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Post-It Note Exercise

• Key Issues/Vision

– What is your vision for the

Stratford?

– What are the most

important issues to be

considered in this study?

1. Mixed-use community

2. Pedestrian and cycling amenities

3. Year-round recreational activities

1. Workshop Goals

2. City’s Current Official Plan Vision Statement

3. Study Purpose and Workplan

4. Provincial Planning Directions

5. Great Neighbourhoods

6. Parks and Open Spaces

7. High-Quality Housing

8. Main Streets

9. Workshop Exercise

Presentation Agenda

• Engage community members, stakeholders and

development community.

• Create an updated vision for Stratford’s Official Plan.

Workshop Goals

Stratford’s Current Official Plan Vision Statement

By the year 2013, Stratford will have reached a

population of approximately 33,500. The essential

character of the City, which had given rise to its distinct

identity as the ‘Festival City’, will have been retained and

enhanced through the continued development of the

tourism sector focused on cultural activities and events.

The City’s role as a major tourism centre and diversified

light manufacturing and regional service centre will have

been maintained.

Development in the City will have become more intensive

as a result of provincial initiatives, and the application of

planning and design principles and the

implementation of programs which encourage infilling,

mixed use developments and the conversion of non-

residential space to residential space. As a result of

control exercised by the City over the proliferation of

commercial development at the periphery of the

municipality and through continued investment and

improvement in the downtown core, the City will have

ensured that the core continues to dominate as the centre

and focal point of the community. New large scale

residential development will be less homogeneous in

terms of housing types, more compact and more

identifiable as distinct neighbourhoods.


As a result of greater environmental awareness, the

quality of the urban environment will have improved.

The few remaining natural areas of the City have been

identified, protected and enhanced. A continuous open

space system along the Avon River and its tributaries will

have been achieved and, in the process, provided the

City with a key defining feature and new opportunities

for outdoor recreation and leisure time activities. The

Ontario Street entrance to the City will have taken on a

more aesthetically pleasing and distinct appearance

befitting the image of Stratford. Finally, the City’s

dependency on the automobile will have been reduced

through the expansion and improvement of public transit

and other modes of transportation.


• Shaping Stratford is Stratford’s Official Plan Review

• The current Official Plan was approved in 1994

• The planning horizon was through to the year 2013

• There have been 17 amendments to the Plan

• Other changes include:

– annexations commencing in 2000

– changes to the Provincial planning framework

• The review is intended to update the current Plan to

reflect new policies and regulatory initiatives and address

emerging issues and trends in sustainable community

planning to 2033.

Study Purpose

Macaulay Shiomi Howson Ltd.

(Team Lead, Planning)

Brook McIlroy Inc.

(Urban Design, Public Consultation, Graphic Presentation)

Watson & Associates

(Housing, economic and demographic analysis)

Unterman McPhail Associates

(Cultural heritage)

Consultant Team

• Planning decisions “shall be consistent with” PPS

• PPS to be read in its entirety and relevant policies

applied to each situation.

• Part IV Vision provides context for applying policies:

• Recognizes the diversity of the Province

• Focuses growth in settlement areas

• Key goal is efficient land use patterns that optimize use of land,

resources and public investment

• Seeks protection of resources

• Directs development away from hazardous areas

Provincial Policy Statement

• Efficient Development and Land Use Patterns

• Required to identify and promote opportunities for

intensification and redevelopment including brownfield sites

• Promote development standards that facilitate intensification

and redevelopment and compact form

• Establish and implement minimum targets for intensification,

as well as phasing policies to ensure intensification occurs

before new greenfield development

• Greenfield development to occur adjacent to existing built up

area and have a compact form, mix of uses and densities that

allow for an efficient use of land, infrastructure and public

service facilities

• Phasing of greenfield development to ensure orderly growth

1. Building Strong Communities

• Housing

• Maintain at all times:

• ability to accommodate 10 years minimum of growth

through intensification and redevelopment and if

necessary greenfield

• Land with servicing capacity for a 3 year supply

• Provide for an appropriate range of housing types and

densities to meet requirements of regional market area

through a range of mechanisms including:

• Minimum targets for affordable housing

• Permitting and facilitating all forms of housing


• Employment

• Provide for mix and range of employment

• Planning for, protecting and preserving employment areas

• Permit conversion to non-employment uses only through a

comprehensive review which demonstrates land is not required

for employment purposes


• Transportation

• Planning for streets, spaces and facilities must meet

the needs of pedestrians and cyclists

• Land use pattern, density and mix of uses to support

transit and other modes and reduce length of

vehicular trips

• Efficient use of existing and planned infrastructure

• Plan for and protect corridors and rights of way for

transportation, transit and infrastructure


• Natural Heritage

• Protect natural features and areas including significant

wetlands, woodlands and wildlife habitat

• Maintain and restore linkages between features

• Development and site alteration not permitted in adjacent

lands unless no negative impacts can be demonstrated

• Water Quality

• Protect water quality and quantity

2. Resources

• Cultural Heritage

• Significant built heritage resources and cultural heritage

landscapes to be conserved

• Development and site alteration only permitted in areas with

archaeological resources or potential if resources conserved by

removal and documentation or preserved on site

• Development and site alteration on adjacent lands to a

protected heritage property only if it is demonstrated that the

heritage attributes of the protected property will be conserved.

2. Resources

Great neighbourhoods should…

• Be compact and walkable.


• Have a mix of housing types.

Single-detached Semi-detached Townhouses Apartments Mixed Use


• Include or be in close proximity to a variety of uses.

Community Parks and Open Spaces Local Shopping Opportunities Grocery Stores


• Be connected through a network of tree-lined, neighbourhood streets.

Parks and open spaces include…

• Small passive neighbourhood

parkettes.


• Large active parks.


• Smaller civic spaces.


• Visible and accessible stormwater management ponds.


• Multi-use trails.

High quality housing should…

• Promote an active and attractive building frontage.


• Create dual frontages to address both streets.


• Minimize the impacts of vehicle parking.


• Use attractive materials.

Main streets should…

• Provide opportunities for local shopping.


• Encourage more intensive development where appropriate.


• Ensure an active, at-grade condition.


• Promote and support walking,

cycling and transit.

Workshop Exercise

• Break out into smaller groups.

• Complete the worksheet

provided.

• Use the markers provided to

provide comments on the aerial

photo.

• Appoint a note taker, and

someone who will report back

to the group.

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