Radium Hot Springs Draft Official Community Plan - Flipbook - Page 102
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BUILDING DESIGN
NEIGHBOURHOOD, STREETS & PUBLIC REALM
6.11.8.
If being built in a neighbourhood
with predominantly single-detached
dwellings, multi-unit building should be
no wider than 15 metres.
6.11.18. Sidewalks or a multi-modal pathway
should make up the Pedestrian Through
Zone, and be on at least one side of
the street.
6.11.9.
Notwithstanding Policy 6.11.8, where
building façades are proposed to be
longer than 15 metres:
6.11.19. All street trees in this DPA should be:
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.
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6.11.10. Building windows and main
entrances should be placed along the
“street wall.”
6.11.11.
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For apartment-style developments
garage access off main and side streets
is limited to one per building and can
be no wider than 7 metres or 40% of
the total façade, whichever is less.
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.
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6.11.14. Windows on the upper storeys along a
street wall should be:
6.11.15. Placed in a symmetrical pattern; and
6.11.16. 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.)
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6.11.17.
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Building materials should consist of
FireSmart, non-combustible siding such
as 昀椀ber cement board, metal panels,
or stone veneer, with any exposed
wood limited to heavy timbers used as
architectural accents and not as siding
or cladding.
a) Placed in a structural soil trench that
is a minimum of 1.5 metres wide;
b) Spaced suitably apart (recommended
10.0 metres separation);
c) Placed 6.0m or more from any
intersection, and / or outside the
“vision triangle at intersection”
as de昀椀ned in the Zoning and
Subdivision Bylaw.
d) Be a leafy deciduous tree species
that is round, in a shape that provides
summer shade (v.s. columnar); and
e) Covered by a CSA-compliant tree
grate, or located within a vegetated
landscaped area, or protected
stormwater feature.
6.11.20. Sidewalks on streets in the MultiUnit Mixed-Use DPA should be
comprised of:
a) A Pedestrian Through Zone of
1.5 metres (minimum), where no
obstructions are permitted that,
is buffered from heavy traf昀椀c
along streets by an amenity zone
where practical.
6.11.21. A landscaped or hardscaped Amenity
Zone should be 1.5 metres (minimum)
between the street and Pedestrian
Through Zone.
6.11.22. Amenity Zone next to Multi-Unit
Residential buildings should be
landscaped and include street trees.
6.11.23. Amenity Zones next to Neighbourhood
Mixed-Use Buildings should be
hardscaped and/or landscaped, and
include street trees.
VILLAGE OF RADIUM HOT SPRINGS Official Community Plan - Bylaw 527
