dozen different height permissions ranging from 14.5m to 37m……many of which are over-ridden by an 11m Heritage Overlay height limit.
A patchwork of ‘split zoning’ in 8 different locations……that support both Height and Density limits.
An important shopping and working hub for the city……but has strong restrictions on active uses like shops, restaurants and offices.
Limited recognition of Kent and O’Connor as special streets …...restricts opportunities for improving their condition.
‘Traditional Main Street’ classification is provided for Bank & and Elgin streets……but not Somerset Street.
Centretown’s Zoning… a Complex Planning Puzzle
Mid-Centretown’s
Zoning …
… is a by-law of Exceptions
140 different zoning areas, with:
110 Exceptionsvs.
30 ‘No Change’
80% of Mid-Centertown
has been changed ad-hoc .
So….The Community Design Plan process is the tool for updating the Zoning By-law and aspects of the Secondary Plan to reflect current community aspirations while creating future opportunities for contemporary urban living and working in Mid-Centretown.
Understanding Mid-Centretown
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Centretown is Unique
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It has a CBD to the North
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Stable Residential Neighbourhoods
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A Highway Corridor
It is a real mixed place in the middle
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Centretown has Residential…
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…and has many other uses
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The Open Space System
The Road Network
Recognizing the Character of Places
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An evolving Transit System
An evolving Transit System
Today’s Cycling Network
Tomorrow’s Cycling Network
Heritage Conservation District
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Mid-Centretown supports a large Heritage Overlay (Section 60 of Zoning By-law).
Adopted in 1978, it is an additional layer of planning regulations imposed ‘over’ an area to encourage the retention of existing heritage buildings.
The Heritage Overlay is universal and applies to all Heritage Conservation Districts regardless of their local neighbourhood and streets character
The Overlay enforces 3 rules:
1. where a building is removed it must be rebuilt with the same height, bulk, size, floor area, spacing and in the same location;
2. additions can only be located in a rear yard behind the original building, must maintain the height and slope of the existing roof, are limited to 30% of the gross floor area of the building, and are not permitted to have projections
3. parking requirement are modest.
Centretown’s Zoning… Preserving Heritage
Supporting such a geographically large overlay with such a highly mixed offer of heritage quality and character, creates its own challenges:
34 buildings have been demolished in Centretown since 2001.
27 new buildings have been introduced in Centretown since 2001.
15 cases have been brought before the OMB since 2006.
1 case was won.
Preserving Heritage… with mixed results
Understanding the Heritage Assets
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Understanding the Heritage Assets
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Mid-Centretown is Evolving
1922 1993 Today
Mid-Centretown is Evolving Rapidly
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Under Considerations
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Major Opportunities: Surface Parking
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Major Opportunities: Soft Sites?
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Next Steps
SummerSummary of AnalysisPrepare Preliminary OptionsPCG Meeting
SeptemberPCG MeetingCommunity Open House – Options
Project Blogwww.MidCentretownTomorrow.comwww.micentrevillededemain.com
Thank Yourobert.spicer@ottawa.ca
eturcotte@urbanstrategies.com
rburnett@urbanstrategies.com
416 340 9004