HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 7830/21The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No. 7830/21
Being a By-law to amend Restricted Area (Zoning) By-law 3036,
as amended, to implement the Official Plan of the City of
Pickering, Region of Durham, Part of Lots 31 and 32,
Concession 2 South, Now Parts 2 to 4 and 6, 40R-29566 and
Part 2, 40R-29965, City of Pickering (A 01/19)
Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering deems it desirable to
permit a common element condominium consisting of detached dwellings on lands
being Part of Lots 31 and 32, Concession 2 South, Now Parts 2 to 4 and 6, 40R-29566
and Part 2, 40R-29965, City of Pickering;
And whereas an amendment to Zoning By-law 3036, as amended, is therefore deemed
necessary;
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1.Schedules
Schedule I and Schedule II to this By-law with notations and references shown
thereon are hereby declared to be part of this By-law.
2.Area Restricted
The provisions of this By-law shall apply to those lands being Part of Lots 31 and
32, Concession 2 South, Now Parts 2 to 4 and 6, 40R-29566 and Part 2, 40R-
29965, in the City of Pickering, designated “S4-20” and “S4-21” on Schedule I to
this By-law.
3.General Provisions
No building, structure, land or part thereof shall hereafter be used, occupied,
erected, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with the provisions of
this By-law.
4.Definitions
In this By-law,
(1)“Air Conditioner” shall mean any mechanical equipment which is required
for residential domestic use and which must be installed outdoors
including central air conditioning units, heat pumps, heat exchange units,
emergency generators and other such equipment.
(2)“Amenity Area” shall mean an outdoor area located anywhere on a lot, or
the roof of a parking structure, private garage or any other building which
includes landscape area, but which may also include areas of decking,
decorative paving or other similar surface and includes a balcony, porch or
deck and which has direct access from the interior of the dwelling unit.
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(3)“Balcony” shall mean an attached covered or uncovered platform
projecting from the face of an exterior wall, including above a porch, which
is only directly accessible from within a building, usually surrounded by a
balustrade or railing, and does not have direct exterior access to grade.
(4)“Bay, Bow, Box Window” shall mean a window that protrudes from the
main wall, usually bowed, canted, polygonal, segmental, semicircular or
square sided with window on front face in plan; one or more storeys in
height, which may or may not include a foundation; may or may not
include a window seat; and may include a door.
(5)“Condominium, Common Element” shall mean spaces and features
owned in common by all shareholders in a condominium and may include
private streets, walkways and parking an amenity areas.
(6) (a) “Dwelling” shall mean a building or part of a building containing one
or more dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer;
(b)“Dwelling Unit” shall mean one or more habitable rooms occupied or
capable of being occupied as a single, independent, and separate
housekeeping unit containing a separate kitchen and sanitary
facilities;
(c)“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
(d)“Dwelling, Semi-Detached” shall mean a residential use building
containing two attached principal dwelling units that are divided
vertically, with each unit having frontage on a street, except where
located within a planned unit development;
(e)“Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing
three or more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade
wall or walls.
(7) (a) “Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
(b)“Gross Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the aggregate of the
floor areas of all storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as
the case may be, other than a private garage, an attic, or a cellar.
(8)“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the Grade, at
the front of the house, and in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of
the roof surface or parapet wall, or in the case of a mansard roof the deck
line, or in the case of a gabled, hip or gambrel roof, the mean height
between eaves and ridge.
(9) (a) “Lot” shall mean an area of land fronting on a street which is used or
intended to be used as the site of a building, or group of buildings, as
the case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures,
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or a public park or open space area, regardless of whether or not
such lot constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of
subdivision;
(b)“Lot Coverage” shall mean the combined areas of all the buildings on
the lot measured at the level of the first floor and expressed as a
percentage of the lot area;
(c)“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the
front lot line.
(10)“Park, Private” means a park which is maintained by a condominium
corporation.
(11)“Private Garage” means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more vehicles, in which structure no business or service
is conducted for profit or otherwise.
(12)“Storey” means the portion of a building other than a basement, cellar or
attic, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the
floor, roof deck or ridge above it.
(13)(a) “Street” shall mean a public highway but does include a lane. Where
a 0.3 metre reserve abuts a street, or where a daylight triangle abuts
a street, for the purposes of determining setbacks the street shall be
deemed to include the 0.3 metre reserve and/or the daylight triangle,
however, nothing herein shall be interpreted as granting a public right
of access over the 0.3 metre reserve or as an assumption of the
0.3 metre reserve as a public highway for maintenance purposes
under the Municipal Act.
(b)“Street, Private” means:
i)a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is
maintained by a condominium corporation;
ii)a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
iii)a roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and
pedestrian access to parking lots and individual
retail/commercial units;
iv)a private right-of-way over private property, that affords access
to lots abutting the private street, but is not maintained by a
public body and is not a lane.
(14)“Tandem Parking Space” means two or more parking spaces abutting
each other end to end with only one having access to an aisle.
(15)“Water Meter Building” shall mean a building or structure that contains
devices supplied by the Region of Durham which measure the quantity of
water delivered to a property.
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(16)(a) “Yard” shall mean an area of land which is appurtenant to and
located on the same lot as a building or structure and is open,
uncovered, and unoccupied above ground except for such accessory
buildings, structures, or other uses as are specifically permitted
thereon;
(b)“Front Yard” shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest
main building or structure on the lot;
(c)“Front Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a
front yard of a lot between the front lot line and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
(d)“Rear Yard” shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the rear lot line of the lot, or where there is no rear lot line,
the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
(e)“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a
rear yard of a lot between the rear lot line of the lot, or where there is
no rear lot line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest
wall of the nearest main building or structure on the lot;
(f)“Side Yard” shall mean a yard of a lot extending from the front yard to
the rear yard, and from the side lot line to the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
(g)“Side Yard Width” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a
side yard of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
(h)“Flankage Side Yard” shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a
street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street;
(i)“Flankage Side Yard Width” shall mean the shortest horizontal
dimension of a flankage side yard of a lot between the lot line
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street, and the nearest wall of the nearest main building or
structure on the lot;
(j)“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side
yard.
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5.Provisions ("S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
(1)Uses Permitted (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
(a)No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” on
Schedule I to this By-law, use any lot or erect, alter, or use any
building or structure for any purpose except the following:
(i)dwelling, detached
(2)Zone Requirements “S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” on Schedule I
to this by-law, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except in accordance with the following provisions:
“S4-20” Zone “S4-21” Zone
(a) Number of
Dwellings Maximum number of dwellings: 42
(b) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 11.3 metres 10.5 metres
(c) Lot Area
(minimum) 300 square metres
(d) Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
4.5 metres
(e) Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the
other side
(f) Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
(i)7.0 metres
(ii)6.5 metres for a lot in the diagonally crossed area
as shown on Schedule II
(iii)5.0 metres for a lot in the crossed-hatched area as
shown on Schedule II
(g) Flankage Yard
Width
(minimum)
2.5 metres
(h) Building
Height
(maximum)
11.0 metres
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“S4-20” Zone “S4-21” Zone
(i) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 50 percent
(j) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling, plus an additional
1.0 parking space per accessory dwelling unit
(k) Visitor Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
0.25 of a parking space per dwelling, which may be
provided on a separate lot
(l) Garage
Requirements
Minimum one private garage per lot attached to the
main building, the vehicular entrance of which shall
be located not less than 6.0 metres from the common
element condominium street or sidewalk
(m) Interior
Garage Size
(minimum)
A private garage shall have a minimum width of
5.4 metres and a minimum depth of 5.9 metres
provided, however, the width may include one interior
step and the depth may include two interior steps
(n) Driveway
Width
(maximum) 5.8 metres
(o) Private Park
Areas
(minimum) 240 square metres
(3)Obstruction of Yards (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
(a)Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, and other similar architectural features
may be permitted in any required yard, provided that no such feature
projects into the required yard more than 0.6 of a metre or half the
distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
(b)Eaves and eave troughs may be permitted in any yard, provided that
no such feature projects into the required yard more than 0.45 of a
metre;
(c)An uncovered deck, covered or uncovered porch and associated
stairs may encroach into any required front yard to a maximum of
2.5 metres;
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(d)A covered or uncovered porch may encroach into any required
flankage yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres or half the distance of the
required yard, whichever is less;
(e)Stairs to a covered or uncovered porch may encroach to within 0.6 of
a metre of a flankage lot line;
(f)An uncovered porch or uncovered deck, and uncovered stairs, may
encroach a maximum of 2.5 metres into any required rear yard;
(g)Stairs to an entrance may encroach to within 0.6 of a metre of a side
lot line;
(h)Uncovered decks, uncovered balconies and associated stairs having
access from a second storey are not permitted, except:
a.On lots within the diagonally crossed area and crossed-hatched
area on Schedule II, where they are permitted to encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard; or,
b.Where a minimum setback of 7.0 metres can be maintained
between the rear lot line and the nearest limit of the uncovered
deck and associated stairs or uncovered balcony;
(i)A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required front,
rear or flankage yard to a maximum of 0.6 of a metre or half the
distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
(j)Eaves or eaves troughs located on or as part of a permitted bay, box
or bow window may encroach an additional 0.45 of a metre into the
required yard;
(k)Stairs to a below grade access are permitted to encroach a maximum
of 2.0 metres into any required rear yard;
(l)Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in
the rear yard or side yard. Such units shall not be located any closer
than 0.6 of a metre to a side lot line and shall not be located on any
easement in favour of the City.
(4)Special Regulations (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
(a)Despite the provisions of Section 5.6 of By-law 3036, as amended,
the requirement for the frontage on a public street shall be satisfied
by establishing frontage on a common element condominium street
for the lands on Schedule I to this By-law;
(b)A water meter building required by the Region of Durham for the
purpose of measuring the quantity of water delivered shall be exempt
from “S4-20” and “S4-21” zone use provisions and zone
requirements;
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(c)One accessory dwelling unit is permitted within each detached
dwelling as permitted by Section 5(1)(a)(i) of this By-law, provided
that such accessory dwelling unit does not exceed 150 square
metres;
(d)Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” on Schedule I of this By-law.
6.Model Homes
(1)Despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, a maximum of four
Model Homes with no fewer than two parking space per Model Home,
may be constructed on the lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” as set out in
Schedule I to this By-law prior to the division of those lands by registration
of a plan of subdivision or plan of condominium; and
(2)For the purpose of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling unit
which is not used for residential purposes, but which is used exclusively
for sales, display and marketing purposes pursuant to an agreement with
the City of Pickering.
7.By-law 3036
By-law 3036, as amended, is hereby further amended only to the extent
necessary to give effect to the provisions of this By-law as it applies to the area
set out in Schedule I to this By-law. Definitions and subject matters not
specifically dealt with in this By-law shall be governed by relevant provisions of
By-law 3036, as amended.
8.Effective Date
This By-law shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of the
Planning Act.
By-law passed this 22nd day of March, 2021
___________________________________
David Ryan, Mayor
___________________________________
Susan Cassel, City Clerk
Original Signed By:
Original Signed By:
S4-20
S4-21
Finch Avenue
Clerk
Mayor
Schedule I to By-LawPassed ThisDay of
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31.8m 28.9m29.2mCOMMON ELEMENT ROADOriginal Signed By:
Original Signed By:
Finch Avenue
Clerk
Mayor
Schedule II to By-LawPassed ThisDay of
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March 2021
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29.2mCOMMON ELEMENT ROAD145.3m 37.7m33.8m62.7m24.2m17.4m
23.4m25.2m
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15.2mOriginal Signed By:
Original Signed By: