December 2024 Radium Hot Springs Draft OCP Presentation - Flipbook - Page 98
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6.10 HIGHWAY TOURIST MIXED-USE DPA
e) Parking areas must prioritize a direct,
buffered pedestrian route from the
public street to the building.
INTRODUCTION
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The purpose of this DPA is to guide the
redevelopment of the Highway Tourist
Mixed-Use areas.
POLICIES
6.10.4. Locate loading and service bays to the
rear-facing side of the building.
6.10.1.
BUILDING DESIGN
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In addition to the policies in 6.8
General Form & Character Guidelines,
the following policies apply in
the “Highway Tourist Mixed-Use
Development Permit Area” as shown on
Map 12: Form & Character DPAs.
SERVICING
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6.10.2. Parking lots are encouraged to be
located in the interior of lots with
buildings facing the street and parking
lot where lot size permits.
6.10.3. Nothwithstanding Policy 6.10.2
above, where lot size or topography
doesn’t permit placement of parking
lots towards the back of the site,
parking lots should be placed
along the street with the following
design considerations:
a) A landscape buffer must separate
parking areas from sidewalks and
streets and be a minimum of 1.5
m wide;
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b) The landscape buffer must
include trees, shrubs, and grasses
that provide a vegetated visual
buffer between public space and
parking areas;
c) Up to 20 consecutive parking spaces
located side by side are permitted
before a green / stormwater buffer
is required to break up large
paving areas;
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d) Vegetated and stormwater buffers
between adjacent parallel parking
areas is encouraged; and
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f) Parking should not be
located on-street.
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6.10.5. Buildings with facades longer than
15m should use building articulation to
break up long facades and make them
more visually interesting.
6.10.6. Buildings with 昀椀rst-storey commercial
uses should support a high-quality
pedestrian environment by creating a
smaller pattern of storefront / facade
widths using smaller frontages, with
individual storefront widths not
exceeding 15m.
6.10.7.
Blank walls along streets should be no
more than 10 m in length divided by
windows or doors with glass.
6.10.8. Street-facing ground 昀氀oors should have
a minimum of 50% windows and doors
with glass that give pedestrians a clear
view into the ground 昀氀oor use.
6.10.9. Window signage must not cover
more than 50% of each window area,
except if required due to licensing
requirements (e.g. Cannabis).
BUILDING DETAILS & MATERIALS
6.10.10. Windows and doors along a street wall
should have vertical proportions (i.e.
taller than they are wide), and where
windows and door openings along
a street wall are wider than they are
taller, they should be broken up with
vertical elements such as Mullions or
Muntins, etc.
VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS Official Community Plan
