1 Columbia is applying to demolish the two remaining houses on King St for a surface parking lot, to support a proposed medical clinic and pharmacy on their first floor. It's going to council on Monday the 10th.
http://www.waterloo.ca/en/business/1_col...ing_st.asp
Site plan:
Surface parking lot on a mixed use corridor, in the new Northdale plan are? Lets see what the Urban Design Brief has to say:
So basically, because the other three corners were developed decades ago to a different standard, it's totally fine to have surface parking on a main street. Because the towers to the south don't conform to the Northdale bylaw, this plot doesn't need to either.
They mention the parkette as adding a "human scale" area. Never mind that, like pretty much all landscaping done for the King St towers, it ignores how people are actually going to walk through the area.
Here's a closer look at the parkette.
Green: grass/trees/shrubs
Grey: concrete
Brown: trampled dirt and mud
http://www.waterloo.ca/en/business/1_col...ing_st.asp
Site plan:
Surface parking lot on a mixed use corridor, in the new Northdale plan are? Lets see what the Urban Design Brief has to say:
Quote:Neighbouring properties and the urban design – The King and Columbia Corner
• heavy traffic
• lack of attractive views or vistas
• Street life: little pedestrian usage, or recreational usage due to site context
• commercial zoning to 3 of the 4 points on the corner with parking lots off the road frontage
Adjacent Commercial Zones
• McDonalds, Sleep Ezz – Sleep Country
• adjacent parking on frontage across the road
• Parking areas with little to no buffer
• Parking has less than 3m setback from the street
Adjacent buildings to the South.
• High Rise Residential
• Adjacent buildings to the property currently do not conform to the Northdale Bylaw.
So basically, because the other three corners were developed decades ago to a different standard, it's totally fine to have surface parking on a main street. Because the towers to the south don't conform to the Northdale bylaw, this plot doesn't need to either.
They mention the parkette as adding a "human scale" area. Never mind that, like pretty much all landscaping done for the King St towers, it ignores how people are actually going to walk through the area.
Here's a closer look at the parkette.
Green: grass/trees/shrubs
Grey: concrete
Brown: trampled dirt and mud