2.11 RESIDENTIALAREAS PRINCIPLES
The following principles outline priority recommendations that have been developed to guide the evolution of Residential Areas throughout the Central Area. The Vision for the Residential Areas (Surrounding the Central Business District) is located in Section 2.2.4. Additional information can be found in Section 3.1 Renovations/ Additions to Heritage Character Buildings, Section 3.2 New Buildings & Renovations/ Additions to Contemporary Buildings, Section 3.4 Vehicular Parking & Site Access, Section 3.5 Sustainability, Section 4.1 Vehicular & Pedestrian Circulation and Section 4.2 Open Spaces, Natural Heritage Features & Green Streets.
NewResidential Development Should be inKeepingwith the Existing Context Residential areas have the potential to accommodate additional residential development in more compact building forms. Excluding those areas designated as “Entrepreneurial District” lands, when such development occurs, new residential buildings should be in keeping with the existing neighbourhood context through the use of appropriate building materials, heights and massing, facade articulation, and the rhythm of building entrances, bay windows, porches, etc. Create Active Edges and aVibrant Streetscape In order to encourage an active and well-used pedestrian streetscape, residential dwellings should bring life to the street-edge. Strategies for this could include: providing clearly defined building entrances with associated porches, providing habitable space facing the street on all floors, ensuring an appropriate amount of glazing, and creating opportunities for casual surveillance. Respect and Complement theHeritage Character of the Downtown Tillsonburg has a wealth of heritage buildings that contribute to its overall character and visual beauty. All new residential buildings, as well as infill projects and renovations should respect, complement and strengthen the heritage fabric of Tillsonburg’s Central Area, by using complimentary materials and proportions. Heritage elements should always be retained and/or refurbished when necessary. The primary entrance for each residential dwelling should face the adjacent street. On corner lots, buildings may address the corner condition through the use of wrap-around porches, through secondary building entrances, and through the provision of habitable interior uses and glazing to address both streets. This results in a livelier streetscape. Ensure Building Entrances Address Primary Streets and Corner Conditions
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