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THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING ::
BY-LAW NO.-~ .70J~ ~
A ZONING BY-LAW
(Highway No. 2 Area)
AUGUST, 1965
A ZONING BY-LAW
(Highway No. 2 Area)
Section Symobl Title Page No.
Introduction ......... .,. ......... B
1 Title ................ .. ....... ,.. 4
2 De£initions ....... ~ .............. 5
3 Schedule ......................... 19
4 Zones ., ............ . ............. 20
5 General Provisions for All Zones . 22
6 General Provisions for All
Residential Zones ..... 31
7 A Rural Agricultural Zone .......... 34
8 Ri One-Family Detached Dwelling First
Density Zone ... ....... 39
9 R3 One-Family Detached Dwelling Third
Density Zone .......... 40
10 R4 One-Family Detached Dwelling Fourth
Density Zone .......... 41
11 C1 Local Commercial Zone ............ 43
12 C2 General Commercial Zone ..... ..... 45
13 C3 Highway Commercial Zone .......... 47
14 MI Storage and Light Manufacturing
Zone .... . ............. 48
15 01 Public Open Space Zone .......... , 50
16 02 Public and Private Open Space Zone 51
17 G Greenbelt-Conservation Zone ...... 52
18 Q Pit and Quarry Zone .......... 53
19 Administration ................... 56
20 Conflict and Validity . ........ 58
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THE TO##SH[P OF P~CKER[NG
.Belng a By-law for
prOhlb~tl~g tho use of land, for or except
for such pul-poses as may be set out in thls
By-law; and for p~ohtbittng the erectlon or
use of buildings or structures for or
except for such purposes as ~y be set out
tn this By-law; and for prohibiting the erec-
t/on of a building o~ structure fo~ ~estdenttal
or celestial purposes on land that is sub-
Ject to flooding or on l~d where by reason
of its ~ocky, low-lying, marshy or unstable
character, the cost of construction of
satisfactory wate~orks, sewage oP drainage
facilities is p~ohibitive; and for ~e~latlng
the height, bulk, location, size~ floor ~ea~
spacing, character ~d use of buildin~ or
structures to be erected, and the minim~
frontage and depth of parcels of l~d~ ~d the
proportion of the area thereof that ~y build-
ings or structures may occupy; and fo~ requiring
the owners or occup~ts of buildings or
structures to be erected or used for pu~oses
n~ed In this By-law to provide and ~Intain
loading or parking facilities on land that
Is not part of a highway; and fo~ prohibiting
the making or establis~ent of pits and quarries,
except within certain defined areas of the
Township,
~E~AS it is considered desirable to regulate
the use of l~d and the characte~ and use of
b~ldinEs and structures within ce~ain
areas of the Township of Picketing, and;
~EREAS authority ls E~anted ~der Section 30
of the Planning Act, subject to the app~oval
of the ~tario Municipal Boa~d, to the Co.ell
of the Township of Picketing to exercise such
powers;
T~REFO~ the Co.oil of the Corpo~ation of the
Township of Plcke~inE enacts as follows:
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SECTION 1 TITLE
This By-law shall be known as the
"Highway No. 2 Area Zoning By-law"
of She Township of Picketing
PAGE
SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS
For the purpose off this By-law, the definitions a~d
lnte~preta~tons given In this sect/on shall govern
unless a contrary intent/on appears:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
2.1 "Accessory Building" shall mean a subordinate:
building, or structure on the same lot with
the main building, or a part of the main build-
ing, devoted exclueively to an accessory Use;
ACCESSORY USE
2.2 "Accessory Use" shall mean a use customarily
incidental and subordinate to the principal
use or building and located on the same lot
as such principal use or building;
ALTERATIONS, STRUCTURAL
2.3 "Alterations, Structural" shall mean any
change in the supporting members of a building
and "structurally altered" shall have a
corresponding meaning;
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
"Animal Hospital" shall include the'premises of
a veterinary surgeon where animals, birds or
other livestock are treated or kept;
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
2.5 "Automobile Service Station" shall mean a
building or place where gasoline, oil,
grease, anti-freeze, tires, tubes, tire
accessories, electric light bulbs, spark-
plugs and batteries for motor vehicles are
stored or kept for sale, or where motor
vehicles may be oiled, greased, or washed, or
have their ignition adjusted, tires inflated
or batteries charged, or where only minor or
running repairs essential to the actual
operation of motor vehicles are executed
or performed;
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BAKE SHOP
2.6 "Bake Shop" shall mean a shop where products
of a bakery are sold or offered for sale by
retail, indluding incidental baking; ., ~
BLOCK
2.7 "Block" shall mean all the land abutting on ~.~
one side of a street between the nearest streets
intersecting, meeting or crossing the aforesaid
streets
BUILDING HEIGHT
2.8 "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, t~we~,, cupola, steeple or other
roof structure which is used only as an orna-
ment upon or to house the mechanical equipment
of any building shall be disregarded in
calculating the height of such building~
BUILDING MAIN
2.9 "Building Main" 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 unit shall be deemed to be the main
building;
BUSINESS OFFICE
2.10 "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;
CAR WASHING ESTABLISHMENT
2.11 "Car Washing Establishment" shall mean a
public garage for washing or cleaning motor
vehicles for gain;
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CHURCH
2.12 "Church" shall mean a building dedicated to
religious worship, amd may include a Sunday
School or parish hall as an accessory use~
CLINIC
2.13 "Clinic" shall mean a public or private
med~cal~ surgical, physiotherapeutic or other
human health clinic, except when accessory
to a private or public hospital;
CORPORATION
2.1~ "Corporation "shall mean the Corporation of the
Township of Picketing;
COUNCIL
2.15 "Council" shall mean the Council of the
Corporation of the Township of Picketing;
COVERAGE
2.16 "Coverage" shall mean the p~*a~ortlSn of the
ground floor area of all the buildings and
structures on the lot to the lot area
expressed as a percentage;
DRESSHAKER'S SHOP
2.17 "Dressmaker's Shop" shall mean a bulldtng
where the business of individual custom
tailoring for females is carried on,
including remodelling, hemstitching and
buttonhole making, but does not include a
shop where clothing manufacture, other than
individual custom tailoring for females, is
carried on;
DRY CLEANER'S DISTRIBUTING STATION
2.18 "Dry Cleaner's Distributing Station" shall
mean a building used for the purpose of
receiving articles or goods of fabric to be
subjected to the process of dry-cleaning,
dry-dyeing or cleaning elsewhere and for the
pressing and distribution of any such
articles or goods which have been subjected
to any such process;
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DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
2.19 "Dry-Cleaning Establishment" shall mean a
building where dry-cleaning, dry-dyeing, clean-
lng or pressing of articles or goods of fabric
is carried on, but does not include a ~potting
and stain removing establishment, hand laundry,
machine laundry, or a wholesale dyeing plant;
DWELLING
2.20 "Dwelling" shall mean any building or part
bhereof used, or capable of being used,
in whole or in part as the home, residence or
sleeping place of one or more persons;
DWELLING APARTMENT HOUSE
2.21 "Dwelltng~Apartment House" shall mean a butldlng
containin~ more than four (4) dwelling units,
each unit having access only from an internal
corridor system~
DWELLING, OUPLEX
2.22 "Dwelling~Duplex" shall mean the whole of a
two store~ building divided horizontally into
two separate dwelling units, each of which
has an independent entrance;
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-ATTACHED
2.23 "Dwelling, Multiple-Attached" shall mean a
building consisting of a series of one-family
dwelling units, each having access from the
outside and possibly from an internal corridor
system as well;
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY DETACHED
2.2q "Dwelling. One-Family Detached" sh~ll mean a
building containing one dwelling unit only,
and having a .front, rear and two (2) side
yards ~
DWELLING SEMI-DETACHED
2.25 "Dwelling, Semi-Detached" shall mean the whole
of a building divided vertically into two
separate dwelling units;
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DWELLING UNIT
2.26 "Dwelling Unit" shall mean a room or suite of
two or more rooms designed or i~tended for use
by an individual or family in which culinary
and sanitary conveniences are provided for
the exclusive use of such individual or family,
and with a private entrance from outside the
building or from a common hallway or stairway
inside;
DWELLING UNIT AREA
2.27 "Dwelling Unit Area" shall mean the floor
area of a dwelling unit measured within the
interior faces of the exterior walls of the
dwelling unit~
EATING ESTABLISHMENT
2.28 "Eating Establishment" shall mean a building
where food is offered for sale or sold to the
public for immediate consumption therein and
includes a restaurant~ cafe~ tea or lunch room,
dairy bar, and refreshment room or stand; but
does not include a boarding or lodging house;
ERECT
2.29 "Erect" shall mean (with reference to a
building or structure) build, construct or
reconstruct and shall include the removal
of a structure from one lot and relocating it
on another lot and any physical operation,
such as excavating, filling or draining,
preparatory to building, construction or
reconstruction;
EXISTING
2.30 "Existing" shall mean existing as of the date
of the pas~ing of th~s'By-law;
FAMILY
2.31 "Family" shall mean one person or two or more
persons who are interrelated by bonds of
consanguinity, marriage or legal adoption,
or a group of not more than five unrelated
per~on~ occupying, with or without one or more
domestic servants, a dwelling unit~
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FIRST FLOOR
2.32 "First Floor" shall mean the floor of a
building approximately at or first above grade(
FLOOR AREA
2.33 "Floor Area" shall mean the maximum habitable
area contained within the outside walls or
outside finished furred partitions thereof,
excluding, in the case of a dwelling, any
private garage, porch, verandah, sunroom,
balcony, unfinished attic or basement and
shall not include a basement recreation room~
FRONTAGE
2.3~ "Frontage" shall mean all property abutting
on one side of a street measured along the
street line~
GARAGE COMMERCIAL
2.35 "Garage Commercial" shall mean a building or
part of a building other than a private garage
used for the storage, care, repair or equip-
ment of self-propelled vehicles and/or trailers,
or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration,
hire or sale)
GARAGE PRIVATE
2.36 "Garage Private" shall mean a building or part
thereof'bsed for the storage of private_passenger
motor vehicles wherein neither servicing for
profit is conducbed nor storage of commercial
vehicles is permitted, and shall include a
carport ~
GARAGE PUBLIC
2.3? "Garage Public" shall mean a public garage
within the meaning of the "Municipal Act",
R. S. O. 1960, Chap. 247, Sec. 397, S. S.
127A, but shall not include car sales lot or
car washing establishment~
GRADE
2.38 "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
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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~
GROUND FLOOR AREA
2.39 "Ground Floor Area" shall mean the area of
that portion of a lot occ~ple~ by a building
or structure, exclusive of any porch, private
garage, verandah or sunroom, unless such sun-
room is habitable at all seasons~
HEREAFTER
2.40 "Hereafter" shall mean after the date of the
passing of the By-law~
HEREIN
2.41 "Herein" shall mean in this By-law and shall
not be limited to any particular section of
this By-law~
HOTEL
2.42 "Hotel" shall mean a building or part of a
building that contains a general kitchen and
dining and other public rooms, the remaining
rooms of which contain no provision for cooking,
and are usually hired by transients as places
of abode; and includes a hostel for men or women~
LANE
2.43 "Lane" shall mean a public thoroughfare or
way, not more than thirty (30) feet wide and
which affords only a secondary means of access
to abutting property~
LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA
2.44 "Landscaped Open Area" shall mean an open and
unobstructed space on a lot which is suitable
for the growth and maintenance of grass,
flowers, Dushes and other landscaping and
includes the part of the lot unoccupied by any
buildings or structures, but does not include
any surfaced walk or any driveway, ramp or
motor vehicle parking area, whether surfaced
or not½
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LOADING SPACE
2.45 "Loading Space" shall mean an off-street space
or berth on the same lot with a building or
contiguous to a group of buildings for the
temporary parking of a commercial vehicle
while loading or unloading merchandise or
materials and which abuts upon a street, lane
or other appropriate means of access;
LOT
2 46 'Lot" shall mean a parcel of land fronting on
a street, whether or not occupied by a building
or structure;
(a) "Corner Lot" shall mean a lot situated
at the intersection of two streets or two
parts of the same street of which the two
adjacent sides upon the street line or'-
street lines include an angle of not more
than one hundred and thirty-five (135)
degrees and where such adjacent sides are
curved, the angle included by the adjacent
sides shall be deemed to be the angle
formed by the intersection of the tangents
to the street lines drawn through the
extermites of the interior lot lines,
provided that (1) in the latter case the
corner of the lot shall be deemed to be
that point on the street line nearest to
the point of intersection of the said
tangents, and (2) any portion of a corner
lot distant more than one hundred (100)
feet from the corner, measured along the
street line, shall be deemed to be an
inside lo~;
(b)"Inside Lot" shall mean a lot other than
a corner lot;
(c) Lot lines have the following meanings:
i. "Front Lot Line" shall mean the line
that divides a lot from the street
provided that in the case of a
corner lot the shorter lot line that
abuts a street shall be deemed to be
the front line and the longer lot line
that so abuts shall be termed the "flank"
of the lot;
11."Rear Lot Line" shall mean the lot
line opposite the front lot line;
lil."Stde Lot Line" shall mean a lot line
other than a front lot line or rear
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lot 1Lne~
LOT AREA
2.47 "Lot Area" shall mean the total horizontal
area within the lot lines of a lot~
LOT COVERAGE
2.48 "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 DEPTH
2.49 "Lot Depth" shall mean the horizontal distance
between the front and rear lot lines. Where
these lines are not parallel, it shall be
the length of a line Joining the mid points
of the front and rear lot_line~;
LOT FRONTAGE
2.50 "Lot Frontage" shall mean the horizontal
distance between the side lot lines. Where
such lot lines are not parallel, the lot
frontage shall be the distance between the side
lot lines measured on a line twenty-five (25)
feet back from the front lot line and parallel
to it}
LOT REGISTERED
2.51 "Lot Registered" shall mean a lot described
in accordance with and within a registered
plan of subdivisioni
LOT RESIDENTIAL
2.52 "Lot Residential" shall mean a lot situated in
a residential zone and having a lot frontage and
lot area in accordance with the requirements
of the zone in which the same is situated½
MOTEL, MOTOR COURT, AUTO COURT
2.53 "Motel, Motor Court, Auto Court" shall mean a
hotel in one ~uilding or in two or more
connected or detached buildings used twelve
(12) months each year for the purpose of
catering to the needs of the travelling public
by furnishing sleeping accommodation with
or without supplying food and shall include
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all buildings operating unde~ She Liquor License
Act, the Act respecting Tourist Establishments,
and the Act respecting the Regulation of Tourist
Campsi
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
2.54 "Motor Vehicle Repair Shop" shall mean a public
garage used as a motor vehicle reyair shop~
NON-CONFORMING
2.55 "Non-Conforming" shall mean that which does not
conform, comply or agree with the regulations
of this By-law as of the date of final passing
thereof}
PARKING LOT, PUBLIC
2.56 "Parking Lot Public" shall mean a lot or portion
thereof other than an automobile sales lot, used
for the temporary storage or parking of six
(6) or more motor vehicles for hire and galn~
PARKING SPACE
2.57 "Parking Space" shall mean an area of not less
than two hundred (200) square feet, exclusive
of driveways or aisles, for the temporary park-
ing or storage of motor vehicles~
PARKING STATION
2.58 "Parking Station" shall mean a lot or portion
thereof, required in accordance with the
provisions of this By-law for the the tem-
porary storage or parking of motor vehicles
accessory or incidental to uses in all zones,
and shall not include the storage or parking
of motor vehicles for hire and gain, display
or for sale~
PERSON
2.59 "Person" shall include individual, association,
firm, partnership or incorporated company;
PLACE OF AMUSEMENT
2.60 "Place of Amusement" shall include a motion
picture or other theatre, arena, auditorium,
public dance hall, public hall (including
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premises for wedding receptions, banquets and
other social gatherings), music hall, billiard
and pool room, bowling alley, exhibition, ice
or roller skating rink~
PLAYLOT
2.61 "Playlot" shall mean a lot used for the purposes
of a nonprofit playlot for children under the
age of nine years and managed and controlled
by the Corporation or by a neighbourhood associa-
tion, church or other similar organization~
PUBLIC HOSPITAL
2.62 "Public Hospital" shall include a convalescent
home, a rest home, a nursing home, a clinic
and a boarding home but does not include--
(i) a sanatorium, within the meaning of The
Sanatoria for Consumptives Act, R. S. 0., 1960,
Chapter 359, (ii) a sanitarium for mental
defectives or any insititution in respect of
which a License under The Private Sanitaria
Act, R. S. O. 1960, Chapter 30?, is in force,
(iii) a mental hospital within the meaning of
The Mental Hospitals Act, R. S. 0., 1960,
Chapter 235, (iv) an institution for the
reclamation and care of habitual drunkards
or education of drug or drink addicts or the
insane, or of persons suffering from
psychiatric disabilities or from mental or
nervous diseases or disorders, (v) an animal
hospital~
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
2.63 "Religious Institution" shall include a bible
institute, a Christian Science reading room,
a religious library, a religious school, but
shall not include a church or Synagogue~
RETAIL STORE
2.6q "Retail Store" shall mean a building where
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~
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SHELTER
2.65 "Shelter" shall mean a building or structure
used solely for the purposes of providing
temporary shelter and not be used for human
habitation~
SAMPLE OR SHOWROOM
2.66 "Sample or Showroom" shall mean a building where
samples or patte:us are displayed and osd~rs
taken for goods, wares and merchandise for
future delivery and includes the display room
of a wholesale merchant~
SCHOOL
2.6? "~eh0ol" shall mean a public or separate school,
a high school, a continuatib~ school, a nursery
school, a technical school, 'a vocational
school, a college or university ~r any other
school established and maintained at public
expense~
PRIVATE SCHOOL
2.68 "Private School" shall mean a school other than
a school included under Section 2.67 and
shall include a commercial school~
SERVICE AND REPAIR SHOP
2.69 "Service and Repair Shop" shall mean a
building or part of a building whether conducted
in conjunction with a retail shop or not for the
repair, sale or servicing of articles or
materials as ,opposed to the manufacturing of
the same and includes the regular place of
business of a master electrician plumber and
mechanic including a motor vehicle repair shop;
2.70 "Servl~e SCore" shall mean a building or part
of a ~ulldlng where services are provided
such as a Barber shop, a ladies hairdressing
establishment, a shoe clinic and repair shop
and other el~tlar services$
ST0~EY
2.71 "Storey" sha~l mean tha~ portion of a building
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other than a basement, cellar or attic, included
between the surface of any floor and the sur-
face of th~ floor, roof deck 6r ridge next above
STOREY, HALF
2.72 "Storey, Half" shall mean that portion of a
building situated within the roof or having
its floor level not lower than four feet
(q') below the line where the roof and outer
walls meet and having a roof not steeper
than forty-five (qS) degrees above the horizontal;
STREET
2.73 "Street" shall mean a Public highway~
STREET LINE
2.74 "Street Line" shall mean the dividing line between
a lot and a street~
TAILOR'S SHOP
2.75 "Tailor's Shop" shall mean a building or part
of a buildinE where individual custom tailoring
is carried on, but does not include a shop
where clothing manufacture other than individual
custom tailoring is carried on)
TRAILER
2.75.1 "Trailer" shall mean any vehicle so constructed
that it is suitable for being attached to a
motor vehicle for the purpose of being drawn
or propelled by the motor vehicle, and capable
of being used for the living, sleeping or eating
accommodation of persons, notwithstanding
that such vehicle is Jacked up or that its
running gear is removed~
YARD
2.76 "Yard" shall mean any open uncovered~ unoccupied
space appurtenant to a buildingi
YARD FRONT
2.77 "Yard Front" shall mean a yard extending across
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the full width of the lot between the front lot
llne and the nearest wall of any main building
or structure on the lot for which the yard is
req~ired~
.,. YARD REAR
2.?8 "Yard Rear" shall mean 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
2.79 "Yard Side" shall mean a yard extending from
the front yard to the rear yard between side
lot line and the nearest wall of any building
or structure on the lot for which the yard is
required.
In this By-law the word "Shall" is mandatory and not
directory.
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SECTIO~ 3 - SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE "A", a Zohing Map at the scale of
1" 1000' together with notations and
references thereon is hereby decla~'ed to be
part of this By-law.
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SFCTIC~) 4 ZONES
4.1 CLASSIFICATION
For the purpose of this By-law, that part of
the Township of Picketing lying south of the
centre line of the road allowance between
Concession II and Concession III, but excluding
that part of the Township lying west of the
westerly boundary of the Town of Ajax and south
of the southerly limit of Highway ~01, is
divided into the following Zones and their
extent, location and boundaries are shown on
the Zoning Map which forms Schedule "A" of
this By-law.
Zone Symbol
Rural Agricultural Zone ..... ....... ...... A
One-family Detached Dwelling
First Density Zone ............ Ri
One-Family Detached Dwelling
Third Density. Zone ....,... .... R3
One-Family Detached Dwelling
Fourth Density Zone .......... . Rq
Local Commercial Zone .......... . ...... ... C1
General Commercial Zone .......... . ....... 02
Highway Commercial Zone .. ........ ........ CB
Storage and Light Manufacturing Zone ..... Mi
Public Open Space Zone ...... ...... O1
Public and Private Open Space Zone 02
Greenbelt Conservation Zone . ........ ..... G
Pit and. Quarry Zone ...... ................
q.2 INTERPRETATION OF ZONING MAP
~.2.1 Symbols of the Zones:
The buildings and structures and uses of build-
ings, structures and land permitted by this By-
law in the said Zones may be referred to as A,
Al, R3, R4, C1, C2, C3, M1, 01, 02, G and Q
buildings, structures and uses respectively;
and the expression A Zone, R1 Zone, etc., when
used in this By-law, shall mean, respectively,
an area of the Township of Picketing delineated
on the Zoning Map and designated thereon by the
symbols A, Al, etc.
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4.2.2 Boundaries of the Zones:
Where the boundary of any Zone is uncertain and
(a) the boundary is shown in Schedule "A" as
following a street, lane, railway right-of-
way, electric transmission line right-of-way
or watercourse, the centre line of the street,
lane, railway right-of-way, electric trans-
mission line right-of-way or watercourse is
the boundary;
(b) the boundary is shown in Schedule "A" as
substantially following lot lines shown on
a registered plan of subdivision, the lot
lines are the boundary; and
(c) the boundary is shown in Schedule "A" as
running substantially parallel to a street
line and the distance from the street line is
not ihdicated, the boundary is parallel to
the street line and the distance from the
street line shall be determined according
to the scale shown in Schedule "A".
4.2.3 Street or Right-of-Way Division:
A street, lane, railway right-of-way, electrical
transmission line right-of-way or watercourse
shown on Schedule "A" unless otherwise indicated
shall be included within the Zone of adjoining
property on either side thereof.
4.2.4 Closed Street or Lane:
In the event of any street or lane shown on
Schedule "A" being closed, the property formerly
in said closed street or lane shall be included
in the zone of the adjoining property of either
side on the said closed street or lane. In the
event of the said street or lane having been'a~bo~ndary
between two or more different zones, the new
boundary shall be the former centre line of the
said closed street or lane.
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SECTION 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL,ZONES
5,1 SCOPE
No person shall, within any zone in that part
of the Township of Bickering lying south of the
centre line of the road allowance between
Concession II and Concession III, but excluding
that part of the Township lying west of the
westerly boundary of the Town of Ajax and south
of the southerly limit of Highway 401, change
the use of any building, structure or land or
erect or use any building or structure except in
conformity with the provisions of this By-law.
5.2 NON-CONFORMING USES
Nothing in this By-law shall apply:
(a) to prevent the use of any land, building or
structure for any purpose prohibited by this
By-law if such land, building or structure was
lawfully used for such purpose on the day of
passing.of the By-law, so long as it continues
to be used for that purpose; or
(b) to prevent the erection or uae for a purpose
prohibited by this By-law of any bull~ing or
structure the plans for which have, prior to
the day of the passing of this By-law, been
approved by the building inspector, so long
as the building or structure when erected is
used and continues to be used for the purpose
for which it was erected and provided the
erection of such building or structure is
~mmenced within two years after the day of
the passing of this By-law and such building
or structure is completed within a reasonable
time after the erection thereof is commenced.
5.3 RESTORATION TO A SAFE CONDITION
This By-law shall not prevent the strengthening or
restoration to a safe condition of any building or
structure provided such alteration or repair does
not increase the height or size or change the use
of such building or structure.
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5.4 FARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
A building destroyed to the extent of more than
sixty (60) per cent of its value (inclusive of
walls below grade) as at the date of damage and
as determined by a qualified appraiser and which
does not conform with the requirements of this
By-law in respect to use, lot coverage or height
shall not be restored except in conformity with
the regulations of the zone in which the said
structure or building is located.
5.5 DISCONTINUED USE
Any non-conformlnz u~e mf ~ h,,tlMt~m ~-- o* .... ~
1. That Seet£on 5.5 be &~d the ~.me £~ hereby
To any ouner non-cun~ormmng use.
5.6 FRONTAGE ON A STREET
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law
no person shall erect or use any building or
structure on a lot which does not front on a street.
5.? OBSTRUCTION OF YARDS
No person shall obstruct in any manner whatsoever
any front yard, side yard or rear yard required
to be provided by this By-law, but this provision
shall not apply to:
(a) main eaves, belt courses, chimney breasts,
sills or cornices not projecting more than
twenty-four (24) inches into any required
yard~
(b) uncovered steps, or platforms not exceeding
three (3) feet in height above grade and not
projecting more than five (5) feet into any
required front or rear yard and not more than
two (2) feet in any required side yard½
(c)awnings, clothes poles, recreational equipment,
garden trellises or similar accessories{
(d) fire escapee projecting not more than five (5)
feet into a side or rear yard; .,;~'
(e) fences in a side or rear yardi
(f) hedges or ornamental fences not exceeding
three and one half (3 1/2) feet in height
in a front yard~ ~-~'~'~
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CONTINUED
(g) accessory uses permitted by this By-law.
5.8 REDUCTION OF LOT AREA
No lot shall be reduced in area, either by the
conveyance or alienation of any portion thereof
or otherwise, so that any building or structure
on such lot shall have a lot coverage that exceeds,
or a front yard, rear yard, frontage or lot
area that is less than that permitted by this
By-law for the zone in which such lot is located.
5.9 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS
No building or structure shall exceed sixty (60)
feet in height except nothing in this By-law shall
limit the height of any belfry, chimeny, flag pole,
church, ornamental dome, cupola, clock tower, water
storage tank, wireless receiving or transmitting
antennae, or any silo, wiMdmill or other farm
building.
5.10 THROUGH LOTS
Where a lot which is not a corner lot has frontage
on m~r~ than one stree$, such lot shall have a front
yard on each stx~et in accordance with the provisions
of the Zone or Zones in which each frca~t yard is
located.
5.11 SPECIAL USES PERMITTED
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the use of
land or the use or erection of a building or
structure for:
(a) a scaffold or other temporary building or
structure incidental to construction in
progress on premises for which a buildln~
permit has been granted, until such time as
the work has been finished or abandonedi
(b) a sign having an area of not more than fifty
(50) square feet incidental to construction in
progress on premises for which a building
permit has been granted, until such time as
the work has been finished or abandoned.
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5.12 PUBLIC UTILITIES
The Township of Picketing or any "local board"
thereof as defined in "The Department of Municipal
Affairs Act", any telephone or telegraph company,
a transportation system owned or operated by or
for the Township, any railway or any Department
of the Federal or Provincial Government including
the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province
of Ontario may for the purpose of public service,
use any land or any building or structure in any
zone, notwithstanding that such building or
structure or proposed use does not conform with
the provisions of this By-law for such zone.
However, such building or structure shall be
as far as possible, in substantial compliance
with the regulations for such zone as approved by
Council on the recommendation of the Planning
Board.
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the use of
any land or a right-of-way for any oil, gas or
other liquid pipe line and appurtenance thereto.
5.13 USES OF LOTS WITHOUT BUILDINGS
Where a lot is used for a permitted purpose other
than for garden purposes or as a public playground,
and there are no buildings or structures thereon,
the minimum front yard and side yard requirements
of the zone within which the lot is situated shall
be complied with as if there were a d~elling or
structure on the lot.
5.14 IRREGULAR LOTS
Where by reason of topography, general layout
or otherwise the side lot lines of a lot are not
parallel, but the minimum lot area for the
respective zone is provided, the lot frontage
shall be measured between the side lot lines on
a line twenty-five (25) feet back from the front
lot line and parallel to it.
5.15 AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL USES
Except as otherwise required in this By-law for
any church, church hall, hospital, school, public
or institutional building, or any other similar
building or structure, the following yards shall
be provided:
Front yard - minimum B0 feet
Rear yard - minimum 25 feet
Side yard - minimum 25 feet
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5.16 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the
establishment of public or private parks, playlots,
or playgrounds in any Residential, Commercial
or Industrial Zone provided that such parks or
playgrounds are not operated for commercial
purposes and provided further that such parks
or playgrounds conform to the requirements of
the Public and Private Open Space Zone (02).
5.i7 AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
2. That Section 5.17 (b) be end the same is hereby
amend&d by adding thereto the words:
'in a "C3" zone and the minimum distance of
any main building or structure from any
street line shall be sixty (60) feet in a
"C2' zone."
so that the section shall now read as follows:
5.17 (b) The minims distance of any building or
structure fzom any:street line shall be
forty (40) feet in a "C3" zone and the
minimum distance of any main buildini or
structure from any street line shall be
sixty (60) feet in a "CZ" zone.
combined entrance and exit measured at the
lot line shall be not greater than thirty-
five (35) feet.
5.18 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES
(a) Location: Except as may be provided herein,
all accessory buildings which are not part of
the main building shall be erected in the rear
yard and shall be not less than three (3) feet
from any lot line, save and except where a
mutual garage is erected on the common property
line~
ih) ¢oYerage: The total lot coverage of accessory
buildings excluding private garages shall not
exceed five (5) per cent~
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5.18 (c) Contiguous to rear lane: Where the
entrance to a private garage is from a lane,
such building shall be a minimum of three
(3) feet from the rear lot line, but shall
be no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from
the opposite boundary of the lane~
(d) Attached accessory buildings: Any accessory
building may be erected as part of the main
building, provided that all yard and area
requirements of the zone are complied with.
Notwithstanding any other provision in
this By-law where a garage is erected as part
of a one-family detached dwelling, the
minimum required side yard for a Residential
R1 or R3 Zone shall be six (6) feet and for
any other residential zone shall be five (5)
feet%
(e) Height: No accessory building shall exceed
a height of twelve (12) feet in any Residential
Zone nor fifteen (15) feet in any Commercial
Zonei
(f) Human habitation: The use of any accessory
building for human habitation is not permitted.
5.19 OFF-STREET PARKING
5.19.1 Requirements:
For every bulldlng or struoture erected, altered
or enlarged there shall be provlded and maintained
off-street parking in conformity with the following
schedule and except in the case of one and two
family dwellings, each parking space shall be made
accessible for ingress and egress by means of a
hard surfaced lane or right-of-way or street at
least eight (8) feet in width. Parking required
in a Residential Zone shall be provided on the
same lot as the dwelling unit or the main building.
In a Commercial Zone parking spaces shall be
provided within the limits of the Commercial Zone
in which the commercial use is situated and not
more than five hundred (500) feet distant from
the principal buildings. Where more than one use
occurs in a building the minimum required parking
facilities shall be computed for each different
use in conformity with the following schedule.
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5.19.2 Schedule:
Type or Nature of Minimum Required
Building Usage Parking Facilities
(a) A dwelling 1 parking space for each
dwelling unit
(b) A hotel, private i parking space for each
hotel or hospital two bedrooms
(c) A motel 1 parking space for each
living unit,
(d) An eating estab- i parking space for each
lishment ten (10) persons that
can be accommodated at
any time
(e) A retail or service i parking space for each
store, and similar one hundred (100) square
establishments feet of retail floor area
and in the case of
individual retail stores
shall not be less than
two (2) parking spaces
(f) An office or office i parking space for each
b~ilding five hundred (500) square
feet of floor area
(g) A church, church i parking space for each
hall, theatre or twelve (12) seats, or
other place of ass- where the seating is
embly or place of provided by eden benches,
amusement every twenty (2o) Inoh~
of bench space shall be
considered as one seat for
the purposes of this By-law
(h) A factory or other i parking space for each
use permitted in an four hundred (400) square
M1 or M2 Zone feet of floor area
(i) For every building i parking space for every
or structure not three hundred (300) square
specified above feet of floor area.
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5.20 SUPPLEMENTARY PARKING REGULATIONS
Wherein this By-law parking facilities other
than parking space for one vehicle for a one-
family detached or semi-detached dwelling are
required or permitted:
(a) the parking area shall be maintained with a
stable surface that is treated to prevent
the raising of dust or loose particles;
(b) the lights used for illumination of the
parking lot or parking station shall be so
arranged as to divert the light away from
adjacent lots;
(c) a shelter, not more than fifteen (15) feet
in height and not more than fifty (50) square
feet in area may be erected in the parking
area for the use of attendants~in the area;
(d) no gasoline pump or other service equipment
intended for public use shall be located or
maintained on a parking station.
5.21 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
For every building or structure hereafter erected
for an Industrial or Commercial use, involving
the frequent shipping, loading or unloading of
persons, animals, goods, wares or merchandise,
there shall be provided and maintained for the
premises, loading facilities on land that is not
part of a street, comprised 6f one or more lead-
ing spaces thirty (30) feet long, twelve (12)
feet wide and having a vertical clearance of at
least fourteen (14) feet, with access to a lane
of minimum width twenty (20) feet, or a street,
and in accordance with the floor area of the
building or structure as follows:
Floor Area Number of Loading Spaces
4,500 square feet or less None
from 4,501 square feet to
25,000 square feet inclusive 1
over 25,000 square feet 2
Any loading space or any lane, which is a private
lane, required or provided under this Section, shall
be hard surfaced. No loading space shall be located
at the front of any Industrial or Commercial build-
ing or structure.
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5.22 YARD REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN STREETS
Notwithstanding the yard requirements established
in this By-law for any zone, no building or structure
shall be erected o]ose~ than sixty-five (65) feet
to the centre line of the following streets:
l) King's Highway No. 2;
2) Finch Avenue extension between west limit of
the Township and its intersection with King's
Highway No. 2;
3) Road along Township Line west side, from Finch
Avenue extension to the road separating Con-
cessions II amd III~
4) Altona Road from Finch Avenue extension to
King's Highway No. 2;
5) White Side Road from Finch Avenue extension
tc King's Highway No. ~01;
6)Liverpool Road from Finch Avenue extension
to King's Highway No.
7) Brock Road from the road separating Concessions
II and III to King's Highway No.
5.23 RESIDENTIAL ZONE
In Section 5, General Provisions for All Zones and
in Section 6, General Provisions for Residential
Zones, the term "Residential Zone" when used shall
include; R1, R3 and R~ Zones.
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SECTION 6 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES
6,1 RESIDENTIAL LOT OCCUPANCY
No person shall erect more than one main building
on any Residential lot.
6.2 LOTS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES - UNSERVICED
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the erection
of a one-family dwelling on a lot located in any
residential zone, provided that the dwelling to be
so erected complies with the requirements of that
particular zone, but where there is neither a
municipal sewer nor piped municipal water supply
available, then such lot shall not be less than
15,000 square feet in area, or' where a piped water
supply only is available, then the lot shall not be
less than 8,000 square feet in area.
6.2.1 Existing Lots in Residential Zones:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.2
where a lot in a Residential Zone on the date that
this By-law was p:ssed by Council, has insufficient
frontage and area to permit the owner thereof,
(or any person who purchases or acquires such lot
from the owner), to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.2 for such lot, and such owner is not on
the day of passing of this By-law (and such purchaser
is not on the date of such purchase or acquisition)
the owner of such area of vacant land abutting such
lot, as together with the area of said lot, would
permit compliance with this By-law for such lot,
this By-law shall not prevent the erection of one,
one-family dwelling thereon provided that such
lot meets with the requirements for a lot serviced
with a municipal water supply and a sanitary sewer
system for the zone in which the lot is located, and
approval of the Medical Officer of Health is obtained.
6.B HOME OCCUPATION
In any Residential Zone the offices of physicians
may be located in the one-family dwellings used
by such physicians as their private residence, but
such offices shall only be used for consulation
and emergency treatment, and shall not be used in
the nature of a clinic or private hospital, and
further such offices shall not ~_'~'~vl¥ in excess of
twenty-five (25) per cent of the total floor area
of such one-family detached dwelling.
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6,4 CORNER LOTS
Subject to th~ re~ulre~ents of Section 5.22 and
notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law
on a corner lot in a residential zone no part of ....
any main building shall be erected closer to the
lot line or the flanking street than fifteen (15)
feet or one half of the required front yard, which-
ever is the greater. No part of any accessory
building detached from the main building shall be
erected closer to the lot line of the flanking
street than the required front yard of the abutting
lot on the flanking street. The yard opposite the
flank lot line may be deemed a rear yard, in which
case the minimum depth of such rear yard shall be
twenty~five ~5) feet ~nd the yard o~posite thU
front lot line, formerly the rear yard may be deemed
a side yard.
6.5 VEHICLE PARKING
No person shall, in any Residential Zone, use any
lot, building or structure for the parking or
storage of motor vehicles or trailers except in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Definition:
For the purpose of this section a station-
wagon or one-half (1/2) ton truck shall not be
deemed to be a commercial vehicle~
(b) Within Enclosed Buildings:
The owner or occupant of a lot, building or
structure in any Residential Zone may use any
enclosed building or structure accessory to
the main building or structure erected on the
same lot, for the housing of one (1) trailer,
one (1) commercial vehicle and not more than
three (3) privately owned motor vehicles;
(c) Exterior Parking:
A maximum of three (3) privately owned motor
vehicles and one (1) trailer not exceeding
eighteen (18) feet in length may be tempor-
3~r$1y parked on any lot in a Residential Zone;
(d) Commercial Vehicles:
The temporary parking of any commercial vehicle
shall be permitted in a Residential Zone for the
purpose of delivering to or servicing the premises.
6.6 INSTITUTIOflAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
3. ~at Section $.6 be ~d th~ mm im hereby deleted
~ and the followin$ inserted therefore:
6.6 INSTITUTIONAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL ARF~S
Nothing contained in thee By-law fhall
prevent the use o[ any land, building or
6.? s~ructure, In any Residen~ial Zone ~or a
church.
S~r~u~e for a church unless t~e lot-'o~wh~ch
such building is located has a minimum area of
one and one-quarter (1 1/~) acres, but where
such church is located within five hundred (500)
feet of a Commercial Zone having an area of at
least four (~) acres, required minimum area shall
be three-quarters (3/~) of an acr~.
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SECTION 7 RURAL AGRICULTURAL ZONE A
The following provisions shall apply in all
RURAL AGRICULTURAL ZONES A:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any
building~, structure or land nor erect and use
any building or structure except in accordance
with the following provisions:
7.1 USES PERMITTED
7.1.1 R~stdenttal:
A one-family detached dwelling, subject to the
requirements of Section 7.2.1.
~ one-family detached dwelling as an accessory
use to uses permitted under Sections 7.1.2, 7.1.3
and ?.1.4 in accordance with the requirements of
Section 7.3 and provided that such dwelling is
occupied by a full-time employee engaged in one
of the permitted uses.
7.1.2 Agricultural:
Agriculutral uses including forestry and re-
forestation, conservation uses and uses connected
with the conservation of wild life, field crops,
truck gardening, berry or bush crops, flower
gardening, nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, aviaries,
apiaries and mushroom farms, farms for grazing,
breeding, raising or training of horses or cattle;
or other similar uses or enterprises customarily
carried on in the field of general agriculture
and not obnoxious to the public welfare. Facilities
fcr the raising of fur-bearing animals, kennels and
swill fed pigs shall not be permitted.
7.1.3 Recreational:
All uses permitted in an 02 Zone subject to the
requirements thereof.
7.1.4 Other Uses:
A hospital, a church, a cemetery, a veterinary
establishment, a country club, an open-air
farmer's market and an agricultural implement
repair depot, including the sale of fuel o~l,
gasoline and lubricants for agricultural
purposes.
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?.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
?.2.1 Residential:
Lot Frontage - Minimum 200 feet
Lot Area - Minimum 2 acres
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Side Yard - Minimum l0 feet
Floor Area - Minimum 2,000 square feet
Lot Coverage - Maximum l0 per cent
For lots in excess of two (2) acres the frontage
shall be increased by ten (10) feet for each
additional quarter (1/4) acre or nearest quarter
acre to a maximum frontage of five hundred (500)
feet.
7.2.2 A§rtcultural, Recreational and Other Uses:
Lot Frontage - Minimum 200 feet
Lot Area - Minimum 2 acres
Front Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Side Yard - Minimum 20 feet
Floor Area - Minimum Nil
Lot Coverage - Maximum 20 per cent
7.3 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
A one-family detached dwelling may be erected as
an accessory use to any of the foregoing uses
subject to the following requirements:
Lot Frontage - Minimum 75 feet
Lot Area - Minimum 15,000 square feet
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Side Yard - Minimum l0 feet
Floor Area - Minimum 1,050 square feet
Lot Coverage - Maximum 20 per cent
No such dwelling shall be located closer than
seventy-five (75) feet to any other dwelling.
7.4 EXISTING LOTS
Nothing in Section 7.2 shall prevent the erection
of a one-family detached dwelling on a lot in any
Rural Agricultural Zone provided that such lot was ..jj
under separate ownership on the 26th day of Dec-
ember, 1962 and provided further that the following
requirements are complied with:
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Lot Frontage - Minimum 75 feet
Lot Area - Minimum ]5.000 square feet
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Side Yard - Minimum l0 feet
Floor Area - Minimum 1,150 square feet for
lots of less than l0 acres
in area and 2,000 square feet
for lots of l0 acres or more
in area
Lot Coverage - Maximum 20 per cent
Notwithstanding the foregoing where the owner of
such existing lot does not own any abutting land
and where the lots abutting on either side have
already been built upon then no minimum frontage
shall be required for the erecticn of a one family
dwelling.
?,5 EXCEPTION
?.5.1 Part Lot 33, Concession l:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sectlon 7.1.2,
the following property may be used for the purpose
of a chinchilla ranch, in accordance with Section
?.2.2:
All and singular that certain parcel or tract
of land and premises situate, lying and being
in the Township of Pickering, County of Ontario,
Province of Ontario, being composed of part of
Lot 33 in the First Concession of said Township,
said parcel or tract being more particularly
described as follows:
COMMENCING at a point in the Easterly limit
of said Lot 33 distant North 17 degrees 06
minutes West 934 feet 8 inches in said limit
from the South-easterly angle of the said lot;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West in
said Easterly limit 414 feet 3 inches;
THENCE SOUTH 72 degrees 54 minutes West 200
feet;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West 510.6
feet;
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THENCE NORTH 72 degrees 54 minutes East
200 feet to a point in the said Easterly
limit of Lot 33;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West
in said Easterly limit 924 feet 9 1/2 inches;
THENCE SOUTH 72 degrees 54 minutes West
343 feet 8 inches;
THENCE NORTH l? degrees 06 minutes West
150 feet;
THENCE NORTH 72 degrees 54 minutes East
343 feet 8 inches to a point in the said
Easterly limit of Lot 33;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West in
said Easterly limit 344 feet l0 inches to a
point in line with a fence running Westerly;
THENCE SOUTH 70 degrees 31 minutes West in
and along said fence 690 feet 4 inches to a
point in line with a fence running Southerly;
THENCE SOUTHERLY in an along said fence
2,230 feet 5 1/4 inches to a point distant
South 72 degrees 38 minutes West 658 feet
4 1/2 inches from the said Easterly limit of
Lot 33;
THENCE NORTH 72 degrees 38 minutes East 378
feet 2 inches;
THENCE SOUTH 17 degrees 06 minutes 90 feet;
THENCE NORTH 72 degrees 38 minutes East 280
feet 2 1/2 inches more or less to the place
of COMMENCEMENT.
SAVING AND EXCEPTING thereout ALL AND SINGULAR
that certain parcel or traot of land and
premises situate, lying and heine in the Town-
ship of Pickering, in the County and ?rnvince
of Ontario, being composed of part of Lot
33 in the First Concession of said Township,
said parcel or tract containing by admeasurement
one acre more or less and may be more partic-
ularly described as follows:
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COMMENCING at a point in the Easterly limit
of said Lot 33 distant Northerly in said
limit 934 feet 8 inches from the South-east
angle of the said lot;
THENCE SOUTH 72 degrees 38 minutes West 280
feet 2 1/2 inches;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West
parallel with the said Easterly limit of the
Lot 205 feet to a point being the PLACE OF
BEGINNING of the parcel hereinafter described;
THENCE SOUTH 17 degrees 06 minutes East 115
feet;
THENCE SOUTH 72 degrees 38 minutes West 378
feet 2 inches to a point in the line of a
fence running Northerly and Southerly;
THENCE NORTH 17 degrees 06 minutes West
115 feet;
THENCE NORTH 72 degrees 38 minutes East 378
feet 2 inches more or less to the PLACE OF
BEGINNING.
7.5.2 Part Lot 30, Concession l:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.1.2,
the following property may be used for the purpose
of a dog kennel in accordance with Section 7.2.2:
All and singular that certain parcel or tract
of land and premises situate, lying and being
in the Township of Pickering, County of Ontario,
Province of Ontario, being composed of part of
Lot 30, Concession 1.
Said parcel being more particularly described
as the Easterly 170 feet of the Westerly 445
feet of the Northerly 632 feet of said Lot 30.
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SECTION 8 ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
FIRST DENSITY ZONE - R1
The following provisions shall apply in all
ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING FIRST DENSITY
ZONES Rl:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any
building, structure or land nor erect and use any
building or structure except in accordance with
the following provisions:
8.1 USES PERMITTED
A one-family detached dwelling.
8.2 ^REA REQUIREMENTS
Where both a municipal piped water supply and
sanitary sewers are available.
8.2.1 Lot Frontage:
Minimum - 70 feet
8.2.2 Lot Area:
Minimum - 8,000 square feet
8.2.3 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 30 feet - Subject
to the requirements of Section
5.22
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet
Side Yard - Minimum one side six (6) feet,
other side ten (10) feet
except as provided in Section
5.18 (d)
8.2.4 Ground Floor Area:
Minimum - 1,100 square feet
8.2.5 Floor Area:
Minimum - 1,500 square feet
8.2.6 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 per cent
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SECTION 9 - ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
THIRD DENSITY ZONE R3
The following provisions shall apply in all
ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING THIRD DENSITY
ZONES R3:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any
building, structure or land nor erect and use any
building or structure except in accordance with
the following provisions:
9.1 USES PERMITTED
A one-family detached dwelling.
9.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
Where both a municipal piped water supply and
sanitary sewers are.available.
9.2.1 Lot Frontage:
Minimum - 60 feet
9.2.2 Lot Area:
Minimum - 6,000 square feet
9.2.3 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 25 feet - Subject
to the requirements of Section
5.22
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet
Side Yard Minimum one side six (6) feet,
other side ten (10) feet except
as provided in Section 5.18 (d)
9.2,4 Ground Floor Area:
Minimum - 800 square feet
9.2.5 Floor Area:
Minimum - 1,200 square feet
9.2.6 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 per cent
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SECTION 10 - ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
FOURTH DENSITY ZONE R4
The following provisions shall apply in all
ONE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING FOURTH DENSITY
ZONES
No person shall hereafter change the use of any
building, structure or land nor erect and use any
building or structure except in accordance with the
following provisions:
10.1 USES PERMITTED
A one-family detached dwelling.
10.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
Where both a municipal piped water supply and
sanitary sewers are available.
10.2.1 Lot Frontage:
Minimum - 50 feet
10.2.2 Lot Area:
Minimum - 5,000 square feet
10.2.3 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 25 feet - Subject to
the requirements of Section
5.22
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet
Side Yard - Minimum one side five (5) feet,
other side eight (8) feet except
as provided in Section 5.18 (d)
10.2.4 Ground Floor Area:
Minimum for a one-storey or
split-level dwelling 1,050 square feet
Minimum for a one and one-
half storey dwelling 750 square feet
Minimum for a two-storey
dwelling 650 square feet
10.2.5 Floor Area:
Minimum - 1,050 square feet
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10.2.6 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 per cent
SECTION ll LOCAL COMMERCIAL ZONE C1
The following provisions shall apply in all
LOCAL COMMERCIAL ZONES Cl:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any
buildir.g~ structure or land nor erect and use
any building or structure except in accordance
with the following provisions:
ll.1 USES PE~MITTED
A retail store, a service store, an eating establish-
ment, a business office, including a clinic and
similar uses, a club or meeting hall and uses
accessory to the foregoing.
ll.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
11,2,1 Lot Area:
Minimum - 7,500 square feet except where
municipal sanitary sewers are
available, no minimum shall be
required.
11.2.2 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet except where
a Local Commercial Zone C1
rear yard abuts a street or
Residential Zone, the minimum
rear yard shall be fort~- (40)
feet~
Side Yard - No side yard required except where
a Local Commercial Zone flanks
a street or Residential Zone,
the minimum side yard shall be
fort~- (40) feet and fifteen (15)
feet respectively, and such side
yard shall be set aside for
landscape purposes.
11.2.3 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 per cent
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LANDSCAPED OPeN AREA
11,3
M/n/mum - 50 per cent o£ the area o£ the
lot where no municipal sanitary sewers or
municipal piped water supply are
available
Minimum - 35 per cent of the area of the lot
where no municipal sanitary sewers are avail-
able.
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SECTION 12 - GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE C2
The following provisions shall apply in all GENERAL COMMERCIAL
ZONES C2:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, struc-
ture or land nor erect and use any building or structure except
in accordance with the following provisions:
12.1 USES PERMITTED
12,1.1 Commercial:
A retail store, an eating establishment, a bake
shop, a service store, a dry cleaning and laundry
collecting station, a business office, a parking
station, an automobile service station, a
photographer's, a tailor's and dressmaker's shop,
a taxicab ~tand or station, a place of amusement,
a sample or showroom, a public parking lot, a
clinic, a laundromat, .a hotel and other similar
uses.
12.1.2 Institutional Uses:
Use of a community, social or cultural nature
such ae a club, a lodge, a musemum, a fraternal
organization, a religious institution and other
social uses.
12.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
For Automobile Service Stations, the provisions
of Section 5.17 shall apply.
12.2.1 Lot Area:
Minimum - 7,500 square feet except where
municipal sanitary sewers are available,
no minimum shall be required.
12.2.2 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 60'feet
Roar Yard - Minimum 25 feet ~xce~t
where a General Commercial
Z.~ne C2 rear yard abuts'a
· street 'or °esidential Zone
~ inimum rear yard shall
be sixty (6G) feet.
Side Yard - NO 2:~tmum side yard shall be
re~ui~e~d e~a~t where a
General Commercial Zone flanks
a street or Residential Zone,
the minimum side yard shall be
sixty (60) feet and twenty-five
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(25) feet respectively and
such side yard shall be set
aside for landscape purposes.
12.2.3 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 percent
12.3 LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA
Minimum - 50 per cent of the area of the
lot where no municipal sanitary sewers or
municipal piped water supply are available.
Minimum - 35 per cent of the area of the
lot where no municipal sanitary sewers are
available.
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SECTION 15 - HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE C3
The following provisions shall apply in all H!CHWAY COMMERCIAL
ZONES C3:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, struc-
ture or land nor erect and use any building or structure except
in accordance with the following provisions:
13.1 USES PERMITTED
13.1,1 Commercial:
An automobile service station, a motel, a. hotel, a
drive-in theatre, an open-air farmer's market, an
eating establishment and a parking station.
13.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
For automobile service stations, the requirements
of section 5.17 shall apply.
13.2.1 Lot Area:
Minimum - 10,000 square feet
13,2.2 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet
except where a Highway Commercial
Zone C3 rear yard abuts a street
or Residential Zone, the
minimum rear yard shall be forty
(40) feet.
Side Yard - ?To side yard required except
where a Highway-Commercial
Zone C3 flanks a street or
a Residential Zone, the mini-
mum side yard shall be forty
(40) feet and twenty-five (25)
feet respectively and such side
yard shall be set aside for
landscaped purposes.
13.2.3 hot Coverage:
Maximum - 33 per cent
13.2.4 Lot Frontage:
Minimum - 125 feet
13.3 LANDSCAPED OPEN AREA
Minimum - 50 per cent of the area of the
lot where no municipal sanitary sewers or
municipal piped water supply are available
Minimum - 35 per cent cz~ ~h~ erea of the lot
where no municipal sanitary sewers are
available.
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SECTION 14 - STORAGE AND
LIGHT MANUFACTURING ZONE M1
The following provisions shall apply in all STORAGE AND LIGHT
MANUFACTURING ZONES Ml:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, structure
or land nor erect and use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
14.1 USES PERMITTED
14,1,1 Recreational:
Uses permitted in O1 and 02 Zones and in compliance
with the provisions thereof and only when planned
and constructed as integrated parts of an
industrial subdivision and not intended to be a
commercial establishment.
14.1.2 Commercial:
An automobile service station and a business office.
14.1.3 Storage and Li§ht Manufacturing:
The following uses shall be permitted only when
carried on within enclosed structures:
A service or repair shop, a warehouse or distributing
depot, a garage, a dry cleaning, l~ressing, laundry
establishment, a creamery, a printing or duplicating
shop, a bakery orca da_~y.
LiEht manufacturing or assembly of ',~ ~factur~t
~rpd~cts ~t~h as:
(a) apparel and finish~d te~v~]e ,~ fai~z, ic product;
(b) paper and allied producvs;
(c) furniture and finished lumber products;
(d)1]dht metal products such as precision
instruments, watches, and radios.
14.1.4 Railway:
Railway trackage and loading facilities.
14.2 AREA REQUIREMENTS
14.2,1 Yard Requirements:
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
- Minimum 100 feet when fronting
a King's Highway or when on
the opposite side of the
street is a residential zone
Rear Yard - Minimum 25 feet
- Minimum !b0 feet when contiEuous
to a residential zone
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Side Yard - Minimum 15 feet
- Minimum 100 feet when contlsuous
to a residential zone or when
flanking a King's Highway or when
on the opposite side of the
street to the flank lot llne in a
residential zone. No parking
hall be permitted closer than
25 feet to any side lot line.
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SECTION 15 - PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE O1
The following provisions shall apply in all PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
ZONES O1:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, struc-
ture or land nor erect and use any building or structure exc~'~p ~
in accordance with the following provisions:
15.1 USES PERMITTED
15.1,1 Recreational:
Par.ks, walks~ statues, fountains, play lots, wading
pools, playing fields and buildings or structures
accessory to the foregoing.
15.2 AREA REOUI REMEI~TS
15,2~! Yard Requirements:
Hinim~m dlst~e of buildings or structureB from
~ lot lines shall be thirty (30) feet~ subject
to the provisions of Section 5.22~ except where
a lot line abuts a lake or river, no yard shall
be required on the side that so abuts.
No building o'r. structure shall ~. ~..,-..~ ~lo~er
than 200 ~ - ~ ' ' ~'he spring
· .~ .... om the ~Ig,. W~i,? ~ ~._.
flood limf'zs : ;i [ the tcT .f ~ P .+~,j u:. ~/.~ r~ver,
: ~. tility
creek or .~axe ~]~cept '. . . ,~' ~ ....... :~ ..~ ,.% ,
a ~arin~~ f,~ s~,ch s:~,~' [:~ :,~ '~-. , .~:..~.~.-~, appropriate
Lnai etc
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SECTION 16 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE ZONE 02
The following provisions shall apply in all ~J.~C AND PRIVATE
OPEN SPACE ZONES 02:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, structure
or land nor erect and use any building or structure except in
accordance with the follewing provisions:
16.1 USES PERMITTED
16.1.1 Recreational:
All uses oermitted in an O1 Zone and the following:
Playfield~, playgrounds, athletic field, field
houses, community centres, bleachers, open or closed
s~imming pools, b~ndstands, skating rinks, bowling
greens, tennis courts, badminton clubs, bathing statlog
golf courses, driving range and a parking station when
serving one of the foregoing uses.
16.1.2 Commercial:
Refreshment pavilion or booth in conjunc~'~on with
of the permitted uses in Section 16.1.1.
t6.2 A,~E,-, REC~'AE~,!?TS
16.2.1 Yard -e~.:; e,,: -..~:
creek ::~. lake except build~ngs of - :~_;~,~' ~
utili,t'~ _ ~'=_~na or such similar use as considered
appropry~t~ ]Z~ the Committee of Adjustment upon
specif.,.c ~ t~ thereto.
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SECTION 17 - GREENBELT-CONSERVATION ZONE G
The following provisions shall apply in all GREENBELT-CONSERVATION
ZONES G:
No person shall hereafter change the use of any building, structure
or land nor erect and use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
17.1 USES PERMITTED
All uses permitted in the O1 and 02 Zones and
forestry, reforestation, conservation activities
and agricultural uses. Buildings or structures
designed to be used in connection with parks and
recreational purposes and the conservation of soil
and wildlife.
17.2 A~,EA RZQUIREMENTS
17.2.1 Lot Area:
Minlnum - 2 acres
17.2.2 Yard Requirements:
Fr, nt Uard - Minimum 75 feet
Rear Yard Minimum 75 feet
Side Yard Minimum 50 feet
17.2.3 Lot Coverage:
Maximum - 5 per cent
17.2.4 No building or structure shall be located closer
than 200 feet from the high water level, the
spring flood limits or the top of the bank of any
river, creek or lake except buildings of a public
utility, a marina or such similar use as considered
appropriate by the Committee of Adjustment upon
specific application thereto.
17.3 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES
~. That Sec:ion 17.3 be and the same ts hereby amended
by deletin$ therefrom ~he last sentence thereof, so
that Section 17.3 shall now read as follows:
17.3 RESIDENTIAL AND C(~I~ERCIALUSES
SubJec~ to the requirements of the Metropolitan
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and
no~eithstanding the requirements of Section 17.1,
no person shall change the use of any build£ng,
structure or land nor erect and use any building
or structure in a Oreenbelt-Conservation Zone G
for any residential or co~ercial purpose.
SECTION 18 - PIT AND QUARRY ZONE "Q"
The following provisions shall apply in all PIT AND QUARRY ZONES
,Q,,
18.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Section whenever the terms hereinafter
defined are used they shall have the meaning
ascribed to them.
18.1.1 GRAVEL PIT
"Gravel Pit" shall mean a Pit or Quarry from which
sand, gravel, stone or other similar aggregate is,
or is proposed to be removed.
18.1.2 PERCHED PONDS
"Perched Podds" shall .mean ponds resulting from
Pit and Quarry excavations abowe the ~atural
water table in excess of eighteen (18) inches
in depth or covering a minimum area of ten thousand
(10,000) square feet.
18.1.3 SCRAP
~Scrap" shall mean all waste material such as rejected
metal, lumber and tree stumps.
18.1.4 WAYSIDE PITS
"Wayside Pits" shall mean a temporary pit, quarry,
borrow or fill removal operation, carried on by
or for a public authority engaged in highway construction
or re-construction.
18.2 No person shall hereafter use any building, structure
or land in any "Q" zone except in accordance with
the following provisions.
18.3 USES PERMITTED
18,3,1 Gravel Pits
Pits and Quarries and the excavation, washing, screen-
ing, crushing and storage of sand, gravel, ballast
and other surface and sub-surface materials.
18.3.2 General Accessory Uses
Buildings, structures and uses normally incidental and
accessory to the uses permitted in Section 18.3.1,
such as office accommodation, machinery houses
and garages.
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18.3.3 Residential Accessory Uses
No residential usee shall be permitted except for
one ~,~lling unit for a caretaker, watchman or other
similar person employed on the premises concerned.
Temporary mobile accommodation may be permitted
in accordance with the Pickering Township Trailer
By-law 3030 and amendments thereto.
18.3.4 Agricultural
Agricultural uses including forestyr and re-
forestation, conserva$1on uses and uses connected with
the conservation of wild life, field crops, truck
gardening, berry or bush crops, flower g~rdening,
nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, aviaries, apiaries,
and mushroom farms, farms for grazings breeding ,
raising or training of horses or cattle; or other
similar uses or enterprises customarily carried on in
the feild of general agriculture and not obnoxious
to the public welfare. Facilities for the raising
of fur-bearing animals, kennels and swill fed pigs
shall not be permitted.
18.4 AREA REQUIREMENTS
18,4,1 Gravel Pits
No parcel of land having an area of less than one
acre and a frontage on a public'highw~y of less thau
one hundred (100) feet shall be used for the making
or establishment of a Gravel Pit.
18.4.2 General Accessory Uses
Lot Area - Minimum Nil
Floor Area - Minimum Nil
18.4.3 Residential Accessory Uses
Lot Area - Minimum 1,000 square feet
Floor Area - 'Minimum 750 square feet
18.4.4 Agricultural
Lot Area Minimum l0 acres
Lot Frontage - Minimum 500 feet
Lot Coverage - Maximum 20 per cent
18.5 YARD REQUIREMENTS
18.5.1 Gravel Pits
(a) Creeks, Lakes or Rivers
No Gravel Pit or Quarry operations shall be
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conducted closer than f~fty (50) feet from
any creekS'lake or river;
(b) Other Development
No Gravel Pit or Quarry shall be openedj estab-
lished or maintained closer to any land zoned
for Eesidential, Commercial or Village uses than
a distance equal to one-half (1/2) of the
height of the highest face of the said Gravel
Pit or Quarry.
18.5.2 Accessory Uses
Front Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Side Yard - Minimum 20 feet
18.5.3 Residential
Front Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 40 feet
Side Yard - Minimum l0 feet
18.5.4 Asricultural
Frpnt Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Rear Yard - Minimum 50 feet
Side Yard - Minimum 20 feet
18.6 EXEMPTION TEMPORARY WAYSIDE PITS
Nothwiths~anding the general ~oning prov~sions,~ this
By-law, the operation of temporary wayside or
borrow pits, may be permitted for a periom not
exceeding six (6) months upon application to, and
approval ofj the council of the Coproration of the
Township of Pickering.
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SECTION 19 - ADMINISTRATION
19.1 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Nothing in this By-law shall exempt any person from
complying with requirements of the Building By-law
or any other By-law in force within the Township
of Picketing or from obtaining any permit, license,
permission, authority or approval required by this or
any other By-law of the Township or by any other
law in force at this time.
:< 19.2 INSPECTION OF LAND, BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES
The authority from time to time having Jurisdiction
to enforce this By-law is hereby authorized to enter
at all reasonable hours for purpose of inspection
upon any property or premises.
19.3 APPLICATION AND PLANS
In addition to the requirements of the Building By-law,
every application for a building permit shall be
accompanied by plans, in duplicate, drawn to a scale of
either eight (8) feet to the inch or ten (10) feet
to the~inch, based upon an actual survey by an Ontario
Land Surveyor, showing the true shape and dimension
of the lot to be used, or upon which it is proposed
to erect any building or structure, and showing the
proposed lo. cation, height and dimensions of the building
or structure or work, in respect of whic$ the permit
is applied for, and the location of every building
or structure already erected on or partly on such
lot, together with a block plan and a statement signed
by the owner or his agent duly authorized thereunto in
writing filed with the Inspector of Buildings, which
statement shall set forth in detail the current and
intended use of each building and structure or part
thereof and all information necessary to determine
whether or not every such building and structure
conforms with the aforesaid requirements of this
By-law.
19.4 CHANGE IN USE
No person shall change the type of use of any land
or of any building or structure on the land without
having first applied for and obtained a certificate of
occupancy from the Inspector of Buildings.
19.5 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
(a) No building hereafter erected Or structurally
altered shall be occupied or used until a
certificate of occupancy has been issued by
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the Inspector of Buildings.
(b) All applications for a certificate of occupancy
shall be made on a printed form to be furnished
by the Inspector of Buildings.
(c) A certificate of occupancy shall be issued after
the request for same has been made in writing
to the Inspector of Buildings after the erection
or structural alteration of such building
or part thereof has been completed in conformity
with the provisions of this By-law and ~uch
certificate shall state that the building
or proposed use of the building complies with the
provisions thereof.
(d) A record OF all certificates shall be kept
on file in the office of the Inspector of
Buildings and copies shall be furnished on
request to any person having a proprietory or
tenancy interest in the building affected. A fee
shall be charged for each original certificate of
occupancy and an additional fee shall be charged
for duplicate copies of the certificate.
19.6 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
This By-law shall be administered by a person
designated from time to time by the Council as the
Zoning Administrator.
19.7 PENALTY
Every person who contravenes this By-law is guilty of
an offence and liable upon summary conviction to
a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars
($300.00), exclusive of costs.
19.8 REPEAL
With the passing of this By-law, the following
restrictive area By-laws of the Township of
Pickering are hereby repealed:
By-law numbers 2073 2572 2866
2210 2777 3011
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SECTION 20 CONFLICT AND VALIDITY
20.1 CONFLICT WITH OTHER BY-LAWS
In the event of conflict between this By-law
and any general or specified By-law, this By-law
shall prevail.
20.2 VALIDITY
Should any section, or part of a section of this
By-law be declared by a court of competent
Jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not
affect the provisions of this By-law, as a
whole or any part thereof, other than the part so
declared to be invalid.
20.3 EFFECTIVE DATE
No part of this By-law shall come into force
without the approval of the Ontario Municipal
Board, but, subject to such approval, this
By-law shall take effect from the passing
thereof.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS ....'~.~/~./'~... day of
........ ·
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINgLLY PASSED THIS .~.~./~.. day of
B SCH~:~ 'A"
1. That $chsdule"A" of By-law 3036 be and ~he s~e
hereby ~ended by altering ~he '0~" desolation on
~ts i to 6, Plan 380 tO read '~4', as sh~ on
Schedule 'A' a~tached hereto.
C That By-law N~ber 3036 be and the s~ is hereby
repealed and amended only to the extent necessary to
sire effect to the provisions of this
D No part of this By-l~ shall c~e into force witbmut
the approval of the ~tario ~nicipa~ Board, but
subject to such approval, the By*law shall ~ake effect
fr~ the day of passins thereof.
READ A FIRST AND SECO~ID TIME THIS llth day of July~ 1966.
C, W. Laycox D.J. Plitz
Re~ve Clerk
P, EAD A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 11 day of July 1966.
C. W. Laycox D.J. Plitz
Reeve Clerk
APPROVED BY ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD October 7, 1966.