December 2024 Radium Hot Springs Draft OCP Presentation - Flipbook - Page 100
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6.11 MULTI-UNIT MIXED-USE DPA
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The purpose of this development permit area
is to guide the form and character of multi-unit
residential buildings, and Mixed-Use Buildings
outside of the Downtown and Highway
Tourist Area.
POLICIES
6.11.7.
BUILDING DESIGN
6.11.8.
If being built in a neighbourhood
with predominantly single-detached
dwellings, multi-unit building should be
no wider than 15 metres.
6.11.9.
Notwithstanding Policy 6.11.8, where
building façades are proposed to be
longer than 15 metres:
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6.11.1.
In addition to the policies in 6.8
General Form & Character Guidelines
the following policies apply in the
Multi-Unit Mixed-Use Development
Permit Area.
a) Individual rowhouse units may be no
wider than 10m; and
b) Apartment-style multi-unit buildings
must use building articulation
to break up facades longer than
15 metres.
APPLICABILITY
6.11.2.
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The Multi-Unit Mixed-Use DPA
applies to:
a) All residential developments without
a commercial component, and with
昀椀ve units or greater within the Village
of Radium; and
b) All commercial or Mixed-Use
Buildings in the Multi-Unit MixedUse DPA shown on Map 12: Form &
Character DPAs.
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BUILDING PLACEMENT & FORM
6.11.3.
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Multi-unit buildings should be
sensitive to the surrounding residential
neighbourhood in regards to scale and
roof shape.
6.11.4.
Site buildings so they are aligned
parallel to the street edge, forming a
“street wall” that frames public streets
and sidewalks.
6.11.5.
For corner sites, buildings should face
both the main and side streets.
6.11.6.
Setbacks should be sensitive to the
existing neighbourhood, however,
exceptions may be supported where
the construction of pedestrian-friendly
building elements, such as front
porches, are part of the development.
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Flat roofed buildings must incorporate
architectural detailing such as cornices,
to add visual interest.
6.11.10. Building windows and main
entrances should be placed along the
“street wall.”
6.11.11.
Garage access off main ; and
sidestreets is limited to 1 per building,
and can be no wider than 7 metres, or
40% of the total façade, whichever is
the lesser.
6.11.12. In ground-oriented residential
buildings, front porches are
encouraged to create more attractive,
pedestrian-oriented buildings.
BUILDING DETAILS & MATERIALS
6.11.13. Large windows are encouraged to
be broken up into smaller glass areas
using Mullions and Muntins.
6.11.14. Windows on the upper storeys along a
street wall should be:
VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS Official Community Plan
a) Placed in a symmetrical pattern; and
b) Re昀氀ect building structure elements
established on the 昀椀rst storey (i.e. a
window on upper storeys shouldn’t
be placed above a column on the
昀椀rst storey.)
