The Study is two-fold:
The Urban Design Guidelines has been completed.
View Final VMC Urban Design Guidelines
The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) Streetscape + Open Space Plan builds upon the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Secondary Plan to:
The City of Vaughan and consulting team, HOK, have completed the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct Landscape Architecture which includes a landscape concept, landscape guidelines, detailed designs for early phase streetscape and landscape works, and a landscape maintenance manual.
The purpose of the Steeles West Urban Design and Streetscape Plan is to prepare an Urban Design Framework, Urban Design Guidelines, a Streetscape Plan, and a Phasing/ Implementation Plan for the Steeles West Secondary Plan area located within the City of Vaughan.
The City is updating the Kleinburg-Nashville Heritage Conservation District Plan to determine what is required to continue protecting the area’s heritage properties and landscapes.
The purpose of the Concord West Urban Design Streetscape Plan is to provide an Urban Design Framework, Streetscape Plan, and Phasing/ Implementation Plan for the Concord West Community.
The study will support Vaughan and York Region Official Plan objectives and be coordinated with the community, Regional vivaNext bus rapid transitway planned for Highway 7, and the York Region "Class Environmental Assessment Study for Keele Street from Steeles Avenue to Rutherford Road".
The Vaughan City-Wide Streetscape Implementation Manual and Financial Strategy is the first edition of an integrated design / financial framework to manage the design, construction, maintenance, costing and funding for new streetscapes within emerging Intensification Areas and established Heritage Conservation Districts.
