PARKING LOT AND DRIVE-THROUGH URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - SUMMARY PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 19 , 2020 1:00PM
OVERVIEW • PURPOSE AND INTENT • SCOPE OF WORK • BACKGROUND POLICY REPORT • KEY THEMES • SAMPLE GUIDELINES
PURPOSE AND INTENT • Provide town-wide direction for the design of surface parking lots and drive-through facilities • Help implement the Town's vision of sustainable and pedestrian supportive communities • Sustainable development: compact, transit- supportive built form with reduced impacts on the environment • Pedestrian supportive urbanism: high-quality, walkable streetscapes that enhance the public realm and strengthen pedestrian safety
SCOPE OF WORK • February 22, 2018 & May 10, 2018 (Phase 1 and 3) - Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meetings • March 2018 (Phase 2) - Background Policy Report prepared • April 10, 2018 (Phase 2) - Draft Design Guidelines presented at a Council Workshop • June 5, 2018 (Phase 3) - Community Public Open House hosted by the Town • November 2019 (Phase 3) - Final Design Guidelines • February 2020 (Phase 4) - Committee of the Whole meeting and Council approval
BACKGROUND POLICY REPORT Reviewed background information to establish parking lot and drive-through facility best practices including analysis of existing parking lot and drive through inventory & applicable policy framework TABLE OF CONTENTS 22 1. INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE 1 6.9 Pedestrian Amenities 2. EXISTING DRIVE-THROUGHS IN EAST GWILLIMBURY 6.10 Landscaping 22 2 Town of East Gwillimbury 24 2.1 CIBC Drive-Through Facility - Northeast Corner of Green Lane and Yonge Street 2 7. SURFACE PARKING LOTS - MUNICIPAL BEST PRACTICES 7.1 City of Markham 24 2.2 Real Canadian Superstore Pharmacy - Southwest Corner of Green Lane and Yonge Street 3 24 7.2 Town of Oakville Parking Lot & Drive-Through 2.3 TD Bank Drive-Through Facility - Southwest Corner of Green Lane and Yonge 7.3 City of Toronto 25 3 Street 7.4 City of Mississauga 25 2.4 Swiss Chalet Drive-Through - Southeast Corner of Green Lane and Yonge Street 4 Urban Design Guidelines 25 7.5 City of Ottawa 5 3. EXISTING PARKING LOTS IN EAST GWILLIMBURY 7.6 City of Kingston 26 3.1 Northeast Quadrant of Green Lane East and Yonge Street 5 2.7 Town of Caledon 26 3.2 Southwest Quadrant of Green Lane West and Yonge Street 6 Background Report 8. SURFACE PARKING LOTS - SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS 28 3.3 845 Green Lane East (GO Station) 7 28 8.1 Sustainable Urbanism 3.4 19263 Highway 48 (Foodland) 7 8.2 Regulatory Approaches 28 4. APPLICABLE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES 8 8.3 Context 28 4.1 Provincial Policy 8 29 8.4 The Public Realm 4.2 Regional Policy 9 29 8.5 Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffjc 4.3 Municipal Policy 10 8.6 Sustainable Development 29 5. DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES - MUNICIPAL BEST PRACTICES 17 30 8.7 Safety, Comfort and Pedestrian Access 17 5.1 City of Markham 30 8.8 Pedestrian Amenities 17 5.2 Town of Oakville 8.9 Landscaping 30 5.3 City of Toronto 18 18 5.4 City of Mississauga 5.5 City of Ottawa 18 5.6 City of Kingston 19 5.7 Town of Caledon 19 6. DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES - SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS 20 20 6.1 Sustainable Urbanism 20 6.2 Regulatory Approaches 21 6.3 Context 21 6.4 The Public Realm 21 6.5 Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffjc 22 6.6 Functional Stacking May, 2018 22 6.7 Sustainable Development 6.8 Safety, Comfort and Pedestrian Access 22
KEY THEMES 1. Streetscapes, parking layout, and buildings 2. Safety, comfort, and pedestrian focused design 3. Sustainable development 4. Landscaping and bufgering 5. Lighting and signage 6. Servicing and utilities 7. Stacking lanes and queuing
STREETSCAPES, PARKING LAYOUT & BUILDINGS Guideline 6: Design main building entrances that are directly accessible and visible from the sidewalk and the public street. Avoid false entrances or reverse lotting of buildings adjacent the street. Building with landscaping located at street edge Corner building which addresses both (East Gwillimbury) streets (Beamsville)
STREETSCAPES, PARKING LAYOUT & BUILDINGS Guideline 14: Encourage the placement of architectural features, including public art at prominent locations within surface parking lots. Gateway feature located at pedestrian entrance Gateway feature located in parking lot to parking lot (East Gwillimbury) (East Gwillimbury)
SAFETY, COMFORT & PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED DESIGN Guideline 34: LARGE BUILDING Divide larger parking FRONTAGE WITH WALKWAY AND TRAFFIC CALMING PAVING areas into smaller and PLANTING / FURNITURE ZONE well-defjned sections on the site. Use hard and BUILDING soft landscaping to avoid large monotonous asphalt surfaces and improve the TRAFFIC ISLANDS WITH LARGE CENTRAL WALKWAY CANOPY DECIDUOUS TREES pedestrian realm. BUILDING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FRONTAGE WITH WALKWAY AND Parking lot with landscaping and a central walkway 10 5 0 10 20 30 1:750 (m) adesso design inc. landscape architecture Internal Plaza Plan Town of East Gwillimbury 218 Locke Street South, 2nd Floor Hamilton, ON L8P 4B4 t. 905.526.8876 www.adessodesigninc.ca
SAFETY, COMFORT & PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED DESIGN Guideline 44: Use canopies, awnings or building overhangs/ BUILDING cantilevers for weather protection along building frontages and main building 2m 2m 5.8m WALKWAY FURNITURE / PARKING DRIVE A ISLE PLANTING entrances. Consider additional CORRIDOR weather protection along LOW CURBED PLANTER WITH LOW SHRUBS pedestrian walkways. BIKE RACK PEDESTRIAN ACCESS A ISLE WITH CURB CUT BUILDING BENCHES SPACED THROUGHOUT NARROW FORM TREES Landscaping and pedestrian amenities adesso design inc. PROJECT landscape architecture Retail Pedestrian Frontage Town of East Gwillimbury 218 Locke Street South, 2nd Floor Hamilton, ON L8P 4B4 t. 905.526.8876 www.adessodesigninc.ca
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Guideline 48: Ensure landscaped islands are a minimum width of 3 metres to provide suffjcient soil volume to support vegetation. Provide a minimum of 15 cubic metres of good quality soil per tree. 11.6m (MIN) DRIVE A ISLE TWO FACING PARKING STALLS DRIVE A ISLE Guideline 50: Incorporate heat island reduction measures, such as tree shading, permeable 3.0m pavement and high-albedo (light- coloured) materials in accordance with the Town's Thinking Green 1.5m MIN 6 - 7 m O.C. Development Standards. 3.0 metre wide landscaped island in parking lot
LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING Guideline 63: Provide a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees and shrubs on the site for year- round vegetation, variety and colour. Ensure vegetation does not obstruct sight-lines. 2.0m 3.0m WALKWAY TREES & PLANTING Guideline 65: Plant coniferous IN SHARED TREE BEDS, EACH TREE TO tree species to provide year- HAVE 15 CUBIC METRES OF SOIL round vegetation, screening WALKWAY CONNECTING and bufgering between the site BOTH SIDES OF PARKING and sensitive uses. Coniferous HARDY SHRUBS, GROUND COVERS AND PERENNIALS IN PLANTING AREA trees can be used to screen parking, servicing and utilities. HIGH CANOPY DECIDUOUS TREES SPACED 7-9m O.C. 1 0 1 2 4 Walkway with landscaping in parking lot 1:100 (m) adesso design inc. PROJECT landscape architecture Parking Lot Central Pathway Town of East Gwillimbury 218 Locke Street South, 2nd Floor Hamilton, ON L8P 4B4 t. 905.526.8876 www.adessodesigninc.ca
LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE Guideline 68: Provide pedestrian-scaled lighting along walkways, at building entrances, and, where applicable transit stops. Guideline 71: Encourage the use of fascia signage within the site that is in proportion with building mass and facades. Fascia signage proportionate to building Pedestrian-scaled lighting along sidewalk (East Gwillimbury) (Toronto)
SERVICING AND UTILITIES Guideline 75: Locate loading and garbage facilities at the rear of buildings, away from the street edge, and within the main building wherever possible. Guideline 77: Ensure that utilities are located within enclosed areas, limited or no views from public streets, and are adequately screened by landscaping. Where feasible, locate utilities underground. Loading facility integrated with building (Brampton)
STACKING LANES AND QUEUING Guideline 84: Locate the PUBLIC STREET vehicular access point to the stacking lane of a drive- Pick Up Window through facility as deep within the site as possible to prevent queued vehicles from blocking traffjc along public streets or internally within the site. Order Box Guideline 86: Design clearly separated stacking lanes to Queuing Lane follow a linear format with minimal curves and turning movements. Stacking lane of drive-through facility within the site
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