| NEWS Other factors to considda beyond height: town ® Continued from page 4 and repairs - one of the town's largest employ ers. These jobs paid $265 million in wages and contributed $879 million in investment value to the local economy." As part of its feed- back, BILD officials commented on aspects of the guidelines. One observation was that the 4-8 storeys range for the height of a mid-rise be applied flexibly. "We believe in cer- 'tain contexts, mid-rise buildings of up to 12 sto- reys may be appropri- ate," stated a portion of the BILD Halton chap- ter's comments to the town. "We assert that there are many examples across the GTA where the height of mid-rise buildings are greater than the width of the right-of-way. "In order to achieve the required (popula- tion and job) densities and proper intensifica- tion targets per the new growth plan, buildings may need to be signifi- cantly higher than abut- ting streets. It would be .inappropriate to use the width of the street to dic- tate the height of a build- ing, without consider- ation of its context," BILD Halton added. - BILD also had recom- mendations for the town in terms of tall build- ings. "Within the tall build- ings guidelines, (town) staff notes that between the eighth and fifteenth storeys, the floorplates (excluding balconies) should be less than 1,000 square metres. Above the fifteenth storey, the floor places should be less than 750 square me- tres or 40 linear metres measured diagonally. "Again, while we don't believe a 12-storey building in all cases should be considered a tall building, (BILD) members are concerned that this floorplate stan- dard may not be finan- cially feasible Town staff conten with its own mil-rise Ie marks in a recent plan ning department report stating, "A balding metres (114 feet) high would be tpproximately 11 storeys tall and a 47 metre (133-ft.) building would be about 14 or 15 storeys. Yet for Milton, even a building of nine storeys in height would be considered to be rela- tively tall. For this rea- son, the site specific con- text will be important in determining whether a building should be re- garded, as low, mid or highrise." The planning report noted there are many other factors to consider beyond a building's height. "Mid-rise buildings will often require de- tailed amalysis of sun- shadow, historic and ar- chitectural character, transportation, accessi- bility, community safe- tty and crime prevention through environmental design, services and the planned function of the area." BILD spokesperson Carmina Tupe told the Milton Champion in a May 10 email that her or- ganization is essentially happy with the new building guidelines in Milton. "... The final guide- lines that were endorsed by council ... reflect the comments and suggest- ed revisions made by BILD members in their letter and we are pleased with the results. We look forward to see- ing implementation of guidelines and working with (town) staff on any further refinements as needed in its future re- views." "It has been a long- standing position of the association that urban design guidelines be, in fact, guiding documents that have flexible, per- missive language that would allow site-specific @® See GUIDELINES, page 33 1999 a A -------------- < TERR) 810 GREAT DEAL! BRACEBRIDGE PLANTER with Stone Finish Choose from 2 sizes. Req. $79.99 Req. S $59 99 TERRA SIZE INCREDIBLE HANGING ® F £3 Pa - | = EDIBLES PLANT FOR | BASKETS POLLINATORS §& Reg. $49.99 each VEGETABLES 3 for BUTTERFLY 99° & HERBS ia 1 2 WEED 39° Grow your own! Fresh, 2 pack-2 x1 gal. pot. flavourful and healthy. _... The best plant for 4" pot. Reg. $4.49 each a rt Monarch Butterflies' ie 1 & ff a srl "A [o];7.\u TERY A TL fo TERRA PRESENTS Ee PROVEN WINNERS", MEINE) PROVEN Y i WINNERS A SAVE iy 3770) HYDRANGE! =, Ad pa 3\"/ 3A pLANTERS 0 BERLE] artmcone 20 % From $19.99 30 4) : eof 2 ; g : 34.99 each EXTRA LARGE PLANTER 15" pot. Reg. $49.99 | p Eo = Avy ae =" x Te oi : ee GV ORT 429% Reg. $529. ; . a CANTILEVER U UMBRELLAS with SUNBRELLA FABRIC 8' SQUARE TORCH 4PC CONVERSATION SET Transform your patio space into a stylish gathering spot. Reg. $2.499.99 IN | Reo a -- CHECK ONLINE FOR UPCOMING TERRA WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS 4 MS RA RWW) S31 . Mon - Tues 8am - 6 pm Sat-Sun 8am - 6 pm ie Aerragreenhouses.com Wed - Fri 8am - 8 pm FOLLOW us ON: | OPEN Victoria Day | Monday May 21 8 am-6 MER ; gm-opm Where colour live woo uojjeyepisul SALES PERIOD | MAY 24:30, 20 a » ™ i's . . -- E ry g } 2 : SKETS. » : a ------ / 2 wr HANGING Z 99 3 SUNDAY - May 27 HERO BASKET 39 LHI |: