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Replacement Housing Guidelines
Published by City of Toronto
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Toronto
- Date
- June 2004
- Also called
- Replacement Housing (former City of North York)
- For
- homeowner
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 24
Overview
Replacement Housing Guidelines is a City of Toronto urban design guideline, dated June 2004, for replacement housing in the former City of North York, read with the urban design policies of the Official Plan. In 24 pages it presents principles and design guidelines, with preferred and not preferred examples, in two parts: site organization and amenity, and building massing and architectural design, from landscaping, driveways and retaining walls to stepbacks, façade projections and finishes.
What it covers
- Location
- Guidelines
- Introduction
- Site Organization and Amenity
- Front Yard Landscaping
- Rear and Side Yard Landscaping
- Tree Preservation
- Hard Surfaces
- Retaining Walls
- Side by Side Driveways
- Driveway Width
- Circular Driveways
- Sloping Driveways
- Building Massing and Architectural Design
- Second Storey Stepbacks
- Facade Projections
- Finishes
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