Lakeview and Port Credit District Policies Revie · Directions Report Presentation. Lakeview and Port Credit District Policies Review & Public Engagement Process Brook McIlroy Planning

Lakeview and Port Credit

District Policies Review

Planning and Development Committee

November 17, 2008

� Introduction

� District Policies Review

� Public Engagement Process

� Directions Report

� Next Steps

� Questions/Comments



District Policy Formulation

Data Collection

Consultation

“Directions” Report to PDC

Department

Review

Public, Political & Technical

Review Process

Implementation

District Policies

Review Process

We are here in the process



� Revised process was initiated for the Lakeview and

Port Credit areas

� First step: Public Engagement Process (began Fall of

2007)

� Brook McIlroy/Pace Architects, MSAI Architects and

Poulos + Chung Transportation Engineers

� Working Committee and Steering Committee established to guide the process





Lakeview and Port Credit Distric t Policies Review & Public Engagement Process Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design/PACE Architects


District Policies Review & Public Engagement Process

Directions Report

Brook McIlroy Planning + Urban Design/PACE ArchitectsMSAi Architects

Poulos and Chung Transportation Engineers

November 17th, 2008

Planning and Development Planning and Development Planning and Development Planning and Development CommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommittee


1 Public Engagement Purpose

2 Planning Framework

3 Public Engagement

4 Directions Report Recommendations

5 Next Steps

Directions Report Presentation


Public Engagement Purpose

• Goal of public engagement was to:

• Create practical and realistic community based visions

for Lakeview and Port Credit; and

• Inform potential revisions to the existing district policies,

and other policies within the Official Plan, zoning by-

laws, urban design guidelines and community improvement plans.


Public Engagement

November 2007 to June 2008

• Stakeholder interviews;

• Kick-off meeting;

• Visioning sessions;

• Place making workshops;

• Bus and walking tour;

• Open house;

• On-line questionnaire; and

• Youth outreach exercises.


• Lakeview Ratepayers Association

• Credit Valley Conservation

• Landowners, resident and business

owners

• Ontario Power Generation

• Port Credit Yacht Club

• Credit Reserve Association

• Toronto and Region Conservation

Authority

• Region of Peel

• Sierra Club of Canada

• Peel District School Board

• Heritage Mississauga

• Mississauga South Heritage Society

• BC 21 Team: Our Future Mississauga

• Applewood Acres Homeowners

Association

• Orchard Heights Town and Country

Homeowners Association

• Sherway Homeowners and Recreation

Association

Lakeview District Stakeholders

Public Engagement


• VIVA Port Credit

• Credit Valley Conservation

• Landowners, resident and business

owners

• Town of Port Credit Association

• Canada Lands Corporation

• Credit Reserve Association

• Port Credit BIA

• Friends of Old Port Credit Village

• Port Credit Village Project

• Port Credit Village Ratepayers

Association

• Imperial Oil

• Sierra Club of Canada

• Peel District School Board

• Heritage Mississauga

• Mississauga South Heritage Society

• BC 21 Team: Our Future Mississauga

Port Credit District Stakeholders

Public Engagement


Reconnect the Waterfront

Community Health

Distinct Neighbourhoods

Complete Community

Social Well-being

Leadership in Sustainability

“Strengthening the

Community”

:

Vision Statement Lakeview


Village Character

Distinct Waterfront Community

Enhance the Public Realm

Environmental Stewardship

Balance Growth

Healthy Population

“Evolving the Urban Village”

:

Vision Statement Port Credit


Community Input

• Summary of public input including

information from public events and

stakeholder meetings.

Directions Report Recommendations


Public Policy Recommendations

• Recommendations based on

stakeholder, city staff and

consultant input.



Other Considerations

• Discusses feasibility of

recommendations considering the

context and other issues in the city.



Built Form


Low-rise: Up to four storeys

Medium-Rise: Five to nine storeys

High-Rise: Ten storeys and higher

• Encourage low-rise built form at

Lakeshore Road and where

buildings abut other streets and

public spaces.

• Medium-rise set back from low-

rise conditions.

• Medium to high-rise

appropriate on large sites

(OPG, Inglis Site, Imperial Oil

Lands) and at key intersections

(Cawthra Road and Dixie Road,

Hurontario Street, Mississauga

Road and Seneca Avenue).


• Built form south of Lakeshore

Road should not exceed

medium-rise forms except

where appropriate on large sites.

• Step backs to promote better

pedestrian environment.

• Transit supportive.

• Fit with the district character.

• Sustainable and low-impact

design.

Built Form



• Pursue continuous public

access along the shoreline and

comply with recommendations of

the Waterfront Parks Strategy.

• Ensure connections to activity

centres, transit hubs and other

pedestrian and cycling circulation

systems.

• For Lakeview, indentify the

requirement of key civic spaces

on or near the waterfront.

• For Port Credit, continue to

provide high quality public spaces

that reinforce and enhance the

Village character.

Waterfront



• Develop policies to regulate

development within waterfront

properties that:

o Address the protection,

preservation and enhancement

of the natural environment;

o Restrict land uses that have

negative affects on the

community and the

environment;

o Permit a mix of land uses; and

o Promote sustainable, low-

impact development.

Waterfront



• Develop policies to guide a mix of

uses that will:

o Provide for more than a single

use, including residential,

employment, retail, commercial

and public uses – uses could

be arranged vertically and

horizontally within a building;

o Ensure a safe, vital and

attractive public realm by

encouraging vibrant ground

floor uses; and

.

Mixed Use



• Develop policies to guide a mix of

uses that will:

o Encourage the provision of a

diverse mix of housing,

employment, shopping and

cultural facilities;

o Target needed community

facilities for the younger and

older age groups; and

o Consider the development of

special mixed use areas such

as an entertainment or retail

district.

Mixed Use



• Land uses should demonstrate the

most appropriate use for the

property.

• Discourage uses that have

impacts on air, soil, water quality

and the health of the community.

• Promote compact, efficient, well-

organized, pedestrian friendly

and transit supportive

development.

• Transportation, transit, cycling and

walking infrastructure adjustments

should be paced to support

incremental increases in density.

Intensification



• Develop policies that protect stable

low density residential areas while

identifying target areas where

appropriate. For example:

o Lakeshore Road Corridor;

o Lakeview Sites: Industrial Lands,

Former Lakeview Generating Site,

Inglis Site, Applewood Village

Plaza and the Dixie Outlet Mall;

and

o Port Credit Sites: Imperial Oil

Lands, Port Credit Harbour

Marina, Port Street, No Frills Site,

GO Station and Former Port

Credit Lawn Bowling Site.

Intensification



• Study the transportation system to

find short, medium and long term

solutions for traffic and transit issues.

• Transit and transportation systems to

support cross-connections with

other modes of movement, for

example, cycling and walking.

• Evaluate the feasibility of higher

order transit (HOT) on Lakeshore

Road between the Port Credit and

Long Branch GO stations.

• Pedestrian and cyclist comfort and

safety should be considered in the

streetscape design.

Public Transit and Transportation



• Acknowledge the role and function

of Lakeshore Road as intensification

occurs:

o Provide for all forms of

movement, including vehicles,

buses, pedestrians and cyclists;

o Serve the needs and

requirements of the immediate

area; and

o Limit or consolidate driveways.

Take advantage of side streets

and potential rear laneway

situations.

Public Transit and Transportation



• Develop Public Realm guidelines

that embodies the concept of a

walkable, sustainable and

liveable community by:

o Providing safety and comfort for all ages of pedestrians and cyclists, during all seasons of the year;

o Providing connectivity throughout and to other communities and networks; and

o Integrating with the waterfront, existing parks, natural and open space systems while at the same time adding to those systems.

Public Realm



• Public Realm guidelines that

address:

o Community branding;

o Preservation, Protection and Enhancement;

o Gathering spaces;

o Furniture, lighting and signage;

o Landscaping;

o Paving;

o Heritage integration;

o Accessibility;

o Maintenance; and

o All season access.

Public Realm



• Protect the character and

integrity of stable residential

areas.

• Develop policies for development

within or adjacent to stable

neighbourhoods that:

o Identify community features to

be preserved and protected;

and

o Provide guidance on how and

where intensification and in-

fill should occur.

Neighbourhoods



Lakeshore Road Corridor

“Intensification should be used to

invigorate Lakeshore Road while

reinforcing the mainstreet

function and character of the

road”

Specific Sites: Lakeview


Community Input Vision


Industrial Lands

“The Industrial Lands should

redevelop as a mixed-use area,

near the waterfront, for the

Lakeview Community.”





Inglis Site

“The Inglis Site should be

developed as a medium to high-

density residential area with

“mainstreet” mixed-uses along

Lakeshore Road.”





Former Lakeview Generating Site

“The Former Lakeview

Generating Site should be re-

developed as a high density,

mixed-use area incorporating

employment, institutional,

residential, commercial, office,

parks and open spaces, cultural-

tourism and community uses.”





Lakeview Waste Water

Treatment Facility

"The Lakeview Wastewater

Treatment Facility should take

measures to integrate with the

surrounding existing and future

communities.”





Dixie Outlet Mall

“The Dixie Outlet Mall should be

redeveloped as a high-density,

mixed-use area including

residential uses.”





Applewood Village Plaza

“Applewood Village Plaza should

be redeveloped as a low to

medium-rise area that includes

residential and commercial uses.”





Lakeshore Road Corridor

“Lakeshore Road should be

maintained and enhanced as Port

Credit’s village mainstreet.”

Specific Sites: Port Credit




Imperial Oil Lands

“The Imperial Oil Lands should be

redeveloped with a use other

than industry, manufacturing or

power generation. The Lands

should be redeveloped to include

a mixed-use urban waterfront

village that could include a

university, college or research

campus. A significant portion of

the site should be open to the

public and provide access to the

Lake Ontario shoreline.”





Port Credit Harbour Marina

and Port Street

“The Port Credit Harbour Marina

Lands and Port Street should be

developed as a waterfront

destination that permits public

access to the Lake Ontario

shoreline, incorporates a mix of

uses and promotes Port Credit as

an active and viable port.”





No Frills Site

“Re-development of the No Frills

Site should include a mixed-use

residential building that provides

opportunities for commercial and

community uses on the ground

floor.”





Port Credit GO Station

“The Port Credit GO Station site

should be intensified with mixed-

use development.”

Former Lawn Bowling Site

“The Former Port Credit Lawn

Bowling site should be developed

as public open space.”





Key Future Studies and Guidelines:

• Community Improvement Plans for the Industrial Lands,

the Former Lakeview Generating Site and Lakeshore Road

Corridor.

• Lakeshore Road Corridor Study

• Transit Servicing Review

• Lakeshore Road Transportation Review

• Private and Public Realm Design Guidelines


Next Steps

Community

Input

Staff

Consultant

Analysis

Policy

Recommendations

Official Plan –

District Policies

Zoning

Urban Design

Guidelines

Tertiary

Plan

Community

Improvement

Plan

Directions

Report

City staff

prepares

Amendments

and Guidelines

Complete

June 2008

Complete

July 2008

Complete

November 2008

Commence

November 2008Commence 2009/2010



Next Steps

� Consideration for the District Policies preparation:

� Draft Regional Transportation Plan

� Waterfront Key Sites

� Lakeshore Road Corridor Study

� Lakeshore Road East Functional Study



Questions or Comments



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