Plan Surrey 2013: Official Community Plan

PLANSURREY 2013 | OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN

DP1.1 COMMON GUIDELINES

Publically Accessible Open Space (cont.) Within a development the following elements shall be considered in the Site Design: 81. ALL TYPES: Program the open space to be active and safe by: a) Designing the open space to connect with people moving through the area, including along desire lines b) Maximizing surveillance of open space areas, (e.g. by orienting main entrances, town- houses or shop fronts onto the open space and by avoiding interfacing open spaces with parking lots) c) Encouraging indoor uses to spill out onto open spaces (e.g. by creating informal outdoor seating areas and by creating space for the commercial display of goods) d) Providing good visibility from surrounding public areas or streets by: minimizing walls, minimizing raised planters, locating plazas at street level, creating seamless connections to streets and by creating clear sightlines across the open space (illustr.)

SITE DESIGN

e) Considering all users of a space (e.g. consider how unintended users such as skate- boarders, may conflict with passive users) f) Considering the quality of the open space at different times of the day and week and for different seasons (e.g. by using lighting to adjust comfort in an open space).

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DP1—FORM AND CHARACTER