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Town of Caledon Zoning By-law
Section 1 - Interpretation and Administration
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Revised: February 28, 2022
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION AND ADMINISTRATION
1.1
TITLE
This By-law may be referred to as the "Town of Caledon Zoning By-law" and applies to
all lands within the Town of Caledon with the exception of:
a)
lands within the Niagara Escarpment Development Control Area, not including the
minor urban centres of Terra Cotta, Cheltenham, Inglewood and Mono Mills; and,
b)
lands that are the subject of By-law 87-229, By-law 88-83;
provided that this By-law shall not apply to:
c)
lands that are the subject of an environmental and open space zoning by-law site
specific appeal until an order has been issued by the Ontario Municipal Board in
respect of an appeal.
1.2
ADMINISTRATION
This By-law shall be administered and enforced by municipal staff as appointed by the
Council of the Corporation of the Town of Caledon.
1.3
CONFORMITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH BY-LAW
No land, building or structure may be used, erected or altered except in accordance with
the provisions of this By-law. For the purpose of this By-law, provisions shall include
both Permitted Uses as well as Zone Standards
No land, building or structure may be located or used such that the uses, buildings or
structures on other lands would no longer comply with the provisions of this By-law.
1.4
INTERPRETATION
The zone standards of this By-law are the minimum requirements except where a
maximum requirement applies.
Where a () symbol appears in a table it shall mean, when used in a Use Table, that the
use is permitted in that Zone. When used in a Zone Standards Table, it shall mean that
the regulation applies to the specific Zone.
Nothing in this By-law shall serve to relieve any person from any obligation to comply
with the requirements of any other By-law of the Town of Caledon or any requirement of
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the Region of Peel, the Province of Ontario, an agency established by the Province of
Ontario, or the Government of Canada that may affect the use of lands, buildings or
structures in the Municipality.
1.5
SITE PLAN CONTROL
a)
For the purposes of Section 1.5:
i)
"Site Plan Control By-law" shall mean any by-law passed by the Town in
accordance with Section 41(2) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13,
as amended.
ii)
"Development" means the definition of development in the Town's Site
Plan Control By-law.
b)
The requirements of this By-law, in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.P13, as amended, must be met before approval of a site plan application
is granted to undertake development in accordance with the Town's Site Plan
Control By-law.
c)
Where an approval is required under the Town's Site Plan Control By-law, such
an approval is required to be granted prior to the undertaking of development.
d)
Site Plan approval must address site plan control matters in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Town of Caledon Official Plan and Site Plan Control
By-law prior to the granting of such approval.
1.6
BUILDING PERMITS
The requirements of this By-law, in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.P.13, as amended, must be met before a Building Permit, or approval of an application
for a municipal license is issued for the use of land or the use, erection, addition to or
alteration of any building or structure. The requirements of the Building Code Act shall
govern the issuance of Building Permits.
1.7
ENFORCEMENT
Any person who contravenes or causes a contravention of any provision of this By-law is
guilty of an offense and upon conviction is liable to the fine(s) as provided for under the
Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.
1.8
SEVERABILITY
A decision of a court that one or more of the provisions of this By-law are invalid in whole
or in part does not affect the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of the other
provisions or parts of the provisions of this By-law.
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1.9
EFFECTIVE DATE
This By-law shall come into force the day it was passed if no appeals are received. If an
appeal(s) is received, this By-law, or portions thereof, shall come into force upon the
approval of the Ontario Municipal Board.
1.10
REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAWS
By-law 87-250 and all amendments to By-law 87-250 are hereby repealed except with
respect to any lands:
a) that are the subject of an amendment to By-law 87-250 that has been or is passed
by the Council after December 31, 2005 but before October 19, 2006;
b) Within the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan Area that are the subject of a site-
specific amendment to By-law 87-250 passed by the Council after June 10, 2008;
c) That are the subject of an environmental and open space zoning by-law appeal of
By-law 2007-42, until an order has been issued by the Ontario Municipal Board in
respect of such appeal.
1.11
TECHNICAL REVISIONS AND HOUSEKEEPING
Provided that the purpose, effect, intent, meaning and substance of this By-law are in no
way affected, the following technical revisions to this By-law are permitted without a
Zoning By-law Amendment application:
a) Changes to the numbering, cross-referencing, format and arrangement of the text,
tables, schedules and maps;
b) Additions to and revisions of technical information on maps and schedules including,
but not limited to, road right-of-way limits, notes legends, shading and title blocks;
c) Alterations of punctuation or language;
d) Correction of grammatical, boundary, mathematical or typographical errors;
e) Correction of references to definitions contained within the By-law;
f) Correction of legal descriptions reference within the By-law;
g) Correction of dimensions to urban accuracy as per Section 14(2) of Ontario
Regulation 216/10;
h) Any other technical revisions in no way affecting existing zoning.