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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 1787BY-.LAW N U M B E R ~_7 8 7 A By-law to regulate the bulk and curtilage of all Dwelling houses hereafter to be erected in the Township of Picketing. BE IT ENACTED, therefore, by the MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING: The following terms when used in this By-~aw shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows :- YARD. Shall mean an open space located on the same lot as the ~-~ing which it serves, unoccupied from the ground to the sky except for structures specifically authorized by this By-law. SIDE YARD. Shall mean a yard located between the side wall of th~ Bu~ldi'ng served and the side lot line and extending theough from the street line to the rear line of the lot. DWh~.LI~G HOUSE. Shall mean a building designed, intended for, or ~sed solely f~r yeah-round habitable purposes. SUMMER COTTAGE. Shall mean a building designed, intended for, or used solely for temporary habitable purposes, and for not more than six (6) months in any consecutive twelve-month period. 1. No DWELLING HOUSE or SUMMER COTTAGE hereafter to be erected within the'"'Township of ~ickeri~g of one storey in height shall have a ground floor area of less than seven hundred (700) aqua~e feet, and no DWELLING H~SE. or SUM~. COTTAGE of m~re than one stor.ey in height shall have'a ground floor area of less than six hundre~ (600) square feet, and in each instance the g~ound floor a~ea shall mean the maximum projected horizontal area of the dwelling house or summer cottage abo~ ground, including the main outside walls properly supported by a continuous foundation wall but excluding garages whether attached or not, porches, terraces, breezeways or any other appurtenant structure or lean-to which is not an integral part of the main habitable structure. 2.(a) No Summer Co~tage or Cabin may be converted or used for Dwelling House purposes unless it conforms to the requirements of the Building By-law and the requirements of this By-law. (b) Trailer Camps and overnight Cabins will not be permitted hereafter in the Township of Pickerihg. 3. EXlcept as hereinafter provided, no Dwelling House, or pa~t thereof, shall be so situated on the lot that its main front wall will be closer to the street line than thirty feet (30 ft). 4.(a) A Side-yar~ Shall be provided on each side of a Dwelling House. The minimum width of each such Side Yard shall be Ten Feet (10 ft). (b) Except as provided in Sub-section (c) of this Section, no building shall be erected in such side-yard, except that a private garage, either det&ched from or attached to the Dwelling House which it serves, may be erected therein, b~ the front wall of such Garage shall not project hemmer the street line than the front wall of the Dwelling House. (c) Provided that in respect of any parcel of lamd held under separate ownership at the time of the passing of this By-law that would not be sufficiently large to build a residence thereon having the floor area required and having the spacing required by Sections 3 and 4 of this By-law, a residence may be erected having the minimum floor ames required and a side yard on each side of the Dwelling House of at least five feet (5 ft). -2- 5.(a) In the event Shat two or more Dwelling Houses are to be erected on the same psmcel of land, the distance between such Dwelling Houses shall be no~ less than Twenty Feet (20 ft). (b) In all new sub-divisions or re-subdivisions of existing registered plans where no public water or piped waSer supply approved by the Medical Officer of Health of the Municipality or where no sanitary sewer is available, the minimum frontage of the parcel shall be seventy five feet (75 ft) and the minimum depth shall be two hundred feet (200 ft) provided, however, Shat the frontage may be increased and the depth decreased providing that a parcel shall have a minimum area of nos less than fifSeenthou~and square fees (1~000 sq ft). Only one Dwelling per parcel shall be permitted. Where She Municipality agrees So provide or approves a system of piped water, She minimum a~ea of the lot may be reduced to seven thousand five hundred square feet (7,500 sq fi), and the minimum frontage per lot may be reduced to fifSy feet (50 ft). 6.(a) No additions or extensions shall be made to the front or side of any Dwelling House which shall reduce the front or side yards to less than the minimum required by this By-law except in the case of private gamages as provided in Section sub-section (b). (b) This By-law shall not apply to any land, building or structume which, on the day of the passing of this By-law, is used or erected for any purpose prohibited by this By-law, so long as it continues to be used for that purpose, nor shall this By-law apply to any building or structure the plans for which have prior to the day of the passing of this By-law been approved by the Municipal Amchitect or Building InspecSor, so long as the building or structure, when erected, is used for the purpose for which it was erected. 7. Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of this By,law shall forfeit and pay at the discretion of the convicting Magistrate a penalty not exceeding (exclusive of costs) the sum of Fifty Dollams ($50.00) for each offence. 8. That Building By-law: numbered 16~3 and/or any oSher Building By-laws contrary to or inconsistent with Shls By-law a~e hereby repealed. BY-LAW read a third time and PASSED~.~.~~~. 19~. ~ .F.C-712 Thursday, the BEF ~RE : Near, B.A.Sc., VICE- CHA I~,IAN, -and- W. J. Rioore, O.L.S. THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD Tenth dey of November, D., 1949, IN THE 2ATTAR OF Section ~06 of "The Municipal Act" (R.S.O. 193~, Chapte~ 266), (as re- emacted by Section 13, Chapter 35, O. S. 1941), and IN TII~ ~r~T R OF an application by the Corporetion of the Town- ship of Pickering for approval of its By-law numoer 17B~ inti- tuled: "By-law Number 1V8?; A By-law to regulate the bulk and curt~lage of all dwelling houses h6reafter to be erected in the Township of Picketing as amended By By-law number 1795"e UPTON THE },P°LI AT[ON of the Corporation of the Town- ship of Picketing and upon reading the material filed by ~elville Grant, K. C., Counsel for the application, also appearing were Har~y A. Newman, K.C., Ira Goldstick, S. S. Falrba~rn an~ A. E. Calvert, owners of land or representing owners of land, ho one else appearing though notice was duly given as rcqui~ec ar~i directed by the Board, and upon hearing what was alleged by those appearing and Counsel for the Applicant indicating that the Council of the Township of Picke~ing w~ld be prepared to make an amendment to th~ said By-law, the matter was reserved until this day when an amendment to the said By-law w~s filed~ THIS BOARD ORDFRS under and in pursuance of Section 406 or,he Nunicipal Act" and amendments thereto that the said By-law number 1~8~ &s amended by by-law number 1795 be an~ the same is hereby a'?roved, PA~}~NT of the Board's fee on this zpplic,tion pursuant to R.S.O. ~937, Chapter 60~ Sections 104 and 107 (~e-enacted by ~.0. 19~9, C.1939, C.47, S.~6 (3)), in the sum of ~lO.O0 is hereby acknowledged. VICE-CItAIRMAN.