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Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 TOWN OF NORTH WEST RIVER LAND USE ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT REGULATIONS DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2010 - 2020 I 11111-11111111111MINIMMINIINIMINIIIIIIIIII-1111111111111-1111111MIIIMINII Development RegulaitionsiAmendment REGISTERED Number -; 5 55- 201 001 Date - arde Signature Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 ADOPTION AND APPROVAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO ADOPT; CLERK'S CERTIFICATE Under the authority of Section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Town Council of North West River adopts the Development Regulations for 2010 to 2020. Resolved by the Town Council of North West River on the _7th_ day of _March_2011. Signed and sealed this NI-- day of , 2011. (Council Seal) Clerk's Certificate: Certified that the attached Development Regulations is a correct copy of the Development Regulations for 2010 to 2020, adopted by the Council of the Town of North West River, on the 7th day of March_, 2011. 1 MIONNIMMINNIONNIIIMIIIIIIIMININEMINNIMMINIIIMS-11111--=111= // Ma or- erk -- 4:06 Cl (Council _Seal) Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO APPROVE; CLERK'S CERTIFICATE [resolution of Council to approve the Development Regulations, following completion of the requirements of Sections 18 to 22 inclusive of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000] Under the authority of Section 23 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Town Council of North West River approves the Development Regulations for 2010 to 2020. Resolved by the Town Council of North West River on the 9th day of May, 2011. Signed and sealed this k'sit- day of , 2011. Clerk's Certificate: Certified that the attached Development Regulations is a correct copy of the Development Regulations for 2010 to 2020, approved by the Council of the Town of North West River, on the 9th day of May, 2011. ii ,,If ' \\O 1 111 It- 8/. 7 - .... 0 ... * ...... ....tf,',...... Os '..' ,"c;) - bik-A, - ",,e, ; t l'ze. ; <,, 6) .- '...0 - - 4' 1) - - - - <-,, - cr) N - 1 I i JENS C. JENSEN i j . - . - . .1-,, - % .- :`... rt _- '11.........644 / 4.4-01.0".- '11 9 May 2011 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 PLANNER'S SEAL AND SIGNATURE 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 iii IMIIIMININNINNINIIMMINNIOINIBIIMIIMIIIININIIINIMINIIIMINIIMIIII- I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I Page SECTION A I I NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 3/01, MADE BY MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL I AND PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS, 2 JANUARY, 2001 1 I SECTION B 1 I LAND USE, ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT I REGULATIONS I APPLICATION 1. Short Title 14 1 2. Interpretation 14 3. Commencement 14 1 4. Municipal Code and Regulations 14 5. Authority 15 I PART I - GENERAL REGULATIONS 15 I 6. Compliance With Regulations 15 7. Permit Required 15 I iv I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 8. Permit to be Issued 15 9. Permit Not to be Issued in Certain Cases 16 10. Discretionary Powers of Authority 16 11. Variances 17 12. Notice of Variance 18 13. Service Levy 18 14. Financial Guarantees by Developer 19 15. Dedication of Land for Public Use 20 16. Reinstatement of Land 20 17. Form of Application 20 18. Register of Application 21 19. Deferment of Application 21 20. Approval in Principle 21 21. Development Permit 22 22. Reasons for Refusing Permit 23 23. Notice of Right to Appeal 23 24. Appeal Requirements 24 25. Appeal Registration 24 26. Development Prohibited 25 27. Appeal Board 26 28. Appeals 26 29. Hearing Notice and Meetings 28 30. Hearing of Evidence 28 31. Return of Appeal Fee 29 32. Notice of Application 29 33. Right of Entry 29 I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 34. Record of Violations 30 35. Stop Work Order and Prosecution 30 36 Delegation of Powers 30 PART II - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 31 37. Accesses and Service Streets 31 38. Accessory Buildings and Uses 31 39. Advertisements 33 40. Buffer Strips 33 41. Building Height 33 42. Building Line and Setback 34 43. Family and Group Care Centres 34 44. Height Exceptions 34 45. Livestock Structures and Uses 34 46. Lot Area 35 47. Lot Area and Size Exceptions 36 48. Lot Frontage 36 49. Non-Conforming Use 36 50. Offensive and Dangerous Uses 38 51. Offstreet Parking Requirements 39 52. Off-Street Loading Requirements 41 53. Parks and Playgrounds, and Conservation Uses 42 54. Screening and Landscaping 42 55. Services and Public Utilities 42 56. Service Stations 42 57. Side Yards 43 58. Street Construction Standards 43 vi Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 59. Subsidiary Apartments 43 60. Unsubdivided Land 44 61. Zero Lot Line and Other Comprehensive Development; Flag Lot Requirements 44 PART III - ADVERTISEMENTS 48 62. Permit Required 48 63. Form of Application 48 64. Advertisements Prohibited in Street Reservation 48 65. Permit Valid for Limited Period 48 66. Removal of Advertisements 48 67. Advertisements Exempt from Control 49 68. Approval Subject to Conditions 50 69. Non-Conforming Uses 50 PART IV - SUBDIVISION OF LAND 51 70. Permit Required 51 71. Services to be Provided 51 72. Payment of Service Levies and Other Charges 51 73. Issue of Permit Subject to Considerations 51 74. Building Permits Required 52 75. Form of Application 53 76. Subdivision Subject to Zoning 53 77. Building Lines 53 78. Land for Public Open Space 53 79. Structure in Street Reservation 55 80. Subdivision Design Standards 55 81. Engineer to Design Works and Certify Construction Layout 58 82. Developer to Pay Engineer's Fees and Charges 58 vii J J 1 1 1 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 83. Street Works May Be Deferred 58 84. Transfer of Streets and Utilities to Authority 59 85. Restriction on Sale of Lots 60 86. Grouping of Buildings and Landscaping 60 PART V - USE ZONES 61 87. Use Zones 61 88. Use Classes 61 89. Permitted Uses 61 90. Discretionary Uses 62 91. Uses Not Permitted 62 DEFINITIONS 63 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE A: Definitions 63 SCHEDULE B: Classification of Uses of Land and Buildings 76 SCHEDULE C: Use Zone Tables 87 SCHEDULE D: Off-Street Parking Requirements 103 SCHEDULE E: Land Use Zoning Map 1 bound in at rear of document SCHEDULE F: Land Use Zoning Map 2 [in map pocket at rear of document] viii Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 regulations. 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 1 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 8. Development prohibited 9. Hearing notice and meetings 10. Hearing of evidence 11. Board decision 12. Variances 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 for the Town of North West River. 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; 2 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 (a) "access" means 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; (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 3 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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, greenhouses, cold frames, fuel sheds, vegetables storage cellars, shelters for domestic pets or radio and television antennae, (iii) for commercial uses, workshops or garages, and (1 ) 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 (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 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; 4 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (0 "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 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 embankment or entrenchment; (h) "floor area" means the total area of all floors in a building measured to the outside face of exterior 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 particular use or building; (k) "lot area" means the total horizontal area within the lines of the lot; (1) "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; 5 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (m) "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; (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 illuminated or not, in the nature of or employed wholly or in part for the purpose of advertisement, announcement or direction and excludes those things employed wholly as a memorial, advertisements of local government, utilities and boarding or similar structures used for the display of advertisements; (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; (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; 6 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (u) "street line" means the edge of a street reservation as defined by the authority having jurisdiction; (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, setback, 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 regulations. (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 7 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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, Confederation Building (West Block), P.O. Box 8700, St. John"s, Nfld., A 1 B 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. John"s appoints an appeal board under subsection 40(2) of the Act, an appeal shall be filed with the secretary 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. 8 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 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. 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 102 of the Act, an authority shall not carry out work related to the matter being appealed. 9 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 persons notified under subsection 9(1) or their representative may appear before the board and make representations 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. 10 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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%. (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. 11 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 Residential non conformity 14. A residential building or structure referred to in paragraph 108(3)(g) of the Act must, where being repaired or rebuilt, be repaired or rebuilt in accordance with the plan and development regulations applicable 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 received in response to that advertisement. Non-conformance with standards 16. Where a building, structure or development does not meet the development standards included in development 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 applicable 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. 12 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 Delegation of powers 18. An authority shall, where designating employees to whom a power is to be delegated under subsection 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. ©©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer 13 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 SECTION B LAND USE, ZONING, SUBDIVISION AND ADVERTISEMENT REGULATIONS (DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS) APPLICATION 1. Short Title These Regulations may be cited as the Town of North West River 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 commonly assigned to them in the context in which they are used in the Regulations. 3. Commencement These Regulations come into effect throughout the North West River Municipal Planning Area, hereinafter referred to as the Planning Area, on the date of publication of a notice to that effect in the Newfoundland Gazette. 4. Municipal Code and Regulations The Building Code including the Plumbing Code, the Fire Code, the Electrical Code, and any other ancillary code and any Building Regulations, Waste Disposal Regulation and/or any other municipal 14 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 regulations regulating or controlling the development, conservation and use of land in force in the Town of North West River, shall, under these Regulations apply to the entire Planning Area. 5. Authority In these Regulations, "Authority" means the Council of the Town of North West River. 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 provided 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 Regu- lations, the requirements 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 15 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 Area when, in the opinion of the Authority: 1. It is premature by reason of the site lacking adequate road access, power, drainage, sanitary facilities, or domestic water supply, or lacking adequate removal or mitigation of hazardous materials or contaminants on the lot, 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, or, 2. The applicant is not able to demonstrate ownership of the lot upon which the development is proposed. 3. The applicant is not able to provide building plans or other assurance that any building or structure will be erected upon a competent permanent foundation (except where specifically exempted as a temporary use such as a beach kiosk erected for the season). 10. Discretionary Powers of Authority 16 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (1) In considering an application for a permit or approval in principle to carry out development, 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 general appearance of the development of the area, the amenity of the surr- oundings, availability 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 requirements 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 discretionary, 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 development does not comply with development standards set out in development regulations, 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 standards 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 development regulations if that variance, when considered together with other variances made or to be made with 17 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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%. (3) The Authority shall not permit a variance from development standards where the proposed 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 development. (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: 18 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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; (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 expenditures by the developer, or; (c) a performance bond provided by an insurance company or a bank, or; 19 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 require 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. 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 required by the Authority. 20 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 decision. 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 consideration has not been deferred in accordance with Regulation 18(1), shall be deemed to be refused. 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 appli- cation 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 21 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 thereu- nder. (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 two years, which may be extended in writing by the Authority for further periods not exceeding two years. (4) A permit is valid for such period, not in excess of two years, as may be stated therein, and if the development has not commenced, the permit may be renewed 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 III of these Regulations. 22 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 error 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 completicn. 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, 2001) Where the Authority makes a decision that may be appealed under section 42 of the Act, the 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; 23 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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., AlB 4J6 is the secretary to all Appeal 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 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) 24 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 immediately 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 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 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). 25 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (3) Upon receipt of a notification of the registration of an appeal with respect to an order under section 102 of the Act, the Authority shall not carry out work related to the matter being appealed. 27. Appeal Board (1) The minister may, by order, establish an Appeal Board and shall assign to the Appeal Board a specific area of the province over which it shall have jurisdiction, as outlined in section 40, of the Act. 28. Appeals (1) 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 Appeal 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. 26 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (4) An appeal shall be filed with the Appeal Board not more than 14 days after the person who made the original application appealed from has received the decision being appealed. (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 development 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 appealed 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 necessary order to have its decision implemented. 27 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (11) Notwithstanding subsection (10), where the Authority may, in its discretion, make a decision, 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 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) 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 appellant 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 appealed. (2) An Appeal Board shall hear an appeal in accordance with section 43 of the Act and these regulations. 28 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 evidence. 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 Regulations, 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 surveys or examinations or obtaining information relative to the carrying out of any development, 29 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 Regulations, 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 subsection 109(2) of the Act, make that designation in writing. 30 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 intersection. 38. Accessory Buildings and Uses (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. (2) 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 practically impossible to locate an accessory building in a side or rear yard. In such cases, a discretionary use may be approved 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. To illustrate the concept for simple rectangular and irregularly shaped lots, refer to the following sketches: 31 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 SIMPLE RECTANGULAR LOT Areas A, B, and C together is the existing front yard on the lot. Rear yard Side Existing Side yard dwelling yard Accessory buildings may (as a discretionary use) be located in areas B and C, but not in area A. Existing front yard B A C Extensions of existing side yards to the street line most directly in front of the dwelling. Extensions are parallel to each other, but not necessarily parallel to any lot line. STREET IRREGULAR LOT Rear yard Side Yare, Skie B A STREET 32 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 with open sides and 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. 39. Advertisements Advertisements shall not be erected or displayed except in accordance with Part III of these Regulations. 40. Buffer Strips A development in any Use Zone shall not be located within a buffer strip 15 metres in width measured from the centreline of any Public Trail designated on Schedules E and F. 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: 33 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 described 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 service 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 Regulations. 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 affect, 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 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 chimneys, 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 34 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (1) No structure designed to contain more than five animal units shall be erected or used unless it complies with the following requirements: (a) The structure shall be at least 600 m from a Provincial or Federal Park or 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, shall be located only in an area designated as Rural (RUR) on Schedule E or Schedule F of these Regulations. (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 Forest, Resources and Agrifoods 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 Forest, Resources and Agrifoods. 46. Lot Area (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 coverage that exceeds, or a front yard, rear yard, side yard, frontage or lot area that is less than 35 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 computing the area thereof available for building purposes. 47. Lot Area and Size Exceptions Where, at the time of coming into effect of these Regulations, one or more lots already exist in any zone, with insufficient frontage or area to permit the owner or purchaser 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 a development 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. 48. Lot Frontage Except where specifically provided for in the Use Zone Tables in Schedule C of these Regulations, no building shall be erected unless the lot on which it is situated fronts directly onto a street. 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 conform with a regulation, scheme, or plan that applies to that land 36 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 3 years after the discontinuance of that use. (3) A building, structure or development that does not conform to a scheme, plan or regulations made under the Act that is allowed to continue under subsection (1) (a) shall not be internally or externally varied, extended or expanded unless otherwise approved by the Authority; (b) shall not be structurally modified except as required for the safety of the building, structure or development; (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 development 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 building; (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 37 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 development standards applicable to that building, structure or development; (g) where the building or structure is primarily zoned and used for residential purposes, 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 applicable to that building or structure. (4) Before making a decision to vary an existing use of a non- conforming building, 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 (1) No building or land shall be used for any purpose which may be dangerous by causing or promoting fires or other hazards or which may emit noxious, offensive or dangerous fumes, smoke, gases, 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 other Authority having jurisdiction. (2) No derelict or substandard building or structure shall be moved onto a lot for the purpose of development unless the approval of the Authority has been granted by way of a development agreement, such that the building or structure will be required to be renovated or rebuilt to required 38 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 standards, including roof, walls, doors and windows, within a set time limit, after which the Authority shall be entitled to order the building or structure to be removed or demolished, failing which the Authority shall be entitled to remove the same and recover expenses from the owner and to terminate any access to municipal water, sewer and street. 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 or occupancy 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 accessible by means of a durably surfaced right-of-way at least 3 m in width. Parking required shall be provided on the same lot as the building, structure, use or occupancy, except where an instrument such as an easement, license or agreement between owners and the Authority permits otherwise (in such instruments, the Authority shall be a named party and the instrument shall be registered so as to run with the land). Parking space for apartments shall be provided in the rear yard where possible. (4) The parking facilities required by this Regulation shall, except in the case of single or attached dwellings, be arranged so that it is not necessary for any vehicle to reverse onto or from a street. This 39 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 requirement shall not apply to an existing building, structure, use or occupancy. (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 3 m wide by 6 m long, capable of being used for the parking of a vehicle without the need to move other vehicles on adjacent areas, and the lanes or aisles in a parking area which give access to parking spaces shall be at least 6 m wide; (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 divert 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 which are not on the same lot as the building, structure, use or occupancy shall be across land which is in the same Use Zone as designated on Schedule E or Schedule F of these Regulations ; 40 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (h) where a parking area is located such that vehicles may freely pass across adjacent lots rather than to a public street, the Authority may require a natural or structural barrier at least 1 m in height to be erected and maintained along all lot lines where prevention is required; (i) where, in the opinion of the Authority, strict application of the above parking requirements 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 alternative 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 vertical 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, if any, to be provided shall be determined by the Authority. (3) The loading facilities required by this Regulation shall be so arranged that vehicles can manoeuvre clear of any street and so 41 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 establishment of parks and playgrounds in any use zones provided that such parks and playgrounds are not located in areas where traffic or physical characteristics of the site may be hazardous to their users. 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 Regulations 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 Authority, 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 public 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- 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 service station development: 42 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (a) All gasoline pumps shall be located on pump islands designed for such purpose, and to which automobiles may gain access from either side. (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 every 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 and to the design and specifications laid down by the Authority. 59. Subsidiary Apartments One subsidiary apartment is permitted in a single dwelling structure, or in an accessory building on the same lot in which case it is deemed to be a permitted accessory use, and for the purposes of calculating lot area, lot coverage and yard requirements, shall be considered part of the self- contained dwelling. Subsidiary apartments in accessory buildings shall be connected to municipal water and sewer services. The connection to the water supply may be made by extension of water service from the main building. The connection to the public sewer shall be achieved directly to the public sewer and not involving any form of interconnection with the 43 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 sewer connecting the main building or any other building to the public sewer. 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; Flag Lot Requirements (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 Table in Schedule C, provided that the dwellings are designed to provide both privacy and 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 in the Use Zone in which it is located for lot area is satisfied 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 44 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 5 m at every point along its length, including the lot boundary where the flag lot fronts directly on a street. The requirement of Regulation 48 shall apply to flag lots, in that the leg or prolongation shall abut directly upon a street. 62. Environmental Buffer Along Water Bodies; Protection of Fish Habitat Any development within a body of water, including streams, rivers, ponds and wetlands, and within 15 metres of the high water marks thereof, shall be subject to approval under Section 48 of the Water Resources Act, in addition to any requirements of the Development Regulations. Further, development associated with water bodies shall be carried out in conformance with the requirements of the federal Fisheries Act and the Guidelines for Protection of Fish Habitat and other guidelines provided by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 63. Landscaping and Screening (a) Landscaping and screening may be required for any development in a manner determined by Council: i) To provide a visual screen between different or incompatible uses; ii) To provide a noise barrier; iii) To provide for attractive visual continuity between developments, to provide for visual integrity or identity of an area; iv) To add to the attractiveness of a development. (b) Landscaping and screening shall be provided in accordance with the provisions below: 45 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 i) A three metre landscaped area or a screen at least 1.8 metres in height shall be provided where a commercial, industrial, or public use not involving outdoor storage of equipment, materials or parking of vehicles, adjoins a residential use. ii) Opaque screening in the form of a solid fence 2 metres high shall be provided along any lot line or part thereof, to mitigate the view from any adjacent residential uses of outdoor storage of equipment, materials or parking of vehicles on a lot on which the main use is not a residential use. 64. Keeping of Animals Keeping of small animals customarily kept as household pets is permitted. In addition, chickens, ducks, geese or other poultry may be kept, up to a total of 25 birds. 65. Fences Along Streets A fence may be erected in any yard of any lot provided that: - it is entirely located on the lot and so as to not encroach upon any street or abutting lot; a fence may be built on the lot line (the Authority does not become involved in assuring that the abutting property owner is in agreement or in the location of the lot line, as these are civil matters between the two parties); and, - it has a height of no more than 2 metres, including any ornamentation or projections above the general upper line of the fence, except as otherwise provided in any Use Zone. 66. Use of Surplus Material from Excavation 46 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 Removal of quarry material from a lot, where the material is surplus to the requirements of a development, is permitted as a temporary use provided that a quarry permit has been approved by the Department of Natural Resources. 47 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 the appropriate department of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 63. Form of Application Application for a permit to erect or display an advertisement shall be made to the Authority in accordance 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 for a limited period, not exceeding two years, 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; 48 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (b) detrimental to the amenities of the surrounding area. 67. Advertisements Exempt from Control The following advertisements may be erected or displayed in the Planning Area without application 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 relating 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 area 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 cemetery, 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; 49 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 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. 50 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 satisfactory 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 system. 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, utilities 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; 51 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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; (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; (i) natural features such as lakes, streams, topsoil, trees and shrubs; (j) prevailing winds; (k) visual quality; (1) 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. 52 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 75. Form of Application Application for a permit to develop a subdivision shall be made to the Authority in accordance 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. 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. In the case of flag lots which would be created in the subdivision, the building lines will not necessarily be parallel to the street line but will reflect the appropriate orientation of buildings and yards in the main body of the flag lot. 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; 53 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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. (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). 54 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 79. Structure in Street Reservation The placing within any street reservation of any structure (for example, a hydro pole, telegraph 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: (i) 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 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. (e) No cul de sac shall be located so as to appear to terminate a collector street. 55 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (f) New subdivisions shall have street connections with an existing street or streets. (g) All street intersections shall be constructed within 5 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. a) 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 approved standards of the Authority, but in the absence of such standards, shall conform to the following minimum standards: Type of Street Street Reser- vation Pavement Width Sidewalk Width Sidewalk Number Arterial and Collector Street: Airstrip Road north of Montague Street 30 m 15 m 1.5 m discretion of Council I I I I 56 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 (I) No lot intended for residential purposes shall have a depth exceeding four times the frontage. (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 adjoining 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. (p) No more than two legs or prolongations of flag lots shall abut at the street line. 57 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 81. Engineer to Design Works and Certify Construction Layout (1) Plans and specifications for all water mains, hydrants, sanitary sewers, storm sewers 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 approved by the Engineer. Such designs and specifications shall, upon approval by the Authority, be incorporated 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 thereupon the developer shall proceed to the construction and installation, at his own cost and in accordance with the approved designs and specifications and the construction 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. 82. Developer to Pay Engineer's Fees and Charges The developer shall pay to the Authority all the Engineer's reasonable and customary fees and charges for the preparation of designs and specifications and for the layout and supervision of construction. 83. Street Works May Be Deferred The construction and installation of all curbs and gutters, catch basins, sidewalks and paving specified by the Authority as being necessary, may, 58 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 at the Authority's discretion, be deferred until a later stage of the work on the development of the subdivision but the developer 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 request 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 approved 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 and 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 subdivision, the Engineer shall, at the cost to the 59 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 developer, test the streets, services and public works installed in the subdivision and certify his satisfaction with their installation. (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 transferred 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 development and to make the most use of existing topography and vegetation. (2) Building groupings, once approved by the Authority, shall not be changed without written application to and subsequent approval of the Authority. 60 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 Maps in Schedules E and F, attached to and forming part of these Regulations. (2) Subject to Regulation 87(3), the permitted use classes, discretionary use classes, standards, requirements and conditions applicable to each Use Zone are set out in the Use Zone Tables 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 standards, 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 61 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 under that title shall be permitted, and likewise 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 general 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, subject 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. 62 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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: A detached subordinate building, 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, and shall include: (i) one subsidiary apartment developed in a detached building where the main building on the lot is a residential use; (ii) for residential uses, subsidiary apartments as stated in (i), domestic garages, carports, ramps, sheds, swimming pools, greenhouses, cold frames, fuel sheds, vegetables storage cellars, shelters for domestic pets or radio and television antennae, (iii) for commercial uses, workshops or garages, and (iv) 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 expected to occur with the permitted or discretionary use. (Refer to Minister's Development Regulations, January 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, announcement or 63 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 rearing of animals for pet or commercial uses including raising of livestock or any other creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins, or fur, or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land, the use of land as grazing 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 accordingly. 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 dogs; 4 goats; 4 hogs (based on 453.6 kg = 1 unit); 1 horse (including foal); 125 laying hens; 4 sheep (including lambs); 64 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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. ARTERIAL STREET: The streets in the Planning Area constituting the main traffic arteries of the area and defined as arterial streets or highways, if any, in the Municipal Plan or on the Zoning Map. AUTHORITY: The Town Council of North West River. BOARDING HOUSE: A dwelling in which at least 2 rooms are regularly rented to persons other than the immediate 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 ornamental 65 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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) BUILDING LINE SETBACK: see Front Yard Depth. COLLECTOR STREET: A street that is designed to link local streets with arterial streets and which is designated 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 groceries, housewares, and clothing; gifts; speciality items; and, other goods, and which has a floor area dedicated to retail sales (including storage area) not exceeding 100 square metres.. 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 merchandise, or as an office, or for living accom- modation, for any period of time; and shall exclude: 66 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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 external 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 inspecting, repairing or renewing any sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus, including 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 relevant 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 or successor in title. 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. 67 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 embankment 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, facilities called -Family and Group Homes", "Group Homes", "Halfway Houses", and "Foster Homes". 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 narrower 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). To illustrate the concept: 68 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 RECTANGULAR SHAPE IRREGULAR SHAPE a a lot b lot lot lot lot lot b STREET STREET a: main body of the flag lot 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 Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001) FRONT YARD DEPTH: The distance between the front lot line of a lot and the front wall of the main building on the lot. This has the same meaning as "building line setback" as used in the use zone tables. 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, repairing, manufacturing, fabricating, packing, 69 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 vehicles 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 provincial 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 restricted, or; (b) require special care or treatment because of age, mental or physical limitations or medical conditions. 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, 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 immediate family of the owner or tenant. 70 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 Regulations, 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 Development Regulations, January 2, 2001) MINERAL WORKING: Land or buildings used for the exploration, working or extraction of any naturally occurring 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 supported 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 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 71 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 collection, 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 single 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 under 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 necessary 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) 72 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 discretionary use classes or a use that an Authority specifies as not permitted within a use zone. (Refer to Minister'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 amusement use, a general garage, or a service station. 73 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 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 excludes those things employed wholly as a memorial, advertisements of local government, utilities and boarding 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 a self-contained dwelling or in an accessory building. 74 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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) 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 Development 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 regulations. (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 Minister's Development Regulations, January 2, 2001) 75 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 Occupancies 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 per- forming 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-halls and active exercise uses 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 (f) Club and Lodge Passenger Terminals Private Clubs and Lodges (non- residential) 76 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (g) Catering Restaurants Bars Taverns (h) Funeral Home (i) Child Care (j) Amusement Funeral Homes and Chapels Day Care Centres Electronic Games Arcades Pinball Parlours Poolrooms 77 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 detention 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 7 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 U C. 1. Residential (a) Single Single Detached RESIDENTIAL Dwelling Dwelling Dwellings USES Uses Family & Group Homes (b) Double Semi-detached Dwelling Dwelling Duplex Dwellings Family & Group Homes (c) Row Row Houses Dwelling Town Houses Family & Group Homes (d) Apartment Apartments Building Family & Group Homes 79 I I 80 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 I 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 Consulting Rooms Dental Offices & Surgeries Legal Offices Similar Professional Offices I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (c) Personal Barbers Service Hairdressers Beauty Parlours Small Appliance Repairs (d) General Service Self-service Laundries Dry Cleaners (not using flammable or explosive substances) Small Tool and Appliance Rentals Travel Agents 81 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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) Communica- tions 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. MERCAN- TILE USES 1. Retail Sale and Display Uses (a) Shopping Centre Shopping Centres (b) Shop Retail Shops and Stores and Showrooms Department Stores (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 C C C 82 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 F. INDUSTRIAL 1. Industrial uses (a) Hazardous Bulk Storage of USES involving highly combustible and hazardous substances and processes. Industry hazardous liquids and sub- stances. Chemical Plants Distilleries Feed Mills Lacquer, Mattress, Paint, Varnish, and Rubber Factories Spray Paintin 9 6.] 83 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 84 (e) Conservation (f) Cemetery (g) Scrap Yard Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 Watersheds Buffer Strips Flood Plains Architectural, Historical and Scenic Sites Steep Slopes Wildlife Sanctuaries Cemeteries Graveyards Car Wrecking Yards Junk Yards Scrap Dealers 85 C Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 and Wind Turbines TV, Radio and Communications Transmitting and Receiving Masts and Antennae (k) Transportation Airfields Railway Yards Docks and Harbours 86 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 conditions affecting some or all of the use classes. The schedule contains tables for the following Use Zones, for which the abbreviations are as noted: Mixed Development MD Historic HIST Recreational Open Space ROS Firebreak FB Environmental Protection EP Rural RUR 1 1 87 1 1 I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I 1 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE MIXED DEVELOPMENT (MD) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Single dwelling excluding subsidiary apartment but including home business uses in the office, medical and professional, and personal service business categories, up to 30 square metres total of floor area; conservation; recreational open space. DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Assembly, institutional, residential including subsidiary apartment in main or separate building on same lot, business and personal service, mercantile, general industry up to 300 square metres in floor area, service station, light industry up to 300 square metres in floor area. CONDITIONS 1. Development Standards STANDARDS WHERE PERMITTED Single Double Row APARTMENT BUILDING Dwelling, Boarding Dwelling Dwelling 4 1 2 3 House, Mobile Bed Apt. Bed Apt. Bed Apt. Bed Apt. Home, all other residential uses not specified in this table, and all non- residential uses Lot area (m2) minimum 450 390 350 200 250 280 300 * * * * * * (average) I 88 I Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 8 8 Sideyard Width (m) 1.5 2 2 5 Rearyard Depth (m) (minimum) 5 5 10 10 Lot Coverage of All Buildings totalled (%) (maximum) 33 33 33 33 Maximum floor area of all accessory buildings totalled (m2) where the main use of the lot is a residential use 30 30 30 30 Height (m) (maximum) 10 10 10 10 * Per dwelling unit 2. 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. (ii) No advertisement shall exceed 2 square metres in area on a lot where the main use is a residential use, and 5 square metres in all other cases. 1 1 89 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 3. Advertisements Relating to Offsite Uses 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 2 square metres in area on a lot where the main use is a residential use, and 5 square metres in all other cases. (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 use and 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. 4. Discretionary Use Classes The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of the Authority provided that they are 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. 5. Limitation on Uses Permitted in Area North of Labrador Interpretation Centre Of the discretionary uses listed in the use zone table, only the residential uses may be permitted in the area north of the Labrador Interpretation Centre and Montague Street, northward up to the firebreak, and lying west of Airstrip Road. 90 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE HISTORIC (HIST) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Cultural and civic uses associated with the heritage of the community; outdoor and indoor assembly uses related to the park, beach, and wharf; place of worship uses. DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Gift shops and eating establishments related to permitted uses. CONDITIONS 1. Development Standards The development standards for building in this zone shall be as follows: (i) Minimum Building Line Setback 1 metres (ii) Minimum Sideyard Width 1 metres (iii) Minimum Rearyard Depth 3 metres (iv) Maximum Height 15 metres (v) Minimum Frontage 10 metres 2. 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: 91 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (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. (ii) No advertisement shall exceed 2 square metres in area. 3. Advertisements Relating to Offsite Uses 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 and shall be only for indicating the names and directions to, of other cultural and civic features in the community or region. (ii) 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. 4. Discretionary Use Classes The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of the Authority provided that they are 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. 92 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE PARKS & RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE (ROS) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Recreational Open Space; conservation. DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Assembly uses; take-out food service; outdoor market CONDITIONS 1. Development Standards The development standards for this zone shall be as follows: (i) Minimum Building Line Setback 4 metres (ii) Minimum Sideyard Width, except where buildings are built with adjoining party walls 4 metres (iii) Minimum Rearyard Depth 4 metres (iv) Maximum Height 5 metres (v) Minimum Frontage 5 metres 2. Discretionary Use Classes The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of the Authority provided that they are permitted for only the appropriate season and are complementary to public outdoor recreational and cultural uses. 93 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 3. 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. (ii) No advertisement shall exceed 1 square metre in area. 4. Advertisements Relating to Offsite Uses (i) Each advertisement shall not exceed 3 square metres in area and shall be only for indicating the names and directions to, of other cultural and civic features in the community or region. (ii) 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. 94 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE FIREBREAK (FB) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Conservation; recreational open space. DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Forestry; antenna CONDITIONS 1. Discretionary Use Classes a. The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of the Authority provided that they are 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 for their primary purpose which is to maintain a firebreak for the protection of the community. b. There shall be no forestry uses within 15 metres of a body of water. c. There shall be no wind turbines in the FB Zone. 2. Development Standards The development standards for building in this zone shall be as follows: (i) Minimum Building Line Setback 10 metres (ii) Minimum Sideyard Width 15 metres (iii) Minimum Rearyard Depth 15 metres 95 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (iv) Maximum Height 15 metres (v) Minimum Frontage 15 metres USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EP) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Conservation DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Forestry CONDITIONS 1. Discretionary Use Classes a. The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the discretion of the Authority provided that they are 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. b. Forestry uses shall be permitted only when an acceptable forest management plan has been submitted and approved by the Authority, and where the purpose of the management plan is exclusively related to the stability of the steep slopes characteristic in this Use Zone. 2. Interpretation of Zone Boundary This Use Zone is characterized by steep slopes. The boundary is defined by the 96 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 shoreline of Little Lake and the Mixed Development Zone applied to the developed lots on Lakeview Drive, the south boundary of the Firebreak Zone, the street line along the west side of Portage Road south from the Firebreak Zone, and at the southern end of this Use Zone, by a line at which the slope is generally in excess of 20%. At the said southern end, the Zoning Map boundary is drawn as well as existing topographic information permitted at the time of adoption of these Development Regulations, and is subject to the stated interpretation by way of topographic survey in the field; the other legs of the boundary are not flexible. 97 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 USE ZONE TABLE ZONE TITLE RURAL (RUR) (NORTH WEST RIVER) PERMITTED USE CLASSES Conservation uses DISCRETIONARY USE CLASSES Non building uses except for scrap yard and solid waste uses CONDITIONS 1. Development Standards (i) Building Line Setback and all yards 10 m (ii) frontage (minimum) 30 m (iii) Lot size (minimum) 1 hectare 2. Advertisements Relating to Onsite or Offsite Uses The conditions which shall apply to the erection or display of an advertisement 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. (ii) No advertisement shall exceed 3 square metres in area. 3. Discretionary Use Classes The discretionary use classes listed in this table may be permitted at the 98 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 discretion of the Authority provided that they are 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. 3. Wind Turbines Wind turbines shall be located at least one (1) kilometre from the northern boundary of the Firebreak (FB) Zone. 4. Mineral Workings a) Separation from Adjacent Uses Minimum Distance of Pit or Quarry Working From northern boundary of the Firebreak Zone 300 metres Any other developed area or area likely to be developed during the life of the pit or quarry working i 50 metres Public highway or street or Public Trails shown on Schedules E and F 90 metres Waterbody or watercourse 50 metres b) The following conditions shall apply: (i) 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 brook or stream shall be bridged or culverted at the crossing in accordance with the Regulations of the Department of Environment and Lands. 99 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 (ii) 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 of ponding of water in any part of the site. Settling ponds may be permitted with the approval of the Department of Environment and Lands. (iii) Erosion Control No mineral working shall be carried out in a manner so as to cause erosion of adjacent land. (iv) Site Maintenance The mineral working shall be kept clean of refuse, abandoned vehicles, and abandoned equipment and any derelict buildings. (v) Access Roads During extended periods of shutdown, access roads to a mineral working shall be ditched or barred to the satisfaction of the Authority. (vi) 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. (vii) 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 vibration, or by reason of the emission of fumes, dust, dirt, objectionable odour, or by reason of unsightly storage of materials. (viii) 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. (ix) The Authority may specify a minimum separation distance between operating plant or associated processing and manufacturing structure or equipment and 100 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 adjacent developed areas likely to be developed during the life of the mineral working. (x) Termination and Site Rehabilitation Upon completion of the mineral working, the following work shall be carried out by the operation: (a) All buildings, machinery and equipment shall be removed. (b) 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. (c) Topsoil and any organic materials shall be respread over the entire quarried area. (d) The access road to the working shall be ditched or barred to the satisfaction of the Authority. (xi) 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 aggregate reserves. c) Screening for Mineral Workings, or Scrapyard A mineral working, or scrapyard, shall be screened in the following manner where it is visible from a public street or highway, public park, developed area, or area likely to be developed during the life of the use: (i) Where tree screens exist between the use 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 of vegetation so that visibility of any part of the use from the surrounding uses or streets will be prevented. The tree screens must be maintained by the owner or occupier of the use to retain 30 metres 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. (ii) Where no tree screens exist of sufficient width and density to constitute a visual screen, earthen berms shall be constructed to a height sufficient to prevent visibility of any part of the use from adjacent uses (excepting 101 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 forestry and agriculture), or adjacent public highways and streets and public parks. The berms shall be landscaped to the Authority's satisfaction. (iii) Where natural topography creates a visual screen between a mineral working or scrapyard and adjacent public highways and streets or public parks or other land use (excepting forestry and agriculture), additional screening may not be required. d) Fencing for Mineral Workings or Scrapyard The Authority may require the mineral working site or excavated areas of a pit or quarry working, scrapyard, or disposal site to be enclosed by a fence designed and constructed to its specifications and no less than 1.8 metres in height. 102 Town of North West River Development Regulations As approved by Council 9 May 2011 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 educational and child care: b. Educational and child care 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 students or children, whichever is less c. Institutional uses 1 space for each two beds or clientele spaces d. Residential Dwelling uses 2 spaces for each dwelling unit e. General Residential uses 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. f. Business and personal service uses 1 space for each 20 square metres of floor area g. All other uses 1 space for each 30 square metres of floor area 103 RUR ( / RUR () C_;› REGISTERED Number 359-5- 2011 -0.91 Date Atea-t. 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