HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 8149/24 - Consolidated Zoning By-law (Exceptions 1-215)Section 15 | Exceptions
Consolidated Zoning By-law for Council Adoption | December 16, 2024
City of Pickering
Exception Zone 1 (By-law 300-75)
Definitions
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings,
including garages.
"Dwelling" shall mean one or more rooms, occupied or capable of being
occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping unit containing a
separate kitchen and sanitary facilities.
"Landscaped Open Space" shall mean that percentage of the lot area not
covered by buildings, driveways and parking spaces.
"Residential-Multiple" shall mean a building divided vertically into 3 or more
dwelling units, each having independent external entrances at grade level
of the building.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed structure for the storage of one or
more vehicles, in which no business, occupation or service is conducted for
profit.
"Storey" shall mean that portion of a building (including a basement which
is less than 50% below ground level) between the surface of any floor and
the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge above it. This shall not include a
cellar or attic.
Provisions
ZONE Residential- Multiple
SYMBOL M15
UNIT BREAKDOWN Maximum number of four-bedroom units - 50%
of total units.
Units exceeding four bedrooms not permitted.
MAXIMUM DENSITY 38 units per hectare to the nearest full unit
MINIMUM LANDSCAPED
OPEN SPACE
50%
MAXIMUM COVERAGE 30%
MAXIMUM HEIGHT 3 storey
SETBACK as per Figure 1
MINIMUM FLOOR AREA 95 sq.m. for three-bedroom units 110 sq.m.
for four- bedroom units
MINIMUM PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
1 private garage parking space plus
1 driveway parking space per unit
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Exception Zone 2 (By-law 7624-18)
Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, 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.
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“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.
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
"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.
"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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“OS” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife; and
resource management
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Uses Permitted (“S4-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Detached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S4-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
“S4-14” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 10.5 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 300 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 6.0 metres
(d) Side Yard Depth
(minimum)
1.2 metres one side, and
0.6 of a metre on the other side
(e) Flankage Yard Depth
(minimum) 2.7 metres
(f) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum)
(i) 7.0 metres
(ii) Despite 2(c)(f)(i) above, lots
40 metres or greater in depth, -
10.0 metres
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 10.0 metres
(h) Lot Coverage
(maximum)
(i) 45 percent
(ii) Despite 2(c)(h)(i) above, lots
40 metres or greater in depth –
35 percent
(i) Parking Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per
dwelling unit for resident, one of which
must be provided within an attached
private garage.
(j) Driveway Width
(maximum)
Maximum driveway width shall not
exceed the width of the exterior walls of
the private garage.
(k) 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
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“S4-14” Zone
the front lot line, and not less than 6.0
metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite
side of which is a street.
(l) Interior Garage Size
(minimum)
Each parking space within a private
garage shall have a minimum width of
3.0 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0
metres provided; however, the width
may include one interior step and the
depth may include two interior steps.
(m) Garage Projection A maximum 2.0 metres projection
beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, except
where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from
the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, in which case no part
of any attached private garage shall
extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit.
Special Provisions
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S4-14”:
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of 2.0 metres into the minimum required front or flankage
yard;
uncovered balconies, decks and associated stairs, not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above grade may encroach a maximum of 4.0 metres
into the required rear yard, provided they are setback 0.6 metres from
a side lot line;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or inset in the rear are
prohibited;
bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a width of
up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required yard; and
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window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural features
are permitted to project a maximum of 0.6 metres into any required
yard and are required to be setback 0.6 metres from a side lot line.
Model Homes
Despite the provisions of Clause 6.1 of By-law 2511, a maximum of 2
model homes, together with not fewer than two parking spaces per Model
Home, may be constructed on the lands subject to this By law prior to the
division of those lands by registrations of a plan of subdivision or enacting
a by-law exempting those lands from the Part Lot Control provisions of the
Planning Act.
For the purpose of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling unit
which is not used for residential purpose, but which is used exclusively for
sales, display and marketing purposes pursuant to an agreement with the
City of Pickering.
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Exception Zone 3 (By-law 3981-71)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 18.1 and 18.2 of By-law 2511, a
combined restaurant and tavern, having; a minimum southerly side yard
setback of 3.3 metres may be constructed and operated on that part of Lot 19
Range 3 of the Township of Pickering designated as “M2S (SPECIFIC)" on the
lands subject to this exception in addition to the uses set out in said Section
18.1.
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Exception Zone 4 (By-law 6993-09, as amended by By-law
7151-11)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted (“S2-16” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S2-16", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S2-16" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S2-16", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 430 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 14.0 metres;
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FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.5 metres one side, 0.6
metres other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
On lots dual zoned OS-HL and S2-16 a minimum rear yard depth of 7.5
metres shall be provided from the OS-HL zone;
On lots cross hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto, a minimum rear
yard depth of 12 metres shall be provided;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.5 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building; any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed 2.5
metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second storey,
except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not be
less than 2.1 metres;
notwithstanding clause 5.8(b) of By-law 2511, as amended, for Lots 15
to 20, uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres in-depth into the
required rear yard of a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0 metres
in width.
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Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “OS-HL”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Preservation and Conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife;
Resource Management;
Pedestrian Trails and Walkways;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Figure 1
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Exception Zone 5 (By-law 1571-82)
Definitions
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a business, a public or private agency, a brokerage or a labour or fraternal
organization and may include a financial institution, a telegraph office, a
data processing establishment, a newspaper publishing office, the
premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a radio or television
broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but shall not include a
retail store.
''Dry Cleaning Depot'' shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes.
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
''Gross Floor Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the case may be, other
than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
''Laundromat'' shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
''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.
"Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where a personal
service is performed and may include a barber shop, a beauty salon, a
shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a bodyrub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended from time to time or any successor
thereto.
''Professional Office'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given and may include a clinic and the offices of an architect, chartered
accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not include a
bodyrub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, Chapter
302, as amended from time to time or any successor thereto.
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"Restaurant – Type D" shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises, and which may include an
accessory take-out component.
"Retail Store" shall mean building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or, things are stored, offered or
kept for retail sale to the public.
''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.
''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.
"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.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line or, where there is no rear lot line, the
junction point of the side lot line, and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot.
''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.
"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.
''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.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted (''C8'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "C8" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business offices
dry cleaning depots
laundromats
personal service shops
professional offices
restaurants - type D
retail stores
Zone Requirements ("C8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated ''C8'' use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum) 0.139 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum) 24 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum) 9 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum) 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum) 3 metres
REAR YARD WIDTH (minimum) 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum) 45 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum) 5 metres
Special Restriction
The gross floor area of all buildings on the lot shall not exceed 620
square metres.
The lands subject of this By-law may not be re-developed in any
manner whatsoever without an amendment to this By-law with
respect to building setbacks and parking provisions.
BY-LAW 2511
The provisions of Section 5.21 (off street parking) of By-law 2511 shall not
apply to the lands subject of this By-law.
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Exception Zone 6 (By-law 6090-03, as amended by By-law
6147-03 and By-law 6550-05)
Definitions
"Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
"Boat Storage" shall mean the enclosed or open storage of boats, vessels
or watercraft on land, and use of accessory facilities related thereto, and
may include a trailer or cradle supporting a boat and boat lifting equipment.
"Boat Repair-Major'' shall include gelcoat spraying, epoxy/fibreglass hull
repair, engine repair requiring engine removal and unenclosed hull
sanding.
"Building Height" shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade, and in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of the roof surface or
parapet wall, or in the case of a gabled, hip or gambrel roof, the mean
height level between eaves and ridge. A penthouse, tower, cupola, steeple
or other roof structure which is used only as an ornament upon or to house
the mechanical equipment of any building shall be disregarded in
calculating the height of such building.
''Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which 'may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Club" shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
"Commercial School" shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein;
"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;
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"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;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
by an above-grade common wall;
"Multiple Dwelling - Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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 in
may be, other than a private garage, an attic, or a cellar;
"Ground Floor Area" shall mean the area of that portion of a lot occupied by
a building or structure, exclusive of any porch, private garage, verandah or
sunroom, unless such sunroom is habitable at all seasons;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area - Commercial" shall mean the aggregate of the
floor areas of all the storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the
case may be, other than rooms or space jointly used by tenants of the
building, such as garbage storage areas, mechanical and electrical rooms,
lobbies, stairwells, elevators and service corridors.
"Games Arcade" shall mean any building, room, or area in which facilities
are offered for the play of
three or more games of chance,
three or more games of mixed chance and skill,
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill,
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include premises in which the
amusement facilities offered are pool tables, billiard tables, or bowling
alleys;
“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, 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;
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"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;
"Marina'' shall mean a commercial establishment or premises where boats,
vessels and watercraft or boat accessories are berthed, stored, serviced,
repaired or launched. A Marina may include: parking areas, land based
facilities for the storage of boats; sale or rental of boats and boat
accessories; the sale of marine fuels or lubricants, accessory retail sales
and a taxi and/or barging service; waste water pumping facilities;
washroom and shower facilities; a laundromat; launching ramp; boat
lift/boat lifting equipment; administrative offices; a lounge with or without
eating facilities; a restaurant; refreshment stands; tennis courts; picnic
areas; parks; playgrounds, beaches; locker and locker room facilities; and,
a boatel.
"Marine Service & Repair Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building
containing facilities for the repair and maintenance of boat vessels on the
premises, in which boat accessories are sold and boat vessel maintenance
and repair operations are performed in return for remuneration, but shall
not include the retail sale of motor fuels.
“Parking Lot” shall mean a lot or portion thereof, used for the temporary
storage or parking of motor vehicles and available for public use, whether
free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients, customers or
residents, but shall not include the repair or the storage or parking of motor
vehicles for hire and gain, display or for sales;
"Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include an adult entertainment parlour as defined
herein or a body-rub parlour as .defined in section 224(9)(b) of the
Municipal Act R.S.O.1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time to time, or
any successor thereto;
''Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall; a
music hall, or theatre, but shall not include a games arcade or an adult
entertainment parlor as defined herein;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
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given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of the Municipal
Act, R.S.O.1990, chapter M.45, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto;
"Restaurant - Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public.
"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;
"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the main
building from the street to the nearest wall of the nearest main building or
structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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.;
"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;
"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;
“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;
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"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
"Yacht Club" shall mean a building or structure or part thereof, together
with associated land-based and water lot areas, used as the meeting place
for an association of persons united by a common interest in boating. A
Yacht Club may include facilities for docking, mooring, storing, servicing,
fueling, berthing, securing; lifting and launching of private pleasure craft.
Accessory uses may include the sale of marine fuels and lubricants and
incidental boating supplies, waste water pumping facilities, a restaurant for
the boat owners, crews, and guests, instructional schools, administrative
offices, a clubhouse, and parking areas.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MU-16" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MU-16", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Residential Uses:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
semi-detached dwelling
The residential uses noted above and uses accessory thereto may be in
the form of common elements condominium with freehold parcels of tied
land pursuant to the Condominium Act, 1998
Commercial Uses:
business office
commercial school
personal service shop
professional office
restaurant type-A
retail store
Zone Requirements ("MU-16" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MU-16", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Building Location And Restrictions:
Building Height: minimum 7.5 metres
maximum: 11.0 metres
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Front Yard Depth: minimum 2.0 metres
maximum 4.5 metres
Unit Width minimum: 5.4 metres
Despite clause B above, front yard balconies, verandahs and decks,
both covered and uncovered, may project fully into any required
front or side yard;
Balconies, verandahs and decks, both covered and uncovered,
may project a maximum of 2.4 metres into the required rear yard;
Parking Requirements
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, any of which may not be located
within a front yard, and one of which must be provided within an
attached private garage located to the rear of the dwelling unit, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6 metres
from any street or drive aisle providing access to those lots and a
minimum of 0.25 visitor parking spaces.
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2511, as amended,
shall not apply to the lands designated "MU-16".
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
Despite 2(b)(ii)A there shall be provided a minimum of 5 parking
spaces for a business office that occupies all floors of Part of Block
1, Plan 40M-2177, Part 9, Plan 40R-22540; a minimum of 2 of the
required parking spaces must be provided and maintained on the
lands described as Part of Block 1, Plan 40M-2177, Part 9, Plan
40R-22540; one of which must be provided within the attached
private garage; the remaining required spaces may be provided on
adjacent lands owned by the City of Pickering provided an
agreement exists with the City of Pickering and the owner of Part of
Block 1, Plan 40M-2177, Part 9, Plan 40R-22540;
Special Regulations
A maximum of 21 multiple dwelling-horizontal and semi-detached
dwelling units are permitted on the lands designated zoned "MU-
16";
8 dwelling units shall provide a minimum ground floor area of 50
square metres, with a minimum finished ceiling height of 2.7 metres
to enable their use for commercial purposes;
Despite Section 2(a)(ii) of this By-law, non-residential uses
permitted within the "MU-16" zone designation may be established
only within the ground floor and basement of a dwelling unit;
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For the dwelling units referred to in Section 2(b)(iii)(B) of this By-law,
a single dwelling unit shall be established on each lot above the
ground floor of the dwelling, with supplementary floor area provided
within the ground floor for those dwelling units that may be utilized for
commercial purposes.
Despite Section 2.46(c)(i) of By-law 2511, Liverpool Road shall be
considered as the front lot line.
Despite clauses 2(b)(iii)(C) and 2(b)(iii)(D) a business office shall
be permitted to occupy all floors of Part of Block 1, Plan 40M-2177.
Part 9, Plan 40R-22540.
Uses Permitted ("RM-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM-1", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Residential Uses: A multiple dwelling - horizontal
The residential uses noted above and uses accessory thereto may be in
the form of common elements condominium with freehold parcels of tied-
land pursuant to the Condominium Act, 1998
Zone Requirements ("RM-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated ''RM-1", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance
Building Location And Restrictions:
Building Height: minimum 7.5 metres maximum 11.0 metres
Front Yard Depth: minimum 3.0 metres maximum 4.5 metres
Unit Width: minimum 5.4 metres
Despite clause B above, front yard balconies, verandahs and
decks, both covered and uncovered, may project a maximum of 2.4
metres into any required yard;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, must be provided within an attached
private garage. Any vehicular entrance shall be located not less
than 6 metres from any street or drive aisle providing access to
those lots and a minimum of .25 visitor parking spaces.
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2511, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated "RM-1".
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
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A maximum of 45 multiple dwelling-horizontal dwelling units are
permitted on the lands designated zoned "RM-l".
Despite the provisions of Section 5.6 of By-law 2511, the
requirement for frontage on a public street shall be satisfied by
establishing frontage on a common elements condominium street.
Uses Permitted ("O3B-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "O3B-1", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office
club
marina
restaurant - type A
retail store
yacht club
Zone Requirements ("O3B-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "O3B-1", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING LOCATION AND RESTRICTIONS:
Lot Area (minimum): 0.5 hectares
Lot Frontage (minimum): 20 metres
Water Frontage (minimum): 130 metres
Building Height (maximum): 11.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of 10 visitor parking spaces shall be provided and
maintained on the lands designated "O3B-1".
A minimum of 0.5 parking spaces per boat slip shall be provided
from June 1 to September 30, all of which parking spaces shall be
located on the lands designated "O3B-2" on Figure 1 attached
hereto. For the purpose of this section, a parking space may be
provided in a boat storage location not otherwise occupied by a
boat.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2511, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated "O3B-1".
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
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areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
For the purposes of this clause, the term "drive-through facility"
shall mean a facility in which goods, products or services are
provided directly to the customer in vehicles.
No drive-through facility shall be permitted in association with any
of the uses permitted on the lands-designated "O3B-1";
No boat storage shall be permitted on the lands designated "O3B-
1".
Uses Permitted ("O3B-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "O3B-2" on Figure 1 attached
hereto, use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any
purpose except the following:
boat storage
business office
club
marine service and repair shop
parking lot
restaurant-type A
retail store
yacht club
boat repair-major
Zone Requirement ("O3B-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "O3B-2” on Figure 1 attached
hereto, use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance
with the following provisions:
BUILDING LOCATION AND RESTRICTIONS:
Building Height (minimum) 11.0 metres
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
Business offices, Restaurants - type A and Retail uses shall be
located entirely within the hatched area illustrated on Figure 1
attached hereto;
Major boat repairs ·shall only be permitted within the cross-hatched
area illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
The storage of boats shall be located a minimum of 3 metres from
the front lot line abutting Liverpool Road except for the display of
new and resale boats for retail sale.
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Within the hatched area illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto a
minimum of 4.5 parking spaces per 100 square metres of gross
leasable floor area shall be provided and maintained;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2520, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated "O3B-2" on
Figure 1 attached hereto:
Boat storage areas and marina related parking required by Section
2(f)(ii)(B) shall be gravel surfaced only;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
For the purpose of this clause, the term "drive-through facility" shall
mean a facility in which goods, products or services are provided
directly to the customer in vehicles;
No drive-through facility shall be permitted in association with any
of the uses permitted on the lands designated "O3B-2" ;
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-5" on Figure 1
attached hereto, use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure
for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-5" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted;
Above ground encroachment of boats on storage cradles that are
located in the (H) O3B-2 zone is permitted.
Holding Provisions (H) Holding Symbol
Uses Permitted
While the “(H)” holding symbol is in place, no personal shall, on the lands
designated:
"(H)O3B-2", use the lands for any purpose other than for marina
support uses including boat storage, temporary structures related to
marina uses and a business office in the existing structure.
Removal of the “H” Holding Symbol
The "(H)" Holding Symbol preceding the above zoning categories shall be
removed when the following conditions are met:
O3B-2
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The owner has executed appropriate Site Plan and Development
Agreements, with and to the satisfaction of the City, and such
Agreements have been registered on title to the lands, to address the
following matters:
servicing agreements with the Region of Durham;
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Exception Zone 7 (By-law 5792-01)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
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“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
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shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
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“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-14" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-14", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial school;
commercial-recreational establishment;
convenience store;
dry cleaning depot;
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dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
office-associated commercial establishment;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
printing establishment;
professional office;
restaurant – Type A;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("MC-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-14", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.3 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):12 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):4.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 per cent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display permitted.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
5.5 parking spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor
area for all uses;
Sections 5.21.2 (a) and 5.21.2 (b) of By-law 2511 as amended
shall not apply to the lands designated “MC-14”;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a bakery, a
food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a merchandise
service shop, a printing establishment, or a warehouse, provided
the gross leasable area of the sales outlet does not exceed 25 per
cent of the gross leasable floor area of the bakery, food preparation
plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, printing
establishment, or warehouse;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25 per
cent up to a maximum of 40 per cent of the gross leasable floor
area of the bakery, food preparation plant, light manufacturing
plant, merchandise service shop, printing establishment, or
warehouse, provided the aggregate gross leasable floor area of all
sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25 per cent of the total
gross leasable floor area that buildings;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all convenience stores on the lot: 325 square metres
2) for all office-associated commercial establishments on the lot:
325 square metres
3) for all personal service shops on the lot: 325 square metres
4) for all restaurants – Type A on the lot: 600 square metres
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated "MC-14";
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Exception Zone 8 (By-law 929-78, as amended by By-law
1201-80, By-law 1444-82, and By-law 6803-07)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.1 or Section 16.2 of By-law 2511,
the land designated as "CA2(S)" shall be used only in accordance with the
provisions of this subsection.
Definitions
"Automobile Service Station" shall mean a gasoline retail outlet which also
contains facilities for the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the
premises, and in which vehicle accessories are sold and vehicle
maintenance and repair operations are performed but shall not include a
body shop as defined herein;
"Bakery" shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared, and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
"Body Shop" shall mean an establishment primarily engaged in repairing or
painting vehicle bodies;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, and
may include a sales outlet component;
"Car Wash" shall mean a building or structure containing facilities
specifically used or intended to be used for washing vehicles either by
production line methods employing mechanical devices or by hand;
"Convenience Store" shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in the immediate
neighbourhood;
"Dry Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface of a storey or part of a
storey.
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"Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure other than a private garage, an attic or a
cellar;
"Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged.
"Gasoline Retail Outlet" shall mean an establishment where only vehicle
fuels and lubricants are offered for retail sale;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber and
may include a sales outlet component, but shall not include a
manufacturing plant;
"Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
"Printing Establishment" shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include the offices of an architect, a chartered
accountant, an engineer, a lawyer, but shall not include the offices of a
physician or a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
"Restaurant" shall mean a building or part of a building where food is
prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on or off the premises, or both;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
merchandise service shop or a warehouse, wherein products are
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premise, are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
"Self-Serve" when used in reference to an automobile service station or a
gasoline retail outlet, shall mean an automobile service station or a
gasoline retail outlet wherein some or all of the facilities or equipment used
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in the retail sale of petroleum fuels for the purpose of dispensing such fuels
are operated by the purchaser thereof;
"Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels.
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
"Farm and Recreational Vehicle Service and Sales Establishment” shall
mean an establishment in which farm and recreational vehicles and
accessories are stored, repaired or serviced and wherein the retail sale of
such vehicles or accessories may be permitted providing:
no more than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the establishment is
used for retail purposes; and
all vehicles and accessories are stored, displayed or kept totally within
an enclosed structure or structures on the lot.
"Vehicle Sales Shop" shall mean an establishment in which vehicles are
displayed for sale, sold or both.
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated "CA2(S)", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building structure for any purpose except one or more of the
following uses:
automobile service stations, self-serve
bakery
business office
car washes
convenience store
dry cleaning establishment
farm and recreational vehicle service and sales establishments
financial institution
merchandise service shop
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personal service shop
printing establishment
professional office
rental establishment
restaurants
sales outlet, subject to the provisions of Section 4(k)
vehicle repair shops
vehicle sales shop
warehouses
Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated "CA2(S)", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 of a hectare
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
FRONT YARD (minimum): 18 metres
SIDE YARD (minimum)
interior Side Yard: 4.5 metres
flankage Side Yard: 12 metres
REAR YARD (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OPEN STORAGE: No open storage shall be permitted in any yard
SPECIAL RESTRICTION ON RESTAURANTS
The gross floor area of all restaurants on a lot shall not exceed 18 percent
of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON VEHICLE SALES SHOP
A vehicle sales shop may be permitted only in combination with a
vehicle repair shop on the site;
Not more than 20 percent of the gross floor area of the combined
vehicle repair shop and vehicle sales shop establishments shall be
used for the display or sale of vehicles;
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All vehicles for sale or being displayed shall be kept totally within an
enclosed structure or structures on the lot.
SPECIAL RESTRICTION FOR SALES OUTLETS
The maximum area for a sales outlet shall be limited to no more than 30
percent of the gross floor area of a permitted use.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum)
There shall be provided and maintained 5.0 spaces per 100 square metres
of gross leasable floor area for all permitted uses on the property.
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Exception Zone 9 (By-law 119-74)
Definitions
"Residential-Multiple" shall mean a building divided vertically into three or
more dwelling units, each having independent external entrances at grade
level of the building.
The performance standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 hereto shall
apply to the Area restricted by this By-law.
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Figure 1
U.P.HA – Units Per Hectare
ZONE SYMBOL MAXIMUM
DENSITY
LAND-
SCAPED
OPEN
SPACE
COVERAGE MAXIMUM
HEIGHT
SETBACKS FLOOR
AREA
UNIT
BREAKDOWN
MINIMUM
PARKING
REQUIREMENT
S
Residential
- Multiple
M15
38 u.p.ha.
to the
nearest full
unit
70%
All buildings
25%
maximum
3 storeys
Setbacks
from streets
& property
boundaries
as per
Figure 2
3 bedroom
unit 100
sq. m.
minimum
4 bedroom
unit
105 sq. m.
minimum
Maximum no.
of 4 bdrm.
units 50% of
total
exceeding 4
bdrms. not
permitted.
2 spaces per unit
Underground
parking
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Figure 2
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Exception Zone 10 (By-law 1227-81)
Definitions
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot.
''Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment'' shall mean an establishment
having as its main use the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles, and
which may include an accessory vehicle repair shop, but shall not include
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels.
"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 buildings, structures or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon.
''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.
"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.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
''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.
''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.
"Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
''Interior Side Yard'' shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated CA3, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except as follows:
vehicle sales or rental establishment
Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated CA3, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 12 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 30 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
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Exception Zone 11 (By-law 1299-81, as amended by By-
law 2352-87)
Definitions
"Dwelling" shall mean a building or part of a building containing one or
more dwelling units.
"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.
"Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one dwelling unit and
uses accessory thereto.
"Single Attached Dwelling" shall mean one of a group of not less than 3
and not more than 6 single dwellings, adjacent dwellings being attached
together horizontally above grade only, below grade only, or both above
and below grade.
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
"Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
''Dwelling Unit Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
habitable rooms of a dwelling unit.
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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.
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
"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.
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park including
recreation uses and buildings, and uses accessory thereto.
"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
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"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("SA" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA", use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
on lots or blocks adjacent to Bayly Street, residential uses in single
attached dwellings attached above grade only or both above and below
grade
on lots or blocks not adjacent to Bayly Street, residential uses in any
single attached dwelling type
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Zone Requirements ("SA" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.7 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on lots or blocks,
1) adjacent to Bayly Street, or
2) not adjacent to Bayly Street but having erected thereon single
attached dwellings attached by an above grade common wall,
0.6 metres, except that no interior side yard shall be provided on
the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached together so
long as every wall on such side which is not part of a common wall
extending along the side lot line separating such lots, or is not a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the side lot line
separating such lots a minimum of 1.2 metres measured
perpendicularly to such side lot line if no abutting side yard is
provided on the abutting lot, or 0.6 metres measured
perpendicularly to such side lot line if an abutting side yard is
provided on the abutting lot; and
on lots or blocks not adjacent to Bayly Street and having erected
thereon single attached dwellings attached below grade only,
1) no interior side yard one side and 1.8 metres other side; or
2) 0.6 metres one side and 1.2 metres other side,
so long as the horizontal distance at grade level between dwellings
on adjacent lots is not less than 1.8 metres.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
DWELLING UNIT AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNITS PER LOT: 1 only
PARKING REQUIREMENTS PER LOT:
subject to the provisions of (B), below, minimum 1 private garage
located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line
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notwithstanding Section 5.19 of By-Law 2511, on lots or blocks
adjacent to Bayly Street, a private garage detached from the main
dwelling may be located in the front yard with no minimum side
yard setback, and may be attached in whole or in part to another
private garage which is located on an adjacent lot.
Uses Permitted ("NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "NP", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
neighbourhood park
Uses Permitted ("PU" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "PU", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purposes except the following:
sewage pumping station
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Exception Zone 12 (By-law 1309-81)
Definitions
"Dwelling" shall mean a building or part of a building containing one or
more dwelling units.
"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.
''Single Dwelling'' shall mean a dwelling containing one dwelling unit and
uses accessory thereto.
"Single Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
“Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a pair of single dwellings,
such dwellings being attached together horizontally by an above grade
common wall.
"Single Attached Dwelling" shall mean one of a group of not less than 3
and not more than 6 single dwellings, adjacent dwellings being attached
together horizontally by an above grade common wall.
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
"Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
"Dwelling Unit Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
habitable rooms of a dwelling unit.
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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.
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
''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.
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"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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.
''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.
"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 1 lot.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
"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.
''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.
“Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S-SD-SA" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-SA", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
single detached dwelling residential uses
semi-detached dwelling residential uses
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single attached dwelling residential uses
Zone Requirements (''S-SD-SA'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-SA", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA {minimum):
for single detached dwellings: 250 square metres
for semi-detached dwellings: 225 square metres
for single attached dwellings: 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
for single detached dwellings: 9 metres
for semi-detached dwellings: 7.5 metres
for single attached dwellings: 6.7 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
for single detached dwellings: 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres
other side
for semi-detached and single attached dwellings:
1.2 metres, except that no interior side yard shall be provided on
the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached together so
long as every wall on such side which is not part of a common wall
extending along the side lot line separating such lots, or is not a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the side lot line
separating such lots a minimum of 1.2 metres measured
perpendicularly to such side lot line if no abutting side yard is
provided on the abutting lot, or 0.6 metres measured
perpendicularly to such side lot line if an abutting side yard is
provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
for single detached dwellings: 38 percent
for semi-detached and single attached dwellings: 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum dwelling units per lot: 1 only
minimum dwelling unit area: 100 square metres
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum 1 private garage per lot attached to the main building and
located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line.
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Exception Zone 13 (By-law 1200-80, as amended by By-
law 1573-82)
DEFINITIONS
“Dwelling” shall mean a building or part of a building containing one or
more dwelling units.
“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.
“Senior Citizens Apartment Dwelling” shall mean a dwelling containing four
or more dwelling units attached horizontally or vertically for occupation by
elderly person.
“Floor Area” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside wall of a storey or part of a storey.
“Dwelling Unit Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor area of all
habitable rooms of a dwelling unit.
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
“Day Nursery – Type B” shall mean lands and premises duly licenced
pursuant to the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of not more than 65 children at any one time.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“I(C) – R(SC)” Zone)
No person shall within the land designated “I(C) – R(SC)”, use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
church
senior citizen apartment dwelling
day nursery – type B
Zone Requirements (“I(C) - R(SC)” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “I(C) – R(SC)”, use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
Yard requirements: as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto
Lot Coverage (maximum): 33 percent
Building Height (maximum): 12 metres
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Dwelling Unit Area (minimum): 40 square metres
Dwelling Units per lot (maximum): 60 dwelling units
Parking Requirements per lot (minimum):
church 1 space per 4 person capacity
senior citizens apartment dwelling: 1 space per 4 dwelling units
Supplementary Parking Regulations:
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(a) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
parking spaces may be located in the front yard.
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(b) of By-law 2511, as amended,
side yard parking may be permitted no closer than 1.5 metres from
any side lot line.
Special Restrictions
A day nursery-Type B may be permitted only in a church building on
the site.
Uses Permitted and Zone Requirements (“O2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “O2”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in
accordance with the provisions of section 20 of By-law 2511, as
amended.
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Definitions
''Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a business, a public or private agency, a brokerage or a labour or fraternal
organization, and may include a financial institution, a telegraph office, a
data processing establishment, a radio or television broadcasting station
and related studios or theatres but shall not include a retail store.
''Coverage" or "Lot Coverage'' shall mean the percentage of lot area
covered by all buildings on the lot.
''Dry Cleaning Depot'' shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes.
"Dry Cleaning Establishment'' shall mean a building or part of a building for
dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a laundromat.
''Floor Area'' shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
"Gross Floor Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure or a portion thereof, as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
''Food Preparation Plant'' shall mean a building or part of a building in
which processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or
otherwise prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
''Frontage" or "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.
''Laundromat'' shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
''Manufacturing Plant'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article.
''Light Manufacturing Plant'' shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
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the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components.
''Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, any establishment used for the
service or repair of motorized vehicles, or a retail store other than a sales
outlet.
''Professional Office'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a chartered
accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not include a
body-rub parlour as defined in Section 368a(6) of The Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto.
''Sales Outlet'' shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation plant
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products.
''Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory'' shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein investigations are systematically conducted, and
where drugs, chemicals, glassware or other substances or articles pertinent
to such experiments or investigations may be manufactured or otherwise
prepared for use on the premises.
''Warehouse'' shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
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warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
''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.
''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.
''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.
"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.
''Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
''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.
"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.
''Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
''Interior Side Yard'' shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions ("MC-2" zone)
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated MC-2, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose, except the following
uses:
business offices
dry cleaning depots, subject to the provisions of paragraph (B) of
subclause (ix) of clause (b) of this subsection
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dry cleaning establishments
food preparation plants
light manufacturing plants
merchandise service shops
professional offices
sales outlets, subject to the provisions of paragraph (A) of subclause
(ix) of clause (b) of this subsection
scientific, research or medical laboratories
warehouses
Zone Requirements (''MC-2" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands designated MC-2, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum) 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum) 45 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum) 12 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum)
interior side yard 4.5 metres
flankage side yard 8 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum) 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum) 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum) 12 metres
OPEN STORAGE
No open storage shall be permitted in any yard.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food
preparation plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service
shops or warehouses, and providing the gross floor area of the
sales outlet does not exceed 48% of the gross floor area of the
food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop or warehouse.
Dry Cleaning depots are permitted uses only if accessory to dry
cleaning establishments and providing the gross floor area of the
dry cleaning depot does not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of
the dry cleaning establishment.
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Definitions
''Dwelling'' shall mean a building or part of a building containing one or
more dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or a trailer.
''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.
''Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling'' shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto.
''Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling'' shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
''Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling - Attached Below
Grade'' shall mean one of a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being
attached together horizontally in whole or in part below grade only.
''Floor Area'' shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
''Gross Floor Area' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
''Dwelling Unit Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
habitable rooms of a dwelling unit.
''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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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.
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of a lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
''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.
''Private Garage'' shall mean 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.
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"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.
"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.
''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.
''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.
''Rear Yard Depth'' shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
''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.
''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.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted - "S" Zone
No person shall within the lands designated ''S'', use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential uses
Zone Requirements - "S" Zone
No person shall within the lands designated ''S'', use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 450 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (minima):
interior side yard: 1.5 metres one side
1.2 metres other side
flankage side yard: 4 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached to the main
building
SPECIAL REGULATION: despite any other provision of this by-law the
minimum rear yard depth for lots and blocks abutting the Canadian
National Railway Right-of-Way shall be 25 metres.
Uses Permitted -''SD-B" Zone
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-8", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except:
semi-detached dwelling attached below grade residential uses.
Zone Requirements -''SD-B" Zone
No person shall within the lands designated “SD-B”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 320 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (Minima)
interior side yard: 1.5 metres, except that in the case of an interior side
yard between a pair of attached single dwellings the minimum shall be
0.9 metres
flankage side yard: 4 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
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FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached to the main
than 6 metres from building and located not less the front lot line
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: despite any other provisions of this by-law the
minimum rear yard depth for lots and blocks abutting the Canadian
National Railway Right-of-way shall be 25 metres
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DEFINITIONS
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
''Dry Cleaning Establishment'' shall mean a building or part of a building
used for dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a
laundromat;
''Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged, and which includes a
chartered bank or a branch thereof
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
''Gross Leasable Floor Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
''Food Preparation Plant'' shall mean a building or part of a building in
which processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or
otherwise prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
''Lot Coverage'' shall mean the percentage of a lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
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''Manufacturing Plant'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up or demolishing the said article.
Light Manufacturing Plant'' shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper other than the processing of wood
pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components;
''Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store.
''Professional Office'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
''Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
light manufacturing plant, a food preparation plant, merchandise service
shop, or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
''Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory'' shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
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''Warehouse'' shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
"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.
''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.
''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.
''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.
''Rear Yard Depth'' shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
''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.
''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.
''Interior Side Yard'' shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (''MC-3'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-3'', use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose, except the following:
business office
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dry cleaning establishment
financial institution
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
professional office
sales outlet subject to the provisions of Section 2(b)(x)
scientific, research or medical laboratory
warehouse
Zone Requirements (''MC-3'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated ''MC-3", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 30 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 45 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OPEN STORAGE OR DISPLAY: no open storage or display shall
be permitted in any yard.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, ''parking space'' shall mean a
usable and accessible area of not less than 15.95 square metres,
for the temporary parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any
portion of a parking aisle or driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 2.1 parking
spaces for each 93 square metres or part thereof of gross leasable
floor area
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS:
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food preparation
plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service shops or
warehouses, and providing the aggregate of the gross leasable floor
area of all the sales outlets does not exceed 20 percent of the gross
leasable floor area of all the buildings on the lot.
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Definitions
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
''Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
"Warehouse'' shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman.
"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.
"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.
''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.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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.
"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.
"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.
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''Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("W-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "W-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
warehouse
Zone Requirements (''W-1'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "W-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 15 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 50 parking spaces
GROSS FLOOR AREA (maximum): 26,700 square metres
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Exception Zone 18 (By-law 1893-84, as amended by By-
law 2640-88)
Definitions
''Assembly Hall'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which facilities
are provided for purposes such as civic, educational, political, religious or
social meetings and may include an auditorium or a banquet hall, but shall
not include a place of amusement or entertainment;
"Bakery" shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
''Body Shop'' shall mean an establishment primarily engaged in repairing or
painting vehicle bodies;
''Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres; but
shall not include a retail store;
"Commercial Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club
operated for gain or profit and having public or private membership;
''Commercial-Recreational Establishment'' shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreational facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and may include an arena or a stadium but shall not include a
place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein.
"Dry Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processing elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes.
"Dry Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building or part of a building
used for dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a
laundromat.
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
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and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
"Games Arcade'' shall mean any building, room or area in which are
offered facilities for the play of:
three or more games of chance;
three or more games of mixed chance and skill; or
a combination of three or more games of games of chance and games
of mixed chance and skill,
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include premises in which the only
amusement facilities offered are pool tables, billiard tables or bowling
alleys.
“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 a group of buildings? A the
case may be, together with any accessory bu1ld1ngs or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of a lot covered by all buildings
on the lot;
"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.
"Laundromat" shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment.
''Manufacturing Plant'' shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up or demolishing the said article.
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
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printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper other than processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
''Place of Amusement or Entertainment'' shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a games arcade.
''Private Club'' shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having private membership;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
''Public Club'' shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having public membership;
"Restaurant-Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises.
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building where goods,
wares, merchandise, foods, substances, articles or things are stored, kept
and offered for retail sale to the public, but does not include any
establishment otherwise defined herein;
''Sales Outlet'' shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
light manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation
plant or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
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processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises.
'Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels.
“Vehicle Sales Shop” shall mean an establishment in which vehicles are
displayed for sale, sold, or both.
''Warehouse'' shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
"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.
"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.
"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 on the lot.
"Rear Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of I 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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
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"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.
"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.
"Flankage Side Yard'' shall mean a yard immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side
yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-4" Zone)
No person shall within the land designated "MC-4'', use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
assembly hall
bakery
business office
commercial club
commercial-recreational establishment
dry cleaning depot, subject to the provisions of Section (b)(viii)(C)
dry cleaning establishment
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
private club
professional office
public club
restaurant, type A, subject to the provisions of Section (b)(viii)(A)
sales outlet, subject to the provisions of Section (b)(viii)(B)
scientific, research or medical laboratory
vehicle repair shop
warehouse
vehicle sales shop
Zone Requirements ("MC-4" Zone)
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No person shall within the lands designated "MC-4", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
The boundary of the land designated "MC-4" which abuts Bayly
Street (Regional Road No. 22) shall be deemed to be the front lot
line and the minimum setback of any building or structure, except a
sign from the front lot line shall be 12 metres.
The boundary of the land designated "MC-4" not abutting streets or
highways shall be deemed to be the rear lot line and the minimum
setback of any building or structure from the rear lot line shall be
7.5 metres.
All other boundaries of the land designated ''MC-4'' shall be
deemed to be side lot lines and the minimum setback of any
building or structure, except a sign, from the side lot line shall be
4.5 metres.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 45 %
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 15.95 square metres, for the
temporary parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any portion of
a parking aisle or driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained on the subject lands a
minimum of 3.5 parking spaces for each 93 square metres or part
thereof of gross leasable floor area.
OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display
permitted.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS:
The gross floor area of all type A restaurants on a lot shall not
exceed 35% of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot.
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food
preparation plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service
shops or warehouses, and providing the gross floor area of the
sales outlet does not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of the
food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop or warehouse.
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Dry Cleaning depots are permitted uses only if accessory to dry
cleaning establishments and providing the gross floor area of the
dry cleaning depot does not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of
the dry cleaning establishment.
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law 7480-16)
Definitions
“Body Shop” shall mean an establishment primarily engaged in repairing or
painting vehicle bodies.
“Floor Area” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
Gross Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment
having as its main use the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which
may include an accessory vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“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;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
“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;
“Side Yard Width” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a side
yard of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest main wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“CA3-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CA3-2” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Vehicle sales or rental establishment
Business Office
Professional Office
Zone Requirements (“CA3-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CA3-2”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 0.6 hectares
Lot Frontage (minimum): 50.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 17.5 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum): 10.5 metres
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 9.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 10.5 metres
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Lot Coverage (maximum): 33 percent
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Parking Requirements:
For the purpose of this clause “parking space” shall mean a
useable and accessible area of not less than 15.95 square metres,
for the temporary parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any
portion of a parking aisle or driveway.
There shall be provided and maintained on the subject lands a
minimum of 5.0 parking spaces for each 0.4 hectare or part thereof
of lot area, plus 2.0 parking spaces for each 93 square metres or
part thereof gross floor area.
Section 5.21.2 b) of By-law 2511, as amended, shall not apply to
the lands designated “CA3-2”.
Notwithstanding Section 5.21.2 g) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
parking areas shall be paved.
Special Provisions (“CA3-2” Zone)
Despite any provision of By-law 2511, as amended by By-law
2092/85, an automotive repair shop having a maximum gross floor
area of 400 square metres is permitted in association with a
Business Office.
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Definitions
''Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Floor Area-Non-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all above and below grade storeys of all buildings and structures used for
non-residential purposes, but shall exclude the floor area of any stairwells,
elevators, and any part below established grade used exclusively for
storage purposes;
''Gross Leasable Floor Area'' shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"Marina-Type 1'' shall mean an establishment having access to a navigable
waterway and providing recreational boat mooring facilities for the public,
and includes accessory uses such as the sale, rental, service and repair of
boats, boat motors, and marine equipment accessory thereto, the sale of
boat motor fuels, and marine offices;
"Restaurant-type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises;
''Restaurant-type C'' shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared or offered or kept for retail sale to the public for take-out
purposes only;
''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;
"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 Ion the lot;
''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.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted (''MR-1'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated ''MR-1'' use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
marina-type 1, subject to the provisions of paragraph (D) of subclause
(v) of clause (c) of this subsection;
restaurant-type A, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (A) and (C)
of subclause (v) of clause (c) of this subsection;
restaurant-type C, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (B) and (C)
of subclause (v) of clause (c) of this subsection.
Temporary Uses Permitted (''MR-1" Zone)
Despite the provisions of clause 2(a) of this Section, the second storey of a
building located on Lots 27 and 28, Plan M-89, Pickering, may be used for
the purpose of a residential dwelling during the period of May 5, 1986 to
May 5, 1989 subject to the provisions of paragraphs E and F of subclause
(v) of clause (c) of this subsection.
Zone Requirements (''MR-1'' Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MR-1'', use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
FLOOR AREA-NON RESIDENTIAL (maximum): 980 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
For the purpose of this clause, ''parking space'' shall mean a
usable and accessible area of not less than 15.95 square metres,
for the temporary parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any
portion of a parking aisle or driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 68 parking
spaces on lands designated ''MR-1";
Section 5.21. 2b) of By-law 2511, as amended, shall not apply to
the lands designated ''MR-1";
Notwithstanding the provision of Section 2.2.1 of By-law 2511 as
amended, a one-way traffic aisle shall provide a minimum
perpendicular width of 3.5 metres,
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The gross leasable floor area of all restaurants-type A shall not
exceed 93 square metres;
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The gross leasable floor area of all restaurants-type C shall not
exceed 17 square metres;
Restaurant-type A and Restaurant-type C may only be permitted
as accessory uses to a marina-type 1 use;
No more than 80 boats shall be moored or docked at any one time;
The floor area-residential of any temporary residential dwelling
shall not exceed 248 square metres;
A temporary residential use shall only be permitted if accessory
and incidental to a marina-type 1.
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law 6902-08)
Definitions
“Building Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
used for dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a
laundromat;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged, and which includes a
chartered bank or a branch thereof;
“Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
”Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
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“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up or demolishing the said article.
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant use for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper other than the processing of wood
pulp;
production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware, or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components.
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store.
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
light manufacturing plant, a food preparation plant, merchandise service
shop, or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
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“Truck Centre” shall mean land or premises where trucks or tractor trailers
are repaired fueled or serviced, or kept for sale, rental, hire or lease, or
where truck or tractor trailer parts or accessories are kept or displayed for
rent or for wholesale or retail sale.
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
“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;
“Side Yard Width” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a side
yard of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest main wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
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“Waste” shall mean material which is not hazardous and not needed by the
generator of that material, that is destined for either final disposal or for
reprocessing to create a useable product or material, but does not include
a by-product of a manufacturing process that is used, unaltered, in another
manufacturing process;
“Waste, Hazardous” shall mean any substance or material that, by reason
of its toxic, caustic, corrosive or otherwise injurious properties, may be
detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise
coming into contact with such material or substance;
“Waste Processing Station” shall mean a facility within an enclosed building
whose primary purpose is the sorting and processing of waste to create a
new product or raw material on site; and,
“Waste Transfer Station” shall mean a facility within an enclosed building
whose primary purpose is the collection and storage of waste or hazardous
waste for shipment, and which may include limited sorting or preparation of
that waste to facilitate its shipment for final disposal or to a waste
processing station, but does not include salvage yards or scrap metal
yards.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“MC-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-6” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
All uses permitted under “M1” Zone
business office
dry cleaning establishment
financial institution
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
professional office
sales outlet subject to the provisions of Section (b)(xi)(A)
scientific, research or medical laboratory
truck centre
warehouse
waste processing station
waste transfer station
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Zone Requirements (“MC-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-6”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum) 12 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 12 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 45 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Outdoor storage shall be permitted in any yard except the front
yard so long as the area used for outdoor storage purposes does
not exceed 30 percent of the area of the lot
Despite Section (b)(xi)(A) of this by-law, outdoor storage, railway
trackage and loading facilities be permitted in the hatched area
shown on Figure 1.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, “parking space” shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 15.95 square metres, for the
temporary parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any portion of
a parking aisle or driveway
Subsection 5.21.2b) of By-law 2511 shall not apply to the area set
out on Figure 1 attached hereto.
Section 5.21.2a) of By-law 2511, shall not apply on the hatched
area shown on Figure 1 of this by-law.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food
preparation plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service
shops or warehouses, and providing the gross floor area of the
sales outlet does not exceed 20 percent of the gross floor area of
the food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop or warehouse.
Existing railway spurs prior to the passing of this by-law are
permitted to encroach beyond the hatched area shown on Figure 1.
Despite Section 2.74.1 and 5.19(c) of By-law 2511, temporary
storage tank containers located in the hatched area shall not
exceed 6.0 metres in height.
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Definitions
"Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
"Bakery" shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
"Body Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building engaged in
repairing or painting vehicle bodies;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a public or private agency, a business, a brokerage, or a labour or fraternal
organization, and includes an office accessory to a permitted use;
"Commercial Club" shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership;
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreational facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and which may include an arena or a stadium, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
"Dry-Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part thereof used for the
purpose of receiving articles or goods or fabrics to be subjected to the
process of dry-cleaning or laundering elsewhere and distribution of articles
or goods which have been subjected to any such process;
"Dry-Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building where dry-cleaning,
dry-dyeing, cleaning or pressing of articles or goods of fabric is carried on,
but does not include a spotting and stain removing establishment, hand
laundry, machine laundry or a wholesale dyeing plant;
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
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"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the dry cleaning, pressing or laundering of garments;
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, such as furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewelry, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
"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, 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;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
"Place of Amusement or Entertainment" shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a games arcade, an adult
entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as defined in
Section 224(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as
amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Place of Assembly" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment;
"Private Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club, and
includes the premises of a fraternal organization; but shall not include an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as
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defined in Section 224(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter
M.45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
legal, medical or other professional service is performed, or consultation
given, and may include a clinic, and the offices of a lawyer, an architect, an
engineer, a chartered accountant, a real estate agent or an insurance
agent but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in Section
224(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended
from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
"Public Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having public membership; but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub
parlour as defined in Section 224(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
Chapter M.45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Restaurant - Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on or off the premises, or both; but shall not include an adult
entertainment parlour as defined herein;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation plant
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations are manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
"Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building containing
facilities for the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in
which vehicle accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair
operations are performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a
body shop or any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
"Vehicle Sales Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
vehicles are displayed for sale, sold or both;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
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substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
"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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery
business office
commercial club
commercial recreation establishment
dry cleaning depot, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b)(v)(E)
dry cleaning establishment
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
place of assembly
private club
professional office
public club
restaurant - type A
sales outlet, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b)(v)(D)
scientific, research or medical laboratory
vehicle repair shop
vehicle sales shop
warehouse
Zone Requirements ("MC-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1
attached hereto;
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BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres;
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
No outdoor storage or display, including the storage and display of
motor vehicles, shall be permitted in any yard;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not
less than 5.3 metres in length, for the temporary parking of a
vehicle, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or
driveway;
On the lands designated "MC-10", there shall be provided and
maintained a minimum of 74 parking spaces;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Despite the provisions in Section (2)(b)(iv)(B), the aggregate gross
leasable floor area of all bakeries, business offices, commercial
clubs, commercial recreational establishments, dry cleaning
depots, merchandise service shops, places of assembly, private
clubs, professional offices, public clubs, restaurants - type A, sales
outlets and vehicle sales shops shall be limited to:
1) 35 percent of the total gross leasable floor area of all buildings
on the lot provided a minimum of 90 parking spaces are
provided and maintained on the site;
2) 25 percent of the total gross leasable floor area of all buildings
on the lot provided a minimum of 74 parking spaces are
provided and maintained on the site;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all Restaurants - type A
shall not exceed 250 square metres;
No Restaurant - type A shall include drive-through, order or pick-up
services;
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a food
preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise service
shop, warehouse or bakery and provided that the gross leasable
floor area of the sales outlet does not exceed 20 percent of the
gross leasable floor area of the food preparation plant, light
manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, warehouse or
bakery;
A dry-cleaning depot shall be permitted only if accessory to a dry-
cleaning establishment and provided the gross leasable floor area
of the drycleaning depot does not exceed 20 percent of the gross
leasable floor area of the drycleaning establishment;
The gross leasable floor area of all buildings shall not exceed
4,225 square metres.
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By-law 2511, 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
subject 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 2511, as
amended, except that subsections 5.21.2 a) and 5.21.2 b) shall not apply to the
area subject to this exception.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 23 (By-law 1399-81, as amended by By-
law 1862-84 and By-law 5707-00)
Definitions
“Day Nursery, Type A" shall mean the lands and premises duly licensed
pursuant to the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of not more than forty (40) children at any one
time.
"Public School" shall mean,
a school under the jurisdiction of a board of education which board is
established pursuant to The Education Act, 1974, or any successor
thereto;
a college of applied arts and technology established pursuant to the
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, 1971, or any successor
thereto;
a university eligible to receive provincial funding from the Minister of
Colleges and Universities, pursuant to The Universities Act, 1971, or
any successor thereto.
"Private Non-Residential School" shall mean a school which is maintained
for educational or religious purposes but shall not include any other school
defined herein.
"Private Residential School" shall mean a school which is maintained for
educational or religious purposes and which includes accessory residential
facilities but shall not include any other school defined herein.
"Commercial School" shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein.
Permitted Uses
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this By-law, in addition to any
other uses that may be permitted thereon, the lands designated "R4(DN)"
may be used for the purpose of a Day Nursery, Type A.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this By-law, in addition to any
other uses that may be permitted thereon, the lands designated “R4(DN)"
may be used for the purpose of a Private Non-Residential School.
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Special Restrictions For a Day Nursery, Type A and a Private Non-Residential
School
The aggregate of
the number of children enrolled in each day nursery, type A and
the number of persons enrolled in each private non-residential school
shall not exceed 100 at any one time.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this by-law, no buildings or
structures shall be erected within those lands designated “R4(DN)” and
cross-hatched on Figure 1.
Despite section (3)(n) above, fences and recreational equipment may be
erected within those lands designated “R4(DN)” and cross-hatched on
Figure 1.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 24 (By-law 1972-85)
Despite the provisions of Section 5.21.1 of By-law 2511, for the lands
designated "M2S" minimum off-street parking shall be provided thereon at the
rate of 1 parking space per 126 square metres or part thereof of gross floor
area.
The provisions of clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.21.2 of By-law 2511 shall not
apply to the lands designated "M2S".
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Exception Zone 25 (By-law 188-75)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.1, 16.2, and 16.3 of By-law 2511 a
fraternity meeting hall may be operated on that part of Lot 30, Range 3 of the
Town of Pickering designated as "M1 (Specific)" in addition to the uses set out
in said Section 16.1.
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Exception Zone 26 (By-law 1522-82)
Definitions
For the purpose of this subsection "Truck Centre" shall mean land or
premises where trucks or tractor trailers are repaired, fueled or serviced, or
are kept for sale, rental, hire or lease, or where truck or tractor trailer parts
or accessories are kept or displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale.
Provisions
In addition to the provisions of Section 16.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated M1-3 may be used for the purpose of a truck centre in
accordance with Section 16.2 provided that the following requirements are
met:
Outdoor storage shall be permitted in any yard except the front yard so
long as the area used for outdoor storage purposes does not exceed
30 percent of the area of the lot.
Retail sale of trucks, tractor trailers or associated truck or tractor trailer
parts or accessories may be permitted only in combination with a truck
centre provided that no more than 20%of the gross floor area of the
building or buildings on the lot is used for retail sale purposes.
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Definitions
"Church" shall mean a building dedicated to religious worship and may
include a Sunday School or Parish hall as an accessory use;
"Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licenced pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, and for the
use as a facility for the daytime care of children;
"Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area" 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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered all buildings
on the lot.
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("l(C)-DN(1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "l(C)-DN(1)" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
church
day nursery
Zone Requirements ("l(C)-DN(1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "I(C)-DN(1)" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectare
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
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there shall be provided and maintained one parking space per four
persons church capacity
SUPPLEMENTARY PARKING REGULATIONS:
Section 5.21.2a) and Section 5.21.2b) of By-law 2511, as amended,
shall not apply
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
a day nursery may be permitted only in a church building on the site
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law 6704-06)
Definitions
"Bakery" shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
"Body Rub" includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person’s body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licenced or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
"Body Rub Parlour" includes any premises or part thereof where a body-rub
is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body-rubs performed are for the purposes of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licenced or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
"Body Shop" shall mean an establishment engaged in repairing or painting
vehicle bodies;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Commercial Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club
operated for gain or profit and having public or private membership;
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreation facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and which may include an arena or a stadium but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
"Dry Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
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"Dry Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building or part of a building
used for dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a
laundromat;
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
"Games Arcade" shall mean any building, room or area in which are offered
facilities for the play of:
three or more games of chance;
three or more games of mixed chance and skill, or
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill;
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include premises in which the only
amusement facilities offered are pool tables, billiard tables or bowling
alleys;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Laundromat" shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment;
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"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up or demolishing the said article;
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper other than processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
"Place of Amusement or Entertainment" shall mean a building in which
facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment purposes, and which
may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a music hall, or a theatre,
but shall not include a games arcade;
"Place of Assembly" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment;
"Private Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having private membership;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
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"Public Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having public membership;
"Restaurant-Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises;
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
light manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation
plant or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
"Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
"Vehicle Sales Shop" shall mean an establishment in which vehicles are
displayed for sale, sold or both;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used for
the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or wholesale distribution
of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs, substances, articles or things,
and includes the premises of a warehouseman but shall not include a fuel
storage tank except as an accessory use;
"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;
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-7" Zone)
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No person shall within the lands designated "MC-7" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery
body-rub parlour
business office
commercial club
commercial-recreational establishment
dry cleaning depot, subject to the provisions of section 2(d)(vii)
dry cleaning establishment
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
place of assembly
private club
professional office
public club
restaurant, type A, subject to the provisions of section 2(d)(iii)
sales outlet, subject to the provisions of section 2(d)(vi)
scientific, research or medical laboratory
vehicle repair shop
vehicle sales shop
warehouse
Zone Requirements ("MC-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-7" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1
attached hereto
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OPEN STORAGE: all uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely
within enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or
display
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a useable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not less
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than 5.3 metres in length, for the temporary parking of a vehicle, but
shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained on the subject lands a
minimum of:
4.5 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable floor area for the
first 465 square metres; and
3.6 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable floor area for the
next 465 square metres; and
2.2 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable floor area for the
next 465 square metres; and
2.4 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable floor area for the
next 5,110 square metres; less
10 percent of the number of parking spaces required under A,B,C
and D above;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
No more than one building may be constructed and maintained;
The gross leasable floor area of the building shall not exceed 4,590
square metres;
No more than one restaurant - type A shall be established and shall not
exceed a gross leasable floor area of 625 square metres;
All bakeries, commercial clubs, commercial-recreational
establishments, dry cleaning depots, merchandise service shops,
places of assembly, private clubs, public clubs, restaurant - type A,
sales outlets, vehicle repair shops and vehicle sales shops shall be
restricted to those units that front either Plummer Street or Brock Road;
The aggregate gross leasable floor areas of all bakeries, business
offices, commercial clubs, commercial-recreational establishments, dry
cleaning depots, merchandise service shops, places of assembly,
private clubs, professional offices, public clubs, restaurant - type A,
sales outlets, vehicle repair shops and vehicle sales shops shall not
exceed 2,2l0 square metres;
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food preparation
plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service shops,
warehouses or bakeries, and providing the gross leasable floor area of
the sales outlet does not exceed 20% of the gross leasable floor area
of the food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop, warehouse or bakery;
Dry cleaning depots are permitted uses only if accessory to dry
cleaning establishments and providing the gross leasable floor area of
the dry cleaning depot does not exceed 20% of the gross leasable floor
area of the dry cleaning establishment.
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No more than one body-rub parlour shall be permitted and the
aggregate gross leasable floor area of the body-rub parlour shall not
exceed 150 square metres;
A body-rub parlour shall be restricted to those units that do not front
either Plummer Street or Brock Road;
Definitions and subject matters not specifically dealt with in this By-law shall be
governed by the relevant provisions of By-law 2511, as amended, except that
subsection 5.21.2 a) and 5.21.2 b) shall not apply to the area subject to this
exception.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 29 (By-law 4062-92)
Despite the provisions of Section 14.1 of By-law 2511, the lands designated
“C2/GS3” located in Part of Lot 28, Range 3, B.F.C., may not be used for the
purposes of an automobile service station, but may be used for the purposes of
a gasoline retail outlet in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14.2 and
14.3 of By-law 2511.
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Exception Zone 30 (By-law 4139-92)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, or below grade, or both above and below
grade;
"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;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (''S-SD-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''S-SD-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
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LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
where no dwelling units fronting the same street exist on the lots on
either side, the minimum front yard depth shall be 4.5 metres
where only one dwelling unit fronting the same street exists on the
lots on either side, the minimum front yard depth shall be the
average of the front yard depth of that dwelling and 4.5 metres
where a dwelling unit fronting the same street exists on each lot on
either side, the minimum front yard depth shall be the average of
the front yard depths of each of those dwellings
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
for single detached dwellings:
no minimum one side, minimum 1.2 metres other side or B
minimum 0.6 metres both sides
for semi-detached dwellings: minimum 1.2 metres, except that,
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that extends
along the common interior side lot line, no interior side yard shall
be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon
which that dwelling is located;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that does
not extend along the common interior side lot line;
1) minimum 1.2 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot, or
2) minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is provided
on the other lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 45 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 7.5 metres
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DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area-residential of 60 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one parking space being at least
2.6 metres in width and 5.3 metres in length per lot
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The minimum horizontal separation distance between a dwelling on a
lot and any building or structure on any abutting lot shall be 1.2 metres.
All accessory buildings or structures which are not part of the main
building shall be erected in the rear or side yard with no minimum
setback required from any lot line.
The maximum height of any accessory building or structure shall be 4.5
metres;
Despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached
Dwelling" in Section 1(e) a Semi-Detached Dwelling erected in a "S-
SD-1" zone shall be attached above grade by a common wall which
shall be not less than 3.0 metres in length and not less than 2.4 metres
in height.
Holding Symbol
Prior to an amendment to remove the "(H)" holding symbol preceding the
use designation "S-SD-1" the following conditions shall be met:
the land to which the "(H)" holding symbol applies shall be fully
serviced, to the lot line, with municipal sanitary sewers and water
supply; and
Waterpoint Street shall be dedicated as a public highway.
Despite the provisions of clause 2(a) while the "(H)" holding symbol is in
place no person shall within the lands designated "(H) S-SD-1", use any lot
or erect alter or use any buildings or structure for any purpose except
detached dwelling residential uses in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10 of By-law 2511, as amended.
Definitions and subject matters not specifically dealt with in this By-law shall be
governed by the relevant provisions of By-law 2511, as amended, except that
Section 5.8 shall not apply to the area subject to this By-law.
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Exception Zone 31 (By-law 4354-73, as amended by By-
law 4470-73)
Definitions
"Building Height" shall mean the vertical distance measured from the
average elevation of the finished grade at the front wall of the building to
the base of the eaves of the said building.
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings.
"Dwelling" shall mean one or more rooms, occupied or capable of being
occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping unit containing a
separate kitchen and sanitary facilities.
"Dwelling Types"
Bungalow shall mean one storey dwelling.
Split Level dwelling shall mean a dwelling in which the first floor above
finished grade is so constructed as to create two or more different
levels, the vertical distance between such levels always being less than
a full storey.
Storey and Half dwelling shall mean a dwelling containing a half storey
wholly or in part within the roof having a floor area equal to at least
50% of the area of the first storey.
Two Storey dwelling shall mean a dwelling containing two storeys.
"Dwelling zones"
Single detached zone is an area where each dwelling is free standing
and separated from other uses by yards.
Semi detached zone is an area where two dwellings may be joined
horizontally in whole or in part and above and/or below grade and the
two dwellings are separated from other uses by yards.
"Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel and 20' from the street line.
"Ground Floor Area" shall mean the area of the building based on the
exterior dimensions of the said building or buildings.
"Private Garage" means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more vehicles. in which no business, occupation or
service is conducted for profit.
“Yards”
Front Yard shall mean the space between the main front wall of a
building and a street extending the full width of the lot.
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Side Yard shall mean the space between a main side wall of a building
and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
Rear Yard shall mean the space between a main rear wall of a building
and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot.
Flankage Yard shall mean the space between a main wall of a building
and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending from front
lot line to rear lot line.
Provisions
The performance standards and provisions as set out in Figure 1 hereto
shall apply to the area restricted by this by-law.
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Figure 1
ZONE SYMBOL
MAXIMUM DENSITY MINIMUM YARDS
MINIMUM GROUND
FLOOR
AREA/DWELLING
(SQ. M.)
MINIMUM PARKING
SPACES/DWELLING
Minimum
Frontage
Min. Lot
Area/Dwelling FRONT SIDE &
FLANKAGE REAR Bung.
Split
or 1
½
2
Storey
Single-
detached
Dwelling
S
1 dwelling
per
Registered
Lot 15.0
metres
460 sq.m 4.5 m
1.2 m side
2.7 m
flankage
7.5 m 110 74 65
Each dwelling shall
have one private
garage set back at
least 6 metres from a
street in addition to
the minimum ground
floor requirement
Semi-
detached
dwellings
SD
2
dwellings
per
Registered
lot 19.5
metres
21 metres
corner lot
320 sq.m 4.5 m
1.2 m side
2.7 m
flankage
7.5 m 110 74 65
Provisions:
Maximum building height – 10.5 metres
Maximum building coverage – 33%
Where semi-detached dwellings are attached in part or below grade and separated above grade, such
separation shall be a minimum of 1.2 metres
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Exception Zone 32 (By-law 4342-73)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 of By-law 2511, Open Storage
shall not be permitted on the lands within 15 metres of the property boundaries
of the parcel subject to this exception.
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Exception Zone 33 (By-law 4359-93)
Notwithstanding subsections 10.2.3 and 10.2.6 of By-law 2511, for the lands
hatched on Figure 1 and located in Part of Lots 1 to 8, Plan 395 and Part of Lot
34, Plan 350 in the Town of Pickering, the minimum front yard requirement is
6.0 metres and the maximum lot coverage is 38 percent.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 34 (By-law 3132-89)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Semi-Detached Dwelling - Attached Below Grade" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings which are attached together horizontally in whole or
in part below grade only and are separated from other main buildings by
yards.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, or a
public park or pen space area, regardless of whether or not such lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S" use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential uses
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Zone Requirements ("S" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S" use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 450 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
15.0 metres, except that in the case of a corner lot the minimum lot
frontage shall be 17.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
6.0 metres, except that for those lots with front lot lines abutting
Rosebank Road, the minimum front yard depth shall be 7.6 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street, except that for the lots
with front lot lines abutting Rosebank Road, any vehicular entrance to a
private garage shall be located not less than 7.6 metres from the front
lot line
Uses Permitted ("SD-B" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-B" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling attached below grade only residential uses
Zone Requirements ("SD-B" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-B" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 320 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
10.5 metres, except that in the case of a corner lot the minimum lot
frontage shall be 12.0 metres
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FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6.0 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH:
1.5 metres, except that in the case of an interior side yard between a
pair of attached single dwellings the minimum shall be 0.9 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street
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Exception Zone 35 (By-law 3572-90)
Definitions
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators
and vehicle parking spaces within the building;
"Funeral Home" shall mean a building or part of a building where funerals
are conducted and shall be limited to such facilities as chapels, visitation
rooms, administrative offices, rooms for the preparation of the deceased,
display rooms for the storage of caskets and garages for hearses and other
equipment but shall not include a single detached dwelling;
''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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, or a
public park or open space area, regardless of whether or not such a lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"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.
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, or where there is no rear lot line, the
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junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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
"Flankage Side Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension
of a flankage side yard of a lot between the 1ot 1ine 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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("FH" Zone}
No person shall within the lands designated "FH" any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
funeral home
Zone Requirements ("FH" Zone}
No person shall within the lands designated "FH" any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum) 9.0 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum)
6.0 metres from northerly side yard; 1.5 metres from southerly side
yard
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum) 80.0 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum) 10.0 metres
OPEN STORAGE: non permitted
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not
less than 5.3 metres in length, for the temporary parking of a
vehicle, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or
driveway
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There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of 45
parking spaces and the parking lot must be capable of
accommodating the parking of 45 additional vehicles. Any future
expansion of the funeral home must meet a minimum standard of 5
parking spaces per 100 square metres of floor area
Despite Section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511, as amended, all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof; and
Section 5.21.2(b) of By-law 2511, as amended shall not apply to
the lands designated "FH".
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No more than one building may be constructed and maintained;
and
The floor area of a funeral home shall not exceed 1,270 metres.
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Definitions
"Body Shop" shall mean an establishment engaged in repairing or painting
vehicle bodies;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on, and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a rea estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theaters, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreation facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and which may include an arena or a stadium but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
"Dry Cleaning Establishment - Non-Venting" shall mean a building or part
of a building where a dry cleaning plant, with a dry weight capacity of 60
pounds which does not vent gases or odours and is operated separately or
in association with dry-dyeing, cleaning, laundering, pressing or incidental
tailoring or repair of articles or goods of fabric is carried on, in which only
non-flammable fabrics are or can be used which do not emit noxious
odours or fumes and in which no noise or vibration causes a nuisance to
neighbouring premises;
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
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"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up or demolishing the said article;
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper other than processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
"Place of Amusement or Entertainment" shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a games arcade or an adult
entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, as amended from
time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
light manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation
plant or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
"Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
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"Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment" shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include an
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used for
the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or wholesale distribution
of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs, substances, articles or things,
and includes the premises of a warehouseman but shall not include a fuel
storage tank except as an accessory use;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("MC-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-8" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
body shop
business office
commercial-recreational establishment
dry cleaning establishment - non-venting
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
sales outlet
vehicle repair shop
vehicle sales or rental establishment
warehouse
Zone Requirements ("MC-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-8" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
YARD SETBACKS (minimum):
as illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
no outdoor storage shall be permitted in any yard
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, a "parking space" shall mean a
usable and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and
not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of
vehicles, but shall not include any portion of the parking aisle or
driveway.
For all uses permitted, there shall be provided and maintained on
the lot a minimum of 70 parking spaces.
All parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete,
or any combination thereof.
Parking areas at grade shall be set back a minimum of 3.0 metres
from all road allowances.
Sections 5.21.2(b) and 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511, as amended,
shall not apply.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No more than two buildings shall be constructed and maintained on
the lot;
The total aggregate gross floor area of all buildings shall not
exceed 2,330 square metres;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all business offices,
commercial-recreational establishments, dry cleaning
establishments - non venting, merchandise service shops, and
sales outlets shall not exceed 820 square metres.
Sales outlets are permitted only if accessory to light manufacturing
plants, merchandise service shops and warehouses, and providing
the gross leasable floor area of a sales outlet does not exceed 20%
of the gross leasable floor area of the light manufacturing plant,
merchandise service shop or warehouse.
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Definitions
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theaters, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
"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;
"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;
“Functional Floor Level” shall mean an enclosed building storey containing
an area of at least 50% of the building’s ground floor area, and a ceiling
height suitable for the intended use;
“Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing, or other incidental equipment;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Neighbourhood Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
food, drugs, periodicals, or similar items of day-to-day household necessity
are kept for retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in the
immediate neighbourhood;
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"Personal Service Shop" shall mean a building, or part of a building in
which a personal service is performed and which may include a barber
shop, a beauty salon, a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or
a photographic studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in
section 224 (9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as
amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, and engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224 (9)(b) of The Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“C17-R” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “C17-R” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office
dry cleaning depot
dwelling unit
laundromat
neighbourhood store
personal service shop
professional office
Zone Requirements (“C17-R” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “C17-R” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the maximum
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto, with
the exception of refuse container enclosures.
2) Despite Clause A above, uncovered steps or platforms not
exceeding 1.2 metres in height above grade, may extend a
maximum of 1.2 metres beyond the maximum building
envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto.
Building Height (maximum): two functional floor levels and 9.0
metres.
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands a minimum of
15 parking spaces.
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
Maximum of 3 dwelling units;
Any dwelling unit shall be located on the second floor.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
All uses, other than parking shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
A maximum of 1 neighbourhood store use shall be permitted, with
a maximum gross floor area of 170 square metres.
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Definitions
In this By-law, “Bingo Facility” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which are offered facilities for the play of a lottery scheme where
consideration is given for a chance to win a cash prize or prizes by being
the first to complete a specified arrangement of numbers on a bingo paper
from numbers selected at random, which game is not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include a “place of amusement or
entertainment” or a “games arcade” as defined in this By-law;
In this By-law “Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a
building or part of a building in which facilities are provided for amusement
or entertainment purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a
dance hall, a music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a room or an
area used for any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming
Services Act, or used for an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein
or a body rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter
M.45, as amended from time-to-time or any successor thereto;
In this By-law “Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of
a building in which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or
occupation, services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual
appetites or inclinations;
In this By-law “Games Arcade” shall mean any building, room, or area in
which are offered facilities for the play of:
three or more games of chance;
three or more games of mixed chance and skill; or
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include premises in which the only
amusement facilities offered are pool tables, billiard tables, bingo facilities,
or bowling alleys.
Provisions
PERMITTED USE ("M2(CR)” Zone)
Subject to the provisions of Subsection (2) of this By-law, the lands
designated “M2(CR)”, and any building or part of a building thereon, may
be used for the purpose of a bingo facility in addition to the uses permitted
by sub-section 17.1 of By-law 2511;
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No person shall, within the lands designated "M2(CR)”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building thereon for the purpose of a bingo facility except in
accordance with the following provisions:
The gross leasable floor area of any bingo facility shall not exceed
1740 square meters;
The gross leasable floor area of any office use shall not exceed 950
square meters;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“M2(CR)” a minimum of 270 parking spaces.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise;
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("R4-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("R4-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
No part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit;
SPECIAL REGULATION:
notwithstanding section 2(b)(iv) above, the dwelling in existence on the
date of passage of this by-law on Part of Block A, Plan 233, designated
“R4-10” may remain in its current location, but no additions or exterior
alterations other than restoration or general maintenance to that
dwelling shall be permitted;
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife; and
resource management;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used
for purposes of flood and erosion control, or resource management.
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law 6599-05)
Definitions
“Body Rub” includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person’s body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
“Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
"Commercial School" shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
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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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224
(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for
any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body-rub parlour as
defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time,
or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Private Non-Residential School” shall mean a school which is maintained
for educational or religious purposes, but shall not include a day nursery, or
any other school defined herein;
“Private Residential School” shall mean a school which is maintained for
educational or religious purposes, and which includes accessory residential
facilities, but shall not include a day nursery, or any other school defined
herein;
"Restaurant - Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MC-12" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
any use of the "M2S" - Yard Storage and Heavy Manufacturing Zone
as per Section 18.1 of By-law 2511, as amended;
restaurant, type A (subject to Special Regulation (B) in section 2(b)(ii)
of this By-law);
accessory retail use (subject to Special Regulation (C) in section
2(b)(ii) of this By-law);
body rub parlour;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaner's distribution station;
personal service shop;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of assembly;
private non-residential school;
Zone Requirements ("MC-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MC-12" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Subject to Section 18.2 of By-law 2511;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The aggregate gross floor area of all uses listed in Section 2(a)(i)
to (xiv) of this By-law is limited to 5,500 square metres;
Restaurant, Type A uses shall be restricted to the hatched area on
Figure 1 attached to this By-law, and to a maximum aggregate
gross leasable floor area of 631 square metres;
Despite Section 18.1.2 of By-law 2511, as amended, accessory
retail use is permitted to a maximum of 20% of the gross leasable
floor area of a permitted use in the "M2S" - Yard Storage and
Heavy Manufacturing Zone, as per Section 18.1 of By-law 2511, as
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amended, or to a maximum 93 square metres of floor area,
whichever is less;
Not more than one Body Rub Parlour shall be permitted and the
aggregate gross leasable floor area of the Body Rub Parlour shall
not exceed 110 square metres;
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 41 (By-law 5672-00)
Definitions
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
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“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Machinery and Equipment Supplier” shall mean a building or a part
of a building in which office furniture and machines, carpet and drapery
cleaning equipment, painting, gardening and plumbing equipment, small
hand power tools and similar products are stored, offered or kept for
wholesale or retail sale to industrial or commercial establishments;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles
or goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
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“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of a building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care center or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
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“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment, or a
warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed, stored,
serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent or for
wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future delivery of
such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Video Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which video
cassette recorders, tapes, and accessories thereto are stored, serviced,
displayed, and offered for rent or retail sale to the public for use off the
premises only;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use; and
“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("M1-12-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-12-2", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
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dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light machinery and equipment supplier;
light manufacturing plant;
manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of worship;
printing establishment;
professional office;
rental establishment;
restaurant – Type A;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("M1-12-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-12-2", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Open storage shall not be permitted;
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
(minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
(minimum): 12.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
7.5 metres
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Notwithstanding section A above, all structures shall be set back a
minimum of 15.0 metres from the north boundary of the "M1-12-2"
zone;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
200 spaces
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511 as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof;
Sections 5.21.2(a) and (b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall not
apply;
BUILDING SIZE (maximum aggregate, all buildings on the lands):
7,000 square metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted industrial operation, shall
only be permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales
outlet does not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation, provided the aggregate gross leasable
floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25% of
the total gross leasable floor area in that building;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial
clubs, commercial schools, commercial-recreational
establishments, dry cleaning depots, personal service shops,
places of assembly, places of amusement or entertainment, places
of worship, and restaurants – type A on the lots shall not exceed
50% of the gross leasable floor area of all buildings on the lot;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any personal service
shop, or restaurant – Type A shall be 325 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all personal service shops on the lot: 325 square metres
2) for all restaurants – Type A on the lot: 325 square metres
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated "M1-12-2”
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Exception Zone 42 (By-law 5673-00)
Definitions
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
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“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Machinery and Equipment Supplier” shall mean a building or a part
of a building in which office furniture and machines, carpet and drapery
cleaning equipment, painting, gardening and plumbing equipment, small
hand power tools and similar products are stored, offered or kept for
wholesale or retail sale to industrial or commercial establishments;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles
or goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
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appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of a building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care center or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.m. 45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
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“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Video Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which video
cassette recorders, tapes, and accessories thereto are stored, serviced,
displayed, and offered for rent or retail sale to the public for use off the
premises only;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
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“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-13-1","MC-13-2" and "MC-13-3" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-13-1", "MC-13-2", and
"MC 13-3", use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for
any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial school;
commercial-recreational establishment;
convenience store;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
financial institution;
food preparation plant;
light machinery and equipment supplier;
light manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
office-associated commercial establishment;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of worship;
printing establishment;
professional office;
restaurant – Type A;
rental establishment;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
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Zone Requirements ("MC-13-1", "MC-13-2", and "MC-13-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-13-1", "MC-13-2", and
"MC 13-3", use any lot or erect, alter or use any building except in
accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Open storage shall not be permitted;
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
(minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
(minimum): 12.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
On lands designated "MC-13-1": 136 spaces
On lands designated "MC-13-2": 182 spaces
On lands designated "MC 13-3": 68 spaces
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511 as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof;
Sections 5.21.2(a) and (b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall not
apply;
BUILDING SIZE (maximum aggregate, all buildings on the lands):
On lands designated "MC-13-1": 5,230 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
On lands designated "MC-13-2": 7,350 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
On lands designated "MC-13-3": 2,335 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted industrial operation, shall
only be permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales
outlet does not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation, provided the aggregate gross leasable
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floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25% of
the total gross leasable floor area in that building;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial
clubs, commercial schools, commercial-recreational
establishments, convenience stores, dry cleaning depots, financial
institutions, office-associated commercial establishments, personal
service shops, places of assembly, places of amusement or
entertainment, places of worship, and restaurants – Type A on the
lots shall not exceed 75% of the gross leasable floor area of all
buildings on the lot;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any convenience store,
office-associated commercial establishment, financial institution,
personal service shop, and restaurant – Type A shall be 325
square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all convenience stores on the lot: 325 square metres
2) for all office-associated commercial establishments on the lot:
325 square metres
3) for all financial institutions on the lot: 325 square metres
4) for all personal service shops on the lot: 325 square metres
5) for all restaurants – Type A on the lot: 325 square metres
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated "MC-13-1", "MC-13-2", and "MC-13-3";
Uses Permitted ("M1-12-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-12-1", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light manufacturing plant;
manufacturing plant;
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merchandise service shop;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of worship;
printing establishment;
professional office;
rental establishment – Type A;
restaurant – Type A;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("M1-12-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-12-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Open storage shall not be permitted.
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 14.9 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
(minimum): 7.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
130 spaces;
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511 as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof;
Sections 5.21.2 (a) and (b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall not
apply;
BUILDING SIZE (maximum aggregate, all building on the lands):
7,270 square metres gross leasable floor area
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a bakery, a
food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a merchandise
service shop, a manufacturing plant, a printing establishment, or a
warehouse, provided the gross leasable area of the sales outlet
does not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the
bakery, food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant,
merchandise service shop, printing establishment, or warehouse;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
bakery, food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant,
merchandise service shop, manufacturing plant, printing
establishment, or warehouse, provided the aggregate gross
leasable floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed
25% of the total gross leasable floor area that buildings;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial
clubs, commercial schools, commercial-recreational
establishments, dry cleaning depots, personal service shops,
places of assembly, places of amusement or entertainment, places
of worship, and restaurants – Type A on the lots shall not exceed
35% of the gross leasable floor area of all buildings on the lot;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any personal service
shop, or restaurant – Type A shall be 325 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all personal service shops on the lands: 325 square
metres;
2) for all restaurants – Type A on the lands: 325 square
metres;
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated "M1-12-1";
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
"Multiple Dwelling " shall mean a building containing three or more dwelling
units attached horizontally, or vertically, or both, by an above grade wall or
walls;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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; and
"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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("R4-13" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-13", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling unit
Zone Requirements ("R4-13" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-13", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
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4.5 metres, or
7.5 metres for the area diagonally hatched on Figure 1 attached to
this By-law.
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.5 metres for the area diagonally hatched on Figure 1
attached to this By-law.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
2.7 metres, or
4.5 metres for lots abutting Toynevale Road, or a reserve, the other
side of which is Toynevale Road
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
7.5 metres, or
13.7 metres for lots with rear yards that abut the Highway 401
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
9.0 metres, or
6.0 metres for the area cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached to this
By-law
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
A maximum of one detached dwelling unit per lot shall be permitted
with a minimum gross floor area-residential of 95 square metres.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Despite subsection (vii), only one-storey structures (bungalows)
are permitted within the area cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached to
this By-law; and,
Despite subsection (viii), a maximum lot coverage of 40% is
permitted for dwellings on lots with one storey structures
(bungalows) which do not front or flank onto Toynevale Road.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
and,
vehicular entrance shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from
the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
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Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor shall the placing or removal
of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used only for
purposes of flood and erosion control, resource management, or pedestrian
trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station, but shall not include a retail store;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for the
dry cleaning, pressing or laundering of garments, the production of apparel
and finished textile products other than the production of synthetic fibers,
printing or duplicating, the manufacture of finished paper and allied
products other than the processing of wood pulp, the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies, or the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, such as
furniture, housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches,
precision instruments, radios and electronic components;
"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or structure or part thereof in
which is carried on an activity or operation pertaining to the making of any
article or part of an article, which shall include altering, assembling,
repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up, or demolishing the said article;
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
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investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("M1-1(S)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-1(S)", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Residential Uses
Accessory dwelling unit
Non-Residential Uses
Business Office
Light Manufacturing Uses
Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory
Warehouse
Zone Requirements ("M1-1(S)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-1(S)", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE: no minimum
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
A. Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached to this By
law;
2) Despite clause A above, uncovered steps or platforms may
project a maximum 1.5 metres beyond the building envelope;
Building Height: maximum 20 metres except that where lot
coverage exceeds 33 percent the maximum building height shall
be 12 metres;
Lot Coverage: 50 percent, except that where building heights
exceeds 12 metres the maximum lot coverage shall be 33 percent;
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Open Storage: no open storage shall be permitted in any yard;
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit;
minimum unit area of 55.5 square metres plus an additional 1.5
square metres for each bedroom;
LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA:
Any part of a lot which is not occupied by buildings, structures,
parking areas, loading spaces or driveways shall be maintained as
landscaped open area;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No loading spaces or electric transformers shall be located
adjacent to Granite Court;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2b), inclusive, of By-law 2511, as
amended shall not apply to the lands designated “M1-1(S)” on
Figure 1 attached hereto.
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Definitions
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on, and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio broadcasting station, but shall not include a retail store;
"Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of children;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all the storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the case may be,
other than rooms or space jointly used by tenants of the building, such as
garbage storage areas, mechanical and electrical rooms, lobbies,
stairwells, elevators and service corridors;
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for the
dry cleaning, pressing or laundering of garments, the production of apparel
and finished textile products other than the production of synthetic fibers,
printing or duplicating, the manufacture of finished paper and allied
products other than the processing of wood pulp, the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies, or the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, such as
furniture, housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches,
precision instruments, radios and electronic components;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or structure or part thereof in
which is carried on an activity or operation pertaining to the making of any
article or part of an article, which shall include altering, assembling,
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repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing,
adapting for sale, breaking up, or demolishing the said article;
"Place of Religious Assembly" shall mean lands or premises where people
assemble for worship, counseling, educational, contemplative or other
purposes of a religious nature, which may include social, recreational, and
charitable activities, and offices for the administration thereof;
"Printing Establishment" shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.m. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("M-IC(DN)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M-IC(DN)", use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
business office;
day nursery;
light manufacturing plant;
place of religious assembly;
printing establishment;
professional office;
Zone Requirements ("M-IC(DN)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M-IC(DN)", use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 9.0 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
REARYARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall provided and maintained a minimum of 225 parking
spaces on the lands zoned "M-IC(DN)";
Sections 5.21.2 (b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall not apply to
the lands designated "M-IC(DN)"; and
Despite 5.21.2 (g) and (k) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
entrances and exists to parking areas and all parking areas shall
be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any combination
thereof.
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OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking and outdoor play areas, shall take
place entirely within enclosed buildings or structures with no
outside storage or display permitted.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The gross leasable floor area of all buildings shall not exceed
4200m2; and
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all places of
religious assembly shall not exceed 3000 m2
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DEFINITIONS
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations.
“Building Height” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade 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 level between eaves and
ridge. A penthouse tower, cupola, steeple or other roof structure which is
used only as an ornament upon or to house the mechanical equipment of
any building shall be disregarded in calculating the height of such building.
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Commercial Vehicle” shall mean a vehicle for commercial purposes, and
shall include ambulances, hearses, motor buses, and fire apparatus.
“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.
“Dwelling Unit Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
habitable rooms of a dwelling unit.
“Games Arcade” shall mean any building, room or area in which are offered
facilities for the play of:
three or more games of chance;
three or more games of mixed chance and skill; or
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill;
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but shall not include a room or an area used for
any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act or
premises in which the only amusement facilities offered are pool tables,
billiard tables or bowling alleys.
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“General Truck Stop” shall mean land or premises upon which a business,
service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, storage or repair
of commercial vehicles is conducted or rendered including the dispensing
of motor fuel or petroleum products and may include, as ancillary uses, a
business office, one (1) accessory dwelling unit, the retail sale of
accessories or equipment for trucks and similar commercial vehicles, the
retail sale of convenience items, shower and laundry facilities, a personal
service shop, and a games arcade but shall not include an Adult
Entertainment Parlour as defined herein.
“Gross Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor area of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade.
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224
(9)(b) or the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M. 45 as amended from
time to time, or any successor thereto, or an Adult Entertainment Parlour as
defined herein.
“Restaurant - Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises but shall not include an Adult Entertainment parlour as defined
herein.
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“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“M2S-1” Zone)
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No person shall within the lands zoned “M2S-1” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
General Truck Stop
Restaurant - Type A
Games Arcade
Uses permitted under Section 16.1.1 of By-law 2511, as amended
Uses permitted under Section 16.1.3 of By-law 2511, as amended
Uses permitted under Section 17.1.3 of By-law 2511, as amended
Zone Requirements (“M2S-1” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “M2S-1” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) LOT FRONTAGE: Minimum 140 metres
2) FRONT YARD DEPTH: Minimum 15 metres
3) REAR YARD DEPTH: Minimum 7.5 metres
4) SIDE YARD WIDTH: Minimum 7.5 metres
5) BUILDING HEIGHT: Maximum 13.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Parking shall be provided on the subject lands at a ratio of a
minimum of 30 spaces for the first 1000 square metres of gross
floor area plus 1 space per 250 square metres or part thereof of
gross floor area beyond 1000 square metres;
Clauses 5.21.2.a) to 5.21.2.c), inclusive, Clause 5.21.2.j) and
5.21.2.k) of By-law 2511, as amended shall not apply to the lands
designated “M2S-1”; and
Despite Clause 5.21.2.g) of By-law 2511, as amended, all entrance
and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall be surfaced
with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any combination thereof;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The Gross Leasable Floor Area of accessory retail sales shall not
exceed 270 square meters;
The Gross Leasable Floor Area of a Restaurant - Type A shall not
exceed 120 square meters and such Restaurant - Type A shall
only be permitted in conjunction with a General Truck Stop;
The Dwelling Unit Area shall not exceed 120 square meters;
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For the purpose of this By-law, the term “drive-through facility” shall
mean a facility at which goods, products, or services are provided
directly to customers in vehicles;
No drive-through facility shall be permitted in association with any
of the uses permitted on the lands designated “M2S-1”;
The Gross Leasable Floor Area of a Games Arcade shall not
exceed 50 square metres and such Games Arcade shall only be
permitted in conjunction with a General Truck Stop and shall be
patronized only by the drivers and occupants of commercial
vehicles;
No video lottery terminals shall be permitted;
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated "M2S-1";
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Exception Zone 47 (By-law 1091-80, as amended by By-
law 1697-83)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.1 or Section 16.2 of By-law 2511,
the land designated MC will be used only in accordance with the provisions of
this section.
Definitions
“Assembly Hall” shall mean a building or part of a building in which facilities
are provided for purposes such as civic, educational, political, religious or
social meetings and may include a banquet hall or private club, but shall
not include a place of entertainment or an adult entertainment parlour.
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building where baked food
products are prepared and offered for retail sale, and which may include
incidental baking.
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a business, a public or private agency, a brokerage or a labour or fraternal
organization and may include a financial institution, a telegraph office, a
data processing establishment, a newspaper publishing office, the
premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a radio or television
broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but shall not include a
retail store.
“Coverage" or “Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area
covered by all buildings on the lot.
"Dry Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes.
“Dry Cleaning establishment” shall mean a building or part of building used
for dry cleaning and related processes but does not include a laundromat.
“Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
”Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure or a portion thereof, as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
“Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
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“Frontage” or “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.
“Laundromat” shall mean a self-service clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article.
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components.
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, any establishment used for the
service or repair of motorized vehicles, or a retail store other than a sales
outlet.
"Place of Entertainment" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for entertainment purposes and may include a
theatre, music hall, dance hall, billiard or pool room, bowling alley or ice or
roller skating rink, but does not include an adult entertainment parlour.
"Private Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club, and
Includes the premises of a fraternal organization.
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
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given and may include a clinic and the offices of an architect, chartered
accountant, engineer, lawyer or physician but shall not include a bodyrub
parlour as defined in The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, chapter 284, or any
successor thereto.
"Restaurant - Type B" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept of a for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption in the building or buildings on the premises only.
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation plant
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products, but shall not include an eating establishment.
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises.
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food- stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
"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.
"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.
"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.
''Side Yard" shall mean a yard extending from the front yard to the rear
yard and from the side lot line of a lot to the nearest wall of the nearest
main building or structure on the lot.
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“Flankage Side Yard” shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is located a street.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Use Permitted
assembly halls
bakeries
business offices
dry cleaning depots, subject to the provisions of paragraph (iii) of subclause
(i) of clause 4 of this subsection
dry cleaning establishments
food preparation plants
light manufacturing plants
merchandise service shops
professional offices
restaurant - Type B, subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) of subclause
(i) of cause 4 of this subsection
sales outlet, subject to the provisions of paragraph (ii) of subclause (i) of
cause 4 of this subsection
scientific, research or medical laboratory
warehouse
Zone Requirements
LOT AREA (minimum) - 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum) - 30 metres
FRONT YARD (minimum) - 12 metres
SIDE YARD (minimum)
interior side yard - 4.5 metres
flankage side yard - 12 metres
REAR YARD (minimum) - 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum) - 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum) - 12 metres
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OPEN STORAGE
No open storage shall be permitted in any yard.
Special Restrictions
The gross floor area of all Type B restaurants on a lot shall not exceed
10 percent of the gross floor area of all buildings on the lot.
Sales outlets are permitted uses only if accessory to food preparation
plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service shops or
warehouses, and providing the gross floor area o the sales outlet does
not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of the food preparation plant,
light manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop or warehouse.
Dry Cleaning depots are permitted uses only if accessory to dry
cleaning establishments and providing the gross floor area of the dry
cleaning depot does not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of the dry
cleaning establishment.
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Exception Zone 48 (By-law 1508-82)
Definitions
Vehicle Sales Shop: means an establishment in which vehicles are
displayed for sale, sold or both.
Waste: means material which is not hazardous and not needed by the
generator of that material, that is destined for either final disposal or for
reprocessing to create a useable product or material, but does not include
a by-product of a manufacturing process that is used, unaltered, in another
manufacturing process.
Waste, Hazardous: means any substance or material that, by reason of its
toxic, caustic, corrosive or otherwise injurious properties, may be
detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise
coming into contact with such material or substance.
Waste Processing Station: means a facility within an enclosed building
whose primary purpose is the sorting and processing of waste to create a
new product or raw material on site.
Waste Transfer Station: means a facility within an enclosed building whose
primary purpose is the collection and storage of waste or hazardous waste
for shipment, and which may include limited sorting or preparation of that
waste to facilitate its shipment for final disposal or to a waste processing
station, but does not include salvage yards or scrap metal yards.
Provisions
In addition to the provisions of Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated M2-2 may be used for the purpose of a vehicle sales shop in
accordance with Section 17.2 provided that the following requirements are
met:
A vehicle sales shop may be permitted only in combination with a
motor vehicle repair shop on the site;
Not more than 20 percent of the aggregate of the gross floor areas of
the motor vehicle repair shop and vehicle sales shop establishments
shall be used for the display or sale of vehicles;
All vehicles for sale or being displayed shall be kept totally within an
enclosed structure or structures on the lot.
In addition to the provisions of Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated M2-2 may be used for the purpose of a waste processing
station and/or waste transfer station in accordance with Section 17.2.
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Exception Zone 49 (By-law 849-78)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3 of By-law 2511,
the lands designated C1-1, as amended, shall not be used except in
accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
Definitions
"Bake Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building where baked
food products are prepared and offered for retail sale;
“Bank” shall mean an institution where money is deposited, kept, lent
and exchanged;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
one or more persons are employed in the management, direction or
conducting of a public or private agency, a business, a brokerage, or a
labour or fraternal organization, and includes an office accessory to a
permitted use:
"Dry-Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part thereof used for the
purpose of receiving articles or goods or fabrics to be subjected to the
process of dry-cleaning or laundering elsewhere and distribution of
articles or goods which have been subjected to any such process;
“Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
"Neighbourhood Store" shall mean a retail store having a net floor area
of not more than 400 square metres wherein food, drugs, periodicals or
similar items of day-to-day household necessity are kept for retail sale
primarily to residents of or persons employed in the immediate
neighbourhood.
"Personal Service Shop" means an establishment where a personal
service is performed, and includes a barber shop, a beauty salon, a
shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio
but does not include a massage or body-rub parlour or any adult
entertainment parlour as defined in Section 368b of The Municipal Act
R.S.O 1970, Chapter 284, as amended.
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
a legal, medical or other personal professional services is performed or
consultation given, but does not include a body-rub parlour or any adult
entertainment parlour as defined in Section 368b of the Municipal Act
R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, as amended.
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored,
offered or kept for retail sale to the public, and includes a
neighbourhood store, a bake shop, and a farm produce outlet, but shall
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not include a building or part of a building containing any other use
defined herein or specifically named elsewhere in this bylaw.
"Restaurant" shall mean a building or part or a building where food is
prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption either in or off the premises.
"Tailor or Dressmaking Shop" shall mean a building or part of a building
which is used primarily for the custom manufacture, alteration or repair
of articles of clothing or individual clients, but shall not include any
establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of clothing
manufactured elsewhere or the manufacture of clothing for distribution
to other retail outlets.
Uses Permitted
No person shall within any C1-1 Zone use any lot or erect, alter, or use any
building or structure for any purpose except one or more of the following
C1-1 uses, namely:
bank;
business office;
dry cleaning depot;
laundromat;
neighbourhood store;
personal service shop;
professional office;
restaurant.
ZONE REQUIREMENTS
No person shall within any C1-1 Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 700 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): no minimum
FRONT YARD DEPTH (Minimum): 12 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):- no minimum, except that where a
side lot line abuts a street or a Residential Zone the minimum side yard
width shall be 4.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 per cent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE (minimum): 20 percent
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Exception Zone 50 (By-law 4603-95)
Despite any other provisions of By-law 2511, one residential detached dwelling
is permitted on lands known as Lot 18, Plan M-89, in the Town of Pickering,
subject to the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 460 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 15 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum):
west side yard 7.5 metres
east side yard 1.5 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 38 percent
Building Height (maximum): 9 metres
Parking Requirements: minimum one private garage attached to the main
building
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Exception Zone 51 (By-law 4622-95)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
"Multiple Dwelling " shall mean a building containing three or more dwelling
units attached horizontally, or vertically, or both, by an above grade wall or
walls;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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; and
"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.
Provisions ("R4-6" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("R4-6" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-6", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements ("R4-6" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-6", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
no more than one detached dwelling having a minimum gross floor
area-residential of 95 square metres shall be permitted on a lot
SPECIAL REGULATION:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots to which this
section applies shall not be less than 1.8 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
Provisions ("R4" zone)
Uses Permitted ("R4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements ("R4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for detached dwelling uses except in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of By-law 2511 respecting
“R4” Zones.
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Exception Zone 52 (By-law 4824-96)
Despite the provisions of Section 18.1 of By-law 2511, on that part of Lot 32
and Part of Block C, Plan M-1040, identified as Parts 5 and 6, Plan 40R-0559,
Town of Pickering, being lands designated "M2S", a retail sales use accessory
to a light track equipment and accessories manufacturing and warehouse
industrial use is permitted to a maximum of ten percent of the total gross
leasable floor area of all buildings on the lands, or to a maximum of 93 square
metres, whichever is the least.
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Exception Zone 53 (By-law 5034-97)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S4-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-7" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S4-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-7" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
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minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
B. for the lands cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto:10.0
metres
for all other lands: 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
for all buildings and structures on a lot: 40%
despite clause A above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed verandah or porch having no habitable space above it
is attached to the wall containing the main front entrance to the
dwelling unit, such porch shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling with
an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the attached
private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of lot
coverage.
the lot coverage of all accessory buildings shall not exceed five
percent.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street.
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.2
metres beyond the wall containing the main front entrance to the
dwelling.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not
be less than 1.2 metres.
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uncovered platforms, and decks not exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required
rear yard.
no uncovered or covered deck, platform or balcony exceeding 1.0
metre in height above grade may be permitted in any yard.
despite clause 2(b)(iii) above, a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or verandah with no habitable space above, may
project a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required front yard.
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Definitions
"Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, bingo facilities, gymnastics facilities, roller skating
rinks, squash courts, swimming pools, batting cages, and other similar
recreational facilities are provided, and which may include an athletic or
recreational club, but shall not include a place of amusement or
entertainment as defined herein, a room or an area used for any video
lottery terminal use WI governed by the Gaming Services Act, an adult
entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as defined in
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-
time or any successor thereto;
"Games Arcade" shall mean any building, room or area in which are offered
facilities for the play of:
three or more games of chance;
three or more games of mixed chance and skill; or
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill,
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but shall not include a room or an area used for
any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act or
premises in which the only amusement facilities offered arc pool tables,
billiard tables or b0wling alleys;
"Golf Practice Facility" shall mean the use of land for a driving range with
target greens, which may include practice greens and/or bunkers, operated
for the purpose of developing golf techniques;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupa,1cy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, or a
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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;
"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;
"Place of Amusement or Entertainment" shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for
any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as
defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time-to-time or any successor thereto;
"Restaurant - Type E" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption in the building or elsewhere on the premises;
“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;
“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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
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"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions ("M1(CR1)" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("M1(CR1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1(CR1)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
all uses permitted under Section 16.1 of By-law 2511, as amended
commercial-recreational establishment
games arcade
golf practice facility
place of amusement or entertainment
restaurant - type E
Zone Requirements ("M1(CR1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1(CR1)", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
any use permitted under Section 16.1 of By-law 2511, as amended,
shall be governed by the relevant provisions outlined in Section 16.2 of
By-law 2511, as amended
all other uses permitted under section 2(a) of this by-law shall be
governed by the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 6.0 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 150 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 3.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
1) There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum
of 70 parking spaces, or, a minimum of 8.0 parking spaces per
93 square metres of gross leasable floor area for all uses
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which are undertaken within buildings, whichever is the
greater;
2) Sections 5.21.2a) and 5.21.2b) of By-law 251 I, as amended,
shall not apply to the lands designated "M1(CR1)";
3) All parking areas shall be set back a minimum of 3.0 metres
from all road allowances.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS:
The aggregate of the gross leasable floor area of all restaurants -
type E on the lot shall not exceed 175 square metres.
Provisions ("M2(CR1)" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("M2(CR1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M2(CR1)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
all uses permitted under Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, as amended
those uses permitted under sections 2(a)(ii) through 2(a)(vi) of this by-
law
Zone Requirements ("M2(CR1)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M2(CR1)", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
any use permitted under Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, as amended,
shall be governed by the relevant provisions outlined in Sections 17.2
and 17.3 of By-law 2511, as amended;
any use permitted under section 3(a)(ii) of this by-law shall be
governed by the relevant provisions outlined in Section 2(b)(ii) of this
by-law.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise;
"Retirement Home" shall mean a residence providing accommodation
primarily for retired persons or couples where each private bedroom or
living unit has a separate entrance from a common hall but where common
facilities for the preparation and consumption of food are provided and
common lounges, recreation rooms and medical care facilities may also be
provided;
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"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("R4-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("R4-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-10" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit;
SPECIAL REGULATION:
notwithstanding section 2(b)(viii) above, within the lands crosshatched
on Figure 1 maximum building height shall be 12.0 metres for
structures that exist on the date of the passing of this by-law.
Uses Permitted ("R(RH)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R(RH)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
retirement home;
Zone Requirements ("R(RH)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R(RH)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 9.0 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
PARKING
there shall be provided and maintained at least 1 parking space for
each 4 persons that may be legally accommodated at one time;
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notwithstanding section 5.21.2 a), of By-law 2511, as amended, up
to 80 percent of required parking spaces may be located within the
required front yard.
Figure 1
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
"Multiple Dwelling " shall mean a building containing three or more dwelling
units attached horizontally, or vertically, or both, by an above grade wall or
walls;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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; and
"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.
Provisions ("R4-11" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("R4-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-11", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements ("R4-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-11", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: no more than one detached
dwelling having a minimum gross floor area-residential of 95 square
metres shall be permitted on a lot
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots to which
this section applies shall not be less than 1.8 metres; and
uncovered platforms, and decks not exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required
rear yard;
no uncovered or covered deck, platform or balcony exceeding 1.0
metre in height above grade may be permitted in any yard;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
veranda extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any
attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
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Definitions
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Body Rub” includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person’s body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
“Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is preformed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are preformed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization but
shall not include a retail store;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacturing of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacturing
of finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
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“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
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Provisions
Uses Permitted ("M1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-14", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office;
light manufacturing plant;
professional office;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("M1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "M1-14", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) All buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached to this By-
law;
Building Heights:
1) Minimum Building Height: 6.5 metres
OUTDOOR STORAGE
Outdoor storage is only permitted in the area cross-hatched as
illustrated on Figure 1 attached to this by-law;
Outdoor Storage Height:
1) Maximum Outdoor Storage Height: 5.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
No parking is permitted to be located in the front yard;
For all uses, there shall be provided and maintained on the lands a
minimum of 1.0 parking space for every 56 square metres of gross
leasable floor area or part thereof;
Section 5.21.2 (a) and (b) of By-law 2511, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “M1-14”;
Despite Clause 5.21.2 (g) and (k) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall be
surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any combination
thereof;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted use, shall only be
permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales outlet does
not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the related
industrial operation;
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 58 (By-law 6685-06)
Definitions
“Dredging” shall mean the use of vehicles, equipment and / or machinery to
remove sediment from the bottom of waterways, wetlands and other bodies
of water and / or to deepen or widen a harbour;
“Recreation” shall mean a public or private social occasion, including uses
such as an exhibition, barbecues, parties, private or corporate promotional
or appreciation gatherings, regattas or weddings and like events;
“Height – Wind Turbine” shall mean the height of a wind turbine, being
measured from the established grade to the top of the blades at their full
vertical extension;
“Wind Turbine” shall mean a structure or a system of components used to
convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical or mechanical power
that comprises all the necessary devices for energy storage, power
conditioning, control systems, transmission systems and structural support
systems, to provide electrical or mechanical power;
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“(H)OS-R” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-R”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any structure for any purpose except the following:
dredging;
recreation;
wind turbine;
Zone Requirements (“OS-R” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-R”, erect, alter, or use any
structure for any purpose except in accordance with the following
provisions:
WIND TURBINE:
maximum one wind turbine;
maximum height of 65 metres;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Despite Section 1(b) and 2(a)(i), freestanding gazebos, shall be
permitted having a maximum aggregate total floor area of 100
square metres;
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Holding Provision – (H) Holding Symbol
Holding Provision Requirements
Permitted Uses
While the “(H)” Holding Symbol is in place, no person shall, on the
lands designated “(H)OS-R”, use the lands for any purpose other than
for following:
dredging;
wind turbine;
Removal of the (H) Holding Symbol
Prior to an amendment to remove the (H) Holding Symbol preceding
the above zoning category “OS-R”, the following condition shall be met:
an appropriate agreement shall be executed with, and to the
satisfaction of, the City of Pickering and the Owner of the lands,
and shall be registered on title to the lands to address matters such
as pedestrian and vehicular access over Sandbar Road and
Liverpool Road; any maintenance of Sandbar Road required as a
result of damage caused by the recreation activities; health and
safety matters respecting access over Liverpool and Sandbar
Roads for recreation activities held on the lands; and scheduling of
deliveries for event activities; and provision of parking.
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Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Assembly Hall” shall mean a building or part of a building in which facilities
are provided for purposes such as civic, educational, political, religious or
social meetings and which may include an auditorium or a banquet facility;
“Banquet Facility” shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
purposes of catering to banquets, weddings, receptions or similar functions
for which food and beverages are prepared and served on the premises
which may include an assembly hall but shall not include a restaurant;
“Build-to-Zone” shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above and below grade designated and intended for owner or
tenant occupancy or exclusive use inclusive of banquet rooms, offices and
meeting rooms, sound rooms or other special purpose rooms, and kitchen
areas for the preparation of food but shall not include entrance and foyer
areas on the ground floor or mezzanine levels, elevators, stairs, or similar
common areas inclusive of service areas, washrooms, storage areas and
mechanical and/or equipment rooms whether such facilities are below or
above grade;
“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, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“Restaurant - Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
Provisions
Uses Permitted (‘MC-20’ Zone)
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No person shall, within the lands zoned ‘MC-20’, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
All uses permitted under ‘M2’ Zone
Banquet Facility
Zone Requirements (‘MC-20’ Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated ‘MC-20’ use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached to this By-
law;
2) Buildings shall be located in such a manner that 50% of the
length of the build-to-zone, as indicated on Figure 1 attached
to this By-law, contains all or part of a building or buildings;
Building Height: minimum 6 metres, maximum 12 metres;
Open Storage:
1) All uses other than parking shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or
display permitted;
2) Despite Section 2(b)(i)(C)(1) of this By-law, Section 17.3 of By-
law 2511 shall apply to uses permitted under the ‘M2’ Zone;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
10.8 parking spaces for every 100 square metres of gross leasable
floor area of the banquet facility;
All uses under ‘M2’ are subject to the Minimum Off Street Parking
Requirements under Section 5.21.1
Drive aisle widths shall be setback a minimum of 1.5 metres from
the building wall;
Where a drive aisle abuts a side lot line, there shall be a 1.5
setback therefrom;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2e) inclusive, of By-law 2511, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated ‘MC-20’
Despite Clauses 5.21.2b) of By-law 2511, as amended, side yard
parking shall be setback 1.5 metres from all side lot lines.
Parking shall be setback 1.5 metres from all rear lot lines.
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
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areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
The maximum combined gross leasable floor area for all uses on
the lands zoned ‘MC-20’ shall be 1500 square metres;
No portion of the building or structure below finished grade be used
for the purposes of public assembly;
One outdoor patio located at the rear of the building with a
maximum area of 70 square metres is permitted;
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(A)(1), a front yard canopy in connection
with a banquet facility with a maximum height of 6 metres may
encroach into the front yard, 12.5 metres beyond the building
envelope;
Figure 1
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions “R4-21” Zone
Uses Permitted (“R4-21” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “R4-21” , use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“R4-21” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “R4-21” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 320 square metres;
Lot Frontage (minimum): 13.5 metres;
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres;
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres;
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.5 metres;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres;
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Lot Coverage (maximum): 40 percent;
Garage Requirements minimum one private garage per lot attached
to the main building and vehicular entrance of which shall be located
not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0
metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting
a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
Garage Projection (maximum): 3.0 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
Uncovered steps and platform projection into rear yard (maximum): 1.5
metres for any uncovered steps and platform not exceeding 2.0 metres
in height;
Special Regulation: Despite Section 2.1 and 5.19 (c) of By-law 2511, a
gazebo having a maximum ground floor area of 30 square metres and
a maximum height of 5.5 metres, and a boathouse having a maximum
ground floor area of 42 square metres and a maximum height of 4.0
metres, shall be permitted as accessory structures in the location as
they existed on the date of passing of this by-law, with or without a
primary residential building;
Interpretation Regulation: Despite any requirement of this By-law,
for lots that are divided into two zones, each such portion of the lot
shall be considered a lot for the purpose of this By-law and shall be
used in accordance to the zone and the zone requirements.
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-HL” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes;
Despite Clause (i) above, docks are permitted within the “OS-HL”
Zone.
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law 7519-16 and By-law 7828-21)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Animal Boarding Establishment” shall mean a building, structure or part
thereof, where dogs and cats and other domesticated animals, excluding
livestock, are bred, raised, groomed, trained or kept or a fee on a
temporary basis and may include outdoor facilities;
“Auction and Estate Sales” shall mean a building or part of a building where
auctions are conducted and may include a warehouse component wherein
products are stored on the premises until such time that a public auction is
held;
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Banquet Facility” shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
purposes of catering to banquets, weddings, receptions, or similar functions
for which food and beverages are prepared and served on the premises but
shall not include a restaurant;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
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permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
“Day Care Centre” shall mean indoor and outdoor premises where more
than five children are provided with temporary care and/or guidance for a
continuous period but does not provide overnight accommodation and are
licensed in accordance with the applicable Provincial Act;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Exhibition Hall” shall mean a building or part of a building where the
temporary exhibition of music, art, goods, wares, and the like are displayed
and made available for sale and which may include a flea market use;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Light Machinery and Equipment Supplier” shall mean a building or part of
a building in which office furniture and machines, carpet and drapery
cleaning equipment, painting, gardening and plumbing equipment, small
hand power tools and similar products are stored, offered or kept for
wholesaler retail sale to industrial or commercial establishments;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
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cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products, plastic
ware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including but
not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
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music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, or an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care centre, or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
“Retail Store” shall mean a premises in which goods and merchandise are
offered or kept for retail sale or rental to the public.
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
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investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Sales Establishment” shall mean an establishment having as its
main use the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles, and which may include
an accessory vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any establishment
engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“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; and
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MC-21” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-21”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except for the uses
and in the locations as prescribed in the following chart:
Uses permitted in All
Hatched Areas as
illustrated in Figure 1
attached hereto
Uses permitted in
only Diagonally and
Horizontally Hatched
Areas as illustrated
in Figure 1 attached
hereto
Uses permitted in
only Cross Hatched
Areas as illustrated
in Figure 1 attached
hereto
Uses permitted in
only Horizontally
Hatched Areas as
illustrated in
Figure 1 attached
hereto
Animal boarding
establishment Convenience store Banquet facility Day care centre
Auction and estate
sales house Dry cleaning depot Club
Bakery Financial institution Commercial club
Business office Personal service
shop
Commercial-
recreational
establishment
Commercial school Restaurant – Type A Exhibition hall
Dry cleaning
establishment Retail store Place of amusement
or entertainment
Food preparation
plant Place of assembly
Light machinery and
equipment supplier
Light manufacturing
plant
Merchandise service
shop
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Uses permitted in All
Hatched Areas as
illustrated in Figure 1
attached hereto
Uses permitted in
only Diagonally and
Horizontally Hatched
Areas as illustrated
in Figure 1 attached
hereto
Uses permitted in
only Cross Hatched
Areas as illustrated
in Figure 1 attached
hereto
Uses permitted in
only Horizontally
Hatched Areas as
illustrated in
Figure 1 attached
hereto
Office-associated
commercial
establishment
Printing
establishment
Professional office
Rental
establishment
Sales outlet
Scientific, medical or
research laboratory
Vehicle sales
establishment
Warehouse
Zone Requirements (“MC-21” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-21”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
All buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached to this By-law;
A minimum of 40% of the length of the build-to zone as illustrated
on Figure 1 attached hereto, shall contain a building or buildings, or
part of a building or buildings;
Minimum Building Height in 6.5 metres diagonally hatched area
OUTDOOR STORAGE AND DISPLAY
Outdoor storage and display is prohibited;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
No parking shall be located in the front yard;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
parking spaces calculated in accordance with the following
provisions:
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1.8 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres gross
leasable floor
area
2.5 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres gross
leasable floor
area
4.5 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres gross
leasable floor
area
5.5 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres gross
leasable floor
area
8.3 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres gross
leasable floor
area
10 parking
spaces per
100 square
metres
gross
leasable
floor area
Bakery Day care
centre
Animal
boarding
establishment
Auction and
estate sales
house
Banquet
facility
Exhibition
hall
Dry cleaning
establishment
Business
office
Club
Food
preparation
plant
Commercial
club
Commercial
school
Light
machinery and
equipment
supplier
Convenience
store
Commercial-
recreational
establishment
Light
manufacturing
plant
Dry cleaning
depot
Place of
amusement or
entertainment
Printing
establishment
Financial
institution
Place of
assembly
Rental
establishment
Merchandise
service shop
Scientific,
medical or
research
laboratory
Office-
associated
commercial
establishment
Vehicle sales
establishment
Personal
service shop
Warehouse Professional
office
Retail store
Sales outlet
Restaurant –
Type A
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Sections 5.21.2(a) and 5.21.2(b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall
not apply to the lands designated “MC-21”;
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to an auction and
estate sales house, a bakery, a food preparation plant, a light
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a manufacturing
plant, a printing establishment, or a warehouse, provided the gross
leasable area of the sales outlet does not exceed 25% of the gross
leasable floor area of the auction and estate sales house, bakery,
food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop, printing establishment, or warehouse;
Notwithstanding Clause (A) above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
auction and estate sales house, bakery, food preparation plant,
light manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, printing
establishment, or warehouse, provided the aggregate gross
leasable floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed
25% or the total gross leasable floor area in that building;
A maximum of 6 Restaurants – Type A shall be permitted;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for Restaurants
– Type A shall be 1,300 square metres;
In addition to a Place of Amusement or Entertainment being
permitted in the Cross Hatched Areas, a maximum of one (1) Place
of Amusement or Entertainment facility shall be permitted within
the Diagonally or Horizontally Hatched Areas up to a maximum
gross leasable floor area of 150 square metres;
Despite clause 2(b)(i)(A), the build-to zone as illustrated on Figure
2 attached hereto, shall not apply to that portion of the frontage of
the lot if a stormwater management pond is constructed directly
adjacent to Bayly Street.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S4-9" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-9", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S4-9" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-9", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 325 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 11.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
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A. despite Section 5.8(b) of By-law 2511 as amended, uncovered and
covered platforms/porches attached to a main dwelling may
provide a front yard depth of 4.5 metres.
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum):
for lot frontages 15.0 metres or greater:
1) 1.5 metres on both sides;
for lot frontages greater than 12.0 metres to 14.9 metres:
1) 1.2 metres on both sides;
for lot frontages less than or equal to 12.0 metres:
1) 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metre on the other;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum):
for lot depths less than or equal to 40.0 metres: 7.5 metres
for lot depths greater than 40.0 metres: 10.0 metres
where the rear yard abuts a CN Rail right-of-way: 30.0 metres
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 42 percent
Parking Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
a driveway width shall not occupy more than 55 percent of the front
yard width.
Special Regulations:
rear yard uncovered steps and platforms less than or equal to 1.0
metre above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres;
rear yard uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in
height above grade and less than or equal to 6.0 metres in width
may project a maximum of 1.5 metres.
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Exception Zone 63 (By-law 7312-13, as amended by By-
law 7392-14)
Definitions
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling Unit” shall mean a 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;
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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 a group of buildings as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“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;
“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.
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“Private Garage” shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for
the storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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 lots;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
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Provisions (“R4-22” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“R4-22” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “R4-22”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“R4-22” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “R4-22” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
Lot Frontage (minimum):
16.0 metres
14.0 metres for lots in the hatched and cross hatched areas as
shown on Figure 1 attached to this by-law
Lot Area (minimum): 460 square metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum):
7.5 metres for lots fronting Park Crescent
4.5 metres to the dwelling and 6.0 metres to the garage for all other
lots
Side Yard Width (minimum):
1.2 metres
2.0 metres on the south side yard of the properties abutting
existing residential to the south along Cliffview Road and Park
Crescent, as shown on Figure 2 attached to this by-law
Flankage Side yard width (minimum): 2.7 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
Building Height (maximum):
9.0 metres for all properties fronting or adjacent to Park Crescent
with a front yard depth less than 10.0 metres
9.5 metres for all properties fronting or adjacent to Park Crescent
with a minimum front yard depth of 10.0 metres
10.0 metres for all properties fronting or adjacent to Park Crescent
with a minimum front yard depth of 12.5 metres
10.7 metres for all properties fronting or adjacent to Park Crescent
with a minimum front yard depth of 15.0 metres
10.7 metres for properties fronting Cliffview Road and not abutting
Park Crescent
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Lot Coverage (maximum):
33 percent
40 percent for lots in the cross hatched and dashed areas as
shown on Figure 1 attached to this by-law
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot and the vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line
and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is the
street
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit
despite A above, where the front wall is not the wall containing the
main entrance to the dwelling unit, garages shall not extend
beyond the front wall of the dwelling for any lots fronting Park
Crescent
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard and minimum flankage side yard
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard: 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard: 0.6 metres
3) rear yard: 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features: may project to a further 0.6
metres into the required front, flankage or rear yards
Provisions (“R4-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“R4-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “R4-HL”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
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existing detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“R4-HL” Zone)
On lands zoned “R4-HL” the minimum lot frontage shall be 41 metres
and the minimum lot depth shall be 59 metres.
The minimum yards shall be the yards existing on the date this by-law
came into effect. However, yards, except the front yard, may be
decreased by 10% subject to an approved heritage permit application.
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-HL”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife
resource management
pedestrian trails and walkways
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Exception Zone 64 (By-law 7383-14, as amended by By-
law 7410-15)
Definitions
“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, and may or may not include a
window seat; and may include a door;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than 3 adjacent dwelling units attached together
horizontally by one above ground common wall;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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;
"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, 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;
"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;
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"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
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Provisions (“SA-22” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“SA-22” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SA-22”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Single Attached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“SA-22” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SA-22” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the provisions as
set out in the following table:
“SA-22”
Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 7.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 190 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.0 metres
(d) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
(e) Side Yard Width
(minimum)
1.5 metres except where dwellings on
abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard
(h) Building Height
(maximum) 9.5 metres
(i) Internal Garage Width
(minimum)
(i) Lots with minimum Lot Frontage of
10.0 metres and less – 3.7 metres
(ii) Lots with minimum Lot Frontage of
11.0 metres – 5.5 metres
Special Provisions (“SA-22” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “SA-22”
Building Height:
notwithstanding Section 1(h), “Building Height” shall mean the vertical
distance between the established grade, at the front of the house, and
the highest point of the roof surface (finished upper floor);
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notwithstanding provision 2(b)(h), a parapet wall may project a
maximum of 1.8 metres above the highest point of the roof surface
(finished upper floor);
Outdoor Private Amenity Area:
a minimum of 25.0 square metres of outdoor private amenity area shall
be provided and located on the roof top terrace;
accessory structures such as pergolas, sheds or other similar
structures shall not be permitted on the roof top terrace;
a privacy fence located on the roof top terrace shall have a maximum
height of 1.8 metres from the highest point on the roof surface (finished
upper floor);
the outdoor private amenity area located on the roof top terrace shall
not be enclosed;
Elevator and Stairwell Enclosures:
notwithstanding provision 2(b)(h), elevator and stairwell enclosures may
project a maximum of 2.5 metres above the highest point of the roof
surface (finished upper floor);
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from
the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch extends a minimum of
1.8 metres from the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit,
in which case no part of any attached private garage shall extend more
than 3.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
covered and unenclosed porches, veranda or balcony, with or without
foundations, may encroach a maximum of 3.0 metres into the required
minimum front yard and stairs may encroach an additional 1.0 metre
into the required front yard;
uncovered decks, platforms and steps may encroach a maximum of
3.0 metres into the required rear yard;
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required yards
as follows:
front yard 0.6 metres
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flankage yard 0.6 metres
rear yard 0.6 metres
eaves above these features may project to a further 0.6 metres into
any required yards
Parking Requirements:
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a minimum
of 2 parking spaces, one of which must be provided within an attached
private garage.
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Definitions
“Automobile Sales Showroom” means a building or part of a building where
new or used vehicles are displayed and/or offered for sale, rent or lease.
“Automobile Service Repair Garage” means an establishment for the
servicing or repairing of automobiles, but shall not include a body shop.
“Body Shop” means an establishment in which motor vehicle bodies are
repaired and/or painted.
“Building Height” means the vertical distance between the average grade
as measured along the front wall, 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 level between eaves and ridge. Ornamental fixtures such as a
cupola or antenna shall not be included in calculating the height of a
building.
“Build-to-Zone” means an area of a property within which all or part of one
(1) or more buildings or structure is to be located.
“Gross Floor Area” means the total area, expressed in square metres (m2)
of each floor whether located above, at or below grade, measured between
the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building at each floor level but
excluding any porch, veranda, cellar, mechanical room or penthouse, or
areas dedicated to parking within the building. For the purposes of this
definition, the walls of an inner court shall be deemed to be exterior walls.
“Inoperative Vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is mechanically
inoperative, and/or is in a state that precludes immediate use.
“Landscaped Area” means the open unobstructed space from ground to
sky at grade which is suitable for the growth and maintenance of grass,
flowers, bushes and other landscaping and includes any surfaced walk,
patio, stairs or similar area but does not include any driveway, or ramp,
whether surfaced or not, any curb, retaining wall, parking area, interior
courtyard, or any easement for the purposes of underground or overhead
utilities or services where located within a front yard or exterior side yard.
“Lot” means a parcel of land fronting on a street, whether or not occupied
by a building or structure.
“Lot Frontage” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a
lot measured along a line parallel to and 6.0 metre distant from the front lot
line.
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“Lot Line” means a line delineating any boundary of a lot.
“Lot Line, Flankage Side” means the side lot line, which separated a lot
from the street adjacent to it.
“Lot Line, Front” means the lot line, which separates a lot from the street in
front of it. Where more than one (1) lot line separates a lot from the street,
the front lot line shall be the shorter lot line. Where a lot is a through lot, the
lot line abutting the wider street right-of-way shall be the front lot line. In the
case of a through lot, where both streets are of the same width, the City
may designate either street line as the front lot line.
“Lot Line, Interior Side” means a side lot line, which is not adjacent to a
street.
“Lot Line, Rear” means the lot line opposite to, and most distant from, the
front lot line, but where the side lot lines intersect, as in the case of a
triangular lot, the rear lot line shall be represented by the point of
intersection.
“Lot Line, Side” means all lot lines, which join both a front lot line and a rear
lot line.
“Office” means a building or part thereof, where administrative and clerical
functions are carried out in the management of a business, profession,
organization or public administration, but shall not include a medical office.
“Office-associated Commercial Establishment” means an establishment
providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily operation of a
business office or professional office, such as a stationery store, a
computer store, or an office furniture store.
“Outdoor Storage” means the occasional or continuous keeping of goods,
inventory, materials or machinery or equipment outside, but does not
include damaged, impounded or inoperative vehicles.
“Printing Shop” means an establishment used for blueprinting, engraving,
electrotyping, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing, stereotyping or
typesetting.
“Yard” means any open, uncovered, unoccupied space appurtenant to a
building.
“Yard, Flankage Side” means a side yard adjacent to a street.
“Yard, Front” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot
between the front lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the
lot for which the yard is required.
“Yard, Interior Side” means a side yard not adjacent to a street.
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“Yard, Rear” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot
between the rear lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the
lot for which the yard is required.
“Yard, Side” means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard
between the side lot line and the nearest wall of any building or structure on
the lot for which the yard is required.
Permitted Uses and Zone Regulations (“CA5” Zone)
Permitted Uses (“CA5” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “CA5”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except for the following:
Office
Automobile Sales Showroom
Automobile Service Repair Garage
Office-associated Commercial Establishment
Printing Shop
Zone Regulations (“CA5” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “CA5”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
i) Lot Frontage minimum – 45.0 metres
ii) Lot Area minimum – 0.5 of a hectare
iii) Building
Setbacks
no building or part of a building or structure shall be
erected outside of the building envelope, as shown on
Figure 1 to this By-law no building or part of a building or
structure shall be erected within the building envelope,
unless a minimum of 80 percent of the length of the
build-to-zone, as shown on Figure 1 to this By-law,
contains a building or part of a building
iv) Building
Height minimum – 5.0 metres
v) Gross Floor
Area (GFA) minimum – 900.0 square metres
vi) Landscaped
Area minimum – 20 percent of the lot
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Vehicular Parking Regulations
Minimum Parking Requirements
A. Office, Automobile Sales
Showroom, Automobile
Service Repair Garage
3.0 parking spaces per 100 square metres
of Gross Floor Area (GFA)
B. All other permitted uses 5.5 parking spaces per 100 square metres
of GFA
Surface Parking Spaces
All surface parking shall be setback a minimum of 13.0 metres from the
lot lines abutting Bayly Street and Brock Road.
Outdoor Storage and Display
No outdoor storage or display of inoperative vehicles or equipment is
permitted on the lot.
Notwithstanding Section 2(d)(i) above, the display of automobiles in
association with an Automobile Sales Showroom shall be permitted on
the lot.
No required parking space, as required in Section (3) a) above, may be
used for the storage or display of automobiles.
Garbage Facilities
All garage facilities shall be contained within a fully enclosed structure
attached or integrated into a building.
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Definitions
“Balcony” shall mean an attached covered or uncovered platform projecting
or recessed 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.
“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.
“Deck” shall mean a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a
building and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“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.
“Dwelling, detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Dwelling Depth” shall mean a horizontal distance measured from the front
wall of a dwelling to the rear wall of a dwelling, excluding any allowable
projection.
“Front Entrance” shall mean the principal entrance oriented towards the
front lot line providing access to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior
and does not include an access provided through an attached private
garage. In the case of a corner lot, the principal entrance providing access
to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior may be oriented towards the
side lot line that is adjacent to the street, or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street.
“Grade” or “Established Grade” shall mean, when used with reference to a
building, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground where
it meets the exterior of the front wall of such building and when used with
reference to a structure shall mean the average elevation of the finished
surface of the ground immediately surrounding such structure, exclusive in
both cases of any artificial embankment.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
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“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, 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.
“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.
“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.
“Porch” shall mean a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the
exterior wall of a building, a basement may be located under the porch.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“Storey” shall mean 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 next above it.
“Wall, Front” shall mean a primary exterior wall of a building, not including
permitted projections, which contains the primary entrance door.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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
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line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“OS” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management; and
stormwater management facilities.
Uses Permitted (“R4-23” and “R4-24” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R4-23” and “R4-24”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
Detached dwelling
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Zone Requirements (“R4-23” and “R4-24” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R4-23” and “R4-24”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
“R4-23” Zone “R4-24” Zone
(a) Lot Area
(minimum) 410 square metres
(b) Lot Frontage
(minimum)
(i) 13.5 metres (i) 15 metres
(ii) 14 metres for the
lands in the diagonal
hatched area as
shown on Figure 1 to
this By-law
(ii) 12.5 metres for the
lands in the cross hatched
area as shown on Figure 1
to this By-law
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
(i) 6.0 metres
6.0 metres (ii) 4.5 metres for the
lands in the diagonal
hatched area as
shown on Figure 1 to
this By-law
(d)
Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
1.5 metres
(e)
Flankage
Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
4.5 metres
(f)
Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
7.5 metres
(g)
Dwelling
Depth
(maximum)
(i) For lots with depths up to and including 40
metres: 17 metres
(ii) For lots with depths greater than 40 metres: 20
metres
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(h)
Front
Entrance
(maximum
elevation)
The maximum elevation of the front entrance shall
be 1.2 metres above the average grade, which is
measured along the front wall of the dwelling, to the
top of the platform (covered or uncovered)
immediately outside of the front entrance.
(i)
Building
Height
(maximum)
9.0 metres
(j) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 39 percent
(k)
Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit,
one of which must be provided within an attached
private garage.
(l)
Driveway
Width
(maximum)
Maximum driveway width shall not exceed the width
of the exterior walls of a private garage.
(m) 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 front
lot line.
(n)
Interior
Garage Size
(minimum)
Each parking space within a private garage shall
have a minimum width of 3.0 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres. However, the width
may include one interior step and the depth may
include two interior steps.
Special Provisions (“R4-23” and “R4-24” Zones)
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs
not exceeding 1.2 metres in height above established grade may
encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into the required front yard;
uncovered decks and associated stairs not exceeding 2.0 metres
in height above established grade may encroach a maximum of
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2.0 metres into the required rear yard, provided they are setback a
minimum of 0.6 of a metre from the interior side lot line;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or recessed in the
rear are prohibited;
stairs to an entrance may encroach to within a minimum of 0.6 of a
metre from the interior side lot line;
stairs to a below grade access may encroach a maximum of
2.0 metres into the required rear yard;
a bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
width of up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres
into any required yard or half the required interior side yard,
whichever is less; and
window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural
features may project a maximum of 0.6 of a metre into any required
yard and are required to be setback a minimum of 0.6 of a metre
from the interior side lot line.
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Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Dwelling, Detached Bungalow” shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures that is limited to a maximum building height of one (1) storey.
“Dwelling Depth” shall mean a horizontal distance measured from the front
wall of a dwelling to the rear wall of a dwelling, excluding any allowable
projection.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
“Front Entrance” shall mean the principal entrance oriented towards the
front lot line providing access to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior
and does not include an access provided through an attached private
garage. In the case of a corner lot, the principal entrance providing access
to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior may be oriented towards the
side lot line that is adjacent to the street, or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, or a
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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.
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
"Storey” shall mean 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 next above it.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
"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.
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"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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S4-18” and “S4-19” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-18” and “S4-19”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
Dwelling, Detached
Dwelling, Detached Bungalow
Zone Requirements (“S4-18” and “S4-19” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-18” and “S4-19”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
“S4-18” Zone “S4-19” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 15.0 metres 12.2 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 500 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres 6.0 metres
(d) Side Yard Depth
(minimum) 1.5 metres on both sides
1.2 metres on one side,
and
0.6 of a metre on the other
side
(e) Flankage Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.0 metres
(f) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres 10.0 metres
(g) Dwelling Depth
(maximum) 17.7 metres 18.5 metres
(h) Height of Front
Entrance
(maximum)
1.2 metres between established grade and the top of the
floor immediately inside the front entrance
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“S4-18” Zone “S4-19” Zone
(i) Building Height
(maximum) 9.0 metres
(j) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 33 percent 35 percent
(k) Parking Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit for
resident, one of which must be provided within an attached
private garage.
(l) Driveway Width
(maximum) Maximum driveway width shall not exceed the width of the
exterior walls of the private garage(s).
(m) 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 front lot line, and not less
than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining
a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
(n) Interior Garage Size
(minimum)
Each parking space within a private garage shall have a
minimum width of 5.6 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0
metres; however, the width may include one interior step
and the depth may include two interior steps.
(o) Garage Projection A maximum 2.0 metres projection beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, except
where a covered and unenclosed porch extends a minimum
of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Special Provisions
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S4-18” and “S4-
19”:
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.2 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of 2.0 metres into the minimum required front or flankage
yard;
uncovered balconies, decks and associated stairs, not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above grade may encroach a maximum of 3.0 metres
into the required rear yard, provided they are setback 0.6 metres from a
side lot line;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or inset in the rear are
prohibited;
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bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a width of
up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required yard or half the required side yard, whichever is less; and
window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural features
are permitted to project a maximum of 0.6 metres into any required
yard and are required to be setback 0.6 metres from a side lot line.
Despite Section 2.46(c) of By-law 2511, as amended, the following
definitions shall apply to the lands identified in a cross-hatched pattern on
Figure 1:
“Front Lot Line” shall mean the most northerly lot line.
“Rear Lot Line” shall mean the lot line running parallel to and opposite
of the front lot line.
“Side Lot Line” shall mean all other lot lines that are not a front lot line
or rear lot line.
Despite Sections 2(b)(g), 2(b)(i) and 2(b)(j) of this By-law the following
provisions shall apply for Dwellings, Detached Bungalow on lands zoned
“S4-19”:
Building Height (maximum): 6.0 metres
Dwelling Depth (maximum): 22.3 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 42 percent
Provisions (“(H) S4-19” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“(H) S4-19” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall not be
used for any purposes other than the following:
Private Open Space
Zone Requirements (“(H) S4-19” Zone)
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall be removed from the “S4-19” zone until the
completion of the following:
Gillmoss Drive is extended further east to the satisfaction of the City.
Model Homes
Despite the provisions of Clause 6.1 of By-law 2511, a maximum of 2 model
homes, together with not fewer than two parking spaces per Model Home,
may be constructed on the lands subject to this By-law prior to the division
of those lands by registrations of a plan of subdivision or enacting a by-law
exempting those lands from the Part Lot Control provisions of the Planning
Act.
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For the purpose of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling unit
which is not used for residential purpose, but which is used exclusively for
sales, display and marketing purposes pursuant to an agreement with the
City of Pickering.
Figure 1
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Definitions
“Balcony” means an attached 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.
“Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
“Building Height” means the vertical distance between the established
grade, and in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of the roof surface or
parapet wall, or in the case of a gabled, hip or gambrel roof, the mean
height level between eaves and ridges.
“Deck” means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building
and with direct access from the building and from grade.
“Driveway” means that portion of a lot used to provide vehicular access
from a roadway to an off-street parking area of loading space located on
the same lot as the principal use. On a lot containing a detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling, street townhouse dwelling back-to-back
townhouse dwelling or block townhouse dwelling, the driveway may contain
a parking space.
“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer;
“Dwelling Unit” means 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;
“Dwelling, Detached” means a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate, and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Floor Area – Residential” means the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
“Frontage” means that part of a lot that abuts a street measured along the
street line.
“Lot” means 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, or a public park or
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open space area, regardless of whether or not such lot constitutes the
whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
“Lot Coverage” means the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot;
“Lot Frontage” means 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.
“Parapet Wall” means the portion of an exterior wall extending above the
roof.
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building; a basement may be located under the porch.
“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.
“Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard Depth” means 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;
“Rear Yard” means 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;
“Rear Yard Depth” means 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;
“Side Yard” means 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;
“Side Yard Width” means 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;
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“Interior Side Yard” means a side yard.
“Wall, Front” means the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S4-17” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4-17”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Detached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S4-17” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4-17” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
“S4-17” Zone
(a) Number of Lots (maximum) 2 lots
(b) Lot Frontage (minimum) 10.0 metres
(c) Lot Area (minimum) 305.0 square metres
(d) Front Yard Depth (minimum) 6.0 metres
(e) Side Yard Depth (minimum) 1.2 metres, and 0.6 of a metre on the
other side
(f) Rear Yard Depth (minimum) 7.5 metres
(g) Building Height (maximum) 9.0 metres
(h) Lot Coverage (maximum) 45 percent
(i) Parking Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per
dwelling unit for resident, one of which
must be provided within an attached
private garage
(j) Driveway Width (maximum) Maximum driveway width shall not
exceed the width of the exterior walls of
the private garage
(k) Garage Requirements Minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the mail building, the
vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the
front lot line
(l) Interior Garage Size (minimum) Each parking space within a private
garage shall have a minimum width of
3.0 metres and a minimum depth of
6.0 metres provided; however, the width
may include one interior step and the
depth may include two interior steps
(m) Garage Projection A maximum of 1.5 metres projection
beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit
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Special Provisions
Projections such as window silts, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, plasters, eaves, eave troughs 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;
Porches and associated stairs not exceeding 1.0 metres in height
above established grade may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required front yard;
Balconies not exceeding 3.5 metres in height above grade may
encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into the required front and rear
yard;
Decks and associated stairs not exceeding 1.0 metre in height above
grade may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into the required front
and rear yard provided they are setback 0.6 of a metre from a side lot
line;
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundations, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to a
maximum of 0.6 of a metre or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less.
Section 37 Provisions
An indexed cash contribution of $40,000.00 to be paid to the City to be
allocated towards the necessary upgrades to Balsdon Park;
In the event the cash contribution referred to in Section 3(a) of this By-law
has not been used for the intended purposes within 3 years of the By-law
coming into force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for
another purpose, at the discretion of the Director, City Development, in
consultation with the Ward Councillor(s), provided that the purposes will
benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands;
Pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, and subject to compliance with
this By-law, the increase in density of the development is permitted beyond
that otherwise permitted on the subject lands subject to this By-law in
return for the provision by the owner, at the owner’s expense of the
facilities, services and matters set out in Section 3(a) of this By-law and
which are secured by one or more agreements pursuant to Subsection
37(3) of the Planning Act that are in a form and registered on title to the
lands, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;
The owner shall not use, or permit the use of, a building or structure
erected with an increase in density pursuant to this By-law unless all
provisions and obligations in this By-law are met; and
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Despite Section 2(b)(a) of this By-law, an additional lot is permitted upon
execution and registration on title of a Section 37 agreement pursuant to
Section 3(c) of this By-law.
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Definitions
“Building Height” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade, 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 level between the eaves
and ridge. A penthouse, tower, cupola, steeple or other roof structure which
is used only as an ornament upon or to house the mechanical equipment of
any building shall be disregarded in calculating the height of such building.
“Business Offices” shall mean a building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of a public or private agency, a business, a brokerage, or a labour or
fraternal organization, and shall include a bank, a data processing
establishment, a newspaper publishing plant, a radio or television
broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, and telegraph office,
but shall not include a professional office, a retail store or any other use
defined herein.
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods or fabrics to be subjected to the dry
cleaning or laundering elsewhere, and distributing articles, goods or fabrics
which have been subjected to any such processes.
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
used for dry cleaning or laundering of articles, goods or fabrics, but does
not include a laundromat.
“Floor Area” shall mean the area of the floor surface or a storey or part of a
storey.
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
“Frontage” or “Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of the lot between the
side lot lines measured along a line parallel to and 6 metres distant from
the front lot line.
“Gross Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure other than a private garage, an attic or a
cellar.
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the total gross floor area designed
for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines
and upper floors if any, measured from the centre line of joint partitions and
from outside wall faces.
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“Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
The production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres.
Printing or duplicating.
The manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp.
The production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies.
The manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, including but not necessarily restricted to, furniture,
housewares, toys, musical instruments, jewellery, watches, precision
instruments, radios and electronic components.
“Lot” shall mean an area of land fronting on a street which is used or
intended to be used as a site of a building, or group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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.
“Lot Area” shall mean the total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot.
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on a lot.
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article.
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or a master plumber,
but shall not include a retail store, a manufacturing plant, or any
establishment used for the service or repair of vehicles.
“Office-associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store.
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“Parking Space” shall mean a usable and accessible area, having a
minimum width of 2.6 metres and a minimum length of 5.3 metres
excluding aisle space and driveways to the parking lot, for the temporary
parking of a vehicle.
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 154
(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25, as amended from time-
to-time, or any successor thereto.
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting.
“Restaurant” shall mean a building or part of a building where food is
prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both.
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or a part of a building accessory to a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation plant
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products.
“Scientific or Medical Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of a building
wherein scientific or medical experiments or investigations are
systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals, glassware or other
substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or investigations are
manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the premises.
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels.
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
“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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon.
“Front Yard” shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the lot
between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest
building or structure on the lot.
“Rear Yard” shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the 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 on the lot.
“Side Yard” shall mean a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and from the side lot line of the lot to the nearest wall of the nearest
building on the lot.
“Flankage Side Yard” shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is located a street.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MC-22” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “MC-22” , use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Business Office
Dry Cleaning Depot
Dry Cleaning Establishment
Food Preparation Plant
Light Manufacturing Plant
Merchandise Service Shop
Office-associated Commercial Establishment
Personal Service Shop
Printing Establishment
Restaurant
Sales Outlet
Scientific or Medical Laboratory
Vehicle Repair Shop
Warehouse
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Zone Requirements (“MC-22” Zone):
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-22” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum) – 0.4 hectares
Lot Frontage (minimum) – 45 metres
Front Yard (minimum) – 12 metres
Side Yard (minimum)
Interior Side Yard – 4.5 metres
Flankage Side Yard – 12 metres
Rear Yard (minimum) – 7.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum) – 40 percent
Building Height (maximum) – 12 metres
Parking Requirements:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
3.4 parking spaces per 93 square metres of gross floor area for all
uses.
Sections 5.21.2 (a) and 5.21.2 (b) of By-law 2511, as amended, shall
not apply to the lands designated “MC-22”
Special Provisions:
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a food preparation
plant, a light manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing
establishment, or a warehouse, provided the gross leasable floor area of
the sales outlet does not exceed 20 percent of the gross leasable floor area
of the food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop, printing establishment or warehouse.
A dry cleaning depot shall be permitted only if accessory to a dry cleaning
establishment, provided the gross leasable floor area of the dry cleaning
depot does not exceed 20 percent of the gross leasable floor area of the
dry cleaning establishment.
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
for all office-associated commercial establishments on the lot: 500
square metres
for all personal service shops on the lot: 500 square metres
for all restaurants on the lot: 400 square metres
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law 7661-18, By-law 7735-20, Application P/CA 46/19 and
Application P/CA 49/19)
Definitions
“Amphitheatre” shall mean an open-air venue used for entertainment and
performances having tiers of seats arranged around a central area.
“Arena” means a building or part thereof, in which the principal facilities
provide for recreational activities such as curling, skating, hockey, lacrosse,
broomball or other similar athletic activities, entertainment activities such as
concerts, trade shows or other live performances, and which facilities may
include dressing rooms, concession booths for the provision of food and
refreshments, bleachers, equipment for making artificial ice and other such
accessory facilities.
“Art Gallery” means premises where paintings, sculptures, or other works of
art are exhibited or sold.
“Bake Shop” means an establishment where baked goods are made and
sold to the public.
“Building” means a structure occupying an area greater than 10 square
metres and consisting of any combination of walls roof and floor but shall
not include a mobile home.
“Business Support Services” means an establishment used to provide
support services to businesses which are characterized by one or more of
the following features: the use of mechanical equipment for printing,
duplicating, binding or photographic processing; the provision of office
maintenance or custodial services; the provision of office security; and the
sale, rental, repair or servicing of office equipment, furniture and machines.
Typical Uses include printing establishments, film processing
establishments, janitorial firms and office equipment sales and repair
establishments.
“Commercial Fitness / Recreational Centre” means a commercial
establishment in which indoor fitness and recreational facilities such as
bowling alleys, miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts,
swimming pools, exercise classes and other indoor recreational facilities
are provided and operated for gain or profit, but does not include an arena,
stadium or place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein.
“Commercial School” means a building, or part thereof, where instruction of
a skill is provided for profit and may include instruction in a trade, business,
art, music, dance, cooking, athletic skill or any other specialized instruction
but does not include a commercial fitness/recreation centre.
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“Community Centre” means a multi-purpose facility or part of that facility
owned and operated by the City of Pickering, which offers a variety of
programs and facilities of a recreational, cultural, community service,
information or instructional nature.
“Convenience Store” means a retail store with a maximum leasable floor
area of 500 square metres where articles for sale are restricted to a limited
range of goods, primarily food, toiletries, housewares, stationary and other
similar daily household necessities, but does not include a supermarket.
“Convention or Conference Centre” means a building or part of a building
designed or intended to be used for such purposes as civic meetings,
educational meetings, political meetings, conventions, conferences, trade
shows, recreational activities or social activities and may include ancillary
banquet facilities.
“Day Care Centre” means:
indoor and outdoor premises where more than 5 children are provided
with temporary care and/or guidance for a continuous period but does
not provide overnight accommodation and are licensed in accordance
with the applicable Provincial Act; or,
indoor and outdoor premises in which care is offered or supplied on a
regular schedule to adults for a portion of a day but does not provide
overnight accommodation.
“Dry-Cleaner's Distributing Centre” means premises used for the purpose
of receiving articles or goods of fabric to be laundered or dry-cleaned
elsewhere and does not include a dry cleaning establishment.
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” means premises in which the business of
laundry or dry-cleaning is housed and where the cleaning, drying, ironing,
and finishing of such goods are conducted.
“Entertainment Complex” means a building or part of a building, or group of
buildings and facilities designed and intended to be used for a variety of
entertainment purposes, such as, but not limited to, major tourist
establishment, nightclub, place of amusement, performance arts centre, or
waterpark/wavepool.
“Financial Institution” means a building, or part thereof, where money is
deposited, withdrawn, kept, lent or exchanged.
“Floor Area” means the total area of all floors of a building within the
outside walls or outside finished furred partitions of the walls, but does not
include a porch, non-walk-in bay window, attic, basement, enclosed or
roofed walkways or loading dock.
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“Gaming Establishment” or “Casino” means an establishment which is used
or intended to be used for gaming purposes, such as, but not limited to, the
playing or operating games of chance or mixed chance and skill, on which
money may be wagered, and includes, but is not limited to, arcades, casino
halls, video lottery gaming and slot machine gaming, and where a license
has been issued by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
“Gross Floor Area” means the aggregate of all floor areas of a building or
structure above or below established grade, which floor areas are
measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building at
each floor level but excluding any porch, veranda, cellar, mechanical room
or penthouse, or areas dedicated to parking within the building. For the
purposes of this definition, the walls of an inner court shall be deemed to be
exterior walls.
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” means the total gross floor area designed for
tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and
upper floors, if any, expressed in square metres and measured from the
centre line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.
“Ground Floor” means the floor of a building approximately at or first above
grade.
“Ground Floor Area” means the gross floor area only on the ground floor.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade, at the front of the building, 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.
“Hotel” means a building, or group of buildings, each containing sleeping
accommodation, catering primarily to the traveling public, for rent or hire for
temporary lodging. Hotel may also include restaurant, public hall and
ancillary services and retail uses, which are incidental and subordinate to
the primary hotel function and oriented to serve the hotel patrons.
“Landmark Building” means a building that is distinguished and recognized
due to architectural excellence, prominent use, cultural importance or its
positive contribution to the City of Pickering skyline and sense of place.
“Loading Space” means an unobstructed area of land which is provided
and maintained upon the same lot or lots upon which the principal use is
located and which area is provided for the temporary parking of one
commercial vehicle while merchandise or materials are being loaded or
unloaded from such vehicles.
“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 a group of buildings as the
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case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Major Tourist Establishment” means a non-retail establishment which
provides recreational, leisure, entertainment and tourist activities that is a
major attraction due to its uniqueness, significant scale and appeal to
visitors, but does not include any other use permitted by this by-law.
“Medical Office” means premises designed and used for the diagnosis,
examination, and medical, surgical or physiotherapeutic treatment of
human patients, and which may include pharmacies and dispensaries
which are limited to the requirements of Retail Sales, Ancillary definition,
waiting rooms, treatment rooms and blood testing clinics, but shall not
include overnight accommodation for in-patient care.
“Nightclub” shall mean a building, or part thereof, whose primary function is
the provision of theatrical performances, pre-recorded music, or live
musical entertainment, whether such music is provided for listening or
dancing by the patrons, or any combination of the above functions, and
where food and/or beverages may be served, but does not include a
restaurant.
“Office” means a building or part thereof, where administrative and clerical
functions are carried out in the management of a business, profession,
organization or public administration but shall not include a medical office.
“Parking Area” means one or more parking spaces, including related aisles,
for the parking or storage of vehicles.
“Parking Garage” means a building, or part thereof, used for the parking of
vehicles and may include any permitted use in the first storey, but shall not
include any area where vehicles for sale or repair are kept or stored. A
parking garage includes underground parking and a parking structure.
“Parking Lot” means a lot or portion thereof provided for the parking of
vehicles accessory or incidental to the main use.
“Parking Space” means an area of land or building that is accessible by a
driveway or aisle, having access to a street or lane that is reserved for the
purpose of the temporary parking or storage of one vehicle.
“Personal Service Establishment” means a building, structure, or part
thereof, where services are provided and administered to individual and
personal needs and where retail sale of goods accessory to the service
provided is permitted and include, but is not limited to, hair care, aesthetics,
health and beauty treatment, dressmaking, tailoring, shoe shinning and
repair, laundromat and laundry depot.
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“Place of Amusement” means premises which are devoted to the offering of
facilities for the playing of any game for the amusement of the public, and
includes a cinema or other theatre, billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys or,
electronic games.
“Private Club” means a building, or part thereof, used for social, cultural,
athletic or recreational activities by its members and guests or by a
fraternal organization, which are not operated for profit.
“Performance Arts Centre” shall mean a building or part of a building
used for the rehearsal and presentation of live entertainment such as, but
not limited to, music, dance or theatre.
“Restaurant” means a building or part of a building where the principal
business is the preparation of food for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on or off the premises, or both on and off the premises but
shall not include a night club.
“Restaurant Plaza” means a complex of a minimum of three restaurants
that are organized around a landscaped open space area.
“Retail Sales, Ancillary” means a retail store use which is associated with,
but clearly subordinate to, a Permitted Principal or Secondary Use:
with a maximum gross leasable area of 15 percent of the building;
with a maximum gross leasable area of 500 square metres per
ancillary retail sales use; and,
with a direct internal access to the Permitted Principal or Secondary
Use.
“Retail Store” means premises in which goods and merchandise are
offered or kept for retail sale or rental to the public. This definition shall not
include any establishment otherwise defined in this By-law.
“Slot Machine Gaming” means a gaming device, mechanically,
electronically or otherwise operated or intended to be operated for gaming
purposes by means of insertion of money or cards or coins equivalent to
money.
“Structure” means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts
joined together or any such erection fixed to or supported by the soil and/or
any other structure but excludes an in-ground swimming pool.
“Supermarket” means a building, or part thereof, containing a
departmentalized food store, but does not include a convenience store.
“Vehicle Rental Establishment” means a building, or part thereof, where
new or used vehicles are offered for rent and may include the storage and
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display of vehicles and may include an associated vehicle repair shop for
the repair of the rental vehicles only.
“Waterpark” or “Wave Pool” shall mean an indoor or outdoor premises
where people may bathe, swim, or lounge within pools or tanks of water.
Provisions (“MTD” Zone)
Permitted Principal Uses (“MTD” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “MTD”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Amphitheatre
Arena
Convention or Conference Centre
Film Studio
Gaming Establishment/Casino
Hotel
Medical Office
Major Tourist Establishment
Office
Performance Arts Centre
Restaurant Plaza
Stadium
Waterpark/Wave Pool
Permitted Secondary Uses (“MTD” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “MTD”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following uses
which are only permitted when a minimum of two Permitted Principal Use,
as listed in Subsection 2(a) of this by-law have been constructed:
Art Gallery
Banquet Facilities
Botanical Gardens
Cinema
Commercial Fitness / Recreation Centre
Commercial Parking Lot and Commercial Parking Lot Structure
Community Centre
Community Gardens
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Curling Rinks, Tennis Courts, Bowling Alleys or similar recreational
facilities
Financial Institution
Museum
Nightclub
Spa
Permitted Support Uses (“MTD” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “MTD”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following uses
which are only permitted when integrated within a Permitted Principal Use
or Permitted Secondary Use, as listed in Subsections 2(a) and 2(b) of this
By-law:
Bake Shop
Business Support Services
Commercial School
Day Care Centre
Dry-Cleaner’s Distribution Centre
Personal Service Establishment
Place of Amusement
Private Club
Retail Sales, Ancillary
Restaurant
Travel Agent
Travel Information Centre
Vehicle Rental Establishment
Zone Requirements (“MTD” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MTD” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
Building Height (maximum): 25 storeys
Additional Requirements (“MTD” Zone)
A gaming establishment/casino use is only permitted as part of a hotel,
convention or conference centre, entertainment complex.
The total gross floor area of all existing or proposed Permitted
Secondary Uses and Permitted Support Uses in the “MTD” Zone, as
listed in Subsections 2(b) and 2(3) of this By-law shall not exceed 15
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percent of the total gross floor area of all existing or proposed
Permitted Principal Uses in the “MTD” Zone, as listed in Subsection 2
(a) of this By-law.
The total gross floor area of all Restaurant Plazas shall not exceed
15 percent of the total gross floor area of all uses within the “MTD”
Zone.
Despite Clause 2(e)(ii) the total gross floor area of all existing or
proposed Restaurant Plazas in the “MTD” Zone, shall be excluded from
the total gross floor area of all existing or proposed Permitted Principal
Uses in the “MTD” Zone, as listed in Subsection 2(a) for the purpose of
calculating total gross floor area of all existing or proposed Permitted
Secondary Uses and Permitted Support Uses in the “MTD” Zone, as
listed in Subsections 2(b) and 2(c) of this By-law.
The following Permitted Support Uses shall have a maximum gross
leasable area of 500 square metres per individual use:
Dry-Cleaner’s Distribution Centre
Personal Service Establishment
Retail Sales, Ancillary
Travel Information Centre
Despite Clause 2(d)(i) of this By-law, landmark buildings having a
maximum height of 35 storeys, may be permitted on lands zoned
“MTD”.
Parking Requirements (“MTD” Zone)
The minimum parking requirements for the lands designated “MTD”
attached hereto, shall be the largest cumulative total number of spaces
required for all uses for a Weekday – Morning, Weekday – Noon,
Weekday – Afternoon, Weekday – Evening, Saturday – Morning,
Saturday – Noon, Saturday – Afternoon, or Saturday – Evening parking
period, derived by applying, for each existing and proposed use, the
respective parking space rate set out in Clause 2(f)(ii) of this By-law
and then applying the parking space reductions where applicable for
each of the different parking periods, as set out in Subclause 2(f)(ii) (A)
and (B), the Occupancy Rates - Percentage of Peak Period for
Weekdays and Saturday Charts.
The minimum parking rates for the uses permitted in a “MTD” Zones
shall be provided in accordance with the following provisions:
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(i)
Amphitheatre / Arena
/ Cinema / Stadium /
Performance Arts
Centre
1.0 space per 4 fixed seats, but where
permanent fixed seating is open-style
bench or pew, each 0.5 metres of bench
or pew space is equal to one (1) seat for
the purpose of calculating required
parking
(ii) Botanical Gardens /
Community Garden
1.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area of building on
site
(iii)
Day Care Centre /
Dry-Cleaner's
Distributing Centre /
Business Support
Services / Office /
Travel Agent / Travel
Information Centre /
Community Centre /
Vehicle Rental
Establishment
3.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(iv) Retail Sales, Ancillary 3.5 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(v)
Art Gallery / Museum
/ Waterpark / Wave
Pool / Major Tourist
Establishment
4.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area; or 1.0 space per
4 capacity, whichever is greater
(vi)
Commercial School /
Financial Institution /
Personal Service /
Spa
4.5 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(vii)
Commercial
Fitness/Recreation
Centre / Private Club
/ Place of
Amusement
5.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(viii) Restaurant /
Bake Shop
6.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(ix) Medical Office 6.5 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(x)
Banquet Facilities /
Convention or
Conference Centre/
Nightclub
10.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
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(xi)
Curling rinks, tennis
courts, bowling alleys
or similar recreational
facilities
4 spaces per ice sheet, court or lane or
similar recreational facility provided that,
where facilities for a restaurant, nightclub
or assembly hall are also provided, the
greater parking requirement for either the
recreational facilities or for the assembly
floor area shall apply
(xii) Gaming
Establishment/Casino 0.7 space per gaming position
(xiii) Hotel
0.8 space per guest room;
plus 10.0 spaces per 100 square metres
non-residential gross floor area used for
public use including meeting rooms,
conference rooms, recreational facilities,
dining and lounge areas and other
commercial facilities, but excluding
bedrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms,
washrooms, lobbies, hallways, elevators,
stairways and recreational facilities
directly related to the function of the
overnight accommodation
(xiv) All other uses 4.0 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
(xv) Film Studio 0.7 spaces per 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area
Shared Parking Permitted Reductions Calculation:
A. Occupancy Rate - Percentage of Peak Period (Weekday)
A B C D E
Type of Use Occupancy Rate - Percentage of Peak
Period (Weekday)
Morning Noon Afternoon Evening
Gaming
Establishment/Casino
70 70 70 100
Office/Medical
Office/Financial
Institution
100 90 95 10
Banquet Facilities /
Convention or
Conference Centre
90 90 90 100
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A B C D E Performance Arts
Centre / Arena
10 10 70 100
Retail Store/Personal
Service
Establishment
80 90 90 90
Restaurant 20 100 30 100
Hotel 70 70 70 100
B. Occupancy Rate - Percentage of Peak Period (Saturday)
A B C D E
Type of Use Occupancy Rate - Percentage of Peak
Period (Saturday)
Morning Noon Afternoon Evening Gaming
Establishment/Casino
70 80 100 100
Office/Medical
Office/Financial
Institution
10 10 10 10
Banquet Facilities /
Convention or
Conference Centre
90 90 100 100
Performance Arts
Centre / Arena
10 70 90 100
Retail Store/Personal
Service
Establishment
80 100 100 70
Restaurant 20 100 50 100
Hotel 70 70 70 100
Special Parking Requirements:
Clauses 5.21.2(a), 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(f), 5.21.2(g), and 5.21.2(k) of
By-law 2511, as amended, shall not apply to lands designated “MTD”.
Provisions (“UR” Zone)
Uses Permitted ("UR" Zone)
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No person shall within the lands designated "UR" use any lot or alter or use
any building or structure for any purpose except for the following:
outdoor recreation uses without buildings or structures;
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife; or
existing lawful uses, located on the land or in existing buildings or
structures, provided such use continue in the same manner and for the
same purpose for which they were used on January 19, 2015.
Provisions (“MTD (H3)” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“MTD (H3)” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H3)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands may be
used for any purpose permitted by the “MTD” zone of this by-law, provided
the traffic generation rate of the existing and proposed uses does not
exceed 1935 external primary weekday P.M. peak hour two-way vehicle
trips calculated as per Figure 1 and as validated within a Transportation
Impact Study prepared to the satisfaction of the City of Pickering, the
Region of Durham and the Province of Ontario.
Zone Requirements (“MTD (H3)” Zone)
The “H3” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the lands designated
“MTD”, until such time as:
Appropriate arrangements and/or site plan agreements and/or
development plan agreements have been made between the Owner of
the lands and the City of Pickering, to the satisfaction of the City of
Pickering, that all the requirements for the development in the Major
Tourist Destination zone have been complied with, including but not
limited to, compliance with the Master Development Agreement,
including all financial matters;
Appropriate arrangements and/or agreements have been made
between the Owner of the lands and the Region of Durham, prepared
the satisfaction of the Region of Durham, for the provision of sanitary,
water and Regional transportation, environmental and engineering
requirements, including all financial matters; and;
Appropriate arrangements and/or agreements have been made
between the Owner of the lands and the relevant agency having
jurisdiction, to the satisfaction of the relevant agencies (being the City
of Pickering, the Region of Durham and/or the Province of Ontario), for
the construction of a new partial interchange on Highway 401 at
Church Street, including all financial and Environmental Assessment
matters.
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Figure 1
For the purpose of this By-law, the amount of different land uses permitted on
the lands zoned Major Tourist Development (MTD) for the lifting of the “(H)” –
Holding provisions, is based on a calculation to establish the external primary
weekday PM peak hour 2-way vehicle trips. This calculation is based on the
type and amount of the different permitted land uses, then calculated using
various traffic factors.
Table A, Table B and Table C attached hereto are part of Figure 1 to this By-
law.
The following are the Column identifications from Table A:
Column A Permitted Land Use from the MTD Zone
Column B Independent Variable
Column C Land Use Intensity
Column D 2-way Trip Generation Rate
Column E G2TV Gross 2-Way PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes
Column F Inbound % Inbound Percent
Column G G2TV - I Gross 2-Way PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes - Inbound
Column H Outbound % Outbound Percent
Column I G2TV - O Gross 2-Way PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes - Outbound
Column J TDMR% Traffic Demand Management Reduction Percent
Column K TDMRA Traffic Demand Management Reduction Allowance Total
Column L TDMRA - I Traffic Demand Management Reduction Allowance - Inbound
Column M TDMRA - O Traffic Demand Management Reduction Allowance - Outbound
Column N TUR % Transit Use Reduction Percent
Column O TURA Transit Use Reduction Allowance Total
Column P TURA - I Transit Use Reduction Allowance - Inbound
Column Q TURA - O Transit Use Reduction Allowance - Outbound
Column R NE2TV Net External 2-way Traffic Volumes
Column S A2TV Adjusted 2-Way Traffic Volumes Total
Column T A2TV - I Adjusted 2-Way Traffic Volumes - Inbound
Column U A2TV - O Adjusted 2-Way Traffic Volumes - Outbound
Column V TWITV Two-Way Internal Traffic Volumes
Column W Pass-By % Pass – By Percent
Column X PBV Pass – By Volumes
Column Y TTG Total External Primary PM Peak Hour 2-Way Traffic Volumes
The process to calculate the External Primary Weekday PM Peak Hour 2-Way
Traffic Volumes is listed below and is to be followed for each proposed lands
use, and then the sum of these totals represents the External Primary Weekday
PM Peak Hour 2-Way Traffic Volume for that amount of development in the
“MTD” zone.
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Step 1:
Gross 2-Way PM Peak Hour Traffic Volumes (G2TV) is calculated by:
Find appropriate Permitted Use in Column A in Table A.
From the development proposal determine the independent variable from
Column B.
Calculate the corresponding land use intensity and note in Column C.
Multiply Column C by Column D to determine the G2TV (write down in
Column E).
Multiply Column E being the G2TV by Column F (Inbound %) = G2TV
Inbound (write down G2TV inbound in Column G).
Multiply Column E being the G2TV by Column H (Outbound %) = G2TV
Outbound (write down G2TV outbound in Column I).
Step 2:
Traffic Demand Management Allowance Total (TDMRA) is calculated by:
Multiply the G2TV (Column E) by Column J (TDM Reduction %).
Equals = TDMRA (write down TDMRA in Column K).
Multiply TDMRA (Column K) by Column F (Inbound %) = TDMRA Inbound
(write down TDMRA-I in Column L).
Multiply TDMRA (Column K) by Column H (Outbound %) = TDMRA -
Outbound (write down TDMRA-O Column M).
Step 3:
Transit Use Reduction Allowance (TURA) is calculated by:
Multiply G2TV (Column E) by Column N (Transit Use Reduction %).
Equals = TURA (write down TURA in Column O).
Multiply TURA (Column O) by Column F (Inbound %) = TURA-Inbound
(write down TURA-I in Column P).
Multiply TURA (Column O) by Column H (Outbound %) = TURA Outbound
(write down TURA-O in Column Q).
Step 4:
Net External 2-way Traffic Volumes (NE2TV) is calculated by:
G2TV (Column E) minus TURA (Column O) minus TDMRA (Column K).
Equals = A2TV (write down in Column S).
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A2TV minus TWITV (TWITV will be calculated in the next Step 5
calculations).
Equals = NE2TV (write down in Column R).
Adjusted 2-Way Traffic Volumes (A2TV) Inbound is calculated by:
G2TV Inbound (Column G) minus TURA-I (Column P) minus TDMRA-I
(Column L).
Equals = A2TV-I, (write down in Column T).
Adjusted 2-Way Traffic Volume (A2TV) Outbound is calculated by:
G2TV-O (Column I) minus TURA-O (Column Q) minus TDMRA-O
(Column M).
Equals = A2TV-O, (write down in Column U).
Step 5:
Two-Way Internal Traffic Volumes (TWITV) is calculated by:
Use Table B and Table C. Table B is for internal inbound calculations.
Table C is for internal outbound calculations.
Utilize A2TV-I (Column T) values per land use with Table B.
Utilize A2TV-O (Column U) values per land use with Table C.
Create a matrix for the proposed land use pairings by multiplying the
percentages found in Table B by A2TV-I (Column T) values.
Create a second matrix for the same proposed land use pairings by
multiplying the percentages found in Table C by A2TV-O (Column U)
values.
Create a third matrix by comparing matrices for Inbound and Outbound
internal trips, and select the lower of the corresponding values for the
appropriate land use pairings.
Sum together the Inbound (i.e., volumes within rows) and Outbound (i.e.,
volumes within columns) for each land use.
Equals = TWITV for each land use, write down in Column V.
Calculate NE2TV (Column R): A2TV (Column S) minus TWITV (Column V)
for each land use and (write down NE2TV in Column R).
Step 6:
Pass – By Volumes (PBV) calculated by:
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Take NE2TV (Column R) and multiply by PB% (Column W) and write in
Column X.
Step 7:
Total External Primary PM Peak Hour 2-Way Traffic Volumes (TTG) is
calculated:
Take PBV (Column X) and subtract it from NE2TV (Column R) for each
land use.
Write down in Column Y the Total External Primary PM Peak Hour 2-Way
Traffic Volumes (TTG).
Step 8:
Total all the TTG for the land uses with the existing and proposed
development and record in the bottom Total Box. Compare the total box
with the development threshold limit contained in the “(H)” – Holding
provisions of the By-law.
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Exception Zone 71 (By-law 789-78, as amended by By-law
893-78)
Definitions
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a public or private agency, a business, a brokerage, or a labour or fraternal
organization, and includes an office accessory to a permitted use, a
telegraph office, a bank, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing plant and a radio or television broadcasting station and related
studios or theatres, but shall not include a medical or other professional
office, a clinic, a retail store or any other use as defined herein.
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.
"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or structure or part thereof in
which is carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any
article or part of an article, which shall include:
altering,
assembling,
repairing,
ornamenting,
finishing,
cleaning,
polishing,
washing,
packing,
adapting for sale,
breaking up,
or demolishing
the said article.
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the dry cleaning, pressing or laundering of garments;
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibres;
printing or duplicating;
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the manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, such as furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components.
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use.
Permitted Uses
No person shall within any "M1-1" Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure for any purpose except one or more of the following "M1-1"
uses, namely:
Residential Uses:
Accessory Dwelling Units
Non-Residential Uses:
business offices;
food preparation plants;
light manufacturing plants;
public uses;
scientific or medical laboratories;
warehouses.
Zone Requirements
No person shall within any M1-1 Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA
(Minimum) - 0.4 of a hectare
LOT FRONTAGE
(Minimum) - no minimum
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FRONT YARD DEPTH
(Minimum) - 12 metres except that where the front lot line abuts a street on
the opposite side of which is located a Residential Zone the minimum front
yard depth shall be 30.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (Minimum)
Interior Side Yard - 4.5 metres except that where the interior side lot
line abuts a Residential Zone the minimum interior side yard width shall
be 12 metres
Flankage Side Yard - 12 metres, except that where the flankage side
lot line abuts a street on the opposite side of which is located a
Residential Zone the minimum flankage side yard width shall be 22.5
metres.
REAR YARD DEPTH
(Minimum) 7.5 metres; except that:
where the rear lot line abuts a railway, no rear yard shall be required,
and
where the rear lot line abuts a Residential Zone or abuts a railway on
the opposite side of which is located a Residential Zone, the minimum
rear yard depth shall be 12 metres.
LOT COVERAGE
(Maximum) 50 percent, except that where building height exceeds 12
metres the maximum lot coverage shall be 33 per cent.
BUILDING HEIGHT
(Maximum) 20 metres, except that where lot coverage exceeds 33 percent
the maximum building height shall be 12 metres.
OPEN STORAGE
No open storage shall be located in any yard.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS PER LOT:
(Maximum) 1 only, except that no lot in any M1-1 Zone shall be used for an
accessory dwelling unit unless such lot is served by a public water system
and a sanitary sewer system.
DWELLING UNIT AREA
(Minimum) 55.5 square metres plus an additional 1.5 square metres for
each bedroom.
LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA
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Any part of a lot which is not occupied by buildings, structures, parking
areas, loading spaces or driveways shall be maintained as landscaped
open area.
Not less than 50% of any required front yard shall consist of
landscaped open area.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS
No loading spaces or electric transformers shall be located in any front
yard.
BUILDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Every building erected in an M1-1 Zone shall be designed by a registered
architect or a registered professional engineer.
NOXIOUS USES
No use shall be permitted in any M1-1 Zone which, from its nature or the
materials used therein, is declared to be a noxious trade, business or
manufacture under the Public Health Act as amended from time to time or
any regulations thereunder.
The provisions of section 21 of By-law 2511, as amended, shall apply to those
lands designated G.
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Exception Zone 72 (By-law 6514-05, as amended by By-
law 6536-05 and By-law 6744-07)
Definitions
"Body Rub Parlour" includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is preformed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are preformed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
"Body Rub" includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person's body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
“Place of Religious Assembly” shall mean lands or premises where people
assemble for worship, counseling, educational, contemplative or other
purpose of a religious nature, which may include social, recreational, and
charitable activities, and offices for the administration thereof;
Provisions
In addition to the provisions of Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated "M2" may be used for the purpose of a Body Rub Parlour in
accordance with Section 17.2 provided that the following requirements are met:
No more than one Body Rub Parlour shall be permitted and the aggregate
gross leasable floor area of the Body Rub Parlour shall not exceed 310
square metres;
A Body Rub Parlour shall be permitted to operate in only Unit 3 and/or Unit
4, within Durham Condominium Corporation 105;
While a Body Rub Parlour use exists within Units 3 and 4, there shall be
lease agreements or other arrangements satisfactory to the City securing 9
parking spaces dedicated exclusively for such use on the lands subject to
this by-law or off such lands but in close proximity to Units 3 and 4; and
Within a Body Rub Parlour, a maximum of 7 rooms shall be used for body
rub services.
Provisions for a Place of Religious Assembly
In addition to the provision of Subsection 17.1 of By-law 2511, a Place of
Religious Assembly is permitted on lands known as Part of Lot 19, B.F.C.
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Range 3 (Durham Condominium Plan 105), in the City of Pickering, provided
that the following requirements are met:
The gross leasable floor area of all Places of Religious Assembly shall not
exceed 170 square metres;
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DEFINITIONS
"Business Office" shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
"Dry Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
"Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged, and which includes a
chartered bank or branch thereof;
"Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any parts of the
building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators, and any part
of the building below established grade other than that used for retail
commercial or office purposes;
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
"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
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case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant, merchandise service
shop, or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced,
processed, stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or
displayed for rent or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are
taken for future delivery of such products;
"Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
"Vehicle Service and Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment
containing facilities for the service and repair of vehicles on the premises,
in which vehicle accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair
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operations are performed, but shall not include any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Waste” shall mean material which is not hazardous and not needed by the
generator of that material, that is destined for either final disposal or for
reprocessing to create a useable product or material, but does not include
a by-product of a manufacturing process that is used, unaltered, in another
manufacturing process;
“Waste, Hazardous” shall mean any substance or material that, by reason
of its toxic, caustic, corrosive or otherwise injurious properties, may be
detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise
coming into contact with such material or substance;
“Waste Processing Station” shall mean a facility within an enclosed building
whose primary purpose is the sorting and processing of waste to create a
new product or raw material on site; and,
“Waste Transfer Station” shall mean a facility within an enclosed building
whose primary purpose is the collection and storage of waste or hazardous
waste for shipment, and which may include limited sorting or preparation of
that waste to facilitate its shipment for final disposal or to a waste
processing station, but does not include salvage yards or scrap metal
yards.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-16" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-16", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office;
dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
professional office;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle service and repair shop;
warehouse;
waste processing station; and,
waste transfer station.
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Zone Requirements ("MC-16" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-16", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 45 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 12 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 45 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Outdoor storage shall be permitted in any yard except the front yard so
long as the area use for outdoor storage purposes does not exceed 30
percent of the area of the lot.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Section 5.21.2 (b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall not apply to the
lands designated "MC-16".
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a food
preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a merchandise
service shop, or a warehouse, provided the gross leasable area of
the sales outlet does not exceed 20% of the gross leasable floor
area of the food preparation plant, light manufacturing plant,
merchandise service shop, or warehouse;
A vehicle service and repair shop shall be permitted only in the
area hatched on Figure 1 attached to this By-law.
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Definitions
“Automobile Service Station – Type F” shall mean an establishment where
vehicle fuels, lubricants, and automobile-related accessories are offered for
retail sale, and which also may include one mechanical and / or one
manual car wash and limited convenience retail sales, but shall not include
facilities for the repair and maintenance of vehicles, or facilities for the
repairing or painting of vehicle bodies;
“Build-to-Zone” shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“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, 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;
“Lot Area” shall mean the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distance from the front lot line;
“Manual Car Wash” shall mean an establishment where self service
facilities are provided for the washing and cleaning of vehicles by hand
labour methods using sprayers, vacuums and other similar devices;
“Mechanical Car Wash” shall mean an establishment where facilities are
provided for the washing and cleaning of vehicles using production line
methods employing mechanical devices wholly enclosed within a building;
“Restaurant - Type F” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on and off the
premises, and which may include a drive-through order and pick-up
service;
“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;
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“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;
“Front Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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; and
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“CA(F)-1” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CA(F)-1” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
automobile service station –Type F
restaurant - Type F
Zone Requirements (“CA(F)-1” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CA(F)-1” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.4 hectares
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 55.0 metres
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
A. Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the minimum
setbacks illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
2) A minimum of 40% of the length of the build-to-zones, as
illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto, shall contain a building
or buildings, or part of a building or buildings;
3) Despite paragraph (1) above, a manual car wash facility shall
only be permitted on the lands diagonally hatched on Figure 1
attached hereto;
4) Despite paragraph (1) above, a mechanical car wash facility
shall be located a minimum of 6.0 metres from Bayly Street;
Building Height:
1) maximum of 12.0 metres;
2) minimum of 5.0 metres in any build-to-zone;
3) Despite (2) above, the minimum building height for a
mechanical car wash facility shall be 6.0 metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
A. There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“CA(F) 1”, a minimum of:
1) 8.0 parking spaces per 93 square metres of gross leasable
floor area provided for all restaurants - Type F;
2) 10 parking spaces for any automobile service station – Type F;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2e), inclusive, of By-law 2511, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “CA(F)-1”;
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The aggregate of the gross leasable floor area of all restaurants -
Type F shall not exceed 300 square metres;
The maximum gross leasable floor area of any kiosk associated
with the automobile service station - Type F shall not exceed 190
square metres;
A maximum of one automobile service station - Type F shall be
permitted on the lands designated “CA(F)-1”;
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All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
Despite section 2(b)(v)(D) above, a maximum area of 10.0 square
metres may be used for the outdoor storage or display of limited
convenience items accessory to an automobile service station -
Type F;
Despite section 5.19(a) (provisions for accessory structure
location) of By-law 2511, as amended, and section 2(b)(iii)(A)(1) of
this By-law, one garbage enclosure not exceeding 15.0 square
metres in size may be located in the interior side yard a minimum
of 0 metres from that property line;
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law 6140-03)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Banquet Facility” shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
purposes of catering to banquets, weddings, receptions, or similar functions
for which food and beverages are prepared and served on the premises but
shall not include a restaurant;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
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“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Exhibition Hall” shall mean a building or part of a building where the
temporary exhibition of music, art, goods, wares, and the like are displayed
and made available for sale and which may include a flea market use;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Flea Market” shall mean a building or part of a building in which stalls or
sales areas are set aside and rented or otherwise provided where groups
of individual sellers offer goods, new and used, for sale to the public;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Machinery and Equipment Supplier” shall mean a building or part of
a building in which office furniture and machines, carpet and drapery
cleaning equipment, painting, gardening and plumbing equipment, small
hand power tools and similar products are stored, offered or kept for
wholesaler retail sale to industrial or commercial establishments;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products, plastic
ware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including but
not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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
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case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, or an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
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“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care centre, or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type F” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises, and which may include a drive through, order and
pick-up service;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
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“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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“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; and
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MC-17” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-17”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
banquet facility;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
convenience store;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
exhibition hall;
financial institution;
food preparation plant;
light machinery and equipment supplier;
light manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
office-associated commercial establishment;
personal service shop;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of assembly;
place of worship;
printing establishment;
professional office;
restaurant – Type F;
sales outlet;
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scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements (“MC-17” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC-17”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING LOCATION AND SETBACKS (minimums):
from Bayly Street and Squires Beach Road 7.5 metres;
from the railway right-of-way 15.0 metres;
from all other lot lines 3.0 metres;
from the “OS-HL” Zone boundary 5.0 metres;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0
metres;
OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display permitted.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
10.0 parking spaces for each 100 square metres or part thereof
gross leasable floor area of the exhibition hall;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
1.0 parking space for each 56 square metres or part thereof gross
floor area of all industrial uses;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
5.5 parking spaces for each 100 square metres of gross leasable
floor area for all other uses;
Sections 5.21.2(a) and 5.21.2(b) of By-law 2511 as amended shall
not apply to the lands designated “MC-17”;
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 2511, as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet shall be permitted only if accessory to a bakery, a
food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a merchandise
service shop, a printing establishment, or a warehouse, provided
the gross leasable area of the sales outlet does not exceed 25% of
the gross leasable floor area of the bakery, food preparation plant,
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light manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, printing
establishment, or warehouse;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
of the gross leasable floor area up to a maximum of 40% of the
gross leasable floor area of the bakery, food preparation plant, light
manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, printing
establishment, or warehouse, provided the aggregate gross
leasable floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed
25% of the total gross leasable floor area that buildings;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all convenience stores on the lot: 325 square metres;
2) for all office-associated commercial establishments on the lot:
325 square metres;
3) for all personal services shops on the lot: 325 square metres;
4) for all restaurants – Type F on the lot: 1,300 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all exhibition
halls shall be 12,750 square metres;
office-associated commercial establishment and convenience store
uses shall be permitted only on the lands diagonally-hatched on
Figure 1 attached hereto;
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated “MC-17”.
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-HL” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
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“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto;
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“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of a building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care centre or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
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“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use; and
“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-19" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-19", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light manufacturing plant;
manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of worship;
printing establishment;
professional office;
rental establishment;
restaurant – Type A;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
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vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("MC-19" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-19", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
Open storage shall not be permitted;
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 15 metre
SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 6.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
415 spaces
Sections 5.21.2 (a) and (b) of By-law 2511 shall not apply;
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2 (g) of By-law 2511, all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof
BUILDING SIZE (maximum aggregate, all buildings on the lands):
23200 square metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted industrial operation, shall
only be permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales
outlet does not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation, provided the aggregate gross leasable
floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25% of
the total gross leasable floor area in that building;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial
clubs, commercial schools, commercial recreational
establishments, dry cleaning depots, personal service shops,
places of assembly, places of amusement or entertainment, places
of worship, and restaurants – type A on the lots shall not exceed
50% of the gross leasable floor area of all buildings on the lot;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any personal service
shop, or restaurant – Type A shall be 325 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
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1) for all personal service shops on the lands: 325 square metres
2) for all restaurants – Type A on the lands: 325 square metres
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated “MC-19”.
Despite Section 2(a)(xx), a restaurant – Type A shall not include a
drive-thru component.
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DEFINITIONS
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
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“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto;
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“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Worship” shall mean a building or part of a building dedicated to
religious worship and may include a church, synagogue, temple or
assembly hall along with accessory office space and nursery facilities, but
shall not include a day nursery, day care centre or nursery school;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
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“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use; and
“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-18" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-18", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
dry cleaning depot;
dry cleaning establishment;
food preparation plant;
light manufacturing plant;
manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
personal service shop;
place of assembly;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of worship;
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printing establishment;
professional office;
rental establishment;
restaurant – Type A;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
vehicle repair shop;
vehicle sales or rental establishment;
warehouse;
Zone Requirements ("MC-18" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-18", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
A. Open storage shall not be permitted;
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 15 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5
metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 15
metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 7.5 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
140 spaces
Sections 5.21.2 (a) and (b) of By-law 2511 shall not apply;
Notwithstanding section 5.21.2 (g) of By-law 2511, all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof
BUILDING SIZE (maximum aggregate, all buildings on the lands): 6750
square metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted industrial operation, shall
only be permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales
outlet does not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation;
Notwithstanding Clause A above, a sales outlet may exceed 25%
up to a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the
related industrial operation, provided the aggregate gross leasable
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floor area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25% of
the total gross leasable floor area in that building;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial
clubs, commercial schools, commercial recreational
establishments, dry cleaning depots, personal service shops,
places of assembly, places of amusement or entertainment, places
of worship, and restaurants – type A on the lots shall not exceed
25% of the gross leasable floor area of all buildings on the lot;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any personal service
shop, or restaurant – Type A shall be 325 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) For all personal service shops on the lands: 325 square metres
2) For all restaurants – Type A on the lands: 325 square metres
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer
and management facility shall not be permitted on lands
designated “MC-18”;
Despite Section 2(a)(xx), a restaurant – Type A shall not include a
drive-thru component.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated "C2-1" located in Part of Lot 20, Range 3, may be used only for the
purpose of either an eating establishment as defined herein, or a place of
religious assembly which shall mean lands or premises where people assemble
for worship, counseling, educational, contemplative or other purposes of a
religious nature, which may include social, recreational, and charitable
activities, and offices for the administration thereof, in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 14.2 and 14.3 of By-law 2511.
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Exception Zone 79 (By-law 6129-03)
Definitions
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, bingo facilities, gymnastics facilities, roller skating
rinks, squash courts, swimming pools, batting cages, indoor
skateboarding/in-line skate park, and other similar recreational facilities are
provided, and which may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall
not include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein, a
room or an area used for any video lottery terminal use as governed by the
Gaming Services Act, an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a
body rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter
M.45, as amended from time-to-time or any successor thereto;
"Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
"Place of Amusement or Entertainment" shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a room or area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, and
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as
defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time-to-time or any successor thereto;
Provisions
In addition to the provisions of Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated M2 may be used for the purpose of a Commercial-Recreational
Establishment in accordance with Section 17.2 provided that the following
requirements are met:
That despite the definition of a Commercial-Recreational
Establishment, a Bingo Facility shall not be permitted;
the gross leasable floor area of all Commercial-Recreational
establishments shall not exceed 1600 square metres, and the parking
ratio shall be 1 space per 56 square metres of gross leasable floor
area, or portion thereof.
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Exception Zone 80 (By-law 6673-06)
Definitions
"Body-Rub" includes the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person's body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licenced or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
"Body-Rub Parlour" includes any premises or part thereof where a body-
rub is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling,
business or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof
where the body-rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or
therapeutic treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise
duly qualified, licenced or registered so to do under the laws of the
Province of Ontario;
Provisions for a Body-Rub Parlour
In addition to the provision of Subsection 16.1 of By-law 2511, a Body-Rub
Parlour is permitted on lands known as South Part of Lot 19, Concession 1
(1630 1634 Bayly Street), in the City of Pickering, provided that the following
requirements are met:
No more than one body-rub parlour shall be permitted;
The gross leasable floor area of the body-rub parlour shall not exceed 110
square metres;
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Exception Zone 81 (By-law 6780-07)
Provisions
In addition to the provisions of Section 17.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
designated "M-2" may be used for the purpose of a Gymnastics Facility, in
accordance with Section 17.2 provided that the following requirements are
met:
the parking ratio shall be, 4.0 spaces per 100 square metres of gross
leasable floor area, or portion thereof.
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Exception Zone 82 (By-law 7610-18)
Notwithstanding. the provision for maximum building height in Subsection
10.2.7 of By-law 2511, lands subject to this By-law shall have a maximum
building height of 9.5 metres.
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Exception Zone 83 (By-law 6358-04)
DEFINITIONS
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization but
shall not include a retail store;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment;
"Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of The Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, and for the
use as a facility for the daytime care of children;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to such processes;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Food Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food,
produce, and other items or merchandise of day-to-day household
necessity are stored, offered or kept for retail sale to the public;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
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a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("LCA-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated " LCA-11", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office;
commercial-recreational establishment;
day care facility;
dry cleaning depot;
financial institution;
food store;
personal service shop;
professional office;
retail store;
Zone Requirements ("LCA-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated " LCA-11", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 4.0 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 1.0
metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
4.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS (minimum): 1.0 metres
BUILDING SIZE
(maximum gross leasable floor area, all buildings on the lands) 2,800
square metres
Parking Requirements (maximum)
All parking areas and driving aisles shall be set back a minimum of
3.0 metres from any road allowance;
For all uses, there shall be provided and maintained on the lands a
minimum of 5.5 parking spaces for every 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area or part thereof;
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Notwithstanding section 5.21.2 (g) of By-law 2511, all parking areas
shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any combination
thereof;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 15 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Despite any provision of By-law 2511, as amended, an outdoor
garden centre having a maximum area of 400 square metres is
permitted in association with a food store from April 1st to June 30th
of every calendar year, while providing a minimum of 140 parking
spaces on the subject property.
Uses Permitted ("(H)" Holding Symbol)
Despite the provisions of Section (1) of this By-law, while the "(H)" Holding
Symbol is in place preceding the "LCA-11" Zone designation, no person
shall use any lands for any purpose other than those uses permitted in
Section 9.1 of By-law 2511, as amended.
Removal of the "(H)" Holding Symbol
Prior to an amendment to remove the "(H)" Holding Symbol preceding the
"LCA-11" Zone, on the area so zoned, the owner shall:
provide proof to the City of Pickering that the road works for Whites
Road and Granite Court that abut the subject property, including
road widening and reconstruction have been initiated by the Region
of Durham; and,
enter into an appropriate agreement with the City and receive site
plan approval to address, such matters as, site function
(access/egress, traffic aisles, parking locations), site improvements
(landscaping, paved surfaces, road improvements), and building
placement.
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Exception Zone 84 (By-law 6375-04, as amended by By-
law 7201-12)
DEFINITIONS
"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;
"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;
"Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a pair of single dwellings,
such dwellings being attached together horizontally by an above-grade
common wall.
"Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling, which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MD-S-SD” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MD-S-SD” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling;
semi-detached dwelling.
Zone Requirements (“MD-S-SD” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MD-S-SD” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING REQUIREMENTS:
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum) 16
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Building Height (maximum) 9.0 metres
Number of dwelling units fronting Old Orchard Avenue 4
Dwelling Unit Requirements:
Maximum one dwelling unit per lot
Minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
Building Location and Setbacks:
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the building
envelope as illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto.
LOT COVERAGE (Maximum): 40 percent
Despite Section 2(d)above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed verandah or porch having no habitable space above it is
attached to the wall containing the main front entrance to the
dwelling unit, such porch shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Parking Spaces (per dwelling unit): 2 spaces
Minimum one private garage per lot
Any vehicular entrance for a private garage shall be located a
minimum of 6 metres from any lot line that abuts the street or private
road that provides vehicle access to the private garage;
BUILDING SEPERATION:
The horizontal distance between adjacent buildings shall not be less
than 1.8 metres, except if such buildings are attached in whole or in
part.
Despite paragraph 2(f)(i) above, a horizontal distance between
attached garages on adjacent lots shown in the cross hatched area in
Figure 1 attached to this by-law shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Accessory Buildings and Uses are permitted in accordance with By-
law 2511 Section 5.19.
Despite the provisions of Section 5.6 of By-law 2511, as amended,
the requirement for the frontage on a public street shall be satisfied
by establishing frontage on a common element condominium street
and the following provisions apply:
Semi Detached Dwelling
1) Lot Area (minimum): 205 square metres
2) Frontage (minimum): 7.0 metres
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3) Front Yard Depth (minimum):
I. to front wall of dwelling: 4.5 metres
II. to garage: 6.0 metres
4) Interior Side Yard Width (minimum):
1.2 metres one side, 0.0 metres on the other
5) Flanking side yard (minimum): 2.7 metres
6) Rear yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
7) Building Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
8) Garage Projection:
I. maximum projection of the garage front entrance from
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit shall not exceed 2.5 metres in length, whether or
not such garage has a second storey
9) Driveway Width (maximum): 55 percent of lot frontage
Detached Dwelling
1) Lot Area (minimum): 250 square metres
2) Lot Frontage (minimum): 11.0 metres
3) Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
4) Interior Side Yard Width (minimum):
I. for inside lots: metres one side, 0.6 metres on the other
II. for corner lots: 0.6 metres
III. the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent
lots shall be not less than 1.8 metres except for lots in
the cross hatched area in Figure 1 attached to this by-
law, the horizontal distance between attached garages
on adjacent lots shall be not be less than 1.2 metres
5) Flankage Side Yard (minimum): 2.7 metres
6) Rear Yard Depth: 7.5 metres
7) Building Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
8) Garage Projection:
I. maximum projection of the garage front entrance from
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit shall not exceed 2.5 metres in length, whether or
not such garage has a second storey
9) Driveway Width (maximum): 55 percent of lot frontage
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Definitions
“Body Shop” shall mean an establishment in which motor vehicle bodies
are repaired and/or painted;
“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, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“Front Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of the
front yard of a lot between the front lot line and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line or, where there is no rear lot line, the
junction point or the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
“Vehicle Display Area” shall mean a specified area used specifically for the
display of vehicles which are associated with a vehicle sales and service
establishment;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop, as defined herein, or any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales and Service” shall mean an establishment used for the sale,
service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an accessory
use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any establishment
engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels, or a body shop as defined
herein;
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“SC-36” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “SC-36”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
vehicle sales and service
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Zone Requirements (“SC-36” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “SC-36” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Front Yard Depth:
1) Minimum: 22.0 metres
2) Maximum: 32.0 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum): 3.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Building Height (minimum): 6.0 metres
OUTDOOR STORAGE
No outdoor storage is permitted in any yard;
Despite subclause 2(c)(i) above, the storage of automobiles in
association with a vehicle sales and service use shall be permitted
in any yard;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
For a vehicle sales or rental establishment use, there shall be
provided and maintained on the subject lands a minimum of 3.0
spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area.
Despite clause 5.21.2d) of By-law 2511, as amended, a maximum
of 3 vehicles may be located within the vehicle display area, which
shall be located within the 3.0 metre parking area setback.
No parking space, as required by subclause 2(d)(i) above, may be
used for the storage or display of automobiles;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2c) and 5.21.2e) inclusive, of By-law 2511,
as amended, shall not apply to the lands zoned “SC-36”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2511, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
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Exception Zone 86 (By-law 7073-10)
Despite the height requirement provision of Subsection 5.10 and the front yard
requirement provision of Subsection 10.2.3 of By-law 2511, where any lot
having frontage on Rougemount Drive on lands known as Part of Lot 44, Plan
350 in the City of Pickering, is used for a detached dwelling, the following
provision shall apply:
Dwelling Height (maximum): 9.0 meters
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 10.0 meters
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Exception Zone 87 (By-law 7307-13)
Despite the height requirement provision of Subsection 5.10 and the front yard
requirement provision of Subsection 10.2.3 of By-law 2511, where any lot
having frontage on Rougemount Drive on lands known as Part of Lots 43, Plan
350, Part 1, Plan 40R-18460 in the City of Pickering, is used for a detached
dwelling, the following provisions shall apply:
Dwelling Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 10.0 metres
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Exception Zone 88 (By-law 2719)
Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 19.1 of By-law 2511, the lands
described subject to this exception may be used for, or have erected thereon a
building or structure intended as a Community Centre. Such use, building or
structure shall be predominantly recreational in nature and shall be operated by
the Fairport Beach Ratepayers' Association.
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Exception Zone 89 (By-law 6118-03)
Notwithstanding subclause 9.1 or any other provision of By-law 2511, a
detached dwelling unit on Plan 418, Part Block K, (40R-12933, Part 2) may
include a second dwelling unit in the main dwelling.
A covered and unenclosed step or platform may project a maximum of 1.5
metres to the required flanking side yard;
Where a detached dwelling on Plan 418, Part Block K, (40R-12933, Part 2)
contains a second dwelling unit, the following parking provisions will apply:
A minimum of three parking spaces shall be provided and maintained on
that lot.
No vehicular access to the site from Cowan Circle
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Exception Zone 90 (By-law 4444-94, as amended by By-
law 5618-00)
Definitions
"Bakery" shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a public or private agency, a business, a brokerage, or a labour or fraternal
organization, and includes an office accessory to a permitted use:
"Commercial Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club
operated for gain or profit and having public or private membership;
"Commercial-Recreational Establishment" shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreational facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and which may include an arena or a stadium but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
"Dry-Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part thereof used for the
purpose of receiving articles or goods or fabrics to be subjected to the
process of dry-cleaning or laundering elsewhere and distribution of articles
or goods which have been subjected to any such process;
"Dry-Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a building where dry-cleaning,
dry-dyeing, cleaning or pressing of articles or goods of fabric is carried on,
but does not include a spotting and stain removing establishment, hand
laundry, machine laundry or a wholesale dyeing plant;
"Food Preparation Plant" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Gross Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the case may be, but
excluding basements.
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all the storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the case may
be, other than rooms or space jointly used by tenants of the building, such
as garbage storage areas, mechanical and electrical rooms, lobbies,
stairwells, elevators and service corridors;
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"Light Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a manufacturing plant used for:
the dry cleaning, pressing or laundering of garments;
the production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers;
printing or duplicating;
the manufacture of finished paper and allied products other than the
processing of wood pulp;
the production of cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies;
or
the manufacture of finished lumber products, light metal products,
electronic products, plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or
similar articles, such as furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewelry, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Merchandise Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items, are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
shall not include a manufacturing plant, or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
"Place of Assembly" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment;
"Private Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club, and
includes the premises of a fraternal organization;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
legal, medical or other professional service is performed, or consultation
given, and may include a clinic, and the offices of a lawyer, an architect, an
engineer, a chartered accountant, a real estate agent or an insurance
agent but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in Section 368a(6)
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of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, as amended from time-to-
time, or any successor thereto;
"Public Club" shall mean an athletic, recreational or social club not
operated for gain or profit and having public membership;
"Restaurant - Type A" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on or off the premises, or both;
"Sales Outlet" shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a food preparation plant
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
"Scientific, Research or Medical Laboratory" shall mean a building or part
of a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations are manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
"Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed in return for remuneration, but shall not include a body shop or
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels;
"Vehicle Sales Shop" shall mean an establishment in which vehicles are
displayed for sale, sold or both;
"Warehouse" shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuff,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MC-9" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-9” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery
business office
commercial club
commercial recreation establishment
dry cleaning depot
dry cleaning establishment
food preparation plant
light manufacturing plant
merchandise service shop
place of assembly
private club
professional office
public club
restaurant - type A
sales outlet
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scientific, research or medical laboratory
vehicle repair shop
vehicle sales shop
warehouse
Zone Requirements ("MC-9 " Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MC-9" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 9.0 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.8 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 15 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
No outdoor storage or display shall be permitted in any yard
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 16 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not
less than 5.3 metres in length, for the temporary parking of a
vehicle, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or
driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“MC-9”, a minimum of 4.0 parking spaces per 100 square metres of
building gross leasable floor area;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The aggregate gross floor area of all buildings on the lot shall not
exceed 2300 square metres;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all bakeries,
commercial clubs, commercial recreational establishments, dry
cleaning depots, merchandise service shops, places of assembly,
private clubs, professional offices, public clubs, restaurant, sales
outlets and vehicle sales shops shall not exceed 50 percent of the
total gross leasable floor area of all buildings on the lot;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all Restaurants - type A,
shall not exceed 25 percent of the total gross leasable floor area of
all buildings on the lot;
No restaurants - type A shall include drive-through, order and pick-
up service;
Sales outlets shall be permitted only if accessory to food
preparation plants, light manufacturing plants, merchandise service
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shops, warehouses or bakeries and provided that the gross
leasable floor area of the outlet does not exceed 20 percent of the
gross leasable floor area of the food preparation plant, light
manufacturing plant, merchandise service shop, warehouse or
bakery;
Dry-Cleaning depots shall be permitted only if accessory to dry-
cleaning establishments and provided the gross leasable floor area
of the dry cleaning depot does not exceed 20 percent of the gross
leasable floor area of the dry cleaning establishment.
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Exception Zone 91 (By-law 8021-23)
Definitions
“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.
“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.
“Daylighting Triangle” shall mean an area free of buildings, structures,
fences and hedges up to 0.9 metres in height.
“Deck” shall mean a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a
building and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“Dwelling” shall mean a building or part of a building containing one (1) or
more dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer.
“Dwelling, detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Dwelling Depth” shall mean the horizontal distance measured from the
front wall of a dwelling to the rear wall of a dwelling, excluding any
allowable projection.
"First Floor" shall mean the floor of a building approximately at or first
above grade.
“Front Entrance” shall mean the principal entrance oriented towards the
front lot line providing access to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior
and does not include an access provided through an attached private
garage. In the case of a corner lot, the principal entrance providing access
to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior may be oriented towards the
side lot line that is adjacent to the street, or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street.
“Grade” or “Established Grade” shall mean, when used with reference to a
building, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground where
it meets the exterior of the front of such building; and when used with
reference to a structure, shall mean the average elevation of the finished
level of the ground surrounding such structure, exclusive in both cases of
any artificial embankment.
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“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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. A rooftop walkout that does not house
mechanical equipment for a dwelling, and railings associated with a rooftop
amenity area shall not be included in the calculation of building height. Roof
structures that provide livable space, such as a penthouse, shall be
included in the calculation of building height.
“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, 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.
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the combined areas of all the buildings on a lot
measured at the level of the first floor and expressed as a percentage of
the lot area, including covered platforms such as covered porches and
covered decks, but excluding eaves, belt courses, chimney breasts, sills or
cornice projections, and balconies.
“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.
“Porch” shall mean a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the
exterior wall of a building, a basement may be located under the porch.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“Storey” shall mean 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 next above it.
“Wall, Front” shall mean a primary exterior wall of a building, not including
permitted projections, which contains the primary entrance door.
“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.
“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.
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Permitted Uses and Zone Regulations (“R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27”, “R4-28”
Zones)
Permitted Uses (“R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27”, “R4-28” Zones)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27” or “R4-
28”, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any
purpose except the following:
Detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27”, “R4-28” Zones)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27” or “R4-
28”, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
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“R4-25” “R4-26” “R4-27” “R4-28”
(a) Lot Area
(minimum)
500 square
metres
350 square
metres
400 square
metres
350 square
metres
(b) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 14.0 metres 11.0 metres 16.0 metres 12.0 metres
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
8.5 metres 5.0 metres
(d)
Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
(i) 1.5 metres on one side, 0.6 of a metre on the other side
(ii) 1.5 metres where the other side yard is a flankage side yard
(e)
Flankage Side
Yard Width
(minimum)
3.0 metres
(f)
Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
7.5 metres 5.0 metres
(g) Dwelling Depth
(maximum)
(i) For lots with depths up to and including 40 metres: 17 metres
(ii) For lots with depths greater than 40 metres: 20 metres
(h)
Front Entrance
(maximum
elevation)
The maximum elevation of the front entrance shall be 1.2 metres
above the average grade, which is measured along the front wall
of the dwelling, to the top of the platform (covered or uncovered)
immediately outside of the front entrance.
(i) Building Height
(maximum) 9.6 metres
(j) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 30 percent 38 percent 30 percent 38 percent
(k)
Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit, one of
which must be provided within an attached private garage.
(l)
Driveway
Width
(maximum)
6.0 metres
(m)
Garage
Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of one private garage per lot attached to the main
building, the vehicular entrance of which shall be located no
less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line or flankage lot line.
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“R4-25” “R4-26” “R4-27” “R4-28”
(n)
Interior
Garage Size
(minimum)
Each parking space within a private garage shall have
a minimum width of 2.9 metres and a minimum depth of
6.0 metres. However, the width may include one interior
step and the depth may include two interior steps.
(o)
Rooftop
Amenity Area
(maximum)
52 square metres
Special Provisions (“R4-25”, “R4-26”, “R4-27”, “R4-28” Zones)
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.2 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of:
1.5 metres into the required front yard within the lands zoned “R4
25”, “R4-26” or “R4-27”; and
3.2 metres into the required front yard within the lands zoned “R4
28”;
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.2 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of 2.4 metres into the required flankage side yard;
uncovered and covered balconies may encroach a maximum of 2.0
metres into the required front yard, within the lands zoned “R4-28”;
uncovered and covered decks and associated stairs not exceeding 3.0
metres in height above established grade may encroach a maximum
of:
4.0 metres into the required rear yard within the lands zoned “R4
25”, “R4-26” or “R4-27”; and
2.5 metres into the required rear yard within the lands zoned “R4
28”;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or recessed in the rear
are prohibited, excluding a juliette balcony;
a bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a width of
up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 of metre into any
required yard;
window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural features
may project a maximum of 0.6 of a metre into any required yard and
are required to be setback a minimum of 0.6 of a metre from the
interior side lot line;
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where a lot abuts a daylighting triangle, the setback provisions shall be
measured as if the daylighting triangle did not exist;
no parking space shall be permitted within 3.0 metres of a daylighting
triangle; and
Section 6.6 of By-law 2511, related to Corners Lots, shall not apply.
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15.92 Exception Zone 92 (By-law 173-75, as amended by By-law
280-75 and By-law 406-76)
1. Definitions
a) "Flankage, Yard" shall mean the space between a main wall of the building
and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending from the front
lot line to the rear lot line.
b) "Frontage, Yard" shall mean all property abutting on one side of a street
measured along a 6 metre set back line from the street.
2. Provisions
a) The performance standards and provisions as set out in Figures 1 through
3 shall apply.
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3. Figure 1
Zone Symbol
Maximum Density Minimum Yards
Minimum
Parking Spaces
per Dwelling Minimum
Frontage
Minimum
Lot Area
Per
Dwelling
Minimum
Floor Area Front Side Rear
Semi-
Detached
Dwellings
SD
2 dwellings
per
registered lot
18.0 m
19.5 m
corner lot
275 sq.m. 95 sq.m. 4.5 m
1.2 m side
2.7 m
flankage
7.5 m
Each dwelling
shall have one
private garage
set back at least
6.0 m from a
street in addition
to the minimum
ground floor
requirement.
4. Provisions
a) Maximum building height – 10.5 m
b) Maximum building coverage – 33 percent
c) Where semi-detached dwellings are attached in part below grade and separated above grade, such
separation shall be a minimum of 1.2 m.
d) The subject lands are specifically exempted from Sections 8.3 of By-law 2520
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5. Figure 2
Zone Symbo
l
Uses
Permitte
d
Maximu
m
Density
Landscape
d Open
Space
Coverag
e
Buildin
g
Heights
Setbacks
Minimu
m Net
Floor
Area
Minimum
Requiremen
t
Residentia
l
Apartment
A36
Senior
Citizens
Apartmen
t
89 u.p.ha.
to nearest
full unit
Minimum
50%
Maximum
30% 10.5 m
Setbacks
from street
& property
boundarie
s as per
Figure 3
1 Bedrm.
43 sq.m.
1 space per
4 units
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6. Figure 3
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Exception Zone 93 (By-law 3991-71, as amended by By-
law 1574-82)
1. None of the restrictions or provisions that apply to RM2 Zones in By-law 2520
shall apply to the lands subject to this exception and the said lands shall be
developed in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Parcel 1:
Maximum Dwelling Units:
180 apartment dwelling units and 33 multiple family dwelling units
Floor Space:
Minimum for each multiple attached dwelling unit: 95 sq.m
Minimum for each apartment house dwelling unit
1) Bachelor - 32 sq.m.
2) 1 Bedroom - 40 sq.m.
3) 2 Bedroom - 50 sq.m.
4) 3 or more Bedrooms - 65 sq.m.
Height: (Apartment)
Maximum - 50 m
Setbacks and Parking:
Front yards, side yards, rear yards, location of buildings and parking
area shall be as shown on the said site plan attached hereto as Figure
1. Additional accessory buildings and structures for recreational
purposes may be permitted a minimum of 1 metre from any lot line
except that where the lot line abuts a street, a minimum setback of 9
metre shall be maintained. Underground and surface parking spaces
shall be a minimum of 1-1/4 spaces per dwelling unit.
b) Parcel 2:
Maximum Dwelling Units:
97 multiple family dwelling units
Floor Area:
Minimum for each multiple attached dwelling units 95 sq.m.
Setbacks and Parking:
Front yards, side yards, rear yards location of buildings and parking
areas shall be as shown on the said site plan attached hereto as Figure
1. Underground and surface parking spaces shall be a minimum of
1.25 spaces per dwelling unit.
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For the purpose of this paragraph the term "Day Nursery - Type A"
shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the Day
Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a facility for the
daytime care of not more than forty (40) children at any one time.
The lands known as Parcel 2 on Figure 1, being Part of Block Y, Plan
M-16 may be used for the purpose of a Day Nursery – Type A.
2. Figure 1
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Exception Zone 94 (By-law 1579-82, as amended by By-
law 5244-98)
1. Definitions
a) "Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a business, a public or private agency, a brokerage or a labour or fraternal
organization and may include a financial institution, a telegraph office, a
data processing establishment, a newspaper publishing agent, or a radio or
television broadcasting station and related studios or theater, but shall not
include a retail store.
b) "Dry-Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods or fabrics to be subjected to dry-
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subject to any such processes.
c) "Floor Area" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained within the
outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
d) "Gross Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all the
storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may be,
other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar.
e) "Laundromat" shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing one or more washers and drying, ironing, finishing or other
incidental equipment.
f) "Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot.
g) "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.
h) "Neighbourhood Store" shall mean a store in which food, drugs, periodicals
or similar items of day-to-day household necessity are kept for retail sale
primarily to residents of, or persons employed in the immediate
neighbourhood.
i) "Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment where a personal
service is performed and may include a barber shop, a beauty salon, a
shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a bodyrub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended from time to time or any successor
thereto.
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j) "Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given and may include a clinic and the offices of an architect, chartered
accountant, engineer, lawyer or physician but shall not include a bodyrub
parlour as defined in The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as
amended from time to time or any successor thereto.
k) “Restaurant Type G” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, and which may include
an accessory take-out component, but shall not include a drive-through.
l) “Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles, or things are stored, offered, or
kept for sale at retail, and includes storage on or about the store premises
of limited quantities of such goods, wares, merchandise, substances,
articles, or things sufficient only to service such store, but does not include
any retail outlet otherwise classified or defined in the By-law.
m) "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.
n) "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 wall
of the nearest main building or structure on the lot.
o) "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.
p) "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.
q) "Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
r) "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.
s) "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.
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t) "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.
u) "Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted ("C4-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "C4-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business offices
dry-cleaning depots
laundromats
neighbourhood stores
personal service shops
professional offices
restaurant Type G
retail store
b) Zone Requirements (C4-1" Zone)
No persons shall within the lands designated "C4-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum) 0.3 hectares
Lot Frontage (minimum) 45 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum) 12 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum)
4.5 metres, except where an interior side lot line abuts a residential
zone, the minimum interior side yard width shall be 7.5 metres.
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum) 12 metres
Rear Yard Width (minimum) 7.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum) 33 percent
Building Height (maximum) 12 metres
Parking Requirements (minimum) 4.5 parking spaces per 93
square metres gross floor area
Special Restrictions:
The gross floor area of all buildings on the lot shall not exceed 738
square metres.
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The gross floor area of a neighbourhood store shall not exceed 400
square metres.
a maximum of 1 restaurant Type G shall be permitted on the
subject lands, with a maximum gross floor area of 200 square
metres.
the gross floor area of any retail store shall not exceed 400 square
metres.
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Exception Zone 95 (By-law 2806-63)
1. On the lots numbered:
a) M-11 447 1396 Fordon Avenue, Bay Ridges
b) M-11 502 851-849 Modin Road, Bay Ridges
c) M-16 1247 856 Douglas Avenue
d) M-14 29 1339 Poprad Avenue
e) M-14 120 873 Naroch Blvd.
f) M-14 18 1326 Poprad Avenue
g) M-11 428 900 Kronso Blvd.
h) M-11 712 847 Reytan Blvd.
A carport may be erected in the side yard provided it is not closer to the street
line than any side entrance to the dwelling or closer than 0.5 m to the side lot
line
A carport shall be deemed to be a private garage which is completely open on
two or more sides other than for roof supports.
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Exception Zone 96 (By-law 4826-96)
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this By-law, the land zoned “RM1/PS” may be
used exclusively for the purposes of either a detached dwelling or a beauty
salon;
2. A detached dwelling use shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 of
By-law 2520;
3. A beauty salon use shall be subject to the following provisions:
a) There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of 5 parking
spaces for customers;
b) For the purpose of this Subsection, “parking space” shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not less than
5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of vehicles;
c) Parking spaces shall be setback a minimum of 1.0 metre from the front
property line; 1.5 metres from the northern (side) lot line; and 2.0 metres
from the southern (flankage side) lot line; and
d) All of the required customer parking may be located in the front yard;
4. For the purpose of this Section, “beauty salon” shall mean an establishment in
which a personal service is performed, which may include a barber shop,
beauty salon, tanning salon, nail salon, shoe repair shop, tailor or dressmaker
shop, photographic studio, or similar use, but shall not include a body-rub
parlour as defined in Section 224 (9)(b) of the Municipal Act, RSO 1990,
Chapter M.45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto.
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Exception Zone 97 (By-law 2734-62, as amended by By-
law 3178-66, and By-law 3257-67)
1. For the purpose of this Exception zone, “gross floor area” shall mean the
aggregate of the floor areas of all the stories of a building or structure, or part
thereof as the case may be, other than a private garage add an attic, and shall
include a cellar.
2. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the erection and use of a building or
structure on Lots 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71 of Registered Plan M-14 as a
professional office provided that:
a) Such a building or structure shall have the external appearance of a
detached dwelling.
b) One (1) parking space shall be provided in the side or rear yard for each 37
square metres of professional office space contained in the said building or
structure.
c) The Area Requirements of Section 7.2 of By-law 2520 are complied with.
d) A professional office shall contain only the offices of a physician, dentist,
lawyer, architect, engineer, chartered accountant, real-estate agent or
insurance agent.
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Exception Zone 98 (By-law 3587-90)
1. Definitions
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) "Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
d) "Dwelling, Semi-detached or Semi-detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
e) "Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
f) "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;
g) "Landscaped Open Space" shall mean space on a lot which is open and
unoccupied and is suitable for growing grass, flowers, bushes, shrubs or
other landscaping plants and includes a waterway, walk, patio or similar
space but does not include any portion of a parking aisle, parking space,
ramp or driveway;
h) “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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
i) "Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
j) "Private Garage" shall mean 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;
k) "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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted ("RM1-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM1-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling - horizontal
semi-detached dwelling residential use
b) Zone Requirements ("RM1-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM1-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Building Setbacks (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Dwelling Unit Requirements:
minimum dwelling unit area 100 square metres
no more than 41 dwelling units shall be permitted within the area
designated "RMI-4"
Landscaped Open Space Requirements (minimum):
3.0 metre wide landscaped open space shall be provided on that part
of the lands designated "RM1-4" that is cross-hatched and designated
"Landscaped Open Space" on Figure 1
Parking Requirements:
"Parking Space" shall mean a useable and accessible area of not
less than 2.6 metres in width and not less than 5.3 metres in length
for the temporary parking of vehicles, but shall not include any
portion of a parking aisle or driveway;
For each dwelling unit, there shall be provided and maintained on
the lot:
1) one private garage attached to the dwelling unit; any vehicular
entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the nearest traffic aisle; and
2) a minimum 0.3 visitor parking spaces;
Sections 5.21.1, 5.21.2b) and 6.6c) of By-law 2520 as amended,
shall not apply to lands designated "RM1-4" on Figure 1 attached
hereto;
All but two parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of 3.0
metres from all road allowances;
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Special Regulations:
The horizontal distance between multiple dwellings-horizontal shall
be a minimum of 0.9 metres.
The horizontal distance between multiple dwellings-horizontal and
a semi-detached dwelling shall be a minimum of 1.8 metres.
A maximum of one semi-detached dwelling may be erected within
the lands designated "RM1-4".
Only one pair of single dwellings comprising one semi-detached
dwelling shall be permitted within the lands designated "RMI-4"
and, despite Section 1(d), they shall be attached to each other
above grade by a common wall which shall be not less than 3.0
metres in length and not less than 2.4 metres in height.
Despite the requirements of this Exception zone:
1) a water meter room, with a maximum floor area of 4 square
metres, attached to but not forming part of a dwelling; and
2) a refuse storage structure with a maximum enclosed area of 28
square metres;
shall be permitted within the lands designated "RM1-4".
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Exception Zone 99 (By-law 5580-99)
1. Definitions
a) “Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
b) “Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
c) “Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on, and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio broadcasting station, but shall not include a retail store as defined
herein;
d) “Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for profit or
non commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
e) “Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
f) “Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include an adult
entertainment parlour, or any uses permissible within a place of
amusement or entertainment, as defined herein;
g) “Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include a day nursery or any other school as defined
herein;
h) “Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of children;
i) “Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
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cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
j) “Financial Institutions” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
k) “Food Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food or
produce is stored, offered and kept for retail sale to the public and in which
items or merchandise of day-to-day household necessity may be stored,
offered and kept for retail sale to the public;
l) “Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment;
m) “Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
n) “Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for
any video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein, or a body-rub parlour as
defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time,
or any successor thereto;
o) “Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
p) “Place of Religious Assembly” shall mean lands or premises where people
assemble for worship, counseling, educational, contemplative or other
purposes of a religious nature, which may include social, recreational, and
charitable activities, and offices for the administration thereof;
q) “Private Non-Residential School” shall mean a school which is maintained
for educational or religious purposes, but shall not include a day nursery, or
any other school defined herein;
r) “Private Residential School” shall mean a school which is maintained for
educational or religious purposes, and which includes accessory residential
facilities, but shall not include a day nursery, or any other school defined
herein;
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s) “Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as
amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
t) “Public School” shall mean,
a school under the jurisdiction of a board of education which board is
established pursuant to the Education Act, R.S.O. 1980, or any
successor thereto;
a college of applied arts and technology established pursuant to the
Ministry of Education, Colleges and Universities, pursuant to the
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1980, or any
successor thereto;
a university eligible to receive potential funding from the Minister of
Education, College and Universities, pursuant to the Ministry of College
and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1980, or any successor thereto;
but shall not include a day nursery, or any other school defined herein.
u) “Restaurant - Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on or off the premises, or both, but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
v) “Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, foods, substances, articles or things are stored, kept
and offered for retail sale to the public.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted ("LCA-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "LCA-10" use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakeries
business offices
clubs
commercial clubs
commercial-recreational establishments
commercial schools
dry cleaning depots
financial institutions
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food stores
laundromats
personal service shops
places of assembly
places of religious assembly
professional offices
restaurants type - A
retail stores
b) Zone Requirements ("LCA-10" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "LCA-10" use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Buildings and structures shall comply with the minimum setbacks
illustrated on Figure 1;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated “LCA-
10” a minimum of 4.5 parking spaces per 93 square metres of building
gross leasable floor area;
Clauses 5.21.2 a) to 5.21.2 f), inclusive, of By-law 2520, as amended,
shall not apply to the lands designated “LCA-10”;
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2 g) and 5.21.2 k) of By-law 2520, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas, and all parking
areas, shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all food stores on the lot
shall not exceed 1200 square metres;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all restaurants - type A on
the lot shall not exceed 300 square metres;
The maximum gross leasable floor area of any club, commercial club,
commercial-recreational establishment, commercial school, place of
assembly or place of religious assembly shall not exceed 300 square
metres;
The aggregate gross leasable floor area of all clubs, commercial clubs,
commercial-recreational establishments, commercial schools, places of
assembly and places of religious assembly shall not exceed 900
square metres;
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4.
5.
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Exception Zone 100 (By-law 5938-02, as amended by By-
law 7811-21)
1. Definitions
a) “Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
b) “Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
c) “Bed and Breakfast” shall mean a business within a detached dwelling in
which a maximum of three rooms are provided with or without meals for
hire or pay, for the traveling or vacationing public;
d) “Boat Storage” shall mean the temporary or seasonal open storage of
boats on land, and may include a trailer supporting a boat, but shall not
include the service, repair or sale of boats;
e) “Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
f) “Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
g) “Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein;
h) “Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of children;
i) “Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
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j) “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;
k) “Dwelling, Apartment Dwelling” shall mean a residential use building
containing four or more principal dwelling units where the units are
connected by a common corridor or vestibule.
l) “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;
m) “Multiple Dwelling - Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
n) “Floor Area - Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
o) “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;
p) “Ground Floor Area” shall mean the area of that portion of a lot occupied by
a building or structure, exclusive of any porch, private garage, verandah or
sunroom, unless such sunroom is habitable at all seasons;
q) “Gross Leasable Floor Area - Commercial” shall mean the aggregate of the
floor areas of all the storeys of a building or structure, or part thereof as the
case may be, other than rooms or space jointly used by tenants of the
building, such as garbage storage areas, mechanical and electrical rooms,
lobbies, stairwells, elevators and service corridors;
r) “Games Arcade” shall mean any building, room, or area in which facilities
are offered for the play of
three or more games of chance,
three or more games of mixed chance and skill,
a combination of three or more games of chance and games of mixed
chance and skill,
for the amusement of the public, which games are not contrary to the
Criminal Code of Canada, but does not include premises in which the
amusement facilities offered are pool tables, billiard tables, or bowling
alleys;
s) “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, 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;
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t) “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;
u) “Parking Lot” shall mean a lot or portion thereof, used for the temporary
storage or parking of motor vehicles and available for public use, whether
free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients, customers or
residents, but shall not include the repair or the storage or parking of motor
vehicles for hire and gain, display or for sales;
v) “Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include an adult entertainment parlour as defined
herein or a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224 (9)(b) of the
Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time,
or any successor thereto;
w) “Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall, or theatre, but shall not include a games arcade or an adult
entertainment parlour as defined herein;
x) “Private Garage” shall mean 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;
y) “Private School” shall mean a place of instruction (excepting a commercial
school or private career college) offering courses equivalent to those
customarily offered in an elementary school or secondary school;
z) “Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224 (9)(b) of the Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
aa) “Restaurant - Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
bb) “Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public.
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cc) “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;
dd) “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;
ee) “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;
ff) “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;
gg) “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;
hh) “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;
ii) “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;
jj) “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;
kk) “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;
ll) “Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted (“MU-13” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MU-13”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bed and breakfast
business office
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club
day nursery
dwelling, apartment dwelling
personal service shop
private school
professional office
restaurant - type A
retail store
b) Zone Requirements (“MU-13” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MU-13”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Location and Restrictions
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
envelope illustrated on Figure 1;
Building Height: minimum 7.5 metres; maximum 11.0 metres
Front Yard Depth: minimum 3.0 metres; maximum 4.5 metres
Despite clause C above, front yard balconies, verandahs and
decks, both covered and uncovered, may project fully into the
required minimum front yard;
Parking Requirements
For any business office, club, day nursery, personal service shop,
professional office, restaurant type-A and/or retail store use, there
shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of 5 parking
spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area or part
thereof;
For a dwelling, apartment dwelling use, there shall be provided and
maintained on the lot a minimum of 1.75 parking spaces per unit;
For a private school use, there shall be provided and maintained
on the lot a minimum of 1 parking space per 10 students, and a
minimum of 1 parking space for each staff;
For a bed and breakfast use, there shall be provided and
maintained on the lot a minimum of 5 parking spaces;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2520, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “MU-13”;
Despite clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2520, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
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Special Regulations
The maximum combined gross leasable floor area for all non-
residential uses on the lands zoned “MU-13” shall not exceed 500
square metres;
For the purpose of this clause, the term “drive through facility” shall
mean a facility in which goods, products or services are provided
directly to the customer in vehicles;
No drive through facility shall be permitted in association with any
of the uses permitted on the lands designated “MU-13”;
The minimum gross floor area – residential for a dwelling,
apartment dwelling unit shall be 100 square metres;
A private school use shall be limited to a maximum gross leasable
floor area of 335 square metres;
A private school use shall be limited to a maximum of 50 students;
A private school use shall be permitted to operate from September
1st to July 1st between the hours of 7:00 am and 6:00 pm;
No other non-residential uses are permitted to operate on the
subject property concurrent to the hours of operation of the private
school as noted above;
A maximum of four apartment dwelling units shall be permitted.
c) Uses Permitted (“MU-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MU-14”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Residential Uses:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
Commercial Uses:
business office
commercial school
professional office
personal service shop
restaurant type-A
retail store
d) Zone Requirements (“MU-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MU-14”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Location and Restrictions
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Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the
envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
Despite clause A above, front yard balconies, verandahs and
decks, both covered and uncovered, may project fully into the
required minimum front yard;
Front Yard Depth: minimum 3.0 metres, maximum 4.5 metres
Building Height: minimum 7.5 metres, maximum 11.0 metres
Lot Frontage: minimum 6.0 metres
Parking Requirements
For each and every multiple dwelling – horizontal, there shall be
provided and maintained a minimum of 3 parking spaces, any of
which may not be located within a front yard, and one of which
must be provided within an attached private garage located to the
rear of the dwelling unit, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6 metres from any street or drive aisle
providing access to those lots;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, of By-law 2520, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “MU-14”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 2520, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
Section 5.21.1 shall not apply to the lands designated “MU 14”.
Special Regulations
A maximum of 17 multiple dwelling - horizontal units are permitted
on the lands designated zoned “MU-14”;
Each dwelling unit shall provide a minimum ground floor area of 60
square metres, with a minimum finished ceiling height of 2.7
metres;
Despite the requirements of this Exception zone, non-residential
uses permitted within the “MU-14” zone designation may be
established only within the ground floor of a multiple dwelling –
horizontal;
A single dwelling unit shall be established on each lot above the
ground floor of the dwelling, with supplementary floor area provided
within the ground floor.
e) Uses Permitted (“O2-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “O2-2”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
parking lot
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boat storage
f) Zone Requirements (“O2-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “O2-2” use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
All vehicular parking and boat storage shall take place entirely within
the envelope illustrated on Figure 1;
No buildings or structures shall be erected on the lands designated “O2
2”;
Despite Clause (ii) above, section 5.21.2i) of Zoning By-law 2520 shall
apply to the lands designated “O2-2” within the established envelope
on Figure 1;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f) inclusive, and clause 5.21.2k), of By-law
2520, as amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “O2-2”;
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Exception Zone 101 (By-law 6538-05)
1. Definitions
a) "Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
b) “Body Rub” include the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person’s body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
c) “Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is preformed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body-rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are preformed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
d) "Build-to-Zone" shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
e) "Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
f) “Day Spa” shall mean a building or part of a building in which beauty and
aesthetic treatments are provided, such as hair removal, make-up
application, cosmetic tattooing, massage therapy, and weight loss
treatments, but shall not include a body rub parlour, and shall not provide
over night accommodations;
g) "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;
h) “Gross Leaseable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or
tenant occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
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i) "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, 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;
j) “Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, or other professional service is performed or consultation given,
and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a chartered
accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not include a
body-rub parlour;
k) "Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted (“CO-DS" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "CO-DS", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office
professional office
day spa
dwelling unit
b) Zone Requirements ("CO-DS" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "CO-DS" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Building Restrictions
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the building
envelope illustrated on Figure 1.
2) The build-to-zone illustrated on Figure 1 shall have located
within it a building or buildings, or part of a building or
buildings, which must occupy a minimum of 50% of the build-
to-zone.
Building Height: maximum 12.0 metres
c) Parking Requirements
A minimum of 5 parking spaces shall be provided for every 100 square
metres of gross leasable floor area or part thereof, and a minimum of 1
parking space shall be provided for any dwelling unit;
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Despite Clause 2(c)(i) above, a minimum of 2 spaces of the required
parking must be located on the lands designated “CO DS”, while the
remaining required parking spaces may be considered to be provided
on the lands owned by the City of Pickering (Block AZ, Plan M-14)
provided an agreement exists with the City of Pickering and the owner
of the lands designated "CO-DS";
Clauses 5.21.2 a) and b) of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply
to the lands designated “CO-DS”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2 g) and 5.21.2 k) of By-law 2520, as amended,
all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall be
surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any combination thereof.
d) Special Regulations
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
A dwelling unit shall only be permitted if a business office, professional
office, or day spa exist on the property;
Despite the provisions outlined above:
A day spa, as defined herein, with a maximum gross leaseable
floor area of 110 square metres; a residential detached dwelling, as
per Section 8.1 of By-law 2520; and, a professional office, as per
Section 8.5 of By-law 2520, shall be permitted within the building
existing, on the lands designated "CO-DS", on the date of passing
of this by-law;
A minimum of 3 parking spaces shall be provided on-site for any
day spa use contained within the building existing on the date of
the passing of this by-law, on the lands designated "CO-DS".
Clause 5.21.2 d) of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply;
The building existing on the lands designated “CO-DS”, on the date
of the passing of this by-law, shall be deemed to comply with the
provisions of By law 2520, as amended. Any major additions or
redevelopment shall comply with the provisions set out herein.
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1. Definitions
a) “Body Rub” include the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,
touching, or stimulating, by any means, of a person’s body or part thereof
but does not include medical or therapeutic treatment given by a person
otherwise duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of
the Province of Ontario;
b) “Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body-rub
is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body-rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
c) “Build-to-Zone” shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
d) “Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
e) “Clinic” shall mean a building or part of a building used for the medical,
dental, surgical or therapeutical treatment of human beings, but who are
not provided overnight accommodation on the premises;
f) “Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
g) “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, 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;
h) “Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, or other professional service is performed or consultation given,
and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a chartered
accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not include a
body-rub parlour;
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i) “Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted (“CO” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “CO”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office
professional office
b) Zone Requirements (“CO” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CO” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Building Restrictions
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the minimum and
maximum building envelope illustrated on Figure 1
2) A minimum of 45% of the length of the Build-to-Zone, as
illustrated on Figure 1, must be occupied by a building or part
of a building prior to the erection of any other buildings or
structures on the subject lands.
Building Height: maximum 12.0 metres
c) Parking Requirements
A minimum of 5 parking spaces shall be provided and maintained on
the lot for every 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area or part
thereof;
Despite Clause 2(c)(i) above, a minimum of 7 spaces of the required
parking must be provided on the lands designated “CO”, while the
remaining required spaces may be provided on the lands owned by the
City of Pickering (Block AZ, Plan M-14) provided an agreement exists
between the City of Pickering and the owner of the lands designated
“CO”;
Clauses 5.21.2 a) and b) of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply
on lands designated “CO”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2 g) and 5.21.2 k) of By-law 2520, as amended,
all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall be
surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any combination thereof.
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Exception Zone 103 (By-law 6705-06, as amended by By-
law 6786-07, By-law 7006-09, and By-law 7554-17)
1. Definitions
a) “Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
b) “Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
c) “Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified,
licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of Ontario;
d) "Build-to-zone" shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is to be located;
e) "Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
f) “Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour;
g) “Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
h) "Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of The Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, and for the
use as a facility for the daytime care of children;
i) “Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
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cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
j) "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;
k) "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;
l) “Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than three adjacent dwellings attached together
horizontally by an above grade common wall;
m) "Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
n) "Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
o) “Food Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food,
produce, and other items or merchandise of day-to-day household
necessity are stored, offered or kept for retail sale to the public;
p) "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;
q) "Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
r) “Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment;
s) "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, 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;
t) "Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above-grade
wall or walls;
u) "Multiple Dwelling-Vertical" shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically by an above-grade wall or
walls, or an above-grade floor or floors, or both;
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v) “Parking Space, Tandem” shall mean two parking spaces with one parking
space located immediately behind another parking space and where both
spaces are for the exclusive use of one dwelling unit.
w) "Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
x) "Private Garage" shall mean 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;
y) "Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to-time, or any successor thereto;
z) “Restaurant - Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, but shall not
include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
aa) “Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods;
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
bb) "Storey" shall mean that 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 next above it;
cc) "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.
2. Provisions (“RH-MU-2” Zone)
a) Uses Permitted ("RH-MU-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RH-MU-2", use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
bakery;
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business office;
convenience store;
commercial club;
day nursery;
dry cleaning depot;
financial institution;
food store;
laundromat;
multiple dwelling-horizontal;
multiple dwelling-vertical;
personal service shop;
professional office;
restaurant - type A;
retail store;
b) Zone Requirements ("RH-MU-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RH-MU-2" use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Height:
A. For Multiple Dwelling Vertical uses:
1) Part 1
Minimum 5 Storeys and 15 metres
Maximum 18 Storeys and 60 metres
2) Part 2
Minimum 3 Storeys and 10 metres
Maximum 25 Storeys and 78 metres
Building Location and Setbacks:
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the building
envelope shown on Figure 1.
No multiple dwelling-horizontal shall be permitted within 60 metres
from the lot line that abuts Bayly Street;
No building, part of a building, or structure shall be erected within
the "RH-MU-2" Zone, unless a minimum of 50% of the length of the
build-to-zone, contains a building or part of a building;
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Despite the building height requirements above, a two storey, 6.5
metre, building height may be permitted at the north-west corner of
the property, adjacent to the intersection of St. Martins Drive and
Bayly Street, as a component of the minimum five storey building;
No multiple dwelling horizontal uses shall be erected, unless a
minimum of 50% of the length of the build to zone, as illustrated on
Figure 1, contains a building or part of a building;
For multiple dwelling-vertical buildings located within the "RH-MU-
2" Zone, and within the build-to-zone, any portion of a building or
structure in excess of two storeys in height, shall be set back a
minimum of 3.0 metres from the main wall of the building or
structure;
Notwithstanding clause F above, below grade parking structures
shall be permitted beyond the limits of the building envelope
identified on Figure 1, but no closer than 0.5 metres from the limits
of the lands;
The horizontal distance between multiple dwelling-horizontal
buildings shall be a minimum of 1.8 metres;
For multiple dwelling-vertical buildings located within Part 2 of the
“RH-MU-2” Zone, and within the build-to-zone, any portion of a
building or structure in excess of three storeys in height shall have
a maximum gross floor area per floor of 875 square metres and a
minimum height of 18 storeys and the west wall of the building
shall be situated a maximum of 52 metres from the lands zoned
OS-HL and the south wall of the building shall be situated a
maximum of 48 metres from Bayly Street.
Parking Requirements:
There shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 3.0 parking
spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area for all
permitted uses listed in Section 2(a) of this By-law, except for
multiple dwelling-vertical, multiple dwelling-horizontal uses. Non-
resident parking shall be provided at grade, in a below grade
structure, or both.
For multiple dwelling-vertical uses, there shall be provided and
maintained a minimum of 1.0 parking space per dwelling unit for
residents, and 0.15 of a parking space per dwelling unit for visitors.
Parking spaces for residents shall be provided in a below grade
structure;
For multiple dwelling-horizontal, there shall be provided and
maintained a minimum of 2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit for
residents, and 0.2 of a parking space per dwelling unit for visitors.
Parking spaces shall be provided at grade, in a below grade
structure, or both. Parking spaces may also be provided in a
private garage attached to the rear of the dwelling unit it serves;
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All entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall
be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any combination
thereof;
At grade parking lots shall be permitted no closer than 3.0 metres
from the limits of the "RH-MU-2" Zone or any road;
A maximum of 12 Parking Spaces, Tandem may be provided.
Special Regulations:
Non-residential uses shall only be permitted within a building
containing dwelling units. The non-residential uses shall be limited
to the first two storeys of a building;
The minimum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all non-
residential uses shall be 2,410 square metres which can be built in
three phases with the first phase having a minimum of 1,300
square meters of gross leasable floor area of non-residential uses;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all
restaurant type “A” uses shall be 500 square metres;
No drive-thru facilities are permitted on the lands designated “RH-
MU-2” as illustrated on Figure 1;
Despite the building location and setback provisions of this
Exception, outdoor patios associated with a restaurant type “A” are
permitted to encroach beyond the building envelope as illustrated
on Figure 1;
Despite building location and setback provisions of this Exception,
covered walkways with supporting structures, are permitted to
encroach beyond the building envelope as illustrated on Figure 1;
Despite the provisions of this Exception, outdoor patios associated
with a restaurant type “A” will not be included within the aggregate
gross leasable floor area requirements of clause B above;
3. Provisions (“MD-H6” Zone)
a) Uses Permitted ("MD-H6" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-H6", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Multiple dwelling horizontal;
b) Zone Requirements (“MD-H6” Zone)
Lot Area (minimum): 70 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 6.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
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Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres except that no interior side
yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Gross floor area (minimum): 100 square metres per dwelling unit
Building Separation: Despite clause iv. above, a minimum 1.8
metre separation between blocks of multiple dwelling horizontal shall
be permitted;
Parking Requirements:
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, one of which may not be located
within a driveway, and one of which must be provided within an
attached garage of the dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which
shall be located less than 6.0 metres from any street or drive aisle
providing access to those lots, plus a minimum of 0.2 visitor
parking spaces per unit.
4. Provisions (“SA-8” Zone)
a) Uses Permitted ("SA-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-8", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Single attached dwelling;
b) Zone Requirements (“SA-8” Zone)
Lot Area (minimum): 100 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 4.8 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 5.0 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum):
1.2 metres except that no interior side yard shall be provided on
the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached together.
Despite clause A, a minimum interior side yard of 0.6 metres is
required adjacent to an Open Space Zone;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Gross floor area (minimum): 100 square metres per dwelling unit
Obstruction of Yards:
Despite Section 5.8(b) of By-law 2520, covered and unenclosed
porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above the established grade may project no
more than:
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1) 2.0 metres into any required front or rear yard; and
2) 0.6 metres into any required side yard;
Parking Requirements:
for each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, one of which may be located within
a driveway, and one of which must be provided within an attached
garage of the dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from any street or drive aisle
providing access to those lots, plus a minimum of 0.2 visitor
parking spaces per unit;
Special Regulations:
No more than 8 units shall be attached horizontally;
Despite Section 4(b)(v) a minimum 1.8 metre separation between
blocks of single attached dwellings shall be permitted.
5. Provisions (“SA-LW” Zone)
a) Uses Permitted ("SA-LW" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-LW ", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling;
business office;
commercial school;
personal service shop;
professional office;
retail store;
b) Zone Requirements (“SA-LW” Zone)
Lot Area (minimum): 125 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 4.9 metres
Unit Width (minimum): 4.9 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Despite clause iv. above, front yard balconies, verandahs and
decks, both uncovered and covered, may project fully into any
required front or side yard;
Side Yard Width (minimum): 0.6 metres except that no interior side
yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Gross floor area (minimum): 100 square metres per dwelling unit
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Parking Requirements:
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, one of which may be located within
a rear yard, and one of which must be provided within an attached
garage located to the rear of the dwelling, any vehicular entrance
of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from any street
or drive aisle providing access to those lots, plus a minimum of 0.2
visitor parking spaces per unit;
Clauses 5.21.1 a) to 5.21.2 f), inclusive of By-law 2520, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “SA-LW”;
Special Regulations:
Despite the permitted uses of the “SA-LW” zone, non-residential
uses permitted within the “SA-LW” zone designation may be
established only within the ground floor of a dwelling unit;
No driveway access from St. Martins Drive for individual dwelling
units shall be permitted;
Despite Section 2.46 of By-law 2520, St. Martins Drive shall be
considered as the front lot line;
Despite the lot and building requirements of the “SA-LW” zone, a
minimum 1.8 metre separation between blocks of single attached
dwellings shall be permitted.
6. General Provisions (”RH-MU-2”, “SA-LW”, “SA-8”, “MD-H6” Zones)
a) For residential uses, the lands designated ”RH-MU-2”, “SA-LW”, “SA-8”,
“MD-H6””, shall be developed at a density of over 140 units per net hectare
and up to and including 225 units per net hectare up to a maximum of 760
units;
b) Despite any other provision of this By-law, a maximum of 85 percent of the
single attached dwellings and/or multiple dwellings horizontal, as shown on
a City approved site plan may be permitted until such time as a minimum of
2000 square metres of gross leasable floor area for uses permitted by this
exception zone, on lands zoned ”RH-MU-2” has been constructed;
c) Despite the requirements of this zone, the requirement for frontage on a
public street shall be satisfied by establishing frontage on a common
elements condominium street;
d) All visitor parking spaces that are required for multiple dwelling-horizontal
for each zone may be provided within any of the lands designated “RH-MU-
2”, “SA-LW”, “SA-8”, and “MD-H6”;
e) That the internal zone lines separating the residential zone categories shall
be deemed to be the center line of the internal private road;
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f) Clauses 5.21.2(a), 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(f), 5.21.2(g), and 5.21.2(k) of
By law 2520, as amended, shall not apply to lands designated ”RH-MU-2”,
“SA-LW”, “SA-8”, “MD-H6”.
g) Definitions and subject matters not specifically dealt with in this By-law
shall be governed by relevant provisions of By-law 2520, as amended.
7. Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
a) Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
b) Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes;
Despite Clause (a) above, tot lots, visitor parking spaces and
associated traffic aisles are permitted within the “OS-HL” Zone.
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1. Definitions
a) “Air Conditioner” means 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.
b) “Balcony” means 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.
c) “Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
d) “Condominium, Common Element” means spaces and features owned in
common by all shareholders in a condominium and may include private
streets, walkways, and parking and amenity areas.
e) “Deck” means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building
and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
f) “Dwelling” means a building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer;
g) “Dwelling, Detached” means a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
h) “Dwelling, Multiple – Horizontal” means a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls;
i) “Dwelling Unit” means 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.
j) “Floor Area – Residential” means the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
k) “Gross Floor Area – Residential” means 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.
l) “Height, Dwelling” means the vertical distance between the established
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
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the deck line, or in the case of a gabled, hip or gambrel roof, the mean
height between eaves and ridge.
m) “Lands, Subject” means the lands subject of this by-law.
n) “Lot” means 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, 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;
o) “Lot Area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;
p) “Lot Frontage” means 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;
q) “Lot, Through” means a lot bounded on opposite sides by a street.
r) “Parapet Wall” means the portion of an exterior wall extending above the
roof.
s) “Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building. A basement may be located under the porch.
t) “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.
u) “Street” means a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and
includes a public highway and a private street within a condominium.
v) “Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a private right-of-way over private property, that provides access to lots
abutting the private street;
but is not maintained by a public body and is not a lane.
w) “Wall, Front” means the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
x) “Water Meter Building” means a building or structure that contains devices
supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quality of water
delivered to a property.
y) “Yard” means 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
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above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures, or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
z) “Front Yard” means 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;
aa) “Front Yard Depth” means 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;
bb) “Rear Yard” means 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;
cc) “Rear Yard Depth” means 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;
dd) “Side Yard” means 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;
ee) “Side Yard Width” means 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;
ff) “Flankage Side Yard” means a side yard immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
gg) “Flankage Side Yard Width” means 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.
2. Provisions
a) Uses Permitted (“S2-17”, “MD-H12” and “MD-H13” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S2-17”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
Detached Dwelling
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H12” and “MD-H13”, use
any lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose
except the following:
Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal
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b) Zone Requirements (“S2-17”, “MD-H12” and MD-H13” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S2-17”, “MD-H12” and MD-H13”,
use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the
following provisions:
“S2-17” Zone “MD-H12”
Zone
“MD-H13”
Zone
(a) Number of
Dwelling Units
(maximum)
57 dwelling units
(b) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 13.2 metres 6.0 metres
(c) Lot Area
(minimum) 350 square metres 150 square metres
(d) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.5 metres
(e) Side Yard Depth
(minimum)
1.2 metres
1.5 metres except where
dwellings on abutting lots share
a common wall, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent
to that wall on either lot
(f) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres 7.5 metres 6.0 metres
(g) Flankage Yard
Depth (minimum) not applicable 2.7 metres
(h) Building Height
(maximum) 9.0 metres 12.0 metres
(i) Driveway Width
(maximum) 6.0 metres 3.7 metres
(j) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
4.0 parking spaces
per dwelling unit
2.0 parking spaces per
dwelling unit
(k) Visitor Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
0.25 of a parking space per dwelling unit
(l) Garage
Requirements
Minimum 1 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
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“S2-17” Zone “MD-H12”
Zone
“MD-H13”
Zone
(m) Interior Garage
Size (minimum)
A private garage
shall have a
minimum width of
5.5 metres and a
minimum depth of
6.0 metres
provided, however,
the width may
include 1 interior
step and the
depth may include
2 interior steps
A private garage shall have a
minimum width of 3.0 metres
and a minimum depth of
6.0 metres provided, however,
the width may include 1 interior
step and the depth may include
2 interior steps
3. Special Provisions
a) Special Provisions (“S2-17”, “MD-H12” and “MD-H13” Zones)
Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs 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
metres or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any required
front yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres or half the distance of the
required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any required
flankage yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres;
A porch or uncovered deck may encroach into any required rear yard
to a maximum of 2.0 metres;
Stairs to a porch or uncovered deck may encroach to within 0.3 metres
of the front lot line or flankage lot line; to within 1.0 metres of a rear lot
line; and to within 0.6 metres of a side lot line;
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to a
maximum of 0.6 metres or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less;
Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the
rear yard or side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, such units
shall not be located any closer than 0.6 metres to a side lot line and
shall not be located on any easement in favour of the City;
A balcony located above the first floor projecting or inset in the rear
wall of a building on lands zoned “S2-17” are prohibited;
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Outdoor Private Amenity Area for lands zoned “MD-H13”:
a minimum of 14 square metres of outdoor private amenity area
shall be provided on the balcony above the garage and located at
the rear of the dwelling unit;
accessory structures such as pergolas, sheds or other similar
structures shall not be permitted on the balcony above the garage
at the rear of the dwelling unit;
the outdoor private amenity area located above the garage at the
rear of the dwelling unit shall not be enclosed.
b) Special Regulations (“S2-17”, “MD-H12” and “MD-H13” Zones)
Despite the provisions of Section 5.6 of By-law 2520, 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;
Despite clause (i) above, the lot line abutting Liverpool Road shall be
deemed to be the Front Lot Line for the lands Zoned “MD H13”;
A water meter building required by the Region of Durham for the
purpose of measuring the quantity of water delivered shall be exempt
from “MD H12” zone use provisions and zone requirements;
Section 6.3 of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply to the lands
zoned “S2-17”, “MD-H12” and “MD-H13”;
Section 6.6a)(iv) of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “MD-H13”;
Sections 5.20 and 6.5 of By-law 2520, as amended, shall not apply to
the lands zoned “MD-H12” and “MD-H13”.
4. Section 37 Provisions
a) An indexed cash contribution of $275,000.00 to be paid to the City prior to
site plan approval, to be allocated towards capital improvements to the
Frenchman’s Bay Ratepayers Memorial Park;
b) The cash contribution identified in Section 3(a) of this By-law shall be
indexed in accordance with the most current Statistics Canada Non
Residential Construction Price Index reported quarterly by Statistics
Canada, calculated from the date of passing of this by-law to the date of
payment by the owner;
c) In the event the cash contribution referred to in Section 3(a) of this By-law
has not been used for the intended purposes within 3 years of the By-law
coming into force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for
another purpose, at the discretion of the Director, City Development, in
consultation with the Ward Councillor(s), provided that the purposes will
benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands;
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d) Pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, and subject to compliance with
this By-law, the increase in density of the development is permitted beyond
that otherwise permitted on the subject lands in return for the provision by
the owner, at the owner’s expense of the facilities, services and matters set
out in Section 3(a) of this By-law and which are secured by one or more
agreements pursuant to Subsection 37(3) of the Planning Act that are in a
form and registered on title to the lands, to the satisfaction of the City
Solicitor;
e) The owner shall not use, or permit the use of, a building or structure
erected with an increase in density pursuant to this By-law unless all
provisions and obligations in this By-law are met; and
f) Despite the requirements of the Exception zone, an additional 10 dwelling
units are permitted upon execution and registration on title of a Section 37
agreement pursuant to clause d) above.
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Definitions
“Amenity Space” means the total passive or active recreational area
provided on a lot for the personal, shared or communal use of the residents
of a building or buildings, and includes balconies, patios, rooftop gardens
and other similar features, but does not include indoor laundry or locker
facilities.
“Balcony” means 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.
“Bay Window” means a window with at least three panels set at different
angles to create a projection from the outer wall of a building, and includes
a bow window.
“Block” means all land fronting on one side of a street between the nearest
streets, intersecting, meeting or crossing said street.
“Build-to-Zone” shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is to be located.
“Building” means a structure occupying an area greater than 10 square
metres and consisting of any combination of walls, roof and floor but shall
not include a mobile home.
“Building, Main” means a building in which is carried on the principal
purpose for which the lot is used.
“Daylight Triangle” means an area free of buildings, structures, fences and
hedges up to 0.9 metres in height and which area is to be determined by
measuring, from the point of intersection of street lines on a corner lot, the
distance required by this By-law along each such street line and joining
such points with a straight line. The triangular-shaped land between the
intersecting street lines and the straight line joining the points the required
distance along the street lines is the daylight triangle.
“Development Agreement” means an executed contract between a
developer/property owner and the City of Pickering that is required in order
to implement development and may include a subdivision agreement, site
plan agreement, or other similar agreements for development.
“Dwelling” includes:
“Accessory Dwelling Unit” means a separate dwelling unit subsidiary to
and located in the same building as an associated principal dwelling
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unit; and its creation does not result in the creation of a semi-detached
dwelling, duplex dwelling, three-unit dwelling or converted dwelling.
“Apartment Dwelling” means a residential use building containing four
or more principal dwelling units where the units are connected by a
common corridor or vestibule, other than a townhouse dwelling or
stacked dwelling.
“Back-to-Back Townhouse Dwelling” means a residential use building
containing four or more attached principal dwelling units divided
vertically where each unit is divided by common walls, including a
common rear wall without a rear yard setback, and whereby each unit
has an independent entrance to the unit from the outside accessed
through the front yard or exterior side yard.
“Block Townhouse Dwelling” means a residential use building
containing three or more attached principal dwelling units divided
vertically, and where all dwelling units are located on one lot and
accessed from a private street, laneway or common condominium
aisle.
“Dwelling Unit” means a residential unit that:
consists of a self-contained set of rooms located in a building or
structure;
is used or intended for use as a residential premise;
contains kitchen and bathroom facilities that are intended for the
use of the unit only; and
is not a mobile home or any vehicle.
“Existing” means existing as of the date of the enactment of the provision
that contains that word.
“Floor Area” means the total area of all floors of a building within the
outside walls.
“Floor Area, Net” means the total area of all floors of a building measured
from the interior faces of the exterior walls or demising walls, but does not
include the following areas:
Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking below established grade;
Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking at or above established
grade;
Loading spaces and related corridors used for loading purposes;
Rooms for storage, storage lockers, washrooms, electrical, utility,
mechanical and ventilation;
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Indoor amenity space required by this By-law;
Elevator, garbage and ventilating shafts;
Mechanical penthouse; and
Stairwells in the building.
“Floor Space Index” means the total net floor area of all buildings on a lot
divided by the total area of the lot.
“Grade” or “Established Grade” means the average elevation of the
finished level of the ground adjoining all exterior walls of a building.
“Gross Floor Area” means the total area of each floor whether located
above, at or below grade, measured between the exterior faces of the
exterior walls of the building at each floor level but excluding any porch,
veranda, cellar, mechanical room or penthouse, or areas dedicated to
parking within the building. For the purposes of this definition, the walls of
an inner court shall be deemed to be exterior walls.
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” means the total floor area designed for
tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines
and upper floor areas if any; expressed in square metres and measured
from the centre line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.
“Ground Floor” means the floor of a building at or first above grade.
“Ground Floor Area” means the gross floor area only on the ground floor.
“Height” means the vertical distance between the established grade, 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 level between eaves and ridge. When
the regulation establishes height in storeys, means the number of storeys.
The height requirements of this By-law shall not apply to rooftop
mechanical penthouses.
“Landscaped Area” means an outdoor area on a lot comprising trees,
plants, decorative stonework, retaining walls, walkways, or other landscape
or architectural elements, excluding aisles and areas for loading, parking or
storing of vehicles.
“Lane” means a thoroughfare not intended for general traffic circulation that
provides means of vehicular access to the rear of a lot where the lot also
fronts or flanks onto a street, or where a lot fronts onto public or private
open space. The lane may be maintained by a condominium corporation
as a private road condominium or by a government authority.
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“Loading Space” means an unobstructed area of land which is provided
and maintained upon the same lot or lots upon which the principal use is
located and which area is provided for the temporary parking of one
commercial motor vehicle while merchandise or materials are being loaded
or unloaded from such vehicles.
“Lot” means a parcel of land fronting on a street, whether or not occupied
by a building or structure.
“Lot Area” means the total horizontal area of a lot.
“Lot Line” means a line delineating any boundary of a lot.
“Main Wall” means a primary exterior front, rear or side wall of a building,
not including permitted projections.
“Park, Private” means an area of land not under the jurisdiction of a public
authority that is designed or maintained for active or passive recreational
purposes.
“Parking Area” means one or more parking spaces, including related
aisles, for the parking or storage of vehicles.
“Parking Garage” means a building, or part thereof, used for the parking of
vehicles and may include any permitted use in the first storey, but shall not
include any area where vehicles for sale or repair are kept or stored. A
parking garage includes underground parking and a parking structure.
“Parking Lot” means a lot or portion thereof provided for the parking of
motor vehicles accessory or incidental to the main use.
“Parking Space” means an unobstructed area of land that is accessible by
an aisle, having access to a street or lane that is reserved for the purpose
of the temporary parking or storage of one motor vehicle.
“Parking Space, Bicycle” means an area used exclusively for parking or
storing a bicycle.
“Parking Structure” means a building or portion thereof, containing one or
more parking spaces.
“Patio” means an outdoor area where seating accommodation can be
provided and/or where meals or refreshments are served to the public for
consumption.
“Podium” means the base of a building, structure or part thereof located at
or above established grade that projects from the tower portion of the
building.
“Point Tower” means a compact and slender building form.
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“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure with direct access to the
ground that is attached to the exterior wall of a building.
“Premises” means the whole or part of lands, buildings or structures, or
any combination of these.
“Primary Entrance Door” means the principal entrance by which the public
enters or exits a building or individual retail/commercial unit or the resident
enters or exits a dwelling unit.
“Primary Window” means all windows except bathroom, hallway, closet or
kitchen windows.
“Setback” means the distance between a building and a lot line. In
calculating the setback the horizontal distance from the respective lot line
shall be used.
“Storey” means that 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 next above it.
“Storey, First” means the storey with its floor closest to grade and its ceiling
more than 1.8 metres above grade.
“Street” means a public highway but does not include a lane or a King’s
Highway (Highway 401). 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.
“Street Line” means the dividing line between a lot and a street.
“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and
pedestrian access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units;
and
a private right-of-way over private property, that affords access to lots
abutting a private road, but is not maintained by a public body and is
not a lane.
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“Structure” means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts
joined together with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to
something having a fixed location in or on the ground and shall include
buildings, walls or any sign, but does not include fences below six feet in
height or in-ground swimming pools.
“Tower” means the storeys within that portion of a building or structure or
part thereof located above the podium.
“Tower Floor Plate” means the average floor area of all storeys within that
portion of a building or structure or part thereof located above the podium,
measured to the exterior faces of exterior walls of each storey of a building
or structure.
“Uncovered Platform” means an attached or freestanding structure not
covered by a roof, which is located on the same level as or lower than the
first storey of the building associated with the platform.
Permitted Uses and Zone Regulations
Permitted Uses (“RHII-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “RHII-6”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Apartment Dwelling
Permitted Uses (“RMI-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “RMI-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Block Townhouse Dwelling
Back-to-Back Townhouse Dwelling
Zone Regulations (“RHII-6” & “RMI-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “RHII-6” & “RMI-7”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
“RHII-6” “RMI-7”
a) Floor Space Index (FSI) i) the area zoned “RHII-6”, “RMI-7” and “OS-PP” shall be
the extent of lands for the purposes of calculating FSI
ii) minimum FSI – 0.75
iii) maximum FSI – 2.02
b) Number of Dwelling
Units
i) minimum 74 units
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“RHII-6” “RMI-7”
ii) maximum 372 units
c) Building Height i) the maximum height of a building is specified by the
number following the HT symbol as shown on Figure 2
ii) notwithstanding section 2 c) c) i) above, enclosed
stairwells providing roof access may exceed the
maximum building height as shown on Figure 2 to a
maximum of 2.7 metres
d) Building Location and
Setbacks
i) no building or part of a building, or structure shall be
erected outside of a building envelope, as shown on
Figure 1
ii) no building or portion of a building or structure shall be
erected within the building envelope, unless a minimum of
80 percent of the entire length of the build-to-zone, as
shown on Figure 1, contains a continuous portion of the
exterior wall of a building
iii) notwithstanding section 2 c) d) i) above, buildings or
portions of buildings not exceeding 4.5 metres in height
and used solely for stairwell access to an underground
parking garage or waste collection are permitted to be
located beyond the building envelope, provided such
buildings are setback a minimum of 7.0 metres from all lots
lines
e) Setback for Below Grade
Parking Structures
i) minimum – 0.0 metres
ii) notwithstanding Section 2 c) e) i) above, a minimum
setback of 1.5 metres shall be provided from a lot line
abutting a “S4-11” zone
f) Podium Requirements i) minimum height of podium –
10.5 metres (3-storeys)
ii) maximum height of podium
– 13.5 metres (4-storeys)
Nil
g) Tower Floor Plate i) maximum tower floor plate
for a building greater than
37.5 metres in height – 810
square metres
ii) notwithstanding Section 2 c)
g) i) above, balconies shall
be excluded from the
calculation of tower floor
plate
Nil
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“RHII-6” “RMI-7”
h) Parking Requirements i) 1.0 parking space per
dwelling unit
i) 2.0 parking spaces
per dwelling unit
i) Visitor Parking
Requirements
i) 0.25 of a parking space per dwelling unit
j) Private Amenity
Requirements
i) a minimum of one balcony,
deck or private patio shall
be provided for each
dwelling unit
ii) minimum area – 3.0 square
metres
i) a minimum of one
balcony, deck, or
rooftop patio shall be
provided for each
back-to-back
townhouse dwelling
unit, which shall have
a minimum area of
4.5 square metres
k) Common Amenity Space
Requirements
i) minimum – 2.0 square metres of indoor amenity space
per dwelling unit
ii) minimum – 2.0 square metres of outdoor amenity space
per dwelling unit (a minimum contiguous area of 40.0
square metres must be provided in a common location)
iii) lands zoned “OS-PP”, are permitted to contribute to the
common amenity space requirement outlined under
Section 2 c) k) ii) above
l) Landscaped Area i) minimum – 10 percent of land area
ii) the area zoned “RHII-6” and “RMI-7” shall be the extent of
lands for the purpose of calculating landscaped area
Permitted Uses (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “OS-HL” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife; and
resource management.
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Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
Permitted Uses (“OS-PP”)
No person shall within the lands designated use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Private Park
Special Provisions (“RHII-6” & “RMI-7” Zones)
Sections 5.21.1, 5.21.2(a), 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(d), 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(f), 5.22
and 6.4 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the lands zoned
“RHII-6” and “RMI-7”.
A private street shall have a minimum width of 6.5 metres.
Waste shall be stored within a fully enclosed building, structure or partially
underground structure.
Air Conditioners are not permitted to be located between a building and a
street, however are permitted to be located on a balcony or roof or on a
private patio at or below grade.
Permitted Encroachments
No part of the building envelope shall be obstructed except as follows:
Projections such as awnings, canopies, window sills, chimney breasts,
fireplaces, belt courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, piers, eave troughs,
and other similar architectural features may be permitted to project a
maximum of 2.0 metres beyond the building envelope as illustrated on
Figure 1, but shall maintain a minimum setback of 0.6 metres to a lot
line.
Any stairs, including to a porch or any associated landing, uncovered
platform, covered platform, and any unenclosed ramp for wheelchair
access may encroach beyond the building envelope no closer than
0.45 metres to a lot line.
A balcony, porch, uncovered platform or covered platform may
encroach beyond the building envelope to a maximum of 2.0 metres or
half the distance of the required setback, whichever is less.
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach beyond the building
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envelope to a maximum of 0.6 metres or half the distance, whichever
is less.
Height Exceptions
Notwithstanding Section 2 c) c) and f), the following building elements
may exceed the maximum building heights:
equipment used for the functional operation of the building and
structures including electrical, utility, mechanical and ventilation
equipment, enclosed stairwells roof access, maintenance
equipment storage, chimneys, vents, and window washing
equipment;
architectural features, parapets, elements and structures
associated with a green roof;
planters, landscaping features, guard rails, divider screens on a
balcony and/or terrace; and
trellises, pergolas and unenclosed structures providing safety or
wind/noise protection to rooftop amenity space.
Yards Abutting Daylight Triangles
Where a lot abuts a daylight triangle, the setback provisions shall be
measured as if the daylight triangle did not exist, provided all buildings are
setback 0.6 metres from the daylight triangle with the exception of window
sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves, eave troughs and architectural
elements, such as the architectural projections from the podium and
canopies, which may project to within 0.3 metres of the daylight triangle.
Bicycle Parking Space Requirements
Minimum number of bicycle parking spaces:
0.5 of a space per apartment dwelling unit; and
1.0 space per block townhouse dwelling and back-to-back
townhouse dwelling;
Where the number of bicycle parking spaces exceeds 50 spaces, a
minimum of 25 percent of the total required must be located within:
a building or structure;
a secure area such as a supervised parking lot or enclosure; or
bicycle lockers.
Where four or more bicycle parking spaces are provided in a common
parking area, each space must contain a parking rack that is securely
anchored to the ground and attached to a heavy base such as
concrete.
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Dimensions:
if located in a horizontal position (on the ground): a minimum
length of 1.6 metres and a minimum width of 0.6 metres;
if located in a vertical position (on the wall): a minimum length of
1.5 metres and a minimum width of 0.5 metres;
if stacked: a minimum length of 1.5 metres and a minimum width of
0.45 metres.
Loading Standards
Where a loading space is provided, the following regulations apply:
the minimum dimensions of a loading space are 3.5 metres in width
and 12.0 metres in length, with a minimum vertical clearance of 4.2
metres;
a loading space shall abut the building for which the loading space is
provided;
an unenclosed loading space located above established grade shall be
set back a minimum of 10.0 metres from a street line;
an enclosed loading space located above established grade shall not
be located beyond the building envelope as shown on Figure 1.
Special Provisions (“RMI-7” Zone)
Private Garage Requirements:
Minimum one private garage per block townhouse dwelling, the
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from a private street.
A private garage shall have a minimum width of 3.0 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres provided, however, the width may
include one interior step and the depth may include two interior steps.
A driveway for a block townhouse dwelling shall not exceed the width of
the unit to which it provides access.
Rooftop private amenity space shall not be permitted for block townhouse
dwellings.
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Exception Zone 106 (By-law 7086-10)
Definitions
“Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, and for the
use as a facility for the daytime care of children;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"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;
“Public School” shall mean, a school under the jurisdiction of a board of
education which board is established pursuant to the Education Act R.S.O.
1990, or any successor thereto;
“Street” shall mean a street as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, as
amended from time-to-time, which may provide vehicular access to a lot. A
private road registered in a plan of condominium is also considered a street
for the purpose of this by-law;
"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;
"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;
“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;
“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;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
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“Side Yard” shall mean a yard of a lot extending from the front yard to the
rear yard and from the side line to the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“CI-ES/DN”)
Uses Permitted (“CI-ES/DN”)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “CI-ES/DN”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
public school and uses accessory thereto; and
day nursery as an accessory use to a public school.
Zone Requirements (“CI-ES/DN”)
No person shall, within the lands zoned (“CI-ES/DN”), use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
provisions as set out in the following requirements:
Lot Frontage (Minimum): 150 metres
Lot Area (Minimum): 3.0 hectares
Front Yard Depth (Minimum): 6.0 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (Minimum): 6.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (Minimum): 6.0 metres
Flanking Side Yard Width (Minimum): 6.0 metres
Maximum Building Height: 20.0 metres
Lot Coverage (Maximum): 35 percent
Landscape Open Space (Minimum): 25 percent
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Parking Requirement (Minimum): 2.5 parking spaces per classroom
3.0 spaces per 100.0 square metres of day nursery activity area 0.4
bus spaces per classroom
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife; and
resource management.
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Exception Zone 107 (By-law 7115-11)
Provisions
Despite the height requirement provisions of Section 5.9 of By-law 3036
and any garage setback provision of this By-law, the following provisions
shall apply:
Dwelling Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Attached Garage Projection beyond Front Wall of Dwelling (maximum):
2.0 metres
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Exception Zone 108 (By-law 7124-11)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Body Rub Parlour” includes any premises or part thereof where a body rub
is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling, business
or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof where the
body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic
treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise duly
qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the Province of
Ontario;
“Build-to-zone” shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is to be located;
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour;
“Commercial Music School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain
or profit and contains the studio of a music teacher;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher, or an art school, a
golf school or any other such school operated for gain or profit, but shall
not include any other school defined herein;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept
for retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the
immediate neighbourhood;
“Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of The Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, and for the
use as a facility for the daytime care of children;
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“Drug Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
pharmaceutical prescriptions are compounded and dispensed to the public,
and where medicine, medical supplies and associated merchandise,
confectionary items, cosmetics, toiletries, periodicals, or similar items of
day-to-day household necessity are stored, displayed and offered for retail
sale;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
“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;
“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;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“Food Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food,
produce, and other items or merchandise of day-to-day household
necessity are stored, offered or kept for retail sale to the public;
“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;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment;
“Long Term Care Facility” shall mean a building or part of a building which
is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision in
which rooms or lodging are provided in conjunction with the provision of
meals, personal care, nursing services and medical care and treatment,
but does not include a hospital;
“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
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case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Multiple Dwelling-Vertical” shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically by an above-grade wall
or walls, or an above-grade floor or floors, or both;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Private Garage” shall mean 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;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both, but
shall not include an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods;
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
“Retirement Home” shall mean a building or part of a building providing
accommodation primarily for retired persons where each private bedroom
or living unit does not include a stove top and oven, does have a separate
entrance from a common hall, and where common facilities and services
may be provided for the residents including personal services, the
preparation and consumption of food, nursing services, common lounges,
recreation rooms and ancillary support offices;
“Storey” shall mean that 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 next above it;
“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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon.
Provisions (“RH/MU-7” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“RH/MU-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “RH/MU-7”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office;
convenience store;
commercial club;
commercial school;
day nursery;
drug store;
dry cleaning depot;
financial institution;
food store;
laundromat;
long term care facility;
multiple dwelling-vertical;
personal service shop;
professional office;
restaurant – type A;
retail store;
retirement home
Zone Requirements (“RH/MU-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “RH/MU-7”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Location and Setbacks:
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the building
envelope shown on Figure 1;
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No building located within 40 metres of the Brock Road
right-of-way shall be erected within the “RH/MU-7” Zone, unless a
minimum of 75 percent of the length of the west wall of the building
is within the build-to-zone shown on Figure 1;
Notwithstanding Section 2(b)(i)(A) above, below grade parking
structures shall be permitted beyond the limits of the building
envelope identified on Figure 1, but no closer than 0.5 metres from
the limits of the lands;
Building Height:
Within and at 80.0 metres of Brock Road Right-of-Way:
1) Minimum 3-Storeys and 10.0 metres
2) Maximum 6-Storeys and 20.0 metres
Beyond 80.0 metres of Brock Road Right-of-Way:
1) Minimum 3-Storeys
2) Maximum 5-Storeys
Floor Space Areas:
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any individual
convenience store, food store, drug store, or retail store shall be
500 square metres;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for all non-residential uses
shall be 3,200 square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all
restaurant - type A uses shall be 500 square metres:
Parking Requirements:
There shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 4.0 parking
spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area for all
permitted uses listed in Section 2(a), except for multiple dwelling-
vertical, retirement home and long term care facilities. Non-
resident parking shall be provided at grade, in a below grade
structure, or both;
For multiple dwelling-vertical uses, there shall be provided and
maintained a minimum of 1.0 parking space per dwelling unit for
residents, and 0.25 of a parking space per dwelling unit for visitors.
Parking spaces for residents shall be provided in a below grade
structure, at grade or both. Visitor parking shall be provided at
grade;
For retirement homes there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 0.3 parking spaces per living unit for residents, and
0.05 parking spaces per living unit for visitors for retirement home
uses;
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For long term care facilities there shall be provided and maintained
a minimum of 1.0 parking spaces per 3 resident beds for long term
care facility use;
All entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall
be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any combination
thereof;
At grade parking lots shall be permitted no closer than 3.0 metres
from the limits of the "RH/MU-7" Zone or any road;
Clauses 5.21.2(a), 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(f), 5.21.2(g), and
5.21.2(k) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to lands
zoned ”RH/MU-7”.
Number of Dwelling Units
For residential uses, the lands zoned ”RH/MU-7”, shall be
developed at a density of over 30 units per net hectare and up to
and including 80 units per net hectare to a maximum of 97 dwelling
units;
Special Regulations
No drive-through facilities are permitted on lands zoned “RH/MU-
7”;
Non-residential uses shall only be permitted within a building
containing dwelling units and that is located within 80 metres of the
Brock Road right-of-way. The non-residential uses shall be limited
to the first two storeys of a building;
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(A), outdoor patios associated with a
restaurant - type A are permitted to encroach beyond the building
envelope as illustrated on Figure 1;
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(A), covered walkways with supporting
structures, are permitted to encroach beyond the building envelope
as illustrated on Figure 1;
Despite Section 2(b)(iii)(C), outdoor patios associated with a
restaurant - type A is not considered to be gross leasable floor
area;
For the purpose of this by-law, non-residential uses shall not
include a long term care facilities or retirement homes;
Provisions (“(H) RH/MU-7” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“(H) RH/MU-7” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall not
be used for any purpose other than any use as permitted by the Section 7
provisions of Rural Agricultural Zone “A” of Zoning By-law 3036.
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Removal of the “(H)” Holding Symbol
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “RH/MU-7” zone
until the completion of the following:
acceptance of an updated Master Environmental Servicing Plan
(MESP) by the City of Pickering and the Toronto Region Conservation
Authority
acceptance of a Stormwater Management and Hydrogeological
Report, consistent with the updated MESP, by the City of Pickering
and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority
acceptance of an Environmental Impact Study by the City of Pickering
and the TRCA
acceptance of a Noise Impact Study by the Region of Durham and the
City of Pickering
execution and registration of a Development Agreement with the City
of Pickering containing the provisions that:
appropriate arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of
the City of Pickering that all the requirements for the development
of the mixed use project have been complied with, including but
not limited to the payment of the owner’s proportionate share of
costs associated with the preparation of required area-wide
studies, and the cost of off-site works, parkland dedication,
entering into a site plan agreement, environmental and engineering
requirements, securities and insurance;
appropriate arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of
the Region of Durham for the provision of sanitary, water and
transportation services and environmental and engineering
requirements; and
appropriate arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of
the Toronto Region Conservation Authority for the provision of
environmental, engineering and land conveyance requirements.
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife; and
resource management.
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Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Provisions
Despite the obstruction of yards requirement of Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036
and front yard requirement of Section 10.3.6(i) of By-law 3036, the minimum
front yard requirement to the southerly building existing at the time of the
passing of the by-law shall be 13.0 metres and the existing uncovered platform
attached to the southerly existing building may project a maximum of 1.0 metre
into the front yard.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S3-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3-12”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements ("S3-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3-12”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 350 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 12.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 as amended, uncovered and
covered platforms/porches attached to a main dwelling may
provide a front yard depth of 4.5 metres;
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Interior Side Yard Width (minimum):
for inside lots:
1) 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metre on the other
for corner lots:
1) 0.6 metres
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 as amended, uncovered steps
and platforms less than or equal to 2.2 metres above grade and less
than or equal to 3.0 metres in width may project a maximum of 2.0
metres in depth into the required rear yard;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Dwelling Unit Requirements: maximum one dwelling unit per lot and
minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
Parking Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
Special Regulations:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots to which
this section applies shall not be less than 1.8 metres;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey;
a driveway width shall not occupy more than 55 percent of the front
yard width.
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Definitions
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all storeys
above or below established grade, but shall exclude the floor area of any
parts of the building used for mechanical equipment, stairwells, elevators,
and any part of the building below established grade other than that used
for retail commercial or office purposes;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, which may also include an outdoor patio,
but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Landscaped Open Area” shall mean the area on the lot free from buildings
and/or structures suitable for the growth and maintenance of vegetated
plants such as grass, flowers, shrubs, trees and other landscape features
which may include walkways, berms, retaining walls, decorative pavers,
bricks or stones and outdoor amenity areas including patios, but shall not
include driveways, drive aisles, internal roads, parking areas, curbs or any
exterior garbage storage or handling area;
“Professional Office – Non-Medical” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which legal or other professional services, not including medical
or dental services are performed or consultation given, and which may
include the offices of an architect, a chartered accountant, an engineer, or
a lawyer, but shall not include the office of medical practitioners or a
body-rub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M. 45, as
amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for rent or retail sale to the public;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MU-22" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MU-22”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Business Office;
Commercial School
only permitted as accessory to a retail store, and with a maximum
floor area of 150 square metres;
Professional Office – Non Medical;
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Retail Store.
Zone Requirements ("MU-22" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MU-22”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Building Restrictions
Despite any other provisions of Zoning By-law 3036, the permitted
uses shall only occur within the building existing as of the day of
the passing of this by-law as shown on the Boundary and
Topographic Survey of Part of Lot 17, Concession 1 completed by
the Ontario Land Surveyor on April 21, 2011;
1) Despite Paragraph 5(2)(a)(i) above, an uncovered platform
located on the southwest corner of the building not projecting
beyond the most westerly exterior wall is permitted.
Landscaped Open Area (minimum): 15 percent
Parking Requirements
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
5.5 spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area for
all uses permitted under this zone;
Despite Clause 5.21.2b) of By-law 3036, parking shall be set back
a minimum of 1.5 metres from all internal side and rear lot lines;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all parking areas including driveway entrances and exits
shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, concrete, permeable
materials, or any combination thereof.
Other provisions:
Open storage is not permitted on lands zoned “MU-22”;
One garbage enclosure with a maximum gross floor area of
50 square metres is permitted in the side or rear yard only.
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Definitions
"Bay, Bow, Box Window" shall mean a protrusion from the main wall of the
building, usually bowed, canted, polygonal, segmental, semicircular or
square sided with window on front face; 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;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a group of not less than three adjacent dwellings attached together
horizontally by an above grade common wall;
"Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above-grade
wall or walls;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MD-H7")
No person shall within the lands zoned "MD-H7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling-horizontal;
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Zone Requirements ("MD-H7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MD-H7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Requirements for Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal:
Number of Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal Units for all lands zoned
"MD-H7"(maximum): 45
Lot Area (minimum): 110 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 5.5 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum):
1) 1.5 metres, except where dwellings on abutting lots share a
common wall, no interior side yard shall be required adjacent
to that wall on either lot;
2) Despite subparagraph (1) above, a minimum 1.2 metre side
yard width is required when abutting a common element
amenity area and a minimum 0.2 metre side yard width is
required when abutting a common element walkway area;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum):
1) 2.2 metres, where the dwellings are immediately adjacent to
the vehicular entrances to a public street;
2) Despite subparagraph (1) above, a minimum 2.0 metres
flankage side yard is required for dwellings that flank an
internal private drive aisle and are not located immediately
adjacent to the vehicular entrances to a public street;
Rear Yard Depth (minimum):
1) 6.0 metres, where multiple dwelling-horizontal units abut the
SA-11 zone otherwise a rear yard depth minimum does not
apply;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Dwelling Unit Width (minimum): 5.5 metres
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) No building, part of a building, structure or part of a structure
shall be erected except within the limits of the building
envelope illustrated on Figure 1;
2) Despite subparagraph (1) above, buildings or structures
associated with permitted mechanical, recreational, security,
parking, refuse storage and other ancillary residential facilities
shall be permitted beyond the limits of the building envelope
but no closer than 1.2 metres to any lot line;
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3) Despite subparagraph (1) above, uncovered steps, covered
porches and platforms shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres beyond the limits of the building
envelope shown on Figure 1 or into a required front yard, rear
yard or flanking side yard on to a public street;
4) Despite subparagraph (1) above, bay, bow or box windows
may encroach a maximum of 1.0 metre into the required rear
yard or front yard up to a maximum of 65 percent of the width
of the dwelling unit;
5) Despite subparagraph (1) above, any front yard depth or
flankage side yard width requirement on a corner lot the
setback to a corner rounding shall be a minimum 1.6 metres
The minimum width for the driving aisle/private road shall be 6.4
metres;
Special Regulations:
1) 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
2) Where a lot abuts both a common element condominium street
and public street, the front lot line shall be abutting the public
street and where a lot abuts more than one private road the
front lot line shall be the lot line opposite the main front wall;
Parking Requirements for "MD-H7" zone:
Minimum Parking Spaces (per dwelling unit):
1) 2 spaces, which shall be provided through either 2 spaces
within an attached garage, or through one parking space in an
attached garage and one parking space in a driveway
immediately in front of the parking garage for that dwelling unit;
Minimum private garage per lot 1
Any vehicular entrance for a private garage shall be located a
minimum of 6.0 metres from any lot line that abuts the street or
private road that provides vehicle access to the private garage;
Garage Parking Size (minimum):
1) each parking space within a private garage shall have a
minimum width of 2.9 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0
metres provided, however, that the width may include one
interior step and the depth may include two interior steps;
Visitor Parking Spaces
1) For all lands zoned "MD-H7” a minimum of 12 visitor parking
spaces shall be provided;
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Despite clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
Uses Permitted ("SA-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SA-11”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
single attached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("SA-11" Zone)
Requirements for Single Attached Dwelling:
Number of Single Attached Dwelling Units (maximum): 17
Building Height (maximum): 10.0 metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 7.5 metres
Lot Area (minimum): 175 square metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.0 metres
Side yard:
1) 1.5 metres, except where dwellings on abutting lots share a
common wall, no interior side yard shall be required adjacent
to that wall on either lot;
Flankage side yard to a public street or private driveway 2.4
metres
Driveway Width (maximum): 50 percent of the lot frontage
Projections:
1) Despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 uncovered steps,
covered porches and platforms shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into any required front yard, flanking
yard or corner rounding;
2) Despite 5(2)(b)(i)E above bay, bow or box windows may
encroach a maximum 1.0 metres into the required rear yard;
3) Despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 any front yard depth or
flankage side yard width requirement on a corner lot the
setback to a corner rounding shall be a minimum 2.7 metres to
a public street;
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Parking Requirements for "SA-11" Zone:
Minimum Parking Spaces (per dwelling unit):
1) 2 spaces, which shall be provided through an attached garage,
or one parking space in an attached garage and one parking
space in a driveway immediately in front of the parking garage
for that dwelling unit;
Minimum private garage per lot 1
1) Any vehicular entrance for a private garage shall be located a
minimum of 6.0 metres from any lot line that abuts the street or
private road that provides vehicle access to the private garage;
Garage Parking Size (minimum):
1) each parking space within a private garage shall have a
minimum width of 2.9 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0
metres provided, however, that the width may include one
interior step and the depth may include two interior steps;
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Definitions
“Building Height” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade, 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 level between eaves and
ridge. A penthouse, tower, cupola, steeple or other roof structure which is
used only as an ornament upon or to house the mechanical equipment of
any building shall be disregarded in calculating the height of such building;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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“Storey” shall mean that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar,
attic, or below-grade parking structure, including between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge next above it;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S4-10”)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-10”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
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Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-10” use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 450 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 11.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
Interior Side Yard (minimum): 2.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 15.0 metres
Building Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Number of Storeys (maximum): 2 storeys
Lot Coverage (maximum): 35 percent
Parking Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street.
maximum garage width: 5.6 metres
minimum size of parking space within a private garage (the width
may include one interior step and the depth may include two
interior steps): 2.9 metres (width) by 6.0 metres (length)
maximum driveway width: 5.6 metres
Yard Encroachments Permitted:
Front Yard:
Maximum projection of uncovered/covered platforms/porches: 1.5
metres
Rear Yard:
Maximum projection of uncovered steps and platforms less than or
equal to 1.5 metres above grade: 3.0 metres
Special Regulations:
maximum garage projection from front wall of dwelling: 4.5 metres
reverse grade driveways are prohibited
for the purposes of this by-law, a lot line adjacent to Whites Road
is deemed to be the rear lot line
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Exception Zone 114 (By-law 7274-13)
Provisions
Despite the provisions of Section 5.14 of By-law 3036, the lot frontage for
the lots shown as cross hatched on Figure 1 shall be measured at the front
wall of the dwelling.
Despite the definition of rear lot line of By-law 3036, the rear lot line shall
be defined as the westerly lot line for those lots shown as cross hatched on
Figure 1.
1. Figure 1
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Definitions
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling Unit” shall mean a 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;
“Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling” shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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.
“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 a group of buildings as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for
the storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“Water Meter Building” shall mean a building or structure that contain
devices supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quantity of
water delivered to a property.
“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
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unoccupied above group except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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 lots;
“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 lots;
“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;
“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;
“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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S3-13” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “S3-13”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
i. detached dwelling
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b) Zone Requirements (“S3-13” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-13”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following: provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 350 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum):
12.0 metres
10.0 metres for lands shown as hatched on Figure 1
8.5 metres for lands shown as cross hatched on Figure 1
8.5 metres for lands shown as dashed on Figure 1
Front Yard Depth (minimum):
4.5 metres
the dashed area, as shown on Figure 1, is exempted from
paragraph 2(b)(iii)(A), above
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 on the
other
Flankage Side yard width (minimum):
for lots abutting Fairport Road: 3.0 metres
for all other lots: 2.7 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
Building Height (maximum):
10.0 metres
9.0 metres for lots abutting Fairport Road and abutting any existing
residential lots on adjacent lands, as of the date of the passing of
this by-law
Lot Coverage (maximum): 38 percent
Dwelling Unit Requirement: maximum one dwelling per lot and
minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of the
street
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Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit
despite clause (2)(b)(xi)(A), above, garage projection requirements
are exempted for those lots shown in the cross hatched on Figure
1
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard and minimum flankage side yard
for lots abutting the OS-HL zone, any uncovered decks, platforms
and steps not exceeding 3.0 metres in height above established
grade, may encroach a maximum of 3.0 metres into the required
minimum rear yard
for all other lots, any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not
exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established grade, may
encroach a maximum of 2.5 metres into the required minimum rear
yard
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard 0.6 metres;
2) flankage yard 0.6 metres;
3) rear yard 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these
5) features: may project to a further 0.6 metres into the required
front, flankage or rear yards;
Special Regulations:
despite the provision 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;
despite clause 2(b) above, a water meter building required by the
Region of Durham for the purpose of measuring the quantity of
water delivered shall be exempted from “S3-13” zone
requirements. However, such building or structures shall be as far
as possible, in substantial compliance with the regulations of “S3-
13” zone;
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the rear lot line shall be deemed to be the easterly and southerly
lot lines for those lands shown as cross hatched on Figure 1;
the rear lot line shall be deemed to be the easterly lot line for those
lands shown as dashed on Figure 1
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife
resource management
pedestrian trails and walkways
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Exception Zone 116 (By-law 7303-13)
Definitions
“Build-to-zone” shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is to be located;
“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;
“Dwelling Unit” shall mean a 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;
“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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.
“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 a group of buildings as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“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.
“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.
“Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls.
“Private Garage” shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for
the storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“Water Meter Building” shall mean a building or structure that contain
devices supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quantity of
water delivered to a property.
“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;
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“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;
“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;
“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;
“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 lots;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MD-H8” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H8” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal
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Zone Requirements (“MD-H8” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H8” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Requirements
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum): 23
Building Location and Setbacks
1) Buildings shall be located entirely within the building envelope
as illustrated on Figure 1.
2) A minimum of 60% of the length of the build-to-zone along the
Altona Road frontage, and a minimum of 60% of the length of
the build-to-zone along Finch Avenue as illustrated on Figure
1, shall contain a building or part of a building.
Dwelling Units per lot (maximum): 1
Lot Frontage (minimum): 5.0 metres
Lot Area (minimum)
1) 95 square metres for lots adjacent to Finch Avenue or Altona
Road
2) 110 square metres for all other lots
Building Height (maximum): 10.5 metres
Building Separation
A. The horizontal distance between adjacent buildings shall not be less
than 3.0 metres, except if such buildings are attached in whole or in
part.
Parking Requirements
There shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 2.0 parking
spaces per dwelling unit for residents, and 0.25 of a parking space
per dwelling unit for visitors.
A minimum of 1 private garage per lot.
Any vehicular entrance for an enclosed private garage shall be
located a minimum of 6 metres from any lot line that abuts the
street or private road that provides vehicle access to the private
garage.
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(B) balconies, covered or uncovered steps,
porches and platforms may project outside the required building
envelope to a maximum projection of 2.0 metres from the main
wall of the building.
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Notwithstanding subparagraph A above, any balconies, covered or
uncovered steps, porches and platforms exceeding 1.5 metres in
height above established grade are not permitted to project outside
the required building envelope abutting existing residential
dwellings along Shadow Place.
Special Regulations:
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(B), Accessory Buildings and Uses are
permitted in accordance with By-law 3036 Section 5.18.
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.
Despite Section 2(b) a water meter building required by the Region
of Durham for the purpose of measuring the quantity of water
delivered shall be exempted from “MD-H8” zone requirements.
Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “MD-H8”.
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Definitions
“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;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
"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, 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;
"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;
"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;
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"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
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Provisions (“S1-16” Zone and “S3-14” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“S1-16” and “S3-14”)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S1-16” and “S3-14”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S1-16” Zone and “S3-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S1-16” and “S3-14” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
provisions as set out in the following table:
“S1-16”
Zone
“S3-14”
Zone
i. Lot Frontage
(minimum) 13.0 metres 11.0 metres
ii. Lot Area
(minimum) 400 square
metres
350 square
metres
iii. Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.5 metres
iv. Side Yard Depth
(minimum) 1.2 metres
v. Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
vi. Building Height
(maximum) 10.0 metres
vii. Lot Coverage
(maximum) 40 percent 38 percent
viii. Driveway Width
(maximum) 50 percent of the lot frontage
Special Provisions (“S1-16” Zone and “S3-14” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S1-16” and
“S3-14”;
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building
and the vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than
6.0 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
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any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard;
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard 0.6 metres
2) rear yard 0.6 metres
3) eaves above these features: may project to a further 0.6
metres into the required front or rear yards
Provisions (“(H) S1-16” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“(H) S1-16” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall not
be used for any purposes other than the following:
Private Open Space
Zone Requirements (“(H) S1-16” Zone)
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “S1-16” zone until
the completion of the following:
That the lands are combined with the adjacent lands to the south to
create complete residential lots in accordance with the zoning
provisions in this By-law to the satisfaction of the City of Pickering.
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law 7436-15)
Definitions
“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;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
"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, 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;
"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;
"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;
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"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
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Provisions (“S2” Zone and “S4” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“S2” and “S4”)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S2” and “S4”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S2” Zone and “S4” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S2” and “S4” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
provisions as set out in the following table:
“S2”
Zone
“S4”
Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum)
(i) 12.5 metres
(ii) 13.0 metres for lots
in the cross hatched
area as shown on
Figure 1
9.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 400 square metres 250 square metres
(c) Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
(i) 4.5 metres
(ii) 6.0 metres for lots in the cross hatched area
as shown on Figure 1
(d) Side Yard
Depth
(minimum) 1.2 metres
(e) Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
(f) Flankage
Yard Depth
(minimum)
2.7 metres
(g) Building
Height
(maximum) 10.0 metres
(h) Lot
Coverage
(maximum) 38 percent
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(i) Driveway
Width
(maximum) 50 percent of the lot frontage
Special Provisions (“S2” Zone and “S4” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S2” and “S4”:
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
the vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite
side of which is a street
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard 0.6 metres
3) rear yard 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features may project to a further 0.6 metres
into the required front or rear yards
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Definitions
“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.
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
"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, 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;
"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;
"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.
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"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
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Provisions (“R3” Zone and “S3-7” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“R3” and “S3-7”)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R3” and “S3-7”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“R3” Zone and “S3-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R3” and “S3-7” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
provisions as set out in the following table:
“R3”
Zone
“S3-7”
Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 15.0 metres 12.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 400.0 square metres 350.0 square metres
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres 4.5 metres
(d)
Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
(e)
Side Yard
Width
(minimum) 1.5 metres
minimum side yard
depth of 1.2 metres on
one side and 0.6 metres
on the other side
(f)
Flankage
Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
1.5 metres
(g)
Building
Height
(maximum) 10.0 metres
(i) maximum
10.0 metres
(ii) maximum
12.0 metres for the
lots in the cross
hatched area as
shown on Figure 1
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(h)
Driveway
Width
(maximum) 55 percent of the lot frontage
Special Provisions (“R3” Zone and “S3-7” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “R3” and “S3-7:
Garage Requirements
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
the vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit;
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into the
required minimum front yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding 1.5 metres
in height above established grade, may encroach a maximum of
3.0 metres into the required rear yard;
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard 0.6 metres
3) rear yard 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features may project to a further 0.6 metres
into the required front or rear yards
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Provisions (“(H) S3-7” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“(H) S3-7” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall not
be used for any purposes other than the following:
Private Open Space
Zone Requirements (“(H) S3-7” Zone)
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall be removed from the “S3-7” zone until the
completion of the following:
Wingarden Crescent is extended further south to the satisfaction of the
City
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Definitions
“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, and may, or may not
include a window seat, and may include a door;
“Corner Rounding” shall mean a lot line of a corner lot at the intersection of
two street lines in the form of an arc, that joins the front lot line to the
flankage lot line;
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling, Single or Single Detached or Detached Dwelling” shall mean a
dwelling containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto which is
freestanding from other main structures;
“Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than 3 adjacent dwelling units attached together
horizontally by an above ground common wall;
“Front Lot Line” shall mean the line that divides a lot from the street or a
0.3 metre reserve provided that, in the case of a corner lot, the shorter lot
line that abuts a street shall be deemed to be the front lot line and the
longer lot line that so abuts shall be termed the “flank” of the lot;
“Lane” shall mean a thoroughfare not intended for general traffic circulation
that provides means of vehicular access to the rear of a lot where the lot
also fronts or flanks onto a street, or where a lot fronts onto public or
private open space. The lane may be maintained by a condominium
corporation as a private road condominium or by a governmental authority;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 7.5 metres distance from the front lot
line;
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“Lot Line” shall mean a line delineating any boundary of a lot;
“Neighbourhood Park” shall mean a municipal park;
“Private Garage” shall mean 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;
“Storey” shall mean that 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 next above it;
“Street” shall mean a public highway but does not include a lane. Where a
0.3 metre reserve abuts a street, or where a daylighting triangle abuts a
street, for the purposes of determining a front lot line, flankage lot line,
flankage yard and corner lot, the street shall be deemed to include the
0.3 metre reserve and/or the daylighting 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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
“Side Yard” shall mean a yard of a lot extending from the front yard to the
rear yard and from the side line to the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
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“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;
“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;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions ("S4-11", “SA-14”, and “SA-15” Zones)
Uses Permitted ("S4-11" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S4-11”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single dwelling
Zone Requirements ("S4-11" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S4-11”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Lot Frontage (minimum): 9.0 metres
Lot Area (minimum): 225.0 square metres
Lot Depth (minimum): 25.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 3.0 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6
metres on the other side and provided there is a minimum 1.2 metres
separation between dwellings on adjacent lots
Flanking Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.4 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.0 metres
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Driveway Width (maximum): 55 percent of lot frontage
Lot Coverage for All Accessory Buildings (maximum): 15 square
metres
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Uses Permitted (“SA-14” and “SA-15” Zones)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “SA-14”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
single attached dwelling accessed from a street
No person shall, within the lands zoned “SA-15”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
single attached dwelling accessed from a lane
Zone Requirements (“SA-14” and “SA-15” Zones)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “SA-14” and “SA-15”, use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the provisions as set out in the following table:
SA-14
Zone
SA-15
Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(Minimum) 6.0 metres 5.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(Minimum) 150 square metres 115 square metres
(c) Lot Depth
(Minimum) 24.0 metres 23.0 metres
(d) Front Yard
Depth
(minimum) 3.0 metres
(e) Interior Side
Yard Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres, except where dwellings on abutting
lots share a common wall, no interior side yard
shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot
(f) Flanking Side
Yard Width
(minimum) 2.4 metres
(g) Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.0 metres 6.0 metres
(h) Building
Height
(maximum) 13.0 metres
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(i) Driveway
Width
(maximum)
50 percent of the lot
frontage 3.0 metres
(j) Lot Coverage
of All
Accessory
Buildings
(maximum)
15.0 square metres
Special Provisions ("S4-11", “SA-14” and “SA-15” Zones)
The following special provisions shall apply to all lands zoned "S4-11",
“SA-14”, and “SA-15”
Setback from Brock Road: Clause 5.22 of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to lands zoned “SA-15”;
Corner Rounding Setback (minimum): Despite any front yard depth or
flankage side yard width requirement, on a corner lot, the setback to a
corner rounding shall be 1.75 metres;
Parking Requirement (minimum): Despite Section 21.2 of By-law
3036, as amended, two private parking spaces per dwelling unit which
can be provided either within an attached garage or with one parking
space in an attached garage and one parking space in a driveway
immediately in front of the parking garage for that dwelling unit;
Garage Requirements (minimum): One private garage per lot, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line or rear lot line for lots accessed by a lane and not
less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a
street or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
Garage Parking Size (minimum): Each parking space within a
private garage shall have a minimum width of 2.9 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres provided, however, that the width may
include one interior step and the depth may include two interior steps;
Garage Projection (maximum): 2.0 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, except where a covered and
unenclosed porch extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part
of any attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres
beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
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Yard Encroachments
In addition to the provisions of Section 5.7 of By-law 3036, as
amended, and despite Section 2(e)(i) of this By-law, the following shall
also apply:
a covered or unenclosed porch, veranda or balcony, with or
without a foundation, may have the following minimum setbacks:
1) to front lot line: 1.0 metres
2) to flankage lot line: 1.0 metres
3) to interior side lot line: 0.6 metres
4) to rear lot line: 5.0 metres
5) to a corner rounding: 1.0 metres
6) eaves above these features may project: a further 0.6 metres
into any required yard or corner rounding setback
uncovered steps minimum setback to a front lot line: 0.4 metres
uncovered decks of any height are permitted in the rear yard
provided minimum setbacks are provided as follows:
1) to interior side lot line: 0.6 metres
2) to flankage lot line: 1.0 metres
3) to rear lot line: 3.0 metres
4) steps from a deck: may encroach an additional 1.2 metres
onto the rear yard
bay, bow or box windows may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard: 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard: 0.6 metres
3) rear yard: 1.0 metres
4) eaves above these features: may project to a further 0.6
metres into any required yard or corner rounding setback
Provisions (“UR” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“UR”)
No person shall within the lands zoned “UR” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except for outdoor recreation
uses without buildings or structures.
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Provisions ("OS-HL" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL")
No person shall within the lands zoned "OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except the following:
resource management, including a stormwater management facility;
pedestrian and bicycle trails;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected except where
buildings or structures are used only for purposes of resource
management, including a stormwater management facility; pedestrian
and/or bicycle trails.
Provisions ("NP" Zone")
Uses Permitted ("NP")
No person shall within the lands zoned “NP” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
neighbourhood park
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Definitions
“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;
“Conservation” shall mean the wise use, protection and rehabilitation of
natural resources according to principles that assure their highest
economic, social and environmental benefits.
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
"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, 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;
"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;
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"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
“Resource Management” shall mean the preservation, protection and
improvement of the natural environment through comprehensive
management and maintenance, under professional direction for both the
individual and society’s use, both in the present and the future, and shall
also mean the management, development and cultivation of timber
resources to ensure the continuous protection of wood or wood products,
the provision of proper environmental conditions for wildlife, the protection
against floods and erosion, the protection and production of water supplies
and the preservation of the recreational resource;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("R3-9" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "R3-9”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling
Zone Requirements ("R3-9" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "R3-9”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 530 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 18.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.0 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum):
1.8 metres on one side, 3.0 metres on the other
despite (A) above, on lands shown in cross-hatched on Figure 1,
the minimum north interior side yard width shall be 3.0 metres
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 3.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 40 percent
Building Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Special Provisions (“R3-9” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “R3-9”:
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 front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
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any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard;
any bay, bow or box window may encroach into required yards, a
maximum as follows:
1) front yard 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard 0.6 metres
3) rear yard 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features may project to a further 0.6 metres
into the required front or rear yards
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife
resource management
pedestrian trails and walkways
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
“Dwelling, Semi-Detached” shall mean one of a pair of singe dwellings,
such dwellings being attached together horizontally by an above grade
common wall.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, 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.
“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.
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S5-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S5-2”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Detached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S5-2” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S5-2”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 250 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 9.0 metres
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Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres one side 0.6 metres on the
other side
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 48 percent
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Driveway Width (maximum): 4.5 metres
Uses Permitted (“SD-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SD-7” use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Semi-Detached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“SD-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SD-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 205 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 8.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres except where dwellings on
abutting lots share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be
required adjacent to that wall on either lot
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 50 percent
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
Driveway Width (maximum): 3.5 metres
Special Provisions
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S5-2” and “SD-
7”:
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 front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street;
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Garage Projection
maximum 2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
Parking Requirements
for each dwelling unit there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 2 parking spaces, one of which must be provided within an
attached private garage;
Obstruction of Yards (maximum)
any unenclosed porch not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the minimum required front yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above established grade may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the minimum required rear yard;
any bay, bow or box window, including eaves above these
features, may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required front or rear yard.
Provisions (“(H) S5-2” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“(H) S5-2” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall not
be used for any purposes other than the following:
Private Open Space
Zone Requirements (“(H) S5-2” Zone)
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “S5-2” zone until
the completion of the following:
an alternate vehicular access to 450 Finch Avenue is secured to the
satisfaction of the City and the easement is relinquished by the owner
of 450 Finch Avenue.
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Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, 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.
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“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.
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
"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.
"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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S3-16” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-16”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Detached Dwelling
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Zone Requirements (“S3-16” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-16”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Number of Lots (maximum): 9 lots
Lot Area (minimum): 280 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 12.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres one side 0.6 metres on the
other side
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.0 metres
Flankage Side Yard (minimum):
Abutting Fairport Road 3.7 metres
Abutting internal private road 2.7 metres
Building Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Special Provisions
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “S3-16”:
Parking Requirements
A minimum of 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit for resident, one of
which must be provided within an attached private garage, and a
minimum of 5 parking spaces for visitor parking.
Minimum Interior Garage Size
Each required parking space within a private garage shall have a
minimum width of 3.0 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width may include one interior step and the
depth may include two interior steps.
Garage Requirements
Minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, the
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 5.5 metres
from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street.
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Garage Projection
Maximum 2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Maximum Driveway Width
Maximum driveway width shall not exceed the width of the exterior
walls of the private garage.
Obstruction of Yards (maximum)
any covered and unenclosed porch or verandah not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 2.0 metres into the required minimum front yard and
flankage side yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above established grade may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres in to the rear yard;
any bay, bow or box window, including eaves above these
features, may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required front yard, flankage yard or rear yard.
Special Regulations
The following special regulations shall apply to lands zoned “S3-16”:
Despite the provision 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 subject lands.
Despite Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, a water meter building required
by the Region of Durham for the purpose of measuring the quality of
water delivered shall be exempted from “S3-16” zone use provision
and zone requirements.
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Definitions
“Air Conditioner” means 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.
“Balcony” means 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.
“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.
“Condominium, Common Element” means spaces and features owned in
common by all shareholders in a condominium and may include private
streets, walkways, parking and amenity area.
“Deck” means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building
and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“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;
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“Dwelling, Multiple – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls;
“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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade, at the front of the dwelling, 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.
“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, or a
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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;
“Lot Area” shall mean the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;
“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;
“Lot, Through” shall mean a lot bounded on opposite sides by a street.
“Parapet Wall” shall mean the portion of an exterior wall extending above
the roof.
“Park, Private” means a park which is maintained by a condominium
corporation.
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building; a basement may be located under the porch.
“Private garage” shall mean 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.
“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway, that is used by vehicles and is maintained
by a condominium corporation;
a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
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.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
“Water Meter Building” means a building or structure that contains devices
supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quality of water
delivered to a property.
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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.
Provisions (“MD-H14” and “MD-H15” Zones)
Uses Permitted (“MD-H14” and “MD-H15” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H14” and “MD-H15”, use any
lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except
the following:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
Zone Requirements (“MD-H14” and “MD-H15” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H14” and “MD-H15” , use any
lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the provisions as set out in the following provisions:
“MD-H14” Zone “MD-H15” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 7.0 metres 9.0 metres
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(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 160 square metres 240 square metres
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
3.0 metres 6.0 metres
(d)
Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
6.0 metres
(i) 8.0 metres
(ii) 5.8 metres for the
units in the hatched
area as shown on
Figure 1
(e) Side Yard Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres except where dwellings on abutting lots
share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be
required adjacent to that wall on either lot
(f)
Flankage Side
Yard Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 11.5 metres 8.5 metres
(h) Driveway Width
(maximum) 6.0 metres
(i)
Number of
Dwelling Units
(maximum)
22 units
(j)
Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
4.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents,
and 0.25 of parking space per dwelling unit for
visitors
(k) Garage
Requirements
Minimum one private garage per lot attached to the
main building, the vehicular entrance of which shall
be located no less than 6 metres from the common
element condominium street
(l) Interior Garage
Size (minimum)
A private garage shall have a minimum width of
5.6 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width may include one
interior step and the depth may include two interior
steps
Special Provisions (“MD-H14” and “MD-H15” Zones)
Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs and other similar
architectural features may be permitted in any required yard, provided
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that no such feature projects into the required yard more than 0.6
metres or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, an uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any
required front yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres or half the distance of
the required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, an uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any
required flankage yard or rear yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres;
Stairs to a porch or deck may encroach to within 0.3 metres of the front
lot line or flankage lot line; to within 1.0 metres of a rear lot line; and to
within 0.6 metres of a side lot line;
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to
a maximum of 0.6 metres or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less;
Air Conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the
rear yard or side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, such units
shall not be located any closer than 0.6 metres to a side lot line and
shall not be located on any easement in favour of the City;
An outdoor private park shall be provided having a minimum area of
120 square metres;
Outdoor Private Amenity Area for lands zoned “MD-H14”:
a minimum of 14 square metres of outdoor private amenity area
shall be provided on the balcony above the garage and located at
the rear of the dwelling unit;
accessory structures such as pergolas, sheds or other similar
structures shall not be permitted on the deck above the garage at
the rear of the dwelling unit;
the outdoor private amenity area located above the garage at the
rear of the dwelling unit shall not be enclosed.
Special Regulations (“MD-H14” and “MD-H15” Zones)
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 zoned “MD-H15”;
Despite Section 2(d)(i) above, the lot line abutting Altona Road and
Twyn Rivers Drive shall be deemed to be the Front Lot Line for the
lands zoned “MD-H14”;
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Despite Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(b), a water meter building required by
the Region of Durham for the purpose of measuring the quality of
water delivery shall be exempted from “MD-H14” and “MD-H15” zone
use provisions and zone requirements;
Sections 5.22 and 6.4 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to
the lands zoned “MD-H14” and “MD-H15”;
Section 6.5(iv) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “MD-H14”.
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Definitions
“Accessory” means a use or building naturally or normally incidental to,
subordinate to or exclusively devoted to a principal use or building and
located on the same lot as the principal use or building.
“Balcony” means 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.
“Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
“Deck” means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building
and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer;
“Dwelling, Detached” means a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“Dwelling Unit” means 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.
“Grade” means, when used with reference to a building, the average
elevation of the finished surface of the ground where it meets the exterior
of the front of such buildings and when used with reference to a structure
shall mean the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground
immediately surrounding such structure, exclusive in both cases of any
artificial embankment.
“Height, Dwelling” means the vertical distance between the established
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.
“Lot” means 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, or a public park or
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open space area, regardless of whether or not such lot constitutes the
whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
“Lot Area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;
“Lot Frontage” means 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;
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building. A basement may be located under the porch.
“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.
“Resource Management” means the preservation, protection and
improvement of the natural environment through comprehensive
management and maintenance, under professional direction for both the
individual and society’s use, both in the present and the future, and shall
also mean the continuous protection of wood or wood products, the
provision of proper environmental conditions for wildlife, the protection
against floods and erosion, the protection and production of water supplies
and the preservation of the recreational resource;
“Wall, Front” means the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
“Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard Depth” means 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;
“Rear Yard” means 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;
“Rear Yard Depth” means 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;
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“Side Yard” means 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;
“Side Yard Width” means 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;
“Flankage Side Yard” means a side yard immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
“Flankage Side Yard Width” means 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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S1-15” and “S3-17” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S1-15” and “S3-17”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
Detached Dwelling
Accessory structure
Zone Requirements (“S1-15” and “S3-17” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S1-15” and “S3-17”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
“S1-15” Zone “S3-17” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 15.0 metres 12.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 450 square metres 350 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.0 metres
(d) Side Yard Depth
(minimum) 1.2 metres
1.2 metres on one
side and 0.6 metres
on the other side
(e) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.0 metres
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“S1-15” Zone “S3-17” Zone
(f) Flankage Yard
Depth (minimum) 2.7 metres
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 11.5 metres
(h) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit
(i) Driveway Width
(maximum) 6.0 metres
(j) Garage
Requirements
Minimum 1 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 front lot line
(k) Interior Garage
Size (minimum)
A private garage shall have a
minimum width of 2.9 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width may
include 1 interior step and the depth
may include 2 interior steps
(l) Garage Projection Maximum 2.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered
and unenclosed porch extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall
containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, in which case no part of
any attached private garage shall
extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance
to the dwelling unit
Special Provisions (“S1-15” and “S3-17” Zones)
Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs 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
metres or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
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A porch, uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any required
front yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres;
A porch, uncovered deck or balcony 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;
A porch or uncovered deck may encroach into any required rear yard
to a maximum of 2.0 metres;
Stairs to a porch or uncovered deck may encroach to within 0.3 metres
of the front lot line or flankage lot line; to within 1.0 metre of a rear lot
line; and to within 0.6 metres of a side lot line; and
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to
a maximum of 0.6 metres or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less.
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways.
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
“Balcony” means 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.
“Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
“Deck” means a raised platform attached to or abutting the exterior wall of
a building and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer;
“Dwelling, Detached” means a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“Dwelling Unit” means 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.
“Height, Dwelling” means the vertical distance between the established
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.
“Lot” means 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, 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;
“Lot Area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;
“Lot Frontage” means 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;
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building. A basement may be located under the porch.
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“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.
“Storey” means that 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 next above it.
“Storey, First” means the storey with its floor closest to grade and having
its ceiling more than 1.8 metres above grade.
“Wall, Front” means the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
“Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard” means 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;
“Front Yard Depth” means 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;
“Rear Yard” means 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;
“Rear Yard Depth” means 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;
“Side Yard” means 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;
“Side Yard Width” means 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;
“Flankage Side Yard” means a side yard immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
“Flankage Side Yard Width” means the shortest horizontal dimension of a
flankage side yard of a lot between the lot line adjoining a street or abutting
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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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S4-12” and “S4-13” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-12” and “S4-13” use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
Detached Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“S4-12” and “S4-13” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-12” and “S4-13” use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
“S4-12” Zone “S4-13” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 9.75 metres 11.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 290 square metres 320 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 4.5 metres
(d) Side Yard Depth
(minimum) 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the
other side
(e) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum)
i) 7.5 metres
ii) 6.0 metres for the lands in the hatched
area as shown on Figure 1.
(f) Flankage Yard
Depth (minimum) 2.3 metres
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 12.0 metres
(h) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit
(i) Driveway Width
(maximum) 5.5 metres
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“S4-12” Zone “S4-13” Zone
(j) Garage
Requirements
Minimum 1 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 front lot line
(k) Interior Garage
Size (minimum)
A private garage shall have a
minimum width of 2.9 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width may
include 1 interior step and the depth
may include 2 interior steps
(l) Garage Projection Maximum 2.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered
and unenclosed porch extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall
containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, in which case no part of
any attached private garage shall
extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance
to the dwelling unit
Special Provisions (“S4-12” and “S4-13” Zones)
Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs 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
metres or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, deck or balcony may encroach into any required front yard to
a maximum of 2.0 metres;
A porch, deck or balcony 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;
A porch or deck may encroach into any required rear yard to a
maximum of 2.0 metres;
Stairs to a porch or deck may encroach to within 0.3 metres of the front
lot line or flankage lot line; to within 1.0 metre of a rear lot line; and to
within 0.6 metres of a side lot line;
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A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to
a maximum of 0.6 metres or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less, and
A porch, deck or balcony off a storey above the first storey shall not
encroach into the rear yard.
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Definitions
“Air Conditioner” means 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.
“Amenity Area” means a communal outdoor area located anywhere on a
lot, or the roof of a parking structure, private garage or any other building
which includes landscape area and is designed to accommodate play
equipment, but which may also include areas of decking, decorative paving
or other similar surface.
“Balcony” means 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.
“Basement” means a portion of a building below the first storey.
“Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
“Building” means a structure occupying an area greater than
ten square metres and consisting of any combination of walls, roof and
floor but shall not include a mobile home.
“Building Height” means the vertical distance between the established
grade, 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 level between eaves and
ridge.
“Dwelling” means a building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer.
“Dwelling, Back-to-Back Townhouse” means a building containing a
minimum of four units that is divided vertically and where each unit is
divided by common walls, including a common rear wall without a rear yard
setback, and whereby each unit has an independent entrance to the unit
from the outside accessed through the front yard or exterior side yard.
“Dwelling, Block Townhouse” means a residential use building containing
three or more attached principal dwelling units divided vertically, and where
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all dwelling units are accessed from a public road, private street, laneway or
condominium aisle.
“Dwelling Unit” means a residential unit that:
consists of a self-contained set of rooms located in a building or
structure;
is used or intended for use as a residential premises;
contains kitchen and bathroom facilities that are intended for the use of
the unit only; and
is not a mobile home or any vehicle.
“Grade” or “Established Grade” means the average elevation of the
finished level of the ground adjoining all exterior walls of a building.
“Lands, Subject” means the lands subject of this by-law.
“Lot” means 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, 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.
“Parapet Wall” means the portion of an exterior wall extending above the
roof.
“Parking Lot” means a lot or portion thereof provided for the parking of
motor vehicles accessory or incidental to the main use.
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building. A basement may be located under the porch.
“Premises” means the whole or part of lands, buildings or structures, or any
combination of these.
“Primary Entrance Door” means the principal entrance by which the
resident enters or exits a dwelling unit.
“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.
“Street” means a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and
includes a public highway and a private street within a condominium.
“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
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a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a private right-of-way over private property, that affords access to lots
abutting a private street; but is not maintained by a public body and is
not a lane.
“Structure” means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts
joined together with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to
something having a fixed location in or on the ground and shall include
buildings, walls or any sign, but does not include fences below 1.8 metres
in height or inground swimming pools.
“Water Meter Building” means a building or structure that contains devices
supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quality of water
delivered to a property.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“MD-H16” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H16” use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Dwelling, Block Townhouse
Dwelling, Back-to-Back Townhouse
Zone Requirements (“MD-H16” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H16” use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
Building Location and Setbacks:
No building or part of a building, or structure shall be erected
outside of the building envelope as illustrated on Figure 1;
No building or portion of a building or structure shall be erected
unless a minimum of sixty percent of the length of the build-to-zone
along the Altona Road frontage as illustrated on Figure 1, contains
a building or part of a building;
Minimum and Maximum Number of Dwelling Units:
Minimum Number of Dwelling Units 17
Maximum Number of Dwelling Units 46
Building Height (maximum): 11.0 metres
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Parking Requirements (minimum):
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit plus 0.25 of a parking space
per dwelling unit for visitors
Driveway Width (maximum):
Block Townhouse Dwelling and Back-to-Back Townhouse
Dwelling: 3.7 metres
Despite 2(b)v.A. above, Maximum Driveway Width shall not apply
for the lands in the hatched area A as shown on Figure 2.
Garage Requirements:
Block Townhouse Dwelling and Back-to-Back Townhouse
Dwelling: Minimum 1 private garage per dwelling unit attached
to the main building, the vehicular entrance of which shall be
located a minimum of 6 metres from the private street that provides
vehicle access to the private garage.
Despite 2(b)vi.A. above, a minimum 1 private garage per dwelling
unit attached to the main building for the lands in the hatched area
A as shown on Figure 2.
Interior Garage Size (minimum):
Block Townhouse Dwelling and Back-to-Back Townhouse
Dwelling: A private garage shall have a minimum width of 2.9
metres and a minimum depth of 6.0 metres; however, the width
may include 1 interior step and the depth may include 2 interior
steps.
Despite 2(b)vii.A. above, a private garage shall have a minimum
width of 5.2 metres and a minimum depth of 6.0 metres; however,
the width may include 1 interior step and the depth may include 2
interior steps for the lands in the hatched area A as shown on
Figure 2.
Special Provisions (“MD-H16” Zone)
Despite Section 2(b)(i)(A), projections including balconies, uncovered
and covered porches, decks, platforms and awnings, window sills,
chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves,
eave troughs and other similar architectural features may project
outside the building envelope identified on Figure 1, provided that no
such feature projects a maximum of 1.8 metres from the main wall of
the building and is wholly within the “MD-H16” zone.
The minimum pavement width for a private street shall be 6.5 metres.
Air conditioners shall not be located any closer than 0.6 metres to the
building envelope and shall not be located on any easement in favour
of the City or the Toronto and Region Conversation Authority.
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Amenity Area – a minimum 140 square metres as generally identified
as the hatched area B on Figure 2 on lands zoned “MD-H16” and “OS-
HL-6” as identified.
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 private street.
Despite the provisions of Sections 5.22 and 6.5(iv) of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands zoned “MD-H16”.
Despite provision 2(a)i. and 2(b) above, a water meter building
required by the Region of Durham for the purpose of measuring the
quantity of water delivered shall be exempt from the “MU-H16” zone
use provisions and zone requirements.
Uses Permitted (“OS-1” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-1” use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Community micro-grid battery storage
Community micro-grid energy generation
Zone Requirements (OS-1 Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of community micro-grid battery storage and
community micro-grid energy generation.
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL-6” use any lot or erect any
buildings or structures for any purpose except the following:
Preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife
Resource management, including pedestrian and/or bicycle trails.
Amenity Area – a minimum 140 square metres as generally identified
as the hatched area B on Figure 2 on lands zoned “MD-H16” and “OS-
HL-6” as identified.
Access driveway as generally illustrated on Figure 2
Zone Requirements (OS-HL-6 Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
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structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian and/or bicycle trails.
Model Homes
A maximum of 1 block, together with not fewer than 2 parking spaces per
Model Home, may be constructed on the lands zoned “MD-H16”.
For the purpose of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling unit
which is not used for residential purpose, but which is used exclusively for
sales, display and marketing purposes pursuant to an agreement with the
City of Pickering.
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Definitions
“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.
"Balcony" shall mean an attached covered or uncovered platform
projecting from a 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.
“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, and may or may not
include a window seat; and may include a door.
"Deck" shall mean a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a
building and which has direct access from within a building and from grade.
"Driveway" shall mean a portion of a lot used to provide vehicular access
from a roadway to an off-street parking space on the same lot as a
principal use.
"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.
"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.
“Dwelling, Multiple-Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above grade wall or walls.
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey.
"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.
“Height Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
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"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, 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.
"Lot Area" shall mean the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
"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.
“Parapet Wall” shall mean the portion of an exterior wall extending above
the roof.
“Parking Space” shall mean an area of land or building that is accessible
by a driveway or aisle, having access to a street or lane that is reserved for
the purpose of the temporary parking or storage of one vehicle and shall be
a minimum of 2.6 metres in width by a minimum of 5.3 metres in length.
“Porch” shall mean a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the
exterior wall of a building. A basement may be located under the porch.
“Street” shall mean a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and
includes a public highway.
“Wall, Front” shall mean the wall of the dwelling closest to the front lot line.
"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“SA-23” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“SA-23” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SA-23” use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Multiple-Horizontal Dwelling
Zone Requirements (“SA-23” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SA-23” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the following:
“SA-23”
Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 5.8 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 185 square metres
(c) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 6.0 metres
(d) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 10.0 metres
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“SA-23”
Zone
(e) Side Yard Width
(minimum)
1.8 metres except where dwellings on
adjacent lots are attached, no interior
side yard shall be required
(f) Flankage Side Yard
Width (minimum) 2.7 metres
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 9.5 metres
(h) Garage (minimum) 1 private garage per lot
(i) Internal Garage Width
(minimum) 3.0 metres which may include one
interior step
(j) Internal Garage Length
(minimum) 6.0 metres which may include two
interior steps
(k) Garage Setback
(minimum) 9.0 metres from the front lot line
(l) Parking per Unit
(minimum) 2.0 spaces, of which 1.0 must be
provided in an attached private garage
(m) Driveway Width
(maximum) 3.7 metres
Special Provisions (“SA-23” Zone)
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “SA-23”:
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of 2.0 metres into the minimum required front or flankage
yard;
uncovered balconies, decks and associated stairs, not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above grade may encroach a maximum of 4.0 metres
into the required rear yard, provided they are setback 0.6 metres from
a side lot line;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or inset in the rear are
prohibited;
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bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a width of
up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required yard; and
window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural features
are permitted to project a maximum of 0.6 metres into any required
yard and are required to be setback 0.6 metres from a side lot line.
Air Conditioners:
air conditioner units are permitted on a lot provided they are located
within the rear or side yard or on a balcony or roof;
such air conditioning units shall not be located any closer than 0.6
metres to a side lot line and shall not be located on any easement; and
despite Section 3(b)(ii), air conditioner units located on a balcony are
not required to be setback from a side lot line.
Accessory Dwelling Unit
An accessory dwelling unit is permitted within a Multiple Dwelling -
Horizontal, provided:
a minimum total of 3 parking spaces are provided;
the accessory dwelling unit does not exceed 100 square metres in
ground floor area; and
a home-based business is not operated within the Multiple
Dwelling – Horizontal.
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Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Condominium, Common Element” shall mean spaces and features owned
in comment by all shareholders in a condominium and may include private
streets, walkways and parking and amenity areas.
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“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;
“Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls.
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“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, 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;
“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;
“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.
“Park, Private” means a park which is maintained by a condominium
corporation.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and
pedestrian access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units;
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.
“Tandem Parking Space” means two or more parking spaces abutting each
other end to end with only one having access to an aisle.
“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.
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“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;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” Zones)
Uses Permitted (“MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H17” and MD-H18” use any lot
or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
No person shall within the lands zoned “SD-8” use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8”
use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
“MD-H17” Zone “MD-H18”
Zone
“SD-8” Zone
(a) Number of
Dwelling Units (i) Minimum number of dwelling units: 66
(ii) Maximum number of dwelling units: 108
(b) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 3.9 metres 5.5 metres 6.0 metres
(c) Lot Area
(minimum) 90 square metres 140 square
metres 175 square
metres
(d) Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
3.0 metres 6.0 metres to
the garage
(i) 6.0 metres
(ii) 4.8 metres
for a lot in
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“MD-H17” Zone “MD-H18”
Zone
“SD-8” Zone
the cross
hatched area
as shown on
Figure 1
(e) Side Yard
Depth
(minimum)
1.2 metres except where dwellings on
abutting lots share a common wall,
no interior side yard shall be required
adjacent to that wall on either lot
0.75 metres
(f) Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
1.3 metres 6.8 metres 6.8 metres
(g) Flankage Yard
Depth
(minimum)
1.0 metres
(h) Building
Height
(maximum)
12.0 metres
(i) Private Park
Areas
(minimum)
750 square metres
(j) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit
(k) Visitor Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
0.25 of a parking space per dwelling unit which may be
provided on a separate lot
(l) Garage
Requirements
Minimum one private
garage per lot
attached to the main
building
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
(m) Interior
Garage Size
(minimum)
(i) A private garage
shall have a
minimum width of
5.6 metres and a
minimum depth of
A private garage shall have a
minimum width of 3.0 metres and
a minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width
may include one interior step and
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“MD-H17” Zone “MD-H18”
Zone
“SD-8” Zone
5.7 metres
provided, however,
the width may
include one interior
step and the depth
may include two
interior steps; or
(ii) A private garage
may permit tandem
parking and shall
have a minimum
width of 3.0 metres
and a minimum
depth of 11.0
metres provided,
however the width
may include two
interior steps and
depth may include
one interior step
the depth may include two
interior steps
(n) Driveway
Width
(maximum)
Not applicable 3.7 metres 6.5 metres for a
lot in the shaded
area as shown
on Figure 1
Special Provisions (“MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” Zones)
Projections such as window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs 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;
A porch, uncovered deck or balcony may encroach into any required
front yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres or half the distance of the
required yard, whichever is less;
A porch, uncovered deck, or balcony may encroach into any required
flankage yard to a maximum of 2.0 metres and into any required side
yard to a maximum of 1.2 metres;
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Stairs to porch, uncovered deck or an entrance may encroach to within
0.3 of a metre of the front lot line or flankage lot line, to within
1.0 metre of a rear lot line and to within 0.6 of a metre of a side lot line;
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to
a maximum of 0.6 of a metre or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less;
Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the
rear yard or side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, 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.
Minimum Private Amenity Area for lands zoned “MD-H17”:
6.5 square metres of amenity shall be provided on the balcony
above the garage or driveway and located at the rear of the
dwelling unit;
accessory structures such as pergolas, shed or other similar
structures shall not be permitted on the balcony above the garage
at the rear of the dwelling unit;
the private amenity area located above the garage at the rear of
the dwelling unit shall not be enclosed.
Special Regulations (“MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” Zones)
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 subject lands;
Despite Section 2(d)(i) above, the lot line abutting Altona Road and
Finch Avenue shall be deemed to be the Front Lot Lines for the lands
zoned “MD-H17”;
A water meter building required by the Region of Durham for the
purpose of measuring the quantity of water delivered shall be exempt
from “MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8” zone use provisions and zone
requirements;
Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the lands
zoned “MD-H17”, “MD-H18” and “SD-8”.
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Definitions
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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 and amenity areas.
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“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;
“Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls.
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“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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.
“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.
“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, 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;
“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;
“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.
“Park, Private” means a park which is maintained by a condominium
corporation.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and
pedestrian access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units;
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.
“Tandem Parking Space” means two or more parking spaces abutting each
other end to end with only one having access to an aisle.
“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.
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“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;
“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;
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
Uses Permitted (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
dwelling, detached
Zone Requirements “S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21” 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
(o) Number of
Dwellings Maximum number of dwellings: 42
(p) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 11.3 metres 10.5 metres
(q) Lot Area
(minimum) 300 square metres
(r) Front Yard
Depth
(minimum)
4.5 metres
(s) Side Yard
Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the
other side
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“S4-20” Zone “S4-21” Zone
(t) Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum)
(i) 7.0 metres
(ii) 6.5 metres for a lot in the diagonally crossed area
as shown on Figure 1
(iii) 5.0 metres for a lot in the crossed-hatched area as
shown on Figure 1
(u) Flankage Yard
Width
(minimum)
2.5 metres
(v) Building
Height
(maximum)
11.0 metres
(w) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 50 percent
(x) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling, plus an additional
1.0 parking space per accessory dwelling unit
(y) Visitor Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
0.25 of a parking space per dwelling, which may be
provided on a separate lot
(z) 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
(aa) 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
(bb) Driveway
Width
(maximum)
5.8 metres
(cc) Private Park
Areas
(minimum)
240 square metres
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Obstruction of Yards (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
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;
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;
An uncovered deck, covered or uncovered porch and associated stairs
may encroach into any required front yard to a maximum of 2.5 metres;
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;
Stairs to a covered or uncovered porch may encroach to within 0.6 of a
metre of a flankage lot line;
An uncovered porch or uncovered deck, and uncovered stairs, may
encroach a maximum of 2.5 metres into any required rear yard;
Stairs to an entrance may encroach to within 0.6 of a metre of a side
lot line;
Uncovered decks, uncovered balconies and associated stairs having
access from a second storey are not permitted, except:
On lots within the diagonally crossed area and crossed-hatched
area on Figure 1, where they are permitted to encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard; or,
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;
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;
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;
Stairs to a below grade access are permitted to encroach a maximum
of 2.0 metres into any required rear yard;
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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.
Special Regulations (“S4-20” and “S4-21” Zones)
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 subject lands;
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;
One accessory dwelling unit is permitted within each detached dwelling
as permitted by Section 2(a)(i), provided that such accessory dwelling
unit does not exceed 150 square metres;
Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the lands
zoned “S4-20” and “S4-21”.
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Definitions
“Air Conditioner” means any mechanical equipment which is required for
residential use and must be installed outdoors including central air
conditioning units, heat pumps, heat exchange units, emergency
generators and other such equipment.
“Balcony” means 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.
“Basement” means a portion of a building below the first storey.
“Bay, Bow, Box Window” means 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.
“Condominium, Common Element” means spaces and features owned in
common by all stakeholders in a condominium and may include private
streets, walkways and parking and amenity areas.
“Deck” means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building
and with direct access from within a building and from grade.
“Grade” or “Established Grade” means, when used with reference to a
building, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground where
it meets the exterior of the front of such building and when used with
reference to a structure shall mean the average elevation of the finished
surface of the ground immediately surrounding such structure, exclusive in
both cases of any artificial embankment.
“Parapet Wall” means the portion of an exterior wall extending above the
roof.
“Porch” means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior
wall of a building; a basement may be located under the porch.
"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;
“Street, Private” means:
a right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by
a condominium corporation;
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a private road condominium, which provides access to individual
freehold lots;
a roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and
pedestrian access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units;
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.
“Wall, Front” means a primary exterior wall of a building, not including
permitted projections, which contains the primary entrance door.
“Water Meter Building” means a building or structure that contains devices
supplied by the Region of Durham which measures the quantity of water
delivered to a property.
"Front Yard Depth" means 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;
"Rear Yard Depth" means 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;
"Side Yard Width" means 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;
"Flankage Side Yard Width" means 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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“S3-17” and “R4-23” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-17” and “R4-23”, use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following
Detached dwelling
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Zone Requirements (“S3-17” and “R4-23” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-17” and “R4-23” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
“S3-17” Zone “R4-23” Zone
(i) Lot Area (minimum) 350 square metres 430 square metres
(ii) Lot Frontage
(minimum)
12.0 metres 13.5 metres
(iii) Front Yard Depth
(minimum)
4.5 metres 7.5 metres
(iv) Side Yard Width
(minimum)
1.2 metres, and 0.6 of a
metre on the other side
1.5 metres
(v) Flankage Side Yard
Width (minimum)
3.0 metres 4.5 metres
(vi) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
(vii) Building Height
(maximum) 9.0 metres
(viii) Lot Coverage
(maximum) 38 percent 33 percent
(ix) Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
A minimum of
2 residential parking
spaces per dwelling
unit, one of which must
be provided within an
attached private
garage, and 0.25 visitor
parking spaces per
dwelling unit
A minimum of
2 residential parking
spaces per dwelling
unit, one of which
must be provided
within an attached
private garage
(x) Driveway Width
(maximum)
Maximum driveway width shall not exceed the
width of the exterior walls of the private
garage
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“S3-17” Zone “R4-23” Zone
(xi) 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 metres
from the front lot line
(l) Interior Garage Size
(minimum)
Each parking space within a private garage
shall have a minimum width of 3.0 metres and
a minimum depth of 6.0 metres provided;
however, the width may include one interior
step and the depth may include two interior
steps
(m) Garage Projection A maximum of 1.5 metres projection beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit
Special Provisions (“S3-17” and “R4-23” Zone)
Projections such as window silts, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt
courses, cornices, plasters, eaves, eave troughs 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;
Porches and associated stairs not exceeding 1.5 metres in height
above established grade may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required front yard.
Decks and associated stairs not exceeding 1.0 metre in height above
grade may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into the required rear
yard provided they are setback 0.6 of a metre from a side lot line;
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundations, having a
maximum width of 4.0 metres may encroach into any required yard to
a maximum of 0.6 of a metre or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less;
Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the
rear yard or side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, 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;
Despite any front yard depth, rear yard depth or flankage side yard
width requirement; on a corner lot, the setback to a corner rounding at
the front, rear, side or flankage of a lot shall be 2.5 metres;
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A water meter building required by the Region of Durham for the
purpose of measuring the quantity of water delivered shall be exempt
from “S3-17” and “R4-23” zone use provisions and zone requirements.
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Preservation and conservation of the natural environmental, soil and
wildlife.
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian and/or bicycle trails.
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Definitions
“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.
“Dwelling, Semi Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such as dwellings being attached together
horizontally in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above
and below grade.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
“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, 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.
“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.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“R3/SD” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R3/SD”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwellings subject to the provisions of By-law 3036, as
amended, except that the Maximum Building Height shall be 10.0
metres;
i. semi-detached dwellings
Zone Requirements for semi-detached dwellings:
(i) Lot Area (minimum) 350 square metres
(ii) Lot Frontage (minimum) 7.5 metres
(iii) Front Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
(iv) Side Yard Depth
(minimum)
(i) 1.2 metres except where
dwellings on abutting lots share
a common wall, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent
to that wall on either lot.
(ii) 1.8 metres to the north lot line
for a lot in the diagonally
hatched area as shown on
Figure 1
(v) Rear Yard Depth
(minimum) 7.5 metres
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(vi) Lot Coverage (maximum) 36 percent
(vii) Building Height (maximum) 10 metres
(viii) Parking Requirements
(minimum) 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit
(ix) 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 front lot line.
(x) Interior Garage Size
(minimum)
A private garage shall have a
minimum width of 3.0 metres and a
minimum depth of 6.0 metres
provided, however, the width may
include one interior step and the
depth may include two interior steps
Special Regulations
The following special provisions shall apply to lands zoned “R3/SD”:
Obstruction of Yards (maximum):
uncovered and covered unenclosed porches and associated stairs not
exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established grade may encroach
a maximum of 2.0 metres into the minimum required front or flankage
yard;
uncovered balconies, decks and associated stairs, not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above grade may encroach a maximum of
3.0 metres into the required rear yard, provided they are setback
0.6 metres from a side lot line;
balconies located above the first floor projecting or inset in the rear are
prohibited;
bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a width of
up to 4.0 metres may encroach a maximum of 0.6 metres into any
required yard or half the required side yard, whichever is less; and
window sills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses, cornices,
pilasters, eaves, eaves troughs, and other similar architectural features
are permitted to project a maximum of 0.6 metres into any required
yard and are required to be setback 0.6 metres from a side lot line.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1- 14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot;
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling
with an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the
attached private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than
6 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATION:
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended, uncovered
steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height above grade may
project a maximum of 2.5 metres in depth into the required rear yard of
a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0 metres in width.
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Definitions
“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;
“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;
“Multiple Dwelling-Vertical” shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically by an above grade wall or
walls, or an above grade floor or floors or both;
“Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls,
or an above grade floor or floors or both;
“Floor Area – Residential” shall mean the aggregate of the floor area 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;
“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;
“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, 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;
“Private Garage” shall mean 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;
“Storey” shall mean that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar,
attic, or below-grade parking structure, included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge next above it;
Provisions (“RMM-4” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“RMM-4” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “RMM-4”, use any building or
structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling – vertical, only on lands cross-hatched on Figure 1;
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multiple dwelling – horizontal
Zone Requirements (“RMM-4” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “RMM-4”, use any building or
structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
No multiple dwelling - vertical or multiple dwelling - horizontal shall
be erected outside the building envelope shown on Figure 2;
Clause 5.18 (a) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to
lands zoned “RMM-4”;
No building or part of a building or buildings shall be erected within
the lands zoned “RMM-4”, unless 75% of the length of the
build-to-zone contains a building or part of a building or buildings;
The building envelope and build-to-zone of the lands shown on
Figure 2 shall be measured from said property lines;
No multiple dwelling horizontal building adjacent to Sheppard
Avenue shall contain more than 4 dwelling units;
The horizontal distance between multiple dwelling buildings shall
be a minimum of 2.5 metres;
Despite any of the setback or build-to-zone provisions of this By-
law, a setback of 0.5 of a metre is permitted for underground
buildings and structures, or parts thereof;
Despite section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, covered and unenclosed
porches, verandahs, flankage entrance features and bay windows
with or without foundations, may project no more than 1.5 metres
beyond the building envelope;
Section 5.6 and Clause 5.22 (5) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall
not apply to lands zoned “RMM-4”.
BUILDING HEIGHT:
Within the cross-hatched area shown on Figure 1, the minimum
building height shall be 3 functional storeys and the maximum
building height shall be 18 metres and 4 storeys;
Within the area not cross-hatched on Figure 1, the maximum
building height shall be 12.0 metres and 3 storeys;
Despite Clause 2(b)ii.B. above, on lands fronting Sheppard
Avenue not within the cross-hatched area shown on Figure 1, the
maximum building height shall be 11 metres and 2 storeys for the
facades of buildings facing Sheppard Avenue;
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Dwelling units adjacent to Sheppard Avenue and Whites Road
shall have their main front doors oriented to Sheppard Avenue or
Whites Road.
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
A maximum of 55 units per net hectare shall be permitted within the
lands zoned “RMM-4”.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Despite clauses 6.5 (b) and 6.5 (c) of By-law 3036, as amended,
there shall be provided and maintained on the lands one private
garage attached to the building, one parking space located
between the vehicular entrance of the private garage and the
nearest traffic aisle, and a minimum of 0.25 visitor parking spaces
for each dwelling unit;
Clauses 5.21.2 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (i) of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to lands zoned “RMM-4”;
Despite clauses 5.21.2 (g) and 5.21.2 (k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails & walkways;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
Despite Clause i. above, tot lots, visitor parking spaces and associated
traffic aisles are permitted within the diagonally hatched area as
illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto.
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Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S3-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3-7”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("S3-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3-7”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
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SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres one side and 0.6 metres on the other side;
despite paragraph A. above, where a detached garage is located
in the rear yard, the minimum interior side yard widths shall be 3.0
metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
for lots flanking on Fairport Road: 4.5 metres;
for all other lots: 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING & PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot;
any vehicular entrance for a private garage shall be located not
less than 6 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6
metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
a detached private garage shall be located in the rear yard or the
side yard, but no part of a private detached garage shall be located
in the front yard;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
veranda extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any
attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main entrance
to the dwelling unit and where second storey habitable floor space
located above the garage is set back no more than 2.5 metres
beyond the vehicular entrance of an attached private garage, no
part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 6.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the provisions of Section 2(b)(ii) of this By-law unenclosed
porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established
grade, with or without floor space below, may encroach a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required minimum front yard and
minimum flankage side yard and a maximum of 0.6 metres into a
required side yard where the side yard is a minimum of 1.2 metres;
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "OS-HL”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6.0 metres;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S5-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S5-2”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("S5-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S5-2”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres one side and 0.6 metres
on the other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 6.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite section 5.7 of By-law 3036, uncovered steps and platforms
not exceeding 2.0 metres in height shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required rear yard; and
a bay window shall be permitted to project a maximum of
0.6 metres into any required flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SD-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SD-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.0 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite section 5.7 of By-law 3036, uncovered steps and platforms
not exceeding 2.0 metres in height shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required rear yard; and
a bay window shall be permitted to project a maximum of
0.6 metres into any required flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S4-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S4-8”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("S4-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S4-8”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
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SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres one side and 0.6 metres
on the other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres;
GROSS FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 6.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite section 5.7 of By-law 3036, uncovered steps and platforms
not exceeding 2.0 metres in height shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required rear yard; and
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Exception Zone 138 (By-law 6164-03)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to or zoned to appeal to erotic
or sexual appetites or inclinations;
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Dry Cleaning Depot” shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged, and which includes a
chartered bank or a branch thereof;
“Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor surface contained within
the outside walls of a storey;
“Gross Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all
storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“Laundromat” shall mean a self-serve clothes washing establishment
containing washing, drying, ironing, finishing or other incidental equipment;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
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but shall not include a bodyrub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician but shall not
include a body rub parlour as defined in The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises; and,
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, offered or
kept for retail sale to the public.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“C18” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “C18” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
dry cleaning depot;
financial institution;
laundromat;
personal service shop;
professional office;
restaurant, type A;
retail stores.
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Zone Requirements (“C18” Zone)
No Person shall, within the lands zoned “C18”, use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Buildings and Structures shall be located entirely within the
building envelope illustrated on Figure 1;
For the purpose of this clause, the building envelope shown on
Figure 1 shall be measured from the property lines;
Building Height: maximum 9.0 metres.
OPEN STORAGE
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display permitted.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
A minimum of 5.5 parking spaces shall be provided and
maintained on lands zoned “C18” for every 100 square metres of
gross leasable floor area or part thereof;
Clauses 5.21.2 (a), (b), (c) and (e) inclusive, of Bylaw 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands zoned “C18”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2 (g) and 5.21.2 (k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete or any
combination thereof; and,
All parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of 3.0 metres from
Finch Avenue and the easterly boundary of the lands zoned “C18”.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS:
No drive-through facility shall be permitted in association with any
of the uses permitted on the lands zoned “C18”; and,
The gross floor area of restaurant Type ‘A’ uses on the lot shall not
exceed 220 square metres.
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Exception Zone 139 (By-law 6176-03)
Definitions
"Build-to-zone" shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is to be located; ·
"Day Nursery" shall mean. lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to
the provisions of the Day Nurseries. Act, or any successor thereto, for use
as a facility for the daytime care of children; ·
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6 metres;
"Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a group of not less than three adjacent dwellings attached together
horizontally by an above grade common wall; ·
"Multiple Dwelling-Vertical" shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically by an above grade wall or
walls, or an above grade floor or floors or both;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor area 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; ·
"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;
"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, or a
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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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 7.5 metres distance from the front lot
line;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"Recreation Facility'' shall mean a place designed and equipped for the
conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual
recreational activities, and uses accessory thereto;
"Storey" shall mean that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar,
attic, or below grade parking structure, included between the surface of any
floor and the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge next above it;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"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; ·
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“S-SD-3" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("S-SD-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned '’S-SD-3”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements (“S-SD-3” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S-SD-3”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH: (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
detached dwelling residential use:
1) 0.3 of a metre one side, and 1.2 metres on the other side;
2) despite 1) above, where a side lot line abuts a public walkway
a minimum 1.2 metre side yard is required;
3) despite 1) above, no detached dwellings shall be constructed
so that the 0.3 m side yard width abuts a neighbouring 0.3 m
side yard width.
semi-detached dwelling residential use:
1) 1.2 metres; and
2) on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no
side. yard is required, provided any wall other than the
common wall that is on the side of the lot upon which the
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dwellings are attached, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows:
3) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or·
4) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REARYARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT:
(maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres;
OBSTRUCTION OF YARDS:
Despite section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, covered and unenclosed
porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features note;
exceeding 1.5 metres in height above the established grade may
project no more than:
1) 1.5 metres into any required front yard or rear yard;
2) 1.5 metres into any required flankage side yard;
3) 0.6 metres into any required side yard;
Notwithstanding section 2(b)(x)(A) above, for those lots backing
onto lands zoned OS-P, or the Hydro Corridor, covered and
enclosed porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not
exceeding 3.5 metres in height above the established grade may
project no more than 2.5 metres into any rear yard, and shall have
a maximum width of 5.0 metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
a minimum of one private garage shall be provided per lot, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except:
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
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entrance to the dwelling, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or·
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of any
attached private garage, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
width of garage entrance (maximum): 3.1 metres;
Provisions ("SA-12" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("SA-12" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "SA-12”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling residential uses on lands zoned "SA-12"
Zone Requirements ("SA-12" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "SA-:12”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands zoned "SA-12" 180 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands zoned "SA-12" 6 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH: (minimum)
on lands zoned "SA-12" 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
1) on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no
side yard is required, provided any wall other than the common
wall that is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are
attached, shall be set back from the lot line separating such
lots as follows:
2) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
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3) 0.6 of a metre measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if
a side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REARYARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
OBSTRUCTION-OF YARDS:
Despite section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, covered and unenclosed
porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above the established grade may, project no
more than:
1) 1.5 metres into any required front or rear yard;
2) 1.5 metres into any required flankage side yard;
3) 0.6 metres into any required side yard;
Notwithstanding section 3(b)(vii)(A)above, for those lots backing
onto lands zoned OS-P, or the Hydro Corridor, covered and
enclosed porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not
exceeding 3.5 metres in height above the established grade may
project no more than 2.5 metres into any rear yard, and shall have
a maximum width of 5.0 metres.
BUILDING HEIGHT:
maximum: 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
on the lands zoned "SA-12”:
1) a minimum of one private garage shall be provided per lot, any
vehicular entrance to which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
2) no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except:
3) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from. The wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
4) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
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entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of any
attached private garage, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Provisions ("SA-21" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("SA-21" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "SA-21”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single detached dwelling residential uses on lands zoned "SA-21"
Zone Requirements ("SA-21" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "SA-21", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands zoned "SA-21" 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands zoned "SA-21" 10.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum)
on lands zoned "SA-21" 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
1) on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached; no
side yard is required, provided any wall other than the common
wall that is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are
attached, shall be set back from the lot line separating such
lots as follows:
2) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
3) 0.6 of a metre measured perpendicularly to such side lot • line
if a side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
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OBSTRUCTION OF YARDS:
Despite section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, covered and unenclosed
poches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not exceeding
1.5 metres in height above the established grade may project no
more than:
1) 1.5 metres into any required front or rear yard;
2) 1.5 metres into any required flankage side yard;
3) 0.6 metres into any required side yard;
Notwithstanding section 4(b)(vii)(A) above, for those lots backing
onto lands zoned OS-P, or the Hydro Corridor, covered and
enclosed porches, verandahs and flankage entrance features not
exceeding 3.5 metres in height above the established grade may
project no more than 2.5 metres into any rear yard, and shall have
a maximum width of 5.0 metres.
BUILDING HEIGHT:
maximum: 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
on the lands zoned "SA-21”:
1) a minimum of one private garage shall be provided per lot, any
vehicular entrance to which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6:0 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
2) no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except:
3) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
4) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of any
attached private garage, no part of any attached private
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garage shall extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Provisions ("RC" Zone and "OS-P" Zone)
Uses Permitted (' RC" Zone and "OS-P" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "RC" and "OS-P”, use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except for a
recreation facility and uses accessory thereto;
Zone Requirements ("RC" Zone and "OS-P")
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed except where buildings or
structures are to be used for the purpose of a recreation facility and uses
accessory thereto.
By-law 3036
Clauses 5.9 and 5.22 of By-law 3036 shall not apply to the land designated "S-
SD-3", "SA-12" and "SA-21".
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Exception Zone 140 (By-law 6526-05)
Provisions
Despite the height requirement provision of Subsection 5.9 of By-law 3036,
the yard requirement provision of Subsection 5.22 of By-law 3036, the
corner lot provision of Subsection 6.4 of By-law 3036, the side yard
requirement provision of Subsection 10.2.3 of By-law 3036, and the lot
coverage provision of Subsection 10.2.6 of By-law 3036, where any lot
having frontage on Rougemount Drive on lands known as Part of Lot 33,
Plan 228 in the City of Pickering, is used for a detached dwelling, the
following provisions shall apply:
Dwelling Height (maximum): 9.0 metres
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 4.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 38%
No part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the front wall of the dwelling to which it is attached;
Despite iii. above, where a single-storey, covered and enclosed
verandah or porch having no habitable space above it is attached to
the flankage side of the dwelling unit, such verandah or porch may
extend a maximum of 1.5 metres in the required minimum flankage
side yard width.
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Exception Zone 141 (By-law 6370-04)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above-grade
wall or walls;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("MD-H5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "MD-H5”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling-horizontal;
Zone Requirements ("MD-H5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned " MD-H5”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING REQUIREMENTS:
Number of Dwelling Units (maximum): 132
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres
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Dwelling Unit Width (minimum): 5.5 metres
Lot Coverage (maximum): 40 percent
Dwelling Unit Requirements:
1) Maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
2) Minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) No building, part of a building, structure or part of a structure
shall be erected except within the limits of the building
envelope illustrated on Figure 1;
2) Despite paragraph 1) above, buildings or structures associated
with permitted mechanical, recreational, security, parking,
refuse storage and other ancillary residential facilities shall be
permitted beyond the limits of the building envelope but no
closer than 3.0 metres to the northern, eastern or western limit
of the lands illustrated on Figure 1;
3) Despite paragraph (1) above uncovered steps, covered
porches and platforms not exceeding 2.0 metres in height shall
be permitted to project a maximum of 1.5 metres beyond the
limits of the building envelope shown on Figure 1;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Parking Spaces (per dwelling unit): 2 spaces
Minimum private garage per lot: 1
Any vehicular entrance for a private garage shall be located a
minimum of 5.8 metres from any lot line that abuts the street or
private road that provides vehicle access to the private garage;
Where a townhouse dwelling unit provides two parking spaces
within a private garage located on the same lot the requirements of
paragraph C above are not required.
Visitor Parking Spaces:
1) For all lands zoned “MD-H5” a minimum of 40 visitor parking
spaces shall be provided;
Despite clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
Clauses 5.21.2a), 5.21.2b), 5.21.2c), 5.21.2d) 5.21.2e), 5.21.2f),
and 5.21.2i) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to lands
zoned "MD-H5”;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Clauses 5.18(a) and 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not
apply to lands zoned "MD-H5”;
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;
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
ii. resource management;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent for all buildings and
structures on a lot;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located a minimum of
6 metres from the front lot line, and 6 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATION
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres in depth into
the required rear yard of a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0
metres in width.
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
unenclosed covered or uncovered porches with or without cold
cellars may encroach a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required
front or flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted (“S3-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-7” use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements (“S3-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-7”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side
and 0.6 metres on the other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent for all buildings and
structures on a lot;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located a minimum of
6 metres from the front lot line, and 6 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATION:
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres in depth into
the required rear yard of a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0
metres in width;
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The horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, shall
be not less than 1.8 metres;
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
unenclosed covered or uncovered porches with or without cold
cellars may encroach a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required
front or flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the preservation
and conservation of the natural environment and resource management.
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control and resource
management.
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Exception Zone 143 (By-law 6537-05, as amended by By-
law 7060-10)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1-14" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-14”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot with a minimum gross floor area
of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located a minimum of
6.0 metres from the front lot line, and 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
EXCEPTION:
Despite the zone requirements within Clause 2(b) of this By-law, a
minimum front yard depth of 4.0 metre, a minimum rear yard depth of
6.0 metre, and a maximum lot coverage of 40 percent may be
permitted on the most south-lying lot in the North Part of Lot 18, Plan
329 located within the “S1-14” zone, as shown by the cross-hatched
area on Figure 1.
Provisions (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
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Resource management;
Pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall
the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control,
resource management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
Figure 1
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Definitions
“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;
“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;
“Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than 3 adjacent dwellings attached together horizontally
by an above grade common wall;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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;
“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, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line;
“Private Garage” shall mean 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;
“Storey” shall mean that 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 next above it;
“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;
“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;
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“Front Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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; and
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“SA-10”)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "SA-10" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with
the following provisions:
single-attached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“SA-10“)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “SA-10” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with
the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 160 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 5.4 metres
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FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached,
shall be set back from the lot line separating such lots as follows:
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 of a metre measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if
a side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6.5 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area –
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENT:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street;
no part of any attached garage shall extend more than 2.4 metres
beyond the wall containing the main front entrance to the dwelling
unit;
the required parking garage shall have a minimum length of 11.0
metres;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
no more than 4 dwelling units shall be permitted to be attached
together;
Uses Permitted Zone Requirements (“H” Zone)
Until such time as the “H” Holding provision is lifted, the lands shall not be
used for any purpose other than one single detached dwelling and
accessory uses, subject to the provisions of Section 9 of By-law 3036.
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Removal of the “H” Holding Symbol
The “H” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “SA-10” zone until
such time as a subdivision agreement/development agreement has been
executed with the City.
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Exception Zone 145 (By-law 6585-05, as amended by By-
law 6638-06)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically by an above grade
wall or walls;
"Multiple Dwelling-Vertical" shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached vertically, by an above grade wall or walls, or an
above grade floor or floors, or both;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6.0 metres;
"Dwelling, Single Attached" shall mean one group of not less than three
single adjacent units, attached together horizontally by an above grade
common wall;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
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"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S5”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("S5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S5”, use any lot or erect, alter, or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 250 square metres;
Lot Frontage (minimum): 9.0 metres;
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres;
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres;
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on
the other side;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres;
Lot coverage (maximum): 38 percent;
Gross floor area per dwelling unit (minimum): 100 square metres;
Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
the street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
Uncovered steps and platform projection into rear yard (maximum):
1.5 metres for any uncovered steps and platform not exceeding 2.0
metres in height;
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Minimum building separation:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall be a
minimum of 1.2 metres;
Uses Permitted ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SD-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SD-7”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 205 square metres;
Lot Frontage (minimum): 7.0 metres;
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres;
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres;
Side Yard Width (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side; and,
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no side
yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a side
yard is provided on the abutting lot;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres;
Lot coverage (maximum): 50 percent;
Gross floor area per dwelling unit (minimum): 100 square metres;
Garage Requirements
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
the street;
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Garage Projection (maximum):
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
Uncovered steps and platform projection into rear yard (maximum):
1.5 metres for any uncovered steps and platform not exceeding 2.0
metres in height.
Uses Permitted ("SA-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SA-8”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("SA-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "SA-8”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 180 square metres;
Lot Frontage (minimum): 6.0 metres;
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 4.5 metres;
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 7.5 metres except where the rear yard
abuts open space the minimum rear yard depth is 6.0 metres;
Side Yard Width (minimum):
1.2 metres except that no interior side yard shall be provided on
the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached together, so
long as every wall on such side which is not part of a common wall
extending along the side lot line separating such lots, or is not a
direct extension thereof, shall be setback from the side lot line
separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no side
yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a side
yard is provided on the abutting lot;
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum): 2.7 metres;
Building Height (maximum): 12.0 metres;
Lot coverage (maximum): 50 percent;
Gross floor area per dwelling unit (minimum): 100 square metres;
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Garage Requirements:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building and
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
the street;
Garage Projection (maximum):
2.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
Uncovered steps and platform projection into rear yard (maximum):
1.5 metres for any uncovered steps and platform not exceeding 2.0
metres in height.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Provisions
The only Institutional uses permitted on lands zoned “Agriculture – A” are
as follows:
A church and religious institution, as defined herein, shall be permitted
on the lands designated “A” located in Concession 2 Pt. Lot 18, Now
RP 40R9710, Part 3, identified as Property Identification No. 26439-
0192 and known as 2065 Brock Road;
A cemetery, as defined herein, shall be permitted on the lands
designated “A” located in Concession 2, South Part Lot 26, identified
as Property Identification Numbers 26372-0051 and 26372-0049 and
known as 902 Finch Avenue;
A cemetery, as defined herein, shall be permitted on the lands
designated “A” located in Concession 2, N. Pt., Lot 18, except RP
40R20062, Parts 2, 3 and 4 (CO179234), identified as Property
Identification No. 26439-0506 and known as 2275 Brock Road;
A cemetery, as defined herein, shall be permitted on the lands
designated “A” located in Concession 1, North Part of Lot 19, identified
as Property Identification No. 26334-0017 and known as 1900 Brock
Road;
A cemetery, as defined herein, shall be permitted on the lands
designated “A” located in Concession 2, Part Lot 27, Now RP
40R3892, Part 1, identified as Property Identification No. 26371-0375
and known as 886-898 Finch Avenue;
A church and religious institution, as defined herein, shall be permitted
on the lands designated “A” located in Concession 2, Part Lot 22,
identified as Property Identification No. 26377-0209 and known as
1302 Finch Avenue;
Churches, church halls, public and private schools, public or
institutional buildings, public and private hospitals and cemeteries, as
defined herein, shall be permitted on the lands designated “A” located
on Part of Lot 18, Concession 2, identified as Property Identification
Numbers 26439-0184 and 26439-0185, known as 2177 and 2185
Brock Road.
Institutional uses permitted by Clause 7.1.4.1 shall be governed by the
provisions of Section 5.15 of By-law 3036.
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Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“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, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
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“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in Section 224 (9)(b) of the Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto or an Adult Entertainment Parlour as defined herein;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“Veterinary Clinic” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical and surgical services are performed or consultation is given for
domestic pets, may include accessory sales of associated products,
accessory services such as grooming, emergency overnight
accommodation, but shall not include long-term boarding on the premises.
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PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“R3-MU-1” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “R3-MU-1” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
dwelling unit
business office
professional office
veterinary clinic
Zone Requirements (“R3-MU-1 ” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “R3-MU-1” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
REQUIREMENTS
Any permitted use shall be subject to the requirements of Section
9.2 of Zoning By-law 3036, as amended;
Despite A. above, Section 9.2.4, 9.2.5 and 9.2.6 of By-law 3036
inclusive shall not apply to the lands zoned “R3-MU-1”;
Building Height: maximum 6.0 metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands zoned “R3-
MU-1”, a minimum of 12 parking spaces;
Despite clause A. above, if the lands zoned “R3-MU-1” are used
for only a dwelling unit, a minimum of 2 parking spaces shall be
provided;
Clauses 5.21.2 (a), and 5.21.2 (b), of By-law 3036, as amended,
shall not apply to the lands zoned “R3-MU-1”;
Despite Clauses 5.21.2 (g) and 5.21.2 (k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
Despite Clause 2.2.1 of By-law 3036, as amended, the minimum
perpendicular width of an aisle to a parking stall shall be 6.0
metres for two way traffic;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
The maximum combined gross leasable floor area for all uses on
the lands zoned “R3-MU-1” shall be 300 square metres;
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Section 5.32 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “R3-MU-1”;
Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the
lands zoned “R3-MU-1”;
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Exception Zone 148 (By-law 6912-08)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S1-15" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-15", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1-15" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S1-15”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot;
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling
with an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the
attached private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than
6 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATION:
Notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended, uncovered
steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height above grade may
project a maximum of 2.5 metres in depth into the required rear yard of
a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0 metres in width.
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Definitions
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
“Breeder” shall mean a person who keeps animals for the purpose of
breeding the offspring for sale;
“Commercial Kennel” shall mean a building or a part of a building which is
used for the purposes of the boarding, breeding, daycare, grooming,
training and a veterinary hospital for domesticated animals; dog exercise
facilities; a pet shop and the retail sale of animal merchandise as an
accessory use, but shall not include a business office or a retail store;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“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
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case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“Pet Shop” shall mean every shop, place, or premise in which animals are
sold or kept for sale as pets but does not include a breeder;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“A-CK1” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “A-CK1” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
All uses permitted in Section 7, Rural Agricultural Zone “A” of By-law
3036
Commercial Kennel
Detached Dwelling Unit
Zone Requirements ("A-CK1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "A-CK1”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.8 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 60.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12.0 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
3.0 metres
All buildings shall have a minimum setback of 10.0 metres from an
OS-HL Zone
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 10.0 metres from an OS-HL Zone
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 20 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum of 2 parking spaces shall be provided and maintained on
each lot for every 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area
or part thereof for a commercial kennel establishment;
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Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2e) inclusive, of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands zoned “A-CK1”;
Despite Clause 5.21.2b) of By-law 3036, side yard parking shall
only be permitted no closer than 1.5 metres from any side lot line;
minimum 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit;
any vehicular entrance for a detached dwelling and/or a
caretaker’s residence shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Despite Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii), agricultural uses are not
permitted in conjunction with a commercial kennel;
Despite Section 2(a)(ii), an accessory veterinary clinic associated
with a commercial kennel shall not include a clinic for the care of
livestock animals;
The aggregate gross floor area of a commercial kennel and
caretaker’s residence shall not exceed 700 square metres;
A caretaker’s residence not exceeding a maximum gross floor area
of 186 square metres shall be permitted within the building
containing a commercial kennel;
Despite Section 5.32 of Zoning By-law 3036, an accessory
dwelling unit is not permitted in conjunction with a commercial
kennel and/or a caretaker’s residence.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned “OS-HL” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Preservation and Conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife
Resource Management
Pedestrian Trails and Walkways
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a common
wall connected by an attached garage, an attached dwelling or both which
extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line of a garage and for
a horizontal distance of not less than the length of an attached garage
attached to the main building;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S-SD-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S-SD-4”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
semi-detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements ("S-SD-4 " Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S-SD-4”, use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
for detached dwellings: 250 square metres
for semi-detached dwellings: 225 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
for detached dwellings: 9.0 metres
for detached dwellings located within the area hatched: 8.5 metres
for semi-detached dwellings: 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 as amended, uncovered and
covered platforms/porches attached to a main dwelling may
provide a front yard depth of 3.0 metres.
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
for detached dwellings:
1) for lots not within the areas hatched;
– 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metre on the other;
2) for lots within the areas hatched;
– 0.6 metres on both sides.
for semi-detached dwellings: minimum 1.2 metres except that,
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
extends along the common interior side lot line, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of that wall
upon which that dwelling is located; or
3) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
does not extend along the common interior side lot line, the
following shall apply:
I. minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is
provided on the other lot.
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FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 as amended, uncovered and
covered platforms/porches attached to a main dwelling may
provide a flankage side yard width of 2.0 metres.
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036 as amended, uncovered and
covered platforms/porches attached to a main dwelling may
provide a rear yard depth of 6.0 metres.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than
6 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from
any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
semi-detached dwellings are permitted only within the hatched
area on Figure 1;
for lot frontages less than 10.0 metres, the maximum width for a
garage attached to a main dwelling shall be no more than half the
width of a dwelling;
despite Section 5.7(a) of By-law 3036 as amended, bay windows,
sills, cornices or other similar features below or above grade may
project a maximum of 0.6 metre into a front, rear or flankage side
yard;
despite Section 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended, uncovered
rear decks less than or equal to 0.6 metre in height for detached
dwellings with a lot of frontage less than 9.0 metres or semi-
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detached dwellings located within the hatched area may have a
minimum side yard width of 0.3 metres;
Figure 1
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Definitions
"Bed and Breakfast Establishment" shall mean an establishment that
provides sleeping accommodation (including breakfast and other meals,
services, facilities and amenities for the exclusive use of guests) for the
traveling or vacationing public in, up to two guest rooms which is operated
from a detached dwelling on the lot, or a building or structure accessory to
the detached dwelling which is managed, directed or conducted by one or
more of the occupants of the detached dwelling on the lot.
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include, a data processing establishment, the premises of a real estate or
insurance agent, but shall not include a retail store, or a contractor’s yard;
Contractors Yard shall mean the yard of any general contractor, builder or
landscaper where equipment and material are stored or where a general
contractor, builder or landscaper performs shop or assembly work or
assembles material for offsite work;
Domestic Business - Type C shall mean an antique store, an arts and
crafts shop, a book store, a business office, a clothing boutique,
professional office-non medical, or a tea room, and shall not include a
contractor’s yard, and which is:
operated from a detached dwelling on the lot, or a building or' structure
accessory to the detached dwelling on the lot;
managed, directed or conducted by one or more of the occupants of
the detached dwelling on' the lot;
"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,
"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;
"Dwelling Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
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"Dwelling Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6.0 metres;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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,
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case maybe, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"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;
"Professional Office-Non-Medical" shall mean a building or part of abuilding
in which legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include the offices of an architect, a chartered
accountant, an engineer, or a lawyer, but shall. not include the office of a
physician or a body rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot,
"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 function point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions ("S2-DB" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("S2-DB"Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S2-DB", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
semi detached dwelling residential use
Domestic Business - Type C
Bed and Breakfast Establishment
Zone Requirements ("S2 DB" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S2-DB” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
for detached dwellings: 350 square metres
for semi-detached dwellings: 175 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
for detached dwellings: 12.0 metres
for semi detached dwellings: 6.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH:
(minimum) 3.0 metres
(maximum) 6.0metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum)
for detached dwellings 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on
the other side
for semi detached dwellings minimum 0.6 metres except that,
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
extends along the common interior side lot line, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of that wall
upon which that dwelling is located;
or
3) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
does not extend along the common interior side lot line, the
following shall apply:
– minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be
provided adjacent to the extension of that wall
on the lot upon which that dwelling is located
if an abutting interior side yard is provided on
the other lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres.
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent for all buildings and
structures
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
one additional parking space if a Domestic Business - Type C is
operation from the lot, which space shall be located within the rear
yard or side yard;
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one parking space for each guest room associated with a Bed and
Breakfast Establishment;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the provisions of this by-law, any lot in the S2-DB zone,
which existed on the date of passing of this by-law, and has
insufficient lot area, parking, lot frontage, front, rear or side yards,
or exceeds the permitted lot coverage or building height, shall be
deemed to comply with this by-law. Nothing in this bylaw shall
prevent the erection of an addition to any such dwelling, provided
the addition conforms to the provisions of this by-law.
Domestic Business Type C; shall only be located on the ground
floor of the dwelling or any accessory building or structure on the
lot; shall not exceed 90 square metres gross leasable floor area
and shall be limited to only one Domestic Business - Type C use at
any given time on a property and if a Domestic Business - Type C
use is operating, a home base business is prohibited on the
property.
contractors’ yard is a prohibited use on any lot within the "S2-
DB"zone;
Uncovered steps and platform projection into rear yard (maximum):
1.5 metres for any uncovered steps and platform not exceeding 2.0
metres in height;
OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display.
PROVISIONS ("C2-DB" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("C2-DB"Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "C2-DB" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
antique store;
arts and crafts shop;
book store;
business office;
clothing boutique;
professional office-non medical;
tea room;
Bed and Breakfast Establishment;
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Zone Requirements ("C2-DB"Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "C2-DB" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 3.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres.
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres, on one side, and 0.6
metres on the other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the provisions of this by-law, any lot in the "C2-DB" zone,
which existed on the date of passing of this by-law, and has
insufficient lot area, parking, lot frontage, front, rear or side-yards,
or exceeds the permitted lot coverage or building height, shall be
deemed to comply with this by-law. Nothing in this bylaw shall
prevent the erection of an addition to any such dwelling, provided
the addition conforms to the provisions of this by-law;
a contractor’s yard is a prohibited use on any lot within the "C2-
DB" zone;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
one parking space for each guest room associated with a Bed and
Breakfast Establishment;
there shall be provided on the lot a minimum of 4 parking spaces
at all times, associated with all other uses within the "C2-DB" zone;
OPEN STORAGE:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within enclosed
buildings or structures with no outside storage or display.
EXCEPTION
Despite the uses permitted within Section 3(a), a maximum of four
dwelling units may be permitted within a building or structure located
within the "C2-DB" zone
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PROVISIONS ("S3-8"Zone)
Lands known as 1062 Dunbarton Road shall be zoned "S3-8" and shall be
subject to all of the provisions of that zone, as set out in By-law 3036, as
amended by By-law 5342/98.
PROVISIONS ('`R3-DN" Zone)
The lands zoned "R3-DN" may be used for the purposes of one day nursery, in
addition to the uses permitted within Section 9.1 of By-law 3036.
PROVISIONS ("OS-HL" Zone.)
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "OS-HL" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise.
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S4-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S4-6” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("S4-6” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S4-6” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300.0 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres one side, 0.6
metres on other side.
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS: minimum one
private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of which shall be located
not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0
metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting
on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATION: no detached dwelling or part thereof maybe
located within the area hatched on Figure 1.
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law 5636-00 and By-law 5871-01)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together
horizontally in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above
and below grade;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Multiple Dwelling - Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
"Multiple Dwelling - Quadruplex" shall mean a multiple dwelling containing
only four dwelling units, each unit being connected to two or more other
units, and generally arranged with two units adjacent to the front lot line
and the other two units at the rear thereof;
"Dwelling Unit Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a
dwelling unit between the exterior of the main side walls of the unit, except
that where a side wall is a common wall, in which case the dimension shall
be from the centre of that wall;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"Landscaped Open Space" shall mean space on a lot which is open and
unoccupied and is suitable for growing grass, flowers, bushes, shrubs or
other landscaping plants and includes a waterway, walk, patio or similar
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space but does not include any portion of a parking aisle, parking space,
ramp or driveway;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Parking Space" shall mean a usable and accessible area of not less than
2.6 metres in width and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary
parking of vehicles;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the side lot lines, or between the side lot line and the
flankage of the lot;
"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;
"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
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line, the junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions ("RMM-2 Zone)
Uses Permitted ("RMM-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "RMM-2" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following
residential uses:
semi-detached dwelling
multiple dwelling - horizontal
multiple dwelling - quadruplex
Zone Requirements ("RMM-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "RMM-2" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling: 225 square metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 160 square metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 180 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 5.4 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 24 metres for 4 units
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FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling: 4.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 4.5 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 6 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling and multiple dwelling - horizontal:
1.2 metres except that
1) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall and
one of those dwelling units has an extension of that common
wall that extends along the common interior side lot line, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of
that wall on the lot upon which that dwelling unit is located;
3) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall and
one of those dwelling units has an extension of that common
wall that does not extend along the common interior side lot
line;
I. a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling unit is located if an abutting interior side yard
is not provided on the other lot, or
II. a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling unit is located if an abutting interior side yard
is provided on the other lot;
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 1.2 metres except
1) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where the side wall of the front unit directly abuts a parking
space or aisle of the rear unit, no interior side yard shall be
required for the front unit;
3) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall and
one of those dwelling units has an extension of that common
wall that extends along the common interior side lot line, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of
that wall on the lot upon which that dwelling unit is located;
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FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex (front units): 0 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex (rear units): 10 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum per dwelling unit):
semi-detached dwelling: 45 per cent
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 45 per cent
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 50 per cent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
semi-detached dwelling:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - horizontal:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 5.4 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - quadruplex:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
one private garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except
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1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.4 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.6 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
semi-detached dwelling:
1) the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots,
except where such buildings are attached in whole or in part,
shall be not less than 1.2 metres;
2) despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached or
Semi-Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(d) above, semi-
detached dwellings erected in a "RMM-2" zone shall be
attached above grade by a common wall which extends from
the base of the foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal
distance of not less than 75 per cent of the horizontal depth of
the building.
multiple dwelling - quadruplex:
1) all portions of the front yard not used for parking purposes as
required by this By-law shall be maintained as landscaped
open space;
2) there shall be a minimum front yard width of 2 metres;
landscaped open space requirement (minimum):
1) for multiple dwelling - horizontal units, the area devoted to
landscaped open space shall be not less than 10 per cent of
the lot area.
PROVISIONS ("RM1-5" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("RM1-5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "RM1-5" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following
residential uses:
detached residential use
multiple dwelling – horizontal
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Zone Requirements ("RM1-5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "RM1-5" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum per dwelling unit):
detached dwelling 200 square metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 95 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum per dwelling unit):
detached dwelling 20 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 4.8 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
detached dwelling 2.6 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 4.5 metres
despite subsection B above, on the lands shaded on Figure 1, a
multiple dwelling – horizontal may provide a minimum front yard
depth of 2.6 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
detached dwelling 2.7 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 1.2 metres except that
1) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall and
one of those dwelling units has an extension of that common
wall that extends along the common interior side lot line, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of
that wall on the lot upon which that dwelling unit is located;
3) where dwelling units on abutting lots share a common wall and
one of those dwelling units has an extension of that common
wall that does not extend along the common interior side lot
line;
I. a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling unit is located if an abutting interior side yard
is not provided on the other lot, or
II. a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling unit is located if an abutting interior side yard
is provided on the other lot;
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FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
detached dwelling 2.7 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal:
1) 2.7 metres; or
2) 2.0 metres from a temporary road
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum per dwelling unit):
detached dwelling 1.2 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 6.0 metres
despite subsection B above, on the lands shaded on Figure 1, a
multiple dwelling – horizontal may provide a minimum rear yard
depth of 5.0 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum per dwelling unit): 50 percent for
detached dwellings
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
detached dwelling 9.0 metres
multiple dwelling – horizontal 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT/BUILDING REQUIREMENTS:
detached dwellings:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) maximum one dwelling unit per lot; and
multiple dwelling – horizontal:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 95 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 4.8 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
4) maximum 8 units per Multiple Dwelling - Horizontal; and
5) the horizontal distance between buildings shall not be less
than 2.4 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
one private garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
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for detached dwellings, no part of any attached private garage
shall extend beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
for multiple dwellings – horizontal, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, except
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.4 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.6 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATION:
no more than 3 detached dwellings may be located on the lands
zoned “RM1-5”.
Model Homes
Despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, a maximum of 15
Model Homes, together with not fewer than two parking spaces per Model
Home, may be constructed on the lands prior to division of those lands by
registration of a plan of subdivision or condominium.
For the purposes of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling unit
used exclusively for sales display and for marketing purposes pursuant to
an agreement with the Town of Pickering, and not used for residential
purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
“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;
“Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
“Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling” shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
“Dwelling, Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than 3 adjacent dwellings attached together horizontally
by an above grade common wall;
“Floor Area-Residential” "Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of
the floor surface contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a
storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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“Storey” shall mean that 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 next above it;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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Provisions
Uses Permitted (“SD-A” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SD-A” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“SD-A” Zone)
No person shall with the lands zoned “SD-A” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 225 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres except that no interior side yard shall be provided on the
side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached together, so long as
every wall on such side which is not part of a common wall extending
along the side lot line separating such lots, or is not a direct extension
thereof, shall be set back from the side lot line separating such lots as
follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
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immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.2 metres;
despite the definition of “Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-
Detached Dwelling” in Section 1(c), Semi-Detached Dwellings
erected in an “SD-A” Zone shall be attached above grade by a
common wall which shall not be less than 3.0 metres in length and
not less than 2.4 metres in height;
on land zoned “SD-A” no part of any attached private garage shall
extend more than 2.4 metres beyond any part of the front wall of
the dwelling to which it is attached.
Uses Permitted (“SA-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned “SA-7” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single-attached dwelling
Zone Requirements (“SA-7” Zone)
No person shall with the lands zoned “SA-7” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 160 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 5.4 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres, except
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that extends
along the common interior side lot line, no interior side yard shall
be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon
which that dwelling is located;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that does
not extend along the common interior side lot line;
1) a minimum 1.2 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
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dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot, or
2) a minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is provided
on the other lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of which
shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not
less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Single Attached Dwellings in an “SA-7” zone shall be attached
above grade by a common wall which extends from the base of the
foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance of not less
than 75 percent of the horizontal depth of the building;
no more than 4 dwelling units shall be permitted within the area
zoned “SA-7”;
for dwellings sited on a corner lot on land zoned “SA-7”, no part of
any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.4 metres
beyond any part of the front wall of the dwelling to which it is
attached;
for dwellings sited on interior lots on lands zoned “SA-7”, no part of
any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.4 metres
beyond the outer limit of the roof overhang of the front porch of the
dwelling to which it is attached;
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of
a pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together
horizontally in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above
and below grade;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park;
"Parking Space" shall mean a usable and accessible area of not less than
2.6 metres in width and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary
parking of vehicles;
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"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the side lot lines, or between the side lot line and the
flankage of the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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Provisions ("S3/SD/NP" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("S3/SD/NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3/SD/NP” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following
residential-oriented uses:
detached dwelling
semi-detached dwelling
neighbourhood park
Zone Requirements ("S3/SD/NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "S3/SD/NP” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
detached dwelling 350 square metres
semi-detached dwelling: 225 square metres
neighbourhood park 906 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
detached dwelling: 12 metres
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
neighbourhood park: 20 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
detached dwelling: 4.5 metres
semi-detached dwelling: 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
detached dwelling:
1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the other side
semi-detached dwelling:
1.2 metres except that
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
extends along the common interior side lot line, no interior side
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yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on
the lot upon which that dwelling is located;
3) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
does not extend along the common interior side lot line;
I. a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is
not provided on the other lot, or
II. a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is
provided on the other lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
dwellings having a flankage side yard abutting Finch Avenue, or a
reserve on the opposite side of which is Finch Avenue: 4.5 metres
except for Lot 1 which shall have a minimum flankage side yard
width of: 2.7 metres
dwellings having a flankage side yard abutting another street: 2.7
metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
detached dwelling : 7.5 metres
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
detached dwelling: 38 per cent
semi-detached dwelling: 40 per cent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
detached dwelling: 12 metres
semi-detached dwelling: 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
detached dwelling:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
2) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
semi-detached dwelling:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
2) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
detached dwelling: there shall be provided and maintained on the
lot a minimum of one private garage per dwelling unit attached to
the main building, any vehicular access entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line and not less
than 6 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
semi-detached dwelling: there shall be provided and maintained
on the lot a minimum of one private garage per dwelling unit
attached to the main building, any vehicular access entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line
and not less than 6 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
verandah extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no
part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
semi-detached dwelling:
1) the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots,
except where such buildings are attached in whole or in part,
shall be not less than 1.2 metres;
2) despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi
Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(d), semi-detached dwellings
erected in a "S3/SD/NP" zone shall be attached above grade
by a common wall which extends from the base of the
foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance of not
less than 75 per cent of the horizontal depth of the building.
neighbourhood park:
1) within lands provided through approval of a plan of subdivision
for the use of a neighbourhood park, no person shall use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any
purpose except for a neighbourhood park and uses accessory
thereto;
2) within lands provided through approval of a plan of subdivision
for the use of a neighbourhood park, no buildings or structures
shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
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removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are to be used for the purposes of a neighbourhood
park.
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Exception Zone 156 (By-law 981-79)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16.1 or Section 16.2 of By-law 3036,
the lands designated "O2-1" and located in Part of Lot 17, Concession 2, Town
of Pickering, and in Part of the Road Allowance between Lot 17, Concession 2,
Town of Pickering, and Lot 16, Concession 2, Town of Ajax, may be used for
the purpose of a seasonal camping establishment.
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Exception Zone 157 (By-law 5212-98)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise;
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("R4-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "R4-12” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("R4-12" Zone)
No person shall within the lands zoned "R4-12” use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor
area-residential of 100 square metres;
SPECIAL RESTRICTION:
on the lands crosshatched on Figure 1, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
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Figure 1
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Exception Zone 158 (By-law 736-77)
Definitions
"Building Height'' shall mean the vertical distance measured from the
average elevation of the finished grade at the front wall of the building to
the base of the eave of the said building.
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area coverage by all buildings
on the lot.
“Dwelling" shall mean one or more rooms, occupied or capable of being
occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping unit containing a
separate kitchen and sanitary facilities.
"Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a pair of attached dwellings
that are attached horizontally in whole or in part above grade and are
separated from other buildings by yards.
“Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of a group of not more than six
(6) attached dwellings that are attached horizontally in whole or in part and
are separated from other buildings by yards.
“Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 6 metres distance from the street
line.
“Floor Area” shall mean the total area contained within the outside walls of
a building excluding, in the case of a dwelling, any private garage, porch,
veranda, sunroom, balcony, basement recreation room or unfinished attic
or basement.
“Private Garage” means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more, vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“Yards”
"Front Yard” shall mean the space between the main front wall of a
building and a street extending, the full of the lot.
"Side Yard” shall mean the space between a main side wall of a
building and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear
yard.
“Rear Yard” shall mean the space between a main rear wall of a
building and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot.
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“Flankage Yard” shall mean the space between a main wall of the
building and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending
from front lot line to rear lot line.
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Provisions:
The standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto shall apply to the area restricted by this
By-law.
Figure 1
Zone Symbol
Maximum
Dwelling
Units Per
Registered
Lot
Minimum
Frontage
Maximum
Lot Area per
Dwelling
Minimum Yards Minimum
Floor Area
per
Dwelling
Minimum
Parking
Requirements Front Side and
Flankage Rear
Semi-
Detached
Dwelling
SD 2 Dwelling
Units
9 metres per
dwelling
except 10.5
metres per
corner
dwelling
275 square
metres
4.5
metres
1.2 metres
side
2.7 metres
flankage
7.5
metres
115 square
metres Each dwelling
shall have at least
one private
garage setback
not less than 6
metres from the
street
Single
Attached
Dwelling
SA 6 Dwelling
Units
6 metres per
dwelling
except 7.5
metres per
end dwelling 9
metres per
corner
dwelling
200 square
metres
105 square
metres
Greenbelt In accordance with the provisions of Section 17 of By-law 3036
Additional Provisions:
Maximum building height = 10.5 metres
Maximum building coverage = 33 percent
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Exception Zone 159 (By-law 765-78)
Definitions
“Building Height” shall mean the vertical distance measured from the
average elevation of the finished grade at the front wall of the building to
the base of the eaves of the said building.
“Dwelling” 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.
“Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a pair of attached dwellings
that are attached horizontally in whole or in part above and/or below grade
and are separated from other buildings by yards.
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 6.0 metres distant from the front lot
line.
“Floor Area” shall mean the total area of all storeys contained within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a dwelling, any private
garage, porch, veranda, sunroom, balcony, basement recreation room or
unfinished attic or basement.
“Private Garage” means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“Yards”
“Front Yard” shall mean the space between the main front wall of a
building and a street, extending the full width of the lot.
“Side Yard” shall mean the space between a main side wall of a
building and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear
yard.
“Rear Yard” shall mean the space between a main rear wall of a
building and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot.
“Flankage Yard” shall mean the space between a main wall of the
building and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending
from front lot line to rear lot line.
Provisions
The standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto shall
apply to the area restricted by this by-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol Uses
Permitted
Minimum
Lot
Frontage
per
Dwelling
Minimum
Lot Area
per
Dwelling
Minimum Setbacks per Pair of
Attached Semi-Detached
Dwellings
Minimum
Floor Area
per
Dwelling
Minimum
Parking
Requirements Front Side and
Flankage Rear
Residential
Semi-
Detached
SD
Residential –
One Family
semi-
detached
dwelling
9.5 metres
per dwelling
except 11
metres per
corner
dwelling
325 square
metres
4.5
metres
1.2 metres
side
2.7 metres
flankage
7.5
metres
110 square
metres
Each dwelling
shall have at
least one
private garage
setback not less
than 6.0 metres
from the street
Additional Provisions:
Maximum building height = 10.5 metres
Maximum coverage = 33 percent
Where semi-detached dwellings are attached in part below grade and separated above grade, such
separation shall be a minimum of 1.2 metres.
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Exception Zone 160 (By-law 770-78)
Definitions
"Building Height" shall mean the vertical dimension of a building measured
from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front wall of the
building to the base of the eaves of the said building.
"Dwelling" 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.
“Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a pair of attached dwelling
that are attached horizontally in whole or in part above and/or below grade
and are separated from other building by yards.
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel to and 6.0 metres distant from the front lot
line.
“Floor Area” shall mean the total area of all storeys contained within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a dwelling, any private
garage, porch, veranda, sunroom, balcony, basement recreation room or
unfinished attic or basement.
“Private Garage” means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business or service is
conducted for profit or otherwise.
“Yards”
"Front Yard" shall mean the space between the main front wall of a
building and the front lot line extending the full width of the lot.
"Side Yard" shall mean the space between a main side wall of a
building and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear
yard.
"Rear Yard" shall mean the space between the main rear wall of a
building and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot.
"Flankage Yard" shall mean the space between a main wall of the
building and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending
from front yard to rear yard.
Provisions
The standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto shall
apply to the area restricted by this By-law.
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Figure 1
Additional Provisions:
Maximum building height = 10.5 metres
Maximum coverage = 33 percent
Where semi-detached dwellings are attached in part below grade and separated above grade, such
separation shall be a minimum of 1.2 metres.
Zone Symbol Uses
Permitted
Minimum
Lot
Frontage
per
Dwelling
Minimum
Lot Area
per
Dwelling
Minimum Setbacks per Pair of
Attached Semi-Detached
Dwellings
Minimum
Floor Area
per
Dwelling
Minimum
Parking
Requirements Front Side and
Flankage Rear
Residential
Semi-
Detached
“SD”
Residential –
One Family
semi-
detached
dwelling
9.5 metres
per dwelling
except 11
metres per
corner
dwelling
325 square
metres
4.5
metres
1.2 metres
side
2.7 metres
flankage
7.5
metres
110 square
metres
Each dwelling
shall have at
least 1 private
garage setback
not less than
6.0 metres from
the street
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Exception Zone 161 (By-law 978-79)
Definitions
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot.
"Dwelling" 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.
"Single Dwelling" shall mean a building containing not more than one
dwelling and uses accessory thereto.
"Single Attached Dwelling – Attached Above Grade" shall mean one of a
group of not less than three and not more than six single dwellings which
are attached horizontally and divided vertically by an above grade common
wall between adjacent single dwellings which wall shall be not less than 3
metres in length and not less than 1 storey in height.
''Single Attached Dwelling – Attached Above or Below Grade” shall mean
one of a group of not less than three and not more than six single dwellings
which are attached horizontally in whole or in part above grade or below
grade, or both.
“Floor Area” shall mean the total area of the floors of all storeys contained
within the outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a building
containing a dwelling or dwellings, the floors of any private garage, porch,
verandah, sunroom, balcony, basement recreation room or unfinished attic
or basement.
“Lot” shall mean an area of land fronting on a street which is used or
intended to be used as the site of a single dwelling, together with any
accessory buildings or structures, regardless of whether or not such lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision.
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines
of a lot, such distance being measured along a line which is parallel to a
7.5 metres distance from the front lot line.
“Private Garage” shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for
the storage of one or more vehicles, in which structure no business or
service is condt1cted for profit or otherwise.
"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.
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"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.
"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.
"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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
"Side Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a side
yard of a lot between the side lot line and nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot.
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated “SA-A”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except:
single attached dwelling attached above grade residential uses.
Zoning Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-A", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.7 metres except that:
In the case of a corner lot, the minimum shall be 10.7 metres;
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in the case of an interior lot containing a single dwelling attached
on only one side above grade, the minimum shall be 8.5 metres.
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (minimal):
interior side yard: 1.5 metres, except that no interior side yard shall
be provided where single attached dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together by a common wall extending along the side lot
line separating such lots, so long as every wall on such side and
not part of a common wall, or not a direct extension thereof, shall
be set back from the side lot line separating such lots as follows:
1) 1.8 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
2) 0.9 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
flankage side yard: 3 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum):
1 per dwelling, attached to the main building and located not less than
6 metres from the front lot line
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated “SA-AB”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except:
single attached dwelling attached above or below grade residential
uses.
Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-AB", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.7 metres except that:
in the case of a corner lot, the minimum shall be 10.7 metres,
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in the case of an interior lot containing a single dwelling attached
on only one side, the minimum shall be 8.5 metres.
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum) 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (minimal):
interior side yard: 1.5 metres, except that no interior side yard shall
be required where single attached dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together by a common wall extending along the side lot
line separating such lots, so long as every wa1l on such side and
not part of a common wall, or not a direct extension thereof, shall
be set back from the side lot line separating such lots as follows:
1) 1.8 metres measured perpendicularly to such lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
2) 0.9 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
flankage side yard: 3 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum) 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum) 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum):
1 per dwelling attached to the main building and located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line.
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Exception Zone 162 (By-law 1055-79, as amended by By-
law 6134-03 and By-law 7059-10)
Definitions
“Body Rub Parlour” shall mean any premises or part thereof where a body
rub is performed, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade, calling,
business or occupation, but does not include any premises or part thereof
where the body rubs performed are for the purpose of medical or
therapeutic treatment and are performed or offered by persons otherwise
duly qualified, licensed or registered so to do under the laws of the
Province of Ontario;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Commercial Club" shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities such as bowling alleys,
miniature golf courses, roller-skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools
and other similar indoor recreation facilities are provided and operated for
gain or profit, and which may include an arena or stadium but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined here;
“Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot;
“Discount Department Store” shall mean a discount department store, as
defined by Statistics Canada, such as but not limited to, Zellers and Wal-
Mart, engaged in general merchandising of a wide range of commodities
and services which may include, but is not limited to, apparel, hardware
and household goods, garden supplies, automotive supplies, leisure, pet
and drug items and toys;
“Drug Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
pharmaceutical prescriptions are compounded and dispensed to the public,
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and where medicine, medical supplies and associated merchandise,
confectionary items, cosmetics, toiletries, periodicals, or similar items of
day-to-day household necessity are stored, displayed and offered for retail
sale;
"Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of all above and
below grade storeys, but shall exclude the floor area of any stairwells,
elevators, and any part below established grade used exclusively for
storage purposes;
“General Merchandise Store” shall mean a general merchandise store as
defined by Statistics Canada, such as but not limited to, Bi-Way, Bargain
Harolds, and Stedmans, engaged in general merchandising of a wide
range of commodities and services, which may include but is not limited to
apparel, hardware and household goods, garden supplies, automotive
supplies, leisure, pet and drug items and toys;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding those areas used
exclusively for storage purposes which are below established grade or
within mezzanines;
“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, or a
public park or open space, regardless of whether or not such lot constitutes
the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
“Major Department Store” shall mean a major department store as defined
by Statistics Canada, such as but not limited to, Sears and The Bay,
engaged in general merchandising of a wide range of commodities and
services, which may include, but is not limited to, apparel, hardware and
household goods, garden supplies, automotive supplies, leisure, pet and
drug items and toys;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, beauty salon, a
shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor
thereto;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
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given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time-to-time, or any successor thereto;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles, or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public, but shall not include a food store, a
discount department store, a major department store, or a general
merchandise store;
“Specialty Food Store” shall mean a retail store specializing in a specific
type or class of foods such as an appetizer store, bakery, butcher,
delicatessen, fish, gourmet and similar foods;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment
having as its main use the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles, and
which may include an accessory vehicle repair shop, but shall not include
any establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“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 buildings, structures or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line or, where there is no rear lot line, the
junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest main building or
structure on the lot.
“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 wall of
the nearest main building or structure on the lot.
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“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.
“Flankage Side Yard” shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (“CA3-4” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “CA3-4” undertake any use
for any purpose except as follows:
business office
commercial club
commercial school
commercial recreational establishment
drug store
financial institution
personal service shop
professional office
retail store
vehicle sales and rental establishment
The permitted uses shall only occur within the building existing as of
the day of the passing of this by-law on the property being Part 1 40R-
3466 and Parts 2-5 40R-5805 generally as shown on the site plan
approved on June 21, 2005.
Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated “CA3-4”, use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the provisions of this subsection.
For the purpose of this section, the lot lines flanking Kingston Road
(Highway 2) or an abutting reserve are deemed to be the front lot line,
and the lot line deemed to be the rear lot lone.
Front Yard Depth 15 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum) 10 metres
Flankage Side Yard Width (minimum) 15 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum) 10 metres
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Lot Coverage (maximum) 30 percent
Building Height (maximum) 11 metres
Landscaped Open Area (minimum) 15 percent
Uses Permitted Zone Requirements (“(H)” Zone)
Until such time as the “(H)” Holding Provision is lifted, the lands shall
not be used for any purpose other than vehicle sales and rental
establishment.
Removal of the “(H)” Holding Symbol
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “CA3-4” Zone
for lands being Part 1 40R-3466, Parts 2-5 40R-5805 until such time as
a traffic analysis has been submitted and an updated Site Plan
Agreement has been executed and registered for the lands to the
satisfaction of the City of Pickering in consultation with the Region of
Durham.
The “(H)” Holding Symbol shall not be removed from the “CA3-4” Zone
for lands being Part 1 40R-11779 until such time as a Site Plan
Agreement for the lands has been executed and registered to the
satisfaction of the City of Pickering and the Region of Durham and the
flood plain issues associated with the lands have been addressed to
the satisfaction of the City in consultation with the Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority.
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Definitions
“Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot.
“Dwelling” 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.
“Single Dwelling” shall mean a building containing not more than one
dwelling and uses accessory thereto.
“Single Detached Dwelling” shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings.
“Floor Area” shall mean the total area of all storeys contained ·within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a building containing a
dwelling or dwellings, any private garage, porch, verandah, sunroom,
balcony, basement recreation room, unfinished attic or unfinished
basement.
“Lot” shall mean an area of land fronting on a street, which is used or
intended to be used as the site of a single dwelling, together with any
accessory buildings or structures, regardless of whether or not such lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision.
“Lot Frontage” shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot
lines, such distance being measured along a line which is parallel to and
7.5 metres distance from the front lot line.
“Private Garage” shall mean 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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“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.
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S1, "S2" and “S3" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1", "S2", and 'S3'', use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except as
follows:
single detached dwelling residential uses
Zone Requirements (“S1", "S2" and "S3" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1'', ''S2'' and "S3", use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the following:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated S1: 500 square metres
on the lands designated S2: 450 square metres
on the lands designated S3: 400 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated "S1": 15 metres, except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 16.5
metres
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on the lands designated "S2": 13.5 metres, except that
in the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 15
metres
on the lands designated ''S3'': 12 metres, except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 13.5 met
res
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres, except that in
the case of a corner lot flanking Whites Road the minimum flankage
side yard width shall be 7.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line.
Uses Permitted ("S4" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except as follows:
single detached dwelling residential uses
Zone Requirements (“S4'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated ''S4'' erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10 metres, except that in the
case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 12.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (minima):
interior side yard: 1.8 metres, except that no interior side yard
shall be required on one side, so long as every wall on such side
and not on the side lot line, shall be set back a minimum of 0.9
metres from the side lot line measured perpendicularly therefrom.
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flankage side yard: 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached to the
main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line
SPECIAL SIDE YARD PROVISIONS:
each lot to which this section applies that abuts, on its side lot line,
a lot to which this section does not apply shall provide a side yard
having a minimum side yard width of 1.8 metres, adjacent to the
latter lot.
no doors or windows from habitable rooms shall be permitted on a
wall of any building when that wall of the building is closer than 1.2
metres to the side lot line closest to it.
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots to which
this section applies shall be not less than 1.8 metres.
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Definitions
''Coverage'' shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot.
''Dwelling'' 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.
"Single Dwelling" shall mean a building containing not more than one
dwelling and uses accessory thereto.
"Single Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings.
"Semi-Detached Dwelling - Attached Above Grade" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings which are attached horizontally and divided
vertically by an above grade common wall which wall shall not be less than
3 metres in length and not less than 1 storey in height.
"Semi-Detached Dwelling - Attached Above or Below Grade" shall mean
one of a pair of single dwellings which are attached horizontally in whole or
in part above grade or below grade, or both.
"Single Attached Dwelling - Attached Above Grade" shall mean one of a
group of not less than three and not more than six single dwellings which
are attached horizontally and divided vertically by an above grade common
wall between adjacent single dwellings which wall shall be not less than 3
metres in length and not less than 1 storey in height.
"Floor Area" shall mean the total area of all storeys contained within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in case of a building containing a
dwelling or dwellings, any private garage, porch, verandah, sunroom,
balcony, basement recreation room, unfinished attic or unfinished
basement.
"Lot" shall mean an area of land fronting on a street, which is used or
intended to be used as the site of a single dwelling, together with any
accessory buildings or structures, regardless of whether or not such lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision.
''Private Garage'' shall mean 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.
"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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon.
"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.
"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.
''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.
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
''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.
"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.
''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.
"Interior Side Yard'' shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted (''S1'' and "S2'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated ''S1" and ''S2", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following use:
Single detached residential uses
Zone Requirements (''S1'' and ''S2" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" and "S2", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
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on the lands designated "S1": 500 square metres
on the lands designated ''S2": 450 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated "S1": 15 metres, except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 16.5
metres
on the lands designated ''S2'': 13.5 metres, except that
in the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 15
metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH· (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line.
Uses Permitted (''SD-A'' and "SD-AB" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated ''SD-A" and "SD-AB", use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following uses:
on the lands designated "SD-A": semi-detached dwelling
attached above grade residential uses
on the lands designated "SD-AB": semi-detached dwelling
attached above or below grade residential uses
Zone Requirements (''SD-A'' and ''SD-AB'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A'' and "SD-AB", use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 275 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9 metres except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 10.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres, except that
no interior side yard shall be provided in an ''SD-A" Zone, or is required
in an ''SD-AB'' Zone, on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together, so long as every wall on such side which is not part
of a common wall extending along the side lot line separating such lots,
or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the side lot
line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line.
Uses Permitted ("TH" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "TH" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following uses:
single detached dwelling residential uses
semi-detached dwelling attached above grade residential uses
single attached dwelling attached above grade residential uses
Zone Requirements ("TH" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "TH'', use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.7 metres except that in the
case of a corner lot, the minimum shall be 8.2 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres except that no
interior side yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on
adjacent lots are attached together, so long as every wall on such side
which is not part of a common wall extending along the side lot line
separating such lots, or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be set
back from the side lot line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH: (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line
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Definitions
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
on the lot.
"Dwelling" 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.
"Single Dwelling'' shall mean a building containing not more than one
dwelling and uses accessory thereto.
“Single Detached Dwelling” shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings.
"Semi-Detached Dwelling'' shall mean one of a pair of single dwellings
which are attached horizontally in whole or in part above grade, or below
grade, or both.
"Floor Area'' shall mean the total area of all storeys contained within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a building containing a
dwelling or dwellings, any private garage, porch, verandah, sunroom,
balcony, basement recreation room, unfinished attic or unfinished
basement.
''Lot'' shall mean an area of land fronting on a street, which is used or
intended to be used as the site of a single dwelling, together with any
accessory buildings or structures, regardless of whether or not such lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision.
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot
lines, such distance being measured along a line which is parallel to and
7.5 metres distant from the front lot line.
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park including
recreation uses and buildings, and uses accessory thereto.
''Private Garage'' shall mean 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.
“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.
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"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.
"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.
''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.
"Rear Yard Depth'' shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Interior Side Yard'' shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions
Uses Permitted ("S1" and "S2'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated ''S1'' and ''S2'', use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following use:
single detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S1" and “S2" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated ''S1'' and ''S2" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated ''S1'': 500 square metres
on the lands designated "S2'': 450 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated ''S1": 15 metres, except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 16.5
metres
on the lands designated ''S2'': 13.5 metres, except that
in the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 15
metres
FRONT YARO DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres, except that in
the case of a lot with a rear lot line abutting in whole or in part an “G”
Zone the minimum front yard depth shall be 4 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line.
Uses Permitted (''SD'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following use:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''SD" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD'' erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following:
LOT AREA (minimum): 275 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9 metres except that in
the case of a corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 10.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres, except that
no interior side yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on
adjacent lots are attached together so long as every wall on such side
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which is not part of a common wall extending along the side lot line
separating such lots, or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be set
back from the side lot line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached
to the main building and located not less than 6 metres from the front
lot line.
Use Permitted ("NP'' Zone):
No person shall within the lands designated "NP'', use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except:
neighbourhood park
Uses Permitted ("G" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “G”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except:
greenbelt-conservation uses in accordance with section 17 of By law
3036, as amended.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S3-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3-8" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("S3-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3-8" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 13.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH: no minimum one side, so long as the
other interior side yard width provides at least 3.0 metres to the nearest
wall of the main dwelling;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 27.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
for all buildings and structures on a lot: 38%
the lot coverage of all accessory buildings shall not exceed five
percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
minimum one private garage per lot, which shall be located within the
rear yard, or attached to the main rear wall of the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between dwelling units on adjacent lots
shall not be less than 3.0 metres.
all accessory buildings which are not part of the main dwelling shall
be erected not less than 1.0 metre from any lot line, save and
except that a private detached garage may be located not less than
0.6 metres from any side lot line.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-3" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise.
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S2-10” and “S3-9” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-10” and "S3-9" use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements (“S2-10” and "S3-9” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-10” and "S3-9” use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in
accordance with the following provisions:
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LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated “S2-10” 400 square metres
on the lands designated “S3-9” 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated “S2-10” 13.5 metres
on the lands designated “S3-9” 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres each side, or
1.8 metres on one side and no minimum on the other side
BUILDING SEPARATION (minimum): 1.8 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
for lots flanking on Altona Road: 4.5 metres
for all other lots: 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot.
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling with
an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the attached
private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of lot
coverage.
despite clause A above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed verandah or porch having no habitable space above it
is attached to the front or flankage side of a dwelling unit, such
porch shall be excluded from the calculation of lot coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street.
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minimum driveway width of 5.0 metres.
MODEL HOMES:
despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, a maximum of
10 Model Homes, together with not fewer than two parking spaces
per Model Home, may be constructed on the lands subject to this
exception prior to division of those lands by registration of a plan of
subdivision.
for the purposes of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a
dwelling unit used exclusively for sales display and for marketing
purposes pursuant to an agreement with the Town of Pickering,
and not used for residential purposes.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
despite Sections 2(b)(iii) and 2(b)(vi) of this By-law, pertaining to
front yard depth and flankage side yard width, where a single
storey covered and unenclosed verandah or porch having no
habitable space above it is attached to the front or flankage side of
a dwelling unit, such porch may extend a maximum of 1.5 metres
into the required minimum front yard depth or flankage side yard
width.
despite the provisions of Section 2(b)(vi) of this By-law, on the
lands cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto, the minimum
flankage side yard width shall be 0.3 of a metre.
on the lands cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto, Section
2(b)(xi) of this By-law pertaining to parking and private garage
requirements, and Sections 5.18(a) and 5.18(b), of By-law 3036, as
amended, pertaining to accessory building locations shall not
apply.
despite clauses B and C above, where a detached dwelling or any
part or extension thereof is constructed after September 30, 1998,
on the lands cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto, the
minimum flankage side yard width shall be 2.7 metres, and Section
2(b)(xi) of this By-law, and Sections 5.18(a) and 5.18(b) of By-law
3036, as amended, shall apply.
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Definitions
"Building" shall mean a building in which is conducted the principal uses of
the lot on which it is situated. In any residential zone, a building containing
one or more dwelling units shall be deemed to be the main building;
"Building Height" shall mean the vertical distance between the established
grade 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 level between eaves and
ridge. A penthouse tower, cupola, steeple or other roof structure which is
used only as an ornament upon which or to house the mechanical
equipment of any building, shall be disregarded in calculating the height of
such building;
"Build-to-Zone" shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which one or
more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting of
a business, a public or private agency, a brokerage or a labour or fraternal
organization, and which may include a telegraph office, a data processing
establishment, a newspaper publishing office, the premises of a real estate
or insurance agent, or a radio or television broadcasting station and related
studios or theatres;
“Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of children;
"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;
"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;
"Multiple Dwelling" shall mean a building containing three or more dwelling
units attached horizontally, or vertically, or both, by an above grade wall or
walls;
"Functional Floor Level" shall mean an enclosed building storey containing
an area of at least 50% of the building's ground floor area, and a ceiling
height suitable for the intended use;
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"Gross Leasable Floor Area" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. Chapter
M.45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Restaurant - Type E" shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared or offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption in the building or elsewhere on the premises;
"Retail Store" shall mean a building where goods, wares, merchandise,
substances, articles or things are stored, offered or kept for retail sale to
the public;
"Structure" shall mean anything installed, constructed or erected, the use of
which requires location on the ground, or attachment to something having
location on the ground and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
includes a vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, but does not
include an in-ground swimming pool;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("MD-H4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-H4", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
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Zone Requirements ("MD-H4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-H4", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Building Location and Setbacks
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the minimum
setbacks illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
2) The horizontal distance between multiple dwelling buildings
shall be a minimum of 3.0 metres;
3) Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to
lands designated "MD-H4".
Building Height
1) Maximum: 13.5 metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
Notwithstanding clauses 6.5 b) and 6.5 c) of By-law 3036, as
amended, for development that provides resident parking in a
private garage, there shall be provided and maintained on the
lands one private garage attached to the dwelling, one parking
space located between the vehicular entrance of the private garage
and the nearest traffic aisle, and a minimum of 0.3 visitor parking
spaces for each dwelling unit;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f), inclusive and clause 5.21.2i) of By-
law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to lands designated "MD-
H4";
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
Uses Permitted ("MU-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MU-11", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Restaurant Type E
Professional Office
Business Office
Retail Store
Day Nursery
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Zone Requirements ("MU-11" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MU-11", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) A minimum of 60% of the length of the Build-To-Zone
illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto shall have located on it,
a building or part of a building or buildings.
2) Notwithstanding clause (1) above, a deck, patio, or any
building addition having a gross floor area less than 10 square
metres, shall not be considered to be a building or part of a
building for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of that
clause only;
Building Height (minimum): two functional floor levels and 7.0
metres.
Building Height (maximum): six functional floor levels and 21
metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
"MU-11" parking at a ratio of 5.5 spaces per 93 square metres
gross leasable area for Retail Store uses, and Business Office and
Professional Office uses;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“MU-11” parking at a ratio of 5.5 parking spaces per 93 square
metres of activity room area for Day Nursery uses;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
"MU-11" parking at a ratio of 8.0 spaces per 93 square metres per
gross leasable floor area for Restaurant - Type E uses;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2f), inclusive, of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated "MU-11";
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
All uses, other than parking and outdoor play areas, shall take
place entirely within enclosed buildings or structures with no
outside storage or display;
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Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2(c) and subsections
2(d)(i), 2(d)(ii) and 2(d)(iii)(A) above, the building existing on the
lands designated "MU-11", on the date of passing of this by-law, as
shown on the survey plan prepared by Brown & Coggan Ltd,
Ontario Land Surveyors, dated July 13, 1988, shall be deemed to
comply with the provisions of By-law 3036, as amended, and the
uses therein shall be limited to a Retail Store, Professional Office,
Business Office or Restaurant – Type E or Day Nursery.
1) The provisions of Sections 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(d) and Section
2.2.1) of By-law 3036 shall not apply to the existing building
and site.
2) The minimum width for a two-way traffic aisle shall be 5.5
metres.
3) Parking shall be provided and maintained at a ratio of 5.5
parking spaces per 93 square metres of gross leasable floor
area for a Professional Office, a Business Office and a Retail
Store and at a ratio of 8.0 parking spaces per 93 square
metres of gross leasable floor area for a Restaurant - Type E,
and a minimum of 15 parking spaces shall be provided and
maintained for any Day Nursery Use.
4) Any external alterations or additions to the existing building as
shown on the survey plan prepared by Brown & Coggan Ltd,
Ontario Land Surveyors, dated July 13, 1988 or new
development on the lands shall comply with the provisions of
the "MU-11” zone, Subsections 2(c), 2.d(i), 2.d(ii), and
2.d(iii)(A) set out herein.
Uses Permitted (“(H)” Holding Symbol)
Despite the provisions of Section 2(c) and Subsections 2(d)(i), (ii) and (iii)
of this By-law, while the “(H)” – Holding Symbol is in place preceding the
“MU-11” Zone designation, no person shall use any lands for any purpose
other than those uses permitted and those requirements outlined in Section
2(d)(iii)(B) of this By-law.
Removal of the “(H)” Holding Symbol
Prior to an amendment to remove the “(H)” Holding Symbol preceding the
“MU-11” Zone designation, on all or part of the area so zoned, the owner
shall satisfy the Region of Durham and the City of Pickering respecting
road improvements within Altona Road required to provide appropriate
access to any new development on the subject lands, including the
provision of a northbound left turning lane within Altona Road to the subject
lands.
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Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No person shall within the land designated OS-HL-1 use any land for any
purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife; and,
resource management.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used
only for purposes of flood and erosion control, or resource management.
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Exception Zone 169 (By-law 5412-98, as amended by By-
law 5617-00)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise.
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S3-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3-7” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements (“S3-7” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3-7” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
4.5 metres, except that, a single storey covered and unenclosed porch
or veranda with no habitable space above, may project a maximum of
1.5 metres into a required front yard.
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the other side, except that,
where a detached garage is located in the rear yard, the minimum
interior side yard widths shall be 3.0 metres on one side and 0.0
metres on the other side.
Despite the provisions of Section 2(b)(iv) above, on the lands cross
hatched on Figure 1 the minimum north side yard width shall be 0.6
metres and, the minimum south side yard width shall be 2 metres.
BUILDING SEPARATION (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot.
despite clause A above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or veranda having no habitable space above it is
attached to the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit, such porch or veranda shall be excluded from the calculation
of lot coverage.
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling with
an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the attached
private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of lot
coverage.
the total lot coverage of all accessory buildings, excluding
detached private garages shall not exceed five percent.
despite clauses A and C above, where a detached private garage
not exceeding 38 square metres in area is constructed in the rear
yard of a lot with an area of 350 square metres or greater, such
detached private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
for a dwelling with or without an attached private garage: 9.0
metres
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for all accessory buildings which are not part of the main building:
3.5 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot.
a detached private garage shall be located in the rear yard or the
side yard, but no part of a private detached garage shall be located
in the front yard.
minimum driveway width of 5.0 metres.
despite the minimum driveway width requirement of clause
C above, where a private detached garage is located entirely in the
rear yard, clause C above shall not apply.
despite the front yard depth, interior side yard width and flankage
side yard width requirements of this by-law, the vehicular entrance
to a private garage shall be located not less than 6 metres from the
front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street.
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
veranda extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any
attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
despite the minimum rear yard depth and minimum interior side
yard width requirements of this by-law, if a detached garage is
located entirely within a rear yard, it may be located a minimum of
1.0 metres from any interior side lot line or rear lot line provided
that the provisions of clause E above and the minimum flankage
side yard width requirements of this by-law are adhered to.
the maximum building height of any detached private garage shall
be 3.5 metres.
ACCESSORY BUILDING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS:
all accessory buildings which are not part of the main dwelling, with
the exception of a detached private garage, shall be located
entirely within the rear yard, and not less than 1.0 metre from any
lot line other than a flankage lot line.
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accessory structures shall adhere to the minimum flankage side
yard width requirements of this by-law.
despite clauses A and B above, an accessory building not
exceeding 1.8 metres in height and/or not exceeding 10.0 square
metres in area may be located in the rear yard not less than 0.6
metres from any lot line.
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Exception Zone 170 (By-law 5415-98)
Definitions
"Dwelling Unit" shall mean one or more habitable rooms occupied or
capable of being occupied as a single, independent, and separate housing
keeping unit containing a separate kitchen and sanitary facilities;
"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, 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;
"Nursing Home" shall mean a building or part of a building where people
are lodged, fed, cared and provided for, and may be aided in any or all
daily activities, and may include the provision of nursing services, medical
care or treatment, and ancillary administrative offices, which is operated by
a private, public, religious, cultural or charitable organization, and which is
duly licensed pursuant to the laws of the Province of Ontario;
"Retirement Home" shall mean a residence providing accommodation
primarily for retired persons or couples where each private bedroom or
living unit has a separate entrance from a common hall, where common
facilities for the preparation and consumption of food are provided and
common lounges, recreation rooms, medical care facilities and ancillary
administrative offices may also be provided;
"Storey" shall mean that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar,
attic, or below-grade parking structure, included between the surface of any
floor and the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge next above it;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R(RH-NH)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R(RH-NH)", use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
nursing home
retirement home
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Zone Requirements ("R(RH-NH)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R(RH-NH)", use any lot or
erect, alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
YARD SETBACKS (minimum):
As illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
As illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“R(RH-NH)” a minimum of 164 parking spaces, which may be
provided above and/or below grade;
Sections 5.21.2 (b) and 5.21.2 (e) of By-law 3036, as amended,
shall not apply to the lands designated “R(RH-NH)”;
Notwithstanding Section 5.21.2 (g) of By-law 3036, as amended, all
parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or
any combination thereof;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No more than 430 total living units provided within a nursing home
and/or retirement home use are permitted on the lands designated
“R(RH-NH)”;
For the purposes of this By-law, “Living Unit” shall mean one or
more habitable rooms occupied or capable of being occupied as a
single, independent, and separate housekeeping unit, and which
may include a separate kitchenette and/or sanitary facilities, but is
not a dwelling unit as defined herein.
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Definitions
"Build-to-Zone" shall mean an area of land within which all or part of a
building or buildings are to be located;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theaters, but
shall not include a retail store;
"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;
"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;
“Functional Floor Level” shall mean an enclosed building storey containing
an area of at least 50% of the building’s ground floor area, and a ceiling
height suitable for the intended use;
"Gross Floor Area" 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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods, equipment or wares related to the
normal operation of a business office or professional office;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
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given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, and engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224 (9)(b) of The Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("MU-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MU-7" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
business office
professional office
office-associated commercial establishment
dwelling unit
Zone Requirements ("MU-7" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands designated "MU-7", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS:
Building Location and Setbacks:
1) Buildings and structures shall comply with the minimum
setbacks illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
2) The build-to-zone illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto shall
have located within it all or part of a building or buildings
occupying the minimum percentage of the length of the build-
to-zone indicated on Figure 1;
3) Notwithstanding clause 2) above, a deck, patio, or any building
addition having a gross floor area less than 10 square metres,
shall not be considered to be a building or part of a building for
the purpose of satisfying the requirements of that clause, only;
4) A minimum of 165 square metres of gross floor area shall be
located within the area hatched or cross-hatched on Figure 1
attached to this By-law;
Building Height (minimum): two storeys or 6.5 metres
Building Height (maximum): two storeys or 6.5 metres, except that
in the area between the front lot line and a distance measured 40
metres from the front lot line on the lot, the maximum building
height is 16 metres and four functional floor levels
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
"MU-7" a minimum of 5.4 parking spaces for each 100 square
metres of gross leasable floor area or part thereof devoted to office
or an office-associated use, plus 2 parking spaces per dwelling
unit;
Clauses 5.21.2a) to 5.21.2e), inclusive, of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated "MU-7";
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all parking areas and all entrances and exits thereto
shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
Notwithstanding clause 2.2.1 of By-law 3036, the minimum two-
way parking traffic aisle width shall be 6.0 metres.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
A maximum of two dwelling units are permitted on the lands
designated "MU-7";
An office-associated commercial establishment shall be permitted
only within a building or structure that contains a business office,
professional office, or both business and professional offices, and
the aggregate of the gross leasable floor areas of all such office-
associated commercial establishments shall not exceed 20 percent
of the gross leasable floor area of all business and professional
offices within the building or structure;
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (i) above, the building
existing on the lands designated "MU-7" on the date of passing of
this By-law, as illustrated on the site plan granted final site plan
approval by the Director of Planning on April 1, 1999, shall be
deemed to comply with the provisions of By-law 3036, as
amended. Any alterations, additions, or new development on the
lands shall comply with all the provisions set out in this By-law.
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Exception Zone 172 (By-law 5493-99, as amended by By-
law 5708-00)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("S3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except:
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
notwithstanding clause 5.18(a) of By-law 3036, as amended,
accessory structures shall be set back a minimum 3.0 metres from
the rear lot line of any lot abutting lands designated "OS-HL";
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot so long as no part thereof shall
exceed 2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("S4-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("S4-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
1.2 metres one side;
0.6 metres the other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
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no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 6.0 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
notwithstanding clause 5.18(a) of By-law 3036, as amended,
accessory structures shall be set back a minimum 3.0 metres from
the rear lot line of any lot abutting lands designated "OS-HL";
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot so long as no part thereof shall
exceed 2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("SD-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("SD-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 3.0 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
1.2 metres; and
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on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):7.0 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached" in clause 1(e),
semi-detached dwellings erected in the "SD-4" Zone shall be
attached above grade by a common wall which extends from the
base of the foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance
of not less than 6.0 metres of the horizontal depth of the building;
despite clause 2(f)(iii) and 2(f)(v) above, a covered porch may
extend up to 2.0 metres into the minimum required front yard depth
and 1.7 metres into the minimum required flankage side yard width;
notwithstanding clause 5.18(a) of By-law 3036, as amended,
accessory structures shall be set back a minimum 3.0 metres from
the rear lot line of any lot abutting lands designated "OS-HL";
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
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required rear yard of each lot so long as no part thereof shall
exceed 2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("S-SD-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-2" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("S-SD-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-2" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
detached dwelling residential use;
1) 0.3 metres one side; and
2) 1.2 metres the other side;
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
1) 1.2 metres; and
2) on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no
side yard is required, provided any wall other than the common
wall that is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are
attached, or a direct extension thereof, shall be set back from
the lot line separating such lots as follows;
I. 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if
no side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
II. 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if
a side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANK SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except:
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall not be
less than 1.2 metres;
despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached" in clause 1(e),
semi-detached dwellings erected in the "S-SD-2" Zone shall be
attached above grade by a common wall which extends from the
base of the foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance
of not less than 6.0 metres;
no more than 16 detached dwellings shall be erected on the lands
"cross-hatched" on Figure 1 attached hereto;
notwithstanding clause 5.18(a) of By-law 3036, as amended,
accessory structures shall be set back a minimum 3.0 metres from
the rear lot line of any lot abutting lands designated "OS-HL";
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot so long as no part thereof shall
exceed 2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
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Uses Permitted ("SWM/S3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SWM/S3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
stormwater management, and the preservation and conservation of the
natural environment, soil and wildlife uses;
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("SWM/S3" Zone)
with respect to the uses permitted by clause 2(i)(i), no buildings or
structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are
used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes;
with respect to the uses permitted by clause 2(i)(ii), no person shall
within the lands designated "SWM/S3", use any lot or erect, alter or use
any building except in accordance with the provisions of clause 2(b);
Uses Permitted ("NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "NP" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
neighbourhood park, and uses accessory thereto.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Uses Permitted ("SWM-OS" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SWM-OS" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
stormwater management, and the preservation and conservation of the
natural environment, soil and wildlife uses;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("SWM-OS" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS ("R3-8", "S1-12" and "S2-13" Zones)
Uses Permitted ("R3-8", "S1-12" and "S2-13" Zones)
No person shall, within the lands designated "R3-8", "S1-12" and "S2-13",
use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose
except the following:
detached dwelling use.
Zone Requirements ("R3-8", "S1-12" and "S2-13" Zones)
No person shall, within the lands designated "R3-8", "S1-12" and "S2-13",
use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated "R3-8": 550 square metres;
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on the lands designated "S1-12": 450 square metres;
on the lands designated "S2-13": 390 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated "R3-8": 18 metres;
on the lands designated "S1-12": 15 metres;
on the lands designated "S2-13": 13 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on the lands designated "R3-8":
1) 1.2 metres provided to the nearest wall of a private garage
attached to the main dwelling; and
2) 1.8 metres provided to any other wall of the main dwelling;
on the lands designated "S1-12":
1) minimum 1.2 metres each side; or
2) minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
on the lands designated "S2-13"
1) minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side; or
2) no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
I. at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to
the nearest wall of a private garage; and
II. at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to
any other wall of the main dwelling;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENT: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENT: minimum one private garage per lot, any
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres
from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the side yard width provisions of Section 2(b)(iv) above, the
minimum side yard width adjacent to a walkway shall be 1.2
metres;
despite the rear yard provisions of Section 2(b)(vi) above, for lots
illustrated with "hatching" on Figure 1attached hereto, any dwelling
shall be set back a minimum 10.0 metres, and any accessory
structure shall be set back a minimum 3.5 metres, from the rear
property line;
no part of any private garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres
beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit,
except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
PROVISIONS ("S1" and "S2" Zones)
Uses Permitted ("S1" and "S2" Zones)
No person shall, within the lands designated "S1" and "S2", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling use.
Zone Requirements ("S1" and “S2" Zones)
No person shall, within the lands designated "S1" and "S2", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in the accordance with
the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated "S1" 450 square metres;
on the lands designated "S2" 400 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on the lands designated "S1" 15 metres;
on the lands designated "S2" 13.5 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
SIDE YARD DEPTH (minimum):
on the lands designated "S1"
1) minimum 1.2 metres each side; or
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2) minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
on the lands designated "S2"
1) minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side; or
2) no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
I. at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage; and
II. at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to
any other wall of the main dwelling;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENT: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENT: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not
be less than 1.2 metres;
notwithstanding Section 3(b)(vi), the lots identified in tone on
Figure 1 to this by-law shall have a minimum rear yard depth of 10
metres, and any accessory structure shall be set back a minimum
of 3.5 metres, from the rear property line.
PROVISIONS ("PU" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("PU" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands designated "PU", shall use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purposes except the
following:
sewage pumping station.
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law 5780-00)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure
with a minimum accessible interior dimension of 2.6 metres wide by 5.3
metres long devoted to the storage of one or more vehicles, in which
structure no business or service is conducted for profit or otherwise.
"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;
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"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R4-9" and “S3-7” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-9" and “S3-7” use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("R4-9" and “S3-7” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-9" and “S3-7” use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in
accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands designated “R4-9”: 460 square metres
on lands designated “S3-7”: 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands designated “R4-9”: 15.0 metres
on lands designated “S3-7”: 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
for lots fronting on Fairport Road: 7.5 metres
for lots flanking Fairport Road: see Figure 1
for all other flanking lots 4.5 metres
for all other lots: 4.5 metres
despite clause B and C above, a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or veranda with no habitable space above, may
project a maximum of 2.4 metres into a required yard.
despite clauses A and D above, a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or veranda with no habitable space above, may
project a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required front yard.
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on lands designated “R4-9”: 1.2 metres
on lands designated “S3-7”:
1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres on the other side
despite clauses A and B above, where a detached garage is
located in the rear yard, the minimum interior side yard widths shall
be 3.0 metres on one side and 0.0 metres on the other side.
BUILDING SEPARATION (minimum):
on lands designated “R4-9”: 2.4 metres
on lands designated “S3-7”: 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
for lots flanking on Fairport Road: see Figure 1
for all other lots: 2.7 metres
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despite clauses A above, a single storey covered and unenclosed
porch or veranda with no habitable space above, may project a
maximum of 2.4 metres into the required yard.
despite clauses B above, a single storey covered and unenclosed
porch or veranda with no habitable space above, may project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required front yard.
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot.
despite clause A above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or veranda having no habitable space above it is
attached to the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling
unit, such porch or veranda shall be excluded from the calculation
of lot coverage.
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling with
an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the attached
private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of lot
coverage.
the total lot coverage of all accessory buildings, excluding
detached private garages shall not exceed five percent.
despite clauses A and C above, where a detached private garage
not exceeding 38 square metres in area is constructed in the rear
yard of a lot with an area of 350 square metres or greater, such
detached private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of
lot coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
for a dwelling with or without an attached private garage: 9.0
metres
for all accessory buildings which are not part of the main building:
3.5 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot.
a detached private garage shall be located in the rear yard or the
side yard, but no part of a private detached garage shall be located
in the front yard.
minimum driveway width of 5.0 metres.
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despite the minimum driveway width requirement of clause C
above, where a private detached garage is located entirely in the
rear yard, clause C above shall not apply.
despite the front yard depth, interior side yard width and flankage
side yard width requirements of this by-law, the vehicular entrance
to a private garage shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from
the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line
immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the
opposite side of which is a street, except that for lots fronting on
Fairport Road, the vehicular entrance to garages shall be located
not less than 7.5 metres from the front lot line.
on lands designated “R4-9” and “S3-7”, no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres beyond the
exterior wall of a habitable room adjacent to the garage, or 2.0
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
veranda extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any
attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
despite the minimum rear yard depth and minimum interior side
yard width requirements of this by-law, if a detached garage is
located entirely within a rear yard, it may be located a minimum of
1.0 metres from any interior side lot line or rear lot line provided
that the provisions of clause E above and the minimum flankage
side yard width requirements of this by-law are adhered to.
the maximum building height of any detached private garage shall
be 3.5 metres.
ACCESSORY BUILDING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS:
all accessory buildings which are not part of the main dwelling, with
the exception of a detached private garage, shall be located
entirely within in the rear yard, and not less than 1.0 metre from
any lot line other than a flankage lot line.
accessory structures shall adhere to the minimum flankage side
yard width requirements of this by-law.
despite clauses A and B above, an accessory building not
exceeding 1.8 metres in height and/or not exceeding 10.0 square
metres in area may be located in the rear yard not less than 0.6
metres from any lot line.
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Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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
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unoccupied above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures,
or other uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
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 a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street, and the nearest
wall of the nearest main building or structure on the lot; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S5-1")
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S5-1", use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements (“S5-1”)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S5-1", use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres one side; and
0.6 metres the other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
7.5 metres; or
12.5 metres, where the “OS-HL-1” Zone abuts the rear lot line
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot;
the vehicular entrance to a private garage shall be located not less
than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres
from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a
reserve, the opposite side of which is a street;
notwithstanding clause B above, where the vehicular entrance of a
private garage is perpendicular to the front lot line, the nearest wall
of that private garage shall be located a minimum of 4.5 metres
from the front lot line, and vehicular entrance shall be located not
less than 6.0 metres from a side lot line adjoining and accessing a
street;
no part of any attached garage, whether or not such garage has a
second storey, shall extend more than 2.5 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
despite the garage extension requirement of clause D above,
where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda extends a
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minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main entrance
to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private garage shall
extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not
be less than 1.2 metres;
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot provided no part thereof shall exceed
2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("S6" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S6" on, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S6" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S6", use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
0.3 metres one side; and
1.2 metres the other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, with a maximum outer width of
3.5 metres;
the vehicular entrance to a private garage shall be located not less
than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres
from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached garage, whether or not such garage has a
second storey, shall extend more than 2.5 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
despite the garage extension requirement of clause C above,
where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main entrance
to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private garage shall
extend more than 4.5 metres beyond the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not
be less than 1.2 metres;
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot provided no part thereof shall exceed
2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "OS-HL-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control or resource
management.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("SD-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("SD-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 3.0 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 5.0 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached" in clause 1(e),
semi-detached dwellings erected in the "SD-4" Zone shall be
attached above grade by a common wall which extends from the
base of the foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance
of not less than 6.0 metres of the horizontal depth of the building;
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despite clause 2(b)(iii) and 2(b)(v) above, a covered porch may
extend up to 2.0 metres into the minimum required front yard depth
and 1.7 metres into the minimum required flankage side yard width;
notwithstanding clause 5.18(a) of By-law 3036, as amended,
accessory structures shall be set back a minimum 3.0 metres from
the rear lot line of any lot abutting lands designated "OS-HL";
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot so long as no part thereof shall
exceed 2.5 metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
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law 6371-04)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street;
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 a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street, and the nearest
wall of the nearest main building or structure on the lot; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S3-10” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3-10” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements (“S3-10” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3-10” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
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LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres on one side
and 0.6 metres on the other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum):
the minimum rear yard depth for all lots shall be 7.5 metres;
despite paragraph A above, for the lot hatched on Figure 1
attached, the minimum rear yard depth shall be 6.0 metres.
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
Building HEIGHT (maximum):
the maximum building height shall be 12.0 metres;
despite paragraph A above, the maximum height of buildings on
the lands being, Part of Lot 27, Plan 1051, (40R-20758, Part 1),
shall be 9.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area -
residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot;
any vehicular entrance to a private garage shall be located not less
than 6 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres
from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a
reserve, the opposite side of which is a street;
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or
veranda extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any
attached private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond
the wall containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.8 metres;
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notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 2.5
metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width
despite paragraph B above, for the lot hatched on Figure 1
attached, uncovered steps and platforms may not project into the
required rear yard.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-4" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "OS-HL-4", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-4" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for the purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or to accommodate a pedestrian trail, walkway, or storm
sewer facilities;
Special Regulations
Despite subsections 2(c) and (d) above, pedestrian trail or walkway
activities, and the installation of storm sewer facilities shall be permitted
within the cross-hatched areas on Figure 1.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
or abutting a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street;
“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 a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street, and the nearest
wall of the nearest main building or structure on the lot; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“R4-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “R4-14” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements (“R4-14” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “R4-14” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
15.0 metres, except that for the area cross-hatched on Figure 1, the
minimum lot frontage shall be 16.3 metres
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LOT AREA (minimum):
460 square metres, except that for the area cross-hatched on Figure 1,
the minimum lot area shall be 602.3 square metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
4.5 metres, except that for the areas hatched and cross-hatched on
Figure 1, the minimum front yard depth shall be 7.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres, except that for the area cross-hatched on Figure 1, the
minimum interior westerly side yard width shall be 2.5 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
7.5 metres from the rear lot line, except that where the OS/HL Zone
intersects the rear yard of any lot, the minimum rear yard depth shall
be 5 metres from the OS/HL zone
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot
despite clause A above, where a one-storey detached dwelling with
an attached private garage is constructed on a lot, the attached
private garage shall be excluded from the calculation of lot
coverage
despite clause A above, where a single storey covered and
unenclosed verandah or porch having no habitable space above it
is attached to the front or flankage side of a dwelling unit, such
porch shall be excluded from the calculation of lot coverage
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum) 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area -
residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot;
except for areas hatched or cross-hatched on Figure 1, any
vehicular entrance to a private garage shall be located not less
than 6 metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres
from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a
reserve, the opposite side of which is a street;
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 2.5
metres in depth or 6.0 metres in width
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "OS-HL", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control or resource
management.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S1-13" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-13", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling unit
Zone Requirements ("S1-13" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-13", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 460 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
15 metres, or
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13.5 metres for any lands located within the area diagonally
hatched on Figure 1 attached to this By-law.
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38%
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building;
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than
6 metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street; and,
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or veranda
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATION:
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended, uncovered
steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height above grade may
project a maximum of 2.5 metres in depth into the required rear yard of
a lot provided no part thereof exceeds 6.0 metres in width.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6 metres;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-7", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-7", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.0 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
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private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite section 5.7 of By-law 3036, uncovered steps and platforms
not exceeding 2.0 metres in height shall be permitted to project a
maximum of 1.5 metres into a required rear yard; and
a bay window shall be permitted to project a maximum of
0.6 metres into any required flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
Uses Permitted ("A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "A" use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with the
following:
Section 7.1 of By-law 3036.
Zone Requirements ("A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "A" use any lot or erect, alter or
use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with the
following provisions:
Section 7.2 of By-law 3036.
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Definitions
"Adult Entertainment Parlour" shall mean a building or part of a building in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Convenience Store" shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessity are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of or persons employed in the immediate
neighbourhood;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Food Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which primarily
food produce is stored, offered and kept for retail sale to the public and in
which items or merchandise of day-to-day necessity may be stored, offered
and kept for retail sale to the public;
"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;
"Gross Leasable Floor Area" 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 rooms jointly used by tenants of the building, such as garbage
storage areas, mechanical and electrical rooms;
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"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224
(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time-to-time, or any successor thereto, or an Adult Entertainment Parlour
as defined herein;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224 (9)(b) of the Municipal
Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto, or an Adult Entertainment Parlour as defined herein;
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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junction point of the side lot lines, and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R3-MU" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-MU", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
business office;
professional office;
personal service shop;
retail store.
Zone Requirements ("R3-MU" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-MU", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
AREA REQUIREMENTS
Any permitted use shall be subject to the area requirements of
Section 9.2 of Zoning By-law 3036, as amended;
Despite (A) above, the minimum gross floor area for a detached
dwelling residential use shall be 90 square metres;
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, ''parking space" shall mean a
useable and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width
and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of
a vehicle, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle of
driveway;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
"R3-MU", a minimum of 8 parking spaces for any business office,
professional office, personal service shop, and retail store,
including a detached dwelling;
Despite (B) above, there shall be provided and maintained on the
lands designated "R3-MU'' a minimum of 1 parking space for a
detached dwelling only;
Clauses 5.21.2 a) and 5.21.2 b) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall
not apply to the lands designated "R3-MU'';
Notwithstanding clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrance and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area for all business
office, professional office, personal service shop, and retail stores
shall be 130 square metres;
All uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
For the purposes of this By-law, a retail store shall not include a
convenience store or a food store as defined herein;
The maximum building height shall not exceed one-storey and 6.0
metres in height.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R4-18" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-18", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("R4-18" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-18", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.2 of By-law 3036.
Despite Section 2(b) above and Section 10.2.3 of By-law 3036 on the
lands not cross hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto a minimum south
side yard width of 1.4 metres shall be provided.
Despite the provisions of Section 2(b) above and Section 10.2 of
By-law 3036 the following provisions shall apply to the lands
cross-hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto;
LOT AREA (minimum): 360 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.5 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
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BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9 metres;
Figure 1
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Definitions
“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;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached” shall mean a single dwelling which is freestanding,
separate and detached from other main buildings or structures;
“Multiple Dwelling – Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally by an above-grade wall or walls;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
“Height, Building” shall mean the vertical distance between the established
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.
"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, 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
Provisions (“S3-15”, “MD-H9”, “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” Zones)
Uses Permitted (“S3-15”, “MD-H9”, “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-15”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling
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No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-9”, “MD-10” and MD-H11”,
use any lot or erect, alter, or use any building or structure for any
purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling – horizontal
Zone Requirements (“S3-15” and “MD-H9” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “S3-15” and “MD-H9” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
provisions as set out in the following provisions:
“S3-15” Zone “MD-H9” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum)
(i) 13.0 metres for
lands Figure 1
attached to this by-
law
(ii) 14.0 metres for
lands as shown on
Figure 2 attached to
this by-law
6.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 480 square metres 150 square metres
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.0 metres 4.5 metres
(d)
Side Yard
Depth
(minimum)
1.2 metres on one side,
0.6 metres on the other
side and provided there
is a minimum 1.2 metres
separation between
dwellings on adjacent
lots
1.5 metres except where
dwellings on abutting lots
share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be
required adjacent to that
wall on either lot
(e)
Rear Yard
Depth
(minimum) 7.0 metres
(f)
Flankage
Yard Depth
(minimum)
n/a 2.7 metres
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“S3-15” Zone “MD-H9” Zone
(g)
Building
Height
(maximum) 11.0 metres
(h) Lot Coverage
(maximum)
(i) 45 percent for lands
as shown on Figure
1 attached to this by-
law
(ii) 33 percent for lands
as shown on Figure
2 attached to this by-
law
50 percent
(i)
Driveway
Width
(maximum) 6.0 metres
(i) 3.0 metres
(ii) 6.0 metres for units
in the hatched area
as shown on Figure 3
attached to this by-
law
Zone Requirements (“MD-H10” and “MD-H11” Zones)
No person shall within the lands zoned “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” use any
lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with
the provisions as set out in the following provisions:
“MD-H10” Zone “MD-H11” Zone
(a) Lot Frontage
(minimum) 6.0 metres
(b) Lot Area
(minimum) 120 square metres
(c)
Front Yard
Depth
(minimum) 4.5 metres 2.7 metres
(d)
Side Yard
Depth
(minimum)
1.2 metres except where dwellings on abutting lots
share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be
required adjacent to that wall on either lot
(e) Rear Yard
Depth
(i) 7.0 metres
3.0 metres
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“MD-H10” Zone “MD-H11” Zone
(minimum) (ii) 6.0 metres for units
in the hatched area
as shown on Figure
4
(f)
Flankage Yard
Depth
(minimum)
2.7 metres to Altona Road and 1.2 metres to a
common element condominium street
(g) Building Height
(maximum) 11.0 metres
(i)
Driveway
Width
(maximum) 3.0 metres 6.0 metres
(j)
Number of
Dwelling Units
(maximum) 40 units
(k)
Parking
Requirements
(minimum)
2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents,
and 0.25 of parking space per dwelling unit for
visitors
Special Provisions (“S3-15”, “MD-H9”, “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” Zones)
Minimum Garage Requirements for lands zoned “S3-15”:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building, the
vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 7.0 metres
from the front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
Minimum Garage Requirements for lands zoned “MD-H9” and “MD
H10”:
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 front lot line, and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot
line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street;
Minimum Garage Requirements for lands zoned “MD-H11”:
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 rear lot line;
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Maximum Garage Projection for lands zoned “S3-15”, “MD-H9” and
“MD-H10”:
maximum 2.0 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit, except where a covered and unenclosed porch
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
Obstruction of Yards for lands zoned “S3-15”, “MD-H9” and “MD-H10”
(Maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 2.0 metres into
the required minimum front yard;
any uncovered decks, platforms and steps not exceeding 1.5
metres in height above established grade, may encroach a
maximum of 3.0 metres into the required rear yard;
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard: 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard: 0.6 metres
3) rear yard: 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features: may project to a further 0.6
metres into the required front or rear yards;
Obstruction of Yards for lands zoned “MD-H11” (maximum):
any unenclosed porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above
established grade, may encroach a maximum of 1.5 metres into
the required minimum front yard;
bay, bow or box window may encroach a maximum into required
yards as follows:
1) front yard: 0.6 metres
2) flankage yard: 0.6 metres
3) rear yard: 0.6 metres
4) eaves above these features: may project to a further 0.6
metres into the required front or rear yards;
Despite any minimum front yard depth requirement; on a corner lot,
the setback to a daylight triangle shall be a minimum of 1.2 metres;
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Special Regulations (“S3-15”, “MD-H9”, “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” Zones)
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 Figure 4 to this By-law;
Despite Section (i) above, the lot line abutting Altona Road shall be
deemed to be the Front Lot Line for the lands Zoned “MD H11”;
A water meter building required by the Region of Durham for the
purpose of measuring the quantity of water delivered shall be
exempted from “MD-H10” and “MD-H11” zone use provisions and zone
requirements;
Section 5.22 of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to the lands
zoned “MD-H10” and “MD-H11”.
Dwelling Unit Requirements
Not more than a total of 77 dwelling units shall be permitted on the
lands zoned as “S3-15”, “MD-H9”, “MD-H10” and “MD-H11”.
Of the 77 dwelling units permitted, a maximum of 14 dwelling units are
transferred as follows:
5 units were transferred from lands zoned “S3-15” to lands zoned
“MD-H9”;
9 units were transferred from lands zoned “S3-15” to lands zoned
“MD-H10” and “MD-H11”.
Model Homes
Despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, as amended, a
maximum of 3 model homes, together with not fewer than two parking
spaces per Model Home, may be constructed on the lands zoned “S3-
15” prior to the division of those lands by registrations of a plan of
subdivision or land division;
Despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, as amended, a
maximum of 1 block, together with not fewer than two parking spaces
per Model Home, may be constructed on the lands zoned “MD-H9”
prior to the division of those lands by registrations of a plan of
subdivision;
Despite the provisions of Section 6.1 of By-law 3036, a maximum of 1
block, together with not fewer than two parking spaces per Model
Home, may be constructed on the lands zoned “MD-H10” and “MD
H11” prior to the division of those lands by registrations of a plan of
subdivision;
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For the purpose of this By-law, “Model Home” shall mean a dwelling
unit which is not used for residential purpose, but which is used
exclusively for sales, display, and marketing purposes pursuant to an
agreement with the City of Pickering.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 184 (By-law 4645-95, as amended by By-
law 6637-06)
Definitions
"Build-to-zone" shall mean an area of land in which all or part of a building
elevation of one or more buildings is located;
"Business Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres, but
shall not include a retail store;
"Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a
facility for the daytime care of children;
"Dry Cleaning Depot" shall mean a building or part of a building used for
the purpose of receiving articles, goods, or fabrics to be subjected to dry
cleaning and related processes elsewhere, and of distributing articles,
goods or fabrics which have been subjected to any such processes.
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above and below
grade;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Multiple Dwelling - Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
"Multiple Dwelling - Quadruplex" shall mean a multiple dwelling containing
only four dwelling units, each unit being connected to two or more other
units, and generally arranged with two units adjacent to the front lot line
and the other two units at the rear thereof;
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"Multiple Dwelling - Vertical" shall mean a building containing four or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically, each unit having access
from an internal corridor system connecting with at least one common
entrance from outside the building;
"Dwelling Unit Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a
dwelling unit between the exterior of the side walls of the unit, except that
where a side wall is a common wall, in which case the dimension shall be
from the centre of that wall;
"Financial Institution" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"Floor Space Index" shall mean the ratio of the total aggregate floor areas
of the specified use or uses established on a lot, to the total area of the lot;
"Landscaped Open Space" shall mean space on a lot which is open and
unoccupied and is suitable for growing grass, flowers, bushes, shrubs or
other landscaping plants and includes a waterway, walk, patio or similar
space but does not include any portion of a parking aisle, parking space,
ramp or driveway;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park;
"Parking Space" shall mean a usable and accessible area of not less than
2.6 metres in width and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary
parking of vehicles;
“Personal Service Shop" shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
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a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"Professional Office" shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer, or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O, Chapter
M.45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
"Retail Store" shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Front Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the side lot lines, or between the side lot line and the
flankage of the lot;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Provisions (“RMM” Zone)
Uses Permitted ("RMM" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RMM" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following
residential uses:
semi-detached dwelling
multiple dwelling - horizontal
multiple dwelling - quadruplex
multiple dwelling – vertical
Zone Requirements ("RMM" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RMM" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling: 225 square metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 180 square metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 180 square metres
multiple dwelling - vertical: 2,500 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 6 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 24 metres for 4 units
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multiple dwelling - vertical: 30 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling: 4.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 4.5 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 15 metres
multiple dwelling - vertical: 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling and multiple dwelling - horizontal:
1.2 metres except that
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
extends along the common interior side lot line, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on
the lot upon which that dwelling is located;
3) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
does not extend along the common interior side lot line;
I. a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot, or
II. a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is
provided on the other lot;
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 2 metres except that
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where the side wall of the front unit directly abuts a parking
space of the rear unit, no interior side yard shall be required for
the front unit;
multiple dwelling - vertical: 3 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
dwellings having a flankage side yard abutting Altona Road or a
reserve on the opposite side of which is Altona Road: 4.5 metres
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dwellings having a flankage side yard abutting another street: 2.7
metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 7.5 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex (front units): 0 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex (rear units): 4.5 metres
multiple dwelling - vertical: 6 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
semi-detached dwelling: 40 per cent
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 40 per cent
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 60 per cent
multiple dwelling - vertical: 40 per cent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum):
semi-detached dwelling: 12 metres
multiple dwelling - horizontal: 12 metres
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: 12 metres
multiple dwelling - vertical: 15 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
semi-detached dwelling:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - horizontal:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - quadruplex:
1) minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - vertical:
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1) a minimum gross floor area-residential of 50 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) not more than 20 dwelling units per lot shall be permitted;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
semi-detached dwelling:
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
one private garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building
and located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line and not
less than 6 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a
street or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street;
multiple dwelling - horizontal:
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
one private garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building
and located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line and not
less than 6 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a
street or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street;
multiple dwelling - quadruplex: either
1) there shall be provided and maintained on the lot two parking
spaces per dwelling unit located in the front yard of the lot in a
tandem arrangement, such arrangement having a maximum
width of 2.7 metres and a maximum length of 12 metres; or
2) there shall be provided and maintained on the lot one single
private garage attached to the dwelling unit of that same lot
and located not less than 10.6 metres from the front lot line, in
which case the minimum front yard depth requirement of
section 2(b)(iii)(C) shall not apply;
multiple dwelling - vertical:
1) there shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 1.2
parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents, and 0.3 of a
parking space per dwelling unit for visitors;
2) the maximum height of any parking structure shall be 8 metres;
3) any parking structure or part thereof which is below grade shall
comply with the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) of this
subsection.
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
semi-detached dwelling:
1) the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots,
except where such buildings are attached in whole or in part,
shall be not less than 1.2 metres;
2) despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi
Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(g), semi-detached dwellings
erected in an "RMM" zone shall be attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to
the roof line and for a horizontal distance of not less than 75
per cent of the horizontal depth of the building.
multiple dwelling - quadruplex:
1) no freestanding accessory structures shall be permitted;
2) all portions of the front yard not used for parking as required by
this By-law shall be maintained as landscaped open space;
3) there shall be a minimum front yard width of 2 metres;
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT (minimum):
multiple dwelling - vertical:
landscaped open space shall be not less than 10 per cent of lot
area.
Provisions (“RM/MU” Zone)
Uses Permitted ("RM/MU" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM/MU" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following
uses:
business office
day nursery
dry cleaning depot
financial institution
multiple dwelling - horizontal
multiple dwelling - vertical
personal service shop
professional office
retail store
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Zone Requirements ("RM/MU" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM/MU" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 5,000 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 50 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
multiple dwelling - horizontal use: 1.2 metres
except that
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that extends
along the common interior side lot line, no interior side yard shall
be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon
which that dwelling is located;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that does
not extend along the common interior side lot line;
1) a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot, or
2) a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is provided
on the other lot;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 20 metres
(minimum): 8 metres
BUILDING SETBACKS:
Despite section 5.22(4) of By-law 3036 and section 3(b)(iii) of this
By-law, no building, part of a building, or structure shall be erected
outside the building envelope shown on Figure 1 attached hereto;
No building or structure shall be erected on the lands unless a
minimum of 50% of the building elevation of the side of that
building or structure adjacent to Altona Road is located within the
build-to-zone shown on Figure 1 attached hereto;
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For the purpose of determining the percentage of building elevation
to be located within any build-to-zone, the 'building elevation' shall
mean the linear distance measured between lines drawn
perpendicularly to the build-to-zone at each end of a building
elevation of a building or structure;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
multiple dwelling - horizontal:
1) a minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
per dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
multiple dwelling - vertical:
1) a minimum gross floor area-residential of 50 square metres per
dwelling unit;
2) minimum unit width 6 metres;
3) not less than 12 and not more than 95 dwelling units shall be
permitted;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS (minimum):
multiple dwelling - horizontal:
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot one private
garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building and located
not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line or not less than 6.0
metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
1) visitor parking (minimum): 0.3 space per dwelling unit
multiple dwelling - vertical:
1) there shall be provided and maintained a minimum of 1.2
parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents, and 0.3 of a
parking space per dwelling unit for visitors;
2) the maximum height of any parking structure shall be 8 metres;
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of
4.5 parking spaces per 100 square metres of gross floor area for all
permitted uses listed in Section 3(a) of this By-law, except for
multiple dwelling - vertical, multiple dwelling - horizontal, and day
nursery uses;
For day nursery uses there shall be provided and maintained a
minimum of 5.0 parking spaces per 100 square metres activity
room floor area;
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Section 5.21.2(b) of By-law 3036, as amended, shall not apply to
lands designated "RH/MU";
All parking areas not located within a parking structure shall be set
back a minimum of 3 metres from all lot lines, except where a lot
line separates the "RM/MU" zone from an "OS-SWM" zone, in
which case the parking setback may be reduced to 1.5 metres;
Despite Section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 3036, as amended, all parking
areas shall be paved;
SPECIAL REGULATION: the aggregate gross floor area of all
commercial uses shall not exceed 1,400 square metres
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT (minimum): 10
per cent of lot area
FLOOR SPACE INDEX: maximum floor space index of 2 for all uses
established on the lot
Zone Requirements (“RM/MU” Zone)
Despite Section 3(b)(iii) of this Exception, no person shall within the lands
designated “RM/MU” use any lot or erect, alter or use any building for
multiple dwelling – horizontal use that fronts onto a private road, except in
accordance with the following provisions:
Lot Area (minimum): 140 square metres
Lot Frontage (minimum): 6.0 metres
Front Yard Depth (minimum): 6.0 metres
Rear Yard Depth (minimum): 4.0 metres
Interior Side Yard Width (minimum): 0.6 metres except that
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that extends
along the common interior side lot line, no interior side yard shall
be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon
which that dwelling is located;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that does
not extend along the common interior side lot line;
1) a minimum 1.2-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot, or
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2) a minimum 0.6-metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is provided
on the other lot;
Lot Coverage (maximum): 53 percent
Building Height (maximum): 12 metres
Building Setbacks:
Despite Section 5.22(4) of By-law 3036 and Clause 3(b)(iii) of this
By-law, no building, part of a building, or structure shall be erected
outside the building envelope shown on Figure 1 attached hereto,
except for steps, uncovered platforms, or landscaping features not
exceeding 1.5 metres in height;
No building or structure shall be erected on the lands unless a
minimum of 50% of the building elevation of the side of that
building or structure adjacent to Altona Road is located within the
build-to-zone shown on Figure 1 attached hereto;
For the purpose of determining the percentage of building elevation
to be located within any build-to-zone, the ‘building elevation’ shall
mean the linear distance measured between lines drawn
perpendicularly to the build-to-zone at each end of a building
elevation of a building or structure;
Dwelling Unit Requirements:
A minimum gross floor area - residential of 100 square metres per
dwelling unit;
Maximum one dwelling unit per lot;
Parking:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lot one private
garage per dwelling unit attached to the main building and located
not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line or not less than 6.0
metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
Despite Paragraph 3(b)(viii)A(1) of this By-law, 0.25 visitor parking
space shall be provided per dwelling unit;
Section 5.21.2(b) of By-law 3036, as amended shall not apply;
All visitor parking areas not located within a parking structure shall
be set back a minimum of 3.0 metres from all lot lines, except
where a lot line separates the “RM/MU” zone from a “OS-SWM”
zone, in which case the parking setback may be reduced to 1.5
metres;
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Despite Section 5.21.2(g) of By-law 3036, as amended, all parking
areas shall be paved;
Accessory Structure: In addition to Section 5.18 of By-law 3036, no
accessory structure is allowed in the built-to-zone shown on Figure 1
attached hereto;
Separation Distance: The horizontal distance between blocks of
multiple dwelling – horizontal shall be a minimum of 3.0 metres;
Despite Section 5.6 of Bylaw 3036 and Clause 1(r) of this By-law, the
requirement for frontage on a public street shall be satisfied by
establishing frontage on a common elements condominium street.
PROVISIONS ("NP" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "NP" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except for a neighbourhood
park and uses accessory thereto.
Zone Requirements ("NP" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are to be
used for the purposes of a neighbourhood park.
PROVISIONS ("OS-SWM" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("OS-SWM" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-SWM” use any land for
any purpose, or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose
except for stormwater management facilities and uses accessory thereto.
Zone Requirements ("OS-SWM" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are to be
used for the purposes of stormwater management facilities and uses
accessory thereto.
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Exception Zone 185 (By-law 5892-01, as amended by
6638-06)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate, and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal" shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically by an above grade
wall or walls;
"Multiple Dwelling-Vertical" shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached vertically, by an above grade wall or walls, or an
above grade floor or floors, or both;
"Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling" shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached above grade by a
common wall which extends from the base of the foundation to the roof line
and for a horizontal distance of not less than 6 metres;
"Dwelling, Single Attached" shall mean one group of not less than three
single adjacent units, attached together horizontally by an above grade
common wall;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
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"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
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"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-7", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("SD-7" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-7", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 205 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached, or a
direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the lot line
separating such lots as follows;
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
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side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Uses Permitted ("S5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S5", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("S5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S5", use any lot or erect, alter,
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres on
the other, or no minimum on one side so long as, on the other side:
at least 1.2 metre interior side yard width is provided to the nearest
wall of a private garage, and;
at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any other
wall of the main dwelling;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
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side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres;
Uses Permitted ("SA-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-8", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling;
Zone Requirements ("SA-8" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-8", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 180 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
4.5 metres;
Despite A above, on the lands cross hatched on Figure 1 the
minimum front yard depth shall be 3.0 metres;
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres except that no interior side
yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together, so long as every wall on such side which is not part
of a common wall extending along the side lot line separating such lots,
or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be setback from the side lot
line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
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REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
7.5 metres;
Despite A above, on the lands cross-hatched on Figure 1 the
minimum rear yard depth shall be 5.0 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per lot
and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6
metres from the front lot line, and not less than 6 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve
on the opposite side of which is a street;
maximum projection of the garage front entrance from the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit shall not exceed
2.5 metres in length, whether or not such garage has a second
storey, except where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah
extends a minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, in which case no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
Uses Permitted ("RM2-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM2-1", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling;
semi-detached dwelling;
single attached dwelling;
multiple dwelling-horizontal;
multiple dwelling-vertical;
Zone Requirements ("RM2-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM2-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance
with the following provisions:
YARD SETBACKS (minimum):
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for semi-detached dwelling residential and single attached dwelling
residential uses:
1) in accordance with the building envelopes as set-out on Figure
1 attached hereto;
for detached dwelling residential, multiple dwelling-horizontal or
multiple dwelling-vertical uses:
1) 4.5 metres from any lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
2) 7.5 metres from any zone line;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: minimum gross floor area of 56
square metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
for each dwelling unit within a multiple dwelling horizontal or
multiple-dwelling vertical there shall be provided and maintained on
the lot:
1) a minimum of 1.5 resident parking spaces; and,
2) a minimum of 0.3 visitor parking spaces;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between semi-detached dwellings, multiple
dwellings-horizontal and/or single attached dwellings shall be a
minimum of 1.8 metres, except where such dwellings are attached
in whole or in part;
the interior side yard between abutting semi-detached dwellings
and/or single attached dwellings shall be a minimum of 0.9 metres;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
Uses Permitted ("RM2-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RM2-2", use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling-horizontal;
Zone Requirements ("RM2-2" Zone)
BUILDING LOCATION AND SETBACKS:
Buildings and structures shall be located entirely within the building
envelope illustrated on Figure 1 attached hereto;
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BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 50 percent;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For each dwelling unit there shall be provided on the lands:
1) one private garage attached to the dwelling unit;
2) one parking space located between the vehicular entrance of
the private garage and the nearest traffic aisle; and
3) a minimum of 0.3 visitor parking spaces;
sections 5.21.2(a), 5.21.2(b), 5.21.2(d), 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(i) of By-
law 3036 shall not apply to the lands designated "RM2-2";
notwithstanding section 5.21.2(g) and 5.21.2(k) of By-law 3036 all
entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking areas shall be
surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete, or any combination
thereof.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and
wildlife;
resource management;
pedestrian trails and walkways;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control, resource
management, or pedestrian trail and walkway purposes.
Model Homes
Despite the provisions of clause 6.1 of By-law 3036, a maximum of 6 Model
Homes, together with not fewer than two parking spaces per Model Home, may
be constructed on the lands subject to this exception prior to division of those
lands by registration of a plan of subdivision or condominium.
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For the purposes of this By-law, "Model Home" shall mean a dwelling unit used
exclusively for sales display and for marketing purposes pursuant to an
agreement with the City of Pickering, and not used for residential purposes.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory hereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling,
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures.
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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.
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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.
"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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;
"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;
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"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R4-19" and "S3-7" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-19" or "S3-7" use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use;
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Zone Requirements ("R4-19" and "S3-7" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R4-19" or "S3-7" use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except in
accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands designated "R4-19": 460 square metres
on lands designated "S3-7": 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands designated "R4-19": 15.0 metres
on lands designated "S3-7": 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
for lots fronting on Fairport Road: 6.0 metres
for all other lots: 4.5 metres
despite clauses A and B above, a single storey covered and
unenclosed porch or veranda with no habitable space above, may
project a maximum of 1.5 metres into a required front yard.
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on lands designated "R4-19": 1.5 metres
on lands designated "S3-7": 1.2 metres on one side and 0.6 metres
on the other side
despite clauses A and B above, where a detached garage is
located in the rear yard, the minimum interior side yard widths shall
be 3.0 metres on one side and 0.0 metres on the other side.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
REARYARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum):
38 percent for all buildings and structures on a lot.
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING AND PRIVATE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot; any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line
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and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street.
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a
street.
on lands designated "R4-19" and "S3-7", no part of any attached
private garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling. Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
containing one dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling. Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Flankage Side Yard" shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a street
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
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 a reserve, the opposite side of which is a street, and the nearest
wall of the nearest main building or structure on the lot; and
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S3-11")
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S3-11", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("S3-11")
No person shall, within the lands zoned "S3-11", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except in accordance with
the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
12.0 metres;
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despite clause A above, for any lot within lands cross-hatched on
Figure 1 attached hereto, a minimum lot frontage of 7.0 metres
may be provided;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
4.5 metres;
despite clause A above, a covered and unenclosed porch or
verandah may project up to 2.0 metres into the required minimum
front yard;
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres each side; or
1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
despite clauses A and B above, for any lot within lands cross-
hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto where the "OS-HL" Zone
abuts a side lot line, the minimum side yard width shall be 2.0
metres;
despite clauses A and B above, for any lot within lands cross-
hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto and abutting the east limit of
the "S3-11" Zone, the minimum east side yard width shall be 3.5
metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
7.5 metres;
despite clause A above, for any lot within lands cross-hatched on
Figure 1 attached hereto, and a portion of which contain an "OS-
HL" Zone, the minimum rear yard depth shall be 17.5 metres;
despite clause A above, for any lot within lands cross-hatched on
Figure 1 attached hereto that do not contain an "OS-HL" Zone, the
minimum rear yard depth shall be 4.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot attached to the main building
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining a street or abutting a reserve on
the opposite side of which is a street;
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despite clause A above and sections 5.18(a) and 5.18(b) of Zoning
By-law 3036, as amended, for those lands cross-hatched on Figure
1 attached hereto that do not contain an "OS-HL" Zone, one private
garage must be provided, but may be detached from the main
building, and located in a side yard no less than 1.0 metre from any
side lot line;
no part of any attached garage shall extend beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall not
be less than 1.8 metres;
notwithstanding clause 5.7(b) of By-law 3036, as amended,
uncovered steps and platforms exceeding 1.0 metre in height
above grade may project a maximum of 2.5 metres into the
required rear yard of each lot provided no part thereof shall exceed
2.5 metres in depth and 6.0 metres in width.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall, within the lands zoned "OS-HL”, use any land for any
purpose except the preservation and conservation of the natural
environment, soil, and wildlife;
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used
only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
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Exception Zone 188 (By-law 5940-02)
Definitions
“Adult Entertainment Parlour” shall mean any premises or part thereof in
which is provided, in pursuance of a trade, calling, business or occupation,
services appealing to or designed to appeal to erotic or sexual appetites or
inclinations;
“Bakery” shall mean a building or part of a building in which food products
are baked, prepared and offered for retail sale, or in which food products
baked and prepared elsewhere are offered for retail sale;
“Business Office” shall mean any building or part of a building in which one
or more persons are employed in the management, direction or conducting
of an agency, business, brokerage, labour or fraternal organization and
shall include a telegraph office, newspaper plant and a radio or television
broadcasting station and its studios or theatres, but shall not include a retail
store;
“Club” shall mean a building or part of a building in which a not-for-profit or
non-commercial organization carries out social, cultural, welfare, athletic or
recreational programs for the benefit of the community;
“Commercial Club” shall mean an athletic or recreational club operated for
gain or profit and having public or private membership, but shall not include
an adult entertainment parlour as defined herein;
“Commercial-Recreational Establishment” shall mean a commercial
establishment in which indoor recreational facilities are provided, and which
may include an athletic or recreational club, but shall not include any uses
permissible within a place of amusement or entertainment as defined
herein;
“Commercial School” shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, an
art school, a golf school or any other school operated for gain or profit;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessities are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of, or persons employed in, the immediate
neighbourhood;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building
where articles, goods or fabric are subjected to dry cleaning and related
processes, are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant is
operated, or both, and which may include the laundering, pressing or
incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
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“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Food Preparation Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of all storeys above
or below established grade, designed for owner or tenant occupancy or
exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below established grade;
“Light Machinery and Equipment Supplier” shall mean a building or a part
of a building in which office furniture and machines, carpet and drapery
cleaning equipment, painting, gardening and plumbing equipment, small
hand power tools and similar products are stored, offered or kept for
wholesale or retail sale to industrial or commercial establishments;
“Light Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a manufacturing plant used for: the
production of apparel and finished textile products other than the
production of synthetic fibers; printing or duplicating; the manufacture of
finished paper other than the processing of wood pulp; the production of
cosmetics, drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; or, the manufacture of
finished lumber products, light metal products, electronic products,
plasticware, porcelain, earthenware, glassware or similar articles, including
but not necessarily restricted to, furniture, housewares, toys, musical
instruments, jewellery, watches, precision instruments, radios and
electronic components;
“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, 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;
“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;
“Manufacturing Plant” shall mean a building or part of a building in which is
carried on any activity or operation pertaining to the making of any article,
and which shall include altering, assembling, repairing, ornamenting,
finishing, cleaning, polishing, washing, packing, adapting for sale, breaking
up or demolishing the said article;
“Merchandise Service Shop” shall mean an establishment where articles or
goods including, but not necessarily limited to, business machines,
appliances, furniture or similar items are repaired or serviced, and includes
the regular place of business of a master electrician or master plumber, but
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shall not include a manufacturing plant or any establishment used for the
service or repair of vehicles or a retail store;
“Office-Associated Commercial Establishment” shall mean an
establishment providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily
operation of a business office or professional office, such as a stationery
store, a computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or dressmaking shop or a photographic studio,
but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224(9)(b) of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended from time-to-time, or any
successor thereto;
“Place of Amusement or Entertainment” shall mean a building or part of a
building in which facilities are provided for amusement or entertainment
purposes, and which may include a billiard or pool room, a dance hall, a
music hall or a theatre, but shall not include a room or an area used for any
video lottery terminal use as governed by the Gaming Services Act, an
adult entertainment parlour as defined herein or a body rub parlour as
defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Place of Assembly” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for civic, educational, political, recreational, religious
or social meeting purposes and may include facilities for entertainment
purposes such as musical and theatrical performances, but shall not
include a place of amusement or entertainment as defined herein;
“Place of Religious Assembly” shall mean lands or premises where people
assemble for worship, counseling, educational, contemplative or other
purposes of a religious nature, which may include social, recreational, and
charitable activities, and offices for the administration thereof;
“Printing Establishment” shall mean an establishment used for blueprinting,
engraving, electro-typing, photocopying, plotting from disk, printing,
stereotyping or typesetting;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined by the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.M. 45, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Restaurant – Type A” shall mean a building or part of a building where
food is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for
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immediate consumption on the premises or off the premises, or both on
and off the premises;
“Rental Establishment” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are offered or
kept for offer for rent directly to the public, but does not include the rental of
motor vehicles, and does not include a video store;
“Sales Outlet” shall mean a building or part of a building accessory to a
bakery, a food preparation plant, a light manufacturing plant, a
manufacturing plant, a merchandise service shop, a printing establishment,
or a warehouse, wherein products manufactured, produced, processed,
stored, serviced or repaired on the premises are kept or displayed for rent
or for wholesale or retail sale, or wherein orders are taken for future
delivery of such products;
“Scientific, Medical or Research Laboratory” shall mean a building or part of
a building wherein scientific, research or medical experiments or
investigations are systematically conducted, or where drugs, chemicals,
glassware or other substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or
investigations may be manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the
premises;
“Vehicle Repair Shop” shall mean an establishment containing facilities for
the repair and maintenance of vehicles on the premises, in which vehicle
accessories are sold and vehicle maintenance and repair operations are
performed, but shall not include a body shop or any establishment engaged
in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment” shall mean an establishment used
for the sale, service, rent or lease of vehicles and which may include as an
accessory use thereto a vehicle repair shop, but shall not include any
establishment engaged in the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels;
“Video Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which video
cassette recorders, tapes, and accessories thereto are stored, serviced,
displayed, and offered for rent or retail sale to the public for use off the
premises only;
“Warehouse” shall mean a building or part of a building which is used
primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging, or
wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,
substances, articles or things, and includes the premises of a
warehouseman but shall not include a fuel storage tank except as an
accessory use;
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“Waste Transfer and Management Facility” shall mean a building or part of
a building which is used primarily for the storage, handling or processing of
household, institutional, commercial or industrial waste;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
“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; and
“Interior Side Yard” shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
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PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“MC - 15” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC–15”, use any lot or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
bakery;
business office;
club;
commercial club;
commercial-recreational establishment;
commercial school;
convenience store;
dry cleaning establishment;
financial institution;
food preparation plant;
light machinery and equipment supplier;
light manufacturing plant;
merchandise service shop;
office-associated commercial establishment;
personal service shop;
place of amusement or entertainment;
place of assembly;
place of religious assembly;
printing establishment;
professional office;
restaurant – Type A;
rental establishment;
sales outlet;
scientific, medical or research laboratory;
warehouse.
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Zone Requirements (“MC - 15” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “MC - 15”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
OUTDOOR STORAGE:
All permanent uses, other than parking, shall take place entirely within
enclosed buildings or structures with no outside storage or display;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6.0 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 3.0 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 12.0 metres
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
PARKING:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands designated
“MC-15”, parking at a ratio of:
1) 5.5 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable area for the
first 500 square metres; plus,
2) 3.5 spaces per 100 square metres gross leasable area for all
floor space in excess of 500 square metres;
Clauses 5.21.2 (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f), inclusive, of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply to the lands designated “MC – 15”;
Despite clauses 5.21.2g) and 5.21.2k) of By-law 3036, as
amended, all entrances and exits to parking areas and all parking
areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt, or concrete, or any
combination thereof.
LOADING:
shall only be located in the side yard;
Despite (A) above, loading may be located in the rear yard
provided it is screened from public view and from abutting
residential land uses through architectural screening, landscape
buffering, berming or a combination of these treatments.
REAR YARD LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA:
A minimum 3 metre landscaped open area shall be provided along the
rear lot line to screen parking, loading and buildings through
architectural screening, landscape buffering, berming or a combination
of these treatments, from the view of abutting residential uses.
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
Despite any other provision in this By-law, lawful uses existing on
the lands designated “MC-15” on the date of passing of this By-law,
shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of By-law 3036, as
amended. Any alterations, additions, or new development on the
lands shall comply with all the provisions set out in this By-law;
Despite any other provision in this By-law, a waste transfer and
management facility shall not be permitted on lands designated
“MC–15”;
A sales outlet, accessory to a permitted bakery, food preparation
plant, light manufacturing plant, manufacturing plant, merchandise
service shop, printing establishment or warehouse, shall only be
permitted provided the gross leasable area of the sales outlet does
not exceed 25% of the gross leasable floor area of the related
industrial operation;
Despite Clause (C) above, a sales outlet may exceed 25% up to a
maximum of 40% of the gross leasable floor area of the related
industrial operation, provided the aggregate gross leasable floor
area of all sales outlets in a building does not exceed 25% of the
total gross leasable floor area in that building;
The maximum gross leasable floor area for any convenience store,
office-associated commercial establishment, financial institution,
personal service shop, and restaurant – Type A shall be 325
square metres;
The maximum aggregate gross leasable floor area shall be:
1) for all convenience stores on the lot: 325 square metres
2) for all office-associated commercial establishments on the lot:
325 square metres
3) for all financial institutions on the lot: 325 square metres
4) for all personal service shops on the lot: 325 square metres
5) for all restaurants – Type A on the lot: 325 square metres
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"Front Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a front
yard of a lot between the front lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S4-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements ("S4-3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4-3" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres;
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres;
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres;
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
1.2 metres one side;
0.6 metres the other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres;
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 48 percent;
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres;
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of
which shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot
line and not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining a street or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of
which is a street.
no part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.5
metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to the
dwelling unit, except
1) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 1.8 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit, no part of any attached private
garage shall extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the wall
containing the main entrance to the dwelling unit; or
2) where a covered and unenclosed porch or verandah extends a
minimum of 2.0 metres from the wall containing the main
entrance to the dwelling unit and where second storey
habitable floor space located above the garage is set back no
more than 2.5 metres beyond the vehicular entrance of an
attached private garage, no part of any attached private garage
shall extend more than 6.0 metres beyond the wall containing
the main entrance to the dwelling unit;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the provisions of Section 2(b) of this By-law unenclosed
porches not exceeding 1.5 metres in height above established
grade, may encroach a maximum 1.5 metres into a required
minimum front yard and minimum flankage side yard and a
maximum of 0.6 metres into a required side yard where the side
yard is a minimum of 1.2 metres.
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Exception Zone 190 (By-law 5985-02. as amended by By-
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Definitions
“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;
“Dwelling ` Single Attached or Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of
a group of not less than 3 adjacent dwellings attached together horizontally
by an above grade common wall;
“Floor Area - Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
“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;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
“Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
“Private Garage” shall mean 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;
“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;
“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;
“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;
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“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;
“Rear Yard Depth” shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
“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;
“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;
PROVISIONS (“SA-11” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“SA-11” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands designated “SA-11”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling residential use;
Zone Requirements (“SA-11” Zone)
No person shall, within the lands designated “SA-11”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 180 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 5.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 6.0 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres; and
on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are attached, no side
yard is required, provided any wall other than the common wall that
is on the side of the lot upon which the dwellings are attached,
shall be set back from the lot line separating such lots as follows:
1) 1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
side yard is provided on the abutting lot; or
2) 0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if a
side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
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REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
maximum one dwelling unit per lot and minimum gross floor area -
residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENT:
minimum one private garage per lot, any vehicular entrance of which
shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not
less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
Single Attached Dwellings in an “SA-11” zone shall be attached
above grade by a common wall which extends from the base of the
foundation to the roof line and for a horizontal distance of not less
than 75 percent of the horizontal depth of the building;
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Exception Zone 191 (By-law 4005-92, as amended by By-
law 4130-92)
Definitions
“Public School” shall mean,
a school under the jurisdiction of a Board of Education which Board is
continued or established pursuant to the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. E.2, or any successor thereto;
a college of applied arts and technology continued or established
pursuant to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. M.19, or any successor thereto; and
a university eligible to receive provincial funding pursuant to the
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, or any successor thereto.
“Private Non-Residential School" shall mean a school which is maintained
for educational or religious purposes but shall not include any other school
defined herein;
“Private Residential School" shall mean a school which is maintained for
educational or religious purposes and which includes accessory residential
facilities but shall not include any other school defined herein;
“Commercial School" shall mean a school which is operated for gain or
profit and may include the studio of a dancing teacher or music teacher, or
an art school, a golf school or any other such school operated for gain or
profit, but shall not include any other school defined herein;
“Day Nursery" shall mean lands and premises duly licenced pursuant to the
provisions of the Day Nurseries Act, RSO 1990, c. D2, or any successor
thereto, and for the use as a facility for the daytime care of children
"Dwelling" shall mean building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
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"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of the storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
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"Side Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a side
yard of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest main wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
“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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R3(DN-PS)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3(DN-PS)" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use
day nursery
private non- residential school
Zone Requirements ("R3(DN-PS)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3(DN-PS)", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 0.18 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 30 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 25 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
East side yard: 2 metres
West side yard: 4 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 20 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33%
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause "parking space" shall mean a
useable and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width
and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of
vehicles, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or
driveway;
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There shall be provided and maintained on the lands a minimum of
9 parking spaces;
Section 5.21.2(a) and 5.21.2(b) of By-law 3036 shall not apply to
lands designated “R3(DN-PS)”;
All parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, concrete, asphalt, or
any combination thereof.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
The aggregate gross floor area of all day nurseries and private
schools on the lands shall not exceed 350 square metres
The aggregate number of persons enrolled at any one time in day
nurseries and private schools on the land shall not exceed 55;
A private school on the land shall be restricted to the teaching
equivalent grade levels up to and including elementary grade
defined in the Education Act
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Exception Zone 192 (By-law 4045-92, as amended by By-
law 4124-92)
Definitions
"Dwelling Unit, Barrier - Free" shall mean a dwelling unit that incorporates
the following design features:
1-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 51 square
metres;
2-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 73 square
metres;
operating devices such as thermostats, switches, faucets, latches,
handles and locks shall be operable by one hand, shall not require fine
finger control or twisting of the wrist to operate, and shall be mounted
between 0.4 and 1.2 metres from the floor;
grab-bars shall be provided in all bathrooms and in other appropriate
locations;
a square unobstructed wheelchair turning area of at least 1.5 square
metres in area shall be provided at the entrance area within each unit,
and in each bedroom and kitchen;
all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of 1
metre in width;
surfaces such as counters, stove tops and sinks shall have a maximum
height of 0.85 metres from the floor, and a minimum underside
clearance of 0.7 metres from their edge;
visual and audible fire alarms shall be installed in each unit;
each unit shall have at least one bedroom with direct access to a
bathroom;
bathrooms shall have a minimum floor area of 7.5 square metres;
thermostat controlled valves shall be provided to regulate water
temperature for all sink, shower and bathtub faucets;
"Dwelling Unit, Senior Citizen" shall mean a dwelling unit that incorporates
the following design features:
1-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 51 square
metres;
2-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 73 square
metres;
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operating devices such as thermostats, switches, faucets, latches,
handles and locks shall be operable by one hand and shall not require
fine finger control or twisting of the wrist to operate;
grab-bars shall be provided in all bathrooms and in other appropriate
locations;
a square unobstructed wheelchair turning area of at least 1.5 square
metres in area shall be provided at the entrance area within each unit,
and in each bedroom and kitchen;
all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of 1
metre in width;
each unit shall have at least one bedroom with direct access to a
bathroom;
bathrooms shall have a minimum floor area of 7.5 square metres;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"Multiple Dwelling - Vertical" shall mean a building containing three or more
dwelling units attached horizontally and vertically by an above grade wall or
walls, or an above grade floor or floors, or both;
"Senior Citizens Apartment" shall mean a multiple dwelling - vertical
building, complying with the following provisions:
a minimum of 10% of the total number of dwelling units shall be
dwelling units, barrier - free;
a minimum of 65% of the total number of dwelling units shall be
dwelling units, senior citizen;
no dwelling units, dwelling units, barrier - free or dwelling units, senior
citizen shall contain more than two bedrooms;
a minimum of one lounge area, having a minimum floor area of 20
square metres, shall be provided on each floor for the common usage
of residents and visitors;
all internal corridors shall have a minimum width of 1.8 metres;
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all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of 1
metre in width;
mechanical door closing and opening aids shall be provided at all
building entrances; and
"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.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("RH(SC)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RH(SC)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except for one of the
following:
Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is not a Senior Citizens Apartment; or
Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is a Senior Citizens Apartment; but not
both.
Zone Requirements ("RH(SC)" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "RH(SC)" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 22 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 42%
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
For Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is not a Senior Citizens
Apartment, not less than 30 and not more than 37 dwelling units
shall be permitted; or
For Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is a Senior Citizens Apartment,
not less than 30 and not more than 88 dwelling units shall be
permitted.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, a "parking space" shall mean a
useable and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width
and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of
vehicles, but shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or
driveway;
For Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is not a Senior Citizens
Apartment, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a
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minimum of 1.2 parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents and
0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit for visitors. All resident parking
spaces shall be provided in a below grade structure. Visitor parking
spaces shall be provided at grade, in a below grade structure, or
both;
For Multiple Dwelling - Vertical that is a Senior Citizens Apartment,
there shall be provided and maintained on the lot a minimum of 0.3
parking spaces per dwelling unit for residents and 0.25 parking
spaces per dwelling unit for visitors. All resident parking spaces
shall be provided in a below grade structure. Visitor parking spaces
shall be provided at grade, in a below grade structure, or both;
All parking areas shall be surfaced with brick, asphalt or concrete,
or any combination thereof; and
Sections 5.21.2(e), 5.21.2(g), 6.5(b) and 6.5(c) of By-law 3036, as
amended, shall not apply.
YARD SETBACKS (minimum): As illustrated on Figure 1 attached
hereto
OBSTRUCTION OF YARDS:
Notwithstanding Section 5.7 of Zoning By-law 3036, a vehicular ramp
and a pedestrian stairway for access to and from a below grade
parking structure shall be permitted anywhere in the front yard.
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Figure 1
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Exception Zone 193 (By-law 4058-92)
Definitions
“Day Nursery” shall mean lands and premises duly licensed pursuant to the
Day Nurseries Act, or any successor thereto, for use as a facility for the
daytime care of children;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S3” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3” use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S3” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S3”, use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots to which this section applies shall not be less than 1.8
metres.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used
only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-2" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-2" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing
buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or
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removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures are used
only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
Special Provisions (“OS-HL-2”)
Notwithstanding the provision of subsection 2(e) hereof, the lands
designated “OS-HL-2” may be used for the purpose of a day nursery;
Any building located on the lands designated “OS-HL-2” used solely for
the purpose of a day nursery must be in accordance with the standards
and provisions of Figure 1 attached hereto.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S1-9” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S1-9” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S1-9” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S1-9”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 400 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: No part of any attached garage shall
extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the front wall of the dwelling to
which it is attached.
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Definitions
“Business Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
management or direction of a business, a public or private agency, a
brokerage or a labour or fraternal organization is carried on and which may
include a telegraph office, a data processing establishment, a newspaper
publishing office, the premises of a real estate or insurance agent, or a
radio or television broadcasting station and related studios or theatres; but
shall not include a retail store;
“Convenience Store” shall mean a retail store in which food, drugs,
periodicals or similar items of day-to-day household necessity are kept for
retail sale primarily to residents of or persons employed in the immediate
neighbourhood;
“Drug Store” shall mean building or part of a building in which
pharmaceutical prescriptions are compounded and dispensed to the public,
and where medicine, medical supplies and associated merchandise,
confectionary items, cosmetics, toiletries, periodicals, or similar items of
day-to-day household necessity are stored, displayed and offered for retail
sale;
“Dry Cleaning Establishment – Type B” shall mean a building or part of a
building where articles, goods or-fabric to be subjected to dry cleaning and
related processes are received or distributed, or where a dry cleaning plant
is operated, or both, where a dry cleaning plant does not exceed a dry
weight capacity of 27 kilograms, does not vent or emit noxious gases,
odors, or fumes, and is not a source of noise or vibration that causes a
nuisance to neighbouring premises, and which may include the laundering,
pressing or incidental tailoring or repair of articles, goods or fabric;
“Duplicating Shop” shall mean a building or part of a building where items
such as letters, plans, pictures and documents are reproduced by
photostatting, blueprinting or other similar methods;
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling Unit, Barrier - Free" shall mean a dwelling unit that incorporates
the following design features:
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1-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 51 square
metres;
2-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 73 square
metres;
operating devices such as thermostats, switches, faucets, latches,
handles and locks shall be operable by one hand, shall not require fine
finger control or twisting of the wrist to operate, and shall be mounted
between 0.4 and 1.2 metres from the floor;
grab-bars shall be provided in all bathrooms and in other appropriate
locations;
a square unobstructed wheelchair turning area of at least 1.5 square
metres in area shall be provided at the entrance area within each unit,
and in each bedroom and kitchen;
all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of
1.0 metre in width;
surfaces such as counters, stove tops and sinks shall have a maximum
height of 0.85 metres from the floor, and a minimum underside
clearance of 0.7 metres from their edge;
visual and audible fire alarms shall be installed in each unit;
each unit shall have at least one bedroom with direct access to a
bathroom;
bathrooms shall have a minimum floor area of 7.5 square metres;
thermostat controlled valves shall be provided to regulate water
temperature for all sink, shower and bathtub faucets;
"Dwelling Unit, Senior Citizen" shall mean a dwelling unit that incorporates
the following design features:
1-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 51 square
metres;
2-bedroom units shall have a minimum dwelling unit area of 73 square
metres;
operating devices such as thermostats, switches, faucets, latches,
handles and locks shall be operable by one hand and shall not require
fine finger control or twisting of the wrist to operate;
grab-bars shall be provided in all bathrooms and in other appropriate
locations;
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a square unobstructed wheelchair turning area of at least 1.5 square
metres in area shall be provided at the entrance area within each unit,
and in each bedroom and kitchen;
all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of 1
metre in width;
each unit shall have at least one bedroom with direct access to a
bathroom;
“Financial Institution” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
money is deposited, kept, lent or exchanged;
“Gross Leasable Floor Area” shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all storeys above or below established grade designed for owner or tenant
occupancy or exclusive use only, but excluding storage areas below
established grade;
“Hotel” shall mean a building, or two or more attached buildings, used for
the purpose of providing the public with temporary accommodations,
having a minimum of 25 accommodation units accessed by internal
corridors, and uses accessory thereto, including meeting rooms,
conference rooms, recreational facilities, banquet halls, and dining and
lounge areas;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, or a
public park or open space area, regardless of whether or not such a lot
constitutes the whole of a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;
“Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal” shall mean a building containing three or
more dwelling units attached horizontally, not vertically, by an above grade
wall or walls;
“Multiple Dwelling-Vertical” a building containing three or more dwelling
units attached horizontally and vertically by an above grade wall or walls, or
an above grade floor or floors, or both;
“Multiple Dwelling-Vertical-Senior Citizens Apartment” shall mean a
multiple dwelling-vertical building complying with the following provisions:
a minimum of 10% of the total number of dwelling units shall be
dwelling units, barrier free;
a minimum of 65%of the total number of dwelling units shall be
dwelling units, senior citizen;
no dwelling units, dwelling units, barrier-free or dwelling units, senior
citizen shall contain more than two bedrooms;
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a minimum of one lounge area, having a minimum floor area of 100
square metres, shall be provided for the common usage of residents
and visitors;
all internal corridors shall have a minimum width of 1.8 metres;
all doorways shall provide a minimum unobstructed passage area of 1
metre in width;
mechanical door closing and opening aids shall be provided at all
building entrances.
Office-Associated Commercial Establishment" shall mean an establishment
providing retail goods or equipment required for the daily operation of a
business office or professional office, such as a stationery store, a
computer store, or an office furniture store;
“Optical Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which optical
instruments such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, or magnifying glasses are
prepared, dispensed, displayed and offered for retail sale;
Parking Space" shall mean a usable and accessible area of not less than
2.6 metres in width and not less than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary
parking of vehicles, but shall not include any portion of the parking aisle or
driveway;
"Parking Structure" shall mean a building for the temporary storage of one
or more vehicles accessory or incidental to the use provided for in a
particular zone;
“Personal Service Shop” shall mean an establishment in which a personal
service is performed and which may include a barber shop, a beauty salon,
a shoe repair shop, a tailor or a dressmaking shop or a photographic
studio, but shall not include a body-rub parlour as defined in section 224
(9)(b) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, as amended from
time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Professional Office” shall mean a building or part of a building in which
medical, legal or other professional service is performed or consultation
given, and which may include a clinic, the offices of an architect, a
chartered accountant, an engineer, a lawyer or a physician, but shall not
include a body-rub parlour as defined in the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 302, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto;
“Retail Store” shall mean a building or part of a building in which goods,
wares, merchandise, substances, articles or things are stored, kept and
offered for retail sale to the public;
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“Restaurant-Type D” shall mean a building or part of a building where food
is prepared and offered or kept for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on the premises, and which may include an accessory take-
out component; and;
“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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“RH” and “RH(SC)” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “RH” and “RH(SC)” use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
on lands designated “RH”: Multiple Dwelling-Vertical
on lands designated “RH(SC)”: Multiple Dwelling-Vertical-Senior
Citizens Apartment
Zone Requirements (“RH” and “RH(SC)” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “RH” and “RH(SC)”, use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 5 storeys
BUILDING ENVELOPE (maximum): as illustrated on Figure 1 attached
hereto
DWELLING UNITS (maximum): 175
Uses Permitted (“RH/MU-5” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “RH/MU-5” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
Multiple Dwelling-Horizontal
Zone Requirements (“RH/MU-5” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “RH/MU-5”, use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT: 3 storeys maximum
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BUILDING LOCATIONS:
Notwithstanding any other requirements of By-Law 3036, as amended,
the following requirements shall regulate building locations on lands
zoned "RH/MU-5".
The minimum yard depth from Brock Road shall be 3.0 metres and
the maximum yard depth from Brock Road shall be 5.0 metres;
The minimum yard depth from Finch Avenue shall be 3.0 metres
and the maximum yard depth from Finch Avenue shall be 5.0
metres;
The minimum yard depth from the western lot line shall be 6.0
metres;
The minimum yard depth from the southern lot line shall be 6.0
metres;
Notwithstanding any other requirement of this By-law, balconies,
covered or uncovered steps, porches and platforms may project
into any minimum yard depth to a maximum projection of 1.5
metres;
NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS:
The maximum number of multiple dwelling-horizontal units shall be
71 dwelling units;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
For the purpose of this clause, a "parking space" shall mean a usable
and accessible area of not less than 2.6 metres in width and not less
than 5.3 metres in length for the temporary parking of vehicles, but
shall not include any portion of a parking aisle or driveway;
For the lands designated "RH" there shall be provided and maintained
on the lot a minimum of 1.2 parking spaces per dwelling unit for
residents, and 0.3 parking sp. aces per dwelling unit for visitors. All
resident parking spaces shall be provided in a below grade structure.
Visitor parking spaces shall be provided at grade, in a below grade
structure, or both;
For the lands designated "RH(SC)” there shall be provided and
maintained on the lot a minimum of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling
unit for residents and 0.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit for visitors.
All resident parking spaces shall be provided in a below grade
structure. Visitor parking spaces shall be provided at grade, in a below
grade structure, or both;
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For lands designated "RH/MU-5"
For a multiple dwelling-horizontal use there shall be provided and
maintained on the lot a minimum of 2.0 parking space per dwelling
unit for residents and 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit for
visitors.
Figure 1
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Definitions
"Church" shall mean a building dedicated to religious worship and may
include a Sunday School or parish hall as an accessory use;
"Floor Area-Non-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas of
all above and below grade storeys of all buildings and structures used for
non-residential purposes, but shall exclude the floor area of any stairwells,
elevators, and any part below established grade used exclusively for
storage purposes;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
“Public School” shall mean:
a school under the jurisdiction of a Board of Education which Board is
continued or established pursuant to the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. E.2, or any successor thereto;
a college of applied arts and technology continued or established
pursuant to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. M.19, or any successor thereto; and
a university eligible to receive provincial funding pursuant to the
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, or any successor thereto.
"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;
"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“I(C)-ES” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “I(C)-ES” use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
church and uses accessory thereto
public school and uses accessory thereto
Zone Requirements (“I(C)-ES” Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “I(C)-ES”, use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 3.3 hectares
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 195 metres
YARD SETBACKS (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1 attached
hereto
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 20 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
There shall be provided and maintained on the lands zoned "I(C)-
ES" a minimum of 226 parking spaces, or 4.0 spaces per 100
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square metres of floor area - non-residential within the zone,
whichever is greater;
Notwithstanding Section 2.57 of By-law 3036, as amended, a
parking space shall mean a usable and accessible area of not less
than 5.3 metres in length and 2.6 metres in width for the temporary
parking of a vehicle, but shall not include any portion of a parking
aisle or driveway;
Notwithstanding Section 5.21.2, subsections b) and d) of By-law
3036, as amended, all parking setbacks shall be a minimum of 2.4
metres.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Dwelling, Semi-detached or Semi-detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwelling being attached together horizontally
in whole or part above grade, below grade, or both above and below grade;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S1" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements ("S1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 400 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 13.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling
unit per lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square
metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per
lot attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which
shall be located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and
not less than 6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately
adjoining or abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is
a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted ("S1E" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1E", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted (“S2E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S2E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2E", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
no minimum one side as long as the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling.
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FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH: 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted (“S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
no minimum one side as long as the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH
lots abutting Finch Avenue or a reserve on the opposite side of
which is Finch Avenue (minimum): 4.5 metres
all other flankage lots (minimum): 2.7 metres
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REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted ("SD-A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''SD-A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 225 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH: 1.2 metres except that no interior side
yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings are attached
together, so long as every common wall extending along the side lot
line separating such lots, or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be
set back from the side lot line as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot or,
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
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BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: minimum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum dwelling unit area of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.2 metres
despite the definition of ''Dwelling, Semi- Detached or Semi-
Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(e), Semi-Detached Dwellings
erected in an ''SD-A" zone shall be attached above grade by a
private garage common wall which shall be not less than 3 metres
in length and not less than 2.4 metres in height.
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Exception Zone 198 (By-law 4113-92, as amended by By-
law 5218-98)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted (“S2-8”, “S2-9”, “S3-3”, “S3-4” and “S4-2” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-8”, “S2-9”, “S3-3”, “S3-4”
and “S4-2” use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any
purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements (“S2-8”, “S2-9”, “S3-3”, “S3-4” and “S4-2” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-8”, “S2-9”, “S3-3”, “S3-4”
and “S4-2”, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building except in
accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands designated “S2-8”, “S2-9”: 450 square metres
on land designated “S3-3”, “S3-4”: 350 square metres
on lands designated “S4-2”: 300 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands designated “S2-8”, “S2-9”: 15 metres
on land designated “S3-3”, “S3-4”: 12 metres
on lands designated “S4-2”: 9 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on lands designated “S2-8”: 1.2 metres
on lands designated “S2-9”:
1) north side yard 1.2 metres
2) south side yard 4.5 metres
on lands designated “S3-3” and “S3-4”:
1) minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
2) minimum 1.8 metres on side and no minimum other side
on lands designated “S4-2”:
1) minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
2) no minimum one side so long as the other side:
II. at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
I. at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to
any other wall of the main dwelling
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
on lands designated “S3-3” and “S3-4”: 7.5 metres
on land designated “S2-8”, “S2-9”, “S3-4”: 10 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
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BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
on lands designated “S3-3” and “S3-4”, the horizontal distance
between buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.8
metres;
on lands designated “S4-2”, the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except for the
following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control or resource
management.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-2" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except for the
following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife
resource management
neighbourhood park
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-2" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
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removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control or resource
management.
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Exception Zone 199 (By-law 4123-92)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Dwelling, Semi-detached or Semi-detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwelling being attached together horizontally
in whole or part above grade, below grade, or both above and below grade;
“Single Attached Dwelling” shall mean one of a group of not less than three
single adjacent dwelling units, attached together horizontally by an above
grade common wall;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
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"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;
"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S1-E" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
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Zone Requirements ("S1-E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-E", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH
Lots abutting Finch Avenue or a reserve on the opposite side of
which is Finch Avenue (minimum): 4.5 metres
All other flankage lots (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted (“S2-E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S2-E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S2-E", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
no minimum one side as long as the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted (“S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (“S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated “S4", use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
no minimum one side as long as the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings
on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres.
Uses Permitted ("SA-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-4", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single attached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''SA-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SA-4", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 180 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 6.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH: 1.2 metres except that no interior side
yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on adjacent lots are
attached together, so long as every wall on such side which is not part
of a common wall extending along the side lot line separating such lots,
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or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be set back from the side lot
line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot or,
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum dwelling unit area of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREIIENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building and located not less than 6.0 metres from
the front lot line.
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Exception Zone 200 (By-law 4148-93)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Dwelling, Semi-detached or Semi-detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwelling being attached together horizontally
in whole or part above grade, below grade, or both above and below grade;
“Floor Area-Residential” shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
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"Front Yard" shall mean a yard extending across the full width of a lot
between the front line of the lot and the nearest wall of the nearest main
building or structure on the lot;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
“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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("SD-A-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''SD-A-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A-1", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 200 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH: minimum 1.2 metres except that:
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior
side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on either lot;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that extends
along the common interior side lot line, no interior side yard shall
be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon
which that dwelling is located;
where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one of
those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that does
not extend along the common interior side lot line;
1) minimum 1.2 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot; or
2) minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which that
dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is provided
on the other lot;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: minimum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum dwelling unit area of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREIIENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.2 metres
despite the definition of ''Dwelling, Semi- Detached or Semi-
Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(e), Semi-Detached Dwellings
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erected in an ''SD-A-1" zone shall be attached above grade by a
common wall which shall be not less than 3.0 metres in length and
not less than 2.4 metres in height.
Uses Permitted ("S-SD-A-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-A-1", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements (''S-SD-A-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S-SD-A-1", use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building except in accordance with the following
provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling residential use 200 square metres
detached dwelling residential use 250 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
semi-detached dwelling residential use 7 metres
detached dwelling residential use 9 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
semi-detached dwelling residential use minimum 1.2 metres except
that:
1) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no
interior side yard shall be required adjacent to that wall on
either lot;
2) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
extends along the common interior side lot line, no interior side
yard shall be required adjacent to the extension of that wall on
the lot upon which that dwelling is located;
3) where dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall and one
of those dwellings has an extension of that common wall that
does not extend along the common interior side lot line;
I. minimum 1.2 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
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that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is not
provided on the other lot; or
II. minimum 0.6 metre interior side yard shall be provided
adjacent to the extension of that wall on the lot upon which
that dwelling is located if an abutting interior side yard is
provided on the other lot;
detached dwelling residential use
1) minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side; or
2) no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
I. at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of private garage; and
II. at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to
any other wall of the main building;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: minimum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum dwelling unit area of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREIIENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.2 metres
where a lot abuts a walkway the minimum side yard width shall be
1.2 metres;
despite the definition of ''Dwelling, Semi- Detached or Semi-
Detached Dwelling" in Section 1(e), Semi-Detached Dwellings
erected in an ''S-SD-A-1" zone shall be attached above grade by a
common wall which shall be not less than 3 metres in length and
not less than 2.4 metres in height.
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Exception Zone 201 (By-law 4183-93)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling. Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"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;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("R1-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R1-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("R1-4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R1-4" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 740 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 21 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
3.0 metres when side yard abuts lands zoned "A" or "OS-HL-1",
and
1.8 metres in all other cases
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 10 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 33 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 139 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
Uses Permitted ("R3-6" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-6" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("R3-6" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-6" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 550 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 18 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
10 metres where rear yard abuts lands zoned "OS-HL-1"; and,
7.5 metres in all other cases;
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
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DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
Uses Permitted ("S1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("S1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 450 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
minimum 1.2 metres each side; or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: on lands zoned "S1" the horizontal distance
between buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.8 metres.
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Uses Permitted ("S1-5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-5" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
Zone Requirements ("S1-5" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-5" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 450 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 15 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
minimum 1.2 metres each side; or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 10 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: on lands zoned "S1-5" the horizontal
distance between buildings on adjacent lots shall be not less than 1.8
metres.
Uses Permitted ("S3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use.
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Zone Requirements (''S3" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH:
minimum 1.2 metres each side; or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side;
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres;
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street;
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: on lands zoned "S3" the horizontal distance
between buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.8 metres.
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL-1" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
conservation of the natural environment, soil, and wildlife;
resource management.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL-1" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be enlarged, modified or changed, nor shall fill be placed or
removed except for purposes of flood and erosion control or resource
management.
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Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean 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;
"Yard" shall mean an area of land which is appurtenant to and located on
the same lot as a or structure and is open, uncovered and unoccupied
above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures, or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("S1-E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1-E" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1-E" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 350 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 12 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
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INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
Lots abutting Finch Avenue or a reserve on the opposite side or
which is Finch Avenue (minimum): 4.5 metres
All other flankage lots (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot,
attached to the main dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres
Uses Permitted ("S2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S2" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S2" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S2" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 11 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH
minimum 1.2 metres each side, 0.6 metres other side or,
no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
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1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot,
attached to the main dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than 1.2 metres
Uses Permitted ("S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S4" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "S4" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 250 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 9.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH
minimum 1.2 metres each side, 0.6 metres other side or,
no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
1) at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to the
nearest wall of a private garage, and
2) at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to any
other wall of the main dwelling
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FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
Lots abutting Finch Avenue or a reserve on the opposite side or
which is Finch Avenue (minimum): 4.5 metres
All other flankage lots (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot,
attached to the main dwelling, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining a street or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street
SPECIAL REGULATION: the horizontal distance between buildings on
adjacent lots shall be not less than 1.2 metres
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Exception Zone 203 (By-law 3260)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Exception shall prevent the
erection of one detached dwelling on the property hatched on Figure 1 attached
hereto, in compliance with the following:
No habitable floor area shall be below an elevation of 125 metres;
No building or structure shall be erected on any land other than that area
outlined as Restricted Building Area, on the Plan attached hereto as Figure
1;
No building or structure shall be located nearer than 19.5 metres to the
centre line of Sideline 32/33 or 12.0 metres from the west limit of Sideline
32/33, whichever shall be greater;
Compliance with the provisions of Section 7.4 of By-law 3036.
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Exception Zone 204 (By-law 1002-79)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of By-law 3036, the
lands designated R4-1 shall not be used except in accordance with the
provisions of this Exception.
Definitions
"Dwelling" 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.
"Single Dwelling" shall mean a building containing not more than one
dwelling and uses accessory thereto.
"Single Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling which is
freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings.
"Lot Frontage" shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot
lines, such distance being measured along a line which is parallel to and
7.5 m distant from the front lot line.
"Floor Area" shall mean the total area of all storeys contained within the
outside walls of a building excluding, in the case of a building containing a
dwelling or dwellings, any private garage, porch, verandah, sunroom,
balcony, basement recreation room, unfinished attic or basement.
"Private Garage" shall mean 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
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"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
Uses Permitted
No person shall within the lands designated R4-1 erect, alter, or use any
building or structure for any purpose except the following:
single detached dwelling residential uses
Zone Requirements
No person shall within the lands designated R4-1 erect, alter or use any
building or structure unless such lot is served by a public water system and a
sanitary sewer system and except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 300 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 10 metres, except that in case of a
corner lot the minimum lot frontage shall be 12.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTHS (minima):
interior side yard: 1.5 metres, except that on one side the interior side
yard width may be between 0 metres and 0.3 metres, inclusive
flankage side yard: 2.4 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
FLOOR AREA (minimum): 100 square metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 35 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLINGS PER LOT (maximum): 1 only
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PRIVATE GARAGES (minimum): 1 per dwelling, attached to the main
building and located not less than 6 metres from the front lot line
SPECIAL SIDE YARD PROVISIONS:
each lot to which this section applies that abuts on its side lot line a lot
to which this section does not apply shall provide a side yard having a
minimum side yard width of 1.8 metres, adjacent to the latter lot.
no doors or windows from habitable rooms shall be permitted on a wall
of any building when that wall of the building is closer than 1.2 metres
to the side lot line closest to it.
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots to which this
section applies shall be not less than 1.8 metres.
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Exception Zone 205 (By-law 2353-87)
Definitions
Dwelling" shall mean building or part of a building containing one or more
dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or trailer
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling" shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling" shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of the storey or part of a storey;
"Gross Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the aggregate of the floor areas
of all storeys of a building or structure, or a part thereof as the case may
be, other than a private garage, an attic or a cellar;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
"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;
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for
the storage of one or more vehicles, in which structure no business or
services is conducted for profit or otherwise;
"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;
“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;
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"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line 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;
"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;
"Side Yard Width" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a side
yard of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest main wall of the
nearest main building or structure on the lot;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard;
Uses Permitted ("S1" and "S2" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" and "S2" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S1" and ''S2'' Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S1" and "S2", use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on lands designated "S1'': 450 square metres
on lands designated ''S2": 400 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
on lands designated "S1": 15 metres
on lands designated "S2": 13.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum):
on lands designated "S1": 7.5 metres
on lands designated "S2": 4.5 metres
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SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum the other side
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
on lands designated "S1" - minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 9.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
on lands designated "S2" - minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting on a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS: the horizontal distance between buildings on
adjacent lots shall be not less than 1.8 metres.
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Exception Zone 206 (By-law 5246-98)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, a detached dwelling unit
on Lot 17, Plan may include a second dwelling unit;
Notwithstanding section 9.2.3 Yard Requirements of By-law 3036, a detached
dwelling on Lot 17, Plan 819 shall be subject to the following requirements:
FRONT YARD (minimum): 4.5 metres
REAR YARD (minimum): 40.0 metres
SIDE YARD (minimum): 2.4 metres
A detached dwelling on Lot 17, Plan 819 must also comply with the following
provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
a minimum of one parking space shall be provided for a second
dwelling unit; and
where the vehicular entrance to a private garage is parallel to the front
lot line, no part of a private garage shall be less than 6.0 metres from
the front lot line, and no part of an attached private garage shall extend
more than 2.4 metres beyond the wall containing the main entrance to
the dwelling unit to which it is attached; or
where the vehicular entrance to an attached private garage is
perpendicular to the front lot line, no part of the garage shall be located
less than 4.5 metres from the front lot line.
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Exception Zone 207 (By-law 2912-88, as amended by By-
law 3707-91, By-law 5721-00, By-law 5722-00, By-law 5840-
01, and By-law 7126-11)
Despite the front yard provisions of Section 10.2.3 and Section 5.9 and 5.18(a)
of By-law 3036, where any lot having frontage on Rougemount Drive within the
lands diagonally hatched on Figure 1 is used for a detached dwelling the
following provisions also apply:
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 15.0 metres
Part of Lot 16, Plan 228
Despite the obstruction of yards requirement of 5.7 (b) and front yard
requirement of 10.3.6(i) of By-law 3036, the minimum front yard
requirement to the southerly building existing at the time of the passing
of the by-law shall be 13.0 metres and the existing uncovered platform
attached to the southerly existing building may project a maximum of
1.0 metre into the front yard.
DWELLING HEIGHT (maximum): 9.0 metres
No part of any attached private garage shall extend more than 2.0 metres
beyond the front wall of the dwelling to which it is attached
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
no accessory building or part thereof shall be erected in a front yard;
any accessory building or part thereof erected in a side yard shall
comply with the yard requirements of Section 10.2.3 of By-law 3036;
any accessory building or part thereof erected in a rear yard shall be
located not less than 1.0 metre from all lot lines.
OPEN SPACE/HAZARD LANDS (“OS-HL” Zone)
Uses Permitted (“OS-HL” Zone)
No person shall within the land designated “OS-HL”, use any land for
any purpose except the preservation and conservation of the natural
environment, soil and wildlife.
Zone Requirements (“OS-HL” Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any
existing buildings or structures be modified or changed, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or
structures are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
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Special Regulations (“OS-HL” Zone)
Notwithstanding Section 10.2.3 of By-law 3036, any residential dwelling
or part thereof shall be located no less than 10.0 metres from the zone
designation of lands designated “OS-HL”.
Figure 1
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Exception Zone 208 (By-law 4229-93)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Multiple Dwelling-Quadruplex" shall mean a dwelling containing four
dwelling units connected horizontally above grade, each unit being
connected to two or more other units and having an independent entrance
at grade;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"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;
"Yard" shall mean an area of land which is appurtenant to and located on
the same lot as a or structure and is open, uncovered and unoccupied
above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures, or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("MD-Q" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-Q" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling-quadruplex residential
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Zone Requirements ("MD-Q" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-Q" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
Maximum of one dwelling unit per lot
Minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
Maximum of 16 dwelling units within the lands designated “MD-Q”
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 5.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
one tandem parking space per lot, not exceeding 2.7 metres in
width and 12.0 metres in length, for the temporary parking of two
vehicles end to end;
Each tandem parking space shall be located in the front yard of the
lot.
YARD SETBACKS (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1 attached
hereto
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No freestanding accessory structures shall be permitted;
No attached accessory structures shall be permitted in the front
yard;
A minimum horizontal distance of 3.6 metres shall be maintained
between exterior walls of multiple dwellings-quadruplex;
All portions of the front yard not used for parking required by
subsection 2(b)(iv) shall be maintained as landscaped open space
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Exception Zone 209 (By-law 4230-93)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Multiple Dwelling-Quadruplex" shall mean a dwelling containing four
dwelling units connected horizontally above grade, each unit being
connected to two or more other units and having an independent entrance
at grade;
"Floor Area-Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface contained
within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
"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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures, 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;
"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;
"Yard" shall mean an area of land which is appurtenant to and located on
the same lot as a or structure and is open, uncovered and unoccupied
above ground except for such accessory buildings, structures, or other
uses as are specifically permitted thereon;
"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;
PROVISIONS
Uses Permitted ("MD-Q" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-Q" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
multiple dwelling-quadruplex residential
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Zone Requirements ("MD-Q" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "MD-Q" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12.0 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS:
Maximum of one dwelling unit per lot
Minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres
Maximum of 12 dwelling units within the lands designated “MD-Q”
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 5.0 metres
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
one tandem parking space per lot, not exceeding 2.7 metres in
width and 12.0 metres in length, for the temporary parking of two
vehicles end to end;
Each tandem parking space shall be located in the front yard of the
lot.
YARD SETBACKS (minimum): as illustrated on Figure 1attached
hereto
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
No freestanding accessory structures shall be permitted;
No attached accessory structures shall be permitted in the front
yard;
A minimum horizontal distance of 3.6 metres shall be maintained
between exterior walls of multiple dwellings-quadruplex;
All portions of the front yard not used for parking required by
subsection 2(b)(iv) shall be maintained as landscaped open space
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Exception Zone 210 (By-law 4271-93)
Definitions
"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;
"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;
"Dwelling, Single or Single Dwelling” shall mean a dwelling containing one
dwelling unit and uses accessory thereto;
"Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling” shall mean a single dwelling
which is freestanding, separate and detached from other main buildings or
structures;
“Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling” shall mean one of a
pair of single dwellings, such dwellings being attached together horizontally
in whole or in part above grade, below grade, or both above grade and
below grade;
"Floor Area - Residential" shall mean the area of the floor surface
contained within the outside walls of a storey or part of a storey;
"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;
“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 a group of buildings, as the
case may be, together with any accessory buildings or structures. 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;
"Lot Coverage” shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all
buildings on the lot;
“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;
"Neighbourhood Park" shall mean a municipal public park;
"Private Garage” shall mean 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;
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"Public School" shall mean,
a school under the Jurisdiction of a Board of Education which Board is
continued or established pursuant to the Education Act, R.S.O. ·1990,
chapter E.2, or any successor thereto;
a college of applied arts and technology continued or established
pursuant to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990,
chapter M.19, or any successor thereto; and
a university eligible to receive provincial funding pursuant to the
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act, or any successor thereto;
"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.
"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;
"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;
"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;
"Rear Yard Depth" shall mean the shortest horizontal dimension of a rear
yard of a lot between the rear lot line, 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;
"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;
"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;
"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;
"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
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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;
"Interior Side Yard" shall mean a side yard other than a flankage side yard.
PROVISIONS ("R3-4" and "R3-5" Zones)
Uses Permitted ("R3-4" and "R3-5" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-4" and "R3-5" use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("R3-4" and "R3-5" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-4" and "R3-5" use any lot
or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated "R3-4": 800 square metres
on the lands designated "R3-5": 550 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 18 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 meres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
1.2 metres provided to the nearest wall of a private garage
attached to the main dwelling, and
1.8 metres provided to any other wall of the main dwelling, or
1.8 metres one side, and 4.0 metres other side where a detached
garage is located in the rear yard
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum):
on the lands designated "R3-4": 16 metres
on the lands designated "R3-5": 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres.
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PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot,
any vehicular entrance of which shall be located not less than 6.0
metres from the front lot line and not less than 6.0 metres from any
side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a reserve on the opposite
side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
despite the provisions of Section 2(a) above, the area diagonally
hatched on Figure 1 attached hereto shall only be used for tree
preservation and conservation purposes, and no buildings or
structures of any kind, including accessory buildings, but excluding
fences along the lot lines, shall be erected; and no swimming
pools, tennis courts or like recreational facilities shall be permitted.
all accessory buildings which are not part of the main dwelling shall
be erected in the rear yard and shall not be Jess than 1.0 metres
from any lot line, save and except that a private garage detached
from the main dwelling may be located in any yard not less than
1.2 metres from any side lot line, and on the lands designated "R3-
4" not less than 10 metres from any rear lot line, and on the lands
designated "R3-5" not less than 3.0 metres from any rear lot line.
despite the provisions of Section 2(b)(viii) above, the maximum
building height for any detached private garage shall be 3.6
metres.
despite the provisions of Section 2(b)(ix) above, where the
vehicular entrance of a private garage is perpendicular to the front
lot line, the nearest wall of that private garage may be located not
less than 4.5 metres from the front lot line.
PROVISIONS ("S3" and "S4" Zones)
Uses Permitted ("S3" and "S4" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" and “S4” use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the
following:
detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("S3" and “S4” Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "S3" and "S4" use any lot or
erect, alter or use any building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum):
on the lands designated "S3": 350 square metres
on the lands designated "S4": 250 square metres
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LOT FRONTAGE (minimum):
ion the lands designated "S3": 12.0 metres
on the lands designated "S4": 9.0 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum):
on the lands designated "S3":
1) minimum 1.2 metres each side, or
2) minimum 1.8 metres one side and no minimum other side
on the lands designated "S4":
1) minimum 1.2 metres one side, 0.6 metres other side, or
2) no minimum one side so long as on the other side:
I. at least 1.2 metres interior side yard width is provided to
the nearest wall of a private garage, and
II. at least 1.8 metres interior side yard width is provided to
any other wall of the main dwelling
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 38 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
on the lands designated "S3" the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots to which this section applies shall not be
less than 1.8 metres.
on the lands designated "S4" the horizontal distance between
buildings on adjacent lots to which this section applies shall not be
less than 1.2 metres.
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PROVISIONS ("SD-A" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("SD-A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
semi-detached dwelling residential use
Zone Requirements ("SD-A" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "SD-A" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any building except in accordance with the following provisions:
LOT AREA (minimum): 225 square metres
LOT FRONTAGE (minimum): 7.5 metres
FRONT YARD DEPTH (minimum): 4.5 metres
INTERIOR SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 1.2 metres except that no
interior side yard shall be provided on the side where dwellings on
adjacent lots are attached together, so long as every wall on such side
which is not part of a common wall extending along the side lot line
separating such lots, or is not a direct extension thereof, shall be set
back from the side lot line separating such lots as follows:
1.2 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if no
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot, or
0.6 metres measured perpendicularly to such side lot line if an
abutting side yard is provided on the abutting lot.
FLANKAGE SIDE YARD WIDTH (minimum): 2.7 metres
REAR YARD DEPTH (minimum): 7.5 metres
LOT COVERAGE (maximum): 40 percent
BUILDING HEIGHT (maximum): 12 metres
DWELLING UNIT REQUIREMENTS: maximum one dwelling unit per
lot and minimum gross floor area-residential of 100 square metres.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: minimum one private garage per lot
attached to the main building, any vehicular entrance of which shall be
located not less than 6.0 metres from the front lot line and not less than
6.0 metres from any side lot line immediately adjoining or abutting a
reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
the horizontal distance between buildings on adjacent lots, except
where such buildings are attached in whole or in part, shall be not
less than 1.2 metres
despite the definition of "Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-
Detached Dwelling” in Section 1(e), Semi-Detached Dwellings
erected in an "SD-A" Zone shall be attached above grade by a
common wall which shall not be less than 3 metres in length and
not less than 2.4 metres in height.
PROVISIONS ("R3-5-ES" and S4-ES" Zones)
Uses Permitted ("R3-5-ES" and "S4-ES" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-5-ES" and "S4-ES" use
any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any purpose
except the following:
detached dwelling residential use
public school use
Zone Requirements ("R3-5-ES" and "S4-ES" Zones)
No person shall within the lands designated "R3-5-ES" and "S4-ES" use
any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure for detached dwelling
residential uses except on the lands designated "R3-5-ES" in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2 respecting "R3-5" Zones, and except on the
lands designated "S4-ES" in accordance with the provisions of Section 3
respecting "S4" Zones.
PROVISIONS ("OS-HL" Zone)
Uses Permitted ("OS-HL Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "OS-HL" use any lot or erect,
alter or use any 6uilding or structure for any purpose except the
preservation and conservation of the natural environment, soil and wildlife.
Zone Requirements ("OS-HL" Zone)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor shall the
placing or removal of fill be permitted, except where buildings or structures
are used only for purposes of flood and erosion control.
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PROVISIONS ("NP'' Zone)
Permitted ("NP" Zone)
No person shall within the lands designated "NP" use any lot or erect, alter
or use any building or structure for any purpose except the following:
neighbourhood park
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Figure 1
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Exception Zone 211 (By-law 4325-73, as amended by By-
law 671-77)
Definitions
“Building Height” shall mean the vertical distance measured from the
average elevation of the finished grade at the front wall of the building to
the base of the eaves of the said building.
“Coverage” shall mean the percentage of the lot area covered by all
buildings.
“Dwelling” shall mean one or more rooms, occupied or capable of being
occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping unit containing a
separate kitchen and sanitary facilities.
“Dwelling Types”
Bungalow shall mean a one-storey dwelling.
Split level dwelling shall mean a dwelling in which the first floor above
finished grade is so constructed as to create two or more different
levels, the vertical distance between such levels always being less than
a full storey.
Storey and a half dwelling shall mean a dwelling containing a half
storey wholly or in part within the roof having a floor area equal to at
least 50% of the area of the first storey.
Two storey dwelling shall mean a dwelling containing two storeys.
“Dwelling Zones’’
Single-detached zone is an area where each dwelling is free standing
and separated from other uses by yards.
Semi-detached zone is an area where two dwellings may be joined
horizontally and the two dwellings are separated from other uses by
yards.
Single attached zone is an area where up to 6 dwellings may be joined
horizontally and the group of dwellings is separated from other uses by
yards.
“Frontage” shall mean the width of a lot between the side lot lines
measured along a line parallel and 6.0 metres from the street line.
“Ground Floor Area” shall mean the area of a building based on the exterior
dimensions of the said building or buildings.
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“Neighbourhood Park” is a public park including recreation uses buildings
and uses accessory thereto.
“Private Garage” means an enclosed or partially enclosed structure for the
storage of one or more vehicles, in which no business occupation or
service is conducted for profit.
“Yards”
Front Yard shall mean the space between the main front wall of a
building and a street extending the full width of the lot.
Side Yard shall mean the space between a main side wall of a building
and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
Rear Yard shall mean the space between a main rear wall of a building
and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot.
Flankage Yard shall mean the space between a main wall of the
building and a side lot line bounding on a public street and extending
from front lot line to rear lot line.
PROVISIONS
The performance standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 hereto
shall apply to the area restricted by this by-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol
Maximum Density Minimum Yards
Minimum Ground
Floor Area/Dwelling
(Sq. m.)
Minimum
Parking
Space per
Dwelling Minimum Frontage Minimum Lot
Area/Dwelling Front Side and
Flankage Rear Bung
.
Split
or 1 ½
2
Storey
Single
Detached
Dwelling
S
1 dwelling per
Registered Lot
12 metres
15 metres corner lot
460 sq.m.
4.5
metre
s
1.2 metres
side
2.7 metres
flankage
7.5
metre
s
110 74 65
Each
dwelling
shall have
one attached
private
garage set
back at least
6.0 metres
from a street
in addition to
the minimum
ground floor
requirements
Semi-
detached
Dwellings
SD
2 dwellings per
Registered Lot
16.5 metres
18 metres corner lot
255 sq.m.
1.2 metres
side
2.7 metres
flankage
Single-
Attached
Dwellings
SA
Up to 6
dwellings/registered lot
6.5 metres
7.5 metres end lot
9 metres corner lot
220 sq.m.
1.0 metres
side
2.4 metres
flankage
95 69 60
Neighbour
hood Park NP Neighbourhood Park, recreation uses, buildings and uses accessory thereto
Provisions:
Maximum building height 10.5 metres
Maximum building coverage 33%
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Exception Zone 212 (By-law 186-75, as amended by By-
law 268-75)
Definitions
"Senior Citizens Apartment” shall mean a building containing more than
four (4) dwelling units, each unit having access from an inter al corridor
system and with provision being made for ancillary recreational uses within
the building, such as a lounge and club facilities, and shall be for
occupation by elderly persons, and shall be developed by a public agency,
service club, church or any other non-profit organization, the financing of
which shall be sponsored by a federal, provincial, or municipal
organization, or public subscription or donation, or donation thereof.
Provisions
The performance standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 hereto
shall apply to the Area restricted by this by-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol Uses
Permitted
Maximum
# of Units
Landscaped
Open Space Coverage Building
Heights
Minimum
Net Floor
Area
Setbacks
Minimum
Parking
Requirement
Residential
Apartment A36
Senior
Citizens
Apartment
36 Units Minimum 50
percent
Maximum
33 percent
10.5
metres
1 unit – 43
square
metres
minimum
Setback from
street &
property
boundaries as
per Figure 2
1 space per
4 units
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Figure 2
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Exception Zone 213 (By-law 307-75)
Definitions
"Coverage" shall mean the percentage of lot area covered by all buildings
including private garage.
"Dwelling" shall mean one or more rooms, occupied or capable of being
occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping unit containing a
separate kitchen and sanitary facilities.
''Landscaped Open Space'' shall mean that percentage of the lot area not
covered by buildings, driveways and parking spaces.
"Residential-Multiple" shall mean a building divided vertically into 3 or more
dwelling units, each having independent external entrances at grade level
of the building.
"Private Garage" shall mean an enclosed structure for the storage of one or
more vehicles, in which no business, occupation or service is conducted for
profit.
"Storey" shall mean that portion of a building (including a basement which
is less than 50% below ground level) between the surface of any floor and
the surface of the floor, roof deck or ridge above it. This shall not include a
cellar or attic.
Provisions
The performance standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 hereto
shall apply to the area restricted by this By-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol Maximum
Density
Minimum
Landscaped
Open Space
Maximum
Coverage
Maximum
Height Setbacks
Minimum
Gross Floor
Area Per
Dwelling
Minimum
Parking
Requirements
Residential
Multiple M15
38 u.p.ha to
the nearest
full unit
50 percent 30 percent 3 storeys As per Figure
2
95 square
metres
Each dwelling
shall have 1
private garage
plus 1 visitor
parking space
Residential
Multiple M16
40 u.p.ha to
the nearest
full unit
50 percent 30 percent 3 storeys As per Figure
2
95 square
metres
Each dwelling
shall have 1
private garage
plus 1 visitor
parking space
Local
Commercial C1 As defined in Section 11 of By-law 3036
4 parking
spaces for each
93 square
metres of
commercial floor
area
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Figure 2
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Exception Zone 214 (By-law 625-77)
Provisions
The standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto shall
apply to the area restricted by this By-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol Minimum Lot
Frontage
Minimum Lot
Area
Minimum
Floor Area
Minimum Yards Minimum
Parking
Space Per
Dwelling
Front Side Rear
Residential
(One-family
detached
dwelling)
R4S
13.4 metres
for inside lot
15 metres for
corner lot
460 square
metres
95 square
metres 4.5 metres
1.2 metres
unless the
side yard
abuts a street
when the
minimum
shall be 2.7
metres
7.5 metres
Each dwelling
shall have
one private
garage
having a
minimum floor
area of 18
square
metres set
back at least
6.0 metres
from the
street of
access
Provisions:
Maximum building height – 10.5 metres
Maximum building coverage – 33 percent
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Exception Zone 215 (By-law 668-77)
Provisions
The standards and provisions as set out on Figure 1 attached hereto shall
apply to the area restricted by this By-law.
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Figure 1
Zone Symbol
Minimum
Lot
Frontage
Minimum
Lot Area
Minimum Yards
Minimum Ground Floor
Area Per Dwelling (square
metres) Minimum
Parking
Space Per
Dwelling Front Side Rear 1
storey
Split or
1 ½
storey
2
storey
Residential
(One-family
detached
dwelling)
S1
15 metres
for inside
lot
16.5
metres for
corner lot
510
square
metres
4.5
metres
1.2
metres
unless
side yard
abuts
street
then
minimum
shall be
2.7
metres
7.5
metres 110
74
65
Each
dwelling
shall have
one private
garage
having a
minimum
floor area
of 18
square
metres
setback at
least 6.0
metres
from the
street of
access
Residential
(One-family
detached
dwelling)
S2
13.4
metres for
inside lot
15.0
metres for
corner lot
460
square
metres
Provisions
Maximum Building Height – 10.5 metres
Maximum Building Height – 33%
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