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Barker Business Park Urban Design Guidelines
Published by City of Richmond Hill
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Richmond Hill
- Date
- February 2007
- Also called
- Barker Business Park Design Guidelines
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 32
Overview
The Barker Business Park Urban Design Guidelines, dated February 2007 and prepared with Watchorn Architect Inc., for the prestige business park between Leslie Street and Highway 404, Major Mackenzie Drive and Elgin Mills Road in Richmond Hill. They describe a campus of contemporary buildings in the landscape and set guidelines for park structure and entries, site planning, heritage buildings, the valley edge, building design and signage, and landscape, including stormwater management lands and the valley buffer, then a design review process tied to Site Plan approval.
What it covers
- 1.0 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Purpose of Guidelines
- 1.3 Scope and Intent
- 1.4 Goals and Objectives
- 2.0 Urban Design Guidelines
- 2.1 Business Park Structure
- 2.2 Business Park Entries
- 3.0 Architecture Design Guidelines
- 3.1 Site Planning
- 3.1.2 Heritage Buildings
- 3.1.5 Valley Edge
- 3.2 Building Design
- 3.2.1 Green Design
- 3.2.6 Signage
- 4.2 Landscape Priorities
- 4.5 Stormwater Management Lands
- 4.6 Valley Buffer Area
- 5.0 Design Review Process
- 5.1 Site Plan Approval
- 5.4 Orientation Meeting
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