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Design Guidelines for Stable Residential Communities

Published by Town of Oakville

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Type: Guide
Published by: Town of Oakville
Date: April 29, 2013
Also called: Design Guidelines for Stable Residential Areas
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 46
Agencies: Planning Services, Town of Oakville · Planning and Development Council
Instruments: Livable Oakville Plan

Overview

A 46-page Town of Oakville design document prepared by Planning Services and endorsed by Planning and Development Council on April 29, 2013. It sets out guidelines for new detached dwellings and significant additions in the Livable Oakville Plan's stable residential communities, organised by neighbourhood, architectural, site and heritage resource context, with illustrations. It addresses dwellings that come before site plan control or the Committee of Adjustment, and its guiding principles echo the Livable by Design Manual.

What it covers

Introduction
Purpose and Objectives
Guiding Principles
Applying the Design Guidelines
Policy Direction
Design Objectives
Neighbourhood Context
Character
Lotting Pattern
Scale
Priority Lots
Rear Yard Privacy
Architectural Context
Massing
Height
Setbacks
Primary Façade
Architectural Elements + Materials
Garages and Accessory Structures
Site Context
Landscaping and Tree Preservation
Driveways and Walkways
Heritage Resource Context
Addition(s) to Listed Heritage Resource
Adjacent to Heritage Resource(s)

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