Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 2 – Surrey 2050

DP1.1 COMMON GUIDELINES

Site Landscaping (cont.) Within a development, the following elements shall be considered in the Site Design: 47. TOWNHOUSES: Provide landscaping at each individual entrance and between parking along private driveways. 48. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Locate a stormwater management swale in the front yard setback with associated planting. 49. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Provide sufficient landscape buffering where adjacent to residential devel- opment, include features such as berms, solid residential-type fencing where it will be visible and dense conifer planting. 50. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Where security fencing is necessary, avoid barbed or razor wire; work to integrate hedging along a fence line. Site Services Within a development, the following elements shall be considered in the Site Design:

51. ALL TYPES: Provide screening of and locate electrical kiosks and gas meters away from the visible public realm. (illustr.) ALL TYPES: Where refuse containers cannot be located in underground facilities, locate enclosures away from the visible public realm. ALL TYPES: Design refuse enclosures to coordinate with the overall design of the development and use the same high quality, durable materials as the rest of the site. Refuse container storage should have se- cure gates and a roof. 52. 53.

SITE DESIGN

54. ALL TYPES: Provide a room or area large enough to allow for multiple types of refuse containers. En- sure sufficient room is created on-site to accommodate composting and recycling facility as well as gar- bage disposal.

55. ALL TYPES: Locate underground parking mechanical vents away from the visible public realm and make flush with grade.

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