Relevant OCP references
1.1. Purpose and Use
These guidelines are meant to guide form and character of multi-family residential, commercial and industrial developments and to support the evolution of neighbourhoods, villages and key transportation corridors throughout Victoria. This includes ensuring individual development projects enhance and do not compromise development opportunities on adjacent sites and in so doing, contribute to positive and cohesive urban design outcomes at the site, block, neighbourhood and city scale.
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1. New buildings and open spaces that contribute to the envisioned urban form through thoughtful building and site designs that have positive relationships with surroundings.
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i. Residential buildings should be set back sufficiently from property lines to provide comfortable pedestrian spaces at the street or adjacent public open space, areas for landscaping and stormwater mitigation, and sun and air access for neighbouring buildings:
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iv. Consider greater setbacks for north facing side yards to mitigate shadowing impacts
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j. Where a primary facade faces a side yard, ensure that street facing facades and units engage the fronting street by way of entries, architectural interest, high quality materials, private outdoor spaces and/or vegetation.
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Primary Façade means any Building façade with a window or exterior door directly into a living or dining room of a Dwelling Unit situated within or partially within the façade.
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3.1.2. New building heights should be sensitive to the surrounding context, ensuring heritage buildings remain the primary streetscape experience.
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Although this section is for Heritage Conservation Areas 50 Government Street is within a proposed HCA and City staff are investigating designating James Bay as an HCA
1.5.3. Transitional Built Forms
The Urban Structure Map informs a general pattern of development that enables and encourages built forms to transition between areas with taller buildings and intensive residential forms to areas with lower scale infill forms.
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Infill
Ground-oriented and low-rise buildings generally up to four storeys (typically wood frame for residential) on small to medium sites. Supports residential, small-scale commercial or mixed use and other envisioned uses.
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As most of Victoria’s urban growth is accommodated through infill, new development has the potential to impact existing buildings, structures and land. Information may be required to assess any impacts on solar access, wind patterns, traffic and parking, and municipal services such as infrastructure.
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f To enhance the area through infill, building additions and open spaces with a high quality of architecture, landscape and urban design that responds to its historic setting through sensitive and innovative interventions.
Although this paragraph is for Heritage Conservation Areas, 50 Government Street is within a proposed HCA and City staff are investigating designating James Bay as an HCA
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