This is an automated transcription (OCR) of the captured
official document — minor recognition errors are possible; the source
document governs.
Snapshot bad80a1a1682 · verified 2026-10-19 ·
original document ·
archived snapshot ·
unofficial consolidation, the official version is held by the municipal clerk.
## THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ADJALA-TOSORONTIO
## BY-LAW NUMBER 21- 15
A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 03-56, AS AMENDED, AND ZONING BYLAW NUMBER 03-57, AS AMENDED, BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA SIZES OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ADJALA-TOSORONTIO
WHEREAS Zoning By-law No.03-56, constitutes the comprehensive Zoning By-law for the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio for lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine area;
AND WHEREAS Zoning By-law No. 03-57, as amended, constitutes the comprehensive Zoning By-law for the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio save and except those lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine area;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary and desirable to further amend By-law No. 0356, as amended and By-law No. 03-57, as amended;
AND WHEREAS this amendment will conform to the Official Plan of the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio;
AND NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of The Township of AdjalaTosorontio enacts as follows:
1. THAT Section 2 of By-law No. 03-56 is hereby amended by:
Adding a new definition as follows and renumbering all subsequent subsections of Section 2 accordingly:
- 2.86 MAXIMUM ACCESSORY BUILDING AREA: means the greatest horizontal area of an accessory building above grade measured within the outside surface of exterior walls.
2. THAT Section 3.4 (i) - Accessory Uses, Maximum Gross Floor Area of By-law No. 03-56, is hereby amended by:
- i) Deleting the last paragraph and adding a new paragraph to the end of section 3.4.(d) as follows:
Notwithstanding the above and any other provision of this by-law, no accessory residential building in any zone shall have more than 2 storeys and shall not exceed the height of the primary residential structure and no accessory residential building in excess of 75 mr building area shall exceed 1 storey in height.
- Changing the heading of Section 3.4 (i) to Maximum Accessory Building Area.
- іії) Deleting Section 3.4 (i) in its entirely, and replacing it with the following:
## Maximum Permitted Building Area For Accessory Buildings
| Lot Size | Maximum Accessory Building Area |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Less than 0.25 ha (Less than 0.62 ac) | 55 m? (approx. 592 ft2) |
| 0.25 ha to 1 ha (0.62ac to 2.46ac) | 75m? (approx. 807f12) |
| Greater than 1ha (Greater than 2.47ac) | 140 m' (approx. 1,507 ft2) |
3. THAT Section 2 of By-law No. 03-57 is hereby amended by:
Adding a new definition as follows and renumbering all subsequent subsections of Section 2 accordingly:
- 2.69 MAXIMUM ACCESSORY BUILDING AREA: means the greatest horizontal area of an accessory building above grade measured within the outside surface of exterior walls.
4. THAT Section 3.4 (i) - Accessory Uses, Maximum Gross Floor Area of By-law No. 03-57, is hereby amended by:
- iv) Deleting the last paragraph and adding a new paragraph to the end of section 3.4.(d) as follows:
Notwithstanding the above and any other provision of this by-law, no accessory residential building in any zone shall have more than 2 storeys and shall not exceed the height of the primary residential structure and no accessory building in excess of 100 m' building area shall exceed 1 storey in height.
- v) Changing the heading of Section 3.4 (i) to Maximum Accessory Building Area.
2. vi) Deleting Section 3.4 (i) in its entirely, and replacing it with the following:
## Maximum Permitted Building Area For Accessory Structures
| [Lot Size | | Maximum Accessory Building Area |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|
| Less than 0.25 ha (Less than 0.62 ac) | 55 m? (approx. 592 ft2) |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 0.25 ha to 2 ha (0.62 ac to 4.94 ac) | 100 m (approx. 1,076 ft?) |
| Greater than 2 ha (Greater than 4.94 ac) | 185 m- (approx. 1,991 ft?) |
5. THAT the provisions of the By-law shall take full force and effect with the passing hereof;
6. THAT, notwithstanding anything contrary to the rules of procedure, this By-law, be introduced and read a first and second time and be considered read a third time and finally passed this 14th day of April, 2021.
<!-- image -->
<!-- image -->
* Floyd Pinto, Mayor
dalice bal
Dianne Gould-Brown, Clerk