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## A BYLAW RESPECTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE REGION OF QUEENS MUNICIPALITY LAND USE BYLAW
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BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality, under authority of the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, Chapter 18, as follows:
Region of Queens Municipality Land Use Bylaw, adopted at a meeting of the Council of Region of Queens Municipality held on the 24th day of May, 2022, and approved by the Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs and Housing on the 6ih day of July, 2022, is hereby amended by:
- → Rewrite Section 17.2 (page 17-4) to read:
## 17.2 Dwellings in Commercial Buildings
- 17.2.1 Dwellings in commercial buildings may be permitted by site plan approval, subject to the site plan criteria in subsection 17.2.2 and all other applicable requirements of this Land Use Bylaw being met, provided:
- (i) Dwellings located on the ground floor of commercial buildings shall be located to the rear of permitted commercial use(s).
- Iii) Ground floor commercial use(s) shall extend across the full width of the building facade from which the building gains its principal access, excluding entrance(s) for residential uses. In the case of through lots that have frontage on Main Street, a building's principal access shall be deemed to be off Main Street.
- (it) On corner lots, ground floor commercial use(s) shall wrap around the corner from the front lot line along the flankage lot line to a minimum distance of 5 metres or 50 percent of the building depth, whichever is less.
(iv) Ground floor commercial use(s) shall maintain a minimum horizontal depth of 3.66 meters (12 feet) from the front facade which the building gains its principal access and is measured perpendicularly from the outside wall of that facade. (v) Ground floor commercial use(s) shall maintain a minimum floor area of 27.88 square metres (300 square feet) per unit. (vi) In buildings constructed after May 24, 2022, ground-floor residential uses shall have a floor-to-floor height of no less than 4 metres.
- 17.2.2 The following site plan criteria apply to dwellings in commercial buildings permitted through the site plan approval process. No development permit shall be issued for development that is inconsistent with these criteria, in addition to all other requirements of this Land Use Bylaw:
- (a) Access
- (i) Entrance(s) to residential uses shall be separate from the entrances for other uses.
- (ii) Residential entrances shall not exceed a width of 2 metres on the front façade.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a bylaw passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality held on the 25th day of November, 2025.
Given under the hands of the Mayor and Municipal Clerk and the seal of the Region of Queens Municipality this 26th day of November, 2025.
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November 26, 2025
NS Department of Municipal Affairs