Whitchurch-StouffvilleBuilding PermitsSecond Suites
Second Suite General Design Requirements
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
- Also called
- Second Suites Building Code Guide
- For
- any
- Building types
- Houses
- Pages
- 10
- Covers note
- A two-column table rather than titled sections; these are its printed title and its two column headings.
Overview
A ten-page table from the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville headed Second Suite General Design Requirements, linked from the Second Suite Permits page as its Building Code Guide. Article by article it sets OBC Part 9 provisions for houses existing less than five years beside the Part 11 compliance alternatives for houses existing more than five years, from room heights and minimum room areas through doors, egress windows, stairs, handrails, guards, exits, fire separations and flame spread to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, STC 50 sound separation, plumbing fixtures, ventilation and heating.
What it covers
- Second Suite General Design Requirements
- Houses Existing Less Than Five Years
- Houses Existing More Than Five Years
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