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Neighbourhood Infill Design Guidelines
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- February 2024
- Also called
- Review the Neighbourhood Infill Design Guidelines
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 36
Overview
The City of Hamilton's Neighbourhood Infill Design Guidelines, February 2024, for small-scale multiplex infill: triplexes and fourplexes in Low Density Residential Zones, and fiveplexes and sixplexes proposed through a Zoning By-law Amendment. It sets them in the Urban Hamilton Official Plan's intensification policies and the City's additional dwelling unit and converted dwelling permissions, then gives illustrated, numbered guidelines for site design, from landscaping and fencing to parking and waste, and for built form: massing, height transition, setbacks and façades. They inform Minor Variance and rezoning evaluation.
What it covers
- Neighbourhood Infill Design Objectives
- Neighbourhood Intensification
- Additional Dwelling Units
- Converted Dwellings
- Expanding the Uses Permitted in Neighbourhoods
- How to Use the Neighbourhood Infill Design Guidelines
- Site Design
- Landscaping
- Fencing
- Grading
- Amenities
- Parking
- Utilities
- Waste
- Lighting
- Built Form
- Massing
- Height/Transition
- Setbacks
- Façade treatment
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