Longfields

Subdivisio
n Project
Open House
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 Corporate Mandate

 The “Official Plan” policies and land use

classifications are all in place.

 The lands are governed by the “Secondary

Plan for Area 1” as well as the “Longfields
Concept Plan”.

 The “City Corporate Plan” tasks the Real

Property Asset Management (RPAM) Branch
with this task.

 The “Corporate Services Department

Business Plan” reiterates this RPAM task

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 RPAM Project
“Develop a framework and implement a smart
growth demonstration community on the City-
owned lands in Longfields. Within the guidelines
established by the Council approved “Longfields
Concept Plan”, the development will focus on a
balanced return on investment, affordable housing
and the environment. With the intent to provide a
greater range of development opportunities with the
private sector, this project will embrace innovative
planning principles and design standards that are
inline with the 20/20 Vision. The Real Property Asset
Management branch will lead this action item. This
project was initiated in 2005 and is scheduled for
completion by 2010.”

City Corporate Plan, adopted on 28 Sept 2005.

Corporate Services Departmental Business Plan, adopted on 28 Sept
2005

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Site Overview
 50 hectares of vacant City-
owned land
 Located between
Greenbank Road and
Woodroffe Avenue
 A Draft Plan of Subdivision
was approved on 25 May
1998, yet never
registered, for 1,551
residential units
 A Secondary Plan was
adopted on 30 November
2000
 A Concept Plan was
adopted on 24 July 2002
for +/- 1,274 residential
units
 RPAM was tasked with
enhancing the 2002
Concept Plan to reflect the
20/20 Growth
Management Strategy and
to implement the Plan 4
 Surrounding Secondary Plans
The Longfields lands are
Nepean South located within the Longfields
Secondary Plan (Area #1).
Secondary Plans
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1. Longfields
2. Davidson Heights
3. South Merivale Business Park 2
4. South Nepean Area #4
1 4
5. South Nepean Area #5
6. South Nepean Area #6 9
7. Downtown of South Nepean 6
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8. South Nepean Area #8
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9. South Nepean Area #9
10. South Nepean Area #10 8 12A
12A. Jockvale Golf Community 10

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 Surrounding CDP’s

Longfields Lands
& Concept Plan

South Nepean
Town Centre
CDP

Barrhaven
South CDP

CDP = Community
Design Plan

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 Longfields Concept Plan 2002

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Longfields Concept Plan 2002

VISION:
• Develop a compact, mixed-density
residential community on a modified
grid road network, boasting pathways
for pedestrians and cyclists; access to
rapid transit; neighbourhood
conveniences; an array of public
parks; preservation of environmental
features; innovative planning
principles and progressive design.

• Oversee sales to small builders and

secure a balanced return on
investment.

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 Longfields Secondary Plan

• OBJECTIVES & POLICIES:

- “residential uses will have a build-to line”
- “housing should not back onto arterial roads”
- “housing is encouraged to face pocket parks”
- “a modified grid pattern is to be implemented”
- “streetscapes […] should be at a human scale”
- “the rapid bus corridor shall be located along the railway”
- “street trees shall be encouraged”
- “the city shall protect for cycling lanes along Longfields Drive”
- “the provision of on-street spaces will be encouraged”
- “sidewalks should be provided on local streets”
- “all garages should be even with or set back from the main façade”
- etc.

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 OP Designation & Zoning
“General Urban Area” land use
designation per the Official Plan
(OP)
Secondary Plan Area boundaries
 Zoning is currently a combination
of RMU, R5, R5B, R6A, & CN
 Commercial Neighbourhood (CN)
zoning is located at the transit
stop
 Note: zoning to be revised to
coincide with the “enhanced”
Concept Plan
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Public Transit - 2006

Rapid Bus Route

Express Bus Route

Regular Bus Route

Peak Hours Bus Route

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Open Space & Leisure Lands

Primary

Supporting

Contributing

Note: There are ample

open space and leisure
lands within and
adjoining the project
area.

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Multi-Use Recreational
Pathways

City-Wide Multi-use
Pathways
(existing/proposed)

Community Multi-use
Pathways
(existing/proposed)

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Our challenge
is to turn this
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…into this !

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 Neighbourhoods 1 - 4

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Overall Land Area

 50 gross hectares (123 acres)
 city-owned vacant land

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 # 1 Context
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 # 1 Original Concept

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LDS 350 units)
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3. Stormwater Facility / Park

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 # 1 Enhanced Concept

LONGFIELDS DRIVE

Overview:

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with a central north-south axis BE

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-To the north singles, semis & R

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towns will back onto rear

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laneways
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- Central park will double as

dry stormwater 100-year pond

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- Park to be surrounded by
singles & semis with detached
garages at rear, and some
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townhomes
- Claridge Drive will have
CLARIDGE DRIVE
front-loaded singles & semis
- Affordable multi-unit
buildings will front on
Woodroffe Avenue
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 # 2 Context

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 # 2 Original Concept

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1. Institutional (3.88 acres) ID 2
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2. Block 2 / Mixed Use
Residential
(17.56 acres with 200
units)

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 # 2 Enhanced Concept
Overview:
- Modified grid road network
- Singles, semis & towns to back LONGFIELDS DRIVE
onto a rear laneway to the north
- An array of housing styles will
embrace a central park
- Claridge Drive will have front-

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- Institutional in s/e corner for
house of worship or daycare

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- Progressive architectural and
urban design, consistent with

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the other neighbourhoods

CLARIDGE DRIVE

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3. Block 5 / Mixed Use LD
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(13.84 acres with 134 units)

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 # 3 Enhanced Concept
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Overview:
- development of singles and towns in a
“green” neighbourhood focused on the
Highbury Woods Urban Natural Area
(UNA)

LONGFIELDS DRIVE
- opportunity for demonstration of
environmentally sustainable
development practices
- potential collaborative planning with
previous landowner (i.e. expropriated
party)

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 # 3 Context
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Ottawa Hydro Bike Path

Distribution and Tunnel
Facility
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VACANT
LANDS

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 # 4 Original Concept
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1. Block 3 / Condo Row Housing

(16.21 acres with 190 units)
3. Block 4 / Apartments 3-5 Storey
(18.60 acres with 400 units)

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 # 4 Enhanced Concept
Overview:
- towns, stacked towns & flats
surrounding a rapid bus station
and a main street boasting
neighbourhood services
- more compact development
& main street framing a central
transit station and courtyard
- recreation path parallel to the
rapid bus line, with pocket
parks throughout
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 # 4 Transit Station & Courtyard

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Stage 4 – Transit Station

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 Enhanced Concept Plan

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 Longfields Drive
The Eastern Segment of
Longfields Drive through

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re-design, to achieve DSD

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consistency with the NG

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Western Segment.

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parking

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 Longfields Western Segment
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The Western Segment of DSD
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Longfields Drive is mostly NG
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complete, boasting landscaped
medians and lay-by parking.
View Looking
North

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View Looking
North

Lay-By View Looking

Parking East

View Looking
South

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 Longfields Eastern Segment
The Eastern Segment of
Longfields Drive requires a re-
design to introduce landscaped
medians and lay-by parking.

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‘Bowling alley’
view looking
‘Bowling alley’
east
view looking
west

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 Demonstration Community
The Longfields infill subdivision - a smart-growth community
demonstrating the City’s 20/20 principles, and “Shaped by Choice, Not
by Chance”. The City intends to register the plan of subdivision, rezone
the lands, adopt design requirements, and will then oversee phased
land sales and construction of homes by an array of local builders.
While securing a balanced return on investment, this City project will
“demonstrate” the following:

 4 distinct neighbourhoods, embracing public parks

 compact development
 an array of housing types for all income ranges
 neighbourhood conveniences and a central transit station
 a modified grid road network complemented by a rapid bus
corridor
 a network of pathways for pedestrians and cyclists
 extensive landscaping and the preservation of environmental
features
THE innovative
SITE planning principles and progressive design standards 35