1. Official Plan Zoning Bylaw Land Uses
Urban Development
Official Plan
Zoning Bylaw
Land Uses

2. What is Urban?
Communities where population is high (dense), and settlement patterns are concentrated. (Towns, Cities, Metropolitan areas)

3. What is Rural?
Communities where population is low, and settlement patterns can be dispersed.

4. Patterns of Land Use
Land use patterns in urban areas in Canada do not develop by chance. They are affected by decisions people make based upon their:
Work
Type of home
Financial resources

5. Toronto Official Plan Residential Yellow Transportation
Institutional/Public Buildings
Blue/Pink
Open Space/Rec
Green
Industrial/Commercial
Red/Purple/Pink
Toronto Official Plan

6. Urban Land Uses Residential Transportation Institutional
Open Space and Recreational
Industrial
Commercial

7. Residential Density Types of dwelling
Residential Density units/hectare
No. of people per hectare
Low
Single-family houses, duplexes
Less than 30
Up to 75
Medium
Townhouses, low-rise apartments
30 to 100
75 to 250
High
High-rise apartments
More than 100
More than 250

8. Residential
Single family home – low density

9. Residential
Single family home – low density

10. Residential
Medium Density

11. Residential
Medium density - rowhousing

12. Residential
Medium Density

13. Residential
Medium Density – low rise apartments

14. Residential High density – apartments
Toronto is second only to New York for the most buildings over 12 storeys in North America.
Between the 1950s and 1980s, over 1,000 towers were built around the GTA
Currently 130 new towers under construction – 90% condos

15. Residential
Mix of high and low density

16. Commercial/Residential
Bed and Breakfast: residential- commercial

17. Commercial Commercial type Convenience Neighborhood Community Regional
No. of Stores
Type of Stores
Convenience
1 to 5
Milk, variety
Neighborhood
5 to 30
Supermarket, bank
Community
20 to 100
Clothing, small dept. store
Regional
75 to 300
Malls, specialty stores
Central Business District CBD
Determined by population
All of above

18. Shopping Malls

19. Back to the Future Shopping
stores open to outside
internal road network
parallel and angled parking
interesting street furniture
mix of facades of a bona-fide shopping neighbourhood.
managed, private space with security guards patrolling in Smart cars
street signs on the lanes look the same as the new signs being placed in the City of Toronto

20. Office

21. Industrial Examples: factories, warehouses
Factors for determining location
Type of the business e.g. resources needed to create product
Cost of land
Type of transportation:
located near water (cheapest transportation)
located near rail
located near highways
Generation of smell, noise, pollution

22. Industrial

23. Institutional
Examples: school, university, hospital, church, mosque, police station, fire hall
University College, UofT

24. University College, UofT

25. Ontario Art and Design University OCAD, Toronto

26. Recreation/ Open Space
Examples: parks, cemeteries, golf courses
Harolding involves spending one's time hanging around cemeteries taking in the ceremony of death
Mount Pleasant,
Toronto

29. Transportation Expressways and Roads Parking lots and garages Airport
Transit right-of-way
Rail lines
Stations
Docks

30. Road Classification System
Local Roads
Collectors Roads
Minor Arterial Roads
Major Arterial Roads
Expressways

31. Road Classification System
Major Arterial e.g. Yonge, Eglinton and Mt. Pleasant
Minor e.g. Davisville
Collector e.g. Erskine, Broadway and Redpath
Local e.g. Roehampton

32. Local Roads Provide access to property;
Less than 2,500 vehicles per day;
Low traffic speed;
No bus routes;
Sidewalks on at least one side of road
Low priority for winter maintenance
e.g. Roehampton

33. Collector Roads Provide access to property and traffic movement
2,500 to 8,000 vehicles per day
Less than 1,500 bus (or streetcar) passenger per day
Signalized intersections at arterial roads
Sidewalks on both sides of the road
Medium priority for winter maintenance

34. Minor Arterial Roads Traffic movement is a primary function
8,000 to 20,000 vehicles per day
1,500 to 5,000 bus passenger per day
Speed limits 40 to 60 km/hr
No “Stop” signs
Main intersections controlled by traffic signals
High priority of winter maintenance
Sidewalks on both sides
May have bicycle lanes
e.g. Davisville

35. Major Arterial Roads Traffic movement is a primary function
High priority of winter maintenance
Subject to access controls
Greater than 20,000 vehicles per day
Greater than 5,000 bus passengers per day
Speed limits 50 to 60 km/hr
Sidewalks on both sides
May have bicycle lanes
e.g. Eglinton, Yonge

36. Expressway Traffic movement is a primary function
Highest priority of winter maintenance
Speed limits 80 to 100 km/hr
No local transit service
No property access
Pedestrians & cyclists prohibited
Grade-separated intersections
(no traffic signals)

37. Transit Corridors
Green roof on Eglinton West TTC Subway station

38. Bike Routes