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BY-LAW NO. 0497/2017
BEING A ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
TO BY-LAW NO. 0212/2006
AFFECTING
ALL LANDS IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS
Prepared by:
IBI GROUP
650 Dalton Avenue
Kingston, Ontario
K7M8N7
Project No. 109929
TOWNSHIP
OF ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
TO BY-LAW NUMBER 0497/2017
PURPOSE OF THE BY-LAW
The Township wishes to consider the implementation
of secondary
suite provisions to Zoning By-
law 0212/2006.
A secondary
suite is a private, self--contained dwelling unit within an existing
dwelling.
Secondary
suites are encouraged
by the Province as a means to provide options for
affordable
housing.
The provisions will implement the secondary
suite policies created through
the Official Plan Amendment No. 1, being the 5 Year OP update.
EFFECT OF THE BY-LAW REQUEST
The amendment
will allow secondary
suites
as»of--right in a number of zones in the municipality,
subject to certain restrictions.
LOCATION OF PROPERTY
This update
to the Zoning
By-law will affect lands
throughout
the Township
of Addington
Highlands, therefore no key map is provided.
TOWNSHIP OF ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS
BY-LAW NUMBER 0497/2017
BEING A BY-LAW TO AMEND ZONING BY-LAW NUMBER 0212/2006
WHEREAS
the Council of the Corporation
of the Township
of Addington Highlands intends to
amend Zoning By-law No. 0212/2006
to allow secondary
suites as--of--rightin a number of zones
in the municipality, subject to certain restrictions;
AND WHEREAS
the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Addington Highlands having
given due consideration to the need to proceed
with such changes,
considers it reasonable
to
amend By-law 0212/2006;
NOW THEREFORE
the Council of the Corporation
of the Township
of Addington Highlands
enacts
as follows:
1.
THAT Section 3 Definitions of the Zoning By-law is hereby amended
by adding the
following definition as a subset to the "Dwelling Unit"definition:
"SECONDARY UNIT"means a dwelling unit that is also known as an accessory
unit, a basement
apartment,
a secondary
suite or ln--lawsuite. Such units are
self-contained residential
units with kitchen and bathroom facilities, and include
units within coach houses
and within ancillary buildings.
THAT a new Secondary
Suites or Units Section
is hereby added in alphabetical
order to
Section 4 of the by--lawas follows, and all subsequent
provisions are renumbered
accordingly:
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SECONDARY UNITS
b)
Within the RU, RR, RLS, and HR Zones, a secondary unit may be created
provided the following provisions are met:
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vi)
the secondary unit is located within a single detached dwelling house,
semi-detached
dwelling house, row dwelling house or in an ancillary
building or structure on the same lot as a single detached dwelling
house, semi--detached dwelling hour, or row dwelling house,'
the secondary unit has a gross floor area not exceeding 45% of the
dwelling unit or 100 square metres,
whichever is lesser;
where a secondary unit is proposed
as part of an ancillary building or
structure, such building or structure shall comply with the same
provisions for location on the lot as the principal residential building:
a secondary
unit is not permitted within a boathouse:
a maximum of one secondary unit per lot is permitted;
where a secondanrunit is within the principal dwelling, access for the
secondary unit shall be provided by an independent entrance
or
through a common vestibule entrance shared with the principal
dwelling unit. if the access
is provided at the side or rear of the
building, a minimum 1.2 metre wide wa/l<way shall be provided from
the front (street--facing facade) of the building to the side or rear
entrance;
vii) the secondary
unit is directly serviced by a year round pub/ica//y
maintained road,'
viii)a minimum of one (1) parking space shall be provided for each
secondary
unit. The required parking for the secondary
unit and
primary unit is permitted in a tandem arrangement;
ix) a secondary
unit shall only be permitted ifit can be demonstrated that
there is an adequate
supply of potable water, and adequate
capacity
for the disposal of waste within the subsurface sewage
disposal
system.
X) a secondary
unit shall be located outside of areas subject to natural
hazards,
such as ?ooding or erosion.
3.
THIS By-law shall come into force and take effect on its date of passing,
subject to the
provisions and subsections
34(30) and (31) of the Planning Act, RSO.
1990, c.P.13, as
amended,
in the event a notice of appeal of this by-law is filed in accordance
with
subsection
34 (19) of the Act.
Read a first and second time this 19"day of June 2017
Read this third time and passed this 19"'day of June 2017