Draft - Official Community Plan - Surrey 2050

Appendix 2 – Surrey 2050

DP1.1 COMMON GUIDELINES

Building Ground Plane Interface (cont.) Within a development the following elements shall be considered in the Building Form: 107. COMMERCIAL: Incorporate the following elements: a)

Maximize active uses (e.g. shop fronts) along the public interface, including along streets and public thoroughfares Orient primary retail or commercial unit entrances towards the street rather than to parking areas Locate large retail units away from street edges. Where large retail buildings along street edges cannot be avoided, infill smaller retail units along these frontages (illustr.) Maximize retail/commercial glazing at the street frontage and avoid overhanging building arcades.

b)

c)

d)

108. COMMERCIAL: The following elements should be applied (illustr.): a) Express the individuality of

each unit with unique features to break down the scale of long facades Provide a finer grain of detailing of ground level frontages to add interest and character Provide deeper weather protection on buildings that are adjacent to transit stops.

b)

c)

BUILDING FORM

109. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Locate loading doors away from public realm interfaces.

110. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Where there is no alternative to locating doors

away from facing streets, provide specialty design of loading doors and integrate design into the architectural elements of the overall building.

111. INDUSTRIAL and BUSINESS: Express the ground floor along the street architecturally to establish scale.

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