Downtown Halifax Urban Design Plan -

Draft 2

Volume 1 - Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (PDF - 2.46 MB)

Volume 2 - Land Use By-law & Design Manual (PDF - 6.15 MB)
Volume 3 - Barrington Street Historic District Plan & By-law (PDF  - 2.60 MB)
Volume 4 - Regional Plan amendments (PDF - 101 KB)

Supplementary Material:

• Public Realm Handbook (PDF - 2.77 MB)
• Affordable Housing Initiatives Fact Sheet (PDF - 56.7 KB)
• Design and Built Form Framework Fact Sheet (PDF - 92.6 KB)
• Development Approvals and Design Review Fact Sheet (PDF - 143 KB)
• Heritage Protection Initiatives Fact Sheet (PDF - 109 KB)
• Sustainability Initiatives Fact Sheet (PDF - 59.1 KB)
• Transportation Initiatives Fact Sheet (PDF - 148 KB)

Response to Public Comments - Draft 2

Response to Public Comments (PDF 225KB)

Public Open House Presentation & Display Panels

September 24 2008 - Presentation (PDF 6.10 MB)

Downtown Halifax Urban Design Plan -

Draft 1

Response to Public Comments - Draft 1

Response to Public Comments April 2008 (PDF - 270KB)

Public Comments Summary

Public Open House Presentation & Display Panels

April 16 2008 - Open House Presentation (PDF - 4 MB)

Consultations & Council Reports

Forum 4B - November 28, 2007

Presentation: The Downtown Plan (PDF - 29 MB)

• Fact Sheet Preferred Downtown Scenario
• Open House Display Panels
• Open Letter
• Project Overview
• Public Comments Summary - November 28HRMbyDesign

Forum 4 - September 10-12, 2007

Public Comments Summary - Forum 4

Opening Presentations:

• HRM by Design 101 (PDF - 6 MB)

• 10 Big Moves (PDF - 18 MB)

• Development Scenarios (PDF - 12 MB)

Closing Presentation:

• What We Heard... (PDF - 53 KB)

View photos from Forum #4

Council Presentations & Interim Approvals

• Presentation to Council - February 26, 2008 (PDF - 12 MB)

• Presentation to Council - July 31, 2007 (PDF - 1.91 MB)

• Presentation to Council - February 27, 2007 (PDF - 5332 KB)

Supplemental Project Information

• Map of the Study Area

• Design Study - Request for Proposals (PDF - 451 KB)

Related Initiatives

• The Active Transportation Plan

• The Cultural Plan

• The Economic Strategy

• The Regional Plan

All project materials produced to date are available at the following public libraries:

• Alderney Gate

• Halifax North Memorial

• Spring Garden Road