Town of Grand Bank Development Regulations 2012-2022
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Grand Bank Development Regulations for 2012-2022
As approved 10 December 2012
TOWN OF GRAND BANK
LAND USE ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT
REGULATIONS
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
FOR
2012 - 2022
As approved by Council
10 December 2012
Grand Bank Development Regulations for 2012-2022
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Resolution to Adopt
Under the authority of Section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Council of Town of
Grand Bank adopts the Development Regulations for 2012 to 2022.
Resolved by the Town of Grand Bank on the 23rd day of October
, 2012.
Signed and sealed this
day of raOke
, 2013.
Mayor:
(Council Seal)
Clerk:
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Clerk's Certificate:
Certified that the attached Development Regulations is a correct copy of the Development Regulations for
2012 to 2022, adopted by the Council of the Town of Grand Bank, on the 23rd day of October" 2012.
Clerk
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Signed and sealed this i 2 day of '-/Artkrj,
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Resolution to Approve
Under the authority of Section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Council
of Town of Grand Bank approves the Development Regulations for 2012 to 2022.
Resolved by the Town of Grand Bank on the 10th day of December
, 2012.
Clerk's Certificate:
Certified that the attached Development Regulations is a correct copy of the Develop-
ment Regulations for 2012 to 2022, approved by the Council of the Town of Grand
Bank, on the 10th day of December. 2012.
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CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS CERTIFICATION
I certify that the attached Development Regulations document has been prepared
in accordance with the requirements of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000.
Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners:
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Date: 22 February 2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION A
Newfoundland Regulation 3/01, made by Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs, 2 January,
2001
SECTION B
LAND USE, ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT
REGULATIONS
APPLICATION
1. Short Title
10
2. Interpretation
10
3. Commencement
10
4. Municipal Code and Regulations
10
5. Authority
11
PART I - GENERAL REGULATIONS
6. Compliance With Regulations
12
7. Permit Required
12
8. Permit to be Issued
12
9. Permit Not to be Issued in Certain Cases
12
10. Discretionary Powers of Authority
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11. Variances
13
12. Notice of Variance
14
13. Service Levy
14
14. Financial Guarantees by Developer
15
15. Dedication of Land for Public Use
15
16. Reinstatement of Land
15
17. Form of Application
16
18. Register of Application
16
19. Deferment of Application
16
20. Approval in Principle
17
21. Development Permit
17
22. Reasons for Refusing Permit
18
23. Notice of Right to Appeal
18
24. Appeal Requirements
19
25. Appeal Registration
19
26. Development Prohibited
20
27. Appeal Board
21
28. Appeals
21
29. Hearing Notice and Meetings
23
30. Hearing of Evidence
23
31. Return of Appeal Fee
24
32. Notice of Application
24
33. Right of Entry
24
34. Record of Violations
25
35. Stop Work Order and Prosecution
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36 Delegation of Powers
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PART II - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
37. Accesses and Service Streets
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38. Accessory Buildings
26
39. Advertisements
29
40. Buffer Strips
29
41. Building Height
30
42. Building Line and Setback
30
43. Family and Group Care Centres
30
44. Height Exceptions
30
45. Livestock Structures and Uses
31
46. Lot Area
31
47. Home Based Businesses
32
48. Lot Frontage
34
49. Non-Conforming Use
34
50. Offensive and Dangerous Uses
35
51. Offstreet Parking Requirements
36
52. Off-Street Loading Requirements
37
53. Parks and Playgrounds, and Conservation Uses
38
54. Screening and Landscaping
38
55. Services and Public Utilities
38
56. Service Stations
38
57. Side Yards
39
58. Street Construction Standards
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59. Subsidiary Apartments
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60. Unsubdivided Land
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61. Zero Lot Line and Other Comprehensive Development, Including Flag Lots and Fences
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PART III - ADVERTISEMENTS
62. Permit Required
41
63. Form of Application
41
64. Advertisements Prohibited in Street Reservation
41
65. Permit Valid for Limited Period
41
66. Removal of Advertisements
41
67. Advertisements Exempt from Control
42
68. Approval Subject to Conditions
42
69. Non-Conforming Uses
42
PART IV - SUBDIVISION OF LAND
70. Permit Required
44
71. Services to be Provided
44
72. Payment of Service Levies and Other Charges
44
73. Issue of Permit Subject to Considerations
44
74. Building Permits Required
45
75. Form of Application
45
76. Subdivision Subject to Zoning
45
77. Building Lines
46
78. Land for Public Open Space
46
79. Structure in Street Reservation
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80. Subdivision Design Standards
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81. Engineer to Design Works and Certify Construction Layout
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82. Developer to Pay Engineer's Fees and Charges
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83. Street Works May Be Deferred
50
84. Transfer of Streets and Utilities to Authority
50
85. Restriction on Sale of Lots
51
86. Grouping of Buildings and Landscaping
51
PART V - USE ZONES
87. Use Zones
53
88. Use Classes
53
89. Permitted Uses
53
90. Discretionary Uses
54
91. Uses Not Permitted
54
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE A: Definitions
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SCHEDULE B: Classification of Uses of Land and Buildings
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SCHEDULE C: Use Zone Tables
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SCHEDULE D: Off-Street Parking Requirements
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SCHEDULE E: Land Use Zoning Map 1
bound at rear of document
SCHEDULE F: Land Use Zoning Map 2
in map pocket at rear of document
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SECTION A
NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 3/01
Development Regulations
under the
Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000
(Filed January 2, 2001)
Under the authority of section 36 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000, I make the following regula-
tions.
Dated at St. John's, January 2. 2001.
Joan Marie Aylward
Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs
REGULATIONS
Analysis
1 Short title
2. Definitions
3. Application
4. Interpretation
5. Notice of right to appeal
6. Appeal requirements
7. Appeal registration
8. Development prohibited
9. Hearing notice and meetings
10. Hearing of evidence
11. Board decision
12. Variances
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13. Notice of variance
14 Residential non conformity
15. Notice and hearings on change of use
16 Non-conformance with standards
17. Discontinuance of non-conforming use
18 Delegation of powers
19. Commencement
Short title
1. These regulations may be cited as the Development Regulations.
Definitions
2. In these regulations,
(a) "Act", unless the context indicate otherwise, means the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000;
(b) "applicant" means a person who has applied to an authority for an approval or permit to carry
out a development;
(c) "authority" means a council, authorized administrator or regional authority; and
(d) "development regulations" means these regulations and regulations and by-laws respecting
development that have been enacted by the relevant authority.
Application
3. (1) These regulations shall be included in the development regulations of an authority and shall
apply to all planning areas.
(2) Where there is a conflict between these regulations and development regulations or other
regulations of an authority, these regulations shall apply.
(3) Where another Act of the province provides a right of appeal to the board, these regulations
shall apply to that appeal.
Interpretation
4. (1) In development regulations and other regulations made with respect to a planning area the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this section
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(a) ''access" means a way used or intended to be used by vehicles, pedestrians or animals in or-
der to go from a street to adjacent or nearby land or to go from that land to the street;
(b) "accessory building" includes
(i) a detached subordinate building not used as a dwelling, located on the same lot as the
main building to which it is an accessory and which has a use that is customarily incidental or
complementary to the main use of the building or land,
(ii) for residential uses, domestic garages, carports, ramps, sheds, swimming pools, green-
houses, cold frames, fuel sheds, vegetables storage cellars, shelters for domestic pets or ra-
dio and television antennae,
(iii) for commercial uses, workshops or garages, and
(iv) for industrial uses. garages, offices, raised ramps and docks;
(c) "accessory use" means a use that is subsidiary to a permitted or discretionary use and that is
customarily expected to occur with the permitted or discretionary use;
(d) "building height" means the vertical distance, measured in metres from the established grade
to the
) highest point of the roof surface of a flat roof.
(ii) deck line of a mansard roof, and
(iii) mean height level between the eave and the ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof,
and in any case, a building height shall not include mechanical structure, smokestacks, steeples
and purely ornamental structures above a roof;
(e) "building line" means a line established by an authority that runs parallel to a street line and is
set at the closest point to a street that a building may be placed;
(f) "discretionary use" means a use that is listed within the discretionary use classes established
in the use zone tables of an authority"s development regulations:
(g) "established grade" means,
(i) where used in reference to a building, the average elevation of the finished surface of the
ground where it meets the exterior or the front of that building exclusive of any artificial em-
bankment or entrenchment. or
(ii) where used in reference to a structure that is not a building. the average elevation of the
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finished grade of the ground immediately surrounding the structure, exclusive of any artificial
embankment or entrenchment;
(h) "floor area" means the total area of all floors in a building measured to the outside face of ex-
terior walls;
(i) "frontage" means the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the building line;
(j) "lot" means a plot, tract or parcel of land which can be considered as a unit of land for a partic-
ular use or building;
(k) "lot area" means the total horizontal area within the lines of the lot;
(I) "lot coverage" means the combined area of all building on a lot measured at the level of the
lowest floor above the established grade and expressed as a percentage of the total area of the
lot;
(m) "non-conforming use" means a legally existing use that is not .listed as a permitted or discre-
tionary use for the use zone in which it is located or which does not meet the development stand-
ards for that use zone;
(n) "owner" means a person or an organization of persons owning or having the legal right to use
the land under consideration;
(o) "permitted use" means a use that is listed within the permitted use classes set out in the use
zone tables of an authority"s development regulations;
(p) "prohibited use" means a use that is not listed in a use zone within the permitted use classes
or discretionary use classes or a use that an authority specifies as not permitted within a use
zone;
(q) "sign" means a word, letter, model, placard, board, device or representation, whether illumi-
nated or not, in the nature of or employed wholly or in part for the purpose of advertisement, an-
nouncement or direction and excludes those things employed wholly as a memorial, advertise-
ments of local government, utilities and boarding or similar structures used for the display of ad-
vertisements;
(r) "rear yard depth" means the distance between the rear lot line and the rear wall of the main
building on a lot;
(s) "side yard depth" means the distance between the side lot line and the nearest side wall of a
building on the lot;
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(t) "street" means a street, road, highway or other way designed for the passage of vehicles and
pedestrians and which is accessible by fire department and other emergency vehicles;
(u) "street line" means the edge of a street reservation as defined by the authority having jurisdic-
tion;
(v) "use" means a building or activity situated on a lot or a development permitted on a lot;
(w) "use zone" or "zone" means an area of land including buildings and water designated on the
zoning map to which the uses, standards and conditions of a particular use zone table apply;
(x) "variance" means a departure, to a maximum of 10% from the yard, area, lot coverage, set-
back, size, height, frontage or any other numeric requirement of the applicable Use Zone Table of
the authority's regulations; and
(y) "zoning map" means the map or maps attached to and forming a part of the authority "s regula-
tions.
(2) An authority may, in its discretion, determine the uses that may or may not be developed in a use zone
and those uses shall be listed in the authority's regulations as discretionary, permitted or prohibited uses
for that area.
Notice of right to appeal
5. Where an authority makes a decision that may be appealed under section 42 of the Act, that authority
shall, in writing, at the time of making that decision, notify the person to whom the decision applies of the
(a) person's right to appeal the decision to the board;
(b) time by which an appeal is to be made;
(c) right of other interested persons to appeal the decision; and
(d) manner of making an appeal and the address for the filing of the appeal.
Appeal requirements
6. (1) The secretary of the board at the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs, Main Floor, Con-
federation Building (West Block), P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, Nfld.. A1B 4J6 is the secretary to all boards
in the province and an appeal filed with that secretary within the time period referred to in subsection
42(4) of the Act shall be considered to have been filed with the appropriate board.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the City of Corner Brook, City of Mount Pearl or City of St.
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John's appoints an appeal board under subsection 40(2) of the Act, an appeal shall be filed with the sec-
retary of that appointed board.
(3) The fee required under section 44 of the Act shall be paid to the board that hears the decision being
appealed by filing it with the secretary referred to in subsection (1) or (2) within the 14 days referred to in
subsection 42(4) of the Act.
(4) The board that hears the decision being appealed shall, subject to subsection 44(3) of the Act, retain
the fee paid to the board.
(5) Where an appeal of a decision and the required fee is not received by a board in accordance with this
section and Part VI of the Act, the right to appeal that decision shall be considered to have been forfeited.
Appeal registration
7. (1) Upon receipt of an appeal and fee as required under the Act and these regulations, the secretary of
the board as referred to in subsections 6(1) and (2), shall immediately register the appeal.
(2) Where an appeal has been registered the secretary of the board shall notify the appropriate authority
of the appeal and shall provide to the authority a copy of the appeal and the documentation related to the
appeal.
(3) Where an authority has been notified of an appeal that authority shall forward to the appropriate board
a copy of the application being appealed, all correspondence, council minutes, plans and other relevant
information relating to the appeal including the names and addresses of the applicant and other interested
persons of whom the authority has knowledge.
(4) Upon receipt of the information under subsection (3), the secretary of the board shall publish in a
newspaper circulated in the area of the appropriate authority, a notice that the appeal has been regis-
tered.
(5) A notice published under subsection (4) shall be published not fewer than 2 weeks before the date
upon which the appeal is to be heard by the board.
Development prohibited
8. (1) Immediately upon notice of the registration of an appeal the appropriate authority shall ensure that
any development upon the property that is the subject of the appeal ceases.
(2) Sections 102 and 104 of the Act apply to an authority acting under subsection (1).
(3) Upon receipt of a notification of the registration of an appeal with respect to an order under section
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102 of the Act, an authority shall not carry out work related to the matter being appealed.
Hearing notice and meetings
9. (1) A board shall notify the appellant, applicant, authority and other persons affected by the subject of
an appeal of the date, time and place for the appeal not fewer than 7 days before the date scheduled for
the hearing of the appeal.
(2) A board may meet as often as is necessary to conduct its work in an expeditious manner.
Hearing of evidence
10. (1) A board shall meet at a place within the area under its jurisdiction and the appellant and other per-
sons notified under subsection 9(1) or their representative may appear before the board and make repre-
sentations with respect to the matter being appealed.
(2) A board shall hear an appeal in accordance with section 43 of the Act and these regulations.
(3) A written report submitted under subsection 43(2) of the Act respecting a visit to and viewing of a
property shall be considered to have been provided in the same manner as evidence directly provided at
the hearing of the board.
(4) In the conduct of an appeal hearing. the board is not bound by the rules of evidence.
Board decision
11. A decision of the board must comply with the plan, scheme or development regulations that apply to
the matter that has been appealed to that board.
Variances
12. (1) Where an approval or permit cannot be given by an authority because a proposed development
does not comply with development standards set out in development regulations, an authority may, in its
discretion, vary the applicable development standards to a maximum of 10% if, in the authority"s opinion,
compliance with the development standards would prejudice the proper development of the land, building
or structure in question or would be contrary to public interest.
(2) An authority shall not allow a variance from development standards set out in development regulations
if that variance, when considered together with other variances made or to be made with respect to the
same land, building or structure, would have a cumulative effect that is greater than a 10% variance even
though the individual variances are separately no more than 10%.
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(3) An authority shall not permit a variance from development standards where the proposed development
would increase the non conformity of an existing development.
Notice of variance
13. Where an authority is to consider a proposed variance, that authority shall give written notice of the
proposed variance from development standards to all persons whose land is in the immediate vicinity of
the land that is the subject of the variance.
Residential non conformity
14. A residential building or structure referred to in paragraph 108(3)(g) of the Act must, where being re-
paired or rebuilt, be repaired or rebuilt in accordance with the plan and development regulations applica-
ble to that building or structure.
Notice and hearings on change of use
15. Where considering a non conforming building, structure or development under paragraph 108(3)(d) of
the Act and before making a decision to vary an existing use of that non-conforming building, structure or
development, an authority, at the applicant's expense, shall publish a notice in a newspaper circulating in
the area or by other means give public notice of an application to vary the existing use of a non-
conforming building, structure or development and shall consider any representations or submissions re-
ceived in response to that advertisement.
Non-conformance with standards
16. Where a building, structure or development does not meet the development standards included in de-
velopment regulations, the building, structure or development shall not be expanded if the expansion
would increase the non-conformity and an expansion must comply with the development standards appli-
cable to that building, structure or development.
Discontinuance of non-conforming use
17. An authority may make development regulations providing for a greater period of time than is provided
under subsection 108(2) of the Act with respect to the time by which a discontinued non-conforming use
may resume operation.
Delegation of powers
18. An authority shall, where designating employees to whom a power is to be delegated under subsec-
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tion 109(3) of the Act, make that designation in writing.
Commencement
19. These regulations shall be considered to have come into force on January 1, 2001.
0©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer
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SECTION B
LAND USE, ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT REGULATIONS
(DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS)
APPLICATION
1. Short Title
These Regulations may be cited as the Town of Grand Bank Development Regulations.
2. Interpretation
(1)
Words and phrases used in these Regulations shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in Schedule A.
(2)
Words and phrases not defined in Schedule A shall have the meanings which are com-
monly assigned to them in the context in which they are used in the Regulations.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into effect throughout the Grand Bank Planning Area, hereinafter re-
ferred to as the Planning Area, on the date of publication of a notice to that effect in the New-
foundland Gazette.
4. Municipal Code and Regulations
The Building Code including the Plumbing Code, the Fire Code, the Electrical Code, and any oth-
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er ancillary code and any Building Regulations, Fencing Regulations, Waste Disposal Regulation
and/or any other municipal regulations regulating or controlling the development, conservation
and use of land in force, shall, under these Regulations, apply to the entire jurisdiction of the
Town of Grand Bank.
5. Authority
In these Regulations, "Authority" means the Council of the Town of Grand Bank.
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PART I - GENERAL REGULATIONS
6. Compliance With Regulations
No development shall be carried out within the Planning Area except in accordance with these
Regulations.
7. Permit Required
No person shall carry out any development within the Planning Area except where otherwise pro-
vided in these Regulations unless a permit for the development has been issued by the Authority.
8. Permit to be Issued
Subject to Regulations 9 and 10, a permit shall be issued for development within the Planning
Area that conforms to:
(a)
the general development standards set out in Part II of these Regulations, the require-
ments of Part V of these Regulations, and the use classes, standards, requirements, and
conditions prescribed in Schedule C of these Regulations for the use zone in which the
proposed development is located;
(b)
the standards set out in the Building Code and/or other ancillary codes, and any Building
Regulations, Waste Disposal Regulations, and/or any other municipal regulation in force
in the Planning Area regulating or controlling development, conservation and use of land
and buildings;
(c)
the standards set out in Part III of these Regulations in the case of advertisement;
(d)
the standards set out in Part IV of these Regulations in the case of subdivision:
(e)
the standards of design and appearance established by the Authority.
9. Permit Not to be Issued in Certain Cases
Neither a permit nor approval in principle shall be issued for development within the Planning Ar-
ea when, in the opinion of the Authority, it is premature by reason of the site lacking adequate
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road access, power, drainage, sanitary facilities, or domestic water supply, or being beyond the
natural development of the area at the time of application unless the applicant contracts to pay
the full cost of construction of the services deemed necessary by the Authority and such cost
shall attach to and upon the property in respect of which it is imposed.
10. Discretionary Powers of Authority
(1)
In considering an application for a permit or approval in principle to carry out develop-
ment, the Authority shall take into account the policies expressed in the Municipal Plan
and any further scheme, plan or regulations pursuant thereto, and shall assess the gen-
eral appearance of the development of the area, the amenity of the surroundings, availa-
bility of utilities, public safety and convenience, and any other considerations which are,
in its opinion, material, and notwithstanding the conformity of the application with the re-
quirements of these Regulations, the Authority may, in its discretion, and as a result of its
consideration of the matters set out in this Regulation, conditionally approve or refuse the
application.
(2)
An Authority may, in its discretion, determine the uses that may or may not be developed
in a use zone and those uses shall be listed in the Authority's regulations as discretion-
ary, permitted or prohibited uses for that area
11. Variances (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 12, January 2, 2001)
(1)
Where an approval or permit cannot be given by the Authority because a proposed de-
velopment does not comply with development standards set out in development regula-
tions, the Authority may, in its discretion, vary the applicable development standards to a
maximum of 10% if, in the Authority's opinion, compliance with the development stand-
ards would prejudice the proper development of the land, building or structure in question
or would be contrary to public interest.
(2)
The Authority shall not allow a variance from development standards set out in develop-
ment regulations if that variance. when considered together with other variances made or
to be made with respect to the same land, building or structure, would have a cumulative
effect that is greater than a 10% variance even though the individual variances are sepa-
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rately no more than 10%.
(3) The Authority shall not permit a variance from development standards where the pro-
posed development would increase the non conformity of an existing development.
12. Notice of Variance (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 13., January 2, 2001)
Where the Authority is to consider a proposed variance, the Authority shall give written notice of
the proposed variance from development standards to all persons whose land is in the immediate
vicinity of the land that is the subject of the variance.
13. Service Levy
(1)
The Authority may require a developer to pay a service levy where development is made
possible or where the density of potential development is increased, or where the value of
property is enhanced by the carrying out of public works either on or off the site of the de-
velopment.
(2)
A service levy shall not exceed the cost, or estimated cost, including finance charges to
the Authority of constructing or improving the public works referred to in Regulation 13(1)
that are necessary for the real property to be developed in accordance with the standards
required by the Authority and for uses that are permitted on that real property.
(3) A service levy shall be assessed on the real property based on:
(a)
the amount of real property benefited by the public works related to all the real
property so benefited; and,
(b)
the density of development made capable or increased by the public work.
(4)
The Authority may require a service levy to be paid by the owner of the real property;
(a)
at the time the levy is imposed:
(b)
at the time development of the real property commences;
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(c)
at the time development of the real property is completed; or,
(d)
at such other time as the Authority may decide.
14. Financial Guarantees by Developer
(1)
The Authority may require a developer before commencing a development to make such
financial provisions and/or enter into such agreements as may be required to guarantee
the payment of service levies, ensure site reinstatement, and to enforce the carrying out
of any other condition attached to a permit or licence.
(2)
The financial provisions pursuant to Regulation 14(1) may be made in the form of:
(a)
a cash deposit from the developer, to be held by the Authority, or;
(b)
a guarantee by a bank, or other institution acceptable to the Minister, for expendi-
tures by the developer, or;
(c)
a performance bond provided by an insurance company or a bank, or;
(d)
an annual contribution to a sinking fund held by the Authority, or:
(f)
another form of financial guarantee that the Authority may approve.
15. Dedication of Land for Public Use
In addition to the requirements for dedication of land under Regulation 78, the Authority may re-
quire the dedication of a percentage of the land area of any subdivision or other development for
public use, and such land shall be conveyed to the Authority in accordance with the provisions of
the Act.
16. Reinstatement of Land
Where the use of land is discontinued or the intensity of its use is decreased, the Authority may
order the developer, the occupier of the site, or the owner or all of them to reinstate the site, to
remove all or any buildings or erections, to cover or fill all wells or excavations, and to close all or
any accesses, or to do any of these things or all of them, as the case may be, and the developer,
occupier or owner shall carry out the order of the Authority and shall put the site in a clean and
sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Authority.
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17. Form of Application
(1)
An application for a development permit or approval in principle shall be made only by the
owner or by a person authorized by the owner to the Authority on such form as may be
prescribed by the Authority, and every application shall include such plans, specifications
and drawings as the Authority may require, and be accompanied by the permit fee re-
quired by the Authority.
(2)
The Authority shall supply to every applicant a copy of the application forms referred to in
Regulation 17(1) and a description of the plans, specifications and drawings required to
be provided with the application and any information or requirements applicable to the
application.
18. Register of Application
The Authority shall keep a public register of all applications for development, and shall enter
therein the Authority's decision upon each application and the result of any appeal from that deci-
sion.
19. Deferment of Application
(1)
The Authority may, with the written agreement of the applicant, defer consideration of an
application.
(2)
Applications properly submitted in accordance with these Regulations which have not
been determined by the Authority and on which a decision has not been communicated to
the applicant within eight weeks of the receipt thereof by the Authority, and on which con-
sideration has not been deferred in accordance with Regulation 18(1), shall be deemed to
be refused.
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20. Approval in Principle
(1)
The Authority may grant approval in principle for the erection, alteration or conversion of
a building if, after considering an application for approval in principle made under these
Regulations, it is satisfied that the proposed development is. subject to the approval of
detailed plans, in compliance with these Regulations.
(2)
Where approval in principle is granted under this Regulation, it shall be subject to the
subsequent approval by the Authority of such details as may be listed in the approval in
principle, which shall also specify that further application for approval of these details
shall be received not later than two years from the grant of approval in principle.
21. Development Permit
(1)
A plan or drawing which has been approved by the Authority and which bears a mark
and/or signature indicating such approval together with a permit shall be deemed to be
permission to develop land in accordance with these Regulations but such permission
shall not relieve the applicant from full responsibility for obtaining permits or approvals
under any other regulation or statute prior to commencing the development; from having
the work carried out in accordance with these Regulations or any other regulations or
statutes; and from compliance with all conditions imposed thereunder.
(2)
The Authority may attach to a permit or to approval in principle such conditions as it
deems fit in order to ensure that the proposed development will be in accordance with the
purposes and intent of these Regulations.
(3)
Where the Authority deems necessary, permits may be issued on a temporary basis for a
period not exceeding the last day of the calendar year in which it was issued, which may
be extended in writing by the Authority for further periods not exceeding two years.
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(4)
A permit is valid for such period not exceeding the last day of the calendar year in which it
was issued, as may be stated therein, and if the development has not commenced by
that date, the Authority may approve the renewal of the permit for a further period not in
excess of one year, but a permit shall not be renewed more than once, except in the case
of a permit for an advertisement, which may be renewed in accordance with Part Ill of
these Regulations.
(5)
The approval of any application and plans or drawings or the issue of a permit shall not
prevent the Authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors, or from ordering
the cessation, removal of, or remedial work on any development being carried out in the
event that the same is in violation of this or any other regulations or statute.
(6)
The Authority may revoke a permit for failure by the holder of it to comply with these
Regulations or any condition attached to the permit or where the permit was issued in er-
ror or was issued on the basis of incorrect information.
(7)
No person shall erase, alter or modify any drawing or specifications upon which a permit
to develop has been issued by the Authority.
(8)
There shall be kept available on the premises where any work, matter or thing in being
done for which a permit has been issued. a copy of the permit and any plans, drawings or
specifications on which the issue of the permit was based during the whole progress of
the work, or the doing of the matter or thing until completion.
22. Reasons for Refusing Permit
The Authority shall, when refusing to issue a permit or attaching conditions to a permit, state the
reasons for so doing.
23. Notice of Right to Appeal (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 5, January 2,
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Where the Authority makes a decision that may be appealed under section 42 of the Act, the Au-
thority shall, in writing, at the time of making that decision, notify the person to whom the decision
applies of the
(a) person's right to appeal the decision to the board:
(b) time by which an appeal is to be made:
(c) right of other interested persons to appeal the decision; and
(d) manner of making an appeal and the address for the filing of the appeal.
24. Appeal Requirements ( Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 6, January 2, 2001)
(1)
The secretary of the Appeal Board at the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs.
Main Floor. Confederation Building (West Block), P.O. Box 8700. St. John's, Nfld., Al B
4J6 is the secretary to all Appeal Boards in the province and an appeal filed with that sec-
retary within the time period referred to in subsection 42(4) of the Act shall be considered
to have been filed with the appropriate Appeal Board.
(2)
The fee required under section 44 of the Act shall be paid to the Appeal Board that hears
the decision being appealed by filing it with the secretary referred to in subsection (1) or
(2) within the 14 days referred to in subsection 42(4) of the Act.
(3)
The Appeal Board that hears the decision being appealed shall, subject to subsection
44(3) of the Act, retain the fee paid to the Appeal Board.
(4)
Where an appeal of a decision and the required fee is not received by an Appeal Board in
accordance with this section and Part VI of the Act, the right to appeal that decision shall
be considered to have been forfeited.
25. Appeal Registration (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations. Section 7, January 2, 2001)
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(1)
Upon receipt of an appeal and fee as required under the Act and these regulations, the
secretary of the Appeal Board as referred to in subsections 24(1) and (2), shall immedi-
ately register the appeal.
(2)
Where an appeal has been registered the secretary of the Appeal Board shall notify the
Authority of the appeal and shall provide to the Authority a copy of the appeal and the
documentation related to the appeal.
(3)
Where the Authority has been notified of an appeal that Authority shall within one week of
notification forward to the appropriate board a copy of the application being appealed, all
correspondence, council minutes, plans and other relevant information relating to the ap-
peal including the names and addresses of the applicant and other interested persons of
whom the Authority has knowledge.
(4)
Upon receipt of the information under subsection (3), the secretary of the board shall pub-
lish in a newspaper circulated in the area of the appropriate Authority, a notice that the
appeal has been registered.
(5)
A notice published under subsection (4) shall be published not fewer than 2 weeks before
the date upon which the appeal is to be heard by the board.
26. Development Prohibited (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 8, January 2.
2001)
(1)
Immediately upon notice of the registration of an appeal the Authority shall ensure that
any development upon the property that is the subject of the appeal ceases.
(2)
Sections 102 and 104 of the Act apply to the Authority acting under subsection (1).
(3)
Upon receipt of a notification of the registration of an appeal with respect to an order un-
der section 102 of the Act, the Authority shall not carry out work related to the matter be-
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ing appealed.
27. Appeal Board
( )
The minister may, by order, establish an Appeal Board and shall assign to the Ap-
peal Board a specific area of the province over which it shall have jurisdiction, as
outlined in section 40, of the Act.
28. Appeals
A person or an association of persons aggrieved of a decision that, under
the regulations, may be appealed, may appeal that decision to the appropriate Ap-
peal Board where the decision is with respect to:
(a) an application to undertake a development;
(b) a revocation of an approval or a permit to undertake a development;
(c) the issuance of a stop work order; and
(d) a decision permitted under the Act or another Act to be appealed to the board.
(2)
A decision of the Authority to adopt, approve or proceed with a municipal
plan, a scheme, development regulations and amendments and revisions of them
is final and not subject to an appeal.
(3)
An Appeal Board shall not make a decision that does not comply with the municipal plan,
a scheme and development regulations that apply to the matter being appealed.
(4)
An appeal shall be filed with the Appeal Board not more than 14 days after the person
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who made the original application appealed from has received the decision being ap-
pealed.
(5)
An appeal shall be made in writing and shall include
(a) a summary of the decision appealed from;
(b) the grounds for the appeal; and
(c) the required fee.
(6)
A person or group of persons affected by the subject of an appeal or their representatives
may appear before an Appeal Board and make representations concerning the matter
under appeal.
(7) An Appeal Board may inform itself of the subject matter of the appeal in the manner it
considers necessary to reach a decision.
(8)
An Appeal Board shall consider and determine appeals in accordance with the Act and
the municipal plan, scheme and regulations that have been registered under section 24,
of the Act, and having regard to the circumstances and merits of the case.
(9)
A decision of the Appeal Board must comply with the plan, scheme or de-
velopment regulations that apply to the matter that has been appealed to that
board.
(10)
In determining an appeal. an Appeal Board may confirm, reverse or vary the decision ap-
pealed from and may impose those conditions that the board considers appropriate in the
circumstances and may direct the Authority to carry out its decision or make the neces-
sary order to have its decision implemented.
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( 1 1 )
Notwithstanding subsection (10), where the Authority may, in its discretion, make a deci-
sion, an Appeal Board shall not make another decision that overrules the discretionary
decision.
(12)
The decision of a majority of the members of an Appeal Board present at the hearing of
an appeal shall be the decision of the Appeal Board.
(13)
An Appeal Board shall, in writing notify the appellant and the appropriate Authority of the
decision of the Appeal Board.
29. Hearing Notice and Meetings (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 9. January 2,
2001)
(1)
An Appeal Board shall notify the appellant, applicant, Authority and other persons affect-
ed by the subject of an appeal of the date, time and place for the appeal not fewer than 7
days before the date scheduled for the hearing of the appeal.
(2)
An Appeal Board may meet as often as is necessary to conduct its work in an expeditious
manner.
30. Hearing of Evidence
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 10, January 2, 2001)
(1)
An Appeal Board shall meet at a place within the area under its jurisdiction and the appel-
lant and other persons notified under regulation 29(1) or their representative may appear
before the Appeal Board and make representations with respect to the matter being ap-
pealed.
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(2)
An Appeal Board shall hear an appeal in accordance with section 43 of the Act and these
regulations.
(3)
A written report submitted under subsection 43(2) of the Act respecting a visit to and
viewing of a property shall be considered to have been provided in the same manner as
evidence directly provided at the hearing of the Appeal Board.
(4)
In the conduct of an appeal hearing, the Appeal Board is not bound by the rules of evi-
dence.
31. Return of Appeal Fee
Where an appeal made by an appellant under section 42 of the Act, is successful, an amount of
money equal to the fee paid by that appellant under regulation 24(2) shall be paid to him or her by
the Authority.
32. Notice of Application
(1)
When a change in non conforming use is to be considered under Regulation 49, or when
the development proposed is listed as a discretionary use in Schedule C of the Regula-
tions, the Authority shall, at the expense of the applicant, give notice of an application for
a permit or for approval in principle, by public advertisement in a newspaper circulating in
the area.
(2)
When a variance is necessary under Regulation 11, and the Authority wishes to consider
whether to authorize such a variance from development standards, the Authority shall
give written notice of the proposed variance to all persons whose land is in the immediate
vicinity of the land that is the subject of the variance.
33. Right of Entry
The Authority, the Director, or any inspector may enter upon any public or private land and may at
all reasonable times enter any development or building upon the land for the purpose of making
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surveys or examinations or obtaining information relative to the carrying out of any development,
construction, alteration, repair, or any other works whatsoever which the Authority is empowered
to regulate.
34. Record of Violations
Every inspector shall keep a record of any violation of these regulations which comes to his
knowledge and report that violation to the Authority.
35. Stop Work Order and Prosecution
(1)
Where a person begins a development contrary or apparently contrary to these Regula-
tions, the Authority may order that person to stop the development or work connected
therewith pending final adjudication in any prosecution arising out of the development.
(2)
A person who does not comply with an order made under Regulation 35(1) is guilty of an
offence under the provisions of the Act.
36 Delegation of Powers (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations. Section 18, January 2, 2001)
An Authority shall, where designating employees to whom a power is to be delegated under sub-
section 109(2) of the Act, make that designation in writing.
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PART II - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
37. Accesses and Service Streets
(1)
Access shall be located to the specification of the Authority so as to ensure the greatest
possible convenience and safety of the street system and the Authority may prescribe the
construction of service streets to reduce the number of accesses to collector and arterial
streets.
(2)
No vehicular access shall be closer than 10 metres to the street line of any street inter-
section.
38. Accessory Buildings
(1)
Accessory buildings shall be clearly incidental and complementary to the use of the main
buildings in character, use and size, and shall be contained on the same lot unless ex-
empted as provided in clause (4).
(2)
No accessory building or part thereof shall project in front of any required building line or
in front of building lines of an existing main building on the lot or buildings on abutting
lots, except as may be prescribed in these Regulations. Accessory buildings shall be
located in the rear yard or side yard on the lot, except where topography or natural
or built features on the lot or the street(s) providing access to the lot make it prac-
tically impossible to locate an accessory building in a side or rear yard, or, where
the lot is so large and the configuration of main and accessory buildings so ar-
ranged that the appearance of one or more accessory buildings would not adverse-
ly affect the aesthetics of the area. In such cases, a discretionary use may be ap-
proved which would allow accessory buildings to be built in those portions of the
existing front yard which are adjacent to each side lot line, each said portion lying
between the side lot line and an extension of the existing side yard line on that
side of the lot leading most directly to the street line, provided that the accessory
building must not be in front of the building line of a main building on an abutting
lot. To illustrate the concept for simple rectangular and irregularly shaped lots,
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refer to the tbilowing sketches:
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Areas A, B, and C
together is the
existing front yard on
the lot.
EXISTING
FRONT YARD
S 'REF,
H-
MAIN
RE ILDING
REAR
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BA
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Accessory buildings may
(as a discretionary use) be
located in areas B and C.
but not in area A.
Extensions of
existing side yards to
the street line most
directly in front of
the Main Building.
Extensions are
parallel to each other,
but not necessarily
parallel to any lot
line.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing. open sided or "see-through" accessory buildings in which
there is only a ground level structure (or where side walls are not sheathed and in which
the framing or supports of a roof provide for minimal blocking of the view of the dwelling
structure from the street), such as gazebos, ground level decks with sun roofs, or carports
not attached to the main building, may be approved as a discretionary use for location
anywhere in an existing front yard.
(3)
The sideyard requirements set out in the use zone tables in these Regulations shall apply
to accessory buildings wherever they are located on the lot but accessory buildings on
two (2) adjoining properties may be built to property boundaries provided they shall be of
fire resistant construction and have a common firewall.
(4)
Storage buildings, motor vehicle garages, home workshops, boat sheds, boat houses,
stages and wharves are deemed to be permitted accessory uses in all Use Zones, where
there is an existing main building on the lot. Where permitted, boat sheds, wharves and
stages may be built to any lot line which corresponds to the high water mark. Require-
ments for other yards shall continue to apply. Where such a use is proposed to be the
main use on a separate lot, approval shall be subject to approval of the Authority as a
discretionary use.
39. Advertisements
Advertisements shall not be erected or displayed except in accordance with Part Ill of these Reg-
ulations.
40. Buffer Strips
Where any industrial development permitted in any Use Zone abuts an existing or proposed resi-
dential area, or is separated from it by a road only, the owner of the site of the industrial develop-
ment shall provide a buffer strip not less than ten (10) metres wide between any residential activi-
ty and the industrial area. The buffer shall include the provision of such natural or structural bar-
rier as may be required by the Authority and shall be maintained by the owner or occupier to the
satisfaction of the Authority.
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41. Building Height
The Authority may permit the erection of buildings of a height greater than that specified in
Schedule C, but in such cases the building line setback and rearyard requirements shall be varied
as follows:
(1)
The building line setback shall be increased by 2 metres for every 1 metre increase in
height.
(2)
The rearyard shall not be less than the minimum building line setback calculated as de-
scribed in (1) above plus 6 metres.
42. Building Line and Setback
The Authority, by resolution, may establish building lines on an existing or proposed street or ser-
vice street and may require any new buildings to be located on those building lines, whether or
not such building lines conform to the standards set out in the tables in Schedule C of these Reg-
ulations. The Authority may permit location of a building at a lesser setback but no less than the
at least the average setback of the non-accessory buildings on abutting lots. where there is a
building on each lot.
43. Family and Group Care Centres
Family group care centre use is permitted in any dwelling or apartment that is adequate in size to
accommodate the number of persons living in the group, inclusive of staff, provided that in the
opinion of the Authority, the use of the dwelling does not materially differ from. nor adversely af-
fect, the amenities of the adjacent residences, or the neighbourhood in which it is located. The
Authority may require special access and safety features to be provided for the occupants before
occupancy is permitted.
44. Height Exceptions
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The height requirements prescribed in Schedule C of these Regulations may be waived in the
case of communication masts and antennae, flagpoles, water towers, spires, belfries, or chim-
neys, but any such waiver which results in an increase of more than 10% of the permitted height
of the structure shall only be authorized under the provisions of Regulation 11 and with notice
given under the provisions of Regulation 12 and 32.
45. Livestock Structures and Uses
(1)
No structure designed to contain more than five animal units shall be erected or used un-
less it complies with the following requirements:
(a)
The structure shall be located only in an area designated as Rural (RUR) on
Schedules E or F of these Regulations, and be at least 600 m from a residence,
(except a farm residence or a residence which is a non-conforming use in any
zone in which agriculture is a permitted use class in the Use Zone Tables in
Schedule C of these Regulations), and, from an area designated as Residential
(RES), and, from a Provincial or Federal Park.
(b)
The structure shall be at least 60 m from the boundary of the property on which it
is to be erected.
(c)
The structure shall be at least 90 m from the centre line of a street.
(d)
The erection of the structure shall be approved by the Department of Natural Re-
sources and the Department of Environment & Conservation.
(2)
No development for residential use shall be permitted within 600 m of a lawfully existing
structure designed to contain more than five animal units unless the development is first
approved by the Department of Natural Resources.
46. Lot Area and Size Exceptions
(1)
No lot shall be reduced in area, either by the conveyance or alienation of any portion
thereof or otherwise, so that any building or structure on such lot shall have a lot cover-
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age that exceeds, or a front yard, rear yard, side yard, frontage or lot area that is less
than that permitted by these Regulations for the zone in which such lot is located.
(2)
Where any part of a lot is required by these Regulations to be reserved as a yard, it shall
continue to be so used regardless of any change in the ownership of the lot or any part
thereof, and shall not be deemed to form part of an adjacent lot for the purpose of compu-
ting the area thereof available for building purposes.
(3)
Where, at the time of coming into effect of these Regulations, one or more lots already
exist in any residential zone, with insufficient frontage or area to permit the owner or pur-
chaser of such a lot or lots to comply with the provisions of these Regulations, then these
Regulations shall not prevent the issuing of a permit by the Authority for the erection of a
dwelling thereon, provided that the lot coverage and height are not greater than, and the
yards and floor area are not less than the standards set out in these Regulations.
47. Home Based Businesses
Home based business uses of a type indicated in the "permitted" or "discretionary" use classes in
the Use Zone Table for the zone in which the use is located may be permitted as a discretionary
use in a single dwelling or on the lot upon which a single dwelling is located provided that:
( ) The use is clearly a subsidiary use to the residential use and does not substantially de-
tract from the character of the neighbourhood.
(ii)
Open storage of goods, vehicles and equipment associated with the home based busi-
ness is permitted provided that such open storage does not occupy more than 25% of the
outdoor area of the lot and that such open storage area is screened with an opaque fence
at least 1.8 metres in height. Open storage includes only the temporary parking or posi-
tioning of goods. vehicles and equipment outdoors and does not include activities such as
materials processing, servicing of vehicles or equipment. or manufacturing activity con-
cerning those items, and actual work on or use of these items shall be carried on indoors.
Open storage does not include operation of an outdoor market.
(iii)
Activities associated with the use (other than for open storage as indicated in (ii)) shall be
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carried on inside the dwelling unit or inside one or more buildings separate from the
dwelling unit but on the same lot.
(iv)
Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit up to a maxi-
mum of forty-five (45) square metres is devoted to the use, unless otherwise specified in
the use zone tables, except that the entitlement to open storage area and the areas of
accessory buildings are in addition to such maximum. The dwelling unit must continue to
meet the dwelling unit minimum floor area requirement.
(v)
The use is operated by a resident of the dwelling unit and does not employ more than
three persons in addition to the resident.
(vi)
Office uses shall be limited to small business services and professional offices.
(vii)
Light Industry uses shall be limited to production of baked goods, hand-made articles
such as clothing and arts and crafts objects. or other craft or piece work, and servicing,
processing or manufacturing of small equipment or goods.
(viii)
The use shall not generate sewage or water use substantially in excess of what is normal
in the residential area and can be accommodated by the existing municipal road, water
and sewer services.
Activities associated with the use are not hazardous and do not cause substantial noise.
odour, dust or fumes. nor cause electrical interference or in any other way result in a sig-
nificant nuisance to the occupants of surrounding residences.
(x)
Any number of buildings separate from the dwelling unit may be used in connection with
one or more light industrial uses and each of them shall conform to the Accessory Build-
ing condition for the use zone.
(xi)
No sign will be permitted other than a name plate not exceeding 1.0 square metres in
area and which is attached to the principal building. No illumination of the sign will be
permitted.
(xii)
The Authority may require fencing, screening and separation or a combination of the two
to protect the amenity of adjacent uses.
(xiii)
Parking requirements are a minimum of one space for a subsidiary use. The minimum
required parking for the dwelling must continue to be met.
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(xiv)
The lot has sufficient area to accommodate the parking requirements of both the dwelling
unit and the subsidiary use.
(xv)
No change in type, class or extent of the use shall be permitted except in accordance
with a permit issued by the Authority.
48. Lot Frontage
Except where specifically provided for in the Use Zone Tables in Schedule C of these Regula-
tions, no residential or commercial building shall be erected unless the lot on which it is situated
fronts directly onto a street or forms part of a Comprehensive Development Scheme.
49. Non-Conforming Use
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Section 14. 15, 16, 17.
January 2. 2001)
(1)
Notwithstanding the Municipal Plan, scheme or regulations made under this Urban and
Rural Planning Act, 2001, the Authority shall, in accordance with regulations made under
this Act, allow a development or use of land to continue in a manner that does not con-
form with a regulation, scheme, or plan that applies to that land provided that the non-
conforming use legally existed before the registration under section 24 of the Act,
scheme or regulations made with respect to that kind of development or use.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a right to resume a discontinued non-conforming use of
land shall not exceed 12 months after the discontinuance of that use.
(3)
A building, structure or development that does not conform to a scheme. plan or regula-
tions made under the Act that is allowed to continue under subsection (1)
(a)
shall not be internally or externally varied, extended or expanded unless other-
wise approved by the Authority:
(b)
shall not be structurally modified except as required for the safety of the building,
structure or development:
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(c)
shall not be reconstructed or repaired for use in the same non-conforming
manner where 50% or more of the value of that building, structure or de-
velopment has been destroyed:
(d)
may have the existing use for that building, structure or development varied by
the Authority to a use that is, in the Authority's opinion, more compatible with the
plan and regulations applicable to it;
(e)
may have the existing building extended by approval of the Authority where, in
the Authority's opinion, the extension is not more than 50% of the existing build-
ing;
(f)
where the non-conformance is with respect to the standards included in these
development regulations, shall not be expanded if the expansion would increase
the non-conformity and an expansion must comply with the development stand-
ards applicable to that building, structure or development;
(g)
where the building or structure is primarily zoned and used for residential purpos-
es, it may, in accordance with the municipal plan and regulations, be repaired or
rebuilt where 50% or more of the value of that building or structure is destroyed
but the residential building or structure, where being repaired or rebuilt, must be
repaired or rebuilt in accordance with the plan and development regulations ap-
plicable to that building or structure.
(4) Before making a decision to vary an existing use of a non-conforming buildinu,
structure or development, the Authority, at the applicant's expense, shall publish a
notice in a newspaper circulating in the area or by other means give public notice
of an application to vary the existing use of a non-conforming building, structure
or development and shall consider any representations or submissions received in
response to that advertisement.
50. Offensive and Dangerous Uses
No building or land shall be used for any purpose which may be dangerous by causing or promot-
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ing fires or other hazards or which may emit noxious, offensive or dangerous fumes, smoke, gas-
es, radiation, smells, ash, dust or grit, excessive noise or vibration, or create any nuisance that
has an unpleasant effect on the senses unless its use is authorized by the Authority and any oth-
er Authority having jurisdiction.
51. Offstreet Parking Requirements
(1)
For every building, structure or use to be erected, enlarged or established, there shall be
provided and maintained a quantity of off-street parking spaces sufficient to ensure that
the flow of traffic on adjacent streets is not impeded by the on-street parking of vehicles
associated with that building, structure or use.
(2)
The number of parking spaces to be provided for any building, structure, use of occupan-
cy shall conform to the standards set out in Schedule D of these Regulations.
(3)
Each parking space, except in the case of one or two-family dwellings, shall be made ac-
cessible by means of a durably surfaced right-of-way at least 3 m in width. Parking re-
quired in a Residential Zone shall be provided on the same lot as the dwelling or dwell-
ings. Parking space for apartments shall be provided in the rear yard where possible. In
a Non-Residential Zone, parking spaces shall be provided within the limits of the zone in
which the use is situated and not more than 200 m distant from the use concerned.
(4)
The parking facilities required by this Regulation shall, except in the case of single or at-
tached dwellings, be arranged so that it is not necessary for any vehicle to reverse onto
or from a street.
(5)
Where. in these Regulations, parking facilities for more than four vehicles are required or
permitted:
(a)
parking space shall mean an area of land, not less than 15 m2 in area, capable
of being used for the parking of a vehicle without the need to move other vehicles
on adjacent areas;
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(b)
the parking area shall be constructed and maintained to the specifications of the
Authority;
(c)
the lights used for illumination of the parking area shall be so arranged as to d
vert the light away from adjacent development;
(d)
a structure, not more than 3 m in height and more than 5 m2 in area may be
erected in the parking area for the use of attendants in the area;
(e)
except in zones in which a service station is a permitted use, no gasoline pump
or other service station equipment shall be located or maintained on a parking
area;
(f)
no part of any off-street parking area shall be closer than 1.5 m to the front lot line
in any zone;
(g)
access to parking areas in non-residential zones shall not be by way of residen-
tial zones;
(h)
where a parking area is in or abuts a residential zone, a natural or structural bar-
rier at least 1 m in height shall be erected and maintained along all lot lines;
(i)
where, in the opinion of the Authority, strict application of the above parking re-
quirements is impractical or undesirable, the Authority may as a condition of a
permit require the developer to pay a service levy in accordance with these
Regulations in lieu of the provision of a parking area, and the full amount of the
levy charged shall be used by the Authority for the provision and upkeep of alter-
native parking facilities within the general vicinity of the development.
52. Off-Street Loading Requirements
(1)
For every building, structure or use to be erected, enlarged or established requiring the
shipping, loading or unloading of animals, goods, wares or merchandise, there shall be
provided and maintained for the premises loading facilities on land that is not part of a
street comprised of one or more loading spaces, 15 m long, 4 m wide, and having a verti-
cal clearance of at least 4 m with direct access to a street or with access by a driveway of
a minimum width of 6 m to a street.
(2)
The number of loading spaces to be provided shall be determined by the Authority.
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(3) The loading facilities required by this Regulation shall be so arranged that vehicles can
manoeuvre clear of any street and so that it is not necessary for any vehicle to reverse
onto or from a street.
53. Parks and Playgrounds, and Conservation Uses
Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent the designation of conservation areas or the estab-
lishment of parks and playgrounds in any zones provided that such parks and playgrounds are
not located in areas which may be hazardous to their use and are not operated for commercial
purposes.
54. Screening and Landscaping
The Authority may, in the case of existing unsightly development, order the owner or occupier to
provide adequate and suitable landscaping or screening; and for this purpose may require the
submission of an application giving details of the landscaping or screening, and these Regula-
tions shall then apply to that application. The provision of adequate and suitable landscaping or
screening may be made a condition of any development permit where, in the opinion of the Au-
thority, the landscaping or screening is desirable to preserve amenity, or protect the environment.
55. Services and Public Utilities
The Authority may within any zone permit land to be used in conjunction with the provision of pub-
lic services and public utilities if the use of that land is necessary to the proper operation of the
public service or public utility concerned provided that the design and landscaping of any develop-
I
ment of any land so used is, in the opinion of the Authority, adequate to protect the character and
appearance of the area.
56. Service Stations
The following requirements shall apply to all proposed service stations:
(a)
All gasoline pumps shall be located on pump islands designed for such purpose, and to
which automobiles may gain access from either side.
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(b)
Pump islands shall be set back at least 4 metres from the front lot line.
(c)
Accesses shall not be less than 7 metres wide and shall be clearly marked, and where a
service station is located on a corner lot, the minimum distance between an access and
the intersection of street lines at the junction shall be 10 metres and the lot line between
entrances shall be clearly indicated.
57. Side Yards
A sideyard which shall be kept clear of obstruction shall be provided on the exposed sides of eve-
ry building in order to provide access for the maintenance of that building.
58. Street Construction Standards
A new street may not be constructed except in accordance with good engineering practice and in
particular to the Municipal Water, Sewer and Road Specifications promulgated by, and as
amended from time to time by, the Department of Municipal Affairs.
59. Subsidiary Apartments
Subsidiary apartments may be permitted in single dwellings only, and for the purposes of calculat-
ing lot area and yard requirements, shall be considered part of the self-contained dwelling.
60. Unsubdivided Land
Development is not permitted on unsubdivided land unless sufficient area is reserved to satisfy
the yard and other allowances called for in the Use Zone in which it is located and the allowances
shall be retained when the adjacent land is developed.
61. Zero Lot Line and Other Comprehensive Development, Including Flag Lots and Fences
(1)
The Authority may, at its discretion, approve the erection of dwellings which are designed
to form part of a zero lot line development or other comprehensive layout which does not,
with the exception of dwelling unit floor area, meet the requirements of the Use Zone Ta-
ble in Schedule C, provided that the dwellings are designed to provide both privacy and
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reasonable access to natural daylight and the overall density within the layout conforms
to the regulations and standards set out in the Use Zone Table apply where the layout
adjoins other development.
(2)
Development on a flag lot is permitted provided that the requirement for lot area is satis-
fied in the main body of the flag lot, and that the minimum interior dimension of the main
body of the flag lot is at least the minimum frontage required. The location of a main or
accessory building on a flag lot shall provide for yards in the main body of the lot of at
least the dimensional minimum requirements of the building line setback, sideyard widths,
and rearyard depths ordinarily required in the subject use zone, as if the main body of the
flag lot were an ordinary lot where most or the whole width of the lot abuts the street.
Whereas the ordinary meanings of side, front and rear yards are not relevant to a flag lot,
any yard in a flag lot can be deemed the front, side or rear yard for this purpose. In a flag
lot, the minimum width of the leg or prolongation which provides access to a street shall
be 6 m at every point along its length, including the lot boundary where the flag lot fronts
directly on a street.
(3)
Fences may be permitted as discretionary uses provided the design, location and stand-
ard of construction are in compliance with the Town of Grand Bank Fencing Regulations,
2004, as amended from time to time. Fences may be erected on a lot line, except where
not in compliance with said Fencing Regulations.
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PART III - ADVERTISEMENTS
62. Permit Required
Subject to the provisions of Regulation 67, no advertisement shall be erected or displayed in the
Planning Area unless a permit for the advertisement is first obtained from the Authority. Permit for
erection or display of advertisement on Provincial Highways shall be obtained from Service NL.
63. Form of Application
Application for a permit to erect or display an advertisement shall be made to the Authority in ac-
cordance with Regulation 17.
64. Advertisements Prohibited in Street Reservation
No advertisement shall be permitted to be erected or displayed within, on or over any highway or
street reservation.
65. Permit Valid for Limited Period
A permit granted under these Regulations for the erection or display of an advertisement shall be
valid for such period not exceeding the last day of the calendar year in which it was issued , as
may be stated therein, but may be renewed at the discretion of the Authority for similar periods.
66. Removal of Advertisements
Notwithstanding the provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may require the removal of any
advertisement which, in its opinion. is:
(a)
hazardous to road traffic by reason of its siting, colour. illumination, or structural condition,
or:
(b)
detrimental to the amenities of the surrounding area.
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67. Advertisements Exempt from Control
The following advertisements may be erected or displayed in the Planning Area without applica-
tion to the Authority:
(a)
on a dwelling or within the courtyard of a dwelling, one nameplate not exceeding 0.2 m2 in
area;
(b)
on an agricultural holding or farm, a notice board not exceeding 1 m2 in area and relating
to the operations being conducted on the land:
(c)
on land used for forestry purposes. signs or notices not exceeding 1 m2 in area and relat-
ing to forestry operations or the location of logging operations conducted on the land;
(d)
on land used for mining or quarrying operations, a notice board not exceeding 1 m2 in ar-
ea relating to the operation conducted on the land;
(e)
on land used for professional practice(s), one nameplate not exceeding 0.2 m2 in area in
connection with the practice of a professional person carried on at that lot;
(f)
on any site occupied by a church, school, library, art gallery, museum, institution or ceme-
tery, one notice board not exceeding 1 m2 in area;
(g)
on the principal facade of any commercial, industrial or public building, the name of the
building or the name of the occupants of the building, in letters not exceeding one-tenth of
the height of that facade or 3 m, whichever is the lesser;
(h)
on any parking lot directional signs and one sign not exceeding 1 m2 in size, identifying
the parking lot.
68. Approval Subject to Conditions
A permit may only be issued for the erection or display of advertisements which comply with the
appropriate conditions and specifications set out in the Use Zone Tables in Schedule C of these
Regulations.
69. Non-Conforming Uses
Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation 62, a permit may be used for the erection or display
of advertisements on a building or within the courtyard of a building or on a parcel of land, the use
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of which is a non conforming use, provided that the advertisement does not exceed the size and
type of advertisement which could be permitted if the development was in a Use Zone appropriate
to its use, and subject to any other conditions deemed appropriate by the Authority.
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PART IV - SUBDIVISION OF LAND
70. Permit Required
No land in the Planning Area shall be subdivided unless a permit for the development of the
subdivision is first obtained from the Authority.
71. Services to be Provided
No permit shall be issued for the development of a subdivision unless provisions satisfacto-
ry to the Authority have been made in the application for a supply of drinking water, a
properly designed sewage disposal system. and a properly designed storm drainage sys-
tem.
72. Payment of Service Levies and Other Charges
No permit shall be issued for the development of a subdivision until agreement has been
reached for the payment of all fees levied by the Authority for connection to services, utili-
ties and streets deemed necessary for the proper development of the subdivision, and all
service levies and other charges imposed under Regulations 13 and 14.
73. Issue of Permit Subject to Considerations
A permit shall not be issued when, in the opinion of the Authority, the development of a
subdivision does not contribute to the orderly growth of the municipality and does not
demonstrate sound design principles. In considering an application, the Authority shall,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, consider:
(a)
the location of the land;
(b)
the availability of and the demand created for schools, services, and utilities;
(c)
the provisions of the Plan and Regulations affecting the site;
(d)
the land use, physical form and size of buildings anticipated to be developed on the
new lots and the character of adjacent developments related the same factors;
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(e)
the transportation network and traffic densities affecting the site;
(f)
the relationship of the project to existing or potential sources of nuisance:
(g)
topography, soil and subsoil characteristics of each lot, and the related difficulty or
cost of landscaping and access;
(h)
the drainage of the site and potential for affecting drainage of adjacent land;
natural features such as lakes, streams, topsoil, trees and shrubs:
(j)
prevailing winds;
(k)
visual quality:
(I)
community facilities;
(m)
energy conservation;
(n)
such other matters as may affect the proposed development.
74. Building Permits Required
Notwithstanding the approval of a subdivision by the Authority, a separate building permit
shall be obtained for each building proposed to be erected in the area of the subdivision,
and no building permit for any building in the area shall be issued until the developer has
complied with all the provisions of these Regulations with respect to the development of the
subdivision.
75. Form of Application
Application for a permit to develop a subdivision shall be made to the Authority in accord-
ance with Regulation 17.
76. Subdivision Subject to Zoning
The subdivision of land shall be permitted only in conformity with the Use Zones delineated
on the Zoning Maps.
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77. Building Lines
The Authority may establish building lines for any subdivision street and require any new
building to be located on such building lines.
78. Land for Public Open Space
(1)
Before a development commences, the developer shall, if required, dedicate to the
Authority, at no cost to the Authority, an area of land equivalent to not more than
10% of the gross area of the subdivision or 25 m2 for every dwelling unit permitted
in the subdivision, whichever is the greater, for public open space, provided that:
(a)
where land is subdivided for any purpose other than residential use, the
Authority shall determine the percentage of land to be dedicated;
(b)
if, in the opinion of the Authority, no public open space is required, the land
may be used for such other public use as the Authority may determine;
(c)
the location and suitability of any land dedicated under the provisions of
this Regulation shall be subject to the approval of the Authority but in any
case. the Authority shall not accept land which, in its opinion is incapable of
development for any purpose;
(d)
the Authority may accept from the developer in lieu of such area or areas of
land the payment of a sum of money equal to the value of the land which
would otherwise be required to be dedicated;
(e)
money received by the Authority in accordance with Regulation 78(1)(d)
above. shall be reserved by the Authority for the purpose of the acquisition
or development of land for public open space or other public purpose.
(2)
Land dedicated for public use in accordance with this Regulation shall be conveyed
to the Authority and may be sold or leased by the Authority for the purposes of any
development that conforms with the requirements of these Regulations, and the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of land shall be applied against the cost of
acquisition or development of any other land for the purposes of public open space
or other public purposes.
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(3) The Authority may require a strip of land to be reserved and remain undeveloped
along the banks of any river, brook or pond, and this land may, at the discretion of
the Authority, constitute the requirement of land for public use under Regulation
78(1).
79. Structure in Street Reservation
The placing within any street reservation of any structure (for example, a hydro pole, tele-
graph or telephone pole, fire hydrant, mail box, fire alarm, sign post) shall receive the prior
approval of the Authority which shall be satisfied on the question of safe construction and
relationship to the adjoining buildings and other structures within the street reservation.
80. Subdivision Design Standards
No permit shall be issued for the development of a subdivision under these Regulations
unless the design of the subdivision conforms to the following standards:
(a)
The finished grade of streets shall not exceed 10 percent.
(b)
Every cul de sac shall be provided with a turning circle of a diameter of not less
than 30 m.
(c)
The maximum length of any cul de sac shall be:
( ) 200m in areas served by or planned to be served by municipal piped water
and sewer services, as shown in the map and letter of agreement signed
by the Municipality and the Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs in
connection with municipal five-year capital works program eligibility
(ii)
300m in areas not served by or planned to be served by municipal piped
water and sewer services.
(d)
Emergency vehicle access to a cul de sac shall be not less than 3 m wide and shall
connect the head of the cul de sac with an adjacent street.
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(e)
No cul de sac shall be located so as to appear to terminate a collector street.
(f)
New subdivisions shall have street connections with an existing street or streets.
(g)
All street intersections shall be constructed within 5E of a right angle and this
alignment shall be maintained for 30 m from the intersection.
(h)
No street intersection shall be closer than 60 m to any other street intersection.
(i)
No more than four streets shall join at any street intersection.
(j)
No residential street block shall be longer than 490 m between street intersections.
(k)
Streets in residential subdivisions shall be designed in accordance with the ap-
proved standards of the Authority, but in the absence of such standards, shall con-
form to the following minimum standards:
Type of Street
Street
Reservation
Pavement
Width
Sidewalk
Width
Sidewalk
Number
Arterial Streets
30 m
15 m
1.5 m
discretion
of Council
Collector Streets
20 m
15 m
1.5 m
2
Local Residential Streets:
where more than 50%
of the units are single or
double dwellings;
where 50% or more of
the units are row
houses or apartments.
15 m
20 m
9 m
9 m
1.5 m
1.5 m
1
2
Service Streets
15 m
9 m
1.5 m
discretion
of Council
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(I)
No lot intended for residential purposes shall have a depth exceeding four times the front-
age.
(m)
Residential lots shall not be permitted which abut a local street at both front and rear lot
lines.
(n)
The Authority may require any existing natural, historical or architectural feature or part
thereof to be retained when a subdivision is developed.
(o)
Land shall not be subdivided in such a manner as to prejudice the development of adjoin-
ing land, and each lot shall be laid out so as to maximize the usefulness of the land
to the eventual occupant, with regard to positioning of buildings, driveways, and
outdoor storage and
activity areas.
81. Engineer to Design Works and Certify Construction Layout
(1)
Plans and specifications for all water mains, hydrants, sanitary sewers, storm sew-
ers and all appurtenances thereto and all streets, paving, curbs, gutters and catch
basins and all other utilities deemed necessary by the Authority to service the area
proposed to be developed or subdivided shall be designed and prepared by or ap-
proved by the Engineer. The design shall conform to good engineering practice
and in particular to the Municipal Water. Sewer and Road Specifications promul-
gated by, and as amended from time to time by, the Department of Municipal Af-
fairs. Such designs and specifications shall, upon approval by the Authority, be in-
corporated in the plan of subdivision.
(2)
Upon approval by the Authority of the proposed subdivision, the Engineer shall certify all
work of construction layout preliminary to the construction of the works and there-
upon the developer shall proceed to the construction and installation, at his own
cost and in accordance with the approved designs and specifications and the con-
struction layout certified by the Engineer, of all such water mains, hydrants,
sanitary sewers and all appurtenances and of all such streets and other works
deemed necessary by the Authority to service the said area.
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82. Developer to Pay Engineer's Fees and Charges
The developer shall pay to the Authority all the Engineer's fees and charges for the prepa-
ration of designs and specifications and for the layout and supervision of construction: such
fees and charges being percentages of the total cost of materials and labour for the con-
struction and installation of all works calculated in accordance with the Schedule of Fees
recommended by the Association of Professional Engineers of Newfoundland and in effect
at the time the work is carried out.
83. Street Works May Be Deferred
The construction and installation of all curbs and gutters, catch basins, sidewalks and pav-
ing specified by the Authority as being necessary, may, at the Authority's discretion, be de-
ferred until a later stage of the work on the development of the subdivision but the develop-
er shall deposit with the Authority before approval of his application, an amount estimated
by the Engineer as reasonably sufficient to cover the cost of construction and installation of
the works. In the later stage of the work of development, the Authority shall call for tenders
for the work of construction and installation of the works, and the amount so deposited by
the developer shall be applied towards payment of the contract cost. If the contract cost
exceeds the deposit. the developer shall pay to the Authority the amount of the excess. If
the contract price is less than the deposit, the Authority shall refund the amount by which
the deposit exceeds the contract price. Any amount so deposited with the Authority by the
developer shall be placed in a separate savings account in a bank and all interest earned
thereon shall be credited to the developer.
84. Transfer of Streets and Utilities to Authority
(1)
The developer shall, following the approval of the subdivision of land and upon re-
quest of the Authority, transfer to the Authority, at no cost to the Authority, and clear
of all liens and encumbrances:
(a)
all lands in the area proposed to be developed or subdivided which are ap-
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proved and designated by the Authority for public uses as streets, or other
rights-of-way, or for other public use;
(b)
all services or public works including streets, water supply and distribution and
sanitary an storm drainage systems installed in the subdivision that are
normally owned and operated by the Authority.
(2)
Before the Authority shall accept the transfer of lands, services or public works of any sub-
division, the Engineer shall, at the cost to the developer, test the streets, services
and public works installed in the subdivision and certify his satisfaction with their in-
stallation.
(3)
The Authority shall not provide maintenance for any street, service or public work in any
subdivision until such time as such street, service or public work has been trans-
ferred to and accepted by the Authority.
85. Restriction on Sale of Lots
The developer shall not develop or dispose of any lot within a subdivision for the purposes
of development and no building permit shall be issued until the Authority is satisfied that:
(a)
the lot can be served with satisfactory water supply and sewage disposal systems, and:
(b)
satisfactory access to a street is provided for the lots.
86. Grouping of Buildings and Landscaping
(1)
Each plan of subdivision shall make provision for the grouping of building types and
for landscaping in order to enhance the visual aspects of the completed develop-
ment and to make the most use of existing topography and vegetation.
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(2)
Building groupings, once approved by the Authority, shall not be changed without written
application to and subsequent approval of the Authority.
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PART V - USE ZONES
87. Use Zones
(1)
For the purpose of these Regulations, the Planning Area is divided into Use Zones which
are shown on the Zoning Map attached to and forming part of these Regulations.
(2)
Subject to Regulation 87(3), the permitted use classes, discretionary use classes, standards, re-
quirements and conditions applicable to each Use Zone are set out in the Use Zone Ta-
bles in Schedule C of these Regulations.
(3)
Where standards, requirements and conditions applicable in a Use Zone are not set out in the
Use Zone Tables in Schedule C, the Authority may in its discretion, determine the stand-
ards. requirements and conditions which shall apply.
88. Use Classes
The specific uses to be included in each Use Class set out in the Use Zone Tables in Schedule C
shall be determined by the Authority in accordance with the classification and examples set out in
Schedule B.
89. Permitted Uses
(1)
Subject to these Regulations, the uses that fall within the Permitted Use Classes set out in
the appropriate Use Zone Table in Schedule C shall be permitted by the Authority in that
Use Zone.
(2)
Where the permitted use is expressed by the title of a "Group" shown in Schedule B. all of the
uses in the divisions and classes of uses under that title shall be permitted, and likewise
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where the permitted use is expressed by the title of a "Division" shown in Schedule B, all of
the uses in the classes of uses under that title shall be permitted.
90. Discretionary Uses
(1) Subject to these Regulations, the uses that fall within the Discretionary Use Classes
set out in the appropriate Use Zone Table in Schedule C may be permitted in that Use
Zone if the Authority is satisfied that the development would not be contrary to the gen-
eral intent and purpose of these Regulations, the Municipal Plan, or any further scheme or
plan or regulation pursuant thereto, and to the public interest, and if the Authority has
given notice of the application in accordance with Regulation 32 and has considered any
objections or representations which may have been received on the matter.
(2) Where the discretionary use is expressed by the title of a -Group- shown in Schedule
B, all of the uses in the divisions and classes of uses under that title shall be permitted,
and likewise where the discretionary use is expressed by the title of a -Division" shown
in Schedule B, all of the uses in the classes of uses under that title shall be permitted, sub-
ject to the provisions of subsection (1).
91. Uses Not Permitted
Uses that do not fall within the Permitted Use Classes or Discretionary Use Classes set out in the
appropriate Use Zone Tables in Schedule C, shall not be permitted in that Use Zone.
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SCHEDULE A
DEFINITIONS
ACCESS: A way used or intended to be used by vehicles, pedestrians or animals in order to go from a street
to adjacent or nearby land or to go from that land to the street. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations,
January 2. 2001)
ACCESSORY BUILDING:
(i)
A detached subordinate building not used as a dwelling, located on the same lot as the main
building to which it is an accessory and which has a use that is customarily incidental or
complementary to the main use of the building or land,
(ii)
for residential uses, domestic garages, carports, ramps, sheds, swimming pools, greenhous-
es, cold frames, fuel sheds, vegetables storage cellars, shelters for domestic pets or radio
and television antennae,
(iii)
for commercial uses, workshops or garages, and
v)
for industrial uses, garages. offices, raised ramps and docks.
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2. 2001)
ACCESSORY USE: A use that is subsidiary to a permitted or discretionary use and that is customarily ex-
pected to occur with the permitted or discretionary use. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, Janu-
ary 2, 2001)
ACT: The Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000.
ADVERTISEMENT: Any word, letter, model, sign. placard. board. notice. device or representation. whether
illuminated or not, in the nature of and employed wholly or in part for the purposes of advertisement, an-
nouncement or direction; excluding such things employed wholly as a memorial, or functional advertisement
of Councils, or other local authorities, public utilities and public transport undertakers, and including any
boarding or similar structure used or adapted for use for the display of advertisements.
AGRICULTURE: Horticulture, fruit growing, grain growing. seed growing. dairy farming, the breeding or rear-
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ing of animals for pet or commercial uses including raising of livestock or any other creature kept for the pro-
duction of food, wool, skins, or fur, or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land, the use of land as graz-
ing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds and the use of land for woodlands
where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for any other purpose. "Agricultural" shall be construed ac-
cordingly.
AMUSEMENT USE: The use of land or buildings equipped for the playing of electronic, mechanical, or other
games and amusements including electronic games, pinball games and slot machine arcades and billiard and
pool halls.
ANIMAL UNIT: Any one of the following animals or groups of animals:
1 bull;
1000 broiler chickens or roosters (1.8 - 2.3 kg each);
1 cow (including calf);
100 female mink (including associated males and kits);
4 goats;
4 hogs (based on 453.6 kg = 1 unit);
1 horse (including foal);
125 laying hens;
4 sheep (including lambs);
1 sow or breed sow (including weaners and growers based on 453.6 kg = 1 unit);
500 turkeys, ducks, geese (based on 2,268 kg = 1 unit).
APARTMENT BUILDING: A building containing three or more dwelling units, but does not include a row
dwelling.
APPLICANT: A person who has applied to an Authority for an approval or permit to carry out a development.
APPEAL BOARD: The appropriate Appeal Board established under the Act.
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ARTERIAL STREET: The streets in the Planning Area constituting the main traffic arteries of the area and
defined as arterial streets or highways in the Municipal Plan or on the Zoning Map.
AUTHORITY: the Town of Grand Bank.
BOARDING HOUSE: A dwelling in which at least 2 rooms are regularly rented to persons other than the im-
mediate family of the owner or tenant.
BUILDING: Every structure, erection, excavation, alteration or improvement whatsoever placed on, over or
under land, or attached-, anchored-or moored to land, and includes mobile structures, vehicles and marine
vessels adapted or constructed for residential, commercial, industrial and other like uses, and any part of a
building as so defined and any fixtures that form part of a building.
BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance, measured in metres from the established grade to the
(i)
highest point of the roof surface of a flat roof,
(ii)
deck line of a mansard roof, and
(iii)
mean height level between the eave and the ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof, and in any case, a
building height shall not include mechanical structure, smokestacks, steeples and purely or-
namental structures above a roof. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2,
2001)
BUILDING LINE: A line established by an Authority that runs parallel to a street line and is set at the closest
point to a street that a building may be placed. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2,
2001)
COLLECTOR STREET: A street that is designed to link local streets with arterial streets and which is desig-
nated as a collector street in the Municipal Plan, or on the Zoning Map.
CONVENIENCE STORE: A small retail store that carries limited lines of goods, such as a partial line of gro-
ceries, housewares, and clothing: gifts; speciality items: and, other goods, and which has a floor area dedi-
cated to retail sales (including storage area) not exceeding 100 square metres..
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DAYCARE CENTRE or DAY NURSERY: A building or part of a building in which services and activities are
regularly provided to children of pre-school age during the full daytime period as defined under the Day
Nurseries Act, but does not include a school as defined by the Schools Act.
DEVELOPMENT: The carrying out of any building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over, or
under land, or the making of any material change in the use, or the intensity of use of any land, buildings, or
premise and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall specifically include:
(a)
the making of an access onto a highway, road or way;
(b)
the erection of an advertisement or sign;
(c)
the parking of a trailer, or vehicle of any description used for the sale of refreshments or merchan-
dise, or as an office, or for living accommodation, for any period of time; and shall exclude:
(d)
the carrying out of works for the maintenance, improvement or other alteration or any building, being
works which affect only the interior of the building or which do not materially affect the exter-
nal appearance or use of the building;
(e)
the carrying out by a highway Authority of any works required for the maintenance or improvement of
a road, being works carried out on land within the boundaries of the road reservation:
(f)
the carrying out by any local Authority or statutory undertakers of any works for the purpose of in-
specting, repairing or renewing any sewers, mains. pipes. cables or other apparatus, includ-
ing the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose:
(g)
the use of any building or land within the courtyard of a dwelling house for any purpose incidental to
the enjoyment of the dwelling house as such.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS: Regulations respecting development that have been enacted by the rele-
vant Authority.
DISCRETIONARY USE: A use that is listed within the discretionary use classes established in the use zone
tables of an Authority's development regulations. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2,
2001)
DIRECTOR: The Director of Urban and Rural Planning.
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DOUBLE DWELLING: A building containing two dwelling units, placed one above the other, or side by side,
but does not include a self-contained dwelling containing a subsidiary apartment.
DWELLING UNIT: A self-contained unit consisting of one or more habitable rooms used or designed as the
living quarters for one household.
ENGINEER: A professional engineer employed or retained by the Authority.
ESTABLISHED GRADE:
(i)
where used in reference to a building, the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground
where it meets the exterior or the front of that building exclusive of any artificial embankment
or entrenchment, or
(ii)
where used in reference to a structure that is not a building, the average elevation of the finished
grade of the ground immediately surrounding the structure, exclusive of any artificial em-
bankment or entrenchment. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2. 2001)
FAMILY AND GROUP CARE CENTRE: A dwelling accommodating up to but no more than six (6) persons
exclusive of staff in a home-like setting. Subject to the size limitation, this definition includes, but is not limited
to, the facilities called "Group Homes", "Halfway House". and "Foster Home".
FLAG LOT: A lot characterized by a shape in which the lot's main body of land is located some
distance from a street, typically lying behind other lots located along the street line, and in which the
main body of the lot is joined to the street by a narroNNer leg or prolongation which is part of the flag
lot; an easement or right of way across another lot so as to gain access to a street does not create a
flag lot. A flag lot is so named because its shape in a simple rectangular configuration resembles a
flag on a pole, where the main body of the lot is separated from the street and access to the street is
along the part of the lot having the narrow pole shape (the street lies at the foot of the pole). The
-pole" or narrow leg or prolongation lying between the main body of the lot and the street may be of
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any configuration, not necessarily of uniform width; the minimum width thereof is stated in Regula-
tion 61.
To illustrate the concept:
RECTANGULAR SHAPE
IRREGULAR SHAPE
STREET
a: main body of the flag lot
STREET
b: leg or prolongation of the flag lot to
provide access to a street
FLOOR AREA: The total area of all floors in a building measured to the outside face of exterior walls. (Refer
to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
FRONTAGE: The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the building line. (Refer to Minis-
ter's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
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FRONT YARD DEPTH: The distance between the front lot line of a lot and the front wall of the main building
on the lot.
GARAGE: A building erected for the storage of motor vehicles as an ancillary use to a main building on the
lot.
GENERAL INDUSTRY: The use of land or buildings for the purpose of storing, assembling, altering, repair-
ing, manufacturing, fabricating, packing, canning, preparing, breaking up, demolishing, or treating any article,
commodity or substance. "Industry" shall be construed accordingly.
GENERAL GARAGE: Land or buildings used exclusively for repair, maintenance and storage of motor vehi-
cles and may include the sale of gasoline or diesel oil.
HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY: The use of land or buildings for industrial purposes involving the use of materials
or processes which because of their inherent characteristics, constitute a special fire, explosion, radiation or
other hazard.
INSPECTOR: Any person appointed and engaged as an Inspector by the Authority or by any federal or pro-
vincial Authority or the agent thereof.
INSTITUTION: A building or part thereof occupied or used by persons who:
(a)
are involuntarily detained, or detained for penal or correctional purposes, or whose liberty is restrict-
ed, or:
(b)
require special care or treatment because of age, mental or physical limitations or medical condi-
tions.
LAND: Includes land covered by water, and buildings and structures on, over, or under the soil and fixtures
that form part of these buildings and structures.
LIGHT INDUSTRY: Use of any land or buildings for any general industrial use that can be carried out without
hazard or intrusion and without detriment to the amenity of the surrounding area by reason of noise, vibration.
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smell, fumes, smoke, grit, soot, ash, dust, glare or appearance.
LOCAL STREET: A street designed primarily to provide access to adjoining land and which is not designated
as a collector street or arterial street in the Municipal Plan, or on the Zoning Map.
LODGING HOUSE: A dwelling in which at least 2 rooms are regularly rented to persons other than the imme-
diate family of the owner or tenant.
LOT: Any plot, tract or parcel of land which can be considered as a unit of land for a particular use or building.
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
LOT AREA: The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot. (Refer to Minister's Development Regula-
tions, January 2. 2001)
LOT COVERAGE: The combined area of all buildings on the lot measured at the level of the lowest floor
above the established grade expressed as a percentage of the total area of the lot. (Refer to Minister's Devel-
opment Regulations, January 2, 2001)
MINERAL WORKING: Land or buildings used for the exploration, working or extraction of any naturally oc-
curring substance
MOBILE HOME: A transportable factory-built single family dwelling unit:
(a)
which complies with space standards substantially equal to those laid down in the Canadian Code
for Residential Construction and is in accordance with the construction standards laid down
and all other applicable Provincial and Municipal Codes and;
(b)
which is designed to be:
(i)
transported on its own wheels and chassis to a mobile home lot, and subsequently support-
ed on its own wheels, jacks, posts or piers, or on a permanent foundation and;
(ii)
connected to exterior public utilities approved by the Authority, namely, piped water, piped
sewer, electricity and telephone, in order for such mobile home unit to be suitable for
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year round term occupancy.
MOBILE HOME PARK: A mobile home development under single or joint ownership, cared for and controlled
by a mobile home park operator where individual mobile home lots are rented or leased with or without mobile
home units placed on them and where ownership and responsibility for the maintenance and development of
site facilities including underground services, access roads, communal areas, snowclearing and garbage col-
lection, or any of them, are the responsibility of the mobile home park management, and where the mobile
home development is classified as a mobile home park by the Authority.
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION: A mobile home development requiring the subdivision of land whether in sin-
gle or joint ownership into two or more pieces or parcels of land for the purpose of locating thereon mobile
home units under either freehold or leasehold tenure and where the maintenance of streets and services is
the responsibility of a municipality or public Authority, and where the mobile home development is classified
as a mobile home subdivision by the Authority.
NON-CONFORMING USE: means a legally existing use that is not listed as a permitted or discretionary use
for the use zone in which it is located or which does not meet the development standards for that use zone.
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
OWNER: means a person or an organization of persons owning or having the legal right to use the land un-
der consideration. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
PARKING AREA: means an open area containing parking spaces and any interior aisles and lanes neces-
sary for parking and movement of motor vehicles.
PARKING SPACE: means a space exclusive of any driveways or interior aisles or lanes, upon which one
motor vehicle may be parked .
PERMITTED USE: means a use that is listed within the permitted use classes set out in the use zone tables
of an Authority's development regulations. ( Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
PIT AND QUARRY WORKING: Carries the same meaning as Mineral Working.
PROHIBITED USE: means a use that is not listed in a use zone within the permitted use classes or discre-
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tionary use classes or a use that an Authority specifies as not permitted within a use zone. (Refer to Minis-
ter's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
REAR YARD DEPTH: means the distance between the rear lot line and the rear wall of the main building on
the lot. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2. 2001)
RESTAURANT: A building or part thereof, designed or intended to be used or occupied for the purpose of
serving the general public with meals or refreshments for consumption on the premises.
ROW DWELLING: Three or more dwelling units at ground level in one building. each unit separated vertically
from the others.
SEASONAL RESIDENCE: A dwelling which is designed or intended for seasonal or recreational use, and is
not intended for use as permanent living quarters.
SERVICE STATION: Any land or building used exclusively for the sale of petroleum products. automotive
parts and accessories, minor repairs, washing and polishing of motor vehicles.
SERVICE STREET: A street constructed parallel to or close to another street for the purpose of limiting direct
access to that street.
SHOP: A building or part thereof used for retail trade wherein the primary purpose is the selling or offering for
sale of goods. wares or merchandise by retail or the selling or offering for sale of retail services but does not
include an establishment wherein the primary purpose is the serving of meals or refreshments, an amuse-
ment use. a general garage. or a service station.
SHOPPING CENTRE: A group of shops and complementary uses with integrated parking and which is
planned, developed and designed as a unit containing a minimum of 5 retail establishments.
SHOWROOM: A building or part of a building in which samples or patterns are displayed and in which orders
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may be taken for goods, wares or merchandise, including vehicles and equipment. for later delivery.
SIDE YARD DEPTH: means the distance between a side lot line and the nearest side wall of any building on
the lot. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
SIGN: means a word, letter. model, placard, board, device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the
nature of or employed wholly or in part for the purpose of advertisement, announcement or direction and ex-
cludes those things employed wholly as a memorial, advertisements of local government, utilities and board-
ing or similar structures used for the display of advertisements.(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations.
January 2, 2001)
STREET: means a street, road, highway or other way designed for the passage of vehicles and pedestrians
and which is accessible by fire department and other emergency vehicles. (Refer to Minister's Development
Regulations, January 2, 2001)
STREET LINE: means the the edge of a street reservation as defined by the Authority having jurisdiction.
(Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
SUBDIVISION: The dividing of any land, whether in single or joint ownership, into two or more pieces for the
purpose of development.
SUBSIDIARY APARTMENT: A separate dwelling unit constructed within and subsidiary to a self-contained
dwelling.
TAKE-OUT FOOD SERVICE: A building in which the primary purpose is the preparation and sale of meals or
refreshments for consumption off the premises.
TAVERN: Includes a nightclub and means a building licensed or licensable under the Liquor Control Act
wherein meals and food may be served for consumption on the premises and in which entertainment may be
provided.
USE: means a building or activity situated on a lot or a development permitted on a lot. (Refer to Minister's
Development Regulations. January 2, 2001)
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USE ZONE or ZONE: means an area of land including buildings and water designated on the zoning map to
which the uses, standards and conditions of a particular use zone table apply. (Refer to Minister's Develop-
ment Regulations, January 2, 2001)
VARIANCE: means a departure, to a maximum of 10% from the yard, area, lot coverage, setback, size,
height, frontage or any other numeric requirement of the applicable Use Zone Table of the Authority's regula-
tions. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
ZONING MAP: The map or maps attached to and forming part of the Authority's regulations. (Refer to Minis-
ter's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001)
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Schedule B
Page 1
SCHEDULE B
CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
NOTE: The classification of uses set out in the following table is based on the Classification of Typical Occu-
pancies included as Table 3.1.2.A of the National Building Code of Canada, 1980. This
classification is referred to in Regulation 87.
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
A. ASSEMBLY
USES
1 . Assembly Uses for the
production and viewing of
the performing arts.
(a) Theatre
Motion Picture Theatres
T.V. Studios admitting an
audience.
2. General Assembly Uses
(a) Cultural
and Civic
Libraries
Museums
Art Galleries
Court Rooms
Meeting Rooms
Council Chambers
(b) General
Assembly
Community Halls
Lodge Halls
Dance Halls
Gymnasia
Auditoria
Bowling Alleys
(c) Educational
Schools
Colleges
(non- residential)
(d) Place of
Worship
Churches and similar
places of worship.
Church Halls
(e) Passenger
Assembly
Passenger Terminals
(f) Club and
Lodge
Private Clubs and
Lodges (non-residential)
Restaurants
Bars
Taverns
(g) Catering
(h) Funeral
Home
Funeral Homes and
Chapels
(i) Child Care
Day Care Centres
(j) Amusement
Electronic Games
Arcades
Pinball Parlours
Poolrooms
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CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
A. ASSEMBLY
USES
(continued)
3. Arena-type Uses
(a) Indoor
Assembly
Arenas
Armouries
Ice Rinks
Indoor Swimming
Pools
4. Open-air Assembly Uses
(a) Outdoor
Assembly
Bleachers
Grandstands
Outdoor Ice Rinks and
Swimming Pools
Amusement Parks and
Fair-grounds
Exhibition
Grounds
Drive-in Theatres
B. INSTITU-
TIONAL
USES
1. Penal and Correctional
Institutional Uses
(a) Penal and
Correctional
Detention
Jails
Penitentiaries
Police Stations (with de-
tention quarters)
Prisons
Psychiatric
Hospitals (with
detention quarters)
Reformatories
2. Special Care
Institutional Uses
(a) Medical
Treatment
and Special
Care
Children's Homes
Convalescent Homes
Homes for Aged
Hospitals
Infirmaries
Orphanages
Psychiatric
Hospitals
Sanatoria
C. RESIDENTIAL
USES
1. Residential
Dwelling
Uses
(a) Single
Dwelling
Single Detached
Dwellings
Family & Group
Homes
(b) Double
Dwelling
Semi-detached
Dwelling
Duplex Dwellings
Family & Group
Homes
(c) Row
Dwelling
Row Houses
Town Houses
Family & Group
Homes
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(d) Apartment
Building
Apartments
Family & Group
Homes
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CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
C. RESIDENTIAL
USES
(continued)
2. General Residential Uses
(continued)
(a) Collective
Residential
Residential
Colleges &
Schools
University &
College Halls
of Residence
Convents & Monasteries
Nurses and
Hospital Residences
(b) Boarding
House
Residential
Boarding Houses
Lodging Houses
(c) Commercial
Residential
Hotels & Motels
Hostels
Residential Clubs
(d) Seasonal
Residential
Summer Homes &
Cabins
Hunting & Fishing
Cabins
(e) Mobile
Homes
Mobile Homes
D. BUSINESS
& PERSONAL
SERVICE
USES
1. Business, Professional,
and
Personal Service Uses
(a) Office
Offices (including
Government
Offices)
Banks
(b) Medical &
Professional
Medical Offices and Con-
suiting Rooms
Dental Offices & Surger-
ies
Legal Offices
Similar Professional
Offices
(c) Personal
Service
Barbers
Hairdressers
Beauty Parlours
Small Appliance
Repairs
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(d) General
Service
Self-service
Laundries
Dry Cleaners (not using
flammable or explosive
substances)
Small Tool and Appliance
Rentals
Travel Agents
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CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
D. BUSINESS &
PERSONAL
SERVICE
USES
(continued)
1. Business,
Professional
& Personal
Service Uses
(continued)
(e) Communications
Radio Stations
Telephone
Exchanges
(f) Police
Station
Police Stations
without
detention
quarters
(g) Taxi Stand
Taxi Stands
(h) Take-out
Food Service
Take-out Food
Service
(i) Veterinary
Veterinary
Surgeries
E. MERCANTILE
USES
1. Retail Sale and
Display Uses
(a) Shopping
Centre
Shopping Centres
(b) Shop
Stores
Retail Shops and
Stores and
Showrooms
Department
(c) Indoor
Market
Market Halls
Auction Halls
(d) Outdoor
Market
Market Grounds
Animal Markets
Produce and
Fruit Stands
Fish Stalls
(e) Convenience
Store
Confectionary
Stores
Corner Stores
Gift Shops
Specialty Shops
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F. INDUSTRIAL
USES
1. Industrial uses involving
highly combustible and
hazardous substances
and
processes.
(a) Hazardous
Industry
Bulk Storage of
hazardous
liquids and sub-
stances.
Chemical Plants
Distilleries
Feed Mills
Lacquer, Mattress,
Paint, Varnish,
and Rubber
Factories
Spray Painting
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CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
F. INDUSTRIAL
USES
(continued)
2. General
Industrial
Uses involving
Limited
Hazardous
Substances and
Processes.
(a) General
Industry
Factories
Cold Storage
Plants
Freight Depots
General Garages
Warehouses
Workshops
Laboratories
Laundries
Planing Mills
Printing Plants
Contractors' Yards
(b) Service
Station
Gasoline Service
Stations
Gas Bars
3. Light, Non-
hazardous or
Non-intrusive
Industrial Uses.
(a) Light
Industry
Light Industry
Parking Garages
Indoor Storage
Warehouses
Workshops
G. NON-
BUILDING
USES
1. Uses not directly
related to
building
(a) Agriculture
Commercial Farms
Hobby Farms
Market Gardens
& Nurseries
(b) Forestry
Tree Nurseries
Silviculture
(c) Mineral
Working
Quarries
Pits
Mines
Oil Wells
(d) Recreational Open
Space
Playing Fields
Sports Grounds
Parks
Playgrounds
(e) Conservation
Watersheds
Buffer Strips
Flood Plains
Architectural. Historical
and Scenic Sites
Steep Slopes
Wildlife
Sanctuaries
(f) Cemetery
Cemeteries
Graveyards
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(g) Scrap Yard
Car Wrecking Yards
Junk Yards
Scrap Dealers
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CLASSIFICATION OF USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
GROUP
DIVISION
CLASS
EXAMPLES
G. NON-
BUILDING
USES
(continued)
1. Uses not directly
related to building.
(continued)
(h) Solid Waste
Solid Waste
Disposal
Sanitary Land Fill
Incinerators
(i) Animal
Animal Pounds
Kennels
Zoos
(j) Antenna
TV, Radio and
Communications
Transmitting and
Receiving Masts
and Antennae
(k) Transportation
Airfields
Railway Yards
Docks and Harbours
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Schedule C
USE ZONE TABLES
NOTE
This schedule contains tables showing the use classes which may be permitted or
which may be treated as discretionary use classes for the purpose of these Regulations.
The tables also indicate the required standards of development and may also include con-
ditions affecting some or all of the use classes.
The schedule contains tables for the following Use Zones:
Residential
RES
Town Core
TCORE
Industrial
IND
Commercial
COMM
Public Use
PU
Open Space
OS
Conservation
CONS
Rural
RUR
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USE ZONE TABLE
ZONE TITLE
RESIDENTIAL (RES)
(GRAND BANK)
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Single dwelling, double dwelling, open space uses
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
Assembly uses, special care institutional uses, row dwelling, apartment building, general resi-
dential uses, subsidiary apartment in single dwelling, business and personal service uses,
mercantile uses except shopping centres, recreational open space, conservation, cemetery,
antenna
STANDARDS
WHERE PERMITTED
APARTMENT BUILDING
Single
Dwelling
Double
Dwelling
Row
Dwelling
1
Bed
Apt.
2
Bed
Apt.
3
Bed
Apt.
4
Bed
Apt.
Lot area** ( square metres) min-
imum
650
490*
350*
(average)
200*
250*
280*
300*
Floor area (m2 ) minimum
80
80*
65*
40*
50*
60*
70*
Frontage (m) minimum
15
26*
12*
(average)
36
Building Line Setback (m)
(minimum)
6
6
6
8
Sideyard Width Minor (m)
(minimum)
2
2
2
5
Sideyard Width Major (m)
(minimum)
4
4
4
5
Rearyard Depth (m)
(minimum)
9
9
9
14
Lot Coverage (%)
(maximum)
33
33
33
33
Height (maximum)
8
8
10
10
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" per dwelling unit. see Condition 5
Accessory buildings: see Condition 3.
CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the
discretion of the Authority provided that they are compatible or
complementary to uses within the permitted use classes or that their
development will not inhibit or prejudice the existence or the development of
such uses__
2.
Discretionary Uses - Site Standards
Unless otherwise specified in the Use Zone Table or in these conditions,
discretionary use classes involving buildings shall conform to the frontage.
building line setback, sideyard, rearyard, lot coverage and height
requirements specified for a single dwelling.
3.
Accessory Buildings
i)
The total of all accessory buildings associated with a residential use
shall have a lot coverage no greater than 7% up to a maximum of 70m2
and no accessory building shall have a height of no more than 4.5
metres.
ii)
No accessory building shall project in front of any building line setback
except as provided by Section 38, Part II of these Regulations.
iii)
Accessory buildings shall be located at least 3 feet from any lot line and
at least 6 feet from any other structure on the lot or the abutting lot.
iv)
Accessory buildings shall be finished with exterior roof, wall, window
and door components of similar quality and type of material and colour
as the main building on the lot. Exterior finishes shall be fully
constructed or applied within three months of substantial completion
(ie: the time at which the structure becomes useful for its intended
purpose).
4.
Convenience Stores
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Convenience stores will only be permitted as a discretionary use under the following
conditions:
i)
The store shall form part of, or be attached to a dwelling unit.
ii)
The retail use shall be subsidiary to the residential use of the dwelling,
and not more than forty (40) percent of the total floor area of the
dwelling up a maximum of forty-five square metres is devoted to the
use.
iii)
The store shall not negatively affect residential amenities of adjoining
properties.
5.
Lot Area
Subject to the requirements of Service Newfoundland or the Department of
Environment and Conservation, the area of land required per dwelling unit
shall be determined, in accordance with the water and sewer services
available. as follows:
With a municipal piped water supply, and connection to a municipal
sewer or to a private sewer discharging directly to the sea.
650 m2
With a municipal piped water supply, and sewage disposal by septic
tank and tilefield.
1400 m2
With a well water supply and connection to a municipal sewer or to
a private sewer discharging directly to the sea.
1400 m2
With a well water supply and sewage disposal by septic tank and
tilefield.
1860 m2
6.
Medical, Professional and Personal Service Uses
Medical, professional and personal service uses may be permitted as a
discretionary use in a residential dwelling unit not occupied by the owner, in
the form of doctors consulting rooms, personal services, small business
services, small appliance repair and sporting goods repair service and similar
uses provided that the requirements of Section 47, Part II, in these
Regulations shall apply notwithstanding that the building is not occupied by
the owner, except that not more than forty (40) percent of the total floor area
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of the dwelling up to a maximum of forty-five square metres is devoted to the
non-residential use.
7.
Subdivision Development
i)
Refer to the Subdivision of Land section which forms Part IV of these
Regulations.
ii)
With regard to residential subdivision design and in addition to the
requirements of Part IV of these Regulations the Authority may require
that:
(a)
street. layout and placement of building lots conform to natural
features and topography as much as possible and a grid pattern
be avoided:
(b)
at least two accesses from the subdivision to a collector or
arterial street be provided:
(c)
waterbodies and watercourses not be altered and, if possible,
integrated with open space and park areas;
(d)
original trees and plant growth be left on building lots and open
space areas:
(e)
open space areas be landscaped and free of garbage and
refuse;
8.
Advertisements Relating to Onsite Uses
The conditions which shall apply to the erection or display of an
advertisement on any lot or site occupied by a use permitted or existing as a
legal non-conforming use in this use zone, shall be as follows:
i)
The size, shape, illumination and material construction of the
advertisement shall meet the requirements of the Authority, having
regard to the safety and convenience of users of adjacent streets and
sidewalks, and the general amenities of the surrounding area.
No advertisement shall exceed 5 square metres in area.
9.
Advertisements Relating to Offsite Uses
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The conditions to be applied to the erection or display of an advertisement on
any site, relating to a use permitted in this or another zone, or not relating to a
specific land use, shall be as follows:
i)
Each advertisement shall not exceed 3 square metres in area.
ii)
When the advertisements relate to a specific land use, they shall be
located within a reasonable distance of. and only show thereon the
name and nature of the distance or direction to the premises to which
they relate.
iii)
The location. siting and illumination of each advertisement shall be to
the satisfaction of the Authority, having regard to the grade and
alignment of streets, the location of street junctions, the location of
nearby buildings and the preservation of the amenities of the
surrounding area.
10.
Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All development applications within 15 metres of a waterbody or watercourse
or that may otherwise have a negative effect on the environment shall be
subject to the review and approval of the Department of Environment and
Conservation.
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Assembly
residential
mercantile
cemetery,
uses, special care institutional uses, row dwelling, apartment building, general
uses, subsidiary apartment in single dwelling, business and personal service uses,
uses, service station, light industry, recreational open space. conservation,
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ZONE TITLE
TOWN CORE TCORE
GRAND BANK
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Single dwelling, double dwelling.
CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion
of the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within
the permitted use classes or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses.
2.
Development Standards
With the exception of residential the development standards for this zone shall
be as follows:
(a) Minimum Building Line Setback
6 metres
(b) Minimum Sideyard Width
3 metres
(c) Minimum Rearyard Depth
9 metres
(d) Maximum Height
12 metres
All standards. conditions or other requirements of the Residential (RES) zone
shall apply with regard to residential development in theTown Core (TCORE)
zones.
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(iii)
The development standards set out in (i) may be reduced at the discretion of
the Authority to facilitate non-residential development where abutting uses are
non-residential.
3.
Accessory Buildings
i)
The total of all accessory buildings associated with a non-residential use shall
have a lot coverage no greater than 20% up to a maximum of 2,200 sq.ft and
no accessory building shall have a height of no more than 25 ft.
No accessory building shall project in front of any building line setback except
as provided by Section 38. Part Il_of these Regulations.
iii)
Accessory buildings shall be located at least three feet from any lot line and at
least six feet from any other structure on the lot or the abutting lot.
iv)
Accessory buildings shall be finished with exterior roof, wall, window and door
components of similar quality and type of material and colour as the main
building on the lot. Exterior finishes shall be fully constructed or applied
within three months of substantial completion (ie: the time at which the
structure becomes useful for its intended purpose).
4.
Advertisements
See Conditions 8 and 9 of the Residential (RES) zone.
5.
Outdoor Market
An outdoor market may. at the discretion of the Authority, include a motor vehicle
sales lot, provided due consideration is given to the size and scale of the
development relative to surrounding development and to the site itself. Due
consideration shall also be given to buffering where appropriate, off-street parking,
and to the implications of traffic movement and/or congestion as well as safe access.
Additional conditions may be required for temporary outdoor markets, related to term
of time for which a market may operate, hours of operation, temporary parking, and
provision of traffic and litter control.
6.
Access
The number of accesses to the street shall be limited and designed to the
satisfaction of the Authority, having regard to the safety and efficiency of the street
for both vehicles and pedestrians.
7.
Protection of Residential Use
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Adverse effects of any proposed development on an adjacent existing residential
use shall be prevented or minimized through proper site planning and the provision
of buffering by the developer to the satisfaction of the Authority.
8.
Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All development applications within 15 metres of any watercourse shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
9.
Service Station
The following development standards shall apply to all proposed service stations.
i)
All gasoline pumps shall be located on pump islands designed for such
purpose, and to which automobiles may gain access from either side.
ii)
Pump islands shall be setback at a minimum 4 metres from the front lot line.
iii)
Accesses shall not be less than 7 metres wide and shall be clearly marked,
and where a service station is located on a corner lot, the minimum distance
between an access and the intersection of the street shall be 10 metres and
the lot line between entrances shall be clearly indicated.
10.
Outdoor Storage
Outdoor storage shall be located on the rearyard of the lot and be screened from
visual site from street and other surrounding development.
11.
Medical, Professional and Personal Service Uses; Convenience Stores in
Dwellings
Convenience stores and medical, professional and personal service uses may be
permitted as a discretionary use in a residential dwelling unit not occupied by the
owner, in the form of doctors consulting rooms, personal services, small business
services, small appliance repair and sporting goods repair service and similar uses
provided that the requirements of Section 47, Part II, in these Regulations shall
apply notwithstanding that the building is not occupied by the owner, except that not
more than forty (40) percent of the total floor area of the dwelling up to a maximum
of forty-five square metres is devoted to the non-residential use.
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COMMERCIAL (COMM)
(GRAND BANK)
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Business and personal service uses, mercantile uses, service station,
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
Assembly uses, special care institutional uses, residential uses, subsidiary apartment in single
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CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion
of the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within
the permitted use classes or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses.
2.
Development Standards
(i)
With the exception of residential the development standards for this zone shall
be as follows:
(a) Minimum Building Line Setback
6 metres
(b) Minimum Sideyard Width
3 metres
(c) Minimum Rearyard Depth
9 metres
(d) Maximum Height
12 metres
(ii)
All standards, conditions or other requirements of the Residential (RES) zone
shall apply with regard to residential development in the Commercial (COMM)
zones.
(iii)
The development standards set out in (i) may be reduced at the discretion of
the Authority to facilitate non-residential development where abutting uses are
non-residential.
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3.
Accessory Buildings
i)
The total of all accessory buildings associated with a non-residential use shall
have a lot coverage no greater than 20% up to a maximum of 200m2 and no
accessory building shall have a height of no more than 7 metres.
i.)
No accessory building shall project in front of any building line setback except
as provided in Section 38, Part II of these Regulations.
4.
Advertisements
See Conditions 8 and 9 of the Residential (RES) zone.
5.
Outdoor Market
An outdoor market may, at the discretion of the Authority, include a motor vehicle
sales lot, provided due consideration is given to the size and scale of the
development relative to surrounding development and to the site itself. Due
consideration shall also be given to buffering where appropriate, off-street parking,
and to the implications of traffic movement and/or congestion as well as safe access.
Additional conditions may be required for temporary outdoor markets, related to term
of time for which a market may operate, hours of operation, temporary parking, and
provision of traffic and litter control.
6.
Access
The number of accesses to the street shall be limited and designed to the
satisfaction of the Authority, having regard to the safety and efficiency of the street
for both vehicles and pedestrians.
7.
Protection of Residential Use
Adverse effects of any proposed development on an adjacent existing residential
use shall be prevented or minimized through proper site planning and the provision
of buffering by the developer to the satisfaction of the Authority.
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8.
Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All development applications within 15 metres of any watercourse shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
9.
Service Station
The following development standards shall apply to all proposed service stations.
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All gasoline pumps shall be located on pump islands designed for such
purpose, and to which automobiles may gain access from either side.
ii)
Pump islands shall be setback at a minimum 4 metres from the front lot line.
iii)
Accesses shall not be less than 7 metres wide and shall be clearly marked,
and where a service station is located on a corner lot, the minimum distance
between an access and the intersection of the street shall be 10 metres and
the lot line between entrances shall be clearly indicated.
10.
Outdoor Storage
Outdoor storage shall be located on the rearyard of the lot and be screened from
visual site from street and other surrounding development.
11.
Medical, Professional and Personal Service Uses
Medical, professional and personal service uses may be permitted as a discretionary
use in a residential dwelling unit not occupied by the owner, in the form of doctors
consulting rooms, personal services, small business services, small appliance repair
and sporting goods repair service and similar uses provided that the requirements of
Section 47, Part II, in these Regulations shall apply notwithstanding that the building
is not occupied by the owner. except that not more than forty (40) percent of the total
floor area of the dwelling up to a maximum of forty-five square metres is devoted to
the non-residential use.
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USE ZONE TABLE
ZONE TITLE
PUBLIC USE (PU)
(GRAND BANK)
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Cultural and civic uses, medical care and special care uses
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
Assembly uses other than cultural and civic uses. penal and correctional institutional uses,
recreational open space, conservation, antenna
CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion
of the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within
the permitted use classes or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses.
2.
Development Standards
With the exception of residential the development standards for this zone shall
be as follows:
(a) Minimum Building Line Setback
6 metres
(b) Minimum Sideyard Width
3 metres
(c) Minimum Rearyard Depth
9 metres
(d) Maximum Height
12 metres
(ii)
All standards, conditions or other requirements of the Residential (RES) zone
shall apply with regard to any accessory residential development in the Public
Use (PU) zones.
(iii)
The development standards set out in (i) may be reduced at the discretion of
the Authority to facilitate non-residential development where abutting uses are
non-residential.
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3.
Accessory Buildings
i)
The tota of all accessory buildings shall have a lot coverage no greater than
20% up to a maximum of 200m2 and no accessory building shall have a
height of no more than 7 metres.
ii)
No accessory building shall project in front of any building line setback except
as provided in Section 38, Part II of these Regulations.
4.
Advertisements
See Conditions3 and 9 of the Residential (RES) zone.
5.
Outdoor Storage
Outdoor storage shall be located on the rearyard of the lot and be screened from
visual site from street and other surrounding development.
6.
Access
The number of accesses to the street shall be limited and designed to the
satisfaction of the Authority, having regard to the safety and efficiency of the street
for both vehicles and pedestrians.
7.
Protection of Residential Use
Adverse effects of any proposed development on an adjacent existing residential
use shall be prevented or minimized through proper site planning and the provision
of buffering by :le developer to the satisfaction of the Authority.
8.
Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All development applications within 15 metres of any watercourse shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
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ZONE TITLE
CONSERVATION (CONS)
(GRAND BANK)
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Conservation.
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
Recreational open space, forestry, public utilities, antenna, storage buildings for farmers' and
fishers' agricultural and fishing equipment.
CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion
of the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within
the permitted use classes or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses. Discretionary uses will only be permitted
if they will not cause pollution of any area of land or water body or cause erosion of
land to take place or worsen any propensity to flood. Forestry activity shall be
defined in a forest management plan satisfactory to the Authority.
2.
Recreation
Only passive recreational activities not involving erection of structures except ground
level structures such as boardwalks and decks, such as hiking and canoeing, shall
be permitted.
3.
Special Requirements for Storage Buildings
Storage buildings may be permitted subject to the requirements for accessory
buildings in the Town Core (TCORE) use zone, notwithstanding that they may be the
main use on the lot.
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4.
Special Requirements Protected Road Designation
The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador limits the types of development which
may be located within specified building control lines along designated highways, as
listed in the Newfoundland and Labrador Protected Road Zoning Regulations O.C.
96-217, as may be amended from time to time. A part of Highway 210 east of
Marine Drive is included in the designated highways listed there, but any Protected
Road Zoning Regulations have no effect within a Planning Area Boundary where
municipal Development Regulations are in effect.
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OPEN SPACE (OS)
(GRAND BANK)
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Recreational open space, conservation. cemeteries.
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
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CONDITIONS
1.
Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion
of the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within
the permitted use classes or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses.
2.
Development Standards
(a)
The development standards for this zone shall be as follows:
(i)
Minimum Building Line Setback
6 metres
(ii)
Minimum Sideyard Width, except where
3 metres
building are built with adjoining party walls
(iii)
Minimum Rearyard Depth
8 metres
(iv)
Maximum Height
15 metres
3.
Advertisements
See Conditions 8 and 9 of the Residential (RES) zone.
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4.
Parking
Parking for special events may be required by the Authority in addition to any
parking requirements stated in Appendix D.
5.
Access
The number of accesses to the street shall be limited and designed to the
satisfaction of the Authority, having regard to the safety and efficiency of the street
for both vehicles and pedestrians.
6.
Protection of Residential Use
Adverse effects of any proposed development on an adjacent existing residential
use shall be prevented or minimized through proper site planning and the provision
of buffering by the developer to the satisfaction of the Authority.
7.
Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All development applications within 15 metres of any watercourse shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
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USE ZONE TABLE
ZONE TITLE
RURAL RUR
GRAND BANK
Permitted Use Classes - (see Regulation 89)
Agriculture, forestry, conservation.
Discretionary Use Classes - (see Regulations 32 and 90)
All other uses.
CONDITIONS
1. Discretionary Use Classes
The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of
the Authority provided that they are compatible or complementary to uses within the
permitted use classes, or that their development will not inhibit or prejudice the
existence or the development of such uses. Unless otherwise specified in the Use Zone
Table or in these conditions, discretionary use classes involving buildings shall conform
to the frontage, building line setback, sideyard, rearyard. lot coverage and height
requirements as specified by the Authority.
2. Advertisements
See Conditions 8 and 9 of the Residential (RES) zone.
3. Special Requirements Protected Road Designation
The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador limits the types of development which
may be located within specified building control lines along designated highways, as
listed in the Newfoundland and Labrador Protected Road Zoning Regulations O.C.
96-217, as may be amended from time to time. A part of Highway 210 east of
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Marine Drive is included in the designated highways listed there. but any Protected
Road Zoning Regulations have no effect within a Planning Area Boundary where
municipal Development Regulations are in effect.
4. Mineral Workings
4.1
Applications
All applications for any mineral working or related development or for any development
within the recommended buffer shall be subject to the review and approval of the
Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environment and
Conservation.
4.2
Separation from Adjacent Uses (Buffers)
No mineral working or associated activity shall be located any closer than the minimum
distances listed below to the specified developments or natural features unless, after
consulting nearby residents, concerned government departments and those involved in
any kind of land use within the surrounding general area. the Authority is satisfied that
the working will not have a negative effect on other development, potential
development or natural features and provided all other applicable regulations and plan
policies are respected.
Type of Development
Minimum Distance from
Mineral Working
Existing or proposed residential development
300 metres
H
Any other developed area or area likely to be developed during
the life of pit or quarry working for any purpose other than
residential
150 metres
Public hi-hwa or street
50 metres
Any of the above, with regard to a mineral working operation in
which blastin. ma take .lace or an bedrock a arr or reserve
1000 metres
Waterbodyor watercourse
50 metres
4.3
Screening
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Where a mineral working or related activity is visible from a public street or highway,
developed area, or area likely to be developed during the life of the use of the mineral
working it shall be screened in the following manner:
( )
Where tree screens exist between the mineral working and adjacent public
highways and streets or other land uses (excepting forestry and agriculture),
the tree screens shall be retained in a 30--metre wide strip so that visibility of
any part of the use from surrounding uses or streets will be prevented. The
tree screens must be maintained by the owner or occupier of the use to
remain in a forested appearance. Where vegetation dies or is removed from
the 30-metre strip, the Authority may require new trees of a minimum height of
1 metre be planted to fill in the areas affected to the satisfaction of the
Authority or, at the discretion of the Authority, condition 4.3(ii) must be
undertaken.
(ii)
Where no tree screens of sufficient width and density to constitute a visual
screen exist, earthen berms shall be constructed to a height sufficient to
prevent visibility of any part of the mineral working from adjacent uses
(excepting forestry and agriculture), or adjacent public highways and streets.
The berms shall be landscaped to the Authority's satisfaction.
(iii)
Where natural topography creates a visual screen between mineral workings
and adjacent public highways and streets or other land uses (excepting
forestry and agriculture), additional screening may not be required.
iv)
Where effective screening for any mineral working or associated processing
or manufacturing use cannot be installed or located as required in 4.3(i) to
4.3(iii), the Authority may refuse to permit the use or associated activity.
4.4
Fencing
The Authority may require the mineral working site or excavated areas of a pit or quarry
working to be enclosed by a fence designed and constructed to its specifications and
no less than 1.8 metres in height.
4.5
Water Pollution
No mineral working or associated storm or sanitary drainage shall unacceptably reduce
the quality of water in any waterbody or watercourse. Any access road to a pit or quarry
working which crosses a rock or stream shall be bridged or culverted at the crossing in
accordance with the Regulations of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
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4.6
Water Ponding
No mineral working shall result in the excavation of areas below the level of the water
table nor in any way cause the accumulation or pending of water in any part of the site.
Settling ponds may be permitted with the approval of the Department of Environment
and Conservation.
4.7
Erosion Control
Before commencement of the mineral working the developer must indicate how the
mineral working will be carried out so as to not cause erosion of adjacent land. The
mineral working must then be carried out in this manner. If not, the Authority shall
rescind approval of the permit for the mineral working.
4.8
Site Maintenance
The mineral working site shall be kept free from refuse. Vehicles, equipment and
buildings shall not be left abandoned on site.
4.9
Access Roads
i)
During extended periods of shutdown, or expiration of the quarry permit or
permanent cessation of operations prior to that, access roads to a mineral
working shall be ditched or barred to the satisfaction of the Authority.
ii)
Access to a quarry site shall not be via local residential streets.
4.10
Stockpiling Cover Material
All stumps, organic material and topsoil, including the rusty coloured and iron stained
layer. Shall be stripped and stockpiled at least 5 metres from active quarry or stockpile
areas. The owner or operator shall ensure that the quality of the topsoil is not affected
by dilution with other materials.
4.11
Operating Plant and Associated Processing and Manufacturing
The Authority may permit processing and manufacturing use associated with mineral
workings provided that, in the opinion of the Authority, the use does not create a
nuisance nor is liable to become a nuisance or offensive by the creation of noise or
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vibration. or by reason of the emission of fumes, dust. dirt, objectionable odour, or by
reason of unsightly storage of materials.
All permanent or temporary buildings. plants and structures associated with processing
and manufacturing will be located so as not to interfere with the present or future
extraction of aggregate resources.
The Authority may specify a minimum separation distance between operating plant or
associated processing and manufacturing structure or equipment and adjacent
developed areas likely to be developed during the life of the mineral working.
4.12
Termination and Site Rehabilitation
Upon completion of the mineral working, the following work shall be carried out by the
operator:
All buildings, machinery and equipment shall be removed.
(ii)
All pit and quarry slopes shall be graded to slopes less than 20° or to the
slope conforming to that existing prior to the mineral working.
Topsoil and any organic materials shall be respread over the entire quarried
area. Seeding and/or tree planting may be required.
(iv)
The access road to the working shall be ditched or barred to the satisfaction
of the Authority.
(v)
If the mineral working contains reserves of material sufficient to support
further extraction operations. the Authority may require the work described
above to be carried out only in areas of the site where extraction has depleted
reserves.
(vi)
Prior to commencement of the mineral working. Council may require the
developer to post a bond to be repaid once site rehabilitation has taken place.
The amount of the bond shall be no less than 10% (ten percent) of the
estimated cost of site rehabilitation, which shall be repaid, with interest, upon
satisfactory termination of rehabilitation of the site.
5. Agricultural Development
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Applications for agricultural development shall be referred to the Department of Natural
Resources for review and approval.
6. Protection of Water Sources and Environment
All applications for development within 15 metres of any watercourse shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Department of Environment and Conservation.
7. Solid Waste Processing or Disposal Operated by Public Authority
i)
No development of this kind shall be approved if it is not operated by a public
authority or if it will have noticeable off-site effects from pollution, noise, visual
impact or traffic which cannot be considered acceptable. or which cannot be
ameliorated to be made acceptable, within the context of the surrounding
area.
ii)
A site plan must be included with proposals for such uses or for extensions or
additional activity at the site of existing development of this kind. The site plan
must clearly depict in proper scale and proportion the layout of all existing and
proposed features of the site including activities, buildings and parking areas
as well as any other items that Council may require.
iii)
Buffers of existing plant growth must be retained around the site, including the
parking area and any part fronting along a public road for a depth of at least
50 m (165 feet). Landscaping of buffers, parking areas, accesses and of the
entire development in general is required and must be to the satisfaction of
Council.
All buildings on-site and otherwise associated with this development must
have properly finished exteriors and be maintained to the satisfaction of
Council.
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Schedule D
OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Regulation 51, the quantity of off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to
the following minimum requirements:
a. Assembly uses other than education and child care:
b. Education and child care uses:
c. Institutional uses
d. Residential Dwelling uses
e. General Residential uses
f. Business and personal service uses
1 space for every five seats or if there
are no seats, one space for each 100
square metres of floor area devoted to
public occupancy
2 spaces for each classroom or 25 stu-
dents or children, whichever is less
1 space for each two beds or clientele
spaces
2 spaces for each dwelling unit
1 space for each rental suite or unit, plus
1 space for each 10 square metres of
common spaces such as common rooms,
kitchens, and recreation areas.
1 space for each 20 square metres of
floor area
g. All other uses
1 space for each 30 square metres of
floor area
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Schedules E and F
LAND USE ZONING MAPS
Schedule E, Land Use Zoning Map 1, is located in a map pocket.
Schedule F, Land Use Zoning Map 2, is located in a map pocket.
Dated at Grand Bank this I )
day of
A.D. 20 15
Of"
Mayor, To ?of Grand Bank
LEGEND
GRID
NORTH
10 DEC 2012
23 OCT 2012
02 OCT 2012
02 APR 2012
01 MAR 2012
05 FEB 2012
SCALE:
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