Richmond Hill Interlocking Contractor · Reformity Inc.Interlocking Driveways & Patios in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill's Zoning By-law 93-25, now in force across most of the city, requires at least 45% of a house's front yard to be soft landscaping, and interlock and permeable pavers don't count toward it — a change from the old front-yard by-law, where pavers counted as landscaping. That rules out paving the whole front of a wide Richvale lot. We lay out the driveway, a narrow walkway and planting beds together, and keep the driveway 0.3 m off the side lot line, as the by-law requires.
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Interlock driveway site plan — Site plan with curb cut, paver base section and notes. Click to enlarge.
Concrete driveway plan
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Richmond Hill.
A site plan with dimensions to the lot lines and curb, the paver pattern and borders, slopes, and the base section. Changing a curb cut needs a municipal permit, and this is the plan the application asks for.
Interlocking permits in Richmond Hill
Landscaping needs no building permit in Richmond Hill, but a wider driveway or second entrance needs a City curb cut application, regrading or hardscape within 0.6 m of a lot line can need a site alteration permit, and the front yard must keep 45% soft landscaping, so Reformity draws a site plan showing that split and handles the applications.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
City of Richmond Hill rules
Interlocking rules in Richmond Hill.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Driveway widening
Widening needs a curb cut application, and only the City or its authorized contractors may cut the curb.
City of Richmond Hill: curb cutsMoraine & conservation
Richmond Hill is in the TRCA watershed, and Oak Ridges sits on the Oak Ridges Moraine, where provincial rules can limit grading and building near natural features.
TRCAHeritage districts
Gormley is the City's first heritage conservation district (since 2009); every structure inside it is designated. Most exterior changes, new structures and demolition there need a heritage permit before work starts. Designated houses elsewhere need one when work affects their reasons for designation.
City of Richmond Hill: cultural heritage planningFront-yard paving
Across most of Richmond Hill, Zoning By-law 93-25 requires at least 45% of a house's front yard (and a corner lot's street-side yard) to be soft landscaping. Interlock and permeable pavers don't count, and you can't park there.
Zoning By-law 93-25, s.3.6 (PDF)
What we build in Richmond Hill
Interlocking driveways & walkways.
- Concrete Pavers
- Natural Stone
- Permeable Interlock
- Edge Restraints & Sand
Neighbourhoods
Interlocking across Richmond Hill.
- Oak Ridges
- Bayview Hill
- Mill Pond
- Jefferson
- Westbrook
- Elgin Mills
- Langstaff
- Richvale
- Rouge Woods
- Observatory
Richmond Hill Interlocking FAQ
Quick answers.
Only on wider lots. Zoning By-law 93-25 allows one driveway on lots under 18 m of frontage, two on lots of 18 to 25 m and three above 25 m. A circular driveway needs at least 18 m of frontage, the house set back at least 9 m, and more than 7.6 m between the two entrances. A second entrance also needs a City curb cut application.
Widening needs a curb cut application, and only the City or its authorized contractors may cut the curb.
Across most of Richmond Hill, Zoning By-law 93-25 requires at least 45% of a house's front yard (and a corner lot's street-side yard) to be soft landscaping. Interlock and permeable pavers don't count, and you can't park there.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Richmond Hill property to measure and check the City of Richmond Hill rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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