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Community Design Guidelines

February 11th, 2009 No comments

The Westboro Beach Community Association (WBCA) is starting work on
Community Design Guidelines (CDG). The CDG will evolve over the next several
months by actively seeking input from neighbourhood residents. The intent of the
CDG is to allow neighbourhood residents to formally indicate what constitute desirable and appropriate changes to the neighbourhood to keep and enhance the characteristics that make it such a desirable place to live. It further refines at the neighbourhoodlevel what is included in the Richmond Road/Westboro Community Design Plan.

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Infill Housing Guidelines

October 13th, 2007 No comments

Urban Design Guidelines for Low-Medium Density Infill Housing

Excerpt from the document introduction:

This is a series of design guidelines for infill housing to help
fulfill some of the design strategies for Ottawa as outlined in
the Official Plan. It is intended as a basic framework for the
physical layout, massing, functioning and relationships of
infill buildings. Developers, designers and property owners
are encouraged to use the guidelines and even go beyond
them to come up with ideas to further improve urban infill.