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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAW BY THE
CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Newcastle passed By-law 84-63 on the 10th day of September, 1984
under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1983.
AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the
Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the By-law by filing with the
Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, not later than
the 15th day of October, 1984, a Notice of Appeal setting out the
objection to the By-law and the reasons in support of the
objection.
By-law 84-63 is a Comprehensive Zoning By-law regulating the use of
land, the erection of buildings or structures, the type of
construction, the height, bulk, location, size, floor area, spacing,
external design, character and use of buildings or structures in the
Town of Newcastle.
By-law 84-63 applies to all lands located within the Corporate
limits of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle.
By-law 84-63 was given first reading on May 14, 1984 and was
published as a supplement to the Canadian Statesman and Newcastle
Independent on May 30, 1984. Public information sessions were held
in various locations throughout the Town of Newcastle on June 5, 6,
7 and 8, 1984 and a public meeting of the Town's General Purpose and
Administration Committee was held on July 3rd, 1984. As a result of
the public input received throughout this process, Council on July
23, 1984 and September 4, 1984, resolved to modify By-law 84-63
prior to second and third reading which was given on September 10,
1984.
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. Copies of the complete By-law as finally passed by Council are
available in the office of the Clerk of the Corporation of the Town
of Newcastle and the offices of the Planning Department of the
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle during regular office hours.
DATED AT THE TOWN OF
NEWCASTLE
THIS 19th DAY OF
First date of Publication September 19, 1984
EXPLANATORY NOTE
By-law 84-63 is a comprehensive Zoning By-law regulating the
use of land, the height, location, floor area and spacing of
buildings or structures and lands subject to flooding or other
physical hazard and covers the entire Town of Newcastle.
This By-law is intended to implement the Durham Regional Official
Plan and the approved portions of the Official Plan for the Town
of Newcastle.
Where an individual has distinct and separate ownership of a lot
which does not meet the zone requirements of the appropriate zone,
such individuals should refer to Section 3.6.
Where lands are shown in an EP or RS zone, or are located abutting
lands so zoned, individuals having an interest in the use of such
lands are advised to contact the Ministry of Natural Resources
and/or the Conservation Authority having jurisdiction to ascertain
what other regulations or requirements may be applicable
respecting removal and placement of fill, flooding, erosion and
wave uprush as circumstances may warrant.
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TITLE, AREA RESTRICTED AND APPLICATION OF BY-LAW
DEFINITIONS
GENERAL ZONE PROVISIONS
ZONES AND ZONE MAPPING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EP) ZONE
AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE
RURAL CLUSTER (RC) ZONE
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE (RE) ZONE
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET (RH) ZONE
RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARK (RM) ZONE
RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE (RS) ZONE
URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE ONE (Rl) ZONE
URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE TWO (R2) ZONE
URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE THREE (R3) ZONE
URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE FOUR (R4) ZONE
GENERAL COMMERCIAL (Cl) ZONE
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL (C2) ZONE
HAMLET COMMERCIAL (C3) ZONE
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (C4) ZONE
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (C5) ZONE
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C6) ZONE
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C7) ZONE
PRESTIGE INDUSTRIAL (Ml) ZONE
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M2) ZONE
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL (M3) ZONE
INTERPRETATION
ADMINISTRATION AND VALIDITY
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
BY-LAW NUMBER 84-63
A ZONING BY-LAW
A by-law to regulate the use of land, the erection of buildings or
structures, the type of construction, the height, bulk, location,
size, floor area, spacing, external design, character and use of
buildings or structures in the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE.
WHEREAS it is considered desirable to control the use of land, the
erection and use of buildings or structures in defined areas of
the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE in accordance with Section 34 of The
Pl ann i ng Act.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Newcastle enacts the following By-law:
SECTION 1
TITLE, AREA RESTRICTED AND APPLICATION OF BY-LAW
1. This By-law shall be known as the "Zoning By-law" of the
TOWN OF NEWCASTLE.
2. Schedules 1 through 18 inclusive attached hereto, with the
notations, zone boundaries, symbols and references shown
thereon, illustrate the area to which this By-law applies
and are hereby declared to be part of this By-law.
3. No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or
altered, and the use of any building, structure or lot
shall hereafter not be changed in whole or in part except
in conformity with the provisions of this By-law.
SECTION 2
o E FIN I T ION S
For the purpose of this By-law, the definitions and
interpretations given in this section shall govern.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
Shall mean a detached building or structure constructed after
or during the construction of the main building(s) or
structure(s) the use of which is customarily incidental and
subordinate to a principal use, building or structure and
located on the same lot therewith. For the purpose of this
by-law, swimming pools shall be considered an accessory
building or structure.
ACCESSORY USE
Shall mean a use established during or after the
establishment of the main use which is customarily incidental
and subordinate to, and exclusively devoted to, the main use
of the lot, and located on the same lot as such main use.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PARLOUR
Shall mean any premises or part thereof in which is provided
services of which a principal feature or characteristic is
the nudity or partial nudity of any person.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE WAREHOUSE
Shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
storage of agricultural produce and may include facilities
for wholesale distribution or an accessory retail commercial
outlet for the sale of such agricultural produce to the
general public.
ALTER
When used in reference to a building, structure or part
thereof, shall mean:
(a) to change anyone or more of the external dimensions of
such building or structure; or
(b) to change the type of construction of the exterior walls
or roof of such building or structure~ or
(c) to change the use of such building or structure; or
(d) to change the number of uses or dwelling units contained
therein.
ALTER
When used in reference to a lot, shall mean:
(e)
to change the location of any boundary of such lot with
respect to a public highway, street, or lane, whether
such alteration is made by conveyance of any portion of
said lot, or otherwise; or
(f) to change any dimension or area, relating to such
lot, which is covered by a zone provision; or
(g) to change the use of such lot; or
(h) to change the number of uses located thereon.
"ALTERED" and IALTERATlON" shall have corresponding
meanings.
AIRFIELD
Shall mean any land, lot or buildings used for the purpose
of landing, storing, taxiing, or taking off of private or
commercial aircraft pursuant to the regulations of
Transport Canada.
ANIMAL ENCLOSURE
Shall mean an area completely enclosed and covered by
chainlink fencing of at least 6cm gauge, or solid walls
within which one or more animals can be confined and which
is surrounded by a publ ic security area, but shall not
include a Temporary Holding Space. Where an earthen floor
is provided within an animal enclosure, a 2 foot wide
stripe of wire mesh shall be provided, extending
horizontally underground into the cage from the base of the
enclosing wall or fence.
ANIMAL ENCLOSURE, LARGE
Shall mean an animal enclosure designed to accommodate a
cougar, cheetah, bear, lion, tiger, or similar sized animal
and shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) animals per
enclosure.
ANIMAL ENCLOSURE, SMALL
Shall mean an animal enclosure designed to accommodate an
ocelot, panther, jaguar, lynx, leopard, wolf, bobcat,
monkey, or similar sized animal and shall be limited to a
maximum of two (2) animals per enclosure.
APARTMENT BUILDING
Shall mean a separate building containing three or more
dwellings which have a common entrance from street level
and the occupants of which have equal rights to the use of
all common halls and/or stairs and/or elevators and/or
yards. This definition may include a senior citizens
apartment building but shall not include any dwelling
otherwise defined or classified herein.
ARENA
Shall mean a building, or part of a building, in which the
pri nci pal faci 1 iti es provided are for such recreat ional
activities as curling, skating, hockey, lacrosse,
broomball, or similar athletic activity, which facilities
may include dressing rooms, concession booths for the
provision of food and refreshments to the general public,
bleachers, plant equipment for the making of artificial ice
and such other facilities as are normally considered
incidental and subordinate thereto.
ASSEMBLY HALL
Shall mean a building, or part of a building, in which
facilities are provided for such purposes as meetings for
civic, educational, political, religious or social purposes
and may include a banquet hall, private club or fraternal
organization.
ATTACHED
Shall mean a building otherwise complete in itself, which
has a wall or walls shared in common with an adjacent
building or buildings and which would include any wall
enclosing a breezeway.
ATTIC OR ROOF SPACE
Shall mean that portion of a building situated between the
roof and the ceiling of the top storey.
AUCTION ROOM
Shall mean a building or structure used for the storage of
goods and materials which are to be sold on the premises by
public auction, and for the sale of the said goods and
materials by public auction on an occasional basis.
AUDITORIUM
Shall mean a building, or part of a building, in which
permanent or temporary seating is provided for an audience
for athletic, civic, educational, entertainment, political,
religious or social purposes.
BASEMENT
Shall mean that portion of a building between two floor
levels which is partly below grade but which has at least
one-half of its height, from finished floor to the
undersides of the floor joists of the next above storey,
above the average finished grade level adjacent to the
exterior walls of the building.
BASEMENT, WALKOUT
Shall mean that portion of a building which is partly below
grade, but which has more than fifty per cent of the
finished floor area not greater than 0.6 metres below the
adjacent finished grade level adjacent to the exterior
walls of the building, and which has a door, at or above
the adjacent finished grade, for entrance and exit directly
to the outside.
BLOCK
Shall mean a unit of land in an urban area, the boundaries
of which consist of improved public streets, rivers,
railway lines, public parks or any combination thereof and
which is occupied or intended to be occupied by buildings.
BOARDING OR ROOMING HOUSE
Shall mean a dwelling in which the proprietor and/or his
agent resides and supplies lodging, with or without meals,
in rooms furnished by the proprietor with necessary
furnishings in return for monetary compensation, to more
than two persons but not more than six persons, exclusive
of the proprietor and his immediate family. For the
purposes of this By-law a boarding or rooming house shall
not include a motel, motor hotel, hotel, group home,
hospital or any other similar commercial or institutional
use defined or classified herein.
BOAT HOUSE
Shall mean an accessory building or structure, which is
designed or used for the sheltering of a boat or other form
of water transportation.
BREEZEWAY
Shall mean a roofed open passage connecting two or more
buildings.
BUILDING
Shall mean a structure, temporary or permanent, having a
roof, supported by columns or one or more walls which is
used for the shelter, accommodation or enclosure of
persons, animals, equipment, goods or materials. Any tent,
canopy, bin, bunk or platform, vessel, trailer or vehicle
used for any of the said purposes shall be deemed a
building.
BUILlHNG BY-LAW
Shall mean the Town of Newcastle By-law 76-24.
BUILDING PERMIT
Shall mean a building permit issued by the Chief Building
Official of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
pursuant to the Building 5y-law.
BUILDING SUPPLY OUTLET
Shall mean a building or structure in which building or
construction and home improvement materials are offered or
kept for sale at retail and may include the fabrication of
certain materials related to home construction or
improvements but does not include any use or activity
otherwise defined or classified herein.
BULK FUEL STORAGE TANK
Shall mean a tank for the bulk storage of petroleum, diesel
or other fuels, oil, gas or flammable liquid or fluid but s
does not include a container for flammable liquid or fluid
legally and properly kept in a retail store or a tank for
storage merely incidental to some other use of the premise
where such tank is located.
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE 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 or where professionally qualified
persons and their staff serve clients or patients who seek
advice, consultation or treatment and for the purposes of
this By-law may include the administrative offices of a
non-profit or charitable organization.
BY-LAW
Shall mean the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle Zoning
By-law within the meaning of the Planning Act, as amended.
BY-LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Shall mean an officer or employee of the Corporation of the
Town of Newcastle charged with the duty of enforcing the
provisions of this By-law of the Corporation.
CAMPING ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean an establishment consisting of at least five
camping lots and comprising land used or maintained as
grounds for the camping or parking of mobile recreation
trailers, motorized recreation vehicles, truck campers,
campers or tents. This shall not include parks or camping
grounds maintained by a public authority.
CAMPING LOT
Shall mean that part of a camping establishment which is
occupied on a temporary basis only, by a mobile
recreational trailer, motorized recreation vehicle, truck
camper, camper or tent.
CARPORT
Shall mean a roofed enclosure attached to a dwelling house
which is used for the storage or parking of a motor vehicle
and which has a least 40 per cent of its total perimeter,
including the main wall of the dwelling house to which such
carport is attached, open and unobstructed.
CARTAGE OR TRANSPORT OEPOT
Shall mean a building, structure or place where trucks or
tractor trailers are rented, leased, kept for hire, or
stored or parked for renumeration, or from which trucks or
transports, stored or parked on the property, are
dispatched for hire as common carriers.
CELLAR
Shall mean that portion of a building between two floor
levels which is partly or wholly below grade and which has
more than one-half of its height, from finished floor to
the underside of the floor joists of the storey next above,
below the average finished grade level adjacent to the
exterior walls of the buildings.
CEMETERY
Shall mean land that is set apart or used as a place for
the internment of the dead or in which human bodies have
been buried, within the meaning of The Cemeteries Act, as
amended.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
Shall mean a certificate issued by the Director of Planning
for the occupancy of any land, building, excavation or
structure to the effect that the proposed use or activity
complies with this By-law.
CHIEF BUILOING OFFICIAL
Shall mean the officer employed by the Corporation of the
Town of Newcastle, who is appointed pursuant to the
Building Code Act, and shall include any inspector likewise
appointed.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Shall mean any tract of land, building or buildings or any
part of any building used for community activities whether
used for commercial purposes or not, the control of which
is vested in the Town, a local board or agent thereof.
CONSERVATION
Conservation shall mean the preservation, protection and
improvement of the components of the natural environment
through a comprehensive management and maintenance program
administered by the local Conservation Authority, or other
publiC authority, on private groups or individuals.
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
Shall mean a yard of any general contractor where equipment
and materials are stored or where a contractor performs
shop or assembly work but does not include any other use or
activity otherwise defined or classified herein.
CONVENIENCE STORE
Shall mean a retail commercial establishment which supplies
groceries or other daily household conveniences to the
residents in the immediately surrounding area.
COUNCIL
Shall mean the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the
Town of Newcastle.
DAY NURSERY
Shall mean a day nursery operated for pre-school age
children within the meaning of The Day Nurseries Act, as
amended.
DRY CLEANING DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
Shall mean a building or part of a building used only for
the purpose of collection and distribution of articles or
goods of fabric to be subjected to the process of dry
cleaning, dry dyeing, cleaning and spotting and stain
removing, and for the pressing of any such articles or
goods which have been subjected to any such process
elsewhere at a dry cleaners' establishment.
DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
business of dry cleaning, dry dyeing, cleaning, spotting,
stain removal or pressing of articles and/or goods of
fabric is carried on, through the use of only
non-combustible and non-flammable solvents which emit no
odours or fumes.
DWELLING
Shall mean two or more habitable rooms, designed or
intended for use by one family, in which kitchen and
sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of
the family, in which a heating system is provided, and,
which has a private entrance from outside the building or
from a common hallway or stairway inside the building. For
the purposes of this By-law a dwelling does not include a
tent, trailer, mobile home, or a room or group of rooms in
a boarding or rooming house, a hotel, motel, motor hotel or
camping establishment. For the purpose of this definition,
dwelling shall also mean dwelling unit.
DWELLING, BACHELOR APARTMENT
Shall mean a dwelling in an apartment building or converted
dwelling consisting of one bathroom and not more than two
habitable rooms for living, dining, sleeping and kitchen
accommodation in appropriate combination.
DWELLING, CONVERTED
Shall mean a single detached dwelling erected prior to the
date of passing of this By-law, which has been or may be
converted by means of partitioning so as to provide therein
not more than three dwellings each of which shall have a
total floor area of not less than 60 square metres.
DWELLING, DUPLEX
Shall mean the whole of a building that is divided
vertically or horizontally into two separate dwellings,
each of which has an independent entrance either directly
from the outside or through a common vestibule.
DWELLING, FOURPLEX
Shall mean the whole of a building that is divided
vertically and horizontally by common masonry walls above
finished grade into four separate dwellings, and each
dwelling has an independent entrance either from the
outside or through a common vestibule.
DWELLING, LINK TOWNHOUSE
Shall mean one of a group of three or more dwelling units
separated vertically.
OWELLING, MAISONETTE
Shall mean a building that is divided into three or more
dwellings, each of which has independent entrances, one to
a common corridor and the other directly to the outside
yard area adjacent to the said dwelling.
DWELLING, MOBILE HOME
Shall mean any dwelling unit that is designed to:
(a) be made mobile;
(b) connect to sewage disposal facilities, hydro and/or
gas services and/or any other necessary utilities.
but does not include a mobile recreational trailer or
trailer otherwise defined.
DWELLING, SEASONAL
Shall mean a single detached dwelling used essentially for
recreation, rest or relaxation from time to time,
throughout any season of the year, by any person or persons
but not used or intended to be used continuously in excess
of five months or as a permanent residence.
DWELLING, SEMI-DETACHED
Shall mean a building separated vertically into two
separate dwelling units, each of which has an independent
entrance directly from the outside of the building and each
of which is located on a separate lot.
DWELLING, SINGLE DETACHED
Shall mean a completely detached building containing one
dwelling.
DWELLING, STREET TOWNHOUSE
Shall mean one of a group of three or more attached
dwelling units, separated vertically, each of which has an
independent entrance and fronts onto an improved public
street.
nWELLING, TRIPLEX
Shall mean a building that is divided horizontally into
three separate dwellings each of which has an independent
entrance either directly from the outside or through a
common vestibule.
DWELLING UNIT AREA
Shall mean the habitable area contained within the inside
walls of a dwelling excluding any private garage, carport,
porch, veranda, unfinished attic, cellar or sunroom;
(unless such sunroom is habitable in all seasons of the
year) and, excluding, public or common halls or areas,
stairways and the thickness of outside walls.
EATING ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building where food is
offered for sale or sold to the public for immediate
consumption primarily on premises, and includes a
restaurant, dining room, cafe, cafeteria, ice cream
parlour, tea or lunch room, dairy bar, coffee shop, snack
bar or refreshment room or stand; but does not include a
boarding or lodging home.
EATING ESTABLISHMENT, DRIVE-IN
Shall mean an eating establishment where facilities are
available to serve meals to the customer for consumption in
the customer's motor vehicle, parked in an area designed
for that purpose.
EATING ESTABLISHMENT, TAKE OUT
Shall mean a building or part of a building where food is
offered for sale or sold to the public for consumption
primarily off the premises.
EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL, HEAVY
Shall mean the use of a building or part of a building or
structure where heavy machinery and equipment are offered
or kept for sale, rent, lease or hire under agreement for
compensation, but shall not include any other establishment
defined or classified in this By-law.
EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL, LIGHT
Shall mean the use of a building or part of a building or
structure where light machinery and equipment such as air
compressors and related tools and accessories; augers;
automotive tools; cleaning equipment; light compaction
equipment; concrete and masonry equipment; electric tools
and accessories; fastening devices such as staplers and
tackers; floor and carpet tools; gasoline generators; jacks
and hydraulic equipment; lawn and garden tools; ladders;
moving equipment; painting and decorating equipment; pipe
tools and accessories; plumbing tools and accessories;
pumps; hoses; scaffolding; welding equipment; sporting
equipment and accessories; and, other similar tools and
appurtenances are offered or kept for sale, rent, lease or
hire under agreement for compensation, but shall not
include any other establishment defined or classified in
this By-law.
ERECT
Shall mean setting up, building, constructing,
reconstructing and relocating and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing shall include:
a. any preliminary physical operation, such as
excavating, grading, filling, drainage, piling or
cribbing;
b. altering any existing building or structure by an
addition, deletion, enlargment, extension, relocation
or other structural change;
c. any work for the doing of which a building permit is
required under The Building Code Act and Regulations
passed thereunder as may be amended, replaced or
re-enacted from time to time; and
d. erect, erected and erection shall have a corresponding
meaning.
ESTABLISHED BUILDING LINE, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Shall mean the average setback from the street line of
existing buildings on one side of one block where more than
one-half of the lots of the said side of the block have
been built upon.
EXISTING
Shall mean legally in existence on the date of passing of
this By-law.
FACTORY OUTLET
Shall mean a building or part of a building where the
products manufactured by the industry are kept for
wholesale or retail sale, and shall not exceed fifteen
percent of the floor area of the building or portion of the
building within which the permitted industrial use is
located.
FAMILY
Shall mean one or more persons related by blood, marriage
or legal adoption, or not more than ten persons who need
not be related by blood, marriage or legal adoption, living
together as a single housekeeping unit. In the case of a
mobile home, Ifami1y" shall mean not more than two persons
living together as a single housekeeping unit. For the
purpose of this by-law, the definition of family shall not
include group homes as defined herein.
FARM
Shall mean the use of land, buildings or structures for one
or more of the following purposes; production of forage
crops, grain and feed crops, oil and seed crops, vegetables
and row crops, dairy animals and dairy products, livestock
or food production, sheep for wool production, fruits of
all kind including grapes, nuts and berries, bees and
apiary products, maple products, nurseries, floral and
greenhouse products, poultry and poultry products,
mushrooms, horse and ponies, tobacco forestry, market
gardening and retail stands for the sale of agricultural
products produced on the farm unit, and such other uses or
enterprises as are customarily carried out in the field of
agriculture" .
FARM IMPLEMENT AND EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or structure or lot where farm
implements, equipment and farm supplies are kept for sale
at retail and may include facilities for the servicing of
such implements or equipment but shall not include any
other establishment otherwise defined or classified
herein.
FARM PRODUCE RETAIL OUTLET
Shall mean a building, or part of a building, in which farm
produce, exclusive of meat or poultry, is offered for sale
at retail, but shall not include the sale of farm produce
which has been reprocessed nor shall it include a slaughter
house.
FARM PRODUCE RETAIL OUTLET, SEASONAL
Shall mean the same as a Farm Produce Retail Outlet except
that such outlet would only be operated during the harvest
and selling seasons and provided that a majority of the
produce offered for sale is produced from the same farm
operation.
FINANCIAL OFFICE
Shall mean the premises of a bank, trust company, finance
company, mortgage company or investment company.
FITNESS CENTRE
Shall mean a building in which facilities are provided for
recreational athletic activities including but not limited
to body-building and exercise classes, and shall include
associated facilities such as a sauna and solarium.
FLOOR AREA, TOTAL
Shall mean the aggregate of the horizontal areas of each
floor, whether any such floor is above or below grade,
measured between the interior faces of the interior walls
of the building or structure at the level of each floor.
FORESTRY
Shall mean the management, development and cultivation of
timber resources.
FOUNDRY
Shall mean an industrial building, the primary use of which
is casting metals.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
Shall mean a detached accessory building or portion of a
dwelling which is designed or used for the sheltering of a
private motor vehicle and storage of household equipment
incidental to the residential occupancy and which is fully
enclosed and roofed. For the purposes of this By-law a
private garage excludes a carport or other open shelter.
GARDEN AND NURSERY SALES AND SUPPLY ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building and land
adjacent thereto for the growing or displaying of flowers,
fruits, vegetables, plants, shrubs, trees, or similar
vegetation which is sold to the public at retail and shall
also include the sale or renting of such goods, products
and equipment as are normally associated with gardening or
landscaping.
GOLF COURSE
Shall mean a public or private area operated for the
purpose of playing golf, and includes a par 3 golf course,
driving ranges, miniature courses, club house, dining room,
lounge and similar uses.
GRADE, FINISHED
Shall mean the lowest average elevation of the finished
surface of the ground adjacent to each exterior wall of a
building or structure.
GROUP HOME
Shall mean a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling in
which three to ten residents, excluding staff and/or
receiving family, live as a family under responsible
supervision, consistent with the requirements of the
residents. Group Homes shall be licenced and/or approved
under Provincial statutes and shall not be permitted to
locate within 300 metres of another group home.
Furthermore, only one group home housing elementary or
junior high school aged children may be located within the
area served by any public elementary or junior high
school.
GUEST
Shall mean a person, other than a boarder, who contracts
for accommodation in a hotel, motel, motor hotel or camping
establishment and includes all the members of the person's
party.
GUEST ROOM
Shall mean a room or suite of rooms in a hotel, motel, or
motor hotel, used or maintained for the accommodation of an
individual or individuals to whom hospitality is extended
for compensation.
HABITABLE ROOM
Shall mean a room designed for human occupancy and shall
include living, sleeping, eating or food preparation, and
shall include a bathroom, den, library, sewing-room or
enclosed sunrooms, but shall not include any private
garage, carport, porch, verandah.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
Shall mean the vertical distance, measured between the
lowest finished grade adjacent to any wall of the building,
and:
a. in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of the
roof surface; and
b. in the case of a mansard roof, the deck roof line; and
c. in the case of a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the
average height between the eaves and ridge.
In calculating the height of a building, roof constructions
such as bulkheads, penthouses and similar constructions
enclosing equipment or stairs and which are less than 6
metres in height and do not occupy more than 30 percent of
the area of the roof upon which they are located, and
accessory roof constructions, such as chimneys, towers,
steeples or television antenas, shall be excluded.
HIGHWAY - PUBLIC
Shall mean a public highway within the meaning of the
Municipal Act, as amended.
HOME FOR THE AGED
Shall mean a home for the aged within the meaning of The
Homes for the Aged Act, as amended.
HOME OCCUPATION
Shall mean an occupation which is carried on, in accordance
with the provisions of the by-law, as an accessory use.
Involvement in a home occupation is limited to the members
of the family residing in the dwelling unit plus a maximum
of one additional person.
For the purposes of this by-law, home occupation shall be
limited to: professional or administrative offices; barber
shop or hairdressing salon; production, repair and retail
sale of antiques, art, craft, or hobby items; the teaching
of art or craft related skills; the repair of small
household appliances; baby-sitting or day nursery provided
that no more than a total of five children, six years of
age or younger, are accommodated at one time; and a barber
shop or hairdressing establishment. A barber shop or
hairdressing establishment shall only be considered a home
occupation where it is carried on by members of the family
residing in the dwelling and where no additional person is
employed.
HOSPITAL
Shall mean any building or other premises established for
the treatment of persons afflicted with or suffering from
sickness, disease or injury, that is approved under The
Public Hospitals Act, as amended, as a public hospital.
HOTEL
Shall mean an establishment that consists of one building
or two or more connected or adjacent buildings consisting
of at least three individual rental units which share a
common entrance from street level which cater to the needs
of the travelling public by furnishing sleeping
accommodation which mayor may not supply food or beverage
lounge facilities, in which the guests share equal rights
to the uses of all common facilities, but does not include
a rooming or boarding house or an apartment dwelling.
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL
Shall mean a building or structure where more than three
dogs are kept, bred, boarded or trained for profit or
gain.
KENNEL, PRIVATE
Shall mean a building or structure where more than three
dogs are kept bred or trained for the personal, recreation-
al use of the Owner of the lands upon which such kennel is
located.
LANDSCAPING
Shall mean any combination of trees, shrubs, flowers, grass
or other horticultural elements, decorative stonework,
paving, screening or other architectural elements, all of
which are designed to enhance the visual amenity of a
property and/or to provide a screen to mitigate any
objectionable aspects that may detrimentally affect
adjacent land.
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE
Shall mean the open unobstructed space from ground to sky
at finished grade on a lot accessible by walking from the
street on which the lot is located which is used
exclusively for landscaping, and includes any surfaced
walk, patio or similar area, but does not include any
driveway or ramp, whether surfaced or not, any curb,
retaining wall, parking area or any open space beneath or
within any building or structure.
LAUNDRY, COIN-OPERATEO
Shall mean a building or structure where the service of
coin-operated laundry machines, using only water,
detergents and additives, are made available to the public
for the purpose of laundry cleaning.
LIBRARY
Shall mean a public library within the meaning of The
Public Libraries Act, as amended.
LIQUOR LICENCEO PREMISES
Shall mean any building, structure or premises licensed
by The Liquor Licence Board of Ontario.
LOADING SPACE
Shall mean an off-street space on the same lot as the
building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the
temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading
merchandise or materials, which abuts upon a street, land,
road, highway or other appropriate means of access.
LOT
Shall mean a parcel or tract of land described in a deed or
other legal document the title to which is legally
conveyab 1 e.
LOT AREA
Shall mean the total horizontal area bounded by the lot
lines of a lot, excluding the horizontal area of such lot
covered by water.
LOT, CORNER
Shall mean a lot situated at the intersection of two
streets, of which two adjacent sides, that abut the
intersecting streets, contain an angle of not more than one
hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees; where such adjacent
sides are curved, the angle of intersection of the adjacent
sides shall be deemed to be the angle formed by the
intersection of the tangents to the street lines, drawn
through the extremities of the interior lot lines, provided
that 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.
LOT COVERAGE
Shall mean that percentage of the lot area covered by all
buildings above ground level, but does not include that
portion of the lot area which is occupied by a building or
portion thereof which is completely below ground level or
an inground swimming pool, and for the purpose of this
paragraph the lot coverage in each Zone applies and shall
be deemed to apply only to that portion of such lot that is
located within said Zone.
LOT DEPTH
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the front and
rear lot lines. If the front and rear lot lines are not
parallel, "lot depth" shall mean the length of a straight
line joining the middle of the front lot line with the
middle of the rear lot line. When there is no rear lot
line, "lot depth" shall mean the length of a straight line
joining the middle of the front lot line with the apex of
the triangle formed by the side lot lines.
LOT FRONTAGE
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot
lines measured along the front lot line. Where the front
lot line is not a straight line or where the side lot lines
are not parallel, the lot frontage is to be measured by a
line parallel to the chord of the lot frontage drawn
through a point therein distant from the front lot line
equal to the required depth of the front yard. For the
purposes of thi s By-l aw the chord of the lot frontage is a
straight line joining the two points where the side lot
line intersects the front lot line.
Notwithstanding the definition of "Lot Line, Front", a
corner lot wi 11 be deemed to comply with the lot frontage
requirements of this by-law provided that one of the two
lot lines abutting an improved public street complies with
the minimum lot frontage requirements of the applicable
zone.
LOT, INTERIOR
Shall mean a lot other than a corner lot or a through lot.
LOT LI NE
Shall mean any boundary of a lot or the vertical projection
thereof.
LOT LI NE, FRONT
Shall mean, in the case of an interior lot, the line
dividing the lot from the street. In the case of a corner
lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street or private
right-of-way shall be deemed the front lot line and the
longer lot line abutting a street shall be deemed an
exterior side lot line. In the case of a through lot, the
lot line where the principal access to the lot is provided
sha 11 be deemed to be t he front lot 1 i ne.
LOT LI NE, REAR
Shall mean the lot line farthest from and opposite to the
front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE
Shall mean a lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
LOT, THROUGH
Shall mean a lot bounded on two opposite sides by streets,
provided that if any lot qualifies as being both a corner
lot or a through lot, such lot shall be deemed a corner
lot.
MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, ASSEMBLING OR FABRICATING PLANT
Shall mean a plant in which the process of producing any
product, by hand or mechanical power and machinery, is
carried on systematically with division of labour.
MARINA
Shall mean a building, structure or place, including
docking facilities located on a navigable waterway, where
boats and boat accessories are kept or stored, serviced,
repaired or kept for sale and where facilities for the sale
of marine fuels and lubricants may be provided.
MARINE SALES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building and associated
lands where a franchised dealer displays new and used boats
and boat accessories for sale at retail or for rental, and
where marine equipment is serviced or repaired and may
include boat storage facilities.
MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC
Shall mean a building or part of a building where members
of the medical profession, dentists, chiropractors,
optometrists, osteopaths, physicians or occupational or
physical therapists, either singularly or in union, provide
diagnosis and treatment to the general public without
overnight accommodation and shall include such uses as
reception areas, offices for consultation, X-ray and minor
operating rooms, a pharmaceutical dispensary provided that
all such uses have access only from the interior of the
building, and shall not include any other use or activity
otherwise defined or classified in this By-law.
MOBILE HOME DWELLING UNIT AREA
Shall mean the habitable area contained within the inside
walls of a mobile home.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Shall mean a parcel of land which is not the subject of a
Registered Plan of Subdivision defining individual lots
legally capable of being conveyed and which is developed
and managed as a unit where individual sites are made
available on a rental basis for the placing of a mobile
home, where the ownership and responsibility for the
maintenance of private internal roads, services, communal
areas and buildings, including snow ploughing and removal,
garbage collection, together with general park management,
rests with management.
MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE
Shall mean a building, or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for such pruposes as meetings for
educational, recreational, political, religious or social
purposes, and may include a banquet hall, proviate club, or
fraternal organization. A Mobile Home Park Community
Centre may also include a convenience store, a business or
professional office, an eating establishment, a financial
office, a personal service shop, a retail store and sales
and administration offices provided that the total 15% of
the total floor area of the Mobile Home Park Community
Centre.
MOBILE HOME PARK MAINTENANCE DEPOT
Shall mean buildings structures and lands used for the
storage of personal equipment, goods or materials of the
residents of a Mobile Home Park as well as equipment, goods
or materials necessary for the maintenance of a Mobile Home
Park.
MOBILE HOME PARK ROAD
Shall mean a street or road, not under the jurisdiction of
the Province of Ontario, the Regional Municipality of
Durham or the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle,
providinig access to and from an improved public street to
the mobile home park and shall also mean an internal road
or roads located wholly within the confines of the Mobile
Home Park.
MOBILE HOME SITE
Shall mean a parcel of land within a mobile home park upon
which it is intended to erect or place a mobile home and
surrounding lands which are, or are intended to be leased
to the owners or occupants of the mobile home.
MOTEL
Shall mean a tourist establishment which consists of one or
more buildings containing three or more attached
a.ccommodation units, which are directly accessible from an
adjacent outside parking area, which cater to the needs of
the travelling public by furnishing sleeping accommodation
with or without facilities for the preparation and serving
of meals or beverages and shall not include any other use
or activity otherwise defined herein.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall mean a motor vehicle within the meaning of The
Highway Traffic Act, as amended.
MOTOR VEHICLE, COMMERCIAL
Shall mean a commercial motor vehicle within the meaning of
The Highway Traffic Act, as amended.
MOTOR VEHICLE BODY SHOP
Shall mean a building or structure used for the painting or
repairing of motor vehicle bodies, exterior and
undercarriage, and in conjunction with which there may be a
towing service and motor vehicle rentals for customers
while the motor vehicle is under repair, but shall not
include any other use or activity otherwise defined or
classified in this By-law.
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or structure where a dealer displays
motor vehicles for sale or rent. Permitted accessory uses
include a motor vehicle repair garage, a motor vehicle
service station, a motor vehicle fuel bar or a motor
vehicle body shop, but shall not include any other use or
activity otherwise defined or classified in the By-law.
MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL BAR
Shall mean one or more pump islands, each consisting of one
or more fuel pumps and a shelter, and may include the sale
of automotive accessories, antifreeze and additives, but
shall not include any other use or activity otherwise
defined or classified in this By-law.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR GARAGE
Shall mean a building or structure where the exclusive
service performed or executed on motor vehicles for
compensation shall include the installation of exhaust
systems, repair of the electrical systems, transmission
repair, brake repair, radiator repair, tire repair and
installation, rustproofing, motor vehicle diagnostic
centre, major and minor mechanical repairs or similar use
and in conjunction with which there-may be a towing
service and motor vehicle rentals for the convenience of
the customer while the motor vehicle is being repaired, but
shall not include the sale of fuels or any other use or
activity otherwise defined or classified in this By-law.
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE STATION
Shall mean a building or structure where fuel, oil, grease,
antifreeze, tires, tubes, tire accessories, electric light
bulbs, sparkplugs, batteries and automotive accessories for
motor vehicles, or similar automotive products are stored
or kept for sale to the general public, or where motor
vehicles may be oiled, greased or washed, or have their
ignition adjusted, tires inflated or batteries charged, or
where mechanical or running repairs essential to the actual
operation of motor vehicles are executed or performed.
MOTOR VEHICLE WASH
Shall mean a building or structure containing facilities
for washing motor vehicles for profit or gain either using
production line methods and mechanical devices or by a
self-service operation, and for the purposes of this By-law
may include a motor vehicle fuel bar but shall not include
any other use or activity otherwise defined or classified
in this By-law.
MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING YARD
Shall mean an establishment where scrap motor vehicles are
stored and/or dismantled and where used motor vehicle parts
are sold. Limited sales of road worthy motor vehicles are
considered accessory to the operation of a Motor Vehicle
Wrecking Yard.
MOTORIZED RECREATION VEHICLE
Shall mean any motor vehicle so constructed as to be
self-contained, self-propelled unit, capable of being
utilized for the living, sleeping or eating accommodation
of pe rsons .
MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLE
Shall mean a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of
The Motorized Snow Vehicle Act, as amended.
MUNICIPAL, REGIONAL, PROVINCIAL MAINTENANCE DEPOT
Shall mean any land, building or structure owned by the
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, the Regional
Municipality of Durham or the Province of Ontario used for
the storage, maintenance or repair of equipment, machinery
or motor vehicles used in connection with civic works and
shall include a public works yard.
NON-COMPLYING
Shall mean that a permitted building, structure or use does
not meet the regulations set out for the zone in which such
building, structure or use is located.
NON-CONFORMING
Shall mean the use or activity in respect of any land,
building or structure which is not within the list of
pennitted uses set out in this By-law for the zone in which
such land, building or structure is located.
NURSING HOME
Shall mean any premises maintained and operated for persons
requiring nursing care, as defined and licensed under The
Nursing Homes Act, as amended.
OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA
Shall mean land used for the outside storage of goods,
equipment or materials normally accessory to a permitted
use and shall not include a motor vehicle wrecking yard; a
salvage yard; a parking area; a loading space; or a parking
space.
PARK, GREENBELT
Shall mean a public or private park, the main purpose of
which shall be the protection of open space areas and
natural watercourses, which may be used for recreational
activities including playing and athletic fields, but
excluding any buildings or structures.
PARK, PRIVATE
Shall mean any open space or recreational area, owned and
operated or maintained in whole or in part by a private
organization, and may include therein swimming pools,
boating facilities, picnic areas, gardens and other similar
recreational activities.
PARK, PUBLIC
Shall mean a lot or block of land, owned or controlled by
a public authority, the main use of which shall be for
recreational activities and which may include its use as a
playground or playfield, including athletic fields, aquatic
facilities, landscaped areas, and any buildings, the
purpose of which shall be for recreation or a use accessory
to a recreational use.
PARKI NG ANGLE
Shall mean the angle which is equal to or less than a right
angle, formed by the intersection of the side of the
parki~g space and line parallel to the aisle.
PARKING AREA
Shall mean an area provided and maintained for the parking
of motor vehicles, and may include aisles, parking spaces,
maneuvering areas, pedestrian walkways and related ingress
and egress 1 anes, but shall not i ncl ude any part of a
public street. "parking Area" may include a private
garage.
PARKING LOT
Shall mean any parking area other than a parking area
accessory to a permitted use.
PARKING SPACE
Shall mean an area, exclusive of any aisles, ingress or
egress lanes, for the parking or storage of motor vehicles,
and may include a private garage.
PERSON
Shall mean any human being, association, company, firm
partnership, incorporated company, corporation, agent or
trustee, and the heirs, executors or other legal
representatives of a person to whom the context can apply
according to law.
PIT
Shall mean a place where unconsolidated gravel, stone,
sand, earth, clay, fill, mineral or other material is being
or has been removed by means of an excavation to supply
materials for construction, industrial or manufacturing
purposes, but does not include a wayside pit.
PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT
Shall mean a motion picture or other theatre, arcade,
auditorium, public hall, billiard hall, bowling alley, ice
or roller skating rink, dance hall or music hall, museum,
gallery and library, but for the purposes of this By-law
does not include or any other use or activity otherwise
defined or classified in this By-law.
PLACE OF WORSHIP
Shall mean a building dedicated to religious worship and
includes a church or synagogue and may include such
accessory uses as a nursery school, a school of rel igious
education, convent, monastery or parish hall.
PRINCIPAL OR MAIN BUILDING
Shall mean the building(s) in which is carried on the
principal purpose for which the lot is used.
PRINTING OR PUBLISHING ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building in which the
business of producing books, newspapers or periodicals, by
mechanical means, and other reproduction techniques is
carried on, and may include the sale of newspapers, books,
magazines, periodicals, or like, to the general public.
PRIVATE CLUB
Shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
purposes of social, cultural, athletic or recreational
activities.
PRIVATE ZOO
Shall mean a collection of animals confined within
appropriate animal enclosures, privately owned and operated
on a commercial basis.
PROCESSING PLANT - AGGREGATE
Shall mean equipment for the crushing, screening or washing
of sand and gravel aggregate materials, or concrete
batching plant, but not including a cement manufacturing
plant or an asphalt plant.
PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY
Shall mean a highway under the jurisdiction of the Ministry
of Transportation and Communications.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Shall mean Federal, Provincial, Regional or Town agencies,
and includes any commission, board, corporation, authority
or department established by such agency.
PUBLIC SECURITY AREA
Shall mean an area of land free and clear of any buildings
or structures surrounding an animal enclosure, and which is
made inaccessible to members of the public by means of a
1.25 metre high, chain-link security fence which is secured
by means of a locked gate, and which fence is no closer to
an animal enclosure than 2 metres.
QUARRY
Shall mean a place where consolidated rock has been or is
being removed by means of any open excavation to supply
material for construction, manufacturing or industrial
purpose, but does not include: a wayside pit or wayside
quarry; an excavation incidental to the erection of a
building; a structure for which a building permit has been
granted by the Town; or an excavation incidental to the
construction of any public works.
RESORT ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean an establishment that operates throughout all or
part of the year, that has facilities for serving meals and
furnishes equipment, supplies or services to persons in
connection with angling, hunting, camping, skiing, or other
similar recreational activity.
RETAIL COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building, or part of a building, in which
goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles, or
services are offered or kept for sale at retail or on a
rental basis.
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, MUNICIPAL
Shall mean an adequte system of underground conduits,
operated by a Public Authority, which carries sewage to an
adequate place of treatment which meets with the require-
ments of the Ministry of Environment.
SALVAGE YARD
Shall mean an establishment where goods, wares,
merchandise, articles or materials are processed for
further use and where such goods, wares, merchandise,
articles or things are stored wholly or partly in the open
and includes a junk yard, a scrap metal yard, but not a
motor vehicle wrecking yard or premises.
SAW MILL
Shall mean a building, structure or area where timber is
cut or milled, and temporarily stored either to finished
lumber, or as an intermediary step.
SCHOOL, PUBLIC
Shall mean a school under the jurisdiction of a Board as
defined by the Ministry of Education.
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL
Shall mean a school conducted for hire or gain, other than
a private, public, religious or philanthropic school, and
shall include the studio of a dancing teacher or a music
teacher, an art school, a golf school, a school of
athletics, a business or trade school and any other
specialized school conducted for profit or gain.
SCHOOL, PRIVATE
Shall mean a school other than a public school or a
commercial school as otherwise defined or classified in
this By-law, which prepares students for an Ontario
Secondary School Diploma recognized by the Ministry of
Education, and which may include boarding houses for
registered students of such school.
SENIOR CITIZENS' APARTMENT BUILDING
Shall mean an apartment building for senior citizens
sponsored and administered by any public agency or service
club, church or other non-profit organization, which
obtains its financing from Federal, Provincial, Regional or
Municipal Governments or agencies, or by public
subscription or donation, or by any combination thereof.
SERVICE SHOP, LIGHT
Shall mean a building or part of building, whether used in
conjunction with a retail store or not for the servicing or
repairing of household or domestic articles, and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing shall include but
shall not be limited to the following, the repair and
servicing of radio and television receivers, vacuum
cleaners, appliances, shoes, cameras, toys, watches,
clocks, bicycles or other similar goods and appliances but
shall not include industrial or manufacturing uses or motor
vehicle repair shops as may otherwise be defined or
classified in this By-law.
SERVICE SHOP, PERSONAL
Shall mean a building or part of a building in which
persons are employed in furnishing services, conducting
limited retailing of goods associated with the service and
otherwise administering to the individual and personal
needs of persons, such as a barber's shop, a ladies
hairdressing establishment or other similar services.
SETBACK
Shall mean the horizontal distance from the centre line of
the street allowance, measured at right angles to such
centre line, to the nearest part of any building or
structure or excavation on the adjacent lot.
SHOPPING CENTRE
Shall mean a group of commercial establishments which have
been designed, developed and managed as a unit by a single
owner or tenant, or a group of owners or tenants, as
distinguished from a business area comprising unrelated
individual uses.
SIGHT TRIANGLES
Shall mean the the triangular space formed by the street
lines and a line drawn from a point in one street line to a
point in the other street line. Where the two street lines
do not intersect at a point, the point of intersection of
the street lines shall be deemed to be the intersection of
the prOjection of the street lines or the intersection of
the tangents to the street lines.
SIGN
Shall mean a structure or portion of a structure having
thereon any name, symbol, description, illustration or
device which is used to identify or advertise a person,
place, product, object, organization, activity or event.
SNOWMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean a building or part of a building and land
adjacent therto, where snowmobile equipment is displayed,
for sale at retail, or rental, and where mechanical repairs
are completed.
STORAGE AREAS/LOCKERS/MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS
Shall mean buildings, structures, and lands used for the
storage of equipment, goods or materials.
STOREY
Shall mean the portion of a building, other than an attic,
basement or cellar, included between any floor level and
the floor, ceiling or roof next above it.
STOREY, FIRST
Shall mean the lowest storey of a building closest to
finished grade having its ceiling 1.8 metres or more above
average finished grade.
STOREY, ONE-HALF
Shall mean that portion of a building situated wholly or in
part within the roof and having its floor level not lower
than 1.2 metres below the line where roof and outer wall
meet and in which there is sufficient space to provide a
distance between finished floor and finished ceiling of at
least 2.1 metres over a floor area equal to at least 50 per
cent of the area of the floor next below.
STORM SEWER
Shall mean an underground conduit which carries storm or
surface run-off but excludes any sanitary sewer or any
combination of sanitary and storm sewers.
STREET, ARTERIAL TYPE "A"
Shall mean an Arterial Road with a right-of-way width
ranging from 36 metres to 46 metres and for the purposes of
this By-law shall include the road sections within the
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, indicated on the
Schedules to this By-law.
STREET, ARTERIAL TYPE "B"
Shall mean an Arterial Road with a right-of-way width
ranging from 26 metres to 36 metres and for the purposes of
this By-law shall include the road sections within the
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, indicated on the
Schedules to this By-law.
STREET, IMPROVED PUBLIC
Shall mean a street or road under the jurisdiction of the
Province of Ontario, the Regional Municipality of Durham or
the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, which is
maintained so as to allow normal vehicular access to
adjacent properties throughout all seasons of the year.
STREET LINE
Shall mean the limit of the street or road allowance and is
the dividing line between a lot or block and a street or
road.
STREET, PRIVATE
Shall mean a street or road other than an improved public
street.
STRUCTURE
Shall mean anything constructed or erected, the use of
which requires location on the ground, or attached to
something having location on or in the ground.
SUPERMARKET
Shall mean a building or part of a building wherein food
and other household items are kept for sale at retail to
the general public and which operates on a self-service,
cash and carry basis and may include facilities for parcel
pickup.
TAVERN
Shall mean an establishment within the meaning of and
licensed under The Liquor Licence Act, as amended.
TEMPORARY HOLDING SPACE
Shall mean a fenced area connected to and associated with
an animal enclosure within which an animal can be
temporarily confined, and which has access only to the
animal enclosure and where not separated from a public area
by a public security area, such temporary holding space
shall be constructed with solid walls immediately abutting
any public area.
TENT
Shall mean every kind of temporary shelter to which the
term is normally considered to apply for such uses and
activities that require shelter or enclosure such as
sleeping, the serving and consumption of food and
beverages, and that is not permanently affixed to the site
and that is capable of being easily moved.
TOWN
Shall mean the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle.
TRAILER
Shall mean any vehicle that is designed to be drawn upon a
highway by a motor vehicle, except an implement of
husbandry, another motor vehicle or any device or
apparatus not designed to transport persons or property
temporarily drawn, propelled or moved upon such highway. A
trailer shall be considered a separate vehicle and not part
of the motor vehicle by which it is drawn, and, for the
purposes of this By-law does not include a mobile home as
defi ned herei n.
TRAILER CAMP or PARK
Shall mean an establishment consisting of camping lots and
comprising land used or maintained as grounds for the
camping or parking of mobile recreational trailers,
motorized recreation vehicles, truck campers or tents for
recreational or vacation use designed for seasonal
occupancy only. TRAILER CAMP or PARK shall include
accessory recreational buildings and structures normally
related to such operations.
TRAILER, MOBILE RECREATIONAL
Shall mean a trailer designed or used for recreational
living and sleeping accommodation. For the purposes of
this By-law, it does not include a mobile home, as defined
herein.
TRUCK CAMPER
Shall mean any unit so constructed that it may be attached
upon a motor vehicle, as a separate unit, and capable of
being utilized for the temporary living, sleeping or eating
accommodation of persons.
USE
Shall mean, when used as a noun, the purpose or funct ion
for which a lot or building or structure, or any
combination thereof, is designed, arranged, occupied or
maintained and when used as a verb, "USE" shall have a
corresponding meaning.
VEHICLE
Shall mean an automobile, truck, motorcycle, motor assisted
bicycle, and any other vehicle propelled or driven
otherwise than by muscular power, but not including
motorized snow vehicles, farm equipment or railroad cars or
other motorized vehicles running only upon rails.
VETERINARIAN
Shall mean a person registered under the provisions of the
Veterinarians Act, as amended.
VETERINARIAN CLINIC
Shall mean a building or part of a building in which
facilities are provided for the prevention, cure and
alleviation of disease and treatment of injury to animals
and in conjunction with which there may be facilities
provided for the sheltering of animals during the treatment
period.
WAREHOUSE
Shall mean a building or part of a building used for the
storage and distribution of goods, wares, merchandise,
substances, articles or things, and may include facilities
for an accessory, wholesale or retail commercial outlet,
but shall not include a cartage or transport depot.
WASTE DISPOSAL AREA
Shall mean a place where garbage, refuse or domestic or
industrial waste is dumped, destroyed, or stored in
suitable containers.
WATERCOURSE
Shall mean a natural or man-made channel through which
water flows, and shall include a channel for an
intermittent stream.
WATER FRONTAGE
Shall mean the boundary between the water and land fronting
on and providing access to a watercourse, bay or lake.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, MUNICIPAL
Shall mean an adequate distribution system of underground
piping and related storage, including pumping and purifica-
tion appurtenances owned and operated by a Public Authority
for public use.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, PRIVATE POTABLE
Shall mean a water supply furnished by a private supply in
accordance with the requirements of the Public Health Act,
as amended.
WAYSIDE PIT OR WAYSIDE QUARRY
Shall mean a temporary pit or quarry opened and used by a
public road authority solely for the purpose of a
particular project or contract of road construction and not
located on the road right-of-way.
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT
Shall mean the use of land or the occupancy of a building
or structure, for the purposes of selling or offering for
sale goods, wares or merchandise on a wholesale basis and
includes the storage or warehousing of those goods, wares
or merchandise.
YARD
Shall mean a space, appurtenant to a building or structure,
located on the same lot as the building or structure, which
space is open, uncovered and unoccupied from the ground to
the sky except for such accessory buildings, structures or
uses as are specifically permitted elsewhere in the By-law.
YARD, FRONT
Shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the
lot between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest
part of any building or structure on the lot.
YARD, FRONT DEPTH
Shall mean the least horizontal dimension between the front
lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building or
structure on the lot.
YARD, REAR
Shall mean a yard extending across the full width of the
lot between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest
part of any building or structure on the lot, or the
nearest outside storage use on the lot.
YARD, REAR DEPTH
Shall mean the least horizontal dimension between the rear
lot line of the lot or the apex of the triangle formed by
the side lot lines where no rear yard line exists, and the
nearest part of any building or structure on the lot.
YARD, REQU IRED
Shall mean the minimum yard required by the provisions of
this By-law.
YARD, SIDE
Shall mean a yard extending from the required front yard to
the required rear yard and from the side lot line of the
lot to the nearest part of any building or structure on the
lot.
YARD, (EXTERIOR) SIDE
Shall mean a side yard immediately adjoining a public
street.
YARD, (INTERIOR) SIDE
Shall mean a side yard other than an exterior side yard.
YARD, SIDE WIDTH
Shall mean the least horizontal dimension between the side
lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building or
structure on the lot.
ZONE PROVISIONS
The permissible uses or activities, the mlnlmum area and
dimensions of lots, the minimum dimensions of yards, the
maximum lot coverage, the minimum setback, the minimum
gross floor area, the minimum landscaped open space, the
maximum height of buildings, minimum parking requirements,
and all other standards and regulations of the respective
Zones as are set out within the text and various schedules
annexed hereto.
SECTION 3
G ENE R A l
Z 0 N E
PRO V I S ION S
3.1 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND USES
a. PERMITTED USES
Where this By-law provides that a lot may be used or a
building or structure may be erected or used for a purpose,
that purpose shall include any accessory building or
structure or accessory use, but shall not include the
fo 11 owi ng :
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any occupation for gain or profit conducted within or
accessory to a dwelling unit or on such lot associated
therewith, except as is specifically permitted in
accordance with this By-law; or
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any building used for human habitation except as is
specifically permitted in accordance with this
By-law.
b.
RELATION TO STREET
A permitted accessory building or structure may be located
between the principal or main building on the lot and the
street line, provided such accessory building or structure
complies with the yard and setback requirements of the Zone
in which such building or structure is located.
c. RELATION TO PRINCIPAL OR MAIN BUILDING
Except as may otherwise be provided 'herein, any accessory
building or structure, which is not part of the principal
or main building, shall not be erected closer than 1.20
metres to the principal or main building.
d. LOT COVERAGE AND HEIGHT
The total lot coverage of all accessory buildings and
structures, except swimming pools, shall not exceed
forty percent of the main building total floor area, nor,
shall the height of any accessory building or structure
exceed 5.0 metres.
3.1 e. BOAT HOUSE, PUMP HOUSE OR DOCKING FACILITIES
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law to the
contrary, a boat house, pump house or docking facilities
may be erected and used in the required yard of a lot
abutting a navigable waterway, provided, such accessory
buildings or structures comply with all other side yard
requirements of the respective zone.
f. INTERIOR SIDE YARD AND REAR YARD REQUIREMENTS
Where an accessory building is located in an interior side
or rear yard it shall not be closer than 1.20 metres to the
interior side lot line or the rear lot line.
g. GATE HOUSE IN INDUSTRIAL ZONE
Notwithstanding the yard and setback prOV1Slons of this
By-law to the contrary, in an Industrial Zone, a gate house
shall be permitted in a required front or side yard or in
the area between the street line and the required setback,
but in no instance shall such gate house be located closer
than 1.25 metres to the street line or in a sight
triangle.
h. MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL BAR SHELTER
Notwithstanding the yard and setback provlslons of this
By-law to the contrary, in the service station Commercial
Zone, a fuel bar shelter shall have a total floor area of
not more than 9 square metres.
i. YARD REQUIREMENTS
Notwithstanding the yard and setback provlslons of this
By-law to the contrary, every part of any yard to be
provided in all zones shall be open and unobstructed by any
structure from the ground to the sky, except for the
following:
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sills, belt courses, cornices, chimney breasts, bay
windows, cantilevered floor areas, pilasters or
parapets may project into any yard to a distance of
not more than 0.75 metres;
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eaves or gutters, for other than an accessory
building, may project into any required yard a
distance of not more than 0.75 metres;
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balconies, canopies, unenclosed porches, steps or
patios may project into any required side or rear yard
to a distance of not more than 1.5 metres;
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iv) fire escapes may project into any required side or
rear yard to a distance of, not more than, 1.5 metres;
v) fences, freestanding walls, flag poles, clothes poles,
diving boards, antennae, light standards, and similar
accessory structures and appurtenances, and hedges,
trees, and shrubs are permitted, but in the case of:
a residential interior lot line situated in any
Residential Zone, no structure, hedge or obstruction
that is more than 0.75 metres in height is permitted
within 3 metres of any street line; where such
structure, hedge or obstruction will impede vision
between a height of 0.75 metres and 2.5 metres above
the centreline grade of an access from any improved
public street to any lot.
3.2 DWELLING UNITS BELOW GRADE
Notwithstanding any provisions of this By-law to the contrary,
dwelling units designed in such a fashion as to have all or part
of their total floor area located partially below finished grade,
shall be permitted subject to the following provisions:
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a. such dwelling shall have a minimum window area located
above finished grade equal to 10 percent of the total
floor area of the dwelling;
b. each of the following rooms shall have a minimum
window area located above finished grade equal to 10
percent of the floor area of such room:
i) living room
i i) di n i ng room
i i i) kitchen
i v) bedroom
3.3 DWELLING UNITS JOINED BELOW GRADE
Notwithstanding any provisions of this By-law to the contrary,
dwelling units designed in such a fashion as to be joined below
finished grade, no structures may be located within the 1.20 metre
interior sideyard between the dwelling units above grade.
3.4 ESTABLISHED BUILDING LINE
Notwithstanding the yard and setback provlslons of this By-law to
the contrary, where a permitted use is to be erected on a lot and
where there is an established building line extending on both
sides of the lot, such permitted use may be erected closer to the
street line or the centreline of the street, as the case may be,
than required by this By-law such that the yard or setback is
equal to the average setback of adjacent buildings on the same
side of the street, provided further that such building is not
erected closer to the street line or the centreline of the street,
as the case may be, than the established building line.
3.5 EXISTING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND USES
a. LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS OR USES
The provisions of this By-law shall not apply to prevent
the use of any lot, building or structure for any purpose
prohibited by this By-law if such lot, building or
structure was lawfully used for such purpose on the date of
passing of this By-law, so long as it continues to be used
for that purpose.
b. PERMITTED EXTERIOR EXTENSION
Any building or structure, which at the date of passing of
this By-law was lawfully used for a purpose not permissible
within the Zone in which it is located, shall not be
enlarged, extended, reconstructed or otherwise structurally
altered without the approval of the Committee of
Adjustment, unless such building or structure is thereafter
to be used for a purpose permitted within such Zone, and
complies with all requirements of this By-law for such
Zone.
c. PERMITTED INTERIOR ALTERATION
The interior of any building or structure, which at the
date of passing of this By-law was lawfully used for a
purpose not permitted within the Zone in which such
building or structure is located, may be reconstructed or
structurally altered, in order to render the same area more
convenient or commodious for the same purpose for which, at
the date of passing of this By-law, such building or
structure was lawfully used, provided that no such interior
alteration shall increase the total floor area occupied by
such use without the approval of the Committee of
Adjustment.
d. RESTORATION TO A SAFE CONDITION
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the strengthening or
restoration to a safe condition of any building or
structure or part thereof, lawfully used on the date of
passing of this By-law, provided that the strengthening or
restoration does not increase the building height, size or
volume or change the use of such building or structure.
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e.
PERMITTED NON-COMPLYING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
Nothing in this By-law shall require the approval of the
Committee of Adjustment to permit the enlargement,
extension, renovation, repair or alteration of any
non-complying building or structure, which existed at the
date of passing of this By-law or which was rendered
non-complying by an expropriation or conveyance to an
authority with expropriation powers, and which is used for
a purpose specifically permitted within the Zone in which
such building or structure is located. Where such building
or structure does not comply with the setback or where one
or more yards is or are less than required under the
provisions of this By-law, extension, enlargement,
renovation, repair or alteration may be permitted, provided
that the setback or yard or yards that is or are less than
required are not further reduced and that all other
provisions of this By-law are complied with.
f. RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
Nothing in this By-law shall apply to prevent the
reconstruction of any non-complying building or structure
which is damaged by causes beyond the control of the
owner.
g. PRIOR APPROVALS
The provisions of this By-law shall not apply to prevent
the erection or use of any building or structure for a
purpose prohibited by this By-law where, prior to the date
of passing of this By-law been approved by the Chief
Building Official. This provision shall apply so long as
the building or structure, when erected, is used and
continues to be used for the purpose for which it was
erected. Provided further that the erection of such
building or structure is commenced within six (6) months of
the day such permit was issued, and such building or
structure is completed within a reasonable time after the
erection thereof is commenced.
h. FLOOR AREA LESS THAN REQUIRED
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent an extension or an
addition being made to a permitted dwelling, which dwelling
existed at the time of passing of this By-law but which has
a total floor area or dwelling unit area less than required
by this By-law, provided such extension or addition does
not contravene any other provisions of this By-law.
3.6 LOT AREA AND FRONTAGE LESS THAN REQUIRED
a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law to the
contrary, where a lot having a lesser lot area and/or
frontage than required herein was legally conveyable prior
to the date of passing of this By-law, or, where such a lot
is created as a result of an expropriation or a conveyance
to an authority with expropriation powers, such smaller lot
may be used and a building or structure may be erected,
altered or used on such smaller lot, provided that all
other applicable zone provisions of this By-law are
complied with.
b. Where a lot having a lesser lot area and/or frontage than
required is located in the Agricultural (A) Zone,
Subsection 3.6a does not apply to permit the establishment
of any non-residential uses permitted in the Agricultural
Zone on lots which are less than 2 ha in area.
3.7 FRONTAGE ON IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET, UNASSUMED ROAD AND
PRIVATE RIGHT-OF-WAY
a. IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET
No person shall erect any building or structure in any
Zone, after the date of passing of this By-law, unless the
lot upon which such building or structure is to be erected
fronts upon an improved public street, maintained year
round, and further, that such building or structure
complies with the setback provisions of this By-law.
b. UNASSUMED ROAD
Notwithstanding the provlSlons of Section 3.7a to the
contrary, the provisions of this By-law shall not prevent
the erection of a permitted building or structure on a lot
in a Registered Plan of Subdivision where a subdivision
agreement has been entered into with the Town and
registered on title, whereunder the street or streets will
not be assumed by the Town until such time as specified in
the said agreement.
c. PRIVATE RIGHT-OF-WAY
i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.7a
above, where a building has been erected prior to the
date of passage of this By-law on a lot which does not
have frontage on an improved public street, or on a
lot which fronts on a private right-of-way registered
on title and providing legal ingress and egress to an
improved public street, the provisions of this By-law
3.7 shall not apply to prevent the enlargement,
alteration; extension or renovation of such a building
or structure or the erection of accessory buildings,
provided the use of such building or structure is
permissable in the zone in which it is located and
that all other applicable provisions of this By-law
are complied with.
ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.7 (a)
above, where a lot has been created prior to the date
of passage of this By-law, which does not have
frontage on an improved public street and such lot
fronts on a private right-of-way registered on title
and provides legal ingress and egress to an improved
public street, the provisions of this by-law shall not
apply to prevent the issuance of a building permit
provided the use of such building or structure is
permissible in the zone in which it is located, and
that all other applicable provisions of this by-law
are complied with.
d. PRIVATE, STREET
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.7 (a) above,
the provisions of this by-law shall not apply to prevent
the erection or use of a building on a lot which has
frontage on a Private Street where such street existed at
the date of passage of this by-law, or where such street is
shown on a site plan approved pursuant to By-law 79-151 of
the Town of Newcastle, as amended, or any successor
thereto.
3.8 HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS
Notwithstanding the height provlslons herein contained, nothing in
this By-law shall apply to prevent the erection, alteration, or
use of the following buildings or structures, provided the
principal use is a use permitted within the Zone in which it is
located, namely: a church spire, a belfry, a flag pole, a clock
tower, a chimney, a water tank, a windmill, a radio or television
tower or antenna, air conditioner duct, grain elevator, a barn or
silo, incidental equipment required for processing of materials
associated with a principal use, and, external equipment
associated with internal building equipment.
3.9 HOLDING ZONE
Unless otherwise specified within the respective zone regulations,
where the zone symbol shown on a Schedule to this By-law is
preceded by the letter (H), the use of the lands shall be limited
to existing uses and the non-residential uses permitted by the
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Agricultural (A) Zone. The (H) Holding symbol may be removed upon
Council being satisfied that the uses to be permitted will be
adequately serviced, the lands to be used have adequate access,
prior uses of the land will not prevent the use of the land for
the purposes intended by the By-law, that the lands and proposed
uses will be adequately protected from any physical or man-made
hazard or conditions associated with the lands and that agreements
in respect of such matters and the associated financial
requirements where required, have been executed with the Town of
Newcastle and/or the Regional Municipality of Durham.
3.10 HOME OCCUPATION
The following regulations apply to dwelling units wherein a home
occupation is permitted:
a. There shall be no display, other than a sign erected in
conformity with the By-laws of the Town, to indicate to
persons outside that any part of the dwelling unit or lot
is being used for a purpose other than residential.
b. Such home occupation shall be clearly secondary to the main
residential use and shall not change the residential
character of the dwelling unit nor create or become a
public nuisance due to traffic, noise and hours of
operation.
c. Such home occupation shall not interfere with television or
radio reception of others in adjacent buildings or
structures.
d. Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total floor
area of the dwelling unit shall be used for the purposes of
the home occupation use and such home occupation shall be
conducted within the principal residence.
e. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 3.14.
f. There shall be no outside storage of goods or materials
associated with a home occupational use.
3.11 LOADING SPACE REGULATIONS
a. LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Loading or unloading spaces are required under this By-law,
in accordance with the Loading Space Requirement Table set
forth herein, and the owner of every building or structure
erected for any purpose involving the receiving, shipping,
loading or unloading of persons, animals, goods, wares,
merchandise or raw materials shall provide and maintain on
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the same lot, loading and unloading spaces accordingly.
For the purposes of this By-law each loading or unloading
space shall be 9.0 metres in length, 4.0 metres in width
and have a vertical clearance of 5.0 metres. In addition,
adequate space shall be provided for the parking of
vehicles awaiting access to the loading or unloading
spaces.
LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENT TABLE
GROSS FLOOR AREA OF BUILDING
LOADING SPACE
300 square metres or less
space
Exceeding 300 square metres
but not 3 000 square metres
2 spaces
Exceeding 3 000 square metres
but not 7 500 square metres
3 spaces
Exceeding 7 500 square metres
3 spaces plus 1 additional
space for each additional
lO 000 square metres or
fractional part thereof in
excess of 7 500 square
metres
b. ACCESS
Access to loading or unloading spaces shall be by means of
a driveway at least 6.0 metres in width contained on the
lot on which the spaces are located and leading to an
improved public street as defined herein.
3.11 c. LOCATION
The loading space or spaces required shall be located in
the interior side, exterior side or rear yard unless such
space or spaces are setback from the street line a minimum
distance of 15 metres.
d. ADDITIONS TO OR CHANGE IN USE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
The loading space requirements referred to herein shall not
apply to any building in existence at the date of passing
of this By-law so long as the gross floor area, as it
3.11 existed at such date, is not increased. If an addition is
made to the building or structure which increases the gross
floor area, then additional loading spaces related to that
addition shall be provided as required by paragraph (a) of
this Subsection.
3.12 MULTIPLE ZONES ON ONE LOT
Where a lot is divided into more than one zone under the
provisions of this By-law, each such portion of the said lot shall
be used in accordance with the Zone Provisions of this By-law for
the applicable Zones established hereunder. Where a lot is
divided into more than one zone the zone boundary shall be
interpreted to be a lot line as defined herein for the purposes of
interpreting zone requirements and general provisions of this
By-law with the exception being, that where a portion of the said
lot is zoned Environmental Protection, that portion of the lot may
be included for the purposes of calculating lot area and shall not
affect the yard requirements provided that the use of that portion
of the lot complies, in all other respects, with the provisions of
the Environmental Protection (EP) Zone.
3.13 OFFENSIVE TRADE
Except as may otherwise be specifically permitted under this
By-law, no use shall be permitted which, from its nature or the
materials used therein, is declared by the Durham Regional Board
of Health or Council of the Town to be an offensive or noxious
trade, business or manufacture under The Public Health Act, as
amended.
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS
a. PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Parking spaces and areas are required under this By-law, in
accordance with the Parking Space Requirement Table, and
the owner of every building or structure erected or used
for any of the purposes hereinafter set forth shall provide
and maintain on the same lot, for the sole use of the
owner, occupant or other persons entering upon or making
use of the said premises, from time to time, parking spaces
and areas accordingly. For the purposes of this By-law,
each parking space shall be 6 metres in length and 3 metres
in width.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, where parking spaces are
proposed to be located in a location other than on the same
lot as the use requiring such spaces, then such shall be
located not more than 150 metres from the same lot, and
shall be located within the same zone as the said lot.
3.14
PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT TABLE
TYPE OR NATURE OF USE
Assembly Hall, Auditorium,
Arena, Community Centre,
Place of Entertainment, Place
of Worship, Private Club or
other similar places of
assembly not otherwise
specified herein.
Bank, Business and/or
Professional Office, Retail
Commercial Establishment,
Personal Service Shop,
including a Home Occupation.
Bowl i ng All ey
Curling Rink
Dry Cleaners Establishment
Eating Establishment and
Eating Establishment
Take-out
Eating Establishment,
Drive-In
Golf Course
MINIMUM OFFSTREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
The greater of
a. one parking space per five
fixed seats or three metres of
bench seating or portion
thereof; or,
b. one parking space per nine
square metres of gross floor
a rea; or,
c. one parking space for each four
persons that may be legally
accommodated at anyone time.
One parking space for each 30
square metres of gross floor area
of the building directly related to
the specified permitted use.
Three parking spaces for each
bowling lane.
Four parking spaces for each
curling sheet plus such additional
parking as is required for a lounge
licensed in accordance with the
Liquor Licence Act of Ontario.
One parking space for each 10 sq.
metres or fraction thereof of gross
floor area with a minimum
requirement of four spaces.
One for each 7 square metres of
total floor area accessible to the
public.
Ten (lO) Spaces, plus one for each
5 square metres of total floor area
accessible to the public.
Twenty-four parking spaces for each
nine holes of golfing facilities.
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS (Cont'd)
PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT TABLE
TYPE OR NATURE OF USE
MINIMUM OFFSTREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
Home for The Aged, Nursing
Home
Hospital
Hotel, Motel, Motor Hotel,
Cottage or Cabin
Establishment, Resort
Establishment or Tourist Home
Tavern
Manufacturing, Processing,
Assembly Fabricating Plant,
Wholesale Establishment or
Warehouse.
Marina
Medical or Dental Clinic, or,
Offices of a Drugless
Practitioner.
One parking space for each four
beds or fraction thereof.
One parking space for each four
beds or 100 square metres of gross
floor area, whichever is the
greater.
One parking space for each guest
room, cottage or cabin, plus such
parking facilities as are required
for an eating establishment or
entertainment lounge licensed in
accordance with the Liquor Licence
Act of Ontario.
One parking space for each four
persons that may be legally
accommodated at anyone time.
One parking space per 100 square
metres of total floor area up to
2000 square metres, plus one
additional parking space for every
500 square metres of total floor
area over 2000 square metres.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
warehouse or storage use which
employs less than ten (10) persons,
shall provide one parking space per
employee.
One parking space per 20 square
metres of the total retail floor
area or fraction thereof plus one
parking space for each boat slip
provided.
Five parking spaces per doctor,
plus one parking space for each
examination room exceeding five
such rooms per office.
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS (Cont'd)
PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT TABLE
TYPE OR NATURE OF USE
MINIMUM OFFSTREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
Post Office, Museum, Art
Ga 11 ery, Pub 1 i c Li brary
Resi denti al
(i) Apa rtment, Fourp 1 ex or
Converted Dwelling House
(ii) Boarding or Lodging
House
(iii) Mobile Home Park
(iv) Senior Citizen's
Apartment Building
(v) Residential other than
specifi ed herei n
Salvage Yard, Motor Vehicle
Wrecki ng Yard
Schools; Public and/or Private
(i) Elementary
One parking space for each 40
square metres of gross floor area.
One and one-half parking spaces for
each dwelling unit.
One parking space for each dwelling
unit pl us one parki ng space per
guest room.
(a) Two parking spaces for each
Mobile Home site and one visitors
parking space for each four Mobile
Home sites.
(b) One parking space for each 28
square metres of total floor area
for all accessory commercial uses
within the community hall.
(c) One parking space for each 12
square metres of total floor area
for all uses other than accessory
commercial uses within the
community hall.
One parking space for each two
dwelling units or fraction thereof
Two parking spaces per dwelling
unit
One space for each 90 square metres
of building space
The greater of:
(a) one and one-half parking spaces
per classroom; or
(b) one parking space per 10 square
metres of floor area in the general
purpose room; or
(c) one parking space per 10 square
metres of floor area in the
auditorium.
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS (Cont'd)
PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT TABLE
TYPE OR NATURE OF USE
MINIMUM OFF STREET PARKING
REQUIREMENTS
Schools (Cont'd)
(ii) Secondary
The greater of:
(a) four parking spaces per
classroom; or
(b) one parking space per 10 square
metres of floor area in the
general purpose room; or
(c) one parking space per 10 square
metres of floor area in the
auditorium.
Shopping Centre
One parking spaces for each 20
square metres of total leasable
floor area.
Undertaking Establishment
One parking space for each five
seating spaces or fraction thereof
with a minimum of ten parking
spaces.
Uses Permitted By This By-law
Other Than Those Listed In
This Table
One parking space per 30 square
metres of total floor area
b. PARKING AREA CONSTRUCTION
Parking spaces, areas and driveways connecting the parking
space or area with a street shall be maintained with a
stable surface which is treated so as to prevent the
raising of dust and capable of permitting access under all
climatic conditions.
c. MORE THAN ONE USE ON A LOT
When a building or structure accommodates more than one
type of use, the parking space requirement for such
building or structure shall be the sum of the requirements
for the separate parts of the building occupied by the
separate types of use, unless otherwise specified herein.
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS (Cont'd)
d. PARKING AREA LOCATION ON LOT
Notwithstanding the yard and setback provlslons of this
By-law to the contrary, uncovered surface parking areas
shall be permitted in the required yards or in the area
between the street line and the required setback in
accordance with the following provisions, namely:
i) in all Zones, except Residential, no driveway shall be
permitted within 9.0 metres of the boundary of a
Residential Zone;
ii) in all Zones, except Residential, no parking space
shall be permitted within 3.0 metres of the boundary
of a Residential Zone;
iii) within Commercial zones, parking spaces and areas
shall be permitted in front, side and rear yards only,
provided that no part of any parking area, other than
a driveway, is located closer than 2 metres to any
street line or 1.5 metres of any lot line or within a
sight triangle;
iv) within all Residential Zones parking spaces and areas
shall be permitted within a front, interior side or
rear yard provided that no part of any parking area,
other than a driveway, is located closer than one
metre to any street line or within a sight triangle;
3.14 PARKING AREA REGULATIONS (Cont'd)
e. ADDITIONS TO OR CHANGE IN USE OF BUILDING
The parking space requirements referred to herein shall not
apply to any building or structure in existence at the date
of passing of this By-law so long as the floor area, as it
existed at such date, is not increased. If an addition is
made to the building or structure which increases the
habitable floor area, then parking spaces for the addition
shall be provided as required by the Parking Space
Requirement Table. Where a change in use of the building
or structure occurs, parking spaces shall be provided in
accordance with the requirements of The Parking Space
Requirement Table.
f. USE OF PARKING SPACES AND AREAS
Parking spaces and areas required in accordance with this
By-law shall be used for the parking of operative,
currently licenced vehicles only, and for vehicles used in
operations incidental to the permitted uses in respect of
which such parking spaces and areas are required or
permitted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing within any Residential Zone,
the owner or occupant of a dwelling unit may use a parking
space for the purposes of the parking or storage of one
commercial motor vehicle, as defined under The Highway
Traffic Act, as amended, provided that the gross vehicle
weight, at capacity, does not exceed four (4) tonnes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, within any
Agricultural Zone, a maximum of two (2) school buses which
are operative and currently licenced, may be parked or
stored on any lot.
3.15 PLANTING STRIP REGULATIONS
a. LOCATION
Where the interior side or rear lot line in a Commercial or
Industrial Zone abuts a Residential Zone, a planting strip
adjoining such abutting lot line, or portion thereof, shall
be provided on the lot within the Commercial or Industrial
Zone with a minimum width of 3.0 metres.
3.15 b.
CONTENTS
Where in this By-law a planting strip is required to be
provided and maintained, such planting strip may consist of
a row of trees or a continuous unpierced hedgerow of
evergreens or shrubs, not less than 1.5 metres high, at
planting, immediately adjacent to the lot line or portion
thereof along which such planting strip is required
hereunder. The remainder of the strip shall be used for no
other purpose than the planting of shrubs, flower beds,
grass or a combination thereof.
c. LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE SUPPLEMENT
A planting strip referred to in this Subsection may form a
part of any landscaped open space required by this By-law.
3.16 PUBLIC USES
The provisions of this By-law shall not apply to prohibit
the use of any lot or the erection or use of any building
or structure for the purposes of public services provided
by the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, any School
Board, or any Public Authority including any department of
the Regional Municipality of Durham or any Department or
Ministry of the Government of Canada or Ontario, or any
Conservation Authority established by the Government of
Ontario, and, for the purposes of this Section shall
include Ontario Hydro, any telephone, cable television or
telegraph company and any natural gas distribution system
operated by a Company distributing gas to the residents of
the Town, which company possesses all the necessary powers,
rights, licences and franchises.
3.17 REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENTS
No person shall change the purpose for which any lot or building
is used or erect any building, or structure, or addition to any
existing building or structure, or sever any lands from any
existing lot, if the effect of such action is to cause the
original, adjoining, remaining or new building or lot to be in
contravention of this By-law.
3.18 SERVICING REQUIREMENTS
Unless otherwise provided herein, no residential building or
structure may be erected and no use may be established in any
zone, unless the lot upon which it is situated is serviced by a
private potable water supply system installed in accordance with
the requirements of the Public Health Act and a private sanitary
waste disposal system installed in accordance with the
requirements of the Ministry of the Environment.
3.19 SETBACK REQUIREMENTS
Notwithstanding any provision of this By-law to the contrary, the
following minimum setbacks shall apply to the specified buildings
and structures:
a. All buildings from an Environmental
Protection (EP) Zone unless such
building is located upon a lot located
within a registered plan of subdivision
or a plan of subdivision draft approved
prior to the date of passing of this
by-law 3 metres
b. All buildings from watercourses
not located within an Environmental
Protection (EP) Zone 30 metres
c. Non-farm related residential
buildings from existing
agricultural buildings, housing
livestock and not located on the
same lot. 300 metres
d. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of
Subsection (c) shall not apply to residential
buildings located on existing lots of record or lots
within a registered plan of subdivision or plan of
subdivision draft approved, prior to the date of
passing of this By-law. Nor shall they apply where an
agricultural building housing livestock is located
within the limits of the Urban Areas of Courtice,
Bowmanville and Newcastle Village as designated by an
approved Official ~an.
3.20 SIGHT TRIANGLES
On a corner lot, within the triangular space formed by the street
lines and a line drawn from a point in one street line to a point
in the other street line, each such point being 9 metres measured
along the street line from the point of intersection of the street
lines, no motor vehicle, as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, as
amended, shall be parked, no building or structure which would
obstruct the vision of drivers of motor vehicles shall be erected,
and, no land shall be used for the purposes of growing shrubs or
trees in excess of 0.75 metres in height.
3.21 SIGNS
The provisions of this By-law shall not apply to prevent the
erection, alteration or use of any sign provided such sign
complies with the By-laws of the Town regulating signs.
3.22 SPECIAL USES PERMITTED
a. A tool shed, construction trailer, scaffold or other
building or structure incidental to construction is
permitted in all Zones within the Town on the lot where it
is situated and only for so long as it is necessary for the
work in progrees and until the work is completed or
abandoned. For the purpose of this section, abandoned
shall mean the failure to proceed expeditiously with the
construction work.
b. In addition, the use of temporary living quarters on a lot
for residential purposes may be permitted on a temporary
basis, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, while a
permitted dwelling is under construction, provided that
said temporary living quarters shall be removed from the
said lot immediately after the expiration of this six (6)
month period or with the occupation of the new dwelling,
whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the time
limitation of this provision, subject to the approval of
Council, temporary living quarters may be used for a period
exceeding the six (6) months permitted herein.
c. In addition, Council may authorize) by resolution, the use
of lands for special events, the duration of which shall
not exceed seven (7) consecutive days or seven (7) days
total in anyone calendar year.
3.23 THROUGH LOTS
Where a lot, which is not a corner lot, has lot frontage on more
than one street, the front yard requirements contained herein
shall apply on each street in accordance with the provisions of
the Zone or Zones in which such lot is located.
SECTION 4
Z 0 N E S AND Z 0 N E MAP PIN G
ZONES
For the purposes of this By-law, the following zones are used and
the same are established within the defined areas on the Schedules
attached hereto.
5
ZONE SYMBOL ZONE TITLE
EP ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SECTION
6
A AGRICULTURAL
7
8
RC RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE
RH RESIDENTIAL HAMLET
9
10
RM RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME
/
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
RS RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE
Rl URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE ONE
R2 URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE TWO
R3 URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE THREE
R4 URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE FOUR
Cl GENERAL COMMERCIAL
C2 NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL
C3 HAMLET COMMERCIAL
C4 SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL
11
1 2
13
14
C5
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (SERVICED)
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (SERVICED)
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL
C6
C7
23
24
25
Ml
M2
M3
ZONING MAPS
The extent and boundaries of the said zones are shown on the
Schedules attached hereto which form part of this By-law. Such
zones are described on the Schedules by the appropriate zone
symbol.
4.1
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
A number of the zones set out in this By-law and listed above,
contain a section which describes "special exceptions". Special
exceptions are indicated on the Schedules to this By-law by adding
a dash (-) and a number to the basic zone symbol (for example,
Rl-3) .
Where a special exception is applied to a lot, such lot may only
be used in accordance with the special exceptions described in the
text. Where there is a conflict between a special exception and
any other section of this By-law, the special exception shall
apply. Where the special exception is silent on any matter, the
provisions of this By-law shall apply.
SECTION 5
5. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EP) ZONE
5.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within an Environmental Protection (EP)
Zone use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder, namely:
a. Residential Uses
i) prohibited
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) greenbelt park, golf courses and driving ranges
exclusive of buildings, conservation, forestry,
bird sanctuaries, wildlife reserves or other
similar uses which provide for the preservation
of the natural environment;
ii) a farm exclusive of any buildings or structures
associated therewith.
iii) flood and erosion control works.
5.2 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EP) ZONE
5.2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCEPTION (EP-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 5.1, those lands zoned EP-l on the
Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the following
regulations:
a. Permitted Uses
i) Retail Commercial Store including accessory
offices
ii) Commercial Offices
iii) Marina
iv) Private Club
v) Park (public or private)
vi) Water Purification Plant and Pumping Station
vii) Parking Areas
5.2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCEPTION (EP-l) ZONE (Cont'd)
b. Zone Regulations
i i )
i i i )
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
i)
Block Area (minimum) 54000 square metres
exclusive of water surface areas
Building Coverage (minimum)
Landscaped Area (mi nimum)
Floor Areas:
- Retail Commercial Stores
(Total combined maximum)
- Commercial Offices
(Total combined maximum)
Building Height (maximum)
Separation between buildings
or structures (minimum)
Separation between buildings
or structures and any private
driveway, roadway or lane
Separation between buildings
or structures and any public
road (minimum)
Separation between buildings
or structures and any lot line
abutting public lands, buildings
or structures 4.0 metres
Parking (minimum) 332 spaces
10 percent
50 percent
400 square metres
60 square metres
10.5 metres
2.5 metres
6.0 metres
7.5 metres
x)
SECTION 6
6. AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE
6.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within the Agricultural (A) Zone, use any
land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) one single detached dwelling;
ii) one additional single detached dwelling provided
that such dwelling is used by persons employed on
the lot, and provided that the lot is not less than
20 hectares in area;
iii) a converted dwelling;
iv) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10
b. Non-Residential Uses
i )
i i )
i i i )
iv)
v)
vi)
vii )
viii)
ix)
cemeteries and places of worship which existed
prior to the date of passing of this By-law;
conservation and forestry;
a fa rm ;
a wayside pit or quarry in accordance with the
provisions of The Pits And Quarries Control Act,
a s amended;
commercial kennels;
fur fa rms ;
riding and boarding stables;
public fairgrounds;
seasonal farm produce sales outlet.
c. Holding Zone
Where the zone symbol shown on a Schedule to this
by-law is preceded by the letter (H), the use of the
lands shall be limited to conservation and forestry
uses.
6.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Non-farm residential buildings and structures on lots
which predate the passing of this By-law, farm-related
residences and residential buildings and structures on
lots which are created by severance in accordance with
the Durham Regional Official Plan, shall comply with
the Zone requirements set out in Section 9.2 of this
By-law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where an
additional single detached dwelling is provided, said
dwelling shall have a total floor area of not less
than 60 square metres.
b. Notwithstanding the above, converted dwellings shall
have a minimum total floor area of 60 square metres.
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Exterior Side Yard
iii) Interior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Lot Coverage (maximum)
e. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
f. Building Height (maximum)
i) Buildings Accessory to a Farm No Restriction
i i) All Others 10 metres
6.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a.
Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
i) Farm exclusive of residential
buil di ngs
ii) All other permitted uses
c. Yard Requi rements (mi nimum)
40 hectares
10 metres
100 metres
15 metres
15 metres
15 metres
15 metres
5 Percent
10 Percent
g. Residual Lot Area and Frontage Requirements
Notwithstanding the minimum lot area and frontage
requirements set forth under Section 6.3 and the
minimum setback requirements of Section 3.19, where a
lot is created in accordance with the provisions of
the Durham Regional Official Plan, that portion of the
original lot from which the lot has been severed shall
be deemed to comply with the minimum setback require-
ments of Section 3.19.
6.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE
6.4.1 AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-l on
the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used for
the following purposes:
a. Residential Uses
i) one single detached dwelling;
ii) one additional single detached dwelling provided
that such dwelling is used by persons employed on
the lot, and provi ded that the lot is not 1 ess than
20 hectares in area;
iii) a converted dwelling; and
iv) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10.
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.4
6.4.5
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) cemeteries and places of worship which existed
prior to the date of passing of this By-law;
ii) conservation and forestry;
i i i) a fa rm ;
iv) a wayside pit or quarry in accordance with the
provisions of The Pits and Quarries Control Act, as
amended;
v) private kennel accessory to a permitted use.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-2 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for the purposes of a cheese factory subject to
the zone regulations set out in Section 6.3 and the
following special setback and yard requirements.
i) the cheese factory shall not be located within 40
metres of a single detached dwelling;
ii) the cheese factory shall not be located within 42
metres of the easterly limit of the lot upon which
it is situate.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-3 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a garden and nursery sales and supply
establishment. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-4 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a farm produce sales outlet on a year-round
basis. The placement of buildings and structures
shall be subject to the zone regulations set out in
Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-5 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the A Zone be used for a
contractor's yard. Placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 6.3, except that the maximum lot
coverage of all buildings and structures shall not
exceed 500 square metres.
6.4.6
6.4.7
6.4.8
6.4.9
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A~6 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a farm implement and equipment sales and
service establishment. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-7 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a private club. The placement of buildings
and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-8) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-8 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a golf course. The placement of buildings
and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-9) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.3, those lands zoned A-9 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following special regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Front Yard (minimum)
d. Side Yard (minimum)
2.4 hectares
150 metres
10 metres
3 metres
e. Access to the lands shall be restricted to an area
commencing from the limits of the most southerly
boundary of the subject lands to a point 56 metres
north along the lot frontage and shall be located
in accordance with the applicable entranceway
policies in effect for the Town of Newcastle.
6.4.10
6.4.11
6.4.12
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-10) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-10 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for an agri cul tural produce warehouse and an
agricultural chemical dealership. The placement of
buildings and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-ll) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-ll on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in additiqn to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a trailer camp or park subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Minimum camping lot area intended to be occupied by
one tent, mobile camper trailer, motorized motor
home or other recreational vehicle:
200 square metres
b. Front Yard (minimum) 20 metres
c. Side Yard (minimum)
d. Rear Yard (minimum)
20 metres
20 metres
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-12) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-12 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agriculture (A) Zone be
used for a retail shop for the sale of antiques and
crafts; a tea room or tea garden ancillary to the
retail shop; a business office ancillary to the retail
shop, and a snack-bar ancillary to the retail shop
subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum) 4.0 hectares
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 45.0 metres
c. Front Yard (minimum) 7.5 metres
d. Interi or Side Yard (minimum) 15.0 metres
e. Exterior Side Yard (mi nimum) 15.0 metres
f. Rear Yard (mi nimum) 15.0 metres
g. Lot Coverage (maximum) 2 percent
6.4.13
6.4.14
6.4.15
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-13) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-13 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agriculture (A) Zone, be
used for a place of worship subject to the following
zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum) 1.0 hectares
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 30 metres
c. Front Yard (minimum) 10 metres
d. Exterior Side Yard (minimum) 10 metres
e. Interior Side Yard (minimum) 10 metres
f. Rear Yard (minimum) 10 metres
g. Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
h. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 20 percent
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-14) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-14 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the Agricultural Exception
(A-l) Zone, be used for a commercial kennel, subject
to the zone regulations set out in Section 6.3 and the
following special zone regulations:
a. the commercial kennel shall not be located within
300 metres of a dwelling unit located on adjacent
lands which are held under distinct and separate
ownership.
b. the commercial kennel shall not be located within
kilometre of another commercial kennel.
c. all buildings and structures related to the
operation of the commercial kennel may only be
located to the rear of any dwelling unit located on
the lot.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-15) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-15 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the Agricultural Exception
(A-l) Zone, be used for a one single family detached
dwelling and buildings and structures accessory
thereto, fitness centre, dog kennel, private zoo, pet
cemetery, souvenier shop and snack bar, subject to the
zone regulations set out in Section 6.3 and the
following special zone regulations:
6.4.15
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-15) ZONE (Cont'd)
Genera 1
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
(i) Front Yard
(ii) Exterior Side Yard
(iii) Interior Side Yard
- Animal Enclosure
- Kennel
- All Other Buildings
and Structures
( i v) Rea r Ya rd
d. Lot Coverage (maximum)
e. Landscaped Area (minimum)
f. Building Height (maximum)
g. Building Floor Area Requirements
(i) Single Family Dwelling
(ii) Fitness Centre (maximum)
(iii) Kennel (maximum)
(iv) Animal Enclosure
- large (minimum)
(v) Animal Enclosure
- small (minimum)
(vi) Temporary Holding Areas
(minimum) 4.45 square metres
h. Distance between Animal Enclosures
and Buildings (minimum) 10 metres
i. Parki ng Requi rements (mi nimum) 1 parki ng space
per 30 square metres of total building area
excluding animal enclosures and a single family
dwelling, plus 2 spaces per animal enclosure.
40,000 square metres
100 metres
15.0 metres
15.0 metres
6.5 metres
2.5 metres
7.5 metres
10.5 metres
15.0 percent
40.0 percent
10.0 metres
110 square metres
1200 square metres
210 square metres
185 square metres
30 square metres
Single Family Dwelling
a. Front Yard (minimum) 15.0 metres
b. Side Yard (mi nimum) 7.5 metres
c. Rear Yard (minimum) 10.6 metres
d. Setback (minimum) 28.0 metres
e. Floor Area (minimum) 11 0.0 squa re metres
f. Building Height (maximum) 9.0 metres
g. Number of Parking Spaces (minimum) 2
Fitness Centre
a. Front Yard (minimum)
b. Side Yard (minimum)
c. Rear Yard (minimum)
d. Setback (minimum)
e. Floor Area (maximum)
f. Building Height (maximum)
35.0 metres
25.0 metres
10.6 metres
45.0 metres
1200 square metres
10.0 metres
6.4.15
6.4.16
6.4.17
6.4.18
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-15) ZONE (Cont'd)
Dog Kennel
a. Front Yard (minimum)
b. Side Yard (minimum)
c. Rear Yard (minimum)
d. Setback (minimum)
e. Floor Area (maximum)
f. Building Height (maximum)
65.0 metres
2.5 metres
10.6 metres
75.0 metres
210.0 square metres
5.0 metres
Private Zoo
a. Distance of Animal Enclosure from
any Lot Line (minimum) 6.5 metres
b. All animals exclusive of swans, ducks and geese
shall be confined at all times to either an animal
enclosure or a temporary holding space.
c. Land used for the purposes of a private zoo shall
be completely enclosed by security fencing having a
minimum height of 1.8 metres. Ingress and egress
to such lands shall be by means of a controlled
access gate which shall be kept locked and secured
at all times that the private zoo is not open to
the public.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-16) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-16 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a group home. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 6.3.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-17) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-17 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Agriculture (A) Zone be
used for livestock auction room.
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-18) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-18 on
the Schedules to this By-law, may only be used for a
meat cutting and meat smoking operation subject to the
following special zone regulations:
6.4.18
6.4.19
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-18) ZONE (Cont'd)
a. Front yard (minimum)
45 metres
b. Minimum setback from any
residential building not
located on the same lot
24 metres
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTION (A-19) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 6.1, those lands zoned A-19 on
the Schedules to this by-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the Agricultural (A) Zone, be
used for a Pigeon Racing Club House and buildings and
structures accessory thereto, subject to the following
zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
0.40 hectares
50 metres
SECTION 7
7. RURAL CLUSTER
7.1 PERM nTED USES
No person shall, within a Rural Cluster (RC) Zone, use any
land or erect, alter, or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder.
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling; and
ii) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10
7.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
3000 square metres
30 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i)
i~n
iv)
Front Ya rd
Exterior Side Yard
Interior Side Yard
Rear Yard
10 metres
10 metres
2 metres
10 metres
d. Floor Area (minimum)
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
110 square metres
30 percent
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
30 percent
10.5 metres
7.3 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - RURAL CLUSTER (RC) ZONE
7.3.1 RURAL CLUSTER EXCEPTION (RC-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 7.2, those lands zoned RC-l on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Front Yard (minimum)
2500 square metres
40 metres
7.5 metres
7.3.1 RURAL CLUSTER EXCEPTION (RC-l) ZONE (Cont'd)
d. Interior Side Yard (minimum)
except that where no attached
is provided, the minimum side
shall be 4.5 metres
1.5 metres
garage or carport
yard on one side
e. Exterior Side Yard (minimum)
6 metres
f. Rear Yard (minimum)
g. Floor Area (minimum)
7.5 metres
139 square metres
h. Serviced by a municipal water and private waste
disposal system.
7.3.2
RURAL CLUSTER EXCEPTION (RC-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 7.2, those lands zoned RC-2 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Side Yard (minimum)
19,400 square metres
100 metres
7.5 metres
7.3.3
RURAL CLUSTER EXCEPTION (RC-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 7.2, those lands zoned RC-3 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Front Yard (minimum)
c. ~de Yard (minimum)
2800 square metres
15 metres
n metres
7.3.4
RURAL CLUSTER EXCEPTION (RC-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 7.2, those lands zoned RC-4 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
1850 square metres
SECTION 8
8. RESIDENTIAL ESTATE (RE)
8.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within an Residential Estate (RE) Zone use
any land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling; and,
ii) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10, save and except the
retail sale of antiques, arts, crafts, or hobby
items.
8.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii~ Exterior Side Yard
iii Interior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Floor Area (minimum)
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Buil di ng Hei ght (maximum)
5000 square metres
40 metres
15 metres
15 metres
6 metres
15 metres
110 square metres
30 percent
30 percent
10.5 metres
8.3 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - RESIDENTIAL ESTATE (RE) ZONE
8.3.1 RESIDENTIAL ESTATE EXCEPTION (RE-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 8.2, those lands zoned RE-l on
the Schedul es to thi s By-l aw shall al so be subj ect to
the following special regulations:
i) Minimum setback from the limit of any Environmental
Protection (EP) Zone 65 metres
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.3.4
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE EXCEPTION (RE-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 8.2, those lands zoned RE-2 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following special regulations:
i) Rear Yard (minimum) 15 metres, except
that no part of any dwelling or the water surface
area of any swimming pool may be located closer
than 30 metres from any lot used for agricultural
purposes.
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE EXCEPTION (RE-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 8.2, those lands zoned RE-3 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following special regulations:
i) Lot Area (minimum)
4800 square metres
ii) Lot Frontage (minimum) 38 metres, where
lot lines are not parallel, the lot
frontage shall be the distance
between the side lot lines measured
on a line 30 metres back from the
front lot line and parallel to it.
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE EXCEPTION (RE-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 8.2, those lands zoned RE-4 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following special regulations:
i) Lot Area (minimum)
2940 square metres
ii) Lot Frontage (minimum) 30 metres, where
lot lines are not parallel, the lot
frontage shall be the distance
between the side lot lines measured
on a line 30 metres back from the
front lot 1 i ne and parall el to it.
SECTION 9
9. RESIDENTIAL HAMLET (RH) ZONE
9.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within a Residential Hamlet (RH) Zone use
any land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling; and
ii) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) places of worship subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 9.2; and
ii) cemeteries which existed prior to the date of
passing of this By-law.
9.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii~ Exterior Side Yard
iii Interior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Floor Area (minimum)
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Buil di ng Hei ght (maximum)
3000 square metres
30 metres
6 metres
6 metres
2 met res
10 metres
110 square metres
30 Percent
30 Percent
10.5 metres
9.3 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - RESIDENTIAL HAMLET (RH) ZONE
9.3.1 RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-l on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
5000 square metres
9.3.2
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.1, those lands zoned RH-2 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to the
other uses permitted in the Residential Hamlet (RH)
Zone, be used for a group home. The placement of
buildings and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 9.2.
9.3.3
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, the minimum lot frontage
and lot area requirements for those lands zoned RH-3
s ha 11 be as fo 11 ows :
a. Lot Area (minimum) 0.8 ha
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 45 metres
9.3.4 RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-4 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subj ect to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum) 0.4 ha
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 45.0 metres
c. Front Yard (minimum) 25.0 metres
d. Side Yard (minimum) 7.5 metres
9.3.5 RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-5 ) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-5 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Minimum setback from the limit of any Environmental
Protection (EP) Zone 2.0 metres
9.3.6
9.3.7
9.3.8
9.3.9
9.3.10
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-6 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Frontage (minimum)
20.0 metres
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.1, those lands zoned RH-7 on
the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to those
other uses permitted in the RH Zone, be used for an
implement shed not exceeding a floor area of 85.0
square metres and being a building where snow removal
and garden or grounds maintenance equipment such as a
tractor, plow, cultivator, mower, disc, harrows, snow
blower, snow blade and loader shall be stored. In
addition, one diesel-fuel storage tank, not exceeding
a capacity of 1000 litres, may also be permitted.
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-8) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-8 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
1890 square metres
50.0 metres
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-9) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-9 on
the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Front Yard (minimum)
4000 square metres
45.0 metres
55.0 metres
RESIDENTIAL HAMLET EXCEPTION (RH-10) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 9.2, those lands zoned RH-10
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to
the following zone regulation:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
1850 square metres
SECTION 10
10. RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARK (RM) ZONE
10.1 PERM ITTED IJSES
No person shall within a Residential Mobile Home Park (RM)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a mobile home park not exceeding a density of 7
mobile homes per hectare
b. Non-residential Uses
i) a mobile home park community centre
ii) a private park
iii) a mobile home park maintenance depot
iv) a cable television reception tower and appurtenant
structures
v) storage lockers accessory to a mobile home
10.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Each mobile home site located within a mobil e home
park shall be subject to the following zone
regulations:
i ) Site Area (minimum) 325 square metres
i i ) Site Coverage (maximum) 45 pe rcent
i i i ) Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 30 percent
b. Each mobile shall be located on a single mobile home
site and shall be subject to the following zone
regulations:
i ) Floor area (minimum) 60 squa re metres
i i ) Setback from any other
mobil e home 3.0 metres
i i i ) Setback from any mobile home
pa rk road 5.0 metres
iv) Setback from any lot 1 i ne 15.0 metres
10.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL lISES
a. Mo bile Home Park Community Centre
i ) Floor area (maximum) 3500 squa re metres
i i ) Setback from any mobile home 15.0 metres
i i i ) Setback from any mobile home
park road 5.0 metres
i v) Setback from any lot line 15.0 metres
b. Mobile Home Park Maintenance Depot
i ) Floor area (maximum) 300 squa re metres
i i ) Set back from any mobile home 50 metres
i i i ) Setback from any mobile home
pa rk road 5.0 metres
iv) Setback from any lot line 1 5.0 met res
c. Cable Television Reception Tower and Appurtenances
i ) Setbac k from any mobile home 15.0 metres
i i ) Setback from any mobile home
pa rk road 5.0 metres
i i i ) Setback from any lot 1 i ne 15.0 metres
10.4 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENTS
a. No residential building or structure may be erected
and no residential use may be established in the
Residential Mobile Home Park (RM) Zone unless the site
upon which it is situated is serviced by municipal
sewage and water systems which have sufficient
capacity to accommodate the proposed use.
SECTION 11
11. RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE (RS) ZONE
11.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within the Residential Shoreline (RS) Zone
use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling;
ii) a seasonal dwelling;
iii) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10 hereinafter set forth in
thi s By-l aWe
11.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
2800 square metres
30 metres
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Exterior Side Yard
iii) Interior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) seasonal dwelling
ii) single detached dwelling
seasonal dwelling
8 metres
8 metres
3 metres
8 metres
75 square metres
110 square metres
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
30 Percent
30 Percent
10.5 metres
h. An existing seasonal dwelling may be converted to a
single detached dwelling in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 3.7 and 3.18.
11.3 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE (RS) ZONE
11.3.1 RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE EXCEPTION (RS-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 11.1, those lands zoned RS-l
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used in
accordance with the following zone regulations:
a. PERMITTED USES
i) seasonal dwellings existing at the date of passing
of this By-law;
ii) single detached dwellings existing at the date of
passing of this By-law;
iii) greenbelt park;
iv) flood and erosion control works.
b. ZONE PROVISIONS
i) Existing seasonal dwellings may be enlarged or
expanded or converted to a single detached dwelling
subject to the provisions of Sections 3.5, 3.6,
3. 7, 3. 1 8 and 11. 2 .
ii) Existing single detached dwellings may be enlarged
or expanded subject to the provisions of Section
3.5,3.6,3.7,3.18 and 11.2.
iii) Expansion and enlargement of existing seasonal and
single detached dwellings, or conversion of
existing seasonal to a single detached dwelling
shall be permitted provided no openings, doors or
windows, in any structure designed for human
habitation, are located, entirely or partially,
below an elevation of 76.2 metres C.G.D. being the
1 :100 year Flood Level for Lake Ontario.
11.3.2
RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE EXCEPTION (RS-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 11.1, those lands zoned RS-2
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used in
accordance with the following zone regulations.
a. PERMITTED USES
i ) seasonal dwell i ngs existing at the date of passi ng
of this By-law;
i i ) single detached dwellings existing at the date of
passing of this By-law;
i i i ) greenbelt pa rk ;
iv) flood and erosion control works.
11.3.2 RESIDENTIAL SHORELINE EXCEPTION (RS-2) ZONE (Cont'd)
b. ZONE PROVISIONS
i) Existing seasonal dwellings may be enlarged or
expanded or converted to a single detached dwelling
subject to the provisions of Sections 3.5, 3.6,
3 . 7, 3. 1 8 a nd 11. 2 .
ii) Existing single detached dwellings may be enlarged
or expanded subject to the provisions of Section
3.5,3.6,3.7,3.18 and 11.2.
i i i )
Expansion and enlargement of existing seasonal and
single detached dwellings or conversion of existing
seasonal to a single detached dwelling shall be
permitted provided shoreline erosion protection
works are provided to a standard acceptable to the
Town of Newcastle.
SECTION 12
12. URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE ONE (Rl) ZONE
12.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within an Urban Residential Type One (Rl)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling;
ii) a semi-detached dwelling;
iii) a duplex
iv) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10 of this By-law, save and
except the retail sale of antiques, arts, crafts,
or hobby items.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) places of worship subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 12.2 in respect of a single
detached dwelling.
12.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
b.
Lot Area (minimum)
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached & duplex dwelling
Lot Frontage (minimum) Interior Lot
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached & duplex dwelling
Lot Frontage (minimum) Exterior Lot
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached & duplex dwelling
d. Yard Requi rements (mi nimum)
i) front ya rd
ii) exterior side yard
iii) interior side yard
_ with an attached garage or carport
- without an attached garage or carport
i v) rear yard
460 square metres
550 square metres
a.
15 metres
18 metres
c.
16 metres
20 metres
6 metres
6 metres
1 .20 metres
4.5 metres
7.5 metres
e. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) single detached dwelling
- 1 storey or split level
- 1 1/2 or two storey
ii) semi-detached dwelling
iii) duplex
85 square metres
100 square metres
80 square metres
50 square metres
12.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
f.
Lot Coverage (maximum)
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached & duplex dwelling
40 percent
45 percent
g.
Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
Building Height (maximum)
30 percent
10.5 metres
h.
i. Special Yard Regulations
i) Notwithstanding the interior sideyard requirements
above, where a semi-detached dwelling is only
connected at some point below finished grade, the
minimum horizontal distance between the walls of
such dwelling units above finished grade shall be
1.20 metres.
12.3 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
a. No bui 1 di ng or structure may be erected and no use may
be established in the Urban Residential Type One (Rl)
Zone unless the lot upon which it is situated is
serviced by municipal sewage and water systems which
have sufficient capacity to accomodate the proposed
use.
b. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a building or structure accessory to any
use permitted in this zone which existed legally on
the date of passing of this By-law.
c. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a dwelling on a lot which existed prior to
the date of passing of this By-law or which has been
created by consent, provided that soil and groundwater
conditions are suitable for the installation of
individual services provided a Servicing Agreement has
been executed with the Regional Municipality of
Durham and provided that all other zone requirements
are complied with.
d. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a dwelling on a lot or block within a
registered plan of subdivision provided that a
subdivision agreement with the Town has been
registered on title and further, provided that such
subdivision agreement includes appropriate provisions
in respect of the servicing of such lot or block.
12.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE ONE (Rl) ZONE
12.4.1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, only single detached
dwellings and all home occupation uses shall be
12.4.1
12.4.2
12.4.3
12.4.4
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-l) ZONE (Cont'd)
permitted on those lands zoned Rl-l on the Schedules
to this By-law subject to the following zone
regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
650 square metres
18 metres
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, only single detached
dwellings and all home occupation uses shall be
permitted on those lands zoned Rl-2 on the Schedules
to this By-law subject to the following zone
regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
695 square metres
20 metres
c. No building or structure may be erected and no use
may be established in the Rl-2 zone unless the lot
upon which it is situated is serviced by a
municipal water system and a private sanitary waste
disposal system which complies with the regulations
of the Ministry of the Environment.
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-3
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the Rl Zone, be used for a
nursing home. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations as
set out in Section 12.2.
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, only single detached
dwellings and all home occupation uses shall be
permitted on those lands zoned Rl-4 on the Schedules
to this By-law subject to the following zone
regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
565 square metres
17.5 metres
c. Interior Side Yard (minimum)
- with an attached garage or carport 1.8 metres
- without an attached garage or carport 3.7 metres
d. Rear Yard (minimum)
7.5 metres
e. Floor Area (minimum)
165 square metres
12.4.5
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-5
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
hospital subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Front Yard (minimum) 6 metres
b. Rear Yard (minimum) 6 metres
c. Side Yard (minimum) 6 metres
d. Building Height (maximum) 20 metres
12.4.6 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-6
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the Rl Zone, be used for a
group home. The placement of buildings and structures
shall be subject to the regulations set out in Section
12.2 in respect of a single detached dwelling.
12.4.7
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.2 those lands zoned Rl-7 on
the Schedules to this By-law are also subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Minimum setback from the centreline of the Canadian
National Railway Right-of-way 53.0 metres
12.4.8
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-8) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-8
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the Rl zone, be used for a
residence for the accommodation, education,
employment, recreation and therapeutic treatment of
handicapped persons. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the regulations set out
in Section 12.2 in respect of a single detached
dwell i ng.
12.4.9
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-9) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-9
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to a
single family dwelling, may be used for a day nursery.
The placement of buildings and structures shall be
subject to the regulations set out in Section 12.2 in
respect of a single detached dwelling.
12.4.10
12.4.11
12.4.12
12.4.13
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-10) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-IO
on the Schedules to this By-law may be only used for
the purposes of a private school subject to the
following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
25,000 square metres
30.0 metres
i) Front Yard
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Building Height (maximum)
30 metres
7.5 metres
15 metres
10 metres
10.5 metres
e. Off Street Parking (minimum) The greater of 1
space per class room or 1
space per 10 square metres
of general-Purpose rooms or
auditorium.
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-ll) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-ll
on the Schedules to this by-law shall also be subject
to the following provision:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
445 square metres
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-12) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-12
on the Schedules to this by-law may also be used for a
converted dwelling in accordance with the zone
regulations for semi-detached and duplex dwellings.
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-13) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, only single detached
dwelling and home occupation uses shall be permitted
on those lands zoned Rl-13 on the Schedules to this
By-law, subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
695 square metres
20 metres
c. No building or structure may be erected and no use
may be established in the Rl-13 zone unless the lot
upon which it is situated is serviced by a private
water system and private sanitary waste disposal
system which complies with the regulations of the
Ministry of the Environment.
12.4.14
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (Rl-14) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 12.1, those lands zoned Rl-14
on the Schedules to this By-law may be only used for
the purposes of a public park and an Agricultural
fairground subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Lot Coverage (maximum)
e. Building Height (minimum)
4000 square metres
30 metres
15 metres
7.5 metres
15 metres
7.5 metres
10 percent
12.0 metres
SECTION 13
13. URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE TWO (R2) ZONE
1 3. 1 PERM ITTED US ES
No person shall, within an Urban Residential Type Two (R2)
Zone use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a single detached dwelling;
ii) a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10 this By-law, save and
except the retail sale of antiques, arts, crafts,
or hobby items.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) Places of worship, subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 12.2 in respect of a single
detached dwelling.
13.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a.
Lot Area (minimum)
Lot Frontage (minimum)
i) interior lot
ii) corner lot (minimum)
Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Exterior Side Yard
iii) Interior Side Yard
- with an attached garage or
- without an attached garage
i v) Rear Yard
Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) single detached dwelling
- 1 storey or split level
- 1 1/2 or 2 storey
b.
c.
d.
e.
Lot Coverage (maximum)
Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
Building Height (maximum)
f.
g.
370 square metres
12 metres
15 metres
6 metres
6 metres
carport 1.20 metres
or carport 4.5 metres
7.5 metres
85 square metres
100 square metres
40 percent
30 percent
10.5 metres
13.3 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
a. No building or structure may be erected and no use may
be established in the Urban Residential Type Two (R2)
Zone unless the lot upon which it is situated is
serviced by municipal sewage and water systems which
have sufficient capacity to accommodate the proposed
use.
b. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a building or structure accessory to any
use permitted in this zone which existed legally on
the date of passing of this By-law and which does not
meet the servicing requirement set out above.
c. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a dwelling on a lot or block within a
registered plan of subdivision provided that a
subdivision agreement with the Town has been
registered on title and further, provided that such
subdivision agreement includes appropriate provisions
in respect of the servicing of such lot or block.
13.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE TWO (R2) ZONE
13.4.1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R2-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 13.1, only semi-detached
dwellings and home occupation uses shall be permitted
on those lands zoned R2-1 on the Schedules to this
By-law subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
365 square metres
13.4.2
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R2-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 13.1 and 13.2, those lands
zoned R2-2 on the Schedules to this By-law may only be
used in accordance with the following zone
regulations:
(i) PERMITTED USES
a. a single detached dwelling
b. a semi-detached dwelling
c. a home occupation use in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.10 of this By-law, save
and except the retail sale of antiques, arts,
crafts, or hobby items.
13.4.2
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R2-2) ZONE (Cont'd)
(ii) REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached dwelling
370 square metres
460 square metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) Interior Lot
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached dwelling
12 metres
18 metres
c. Lot Frontage (minimum) Exterior Lot
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached dwelling
d. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard 6 metres
ii) Exterior Side Yard 6 metres
iii) Interior Side Yard
- with an attached garage
or carport 1.2 metres
- without an attached garage
or carport 4.5 metres on one
side, 1.2 metres on the other
iv) Rear Yard 7.5 metres
15 metres
21 metres
e. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
in
single detached dwelling
semi-detached dwelling
88 square metres
83.5 square metres
f. Lot Coverage (maximum)
i) single detached dwelling
ii) semi-detached dwelling
40 percent
45 percent
g. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 30 percent
h. Building Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
i. Special Yard Regulations:
Notwithstanding the interior sideyard
requirements above, where a semi-detached
dwelling is only connected at some point below
finished grade, the minimum horizontal distance
between the walls of such dwelling units above
finished grade, shall be 1.20 metres.
SECTION 14
14. URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE THREE (R3) ZONE
14.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within an Urban Residential Type Three
(R3) Zone use any land or erect, alter or use any building
or structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) all uses permitted in the Rl Zone subject to the
regulations contained therein
ii) a street townhouse dwelling
iii) a link townhouse dwelling
iv) a converted dwelling
v) a boarding house
vi) a duplex dwelling; and
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) Places of worship, subject to the zone regulations
set out in Section 12.2 in respect of a single
detached dwelling.
14.2 REGULATIONS FOR DUPLEX DWELLING, CONVERTED DWELLING,
BOARDING HOUSE
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
550 square metres
20 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard 6 metres
ii) Exterior Side Yard 6 metres
iii) Interior Side Yard
Minimum width shall be 3.2 metres on one side, 1.5
metres on the other side, plus 0.6 metres on the
narrow side for each additional or partial storey
above the second.
iv) Rear Yard 10 metres
d. Total Floor Area (minimum) for a
duplex dwelling or a dwelling unit
within a converted dwelling 60 square metres
e. Lot Coverage (maximum) 45 percent
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 30 percent
g. Building Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
14.3 REGULATIONS FOR STREET TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGS
a. Lot Area (minimum)
i) Interior Lot
ii) Exterior Lot
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
i) Interior Lot
ii) Exterior Lot
170 square metres
280 square metres
6 metres
10 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard 6.0 metres
ii) Interior Side Yard 1.5 metres, nil
where building has a common
wall with any building on an
adjacent lot located in an
R-3 zone
iv) Exterior Side Yard
v) Rear Yard
4.5 metres
7.5 metres
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum) 85 square metres
e. Lot Coverage (maximum) 50 percent
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 30 percent
g. Building Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
14.4 REGULATIONS FOR LINK TOWNHOUSE DWELLING
a. Density (maximum)
b. Lot Frontage (mi nimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
40 units per ha
1 3.5 metres
6.0 metres
4.5 metres
6.0 metres
7.5 metres
85 square metres
40 percent
40 percent
10 metres
14.5 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
a. No building or structure may be erected and no use may
be established in the Urban Residential Type Three
(R3) Zone unless the lot upon which it is situated is
serviced by municipal sewage and water systems which
have sufficient capacity to accommodate the proposed
use.
b. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a building or structure accessory to any
use permitted in this zone which existed legally on
the date of passing of this By-law and which does not
meet the servicing requirement set out above.
c. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a dwelling on a lot or block within a
registered plan of subdivision provided that a
subdivision agreement with the Town has been
registered on title and further, provided that such
subdivision agreement includes appropriate provisions
in respect of the servicing of such lot or block.
14.6 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE (R3) ZONE
14.6.1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.3, those
lands zoned R3-1 on the Schedules to this By-law shall
be limited to a maximum of fifteen (15) street
townhouse dwelling units.
14.6.2
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.3, those
lands zoned R3-2 on the Schedules to this By-law shall
be limited to a maximum of eighteen (18) street
townhouse dwelling units.
14.6.3
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.4, those
lands zoned R3-3 on the Schedules to this By-law shall
be subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Dwelling Units (maximum)
25 link townhouse
dwelling units
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
30 metres
6 metres
3 metres
6 metres
6 metres
14.6.3
14.6.4
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-3) ZONE (Cont I d)
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum) 115 square metres
e. Lot Coverage (maximum) 45 percent
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 25 percent
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.4, those
lands zoned R3-4 on the Schedules to this By-law shall
be subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Dwelling Units (maximum)
63 link townhouse
units
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) nil where access
provided from a private road
c. Yard Requirements (minimum) nil provided the
specified building separation
standards are complied with
d. Building Separation (minimum)
i) Separation between buildings
or structures 2.5 metres
ii) Separation between buildings
or structures and any private
driveway, road or lane 6.0 metres
iii) Separation between buildings
or structures and any public
road 7.5 metres
iv) Separation between buildings
or structures and any lot line
abutting public lands, buildings
or structures 4.0 metres
e. Dwelling Unit Area (mi nimum) 33.5 square metres
f. Lot Coverage (maximum) 25 percent
g. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 40 percent
h. Buil di ng Hei ght (maximum) 10.5 metres
i. Parking (minimum) 90 spaces
14.6.5
14.6.6
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.1 and
14.4, those lands zoned R3-5 on the Schedules to this
By-law may only be used in accordance with the
following zone regulations:
i) PERMITTED USES
a. a street townhouse dwelling
b. a semi-detached dwelling
c. a single detached dwelling
ii) REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
Single detached and semi-detached dwellings shall
be subject to the zone regulations for such
dwellings set out by Section 13.4.2 of this By-law
for the R2-2 zone. Street Townhouse dwellings
shall be subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
i ) Interior Lot 167.0 square metres
i i) Exterior Lot 278.0 square metres
b. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum) 83.0 square metres
c. Building Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
d. There shall be no more than ten (10) attached
street townhouses in one continuous row
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.4, those
lands zoned R3-6 on the Schedules to this By-law shall
be subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Dwell i ng Units (maximum) 4 1 ink Townhouse
Dwell i ng Units
b. Lot Area (minimum) 2900 square metres
c. Lot Frontage (minimum) 9.0 metres
d. Front yard Setback from any Rl Zone (minimum)
15.0 metres
14.6.6
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R3-6) ZONE (Cont'd)
e. Interior Sideyard (minimum) 12.0 metres
f. Rearyard (mi nimum) 15.0 metres
g. Dwell i ng Unit Area (mi n imum) 11 0 square metres
h. Buil di ng Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
(i ) PARKING AREA REGULATIONS
a. Minimum Off-street Parking Requirement 2 spaces
per dwelling unit
b. Parking Area Surface
Each parking area and driveway connecting the
parking area with a street shall comply with the
requirements of Section 3.14, Subsection (b).
c. i) Ingress and egress to and from the required
parking spaces and areas shall be provided by
means of an unobstructed driveway or passageway
having a clear width of 6.1 metres and
constructed to a standard capable of supporting
loads imposed by fire fighting equipment.
ii) The minimum distance between a parking area,
space or a driveway in an abutting lot shall be
1.5 metres.
d. Parking areas shall be permitted only within the
required side or front yard.
SECTION 15
15. URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE FOUR (R4) ZONE
15.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within an Urban Residential Type Four (R4)
Zone use land or erect, alter, or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) an apartment building
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) prohibited
15.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Density (maximum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
80 units per ha
20 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
7.5 metres
7.5 metres
7.5 metres
7.5 metres
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) Bachelor Dwelling Unit 40 square metres
ii) One Bedroom Dwelling Unit 55 square metres
iii) Two Bedroom Dwelling Unit 70 square metres
iv) Dwelling Unit Containing Three
or more bedrooms 80 square metres
plus 7 square metres for each
bedroom in excess of three
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
40 percent
35 percent
1 2 metres
h. Building Height Exemption
i) A building in excess of 12 metres may be erected
provided that the applicable yard requirements
shall be increased directly proportio~lto the
increase in building height above 12 metres.
15.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
i. Yard Requirement Exemption
i) Where an apartment building is located within any
commercial zone the yard requirements of the
commercial zone shall apply provided that where a
building in excess of 12 metres is erected, the
applicable yard requirements shall be increased in
direct proportion to the increase in building
height above 12 metres.
ii) Where a lot zoned R4 abuts any lot zoned R3 or R4,
the minimum interior and rear yard requirements
shall be 3.0 metres and 4.5 metres respectively for
that yard abutting the lot zoned R3 or R4.
15.3 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
No buildings or structures may be erected and no use may be
established in the Urban Residential Type Four (R4) Zone
unless the lot upon whic it is situated is serviced by
municipal sewage and water systems which have sufficient
capacity to accommodate the proposed use.
15.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - URBAN RESIDENTIAL TYPE FOUR (R4) ZONE
15.4.1 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 15.2, those lands zoned R4-1
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to
the following zone regulations:
a. Dwelling Units (maximum) 56 units
b. Parking Spaces (minimum) 0.25 space per
dwell ing unit
c. Rear Ya rd ( m i n i mum) 4.5 metres
d. nwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) One Bedroom Dwelling Unit 40 square metres
ii) Two Bedroom Dwelling Unit 55 square metres
15.4.2
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 15.2, those lands zoned R4-2
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to
the following zone regulations:
a. Owelling Units (maximum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
43 units
18 metres
15.4.2
15.4.3
15.4.4
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-2) ZONE (Cont'd)
c. Parking (minimum)
0.25 spaces per
dwell; ng unit
d. Dwelling Unit Area (minimum)
i) One Bedroom Dwelling Unit
ii) Two Bedroom Dwelling Unit
40 square metres
55 square metres
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Sections 15.2 and 15.3, those lands
zoned R4-3 on the Schedules to this By-law shall be
subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (mi nimum) 24000 square metres
b. Dwelling Units (maximum) 40 units
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd 15 metres
d. Lot Coverage (maximum) 10 percent
e. Building Height (maximum) 5 metres
f. No building or structure may be erected and no use
may be established in the R4-3 Zone unless the lot
upon which it is situated is serviced by a
municipal water system and a private sanitary waste
disposal system which complies with the regulations
of the Ministry of the Environment.
g. Parking (minimum)
0.25 spaces per
dwell i ng unit
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 15.2, those lands zoned R4-4
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to
the following zone regulations:
a. Dwelling Units (maximum)
b. Lot Area (minimum)
117 units
10000 square metres
c. Lot Frontage (minimum)
d. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Interior Side Yard
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
50 met res
50 met res
6 metres
50 metres
6 metres
20 percent
15.4.4 URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-4) ZONE (Cont'd)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 20 percent
g. Buil di ng Hei ght (maximum) 20 metres
h. Pl ay Area 1 having a mlnlmum
area of 35 metres
i . Parking 1.3 spaces per unit
j. Dwellings units may be permitted within that
portion of the building which is located partially
below finished grade provided that at least half of
the distance between finished floor and finished
ceiling of such units is located above finished
grade adjacent to the exterior wall of such unit.
15.4.5
URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION (R4-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 15.2, those lands zoned R4-5
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be subject to
the following zone regulations:
a. Dwelling Units (maximum)
70 units
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) nil where access
provided from a private road
c. Yard Requirements (minimum) nil provided the
specified building separation
standards are complied with
d. Building Separation (minimum)
i) Separation between buildings
or structures 2.5 metres
ii) Separation between buildings
or structures and any private
driveway, road or lane 6.0 metres
iii) Separation between buildings
or structures and any public
road 7.5 metres
iv) Separation between buildings
or structures and any lot line
abutting public lands, buildings
or structures 4.0 metres
e. Dwelling Unit Area (mi nimum) 33.5 square metres
f. Lot Coverage (maximum) 25 percent
g. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 40 percent
h. Building Height (maximum) 10.5 metres
i . Parking (minimum) 50 spaces
SECTION 16
16. GENERAL COMMERCIAL (Cl) ZONE
16.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within the General Commercial (Cl) Zone use
any land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) dwelling units existing at the date of passing of
this By-law; and
ii) dwelling units as part of a building containing a
permitted non-residential use(s).
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) assembly hall;
i i) bakery shop;
iii) business, professional or administration office;
iv) day nursery;
v) dry cleaners distribution centre;
vi) eating establishment;
vii) eating establishment, take-out;
vi i i) taxi stand;
ix) laundry - coin-operated;
x) library;
xi) medical or dental clinic;
xii) nursing home;
xiii) parking lot;
xiv) place of entertainment;
xv) place of worship;
xvi) printing or publishing establishment;
xvii) private club;
xviii) retail commercial establishment;
xix) school, commercial;
xx) service shop, light;
xxi) service shop, personal;
xxii) shopping centre containing any of the uses
listed in this section;
xxiii) supermarket;
xxiv) tavern;
xxv) theatre; and
xxvi) veterinary clinic.
16.1 PERMITTED USES (Cont'd)
c. HOLDING ZONE - where the zone symbol shown on a
Schedule to this By-law is preceded by the letter (H)
the use of the lands shall be limited to dwelling
units existing at the date of passing of the By-law.
The (H) Holding symbol may be removed upon Council
being satisfied that the uses to be permitted will be
adequatel y serviced by water and sanitary services,
has adequate access both pedestrian and vehicular that
adequate parking will be provided and that the lands
will have adequate surface drainage.
16.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Residential uses existing on the date of passing of
this By-law which are not part of a building
containing a permitted commercial use as set out in
Section 16.1 above, shall be subject to the
requirements of the Urban Residential Type One (R1)
Zone.
b. Residential uses which are part of a building
containing a permitted commercial use as set out in
Sect ion 16.1 above, shall be subj ect to the
regulations for non-residential uses set out below.
16.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard
ii) Interior Side Yard
nil
nil where building
shall have a common
wall with a build-
ing on an adjacent
wall - 1.25 metres
otherwise
1.25 metres
5 metres
iii) Exterior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
b. Lot Coverage (maximum)
c. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
d. Building Height (maximum)
75 percent
10 percent
12 metres
16.4 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
No buildings or structures may be erected and no use may be
established in the General Commercial (Cl) Zone unless the
lot upon which it is situated is serviced by Municipal
sewage and water systems which have sufficient capacity to
accommodate the proposed use.
16.5 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - GENERAL COMMERCIAL (C-l) ZONE
16.5.1 GENERAL COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (Cl-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding the parking and loading space
requirements set out in Section 3 of this By-law,
those lands zoned Cl-l on the Schedules to this By-law
shall be exempted from parking and loading space
requirements.
16.5.2
GENERAL COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (Cl-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 16.4 above, those lands zoned
Cl-2 on the Schedules to this By-law, no building or
structure may be erected and no use may be established
in the Cl-2 zone unless the lot upon which it is
situated is serviced by a municipal water system and a
private waste disposal system which complies with the
regulations of the Ministry of the Environment.
16.5.3
GENERAL COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (Cl-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Sections 16.2, those lands zoned
(Cl-3) on the Schedules to this By-law shall be
subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Yard 20 metres
ii) Exterior Side Yard 20 metres
iii) Interior Side Yard 7.5 metres except
that where a side lot line abuts a residential
zone the minimum interior side yard shall be 15
metres.
i v) Rear Yard
that where a rear lot line
zone the minimum rear yard
10.5 metres except
abuts a residential
shall be 15 metres.
b. Building Height (maximum)
c. Lot Coverage (maximum)
10.5 metres
35 Per Cent
d. Landscaped Open Space an area 1.5 metres
(minimum) in depth abutting
every exterior lot line except where such area is
occupied by a driveway or walkway.
SECTION 17
17. NEIGHBOURHOOn COMMERCIAL (C2) ZONE
17.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within a Neighbourhood Commercial (C2)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
Residential uses are prohibited except where a
dwelling unit is located within a portion of a
non-residential building permitted within the
Nei ghbourhood Commerci al (C2) Zone.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) a convenience store:
ii) a service shop, personal.
17.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESInENTIAL USES
a. Dwelling Unit in Portion of Non-Residential Building
A maximum of one dwelling unit for each
non-residential use shall be permitted in a portion of
a non-residential building permitted within the
Nei ghbourhood Commerci al (C2) Zone in accordance with
the requirements of the said zone and the total floor
area requirement set out in the R4 Zone.
17.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a.
Lot Area (minimum)
Lot Frontage (minimum)
1000 square metres
b.
30 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front Ya rd 10 metres
ii) Exterior Side Yard 10 metres
iii) Interior Side Yard
Minimum interior side yard width shall be 4 metres
except where the interior side lot line abuts a
Residential Zone, in which case the minimum
interior side yard width shall be 10 metres.
iv) Rear Yard 10 metres
d.
Lot Coverage (maximum)
50 percent
17.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont1d)
e. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 30 percent
.
f. Buil di ng He; ght (maximum) 10 metres
g. Floor Area (maximum) 500 square metres
17.4 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
No buildings or structures may be erected and no use may be
established in the Neighbourhood Commercial (C2) Zone
unless the lot upon which it is situated is serviced by
Municipal sewage and water systems which have sufficient
capacity to accommodate the proposed use.
SECTION 18
18. HAMLET COMMERCIAL (C3) ZONE
18.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within a Hamlet Commercial (C3) Zone, use
any land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder.
a. Residential Uses
i) a dwelling unit located within a portion of a
non-residential building permitted within the
Hamlet Commercial (C3) Zone;
ii) a single detached dwelling that is accessory to a
permitted non-residential use.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) an antique store;
ii) a retail store;
iii) a hardware store;
iv) a souvenir shop;
v) a butcher shop;
vi) a bakery;
vii) a bank or financial establishment;
viii) a business, professional or administrative
office;
ix) a convenience store;
x) a dry cleaners distribution station;
xi) an eating establishment;
xii) a service shop, light; and,
xiii) a service shop, personal.
18.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESlnENTIAL USES
a. Dwelling Unit in Portion of Non-Residential Building
A maximum of one dwelling unit may be permitted in a
portion of a non-residential building permitted within
the Hamlet Commercial (C3) Zone in accordance with the
zone requirements of the non-residential building or
structure and the minimum floor area requirements set
out in the R4 Zone.
18.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
b. Single detached dwellings shall be subject to the
regulations set out in the Hamlet Residential (RH)
Zone.
18.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
3000 square metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
10 metres
c. Yard Requi rements (mi nimum):
i) Front Yard 3 metres
ii) Exterior Side Yard 3 metres
iii) Interior Side Yard
Minimum interior side yard width shall be 3 metres
except where the interior side lot line abuts a
Residential Zone, in which case the minimum
interior side yard width shall be 5 metres.
i v) Rear Yard 10 metres
d. Lot Coverage of (maximum)
e. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
f. Building Height (maximum)
50 percent
10 percent
1 n metres
18.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - HAMLET COMMERCIAL (C3) ZONE
18.4.1 HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
bulk fuel distribution establishment. The placement
of buildings and structures shall be subject to the
zone regulations set out in Section 18.3.
lR.4.2
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-2
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C3 Zone, be used for
an auction room. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the zone regulations
set out in Schedule lR.3.
18.4.3
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Sections 18.1 and 18.2, those lands
zoned C3-3 may only be used in accordance with the
following zone regulations:
a. Permitted Uses
i) a shopping centre, containing one or more of
the following uses:
i i) a ba n k ~
iii) a barber shop;
iv) a beauty parlour;
v) a coffee shop;
vi) a grocery store ~
vii) a library;
viii) a post office~
ix) a professional or business office~
x) a retail store not engaged in manufacturing on
the premises unless such manufacturing is
incidental to the retail business, does not
exceed fifty percent (50%) of the floor area
and the products manufactured are primarily
for sale at retail on the premises~
xi) a shoe repair shop.
b. Zone Requirements
No person shall use any of the lands subject to
this Special Exception, or erect, alter or use
any building or structure except in accordance
with the following regulations:
i )
i i )
i i i )
i v)
v)
vi)
vi 1)
vi i i )
ix)
Lot Frontage (minimum)
Lot Area (minimum)
Front Yard (minimum)
Si de Ya rd (mi nimum)
Rear Yard (minimum)
Floor Area (maximum)
Landscaping Area (minimum)
Parking Spaces (minimum)
1 space per 16.75 square metres of floor area
Loading Spaces (minimum) 2
20 metres
2.8 hectares
50.5 metres
7. n metres
12 metres
1960 square metres
25 percent
18.4.3
18.4.4
18.4.5
18.4.6
18.4.7
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-3) ZONE (Cont'd)
c. Servicing Requirements
No person shall erect, alter or use any building
for any permitted use on the said lands unless such
building is serviced by a municipal water supply
and a private sanitary waste disposal system, which
complies with the regulations of the Ministry of
the Environment.
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-4
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C3 Zone, be used for a
farm supply outlet and distribution centre. The
placement of buildings and structures shall be subject
to the zone regulations set out in Section 18.3.
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-5
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
medical or dental clinic. The placement of buildings
and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Schedule 18.3.
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-6
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C3 Zone, be used for a
garden and nursery sales and supply establishment.
The placement of buildings and structures shall be
subject to the zone regulations set out in Schedule
18.3.
HAMLET COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C3-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 18.1, those lands zoned C3-7
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for
the purposes of a museum.
SECTION 19
19. SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (C4) ZONE
19.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within a Special Purpose Commercial (C4)
Zone use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) a dwelling unit located within a portion of a
non-residential building permitted within the
Speci al Purpose Commerci al (C4) Zone;
ii) a single detached dwelling that is accessory to a
permitted non-residential use.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) a retail sales and/or service establishment for:
- furniture,
- major appliances,
- office furniture,
motor vehicle equipment and accessories:
ii) a building supply outlet;
iii) a beer, liquor or wine outlet;
iv) a garden or nursery sales and supply establishment;
v) a fruit and vegetable outlet;
vi) a catalogue sales outlet;
vii) a motor vehicle sales establishment:
viii) a retail sales and/or service establishment, with
outdoor display areas for recreational vehicles,
equipment and accessories, motor vehicles,
equipment and accessories;
ix) an eating establishment;
x) an eating establishment, take-out:
xi) an eating establishment, drive-in;
xi i) a tavern:
xiii) places of worship;
xiv) a place of entertainment;
xv) a hotel, motel or motor hotel;
xvi) a private club:
xvii) a veterinarian clinic;
xviii) offices, located on a second floor only, unless
directly related to the primary use(s) of the
ground floor; and
xix) existing motor fuel service stations and motor
vehicle fuel bars.
19.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIOENTIAL USES
a. Dwelling Unit in Portion of Non-Residential Building
A maximum of one dwelling unit may be permitted in a
portion of a non-residential building permitted within
the Special Purpose Commercial (C4) Zone in accordance
with the zone requirements of the non-residential
building or structure and the minimum floor area
requirements set out in the R4 Zone.
19.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
b. Single detached dwellings shall be subject to the
regulations set out in the Hamlet Residential (RH)
Zone.
19.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Lot Coverage (maximum)
d. Front Yard (minimum)
3500 square metres
30 metres
40 percent
15 metres
e. Interior Side Yard (minimum) 5 metres,
provided that where a side lot
abuts a resi denti al zone or abuts a
lot having a residential use
situated thereon, within 15 metres
of such common lot line, a minimum
side yard of 10 metres shall be
requi red.
f.
Exterior Side Yard (minimum)
10 metres
g. Rear Yard (minimum) 5 metres,
provided that where a rear lot line
abuts a residential zone or a lot
having a residential use situated
thereon, within 15 metres of such
common lot line the minimum rear
yard shall be 10 metres.
h.
Landscaped Area (minimum)
Building Height (maximum)
20 pe rcen t
i.
10 metres
j. Ingress and Egress
i) All uses shall be developed with common points of
ingress and egress, to be developed in conjunction
with adjacent properties and having a minimum
separation distance of 75 metres from centre line
to centre line, where fronting upon a Type B
Arterial Road and 180 metres where fronting upon a
Type A Arterial Road. Notwithstanding this
provision, subject to the consideration and
approval of the Council having jurisdiction,
temporary direct access to an arterial road may be
permitted until a permanent access via a common
point of ingress and egress is available.
19.3 ii) The distance between an intersection of streetlines
and the nearest point of ingress and egress for a
use, shall be 50 metres, except for temporary
points of access as may be approved by Council.
19.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (C4) ZONE
19.4.1 SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for
the purposes of a veterinary clinic. The placement of
buildings and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 19.3.
19.4.2
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-2
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
building supply outlet. The placement of buildings
and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 19.3.
19.4.3
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-3
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be for a
motor vehicle towing establishment and for the
temporary storage and/or repair of motor vehicles
provided that said vehicles are stored within a fenced
enclosure and provided that no vehicle is stored for
more than thirty (30) days.
19.4.4
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-4
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
motor vehicle sales establishment. The placement of
buildings and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 19.3.
19.4.5
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-5
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used as a
recreational vehicle sales establishment. The
placement of buildings and structures shall be subject
to the zone regulations set out in Section 19.3.
19.4.6
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C4-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 19.1, those lands zoned C4-6
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for
an eating establishment. The placement of buildings
and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 19.3.
SECTION 20
20. SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (CS) ZONE
20.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within a Special Purpose Commercial (C5)
Zone use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) prohibited
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) any non-residential use permitted in a Special
Pu rpose Commercial (C4) Zone.
20.2 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
No person shall, within a Special Purpose Commercial (C5)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except in accordance with the zone regulations
for Non-Residential uses as specified by Section 19.3 of
this By-law.
20.3 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
a. No building or structure may be erected and no use may
be established in the Special Purpose Commercial (C5)
Zone unless the lot upon which it is situated is
serviced by municipal sewage and water systems which
have sufficient capacity to accomodate the proposed
use.
b. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a building or structure accessory to any
use permitted in this zone which existed legally on
the date of passing of this By-law.
c. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
change in use of a building or structure which was
bei ng used for a permitted use on the date of passi ng
of this By-law, nor shall it apply to prevent the
development or redevelopment of a use where an
agreement has been executed in respect of services and
further, provided that the lot upon which the use is
located will be serviced by a private potable water
supply system installed in accordance with the
requirements of the Public Health Act and a private
sanitary waste disposal system installed in accordance
with the requirements of the Ministry of the
Environment.
20.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL (C5) ZONE
20.4.1 SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 20.1, those lands zoned C5-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
motel or motor hotel. The placement of buildings and
structures shall be subject to the regulations set out
in Section 20.2.
20.4.2
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 20.1, those lands zoned C5-2
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for
the purposes of a marina and a hotel. Placement of
buildings and structures shall be subject to the zone
regulations set out in Section 20.2.
20.4.3
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Sections 3.6 and 20.1, those lands
zoned C5-3 on the Schedules to this By-law shall be
subject to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
7000 square metres
75 metres
20.4.4
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 20.1, those lands zoned C5-4
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used as an
eating establishment, an eating establishment
take-out, a hotel and a motor vehicle fuel bar. The
placement of buildings and structures shall be subject
to the zone regulations set out in Section 20.2.
20.4.5
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 20.1, those lands zoned C5-5
on the Schedules to this By-law may not be used for a
tavern or a beer, liquor, or wine outlet.
20.4.6
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 20.1 and 20.2, those lands
zoned C5-6 on the Schedules to this By-law shall be
subject to the following zone regulations:
20.4.6
20.4.7
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-6) ZONE
a. Permitted Uses
i) One (1) assembly hall/conference centre contain-
ing a maximum of sixteen (16) motel/hotel units
and including accessory retail commercial stores
commercial offices, offices and eating
establishments.
ii) Retail Commercial stores including eating
establishments.
iii) Park (public or private)
iv) Parking Areas
v) A maximum of thirteen (13) residential dwellings
as part of a non-residential building
b. Zone Provisions
Block Area (minimum)
Building Coverage (maximum)
Lanscaped Area (minimum)
Floor Areas:
- Retail Commercial Stores
and Offices (Total
combined maximum)
- Residential dwelling
unit (mi nimum)
- Hotel/Motel Unit (minimum)
Building Height (maximum)
Separation between buildings
or structures (minimum)
Separation between buildings
or structures and any private
driveway, roadway or lane
Separation between buildings
or structures and any pub 1 i c
road (mi nimum)
Separation between buildings
or structures and any lot line
abutting public lands, buildings
or structures 4.0 metres
x) Parking (minimum) 46 spaces
i )
ii)
i i i)
iv)
8000 square metres
25 percent
40 pe rcent
1245 square metres
v)
vi)
33.5 square metres
20 square metres
10.5 metres
2.5 metres
vii)
6.0 metres
viii)
7.5 metres
i x)
SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C5-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 3.6 and 20.1 those lands zoned
C5-7 on the Schedules to this by-law shall be subject
to the following zone regulations:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
3500 square metres
30 metres
SECT! ON 21
21. SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C6) ZONE
21 .1 PERM ITTED USES
No person shall, within a Service Station Commercial (C6)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder.
a. Residential Uses
i) a dwelling unit located within a portion of a
non-residential building permitted within the
Service Station Commercial (C6) Zone:
ii) a single detached dwelling that is accessory to a
permitted non-residential use.
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) Motor Vehicle Fuel Bar:
ii) Motor Vehicle Service Station: and
iii) the retail sale of confectionary items, sundry
foods and promotional items as an accessory use to
a permitted use, but excluding facilities for the
preparation of foods.
21.2 REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Dwelling Unit in Portion of Non-Residential Building
A maximum of one dwelling unit may be permitted in a
portion of a non-residential building permitted within
the Service Station Commercial (C6) Zone in accordance
with the zone requirements of the non-residential
building or structure and the minimum floor area
requirements set out in the R4 Zone.
b. Single detached dwellings shall be subject to the
regulations set out in the Residential Hamlet (RH)
Zone.
21.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum):
i) Lot serviced by municipal water
supply system and private sanitary
waste disposal system 2000 square metres
ii) Lot serviced by a private water
supply system and private waste
disposal system 3000 square metres
21.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
b.
Lot Frontage (minimum)
35 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum):
i)
i i)
i i i )
iv)
Front Ya rd
Exterior Side Yard
Interior Side Yard
Minimum interior side yard width shall be 5 metres
except where the interior side lot line abuts a
Residential Zone, or a lot which has a residential
use thereon within 15 metres of such common lot
line, the minimum interior side yard width shall be
10 metres.
Rear Yard
mi nimum rear yard shall be 5 metres except where
the rear yard abuts a Residential Zone, or a lot
which has a residential use thereon within 15
metres of such common lot line, the rear yard shall
be 10 metres.
12 metres
12 metres
d. Lot Depth Requirement (minimum)
Minimum lot depth requirement shall be 30 metres
except where the lot is a corner lot, in which case
the minimum lot depth requi rement shall be 35 metres.
e. Lot Coverage of All
Buildings (maximum) 50 percent
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum) 10 percent
g. Buil di ng Hei ght (maximum) 10 metres
h. Fuel Pump Location
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law to
the contrary, a fuel pump island and/or overhanging
weather canopy or shelter, as part of or as accessory
to a motor vehicle gasoline bar or motor vehicle
service station, may be located within any yard
provided:
i) that the minimum distance between any portion of
the pump island, or weather canopy or shelter, and
any street line or any rear or interior side lot
line, is not less than 5 metres; and
ii) that where a lot is a corner lot, no portion of any
pump island, or weather canopy or shelter, shall be
located closer than 3 metres to a straight line
between a point in the front lot line and a point
in the exterior side lot line, such point being
distant 15 metres from the intersection of such
lines, or 4.5 metres to the street line where such
street line forms a diagonal between the front lot
line and the exterior side lot line.
21.3 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
i. Bulk Fuel Storage Tank Location
Bulk fuel storage tanks shall be installed in
accordance with the provisions of the Provincial
Gasoline Handling Act. Bulk fuel storage tanks
located above ground shall be located in accordance
with the applicable yard requirements specified by
Section 20.2 hereof.
j. Entrance Regulations
Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this
By-law to the contrary, the following provisions shall
apply to ingress and egress driveways established in
conjunction with a motor vehicle fuel bar or motor
vehicle service station where fuel is offered or kept
for sale at retail, namely:
i) the maximum width of a driveway measured along the
street line shall be 10 metres;
ii) the minimum distance between driveways, measured
along the street line intersected by such driveway,
shall be 10 metres;
iii) the minimum distance between a driveway and an
intersection of street lines, measured along the
street line intersected by such driveway, shall be
10 metres;
iv) the minimum distance between an interior side lot
line and any driveway shall be 3 metres; and,
v) the interior angle formed between the street line
and the centreline of any driveway shall not be
less than 45 degrees.
21.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C6) ZONE
21.4.1 SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C6-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 21.1, those lands zoned C6-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C6 zone, be used for a
service shop for furniture reupholstering and repair,
an eating establishment, and a retail store.
21 .4.2
21 .4.3
21.4.4
21 .4.5
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C6-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 21.1, those lands zoned C6-2
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C6 zone, be used for
an eat i ng estab 1 i shment and a retail store.
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C6-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 21.1, those lands zoned C6-3
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C6 zone, be used for a
motor vehicle body shop.
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C6-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 21.1, those lands zoned C6-4
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C6 zone, be used for
an eating establishment accessory to a permitted use.
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C6-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 21.2, those lands zoned Cn-5
on the Schedules to this By-law shall be serviced by a
municipal water supply system and a private sanitary
waste disposal system which complies with the
regulations of the Ministry of the Environment.
SECTION 22
22. SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C7) ZONE
22.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall, within a Service Station Commercial (C7)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder.
a. Residential Uses
i) prohi bited
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) any non-residential use permitted in a Service
Station Commercial (C6) Zone.
22.2 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
No person shall, within a Service Station Commercial (C7)
Zone, use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except in accordance with the Zone Regulations
for non-residential uses as specified by Section 21.2 of
this By-law.
22.3 MUNICIPAL SERVICING REQUIREMENT
a. No building or structure may be erected and no use may
be established in the Service Station Commercial (C7)
Zone unless the lot upon which it is situated is
serviced by municipal sewage and water systems which
have sufficient capacity to accommodate the proposed
use.
b. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
erection of a building or structure accessory to any
use permitted in this zone which existed legally on
the date of passing of this By-law.
c. Subsection a. above does not apply to prevent the
change in use of a building or structure which was
being used for a permitted use on the date of passing
of this By-law.
22.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL (C7) ZONE
22.4.1 SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C7-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 22.1, those lands zoned C7-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C7 zone, be used for
an eating establishment accessory to a permitted use.
22.4.2
SERVICE STATION COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION (C7-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 22.1, those lands zoned C7-2
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted in the C7 zone, be used for
an eating establishment, a retail store and a motel.
SECTION 23
23. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (Ml) ZONE
23.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within a light Industrial (Ml) Zone use any
land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
Prohi bited
b. Non-Residential Uses
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v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
xi)
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xiii)
xiv)
xvi)
xvi i)
bank or financial office;
building supply and/or home improvement outlet
within a wholly enclosed building or structure;
business or professional office provided such use
is accessory and incidental to a permitted use
otherwise specified herein;
an eating establishment;
an eating establishment take-out;
equipment sales and rental, light;
a commercial or technical school;
a dry light industry within a wholly enclosed
building or structure;
a work shop within a wholly enclosed building or
structure;
x) an assembly, manufacturing, fabricating or
processing plant within a wholly enclosed building
or structure;
a printing or publishing establishment;
a warehouse for the storage of goods and materials
within a wholly enclosed building or structure;
a factory outlet;
a retail sales and/or service establishment for
motor vehicle equipment and accessories within a
wholly enclosed building or structure;
adult entertainment parlour within an eating
establishment or tavern;
tavern; and
a private club.
i)
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ix)
xv)
23.2 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
i) Lot serviced by full munici pal
services 2000 square metres
ii) Lot serviced by a municipal
water system or private well
and a private sanitary waste
disposal system 4000 square metres
23.2 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES (Cont'd)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
c. Yard Requirements (minimum):
i) Front Ya rd
ii) Exterior Side Yard
iii) Interior Side Yard
iv) Rear Yard
30 metres
7.5 metres
7.5 metres
3 metres
10 metres
d. Speci al Yard Provi si ons
Notwithstanding the foregoing yard requirements where
the rear or the interior lot line abuts a residential
zone, the minimum rear yard or interior yard
requirement shall be increased 20 metres.
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
60 percent
10 percent
12 metres
h. Performance Standards
No use shall be permitted in the Ml Zone which
produces noise, glare and/or heat, electromagnetic
emmissions or vibrations which can be detected beyond
the limits of the lot upon which such use is located.
i. Outside Storage
Save and except parki ng, all permitted uses and other
operations incidental thereto including storage, shall
be carried on within the confines of a building.
Storage areas for garbage or waste materials external
to the main building, may be permitted provided such
storage area is enclosed by walls or screen fencing,
and is not visible from any residential property or
pub 1 ic street.
j. Planting Strip Requirement
Where the interior side or rear lot line abuts a
residential zone, a planting strip shall be provided
along such lot line in accordance with the
requirements of Section 3.15 of this By-law.
23.3 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (Ml-l) ZONE
23.3.1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (Ml-l) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 23.1, those lands zoned Ml-l
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used for
an agricultural produce warehouse.
23.3.2
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (Ml-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 23.1 and 23.2, those lands
zoned Ml-2 on the Schedules to this By-law shall only
be used by a Dry Light industry and warehouse in
accordance with the following proviSions:
a. Lot Area (minimum) 1200 square metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 30 metres
c. Yard Requirements (minimum)
i) Front ya rd 3.0 metres
ii~ Exterior Side yard o metres
iii Interior Side yard 3.0 metres
i v) Rear yard 6.0 metres
d. Floor Area (minimum) 200 square metres
e. Lot Coverage (maximum) 50 percent
23.3.3
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (Ml-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 23.1, those lands zoned Ml-3
on the Schedul es to thi s By-l aw may only be used for
the following uses:
i) bank or financial office;
ii) building supply and/or home improvement outlet
within a wholly enclosed building or structure;
iii) business or professional office provided such use
is accessory and incidental to a permitted use
otherwise specified herein;
iv) an eating establishment;
v) an eating establishment take-out;
vi) equipment sales and rental, light;
vi i) a commerci al or technical school;
viii) a dry light industry within a wholly enclosed
building or structure;
ix) a work shop within a wholly enclosed building or
structure;
x) an assembly, manufacturing, fabricating or
processing plant within a wholly enclosed building
or structure;
23.3.3
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (Ml-3) ZONE (Cont'd)
xi) a printing or publishing establishment;
xii) a warehouse for the storage of goods and materials
within a wholly enclosed building or structure;
xiii) a factory outlet;
xiv) a retail sales and/or service establishment for
motor vehicle equipment and accessories within a
wholly enclosed building or structure;
xv) adult entertainment parlour within an eating
establishment or tavern;
xvi) tavern; and
xvii) a private club.
SECTION 24
24. GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M2) ZONE
24.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within the General Industrial (M2) Zone use
any land or erect, alter or use any building or structure
except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
Prohi bited
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) all those uses permitted in the Ml Zone;
ii) equipment sales and rental, heavy;
iii) a feed mill or seed cleaning plant;
iv) a cartage or transport depot and yard;
v) a farm implement and equipment sales and service
establishment;
vi) bulk storage tanks and related uses;
vii) motor vehicle body shop;
viii) motor vehicle repair garage;
ix) contractor's or tradesman's workshop and yard;
x) outside storage of goods and materials where such
use is accessory and incidental to a permitted use;
xi) a storage area for boats and trailers; and
xii) a precast concrete products or prefabricated wood
products manufacturing and fabricating plant.
24.2 REGULATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
a. Lot Area (minimum)
i) lots serviced by full
municipal services 3000 square metres
ii) Lots serviced by a municipal
water system or private well
and a private sanitary waste
disposal system 4000 square metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 30 metres
c. Yard Requi rements (minimum)
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Front Ya rd
Exterior Side Yard
Interior Side Yard
Rear Yard
7.5 metres
7.5 metres
5 metres
7.5 metres
24.2 d.
Special Yard Provisions
Notwithstanding the yard requirements set forth under
Section 24.2.c. hereof to the contrary, where the
interior side lot line of a lot within the General
Industrial (M2) Zone abuts a Residential Zone the
minimum interior side yard requirement shall be 20
metres.
e. Lot Coverage (maximum)
f. Landscaped Open Space (minimum)
g. Building Height (maximum)
60 percent
10 percent
12 metres
h. Planting Strip Requirements
Where the interior side or rear lot line abuts a
Residential, Community Facility or Private Open Space
Zone, an area adjoining such abutting lot line shall
be used for no other purpose than for a pl ant i ng stri p
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.15 of
this By-law.
24.3 REGULATIONS FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE
Within the General Industrial (M2) Zone, no portion of any
lot shall be used for the outside storage of goods or
materials except in accordance with the following
provisions:
a. such outside storage shall be located in a rear or
interior sideyard and shall not be located closer to a
public street than any principle structure located on
the same lot, and further provided that such outside
storage is not located closer than 1.20 metres to a
rear or interior side lot line where the lot line
abuts a lot zoned for industrial purposes, or 5 metres
of a rear lot line or interior side lot line abutting
a lot zoned other than industriql, or 5 metres of any
publ ic street.
b. that such outside storage does not cover in excess of
70 percent of the total lot area.
c. that any portion of a lot used for the outside storage
or display of goods or materials is screened from
adjacent residential uses and public streets adjoining
the lot by buildings, or, is enclosed by plantings in
conjunction with a planting strip as may be required
under this By-law, or, is enclosed within a wooden or
metal or masonery fence extending at least 1.8 metres
in height from the finished grade.
24.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M2) ZONE
24.4.1 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1, those lands zoned M2-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may only be used for a
manufacturing, processing, assembly or fabrication
plant.
24.4.2
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-2) ZONE
Notwithstanding Sections 24.l and 24.2, those lands
zoned M2-2 on the Schedules to this By-law shall only
be used for a boat repair shop or boat storage area in
accordance with the following provisions:
a. For the purpose of this special exception:
i) Boat Repair Shop shall mean a building or
structure wherein pleasure boats, yachts and
appurtenant equipment are repaired, maintained
or constructed.
ii) Boat Storage Area shall mean an enclosed area
which may contain buildings or structures and
which is used for the outside storage,
maintenance and/or repair of pleasure boats,
yachts and appurtenant equipment.
b. Lot Area (minimum) 1 hectare
c. Lot Frontage (minimum) 75 metres
d. Front Ya rd (minimum) 30 metres
e. Side Yard ( m i n i mum) 14 metres
f. Rear Yard (minimum) 8 metres
g. Building Height (maximum) 1 O. 5 met res
h. Lot Coverage (maximum)
i ) Boat Repair Shop 30 percent
ii) Boat Storage Area 35 percent
i. Landscaped Area (minimum) 30 percent
j . Parking Spaces (minimum) 1 space for each
75 square metres of total floor area
k. No open storage shall be permitted withi n 1.2
metres of any property boundary.
24.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M2) ZONE (Cont'd)
24.4.3 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-3) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1, those lands zoned M2-3
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used for
the manufacturing and sale of concrete blocks and
related products.
24.4.4
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-4) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1, those lands zoned M2-4
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used for
a salvage yard.
24.4.5
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-5) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1, those lands zoned M2-5
on the Schedules to this By-law shall only be used for
a motor vehicle wrecking yard.
24.4.6
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-6) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1 and Section 24.2, those
lands zoned M2-6 on the Schedules to this By-law may b
be used for a bulk fuel storage tank and uses
accessory to it in accordance with the following
provisions:
a. Lot Area (m i n i m um ) 1500 squa re metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 1 5 metres
c. Front Yard (minimum) 7.5 metres
d. Si de Ya rd (minimum)
i) adjacent to a residential zone 7.5 metres
ii) adjacent to an industrial zone 5 metres
e. Rear Yard (minimum)
7.5 metres
f. Parking
One (1) space for each 70 square metres of total
fl oor area.
24.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M2) ZONE (Cont'd)
24.4.7 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-7) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1 and Section 24.2, those
lands zoned M2-7 on the Schedules to this By-law may
be used for a foundry in accordance with the following
provisions:
a. Lot Area (minimum) 5nnn square metres
b. Lot Frontage (minimum) 15 metres
c. Side Yard (minimum)
i) adjacent to a residential zone 7.5 metres
ii) adjacent to an industrial zone 5 metres
d. Rear Yard (minimum) 7.5 metres
e. Parking
One (1) space for each 70 square metres of total
floor area
24.4.8
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M2-8) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 24.1 and Section 24.2, those
lands zoned M2-8 on the Schedules to this By-law may
be used for a dry light industrial use housed within
an existing industrial building in accordance with the
following provisions:
a. Lot Area (minimum)
b. Lot Frontage (minimum)
1 hectare
1 5 metres
c. Front Yard (minimum)
7.5 metres
d. Side Yard (minimum)
i) adjacent to a residential zone 7.5 metres
ii) adjacent to an industrial zone 5 metres
e. Rear Yard (minimum)
7.5 metres
f. Parking
One (1) space for each 70 square metres of total
floor area.
SECTION 25
25. EXTRACTIVE INOUSTRIAL (M3) ZONE
25.1 PERMITTED USES
No person shall within an Extractive Industrial (M3) Zone
use any land or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except as specified hereunder:
a. Residential Uses
i) prohibited
b. Non-Residential Uses
i) farm;
ii) a processing plant - aggregate;
iii) aggregate stockpiling;
iv) conservation and forestry;
v) outside storage of aggregate materials;
vi) a pit, sand and gravel; and
vii) a quarry.
25.2 REGULATORY PROVISIONS
a. Yard Requirements (minimum):
i ) Front Yard 30 metres
i i ) Exterior Side Yard 30 metres
i i i ) Interior Side Yard 15 metres
iv) Rear Ya rd 15 metres
b. Speci al Yard Provisions
i) Notwithstanding the minimum yard requirements set
out in Section 25.2a., within the Extractive
Industri al (M3) Zone no buil di ng or portable
screening or crushing plant, or product stockpile
associated therewith shall be located within 90
metres of any abutting property zoned Residential
or of a dwelling on adjacent lands held under
distinct and separate ownership.
ii) Notwithstanding the minimum yard requirements set
out in Section 25.2a., within the Extractive
Industrial (M3) Zone, no pit or quarry shall be
located within 30 metres of abutting property zoned
residential or under distinct and separate
ownership.
25.2 b. iii) Where an interior side yard or rear yard of a
property in an Extractive Industrial (M3) Zone
abuts an interior side yard or rear yard of lands
held under distinct and separate ownership which
are also zoned within the Extractive Industrial
(M3) Zone, no interior side or rear yard shall be
required where the interior side or rear lot lines
or portions thereof abut one another.
iv) Where a rear yard abuts an improved public street,
such yard shall be considered an exterior side yard
for the purposes of the (M3) Zone.
25.3 PLANTING STRIP AND FENCING REQUIREMENTS, etc.
Planting strips, berms and fences shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of the Pits and Quarries
Control Act, as amended.
25.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS - EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL (M3) ZONE
25.4.1 EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL EXCEPTION (M3-1) ZONE
Notwithstanding Section 25.1, those lands zoned M3-1
on the Schedules to this By-law may, in addition to
the other uses permitted, be used for a cement
manufacturing plant.
26.1 SYMBOLS
26.2 DEFINEn
SECTION 26
I N T E R PRE TAT ION
The symbols used on the schedules attached hereto refer to
the appropriate zones and special zone exceptions
established by this By-law.
The extent and boundaries of all zones are shown on the
schedule attached hereto, and all such zones are hereby
defined as areas to which the provisions of this By-law
shall respectively apply.
26.3 INTERPRETATION OF ZONE BOUNDARIES
Where the boundaries of any zone, as shown on the attached
schedules are uncertain, the following provisions shall
a pp 1 Y :
a.
Where a zone boundary is indicated as following a
street, the boundary shall be the lot line abutting
such street or lane.
b.
Where a zone boundary is indicated as approximately
following lot lines shown on a registered plan of
subdivision or lots registered in the appropriate
Registry Office or Land Titles Office, the boundary
shall follow such lot lines.
c.
Where a street, lane, railroad or railway right-of-way
or watercourse is included on the zoning map, they
shall, unless otherwise indicated, be included in the
zone of the adjoining property on either side thereof.
d.
Where a railroad or railway right-of-way, electrical
transmission line right-of-way, or watercourse is
included on the zoning maps and serves as a boundary
between two or more different zones, a line midway on
such right-of-way or watercourse and extending in the
general direction of the long division thereof shall
be considered the boundary between zones unless
specifically indicated otherwise.
e.
Where a zone boundary is indicated as following the
limits of the Town, the limits shall be the boundary.
f.
Where none of the above provisions apply, the said
zone boundary shall be scaled from the attached
schedules at the scale indicated.
26.4 CERTAIN WORDS
In this By-law words used in the present tense include
future; words in the singular number include the plural:
words in the pl ural incl ude the si ngul ar number: and the
word "used" includes "arranged, designed, or intended to be
used"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
26.5 MEASUREMENT
The Metric System of measurement shall be the only standard
to be applied in this By-law.
26.6 COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS
This By-law shall not be effective to reduce or mitigate
any restrictions lawfully imposed by a Federal, Provincial
or Regional Government Authority having jurisdiction to
improse such restrictions.
SECTION 27
ADM I N 1ST RAT ION AND V A lID I T Y
27.1 ENFORCEMENT
No permit for the use of land or for the erection or use of
any building or structure or approval of application for
any municipal license within the jurisdiction of the Town
shall be issued or given where the proposed building,
structure or use is in violation of any provisions of this
By-l aWe
27.2 INSPECTION OF PREMISES
A By-law Enforcement Officer as is assigned the
responsibility of administering and enforcing this By-law
by the Town may, for the purpose of carrying out his duties
under this By-law, at all reasonable times and upon
producing proper identification, enter and inspect, either
by himself or accompanied by one assistant, any property or
premises in or about which there is a reason to believe
that the provisions of this By-law are not complied with.
27.3 CONTINUATION OF EXISTING REGULATIONS
All by-laws in force within the Town prohibiting or
regulating the use of land or buildings or structures are
hereby amended insofar as it is necessary to give effect to
the provisions of this By-law and the provisions of this
By-law shall govern, provided however, where this By-law
does not apply, existing Town by-laws shall remain in full
force and effect.
27.4 VIOLATION PENALTY
Every person or persons who contravenes any of the
provisions of this by-law is guilty of an offence, and on
conviction is liable;
a) on a first conviction to a fine of not more than
$20,000. and;
b) on a subsequent conviction to a fine of not more than
$10,000. for each day or part thereof upon which the
contravention has continued after the day on which he
was first convicted.
Where a corporation is convicted of the contravention of
any of the provisions of this by-law, the maximum penalty
that may be imposed is;
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27.4 VIOLATION PENALTY (Cont'd)
a) on a first conviction a fine of not more than $50,000.
and;
b) on a subsequent conviction a fine of not more than
$25,000. for each day or part thereof upon which the
contravention has continued after the day on which the
corporation was first convicted.
Each day that the person, persons or corporation
contravenes any provisions of this by-law, shall constitute
a separate offence.
Where a conviction is entered in respect of any
contravention of this by-law, in addition to any other
remedy or any penalty provided by this by-law, the court in
which the conviction has been entered, and any court
incompetent jurisdiction thereafter, may make an order
prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence
by the person or corporation so convicted.
27.5 REPEAL OF EXISTING ZONING BY-LAWS
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Restricted Area By-law 2111 of the former Township of
Darlington and all amendments thereto, Restricted Area
By-law 1587 of the former Town of Bowmanville and all
amendments thereto, Restricted Area By-law 1592 of the
former Township of Clarke and all amendments thereto and
Restricted Area By-law 79-44 of the Town of Newcastle and
all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
27.6 VALIDITY
Should any section, clause or prOV1Slon of this By-law be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the same shall not effect the validity of this
By-law as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part
so declared to be invalid.
This By-law shall come into effect on the day of passing
hereof, subject to the proviSions of Section 34 of the
P1 anni ng Act.
BY-LAW READ a first time this 14th day of May 1984
BY-LAW READ a second time this 10th day of September, 1984
BY-LAW READ a third time and finally passed this 10th day of
September, 1984
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