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Urban Design Brief – Site Plan Terms of Reference

Published by City of Richmond Hill

This is the City of Richmond Hill’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: Study
Published by: City of Richmond Hill
Date: May 2024
Also called: Urban Design Brief - Site Plan Applications
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 6

Overview

The City of Richmond Hill's terms of reference for an Urban Design Brief prepared with a Site Plan application, from the Heritage and Urban Design section of the Policy Planning Division, last updated May 2024. It explains the brief's purpose as the design rationale for a development, the applications it accompanies, and its three sections: vision and principles, policy context and site analysis, and design considerations from site design and massing to public realm, sustainability and heritage. A separate terms of reference covers briefs for plans of subdivision.

What it covers

Urban Design Brief – Site Plan Terms of Reference
1.0 Purpose
2.0 When is an Urban Design Brief Required?
3.0 Content
Section 1 – Vision & Principles
Section 2 – Policy Context & Site Analysis
Section 3 – Design Considerations
3.5 Additional Considerations for Mid-Rise and High-Rise Buildings
3.6 Public Realm
3.7 Sustainability
3.8 Heritage
4.0 Submission Requirements

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