Radium Hot Springs Draft Official Community Plan - Flipbook - Page 95
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C
B
E
A
PUBLIC STREETS &
LANDSCAPING
6.8.19. Improve neighbourhood
connectivity by constructing and
enhancing sidewalks, trails, bike
routes and vehicle connections in
the area.
A
6.8.20. Develop sidewalks at a minimum
of 1.5m wide, but ideally at
1.8m, with suitable amenity
zones (boulevards or street tree
planting areas).
B
6.8.21. Amenity zones should be sized
to support multiple uses and
designed for the survival of street
trees (Generally a minimum of
2.0m wide for street trees, unless
using a subsurface treatment/
installation that provides
adequate space for tree roots).
C
6.8.22. Use landscaping and street trees
to reduce the Urban Heat Island
Effect, create more attractive,
pedestrian-friendly, public streets
and incorporate native plant
materials or landscaping to re昀氀ect
a local “sense of place.”
D
6.8.23. Consider incorporating “LowImpact Development (LID)”
techniques into site planning,
including techniques such as
rain gardens, vegetated swales,
separation of Impervious
Surfaces, installing below-surface
in昀椀ltration beds and tree box
昀椀lters, and redirecting water from
drainpipes into vegetated areas
within the amenity zone.
E
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