PRECINCT-SPECIFIC POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS a) Floorspace Index and residential densities shall be consistent with the ranges specified in Table 7.1 of this document. b) The minimum aggregate target for publicly accessible squares and/or plazas in Pickering Town Centre precinct is 0.8 hectares. c) The City will work with Durham Regional Transit, GO, and Metrolinx to formulate a design for the Transit Hub. The transit hub area should be planned and designed to be approximately 0.5 hectares in size. The site design will consider seating, landscaping, public art, kiosks, and amenities. Adjacent architecture should be designed to frame the hub, with entrances oriented towards it. d) For the area indicated in Figure 4.1 as the Festival Plaza, the City will work with the operators of Pickering Town Centre to implement special paving treatments and landscaping. This treatment shall not impede upon parking uses for the mall, and will serve as a space for outdoor events. It will consist of electrical outlets and other infrastructure to support public gatherings. The Parking Strategy will consider this use and protect for the multiple uses of this site.
e) The City shall work with the operators of Pickering Town Centre to enact public realm improvements in the current parking lots. These will include: dedicated areas for pedestrian pathways (as illustrated in Figure 7.8 of this Framework), and the activation of mall edges through artwork and murals. f) The City will work with the operators of Pickering Town Centre to reduce surface parking and parking ratios on-site and consider opportunities for shared parking facilities. Parking minimums shall have regard for the proximity of these lands to the Transit Hub.
i) Interim strategies to implement proposed new streets as drive aisles will be considered, but as part of major redevelopment occurs, drive aisles will not be permitted. j) Development shall address ongoing challenges with stormwater management on the site and implement measures to increase on-site infiltration while recognizing that flood protection, including flood protection measures on ground and lower levels may be required on south side of the site.
g) The siting and placement of retail pad development shall be permitted so long as buildings are situated to edge of existing streets, sited to not preclude future redevelopment and to not obstruct designated pedestrian pathways as indicated on Figure 7.8. New pad development shall be designed with two functional storeys. h) Development situated adjacent to a pedestrian pathway shall address this right-ofway, consist of 70% glazing and feature active uses at grade, consistent with the policies of this Framework.
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