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Back to Back and Stacked Townhouses

Published by City of Mississauga

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Mississauga
Date: May 2018
Also called: Back to Back and Stacked Townhouses Guidelines
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 18
Instruments: Mississauga Official Plan · zoning by-law

Overview

The City of Mississauga's urban design guidelines for back to back and stacked townhouses, dated May 2018. After the urban design objectives and the building types — typically three to four storeys, stacked vertically or horizontally with access from grade — it runs a checklist of nineteen principles from building height inside a 45 degree angular plane and block length capped at eight linear unit modules, through below grade units, exposed parking structures and waste collection, closing with design standard diagrams for the RM9, RM10 and RM11 zones.

What it covers

1 Introduction
1.2 Urban Design Objectives
1.3 Building Types
2 Checklist of Principles
2.1 Zoning By-law
2.2 Building Height
2.3 Building Setbacks
2.4 Separation Between Buildings
2.5 Block Length and Unit Width
2.7 Grading and Retaining Walls
2.8 Below Grade Units
2.10 Exposed Parking Structures
2.12 Common Outdoor Amenity Area
2.15 Waste Collection and Storage
2.19 Other Considerations
3 Design Standard Diagrams

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