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Urban Design Guidelines for Eglinton Avenue from Jane Street to Kennedy Road
Published by City of Toronto
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Toronto
- Date
- July 2014
- Also called
- Eglinton Avenue - Jane Street to Kennedy Road
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 7
Overview
Urban Design Guidelines for Eglinton Avenue from Jane Street to Kennedy Road, a seven-page City of Toronto planning document dated July 2014. It elaborates the Eglinton Vision and Public Realm Concept Plan from the Eglinton Connects Planning Study through supplementary guidelines on street corners, street edges, character areas, retail edges, laneway buildings and boulevards. Each guideline lists the Mid-Rise Building Performance Standards and study recommendations it refers to. It sits beside Toronto's Official Plan, Tall Building and Mid-Rise guidelines used in development reviews along Eglinton.
What it covers
- Purpose
- Supplementary Guidelines
- Street Corner Articulation
- Corner Setbacks and Plazas
- Street Edge Continuity
- Street Edge
- Building Side Walls
- Transition to Neighbourhood Height Context
- Gaps Between Buildings
- Cornice Lines and Materiality
- Step-Backs for Heritage Resources
- Character Areas
- Identified Character Areas
- Retail Edges
- Retail Storefronts
- Retail Entrances
- Laneway Building Edges
- Buildings Adjacent to Laneways
- Public Boulevard Enhancements
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