Banff Trail Station Area Redevelopment Plan

Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

Welcome!
At today’s Information Session you will find:
• Display boards detailing the story behind this Proposed plan and the policies that will guide potential
development
• Display boards explaining the timing for Council review of the Banff Trail Station Area Redevelopment Plan
• City of Calgary Staff to help with any questions you might have

We encourage you to:

• Review the Proposed ARP policies
• Review the Frequently Asked Questions

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Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

TOD Planning Municipal Development Plan

In June 2007 Council approved a work program to develop
Station Area Plans for 6 priority LRT stations.
These plans were meant to address developer interest in these
areas and to help facilitate the City of Calgary`s objectives of
sustainable growth.
• Chinook (plan approved by Council June 2008)
• Brentwood (plan approved by Council Nov. 2009)
• Banff Trail (Proposed Plan Dec. 2010)
• Anderson (Draft plan 2011)
• Canyon Meadows (not proceeding)
• Lions Park (not proceeding)
An integrated approach to land use and mobility
On 2009 September 28, City Council approved a new
Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and Calgary Transportation
Plan (CTP). The new MDP came effective April 1, 2010.
Together, these documents provide a long-term strategy for a
more sustainable city through the integration of land use and
mobility policies.
The MDP proposes a more compact urban form for Calgary by
locating a portion of new housing and jobs within higher
intensity, mixed-use areas that are well connected to the
Primary Transit Network. The Banff Trail Station area is within
a Major Activity Centre and along the Primary Transit Network
(LRT).

THE CITY OF CALGARY

Municipal Development Plan Calgary Transportation Plan

Adopted by Council Adopted by Council

September 2009 September 2009

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Banff Trail/Motel Village Banff Trail Station Area

Area Redevelopment Plan
The community of Banff Trail currently has an Area
Redevelopment Plan (ARP), originally approved by City
Council in 1986, which includes both the residential
community and the Motel Village commercial area.
This ARP will continue to guide development within the
residential community.
Redevelopment Plan
The Proposed Banff Trail Station ARP will provide land
use and mobility direction for an area between 16 Avenue
N.W., north to 24 Avenue N.W. from Crowchild Trail east to
the LRT tracks.
FIGURE 5.

The proposed Banff Trail EXISTING CONDITIONS &

STATION AREA BOUNDARIES
LEGEND

Station ARP, will provide LRT station

Banff Trail Station

university of calgary

guidance to the evolution of Area Redevelopment Plan

Boundary

the Motel Village area into a northwest LRT corridor banff trail
area of change

mixed used transit oriented open space

commercial/employment/mixed use
major retail centre
foothills athletic park

community with a variety of institutional

neighbourhood/community
600m 10minute walking radius
mcmahon stadium branton junior high school

jobs and housing forms. Plan Area 200,000 sq. m (49.4 acres)
banff trail lrt station

Parcel Area 93,510 sq. m (23.1 acres)

banff trail park

motel village

st. andrews park

hounsfield heights/briar hill

This map is conceptual only.

No measurements of
distances or areas should be
taken from this map .

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Community and Stakeholder Engagement Community and Stakeholder Engagement

The City of Calgary was been working the community of Information Session - Proposed
Banff Trail SARP
Dec. 8, 2010 Banff Trail Community Association

Banff Trail and Motel Village property owners since late Information Session - Draft
May 18, 2010 Banff Trail Community Association
Banff Trail SARP
2007.
Main Ideas Presentation -
June 24, 2008 Banff Trail Community Association
Banff Trail
Over the Fall and Winter of 2009/2010, Land Use Planning
Land Use Exercise April 4, 2008 SAIT - Room V202
and Policy, in partnership with several City of Calgary
Visioning Exercise March 1, 2008 Hampton Inn and Suites - Banff Trail
departments, worked with local commercial property
owners and the Banff Trail Community Association to Information Session February 9, 2008 Hampton Inn and Suites - Banff Trail

review and rework a preliminary draft plan. Based on this Information Session February 6, 2008 Hampton Inn and Suites - Banff Trail
stakeholder dialogue and feedback, a Draft document
was reviewed by the by the public, community residents
and other area stakeholders in May and June 2010.
These comments have been included into the Proposed
ARP. This Proposed ARP is the final recommended plan
by Land Use Planning and Policy and will be presented,
as displayed today, to Calgary Planning Commission and
to City Council at a Public Hearing.
Any changes to this Proposed ARP would have to made
by City Council after the Public Hearing.

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Plans Concepts and Policies
In 2008, a Visioning Session and Land Use Exercise with
local residents, commercial property owners and other area
stakeholders produced a Vision and a set of Guiding Principles for
policy creation.

Vision
Banff Trail Station Area will become the heartland for the community: a
gathering place where residents and tourists can shop, dine, work, be
entertained, and meet their daily needs. It will overcome the stigma of
being an unattractive “Motel Village” and auto-dominated environment
to become a safe, mixed use, well-connected and pedestrian-friendly,
place. Existing residential community character will be preserved,
while places with an opportunity to change will enhance the area.

Guiding Principles
• Introduce an integrated street network
• Prioritize modes of transportation
• Creating vibrant pedestrian and bicycle friendly streets
• Creating great open spaces
• Ensure accessibility in the public realm
• Incorporate public art
• Establish land use precincts • Integrate with community
• Facilitate a broad mix of transit supportive uses • Ensure quality building design
• Ensure appropriate ground level uses and design • Green infrastructure and green
• Manage parking buildings
• Ensure transit supportive density • Create a diverse and inclusive
community
• Include a variety of building types
• Make it happen

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Plans Concepts and Policies The Proposed ARP includes four primary policy sections:
p
Mobility
MobilityNetwork
Network Public
PublicRealm
Realm

Land
LandUse
UseDensity
and Density Built
BuiltForm
Formand
andSite
SiteDesign
Design

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Banff Trail Station Area Redevelopment Plan 24 Ave. N.W.
FIGURE 10

Plans Concepts and Policies PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

LEGEND
existing LRT Station
future 5 car LRT Station
active pedestrian edge
mixed use edge
potential active pedestrian edge

Mobility Network potential mixed use edge

existing pedestrian connection
potential pedestrian connection
pedestrian priority area
. N.
W.
potential pedestrian priority area 23 Av
e

key pedestrian crossing

existing pedestrian overpass/underpass

Crowchild Tr. N.W.

potential pedestrian crossing 20 Ave. N.W.

FIGURE 9 24 AV
V NW 24 Ave. N.W.
AN IMPROVED STREET NETWORK
(short to medium term)

19 St. N.W.
21
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22
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public realm improvements

(new sidewalks, street trees and furniture)
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FIGURE 11
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existing pathway connection
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The mobility network (infrastructure for automobiles,

pedestrians, bicycles and transit) will be improved in
the short, medium and long term.

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Public Realm
private property public road right-of-way private property public road right-of-way
FIGURE 15
24 Ave. N.W.
OPEN SPACE NETWORK

LEGEND
01> Neighbourhood School Sites and Parks
02> Crowchild Trail Green
03> 23rd Avenue Linear Park 02
04> Station Square
05> Banff Trail Road Linear Green
06> 16 th Avenue Linear Green
01

property line
existing LRT Station
future 5 car LRT Station
active frontage
potential active frontage
existing pedestrian crossing
03

property line
potential pedestrian crossing 23 Ave. N.W.

primary gateway
20 Ave. N.W.

curb line
road
carriageway
Crowchild Tr. N.W.

19 St. N.W.

04
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buffer road carriageway

05 set back zone
depth varies
pedestrian zone planting zone
zone set back zone
depth varies
pedestrian zone planting zone
buffer
zone

2.0 m sidewalk 2.0 m 1.0 m

2.0 m sidewalk 2.0 m 1.0 m
(mixed use) (mixed use)
06 3.0 m sidewalk
(active pedestrian)
3.0 m sidewalk
(active pedestrian)
16 Ave. N.W.

public realm varies

public realm varies
5.0 to 6.0 m
5.0 to 6.0 m

Section Plan
FUTURE PUBLIC REALM - STREET EDGE

Neighbourhood School Sites >01 Crowchild Trail Green >02 23 Avenue Linear Park >03 Station Square > 04 Banff Trail Linear Green> 05 16 Avenue Linear Green> 06

01 02 03 04 05 06

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Plans Concepts and Policies FIGURE 16

PRECINCTS
24 Ave. N.W.

LEGEND
existing LRT Station
future 5 car LRT Station

Land Use and Density mixed use precinct

transit hub precinct
urban corridor precinct

FIGURE 19
MAXIMUM DENSITIES 24 Ave. N.W. 23 Ave. N.W.
LEGEND
existing LRT Station 20 Ave. N.W.
future 5 car LRT Station
Zone A

- maximum residential FAR (no Bonus)

Crowchild Tr. N.W.

2.0 maximum commercial FAR (no Bonus)

19 St. N.W.
- maximum residential Bonus FAR

Ban
- maximum commercial Bonus FAR
2.0 maximum Bonus FAR (no Bonus items in Zone A)

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2.5
1.0
maximum residential/commercial FAR (no Bonus)
maximum residential Bonus FAR
A
- maximum commercial Bonus FAR
0.5 Active Frontage Bonus FAR
23 Ave. N.W.
4.0 maximum Bonus FAR (all Bonus items)

20 Ave. N.W.
Zone C

2.5 maximum residential/commercial FAR (no Bonus)

B B 16 Ave. N.W.
1.0 maximum residential Bonus FAR
- maximum commercial Bonus FAR
0.5 Active Frontage Bonus FAR
C C
Crowchild Tr. N.W.

19 St. N.W.

1.0 Station Square Bonus FAR

5.0 maximum Bonus FAR (all Bonus items)
Ban
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Zone D
D
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1.0 maximum residential FAR (no Bonus)

2.0 maximum commercial FAR (no Bonus)
- maximum residential Bonus FAR
- maximum commercial Bonus FAR
3.0 maximum Bonus FAR (no Bonus items in Zone D)

Zone E
E E
3.0 maximum residential/commercial FAR (no Bonus) 16 Ave. N.W. FIGURE 18
2.0 maximum residential Bonus FAR 24 Ave. N.W.
1.0 maximum commercial Bonus FAR ACTIVE FRONTAGES
6.0 maximum Bonus FAR (all Bonus items)

21
LEGEND

ST
NW
22
22

ST
AS

NW
TN
existing LRT Station

W
23
23 AV NW

ST
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future 5 car LRT Station

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active frontage

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20 ST NW

19 ST NW
LC
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TABLE FOR FIGURE 19 - MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DENSITIES

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Maximum FAR Maximum Bonus FAR AV

AS
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TN
23 Ave. N.W.
Bonus FAR

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23
(no Bonus) (including all Bonus

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20 Ave. N.W.
items)

CA
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LH
Zone Minimum

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FAR

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Active Station

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E 1.5 3.0* 1.0 2.0 n/a n/a 6.0

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MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS 24 Ave. N.W.

LEGEND
existing LRT Station
future 5 car LRT Station
Zone A1 - 14 metres
Zone A2 - 14 to 20 metres
Zone B - 32 metres low rise building mid rise building high rise building
Zone C - 55 metres
Zone D - 90 metres

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23 Ave. N.W.

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Project Time Line

May
2007 2008
June July Aug. Sept. 2009
Oct. Nov. 2010
Dec. Jan. Feb. March 2011

Council Public Design First Working Draft Draft ARP Proposed ARP
Direction Launch Workshops Vision October 2009 May 2010 December 2010
June Draft
2007 Feb. 2008 Mar./April 2008 June 2008
Proposed CPC Public
ARP ARP Meeting Hearing
at
budget and mail outs and public information
Based on working draft, a final draft was Council
resources sessions Feb. 6 & 9
produced for City and public review
approved to plan applications for workshops The Proposed ARP as displayed
public information session May 18
for 6 station areas at Information Session will be
circulation of draft plan from
presented to Calgary Planning
May 15 to June 30 comments
public visioning session March 1
Circulation of Draft Circulation of
included into Proposed plan
Commission on December 23, 2010.
volunteer stakeholder workshops
ARP for Banff Trail station area April 4
Proposed ARP Planning Commission will make a

June 29 meeting with volunteer recommendation to Council. A

Info Info
stakeholders from Banff Trail station Public Hearing at Council will
review and considerD decision
Session June 25 presentation of main ideas Session
area, revisited ideas from 2008 created
a working draft plan for discussion with on the new Banff Trail Station
May 18 from volunteer stakeholder workshops
Area Redevelopment Plan.
for Banff Trail station area community association and landowners
(meetings Fall 2009 - Winter 2010) Tentative Council date, Feb. 2011.

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Feedback from the Draft document helped to inform changes to the

Proposed Banff Trail Station Area Redevelopment Plan that is now completed.
This proposed plan is the final document that will be presented to
Calgary Planning Commission on December 23, 2010 and then considered
by Council at a Public Hearing in early 2011.

Please note that Calgary Planning Commission is not a public hearing and the public can only speak if
asked by the Commission. Any public comments be written and submitted to Commission for review and a
Public Hearing at Council will provide opportunity for both written and spoken presentations.

Please check with calgary.ca/todplanning for ongoing updates or contact us directly:

Contact
ContactUsUs
Kevin Barton: 403-268-5927
Ryan Hall: 403-268-5934
Email: todplanning@calgary.ca
Fax: 403-537-3079
Web: www.calgary.ca/todplanning
Mail Code: #8117 P.O. Box 2100, Station M,
Calgary AB Canada T2P 2M5

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