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Village Core Neighbourhood Design Guidelines

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: Guide
Published by: City of Richmond Hill
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 50

Overview

Richmond Hill's Village Core Neighbourhood Design Guidelines, prepared for the Town's Planning and Development Department by The Planning Partnership and Oleson Worland Architects, cover the residential neighbourhoods on both sides of Yonge Street from Major MacKenzie Drive north to Benson Avenue and Dunlop Street. The document records the community consultation and the area's character in architecture, land use, heritage, lot size, streets and trees, then gives guidelines for single lot infill, townhouses, apartment buildings and roads, with a review checklist for each, linked from the City's Urban Design page.

What it covers

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Study Process
1.2 Study Area
2.0 Community Consultation
3.0 Community Character
3.3 Heritage
3.4 Year Built
3.5 Lot Size and Frontage
3.6 Streets
3.7 Trees
4.0 Approach
4.1 Understanding Community Character
4.2 Requirements for Development Applications
4.3 Official Plan Amendments
4.4 Zoning By-law/Minor Variances
4.5 Site Plan Control
4.6 Negotiations
5.0 Design Guidelines
6.0 Guidelines for Single Lot Infill
7.0 Guidelines for Townhouses
9.0 Guidelines for Roads
10.1 Checklist for Single Lot Infill
10.2 Checklist for Townhouses
10.3 Checklist for Apartment Buildings
10.4 Checklist for Roads

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