Whitchurch-StouffvillePlanning ApplicationsStreet Naming & Addressing
Addressing Protocol
Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Date
- revised December 6, 2023
- Also called
- Approved Addressing Protocol 2023
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 74
- Agencies
- Property Addressing Advisory & Review Committee (PAARC) · Development Services Department · Fire & Emergency Services · Canada Post · MPAC · York Region
- Instruments
- By-law 2022-024-RD
Overview
The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Addressing Protocol, developed March 2022 and revised December 6, 2023, attached to Council report DS-062-23. Mainly an internal staff document with select sections marked for distribution, it implements Addressing By-law 2022-024-RD across 15 sections: addressing triggers from subdivision, site plan, condominium and consent applications, address assignment and signage guidance, notices and public information sessions for re-addressing, $250.00 compensation to affected owners, address change requests reviewed by PAARC, and 911 signs. Appendices A to J hold templates, forms and posting examples.
What it covers
- 1.0 PURPOSE
- 2.0 AUTHORITY
- 3.0 DEFINTIONS
- 4.0 ADDRESSING AND RE-ADDRESSING TRIGGERS
- 5.0 ADDRESSING GUIDANCE
- 6.0 NOTICE OF ADDRESSING CHANGE
- 7.0 PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION
- 8.0 ADDRESS CHANGE INFORMATION PACKAGE
- 9.0 COMPENSATION
- 10.0 REQUESTS FOR ADDRESS CHANGE
- 11.0 ADDRESSING BY-LAW
- 12.0 NOTIFICATION TO AGENCIES
- 13.0 POSTING OF MUNICIPAL ADDRESSES AND ADDRESS SIGNAGE
- 14.0 911 SIGN OR SIGN REPLACEMENT
- 15.0 APPENDIX
- A. GUIDANCE NOTE FOR DISTRIBUTION
- B. NOTICE OF ADDRESSING CHANGE TEMPLATE
- C. NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION TEMPLATE
- D. ADDRESS CHANGE INFORMATION PACKAGE TEMPLATE
- E. LETTER OF COMPENSATION TEMPLATE
- F. APPLICATION FOR ADDRESS CHANGE
- G. ADDRESSING BY-LAW EXAMPLE
- H. IMAGES AND EXAMPLES OF ADDRESSING POSTING
- I. DELIVERY OF NEW ADDRESSING PLAQUE
- J. REQUEST FORM FOR 911 SIGN OR SIGN REPLACEMENT
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