Seniors' Housing Design Guidelines
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The attached design guidelines provide a framework to help guide the planning, design, review and approval of seniors' supportive housing in the City of Richmond. The guidelines which set out community standards and expectations regarding seniors housing design in the City were adopted by Council on November 18, 2002. They are intended to be used by local community groups, architects and developers of both private and not for profit seniors' housing and municipal staff involved in planning and development of senior's housing in the City.
The guidelines were developed by Options Consulting Ltd. with the support and participation of an advisory committee comprised of representatives of the City's Seniors' Advisory Council, the private sector including the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association, Progressive Construction and staff from Richmond Health Services, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and the Greater Vancouver Housing Corporation.
The scope of work for preparing these guidelines included:
- review of comparable municipal guidelines in Burnaby, Vancouver and North Vancouver City;
- interviews with planners and municipal staff in each municipality;
- site tours of selected seniors supportive housing in Greater Vancouver;
- interviews with architects and developers of selected projects;
- documentation and comparison of the municipal guidelines;
- determination of guidelines for seniors supportive housing in Richmond;
- review of BC Housing's draft design guidelines for assisted living housing.
A complete study report which includes these findings and analysis is also available under separate cover from the City of Richmond.
