Mid-rise Building Guidelines open house Jan. 16

Burlington is creating design guidelines for mid-rise buildings in the city. These guidelines will be used by city staff to evaluate development applications where mid-rise buildings between five and 11 storeys are proposed.

You can learn more about the guidelines at an open house on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at City Hall, Rm. 247 (second floor), 426 Brant St., from 2-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.

Feedback from the public is needed to help shape the guidelines, which will then be presented to Burlington City Council in March of this year.

The mid-rise building guidelines will address things, such as:

• building use, e.g. retail, commercial, residential, etc.;
• building step backs from street wall to allow for sunlight and sky views;
• street level features, e.g. sidewalks in front of buildings, trees, benches, etc.

The mid-rise guidelines do not outline where mid-rise buildings can be located in the city — that is determined by the city's new Official Plan and the Zoning Bylaw.

Thank you to those who attended one of the City of Burlington's Mid-Rise Building Guidelines open houses on Aug. 22 and 30, 2018, and on Dec. 13 and 18, 2018; and/or completed the mid-rise building guidelines online survey. We appreciate your feedback.

Based on the feedback already gathered, a draft of the Mid-Rise Building Guidelines for the City of Burlington is now ready for review.

View the draft Mid-Rise Building Guidelines

Your feedback can also be emailed to todd.evershed@burlington.ca.

Hearing from our residents will help city staff to further refine the guidelines before they are presented to City Council for consideration in March.