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Site Design and Development Standards for Oakville

Published by Town of Oakville

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Type: Guide
Published by: Town of Oakville
Date: Version 03.2024
Also called: Livable by Design Manual: Part C – Site Design and Development Standards for Oakville
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 65
Agencies: Planning and Development Council
Instruments: Livable Oakville Plan

Overview

Part C of the Town of Oakville's Livable by Design Manual, a 65-page document printed as Version 03.2024 and endorsed by Planning and Development Council on March 20, 2017. It sets site-level standards, with margin notations and illustrations, in four sections after the introduction: soft landscape (canopy cover, planting, soil, play spaces, greening parking), hardscape (pedestrian circulation, vehicular access, parking areas, fences and walls), service facilities (refuse, loading, snow storage, lighting) and streetscape. Part A and Part B documents sit alongside it.

What it covers

Introduction and Overview
Soft Landscape Standards
Canopy Cover
Proposed Planting
Existing Vegetation
Soft Landscape Grading
Soil
Treatments for Required Landscaping
Play Spaces and Amenity Areas
Greening Surface Parking and Other Site Areas
Hardscape Standards
Pedestrian Circulation
Vehicular Access and Circulation
Parking Areas
Fences, Walls and Guards
Service Facilities Standards
Refuse Storage, Compaction and Collection Areas
Loading Areas and Outside Product/Materials Storage Areas
Snow Storage Areas
Exterior Lighting
Streetscape Standards
Trees
Sidewalk and Hard Surfaces
Street Furniture

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