Table 4.4.1
Regulation |
Requirement |
Lot Width |
no minimum |
Lot Area |
no minimum |
Front Yard |
6 m |
Rear Yard |
6 m |
Side Yard |
6 m |
Street Side Yard |
6 m |
Yard abutting a Residential Zone |
15 m |
Yard abutting a Provincial Highway |
12 m |
Yard abutting an 03 zone |
7.5 m |
Building setback abutting a creek block |
7.5 m, 4.5 m if block includes a 3 m buffer |
Yard abutting a Railway right-of-way |
30 m for land uses sensitive to Railway rights of way (a) |
Yard abutting a Pipeline Easement |
7 m |
6 m |
(a) On lands located on Plains Road East, the yard abutting the CNR right-of-way for land uses sensitive to railway rights-of-way shall be 21.5 m, provided a 2.5 m high earth berm is installed abutting the right-of-way.
Building Height: 3 storeys up to 12 m maximum
Standard Restaurant: 15 m between the use and a residential zone.
Fast Food Restaurant: 30 m between the use and a residential zone.
Night Club: 45 m between the use and a residential zone.
Landscape Area:
Landscape Buffer:
a) Loading/unloading shall not take place within 30 m of a residential zone.
b) Loading/unloading docks shall be screened from view from a street or adjoining residential zone.
a) Only merchandise displayed for retail sale may be stored outside, provided the merchandise is not stored in a truck, trailer or other vehicle.
b) Perishable waste must be kept in refrigerated storage within a building. Alternatively, perishable waste may be stored outside if a deep collection waste disposal system, comprised of a sealed container with a lockable lid located primarily below grade, is used.
c) Non-perishable waste stored outside on lands abutting a residential zone shall be kept within a solid screen enclosure subject to Part 1, Subsection 2.2.2.
Not permitted within 45 m of a residential zone
a) Parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.25 "Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements"
b) Notwithstanding Part 1, Subsection 2.25 where a permitted freestanding residential use is located within the same lot as a permitted non-residential use and provided the non-residential use comprises at least 30% of the lot area, visitor parking shall not be required.
c) Parking of trucks and trailers is prohibited except when:
d) Parking areas shall contain a maximum of 190 parking spaces and shall be separated from adjoining parking areas by a 3 m landscape area. Notwithstanding the definition of Landscape Area, a landscape area separating parking areas within a comprehensive development may contain a 2.0 m m wide walkway which runs parallel to and within the landscape area provided that the landscape area has a minimum width of 4.5 m. Where more than one parking area is required the average parking area size shall be 150 parking spaces. Connecting driveways may cross a landscape area.
Where multiple contiguous lots are developed under a single comprehensive site plan all lots shall be deemed to be one lot for purposes of applying zoning regulations. A lot shall be used in a manner that complies with all of the regulations and prohibitions of this by-law that govern the lot itself and all of the regulations and prohibitions of this by-law that govern the entire development.
Where dwelling units are located on the second or third floors above commercial uses a minimum amenity area of 20 m2 per unit shall be provided.
a) Where drive through facilities are located in or adjacent to building elevations facing a street, landscaping shall be provided to screen the building from the street.
b) External conveyor pick-up systems are not permitted in a yard abutting a street and shall be setback 15 m from a residential zone.
c) Intercom ordering stations shall be setback 15 m from a residential zone.
This page last updated: December 2015