INTRODUCTION CITY-WIDE | TALL TALL BUILDING DESIGN GUIDELINES CITY OF TORONTO MAY 2013 HOW AND WHERE THE GUIDELINES APPLY i. The Tall Building Design Guidelines apply to the design, review, and approval of all new and current <strong>tall</strong> building development in Toronto. The Guidelines have city-wide applicability and will normally apply to the evaluation of <strong>tall</strong> building proposals and design alternatives in Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, Plans of Subdivision, and Site Plan Control applications. ii. The Tall Buildings Design Guidelines apply together with the consolidated "Downtown Tall Buildings: Vision and Supplementary Design Guidelines" to evaluate all new and current <strong>tall</strong> building development applications within the Downtown study area boundary. Secondary Plan Areas within the Downtown study area boundary continue to be excluded from the Downtown Supplementary Design Guidelines. iii. The Guidelines are intended to be read together with the Official Plan, applicable Zoning By-Laws, Secondary Plans and Heritage Conservation District Plans, the Toronto Green Standard (TGS), the Toronto Development Guide, as well as all other applicable City policies, standards, guidelines, and requirements. iv. The Guidelines are intended to provide a degree of certainty and clarity of common interpretation, however, as guidelines, they should also be afforded some flexibility in application, particularly when looked at cumulatively. The Guidelines are not intended to be applied or interpreted independently of each other. Rather, each guideline requirement should be weighed across the board with the other guidelines and "work together" to determine whether a <strong>tall</strong> building development application has successfully met the overall intent of these Guidelines and the Official Plan. v. In considering whether to permit a <strong>tall</strong> building on a site-by-site basis, many other planning issues must first be taken into account, including, but not limited to, the site context and availability of adequate infrastructure, public transit, parks, community and cultural services and facilities, schools, and child care facilities. If it is determined that a <strong>tall</strong> building is supportable, and represents “good planning,” these Guidelines will then apply. While there are no perceived conflicts between any pre-existing City Council-adopted policies, standards or guidelines, should conflict arise, the more restrictive or prescriptive of these measures will prevail. In all cases, Official Plan and Heritage Conservation District Plan policies prevail over guideline measures or requirements. vi. The Guidelines are an evolving "living" document which may be revised, from time to time, to reflect new findings or study recommendations that have an impact on the effective evaluation of <strong>tall</strong> building applications. 12
T A L L B U I L D I N G D E S I G N G U I D E L I N E S 1.0 SITE CONTEXT 1.1 Context Analysis 1.2 Master Plan for Larger Sites 1.3 Fit and Transition in Scale 1.4 Sunlight and Sky View 1.5 Prominent Sites and Views from the Public Realm 1.6 Heritage Properties and Heritage Conservation Districts
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