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Streetscape Manual User Guide
Published by City of Toronto
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Toronto
- Date
- April 2019
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 27
Overview
The Streetscape Manual User Guide, published by the City of Toronto in April 2019 as the entry document to the Streetscape Manual, a reference for the design, construction and maintenance of sidewalk and boulevard improvements on Toronto's arterial road network. It quotes City Council's 2007 motion and the Official Plan's public realm policy, then covers streetscape types, the functional zones of the sidewalk, and elements such as paving, street trees, medians, lighting and street furniture, with business improvement areas, public utilities and appendices.
What it covers
- Streetscape Types
- The Hierarchy of Streetscape Types
- Main Streets
- Green Streets
- Special Areas
- Streetscape Zones
- The Functional Zones That Make Up the Sidewalk Zone
- Street Furniture Placement
- Paving
- Street Trees
- Medians
- Lighting
- Street Furniture
- Business Improvement Areas
- How BIAs Are Addressed in the Manual
- Public Utilities
- How Utilities Are Addressed in the Manual
- Appendices
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