Land Use Bylaw B-01/2016 Appendix A, Figures

Airdrie, Alberta · No. B-01/2016 · summary & facts

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City of Airdrie Land Use Bylaw B-01/2016 Figure 1 Garage Suite Figure 2 Garden Suite Figure 4 Adjacent Figure 5 Corner Visibility Triangle Figure 7 Dwelling, Back to Back Townhouse Figure 9 Dwelling, Live-Work Figure 11 Dwelling, Semi-Detached Figure 12 Dwelling, Single Detached Figure 13 Dwelling, Townhouse Figure 14 Eaveline Figure 15 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Figure 16 Grade Figure 17 Height Figure 18 Lot Area, Line, Type Figure 23 Unit Type Figure 28 Parking Lot / Facility Dimensions Figure 29 Land Use Regulations - Accessory Buildings Figure 30 Land Use Regulations - Drive Through Facilities Figure 33 Driveways Figure 35 Garage Widths - Recessed Entry Figure 37 Permitted Encroachments, Building Access Figure 38 Permitted Encroachments, Architectural Features Figure 39 Permitted Encroachments, Amenity Features Figure 42 Site Coverage Figure 44 Solar Collectors Figure 45 R1-E District, Garage Configurations Figure 46 R2 District, Semi-Detached Garages Figure 50 Sign Definitions Figure 52 Banner Signs Figure 53 Billboard Signs Figure 58 Projecting Signs Figure 62 Window Signs Figure 65 Monument Signs Appendix A Figures 4m Min. Setback 1.2m 1.2m 0.6m Min. 7.4m Max. SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) FRONT REAR YARD SETBACK REAR LANE YARD SETBACK STREET GARAGE SUITE 55m² MAX / OR THE FLOOR AREA OF GARAGE PRINCIPAL DWELLING GARAGE SUITE GARAGE PART 1 FIG 1 GARAGE SUITE OR THE HEIGHT OF THE PRIMARY BUILDING PL PL SIDEWALK PL 4m Min. Setback 1.2m 1.2m 0.6m 4m 5m Max. REAR YARD GARDEN SUITE PRINCIPAL DWELLING PART 1 FIG 2 GARDEN SUITE SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDEWALK REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) FRONT REAR YARD SETBACK YARD SETBACK STREET GARDEN SUITE 70m² MAX FLOOR AREA PRINCIPAL DWELLING PL PL HEIGHT NO REAR LANE FRONT LOT LINE PL PL SUBJECT PROPERTY (DEVELOPMENT PERMIT OR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION) PUBLIC UTILITY LOT PUBLIC ROAD RAILWAY PIPELINE EASEMENT PIPELINE EASEMENT EXISTING MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STREAM PART 1 FIG 4 ADJACENT 7.50m 7.50m 3.0m CURB PROPERTY LINE PART 1 FIG 5 CORNER VISIBILITY TRIANGLE STREET STREET DRIVEWAY TH 1 TH 2 TH 3 TH 4 TH 5 SIDEWALK SIDEWALK STREET TH 3/8 TH 2/9 TH 1/10 TH 4/7 TH 5/6 PART 1 FIG 7 DWELLING, BACK TO BACK TOWNHOUSE PL PL PL PL DRIVEWAY TOWNHOUSE UNITS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY TWO OR MORE PARTY WALLS FROM FOUNDATION TO ROOF PL PL TH 10 TH 9 TH 8 TH 7 TH 6 SIDEWALK PL PL PL PL GARAGE STREET SIDEWALK DWELLING UNIT BUSINESS / WORK UNIT FRONT YARD REAR YARD PRIMARY RESIDENT ENTRANCE PRIMARY BUSINESS / WORK ENTRANCE BUSINESS / WORK UNIT PART 1 FIG 9 DWELLING, LIVE-WORK PL SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY PARTY WALLS PL PL GARAGE REAR LANE UPPER FLOORS SHALL BE LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL USE ≤ 50% OF TOTAL UNIT AREA DWELLING UNIT BUSINESS / WORK UNIT DWELLING UNIT BUSINESS / WORK UNIT DWELLING UNIT GARAGE GARAGE PL PRIMARY BUSINESS / WORK ENTRANCE PRIMARY BUSINESS / WORK ENTRANCE PRIMARY RESIDENT ENTRANCE PRIMARY RESIDENT ENTRANCE THE FLOOR AREA OF THE LIVING SPACE SHALL BE AT LEAST 50% OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE LIVE/WORK UNIT DRIVEWAY 1 DRIVEWAY 2 STREET SIDEWALK DWELLING UNIT 1 DWELLING UNIT 2 UNIT 2 ENTRANCE UNIT 1 ENTRANCE DWELLING UNIT 1 DWELLING UNIT 2 PARTY WALL PART 1 FIG 11 DWELLING, SEMI-DETACHED PL PL SEMI-DETACHED UNITS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY TWO OR MORE PARTY WALLS FROM FOUNDATION TO ROOF SEMI-DETACHED PL PL PL PL DRIVEWAY STREET SIDEWALK PART 1 FIG 12 DWELLING, SINGLE DETACHED SINGLE DETACHED PL PL PL PL DRIVEWAY STREET TH 1 SIDEWALK TH 1 TH 2 TH 3 TH 4 TH 5 TH 6 PART 1 FIG 13 DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE TH 2 TH 3 TH 4 TH 5 TH 6 PL PL TOWNHOUSE UNITS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY TWO OR MORE PARTY WALLS FROM FOUNDATION TO ROOF PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL PL SIDEWALK REAR LANE STREET DETACHED GARAGES DETACHED GARAGES DETACHED GARAGES WALL EAVELINE WALL EAVELINE PITCHED ROOF FLAT ROOF TOP CORNICE / PARAPET OVERHANG PART 1 FIG 14 EAVELINE SITE AREA FAR 0.0 LOT COVERAGE - 0% FAR 1.0 LOT COVERAGE - 100% HEIGHT - 1 STOREY FAR 1.0 LOT COVERAGE - 50% HEIGHT - 2 STOREYS FAR 1.0 LOT COVERAGE - 25% HEIGHT - 4 STOREY GROSS FLOOR AREA GROSS FLOOR AREA GROSS FLOOR AREA PART 1 FIG 15 FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) PL PL PL PL a a PART 1 FIG 16 GRADE FRONT REAR SIDE SIDE THE BUILDING GRADE SHALL BE THE ELEVATION ADJACENT TO THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING IF THE FINISHED GRADE IS LEVEL. IF THE GROUND IS NOT ENTIRELY LEVEL THE GRADE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY AVERAGING THE ELEVATION OF THE GROUND FOR EACH FACE OF THE BUILDING. FIG 17 HEIGHT 8m 8m 8m LOT WIDTH LOT DEPTH LOT DEPTH PART 1 FIG 18 LOT AREA (Depth and Width) FIG 19 LOT LINE (Front, Rear, Side) FIG 20 LOT TYPE (Corner, Interior, Double Frontage, Irregular) LOT TYPE - INTERIOR LOT AREA STREET LOT TYPE - INTERIOR STREET LOT WIDTH TAKEN PERPENDICULAR FROM REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACK TAKEN PERPENDICULAR FROM REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACK LOT TYPE - CORNER LOT AREA LOT TYPE - CORNER LOT WIDTH LOT WIDTH LOT WIDTH LOT DEPTH LOT DEPTH LOT DEPTH LOT DEPTH TAKEN AT 8M PERPENDICULAR FROM FRONT PROPERTY LINE (FOR PIE SHAPED LOTS) TAKEN AT 8M PERPENDICULAR FROM REAR PROPERTY LINE (FOR REVERSE PIE SHAPED LOTS) LOT TYPE - IRREGULAR LOT AREA LOT TYPE - IRREGULAR FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (EXTERIOR) LOT WIDTH LOT TYPE - IRREGULAR / DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT AREA SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) LOT TYPE - IRREGULAR LOT AREA NATURAL AREA STREAM FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE FRONT LOT LINE LOT DEPTH LOT WIDTH LOT DEPTH STREET LOT WIDTH CORNER UNIT END UNIT END UNIT INTERIOR UNIT INTERIOR UNIT END UNIT END UNIT INTERIOR UNIT INTERIOR UNIT INTERIOR UNIT END UNIT MAX. 135° CORNER UNIT PART 1 FIG 23 UNIT TYPE 2.9m 3.5m 6.4m 7.0m 2.9m 3.5m 9.3m 2.9m 7.0m PART 2 FIG 28 PARKING LOT FACILITY DIMENSIONS AISLE WIDTH STALL DEPTH AISLE SIDEWALK ONE WAY PARKING UNIT DEPTH PARKING STALL 1-1 PARALLEL PARKING (one way / one sided) AISLE WIDTH STALL DEPTH AISLE SIDEWALK ONE WAY PARKING UNIT DEPTH PARKING STALL 1-2 PARALLEL PARKING (One way / Double sided) STALL DEPTH PARKING STALL 2.9m 3.5m 12.8m 2.9m 3.5m 7.0m PART 2 FIG 28 PARKING LOT FACILITY DIMENSIONS AISLE WIDTH STALL DEPTH AISLE PARKING UNIT DEPTH PARKING STALL 1-3 PARALLEL PARKING - 0° PARKING (Two way / Double sided) AISLE PARKING STALL AISLE WIDTH STALL DEPTH STALL WIDTH 6.1m 16.2m/16.0m/15.9m 4.0m/3.8m/3.7m 45° 6.1m PART 2 FIG 28 PARKING LOT FACILITY DIMENSIONS AISLE 1-4 45° ANGLE PARKING (One way / Double sided) PARKING STALL ONE WAY 2.7m/2.9m/3.05m STALL DEPTH AISLE WIDTH PARKING UNIT DEPTH STALL WIDTH 6.4m 18.3m/18.1m/18.0m 5.5m/5.3m/2.5m 6.4m 60° PART 2 FIG 28 PARKING LOT FACILITY DIMENSIONS AISLE 1-5 60° ANGLE PARKING (One way / Double sided) PARKING STALL ONE WAY 2.7m/2.9m/3.05m STALL DEPTH AISLE WIDTH PARKING UNIT DEPTH STALL DEPTH STALL WIDTH 6.1m 149.5m/19.2m/18.2m 7.3m/7.0m/6.0m 6.1m 0.6m PART 2 FIG 28 PARKING LOT FACILITY DIMENSIONS AISLE 1-6 90° ANGLE PARKING (One way / Double sided) PARKING STALL ONE WAY STALL DEPTH AISLE WIDTH PARKING UNIT DEPTH STALL DEPTH SIDEWALK 2.7m/2.9m/3.0m WHEEL STOP SIDEWALK BUILDING FACADE 0.6m Min. 0.6m Min. 3m Min. 1m Min. PART 6 - LAND USE REGULATIONS FIG 29 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (EXTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (EXTERIOR) FRONT YARD SETBACK STREET ACCESSORY BUILDING COMBINED TOTAL OF ALL ACCESSORY BUILDINGS MAX 20% OF THE LOT AREA PRINCIPAL DWELLING STREET PL PL SIDEWALK AN ACCESSORY BUILDING SHALL HAVE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND SHALL BE FINISHED IN A MANNER COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF AN ACCESSORY BUILDING IS 5 METRES, OR THE HEIGHT OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING ON THE SIDE, WHICH EVER IS LESS ORDER WINDOW PICK-UP WINDOW MAIN ENTRY PEDESTRIAN ACCESS MINOR STREET MAJOR STREET PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PEDESTRIAN ACCESS COVERED DRIVE-THROUGH AISLE (Optional) PART 6 - LAND USE REGULATIONS FIG 30 DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES TOTAL: 9.25m 6.0m 3.25m TOTAL: 9.25m 6.0m 3.25m 2.4m 2.4m 6.0m 3.25m PRINCIPAL BUILDING 65% (with design criteria up to 75%) 35% (25% with design criteria) 65% (75%) 35% (25%) PL PART 6 FIG 35B GARAGE WIDTHS RECESSED ENTRY PL PRINCIPAL BUILDING 1.2m 2m 1.2m 2m STAIRS (OPTIONAL) BASEMENT ACCESS PERMITTED STAIRS (OPTIONAL) STAIRS RAMP STAIRS (OPTIONAL) BASEMENT ACCESS PERMITTED SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (EXTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (EXTERIOR) FRONT YARD SETBACK REAR YARD SETBACK PART 7 FIG 37 PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS, BUILDING ACCESS STREET STREET PL PL 1.2m ≥3m 0.6m ≥3m ≥3m 1.2m ≥3m 1.2m 0.8m 0.8m WINDOW WELL CANTILEVER ≤TO 40% OF WALL LENGTH SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (EXTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (EXTERIOR) FRONT YARD SETBACK REAR YARD SETBACK . ENCROACHMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES PART 7 FIG 38 PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES PL PL STREET STREET SIDEWALK SIDEWALK MAX. DEPTH MAX. DEPTH CANTILEVER 3m 3m 1.5m 1.5m 1.5m PORCHES, BALCONIES AND VERANDAS (NO DECKS) SIDE LOT LINE (INTERIOR) SIDE LOT LINE (EXTERIOR) FRONT LOT LINE REAR LOT LINE SIDE YARD SETBACK (INTERIOR) SIDE YARD SETBACK (EXTERIOR) FRONT YARD SETBACK REAR YARD SETBACK DECKS VERANDA BALCONIES PART 7 FIG 39 PERMITTED ENCROACHMENTS, AMENITY FEATURES PL PL STREET STREET SIDEWALK SIDEWALK STREET SIDEWALK PRINCIPAL DWELLING ACCESSORY BUILDING/ PARKING PAD PORCH VERANDA (ENCLOSED) OPEN / ENCLOSED RAISED DECK (≥0.6m) Building and Structure Footprint Lot Area = Site Coverage % Included in Site Coverage PART 7 FIG 42 SITE COVERAGE PL PL SHED ADDITIONAL PARKING PAD . PART 7 FIG 44 SOLAR COLLECTORS SOLAR COLLECTORS SHALL BE BELOW OR FLUSH TO THE ROOF RIDGE EAVELINE THE ROOF RIDGE MAX. 0.6m FROM THE SURFACE OF THE ROOF MIN. 15.2m INTERIOR LOT 100% PART 8 FIG 45 R1-E DISTRICT (3 Car Garage Configurations) DRIVEWAY 3 CAR GARAGE PRINCIPAL DWELLING SIDEWALK MIN. 16.7m CORNER LOT STREET DRIVEWAY 3 CAR GARAGE PRINCIPAL DWELLING SIDEWALK STREET PL PL WIDTH OF ATTACHED GARAGE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 60% OF WIDTH OF PRINCIPAL DWELLING PL PL MIN. 18.3m INTERIOR LOT MIN. 15.2m INTERIOR LOT PART 8 FIG 45 R1-E DISTRICT (3 Car Garage Configurations) DRIVEWAY 3 CAR GARAGE PRINCIPAL DWELLING SIDEWALK MIN. 19.8m CORNER LOT STREET PL PL DRIVEWAY 3 CAR GARAGE PRINCIPAL DWELLING SIDEWALK MIN. 16.7m CORNER LOT STREET PL PL UP TO 60% 40% PART 8 FIG 46 R2 District (Garages for Semi-Detached lots) UNIT 2 ENTRANCE UNIT 1 ENTRANCE DWELLING UNIT 1 DWELLING UNIT 2 PARTY WALL PL PL PL DOUBLE CAR GARAGE SINGLE CAR GARAGE PART 5 FIG 50 SIGN DEFINITIONS (Area, Height) PART 5 FIG 52 BANNER SIGNS PART 5 FIG 53 BILLBOARD SIGNS PART 5 FIG 58 PROJECTING SIGNS STOREFRONT AIRDRIE SIGN SIGN 2.4 m Clearance ROOF CORNICE LINE SIGN 1.5 m Maximum Projection / R.O.W Encroachment PROJECTING SIGN (above ground floor cornice line) Max.6.5 m2 PROJECTING SIGN (under ground floor cornice line) Max. 3.0 m2 LOGO PART 5 FIG 62 WINDOW SIGNS PART 5 FIG 65 MONUMENT SIGNS