O’Brien Avenue / Village Centre South HCD Plan

Overview

The Heritage Conservation District Plan for O’Brien Avenue / Village Centre South, south of downtown Stouffville, prepared by MHBC for the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in June 2024. It takes in O’Brien Avenue, named for village constable James O’Brien, and Blake, Lloyd, Market, Somerville and Burkholder Streets, with Late Victorian and Gothic houses of merchants and railway workers on the lots of Plans 858 and 1073. Part II sets guidelines for alterations, additions, infill, demolition and landscapes; Part III lists exempt alterations. One of the Town's three district plans.

What it covers

• PART I – HCD Framework
• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.3 Who should use this District Plan?
• 2.0 District Significance, Heritage Attributes and Objectives
• 2.2 Statement of District Significance
• 2.3 List of heritage attributes
• PART II – Policies and guidelines for managing change
• 3.3 Cultural heritage impact assessments
• 4.0 Alterations to contributing properties
• 5.0 Additions to contributing buildings
• 6.0 Alterations and additions to other properties
• 7.0 Infill development
• 8.0 Demolition and removal of buildings and structures
• 9.0 Landscape conservation and design guidance for private property
• 10.0 Landscape conservation guidance for the public realm
• 11.0 Guidelines related to accessibility
• 12.0 Guidelines related to energy conservation and sustainability
• 13.0 Lands adjacent to heritage conservation districts
• PART III - Exempt alterations and classes of alterations
• 14.0 Exempt alterations
• 14.4 Emergency work
• PART IV - Glossary
• Appendix A
• Illustration of contributing properties