Provisions

5.2.1 Protection of views

• Borough by-laws must set criteria for the construction or extension of a building, wall or fence located on a lot linking the waterside roadway, identified in the illustration entitled “The waterside roadway,” to the St. Lawrence River, Lac Saint-Louis, Lac des Deux Montagnes, Rivière des Prairies, the Lachine Canal or the aqueduct canal, must tend to maintain or create a view from the waterside roadway to the bodies of water, while maintaining the vegetation found on the sites and riverbanks.
  
  For that purpose, measures regarding the height of a new building, extension, wall or fence must be established in order to favour the views of the waterway seen between buildings or over the walls and fences and enhance the exceptional views of a significant element of the landscape, such as an island, rapids, a mountain or a steeple, while considering the existing and projected vegetation and ground levels.

5.2.2 Building extension or construction

• Borough by-laws must set rules or criteria for the extension or construction of a building located along the waterside roadway identified in the illustration entitled “The waterside roadway,” to ensure its harmonious integration with the existing building, surrounding environment and overall character of the area.
  
  For that purpose, an extension project must :
  • Take into account the character of the building to be extended: the type, expression and architectural characteristics such as cladding, cornices and openings;
  • Take into account the extensions carried out on the same type of building with respect to dimensions, relationship to the main volume and the architectural characteristics of the extensions;
  • Respect, enhance or adapt to the building’s architectural character or be compatible with its form and materials, in accordance with the architectural value of the building;
  • Consider its effects on the land and on neighbouring structures so as to preserve or enhance the character of the land and the environment or be compatible with them, in accordance with their value.