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By-law No. 066-2025 Town of Cobourg Comprehensive Zoning By-law
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THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF COBOURG
ZONING BY-LAW 066-2025
WHEREAS it is considered desirable to control development within the Town of Cobourg in
accordance with the Official Plan and to prohibit the use of land and the erection and use of
buildings or structures except for certain purposes, and to regulate the type of construction and
the height, bulk, location, size, floor area, character and use of buildings, and require the
provision of parking and loading facilities in accordance with the provisions of Section 34 of the
Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg enacts as follows:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART 1.0 - INTERPRETATION AND ADMINISTRATION
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1.1 TITLE
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1.2 CONFORMITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH BY-LAW
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1.3
NEED TO COMPLY WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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1.4 ENFORCEMENT
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1.5 SEVERABILITY
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1.6 REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAW
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1.7 MINOR VARIANCES TO FORMER BY-LAW
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1.8 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXPANSIONS TO LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USES
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1.9 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN AGREEMENTS AND SITE PLAN APPROVALS
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1.10 TRANSITION CLAUSES FOR APPLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
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1.10.1 BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS
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1.10.2 MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATIONS
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1.10.3 SITE PLAN APPROVAL APPLICATIONS
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1.10.4 ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS
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1.11 NON-CONFORMING USES
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1.12 NON-COMPLYING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LOTS
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1.12.1 REPLACEMENT, ENLARGEMENT, REPAIR OR RENOVATION
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1.12.2 NON-COMPLIANCE AS A RESULT OF LAND ACQUISITION BY A PUBLIC AUTHORITY
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1.12.3 NON-COMPLYING LOTS
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1.13 DEFINITIONS
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1.14 PERMITTED USES AND ACCESSORY USES
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1.15
MULTIPLE USES ON ONE LOT
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1.16 ILLUSTRATIONS
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1.17 LAND OWNERSHIP
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PART 2.0 - ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
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2.1 ZONES
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2.2 ABBREVIATIONS
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2.3 DETERMINING ZONE BOUNDARIES
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2.4 MULTIPLE ZONES ON A LOT
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2.5 SITE-SPECIFIC EXCEPTION ZONES
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2.6 HOLDING ZONES
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PART 3.0 - DEFINITIONS
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PART 4.0 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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4.1 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
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4.1.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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4.2 ACCESSORY OUTDOOR STORAGE
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4.3 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS
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4.3.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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4.3.2 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT
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4.3.3 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT IN A DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING
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4.4 ACCESSORY WASTE STORAGE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND ENCLOSURES
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4.5 BARRIER-FREE ENTRANCES
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4.6 DECK AND PORCH REGULATIONS
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4.7 ENCROACHMENTS INTO REQUIRED YARDS (EXCLUDING DECKS AND PORCHES)
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4.8 FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET
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4.9 GARDEN SUITES
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4.10 HOME OCCUPATIONS
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4.11 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS AND HOT TUBS
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4.12 PLANNED WIDTH OF STREET ALLOWANCE
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4.13 PHASED CONDOMINIUMS
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4.14
PLANTING STRIPS
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4.15 REDUCED AND INCREASED FRONT YARD REQUIREMENT
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4.16 RESTAURANT PATIOS
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4.16.1 ROOFTOP PATIOS
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4.16.2 OTHER RESTAURANT PATIOS (NON-ROOFTOP)
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4.17 SEWAGE AND WATER SERVICES
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4.18 SHIPPING CONTAINERS
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4.19 SIGHT TRIANGLES
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4.20 SPECIAL SETBACKS
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4.20.1 RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY SETBACK
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4.20.2 PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY SETBACK
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4.20.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ZONE SETBACK
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4.21 TEMPORARY USES
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4.21.1 CONSTRUCTION USES
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4.21.2 MODEL HOMES
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4.21.3 TEMPORARY SALES OFFICES
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4.22 USES OF LOTS WITHOUT BUILDINGS
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4.23 USES PERMITTED IN ANY ZONE
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4.23.1 PUBLIC USES
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4.23.2 INFRASTRUCTURE
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4.23.3 OTHER USES
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4.24 USES PROHIBITED IN ANY ZONE
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4.25 WAYSIDE PITS OR QUARRIES, PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANTS OR PORTABLE CONCRETE PLANTS
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PART 5.0 - PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
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5.1 APPLICABILITY OF THIS SECTION
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5.2 GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS
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5.2.1 RESTRICTION ON USE OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
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5.2.2 CALCULATION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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5.2.3 MORE THAN ONE USE ON A LOT
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5.2.4 LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING
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5.2.5 EXCLUSIVE USE OF A PARKING SPACE
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5.2.6 SURFACE TREATMENT
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5.2.7 SIZE OF PARKING SPACES IN A PARKING AREA OR PARKING GARAGE
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5.2.9 WIDTH OF PARKING AISLES
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5.2.10 WIDTH OF ACCESS RAMPS AND DRIVEWAYS
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5.2.11 PARKING GARAGES
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5.2.12 DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES
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5.2.13 PROHIBITED VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT PARKING IN ALL ZONES EXCEPT EMPLOYMENT ZONES
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5.3 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL PARKING REGULATIONS
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5.3.1 PERMITTED LOCATIONS FOR PARKING
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5.3.2 PARKING SPACE DIMENSIONS IN A PRIVATE GARAGE
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5.3.3 MAXIMUM DRIVEWAY WIDTHS IN THE RESIDENTIAL ONE (R1), RESIDENTIAL TWO (R2), RESIDENTIAL
THREE (R3), RESIDENTIAL FOUR (R4) AND RESIDENTIAL FIVE (R5) ZONES.
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5.3.4 PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES
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5.3.5 PARKING OF RECREATIONAL TRAILERS, VEHICLES OR BOATS
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5.4 RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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5.5 NON-RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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5.5.1 PARKING REQUIREMENTS
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5.5.2 REDUCTION IN PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN USES
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5.5.3 ELIMINATION OF PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN USES
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5.5.4 SPECIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAIN CENTRAL COMMERCIAL ZONE:
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5.6 ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
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5.7 LOADING SPACES
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5.8 BICYCLE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
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5.8.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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5.8.2 MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES
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5.9 DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE USES AND ELECTRIC AND/OR MOTOR VEHICLE WASHING ESTABLISHMENTS
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5.9.1 STACKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
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5.9.2 SIZE OF STACKING SPACE
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5.9.3 SETBACKS FROM RESIDENTIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONE BOUNDARIES
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5.9.4 LOCATION OF STACKING SPACES, ORDER BOXES AND WALL OPENINGS
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5.9.5 MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE USES
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PART 6.0 - RESIDENTIAL ZONES
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6.1 PERMITTED USES
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6.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 7.0 - NEW AMHERST ZONES
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7.1 PERMITTED USES
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7.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 8.0 - COBOURG EAST ZONES
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8.1 PERMITTED USES
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8.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 9.0 - COMMERCIAL ZONES
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9.1 PERMITTED USES
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9.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 10.0 - MIXED USE ZONE
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10.1 PERMITTED USES
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10.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 11.0 - OTHER ZONES
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11.1 PERMITTED USES
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11.2 ZONE STANDARDS
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PART 12.0 - FLOOD OVERLAY ZONE
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PART 13.0 - EXCEPTIONS
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13.1 EXCEPTIONS
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PART 14.0 - HOLDING ZONES
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14.1 USE OF THE HOLD
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14.2 REMOVAL OF THE HOLD
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PART 1.0 - INTERPRETATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
1.1
TITLE
This By-law may be referred to as the "Town of Cobourg Zoning By-law" and applies to all lands
within the Town of Cobourg, as shown on Maps 1 to 8 to this By-law.
1.2
CONFORMITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH BY-LAW
No person shall change the use of any building, structure or land or erect or use or permit the
erection or use of any building or structure or occupy or permit the occupation of any land or
building except in accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
1.3
NEED TO COMPLY WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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 or any other requirement of the County, the Province
of Ontario or the Government of Canada or the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority that may
affect the use of lands, buildings or structures in the Town of Cobourg.
1.4
ENFORCEMENT
Any person or corporation that contravenes any provision of this By-Law is guilty of an offense and
upon conviction is liable to the fine as provided for in the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13 as
amended.
1.5
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.
1.6
REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAW
Zoning By-law 85-2003 of the Town and all Amendments thereto are hereby repealed in so far as it
applies to lands subject to this By-law and for greater clarity, this By-law does not apply to lands on
Maps 1 to 8 that are shown to be subject to By-law 85-2003.
1.7
MINOR VARIANCES TO FORMER BY-LAW
a)
Where the Committee of Adjustment of the Town (herein referred to as the Committee of
Adjustment) or the Ontario Municipal Board/ Local Planning Appeal Tribunal/Ontario Land
Tribunal has authorized a minor variance from By-law 85-2003, the provisions of this By-law
(as they apply to such land, building or structure) are modified to the extent necessary to
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only and solely give effect to the provisions of that previous minor variance that would
otherwise not be in conformity or compliance with this By-law.
b)
Sub-section a) does not authorize any relief from this By-law unless the relief was specifically
granted in the previous minor variance.
c)
Sub-section a) only applies if the decision on the minor variance was made after May 25,
2010.
1.8
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXPANSIONS TO LEGAL NON-CONFORMING
USES
a)
Where the Committee of Adjustment of the Town or the Ontario Municipal Board/ Local
Planning Appeal Tribunal/Ontario Land Tribunal, has made a decision in accordance with
Sections 45(2)(a) or (b) of the Planning Act, respecting a use that was a legal non-conforming
use under By-law 85-2003, the provisions of this By-law (as they apply to such use, building
or structure) are modified to the extent necessary to implement the previous decision made
before the effective date of this By-law.
b)
Sub-section a) only applies if the decision to expand a legal non-conforming use was made
after May 25, 2010.
1.9
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN AGREEMENTS AND SITE PLAN
APPROVALS
Where site plan approval in accordance with the Planning Act has been granted by the Town and a
building permit for the project has not been issued, the provisions of this By-law, as they apply to
such land, building or structure, are modified to the extent necessary to implement site plan
approval in accordance with the relevant provisions of By-law 85-2003 as amended, provided that
the building permit is issued within two (2) years of the effective date of this By-law.
1.10 TRANSITION CLAUSES FOR APPLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
1.10.1 Building Permit Applications
Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the erection or use of a building or structure by the By-law of
any building or structure for which a permit has been issued under subsection 8(1) of the Building
Code Act, 1992, prior to the day of the passing of this By-law, so long as the building or structure
when erected is used and continues to be used for the purpose for which it was erected and
provided the permit has not been revoked under subsection 8 (10) of that Act.
1.10.2 Minor Variance Applications
The requirements of this By-law do not apply to prevent the erection or use of a building or
structure for which an application for a minor variance under Section 45 of the Planning Act was filed
on or before the effective date of this By-law, provided the application was in compliance with By-
law 85-2003 except for those aspects of By-law 85-2003 that are subject to the minor variance
application.
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1.10.3 Site Plan Approval Applications
The requirements of this By-law do not apply to prevent the erection or use of a building or
structure for which a complete application for site plan approval was made on or before the
effective date of this By-law and the said complete application complied with the provisions of By-
law 85-2003.
1.10.4 Zoning By-law Amendment Applications
Where an application for an amendment to By-law 85-2003 is deemed complete by the Town prior
to the date of passage of this By-law, such application shall be continued and finally disposed of
under former By-law 85-2003 as it read on the day the application was deemed complete, and this
By-law shall be read with necessary modifications.
1.11 NON-CONFORMING USES
a)
Nothing in this By-law applies to prevent the use of any land, building or structure for any
purpose prohibited by this By-law if such land, building or structure was lawfully used for
such purpose on the effective date of this By-law, so long as it continues to be used for that
purpose.
b)
Nothing in this By-law prevents the repair, strengthening or restoration to a safe condition of
a building containing a legal non-conforming use or the rebuilding of all or a portion of a
building containing a legal non-conforming use provided that the dimensions and use of the
original building or structure or of any of the associated yards are not altered in any way
except in conformity with this By-law.
1.12 NON-COMPLYING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LOTS
1.12.1 Replacement, Enlargement, Repair or Renovation
a)
A non-complying (legal) building or structure may be enlarged, repaired or renovated
provided that the enlargement, repair or renovation:
i)
Does not further encroach into a required yard;
ii)
Does not increase the amount of floor area or volume in a required yard;
iii)
Does not in any other way increase a situation of non-compliance; and,
iv)
Complies with all other applicable provisions of this By-law.
b)
Nothing in this By-law prevents the repair, strengthening or restoration to a safe condition of
a legal non-complying building or structure or part thereof or the replacement or the
rebuilding of all or a portion of a legal non-complying building or structure provided that
the dimensions and use of the original building or structure or of any of the associated yards
are not altered in any way except in conformity with this By-law.
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1.12.2 Non-Compliance as a Result of Land Acquisition by a Public Authority
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, where, as a result of an acquisition of land by the
Town, the County, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada or any department, board,
commission or agency thereof, and where such acquisition results in a contravention of this By-law,
the following applies:
a)
If the acquisition results in a contravention of this By-law with respect to minimum lot
frontage and lot area requirements, the lot is permitted to be used and buildings and
structures on the lot may be erected, enlarged, repaired or renovated provided the use
conforms with the By-law and the buildings or structures comply with all of the other
provisions of this By-law.
b)
If the acquisition results in a contravention of this By-law of any other provision in this By-
law the lands so affected are deemed to comply with this By-law to the extent it complied
with this By-law on the day before the acquisition was finalized.
c)
Notwithstanding subsection (b), no new building, structure or addition to an existing
building or structure shall be erected or located except in accordance with all the provisions
of this By-law.
1.12.3 Non-complying lots
A lot in existence prior to the effective date of this By-law that does not meet the lot area and/or lot
frontage requirements of the applicable zone, is permitted to be used and buildings and structures
on the lot may be erected, enlarged, repaired or renovated provided the use conforms with the By-
law and the buildings or structures comply with all of the other provisions of this By-law.
1.13 DEFINITIONS
a)
Bolded terms are defined in Part 3.0 of this By-law.
b)
Each of the defined uses in Part 3.0 of this By-law are distinct and separate from other
defined uses, unless the definition indicates otherwise.
c)
Unless otherwise defined as a bolded term, the words and phrases used in this By-law have
their normal and ordinary meaning.
d)
Defined terms are intended to capture both the singular and plural forms of these terms.
1.14 PERMITTED USES AND ACCESSORY USES
a)
Where a use is defined in Part 3.0 of this By-law and not listed as a permitted use in a zone,
the use as defined is not a permitted use in that zone.
b)
Accessory uses to any permitted use in a zone are also permitted.
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1.15 MULTIPLE USES ON ONE LOT
Where any building, structure or land is used for more than one purpose as provided in this By-law,
the said building, structure or land shall comply with the provisions of this By-law relating to each
use. In the case of a conflict, the more stringent provision shall apply.
1.16 ILLUSTRATIONS
All illustrations or photos in this By-law are deemed to not be part of this By-law and are included
only to assist with the interpretation of the By-law.
1.17 LAND OWNERSHIP
No representation or implication is made by the Town, nor shall any inference be drawn from the
Schedules attached to this By-law as to the ownership of private land and/or rights of access to such
land. Ownership and access rights are legal matters that fall solely within the purview of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
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PART 2.0 - ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
2.1
ZONES
All lands subject to this By-law are contained within one or more of the following Zones:
Residential Zones (see Part 6.0)
R1 - Residential One
R2 - Residential Two
R3 - Residential Three
R4 - Residential Four
R5 - Residential Five
New Amherst Zones (see Part 7.0)
NR1 - New Amherst Neighbourhood Residential One
NR2 - New Amherst Neighbourhood Residential Two
NMU - New Amherst Neighbourhood Mixed Use
Cobourg East Zones (see Part 8.0)
CER1 - Cobourg East Low Density Residential One
CER2 - Cobourg East Medium Density Residential Two
CER3 - Cobourg East High Density Residential Three
CEMU - Cobourg East Mixed Use
Commercial Zones (see Part 9.0)
NC - Neighbourhood Commercial
SC - Shopping Centre Commercial
CC - Corridor Commercial
MC - Main Central Commercial
Mixed Use Zone (see Part 10.0)
MUC - Mixed Use Corridor
Rural, Environmental and Other Zones (see Part 11.0)
RU - Rural
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I - Institutional
OS - Open Space
EC - Environmental Constraint
D - Development
TC - Transportation Corridor
Flood Overlay Zone (see Part 12.0 of this By-law)
F - Floodplain - F
2.2 ABBREVIATIONS
All of the zones identified in Section 2.1 of this By-law are abbreviated in the remainder of this By-
law, and the full name of the zone is as per Section 2.1.
2.3
DETERMINING ZONE BOUNDARIES
When determining the boundary of any Zone as shown on any Schedule forming part of this By-law,
the following provisions shall apply:
a)
Where a zone boundary is indicated as following a public street, lane, unopened road
allowance, railway right-of-way or utility corridor, the boundary is the edge of such public
street, lane, unopened road allowance, railway right-of-way or utility corridor;
b)
Where a zone boundary is indicated as substantially following lot lines, the zone boundary
follows such lot lines;
c)
If the location of a lot line changes in accordance with Section 1.12.2 of this By-law, the
location of the zone boundary also changes to correspond with the new lot line location;
d)
Where a zone boundary is indicated as following flooding hazard limits established by the
Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, the zone boundary shall be the flooding hazard
limits as determined by the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority;
e)
Where a zone boundary is indicated as following the shoreline of a lake or watercourse, the
zone boundary will move with the actual shoreline or watercourse in the event of a natural
change in the shoreline or edge of the watercourse or in the event of a human-made change
in the shoreline or edge of the watercourse that has been approved by the Ganaraska Region
Conservation Authority; and
f)
Where none of the above provisions apply, the zone boundary is to be scaled from the Maps
that form part of this By-law.
2.4
MULTIPLE ZONES ON A LOT
a)
Where a lot falls into two or more zones, each portion of the lot shall be used in accordance
with the provisions of this By-law for the applicable zone.
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b)
In no case is a zone boundary dividing a lot into two or more zone categories intended to
function as a property boundary for the purposes of calculating yards and setbacks. In all
cases, the lot line shall be used for the purposes of calculating yards and setbacks, unless
otherwise specified by this By-law.
2.5
SITE-SPECIFIC EXCEPTION ZONES
a)
Where a number follows a zone symbol on the attached Schedules to this By-law, the
number refers to a site-specific exception that applies to the lands noted. Site-specific
exceptions are listed in Part 13 of this By-law.
b)
The provisions of the site-specific exception govern over any inconsistent provisions in the
remainder of this By-law.
2.6
HOLDING ZONES
a)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, where a zone symbol is preceded by the
letter (H), no person may use the land to which the letter (H) applies for any use other than
the use which legally existed on the date the By-law applying the Holding provision came
into effect, or expand or replace an existing building or structure, or erect a new structure,
as the case may be until the (H) is removed in accordance with the policies of the Official
Plan and the criteria/reasons for removal of the (H) have been satisfied.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, this provision does not apply to public uses in accordance with
Section 4.23 of this By-law, which are permitted without the need to remove the Holding
provision.
c)
In addition, the existence of the Holding provision does not prevent the issuance of a
building permit to make structural repairs, carry out façade improvements, improve and/or
replace plumbing and electrical systems and/or replace openings. Site-specific or Area-
specific Holding zones are detailed in Part 14 of this By-law
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PART 3.0 - DEFINITIONS
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE - Means a detached building or structure, the use of which is
incidental to, subordinate to and exclusively devoted to the main use in the main building located on
the same lot.
ACCESSORY USE - Means a use of land, buildings or structures that are incidental to, subordinate to
and exclusively devoted to the principal use located on the same lot.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment used for entertainment
including activities, facilities, performances, exhibitions, viewings or encounters designed to appeal
to erotic or sexual appetites or inclinations which a principal feature or characteristic is the nudity or
partial nudity of any person.
AGRICULTURAL USE - Means the growing of crops, including nursery, biomass, and horticultural
crops; raising of livestock; raising of other animals for food, fur or fibre, including poultry and fish;
aquaculture; apiaries; agro-forestry; maple syrup production; and associated on-farm buildings and
structures, including, but not limited to livestock facilities, manure storages and farm processing -
value-retaining facilities.
ALTER or ALTERATION - Means the modification of a structural component of a building or structure
that results in a change of use, or any increase or decrease in the volume or gross floor area of a
building or structure.
ART GALLERY - Means an establishment used for any combination of the preservation, exhibition, or
sale of paintings and other works of art.
ASPHALT PLANT - Means an establishment that produces and, or, recycles asphalt or similar coated
road stone and has equipment designed to heat and dry aggregate and to mix mineral aggregate
with bitumen and, or, tar, and includes:
a)
The stockpiling and storage of bulk materials used in the process or finished product(s)
manufactured on the premises;
b)
The storage and maintenance of equipment; and
c)
Facilities for the administration or management of the business.
ATTACHED - Means a building otherwise complete in itself, which depends for structural support, or
complete enclosure, upon a division wall or walls shared in common with an adjacent building or
buildings.
AUCTION SALES ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment used for the sale of items, in which the
price is determined through bidding, and may include accessory outdoor storage.
BALCONY - Means an outdoor living area on an unenclosed or partially enclosed platform attached
to or extended horizontally from one or more main walls of a building and which is not accessed by
stairs from the outside or connected to the ground.
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BANQUET HALL - Means an establishment used for the purpose of catering to banquets, weddings,
receptions or similar functions for which food and beverages are prepared and served.
BASEMENT - Means one or more storeys of a building located below the first storey.
BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT - Means a single detached dwelling in which not more than
three (3) Guest Rooms are used or maintained for the accommodation of the travelling public, in
which the owner of the dwelling unit resides and supplies lodgings with or without meals for hire or
pay. Meals shall only be provided to guests lodging at the establishment. A Bed and Breakfast
Establishment is considered a Short Term Rental Accommodation, but does not include a hotel,
motel, boarding or lodging house or inn.
BICYCLE PARKING SPACE - Means an area that is provided and maintained for the purpose of
temporary storage of a bicycle or motor assisted bicycle as defined under the Highway Traffic Act.
BUILDING - Means a structure consisting of any combination of a wall, roof and floor, or a structural
system serving the function thereof, including all associated works, fixtures and service systems.
BUILDING SUPPLY OUTLET - Means an establishment in which building or construction materials
and/or home improvement materials are offered for retail sale.
BULK FUEL DEPOT - Means an establishment for the bulk storage of petroleum, petroleum products,
chemicals, gases or similar substances.
BUSINESS OFFICE - Means a building or part thereof where administrative and clerical functions are
carried out in the management of a business, profession, organization or public administration.
CALL CENTRE - Means a building or part thereof used as a telecommunication centre for purposes
such as product support, consumer assistance and tele-marketing.
CAMPGROUND - Means a facility consisting of camping sites for the overnight and/or temporary
camping or parking of travel/tent trailers, truck campers, or tents for recreational or vacation use
and may be designed for seasonal occupancy.
CANNABIS-RELATED USE - INDOOR - Means those activities authorized in accordance with the
Federal Cannabis Regulation SOR-2018-144 as amended that are carried out within an enclosed
building or structure.
CARPORT - Means a building or structure attached to a main building which is used for the parking
or storage of one or more motor vehicles and which has at least one open wall, but does not include
a private garage.
CEMETERY - Has the same meaning as in the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, as
amended.
CENTRELINE - Means, with reference to a public street, a line drawn parallel to and equal from the
limits of a road allowance as originally laid our prior to any subsequent road widening.
CHILD CARE CENTRE - Has the same meaning as in the Child Care and Early Years Act, as amended.
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COMMERCIAL FITNESS CENTRE - Means an establishment in which facilities are provided for
recreational or athletic activities such as body-building and exercise classes and may include
associated facilities such as a sauna, a swimming pool, a solarium, and accessory retail or food
related uses.
COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT - Means an area of land used for the parking of motor vehicles for a
fee, with such use forming the principal use of a lot.
COMMERCIAL SELF-STORAGE FACILITY - Means a facility used for the temporary storage of
household items and secured storage areas or lockers which are generally accessible by means of
individual loading doors for each storage unit or locker.
COMMUNITY GARDEN - Means an area of land, rooftop, or other space managed and maintained by
individuals and/or non-profit organizations that is not located in a building, to grow and harvest:
a)
Food crops; and/or
b)
Non-food, ornamental crops, such as flowers grown for personal or group use, consumption
or donation.
CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT - Means an industrial use where concrete or concrete products used in
building or construction is produced, and includes facilities for:
a)
The administration or management of the business;
b)
The stockpiling of bulk materials used in the production process or of finished products
manufactured on the premises; and/or
c)
The storage and maintenance of required equipment;
d)
But does not include the retail sale of finished concrete products.
CONSERVATION USE - Means an area of land that is generally left in its natural state and which is
used for any combination of preservation, protection, or improvement of components of the natural
heritage system or other lands for the benefit of man and the natural environment and which may
include, as an accessory use, hiking trails and cross country ski trails, buildings and structures such as
nature interpretation centres, public information centres, with associated parking areas, stormwater
management and, erosion control or flood control structures.
CONTRACTORS YARD - Means the use of land, building or structure, by any general contractor or
builder where equipment and materials are stored, or where a contractor and/or tradesman
performs shop and assembly work, and/or offers a trade or service, including, but not limited to
landscaping services, general construction services, cabinetry services, plumbing services, welding
services, electrical services, heating/air conditioning services, roofing services, excavation services or
other similar services but does not include any other use as defined by this by-law.
CORPORATION - Means the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.
COUNCIL - Means the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.
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COUNTY - Means the Corporation of the County of Northumberland.
CREMATORIUM - Means a building that is fitted with appliances for the purpose of cremating
human remains and that has been approved as a crematorium or established as a crematorium in
accordance with the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act and includes everything necessarily
incidental and ancillary to that purpose.
CUSTOM WORKSHOP - Means a building or part of a building used by a trade, craft or guild for the
manufacture in small quantities of made-to-measure clothes or articles and shall include
upholstering, repair, refinishing of antiques and other art objects, but shall not include metal
spinning, woodworking or furniture manufacturing, or refinishing of antique automobiles, and does
not include any factory production or any shop or factory otherwise classified or defined in the By-
law.
DECK - Means an uncovered and unenclosed structure that is accessory to a residential use and used
as an outdoor living area, open to the ground below, holding it erect and a floor which is more than
0.3 metres above finished grade and shall not include a landing, balcony, porch or a stair.
DENSITY, NET - Shall mean the ratio between the number of dwelling units located or proposed to
be located on a lot and the area of the lot where the area to be measured includes only those parts
of the lot classified for residential uses and excludes the area devoted to roads, lands zoned
Environmental Constraint or Open Space, stormwater management facilities, common driveways,
and other similar infrastructure.
DRIVEWAY - Means a defined area providing access for motor vehicles from a public or private
street or a lane to a parking area, parking garage, parking lot, loading space, private garage or
carport.
DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE USE - Means a building or structure where goods or services are offered
to the public within a parked or stationary motor vehicle by way of a service window.
DWELLING UNIT OR DWELLING - An area of a building operated as a housekeeping unit, used or
intended to be used by one or more persons and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping
and sanitary facilities. The dwelling units regulated by this By-law are defined below:
a)
Accessory dwelling: A dwelling unit that is accessory to the main use of a non-residential
building.
b)
Additional residential unit: A dwelling unit that is self-contained, subordinate to and located
within the same building or on the same lot of a primary dwelling unit. For the purposes of
this definition, a detached additional residential unit can be considered a modular home
dwelling. The addition of an additional residential unit in a building does not change a
dwelling unit into any other type of residential building typology.
c)
Apartment dwelling: A dwelling unit in a building containing four or more dwelling units
that share a common access to the outdoors through a common entrance and/or a common
corridor system.
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d)
Back-to-back townhouse dwelling: a dwelling unit in a building that has four or more
dwelling units divided vertically, including a common rear wall, each with an independent
entrance with a yard abutting at least one exterior wall of each dwelling unit.
e)
Garden suite: A detached dwelling unit that is accessory to the principal dwelling unit on the
same lot and which is designed to be portable and which can be a modular home dwelling,
but not a trailer.
f)
Mobile home dwelling: A dwelling unit designed to be mobile and constructed or
manufactured to provide a permanent residence for one or more persons in accordance with
the applicable Canadian Standards Association standard.
g)
Modular home dwelling: A prefabricated building or structure which is designed to provide a
permanent dwelling unit for one or more persons and which is placed on a finished
permanent foundations. This definition shall not include a mobile home dwelling, a travel
trailer or tent trailer or a trailer otherwise defined.
h)
Multiple dwelling: A dwelling unit in a building containing four or more dwelling units that
would not be considered any other type of dwelling unit as defined by this By-law.
i)
Primary dwelling unit: The largest dwelling unit in which the residential use of the lot is
conducted.
j)
Semi-detached dwelling: A dwelling unit in a building that is divided vertically into two
dwelling units that share a common wall above and below grade.
k)
Single detached dwelling: A dwelling unit in a building containing only one dwelling unit.
l)
Stacked townhouse dwelling: a dwelling unit in a building containing four or more dwelling
units divided horizontally and/or vertically, each with an entrance that is independent or
through a shared landing and/or external stairwell.
m)
Street townhouse dwelling: A dwelling unit in a building that is vertically divided above and
below grade into a minimum of three dwelling units, each of which has an independent
entrance to the outside at the front, rear, and/or side of the building and a yard abutting at
least two of the exterior walls of each dwelling unit.
EMERGENCY CARE ESTABLISHMENT - or "E.C.E" means an institutional use that provides a means of
immediate, temporary accommodation and assistance for a short-term period, generally less than
one week for the majority of the residents.
EMERGENCY SERVICE FACILITY - Means a building that houses emergency personnel, their supplies,
equipment and vehicles and may include an ambulance response facility, fire station or police
station.
ENERGY FROM WASTE FACILITY - Means the use of land, buildings or structures for the purpose of
energy generation from the incineration of waste.
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EQUESTRIAN CENTRE - Means an area of land where horses are boarded and taken out to be ridden
by their owners, or rented to others and where riding lessons may be given.
EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment where machinery and
equipment are offered or kept for rent, lease or hire under agreement for compensation, but shall
not include any other establishment defined or classified in this By-law.
ERECT - Means to build, construct, reconstruct, alter, relocate or, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, shall include any preliminary physical operation such as excavating, grading, piling,
cribbing, filling or draining, structurally altering any existing building or structure by an addition,
deletion, enlargement or extension.
ESTABLISHED BUILDING LINE - Means, on any street, the average setback of the existing main
buildings from the streetline on the nearest three lots, on opposite sides of the subject lot, which
have been built upon on the same side of the street between two intersecting streets.
ESTABLISHED GRADE - Means the average surface elevation of the finished level of the ground
adjoining the outside walls of the main building wall of any building or structure.
EXISTING OR EXISTED - Means in existence on the effective date of this By-law unless otherwise
specified in the By-law.
FARM IMPLEMENT DEALER - Means an establishment where farm equipment is repaired, serviced or
sold.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION - Means an establishment in which financial services are offered to the
public and is limited to a bank, credit union and trust company.
FLEA MARKET/FARMER'S MARKET - Means an indoor or outdoor place, location or activity where
new or used goods and commodities are offered for sale or exchange to the general public by one or
more licensed vendors, usually in compartmentalized spaces.
FLOOR AREA - Means the total area of all floors in a building, measured between the exterior faces
of the exterior walls of the building at each floor level.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS - Means the aggregate of the areas of each floor of a building or structure
above or below established grade, measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the
building or structure, or where there are common walls between uses or buildings or structures;
measured to the centre-line of a common wall, excluding the sum of the areas of each floor used, or
designed or intended for the parking of motor vehicles, unless the parking of motor vehicles is the
principle use of the building or structure.
FLOOR AREA, NET - Means the aggregate of the floor areas of a building above or below established
grade, but excluding:
a)
Any part of a basement that is unfinished;
b)
Any space with a floor to ceiling height of less than 1.8 metres;
c)
Bicycle lockers;
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d)
Parking areas within the building;
e)
Elevator shafts and other service and mechanical shafts;
f)
Loading areas and loading spaces within a building;
g)
Service/mechanical rooms;
h)
Staff locker rooms, staff restrooms and staff lunch rooms;
i)
Stairways and common hallways;
j)
Washrooms; and
k)
Waste/recycling rooms.
FLOOR SPACE INDEX - Means the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot divided by the lot area.
FOOD TRUCK - Means a motorized vehicle, other than a motor assisted bicycle or motorcycle, from
which refreshments are cooked, carried or offered for sale for consumption to the general public but
does not mean trailers, push cars or non-motorized vehicles propelled by muscular power.
FUNERAL HOME - Means an establishment used for providing funeral supplies and services to the
public and includes facilities intended for the preparation of the human body for internment and
accessory public gathering areas, but does not include a crematorium.
GARAGE, PARKING - Shall mean a building or structure used for the parking of motor vehicles and
may include aisles, parking spaces and related ingress and egress lanes.
GARAGE, PRIVATE - Means an enclosed building that is detached or part of the main building on a
lot that is also the site of any dwelling unit that is accessed from the outside at the first storey level
and is designed and/or used for the storage of one or more electric and/or motor vehicles.
GARAGE WIDTH - Means the width of a private garage measured between the interior faces of the
walls of the private garage.
GARDEN CENTRE - Means an establishment used for the sale of nursery stock, landscaping supplies
and equipment and incidental goods and materials.
GOLF COURSE - Means an area of land laid out for golf with a series of holes including tee, fairway,
and putting green and often one or more natural or artificial hazards. A golf course may include
restaurants, retail stores and miniature golf courses as accessory uses.
GOLF DRIVING RANGE - Means an indoor or outdoor public or private facility dedicated to the
driving of golf balls from fixed golf tees.
GROUP HOME - TYPE I - Means a premises used to provide supervised living accommodation,
licensed or funded under Province of Ontario of Government of Canada legislation, for up to ten
persons, exclusive of staff, living together in a single housekeeping unit because they require a
supervised group living arrangement. A Group Home - Type 1 may locate:
a)
in a single detached dwelling; or,
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b)
in a two-unit building (duplex or semi-detached) if the group home is the sole occupant of
both units of the two-unit building and the total number of residents in the entire building
does not exceed ten (10) residents.
GROUP HOME - TYPE II - Means a premises used to provide supervised living accommodation,
licensed or funded under Province of Ontario or Government of Canada legislation, for more than
ten persons, exclusive of staff, living together in a single housekeeping unit because they require a
supervised group living arrangement. A Group Home - Type II may only be located in a single
detached dwelling.
HEALTH SERVICES FACILITY - Means an establishment primarily engaged in providing medical,
surgical or other services to individuals, including the offices of physicians, dentists, and other health
practitioners, medical and dental laboratories, addiction treatment, mental health treatment, out-
patient care facilities, physical therapy, blood banks and oxygen and miscellaneous types of medical
supplies and services, and pharmacies, but does not include a hospital.
HEIGHT
a)
Means with reference to a building or structure, the vertical distance measured from the
established grade of such building or structure to:
i)
the highest point of the roof surface or the parapet, whichever is the greater, of a
flat roof; or
ii)
the deck line of a mansard roof; or
iii)
the mid-point between eaves and ridge of a gabled, hip or gambrel roof or other
type of pitched roof; or
iv)
in case of a structure with no roof, the highest point of the said structure.
b)
The calculation of height shall not apply to:
i)
Agricultural buildings and structures, including silos and grain elevators;
ii)
Antenna or telecommunication towers;
iii)
Any mechanical features, such as structures containing a mechanical penthouse or
the equipment necessary to control an elevator, and other rooftop structures not
containing any habitable space, provided that such equipment does not project
more than 5 metres above the highest point of the roof, is not located less than 5
metres from any exterior wall. A mechanical penthouse that meets the foregoing is
not a storey;
iv)
Any ornamental roof construction features including but not limited to domes,
chimneys, parapets less than 2 metres high, towers and steeples;
v)
Buildings and structures associated with a public works yard;
vi)
Clock towers and flagpoles;
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vii)
Monuments;
viii)
Silos, cooling towers, chimneys and other stacks in an Employment Zone;
ix)
Solar panels; and
x)
Water storage tanks.
HOME OCCUPATION - Means the use of part of a dwelling unit for a legal business activity that
results in a product or service and which is clearly accessory to the principal residential use of the
dwelling unit.
HOME CHILD CARE - Means the caring of children in a dwelling unit in accordance with the Child
Care and Early Years Act, as amended and which is not a child care centre.
HOME INDUSTRY - Means a small-scale, business activity of an industrial nature accessory to a
residential use and conducted entirely within a detached accessory building. For the purpose of this
definition, a home industry shall not include the repairing, storage or recycling of motor vehicles,
mobile homes, boats, heavy equipment and recreational vehicles, which includes, but is not limited
to campers, motor homes, motor cycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft and snowmobiles.
HOSPITAL, PRIVATE - Means any institution, building or other premises or place established for the
purpose of the treatment of persons, and that is not approved as a public hospital under The Public
Hospitals Act.
HOSPITAL, PUBLIC - Means any institution, building or other premises or place established for the
purpose of the treatment of persons, and that is approved as a public hospital under The Public
Hospitals Act.
HOTEL - Means an establishment containing rooms for the travelling public and may include
accessory meeting facilities, recreation facilities, a restaurant, banquet halls and retail stores which
are incidental and subordinate to the primary lodging function and located on the same lot, and
which does not include a dwelling unit, bed and breakfast establishment, short term rental
accommodation or shared housing.
INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE SERVICES - Means sewage systems, as defined in O. Reg. 332/12
under the Building Code Act, 1992, that are owned, operated and managed by the owner of the
property upon which the system is located.
INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE WATER SERVICES - Means individual, autonomous water supply systems that
are owned, operated and managed by the owner of the property upon which the system is located.
INDUSTRIAL USE - Means an establishment used for:
a)
The processing of goods and materials;
b)
The processing of food and related items;
c)
The assembly of manufactured goods;
d)
The manufacturing of goods;
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e)
The repair and servicing of goods and similar uses;
f)
Research and development facilities; and
g)
Any permanent storage facilities or accessory equipment that is in conjunction with a use in
sub-sections (a) to (f) above.
INFRASTRUCTURE - Means a physical structure (facilities and corridors) that form the foundation for
development. Infrastructure includes: sewage and water systems, septage treatment systems,
waste management systems, electric power generation and transmission facilities,
communication/telecommunications facilities, transit and transportation corridors and facilities, oil
and gas pipelines and associated facilities.
KENNEL - Means an establishment where dogs or other domestic pets are boarded for more than 24
hours and/or are kept for the purposes of breeding.
KENNEL, DAY - Means an establishment where dogs or other domestic pets are boarded for a
continuous period not exceeding twenty-four hours.
LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE - Means an area of land that contributes toward stormwater
management, tree canopy cover, and biodiversity by being used for the growth and maintenance of
grass, flowers, trees, shrubbery, natural vegetation and native species and other landscaping and
includes any planting strip, surfaced walk, surface patio, green roof, swimming pool or similar area,
but does not include any parking areas or driveways.
LANE - Means a subsidiary thoroughfare that is not intended for general traffic circulation and which
provides a secondary means of vehicular access to an abutting lot.
LIBRARY - Means a facility containing printed, electronic and pictorial material for public use for
purposes of study, reference and recreation.
LOADING SPACE - Means an unobstructed area of land that is used for the temporary parking of one
or more commercial motor vehicles while merchandise or materials are being loaded or unloaded
from such vehicle.
LONG TERM CARE HOME - Means a place that is licensed as a long-term care home under the Long-
Term Care Homes Act and includes a municipal home, joint home or First Nations home.
LOT - Means a parcel of land that may be conveyed in accordance with provisions of the Planning
Act. Below are the three types of lots.
a)
Corner lot: a lot at the intersection of two or more streets or highways or upon two parts of
the same public street with such public streets containing an angle of less than or equal to
135 degrees.
b)
Interior lot: a lot situated between adjacent lots and having access to one public street.
c)
Through lot: a lot that is not a corner lot but has frontage on more than one public street. If
a lot is a through lot, both of the lot lines abutting the public streets are deemed to be front
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lot lines. Notwithstanding the above, where a 0.3 metre wide reserve is located along one of
the lot lines abutting the public street, the lot is not a through lot.
LOT AREA - Means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
LOT COVERAGE - Means mean the combined area of all buildings or structures on the lot, measured
at the level of the lowest storey above grade, including all porches and verandas open or covered
and covered parking areas, but excluding open, unenclosed terraces at grade, decks, steps, cornices,
eaves, bay windows, chimney breasts, corbelling and similar projections, and swimming pools.
LOT DEPTH - Means the horizontal distance between the mid-point of the front lot line and the mid-
point of the rear lot line or, in the case of a triangular lot, between the midpoint of the front lot line
to the apex of the triangle formed by the intersecting of the side lot lines.
LOT FRONTAGE - Means the horizontal distance between the interior side and/or exterior side lot
lines, with such distance being measured perpendicularly to the line joining the mid-point of the
front lot line with the mid-point of the rear lot line at a point on that line 6.0 metres from the front
lot line.
In the case of a lot with no rear lot line, the point where two side lot lines intersect shall be the point
from which a line is drawn to the mid-point of the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot with a
sight triangle, the exterior side lot line shall be deemed to extend to its hypothetical point of
intersection with the extension of the front lot line for the purposes of calculating lot frontage.
LOT LINE - Means a line delineating any boundary of a lot. Below are the four types of lot lines:
a)
Exterior side lot line: the lot line of a corner lot, other than the front lot line, which divides
the lot from a public street or an unopened road allowance.
b)
Front lot line: the lot line that divides the lot from the public street, provided that in the
case of a corner lot, the shorter lot line that abuts a public street or is deemed to be the
front lot line and the longer lot line that abuts a public street is deemed to be an exterior
side lot line.
c)
Interior side lot line: the lot line, other than a rear lot line that does not abut a public
street.
d)
Rear lot line: the lot line opposite to, and most distant from, the front lot line. For the
purpose of this definition, if two side lot lines join at a point, that point shall be deemed as a
rear lot line.
MAIN BUILDING - Means the principal building on the lot. School portables are considered to be
main buildings by this By-law.
MAIN BUILDING WALL - Means the exterior wall of the building on the first storey of the main
building.
MAIN USE - Means the principal use of the lot.
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MICRO-BREWERY/WINERY/DISTILLERY - Means an establishment at which malt beverages
fermented on the premises and/or wines and/or alcohol are packaged and sold for distribution,
retail, or wholesale. The establishment may include retail sales, tours, and hospitality and tasting
area, and a restaurant. The incidental brewing and making of beer and/or wine and/or alcohol in a
restaurant is not a micro-brewery/winery/distillery.
MINERAL AGGREGATE OPERATION means
a)
Lands under license or permit, other than for wayside pits and quarries, issued in accordance
with the Aggregate Resources Act; and,
b)
Associated facilities used in extraction, transport, beneficiation, processing or recycling of
mineral aggregate resources and derived products such as asphalt and concrete, or the
production of secondary related products.
MINERAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES - Means gravel, sand, clay, earth, shale, stone, limestone,
dolostone, sandstone, marble, granite, rock or other material prescribed under the Aggregate
Resources Act suitable for construction, industrial, manufacturing and maintenance purposes but
does not include metallic ores, asbestos, graphite, kyanite, mica, nepheline syenite, salt, talc,
wollastonite, mine tailings or other material prescribed under the Mining Act.
MODEL HOME - Means a building that is used on a temporary basis as a sales office and/or as an
example of the type of dwelling that is for sale in a related development and which is not occupied
or used for human habitation.
MOTEL - Means an establishment containing multiple rooms with no private cooking facilities that
are rented to the travelling public for temporary sleeping accommodation, with each of the rooms
accessed from the outside and which does not include a bed and breakfast establishment or shared
housing.
MOTOR VEHICLE - Means an automobile, motorcycle, motor-assisted bicycle unless otherwise
indicated in the Highway Traffic Act, as amended, and any other vehicle propelled or driven
otherwise than by muscular power.
MOTOR VEHICLE BODY SHOP - Means an establishment used for the painting, repairing of the
interior, exterior, or undercarriage of motor vehicle bodies. Motor vehicle washing establishments
are not permitted as an accessory use.
MOTOR VEHICLE, COMMERCIAL - A motor vehicle, used or intended to be used for commercial
purposes and having permanently attached thereto a truck or delivery body and may include,
without limiting the foregoing, catering or canteen trucks, buses, cube vans, tow trucks, tilt and load
trucks, dump trucks, transport tractors, hearses, fire apparatus, taxis and limousines.
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment used for the repairing of motor
vehicles and recreational trailers, vehicles or boats, but shall not include the sale of motor vehicle
fuels or a motor vehicle body shop. Motor vehicle washing establishments are not permitted as an
accessory use.
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MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, LEASING AND/OR RENTAL ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment used
for the sale, leasing and/or rental of motor vehicles.
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE STATION - Means an establishment used for the sale of motor vehicle
fuels and which may include the following accessory uses: the sale of motor vehicle parts and
accessories, retail and personal service uses, motor vehicle rental, the servicing and repairing of
motor vehicles and motor vehicle washing establishments.
MOTOR VEHICLE WASHING ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment in which the mechanical or
hand washing of motor vehicles is carried out.
MUNICIPALITY - Means the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.
MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SERVICES - Means a sewage works within the meaning of section 1 of the
Ontario Water Resources Act that is owned or operated by a municipality.
MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICES - Means a municipal drinking-water system within the meaning of
section 2 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.
MUSEUM - Means a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural or historic
importance and which may also include libraries, reading rooms, laboratories and accessory offices.
NIGHTCLUB - Means an establishment whose primary function is the provision of pre-recorded
music, or live musical entertainment, whether such pre-recorded music or live music is provided for
listening or dancing by the patrons, or any combination of the above functions, and whose accessory
function is the sale and consumption on the premises of food and alcoholic beverages.
NON-COMPLYING (LEGAL) OR LEGAL NON-COMPLYING - Means a building or structure that was
erected in compliance with the Zoning By-law in effect at the time the building or structure was
erected.
NON-CONFORMING - Means a use that is not a permitted use in the zone in which the said use is
situated.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION - Means an incorporated organization that is established and which is
operated in a manner that does not result in the generation of profits.
OPENING - Means an area of a main building wall that is open from the outside to the inside and/or
which is treated in a manner that offers a view to the inside from the outside and includes a door or
window.
OPEN PROCESSING - Means processing, manufacture or repair of materials, goods, or equipment
conducted in the open air and/or unenclosed portions of buildings which are open on one or more
sides.
OUTDOOR STORAGE USE - Means an area of land used for the storage of goods and materials
forming the main use of a lot.
OUTDOOR STORAGE, ACCESSORY - Means an area of land used in conjunction with a business
located within a building or structure on the same lot, for the storage of goods and materials.
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PARK MODEL HOME - Means a trailer designed for temporary human habitation having permanent
running gear attached and meeting Canadian Standards Association Standard Z240 and Z241.
PARK, PRIVATE - Means an open space or recreational area other than a public park, operated on a
commercial and/or private member basis, and which includes one or more recreational uses.
PARK, PUBLIC - Means any area of land under the jurisdiction of a public authority that is designed
and/or maintained for active or passive recreational purposes. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a park may include municipal parks and playgrounds, open spaces, golf courses, swimming
pools, tennis courts, bowling greens, arenas, boating facilities, trails and sports fields and ancillary
retail uses.
PARKING AREA - Means an open area of land not located on a public street, private street or lane
that is used for the parking of four or more motor vehicles, but shall not include any area where
motor vehicles for sale or repair are kept or stored.
PARKING SPACE - Means an unobstructed space for the exclusive use of parking of a motor vehicle.
PERSONAL SERVICE USE - Means an establishment in which services involving the care of persons or
their apparel are offered and includes a barber shop, a hair dressing shop, a beauty shop, a shoe
repair establishment, dry cleaning establishment, registered massage therapist facility, domestic
animal grooming salon or similar service establishments.
PLACE OF WORSHIP - Means a building or part of a building used by a charitable religious group(s)
for the practice of religious rites and may include accessory uses that are subordinate and incidental
to the practice of religious rites. Examples of accessory uses include, but shall not be limited to,
classrooms, assembly areas with a potential occupancy less than the place of worship area, a kitchen,
a residence for the faith group leader, and offices subordinate and incidental to the principal place of
worship. A place of worship may include a child care centre or private school.
PLANTING STRIP - Means an area of a lot which shall be used for no purpose other than landscaping,
including decorative rock treatments or other required structural features, a row of trees or a
continuous unpierced hedgerow of evergreens or shrubs. The remainder of such planting strip shall
be used for no purpose other than landscaping features, planting trees, shrubs, flowers, grass or
similar vegetation. Walkways and driveways accessing the lot from the street are permitted to cross
a planting strip.
PORCH - Means a structure with a roof and at least one side that is open and unenclosed, that is
accessed by stairs from grade and which provides access to the first storey of a dwelling unit.
PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANT - Means a facility:
a)
With equipment designed to heat and dry aggregate and to mix aggregate with bituminous
asphalt to produce asphalt paving material, and includes stockpiling and storage of bulk
materials used in the process; and,
b)
Which is not of permanent construction, but which is to be dismantled at the completion of
the construction project.
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PORTABLE CONCRETE PLANT - Means a building or structure:
a)
With equipment designed to mix cementing materials, aggregate, water and admixtures to
produce concrete, and includes stockpiling and storage of bulk materials used in the process;
and,
b)
Which is not of permanent construction, but which is designed to be dismantled at the
completion of the construction project.
PRIVATE CLUB - Means an establishment used as a meeting place by members and guests of
members of non-profit organizations and non-commercial organizations for community, social or
cultural purposes. This definition does not include uses that are normally carried out as a
commercial enterprise and shall not include any adult entertainment establishment.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY - Means any commission, board, or authority or any quasi-public body that is
controlled by the Federal and/or Provincial governments and/or any commission, board, or authority
or any quasi-public body that is controlled by the Region or City, provided it is owned or operated by
or for, or under the authority of, the County or the Town.
PUBLIC USE - Means any use of land, buildings or structures by or on behalf of a public authority.
RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT SALES, RENTAL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT - Means an
establishment where recreational equipment such as canoes, kayaks, rowboats and other similar
non-motorized types of recreational equipment is sold, rented or serviced.
RECREATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT - Means an establishment that has been designed and equipped for
the conduct of athletic and leisure time activities including but not limited to a billiard or pool room,
bowling alley or ice/curling or roller skating rink and similar private-operated athletic and leisure
time uses.
RECREATIONAL TRAILER, VEHICLE OR BOAT - Any vehicle or recreational equipment such as a boat
that is suitable for being attached to a motor vehicle for the purpose of being drawn, or that is self-
propelled, or that is capable of being used for living, sleeping or eating and the accommodation of
human beings and includes a travel trailer, pick-up camper or tent trailer and/or boat.
RECYCLING FACILITY - Means a building or any part thereof in which blue box waste and recyclable
waste is collected, handled, separated, sorted, stored, recovered, prepared and/or compacted but
shall not include open processing, a waste management facility, a salvage yard, or an energy from
waste facility. For the purpose of this By-law, "blue box waste" and "recyclable waste" shall have
the same meaning as set out in O. Reg. 101/94, enacted pursuant to the Environmental Protection
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E-19, as amended from time to time.
REHABILITATION TREATMENT CENTRE - Means a facility providing secure, supervised, specialized
care, treatment and/or rehabilitation services on an in-patient or out-patient basis for individuals
who are addicted to chemical substances and/or alcohol. Services generally include 24-hour
accommodation for a period equal to or greater than seven (7) consecutive days where meals may
also be prepared on site and served to patrons. The facility may also include accessory offices,
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lounges and meeting rooms. For the purposes of this use, 'secure' shall mean monitored and
controlled ingress and egress to the facility at all times.
REPAIR SHOP - Means an establishment used for the servicing, repairing or renting of articles, goods
or materials, and may include an outlet for service and repair done off premises, but does not
include any use involving the sale, rental or servicing of motor vehicles.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT USE - Means an establishment used for scientific research,
investigation, testing or experimentation, but does not include facilities for the manufacture or sale
of products, except as incidental to the main purpose of the facility.
RESERVE - Means a strip of land abutting a public street and owned by a public authority having
jurisdiction over the public street.
RESTAURANT - Means an establishment in which the principal business is the preparation and
serving of food and refreshments to the public for consumption at tables within or outside the
building and which may include the preparation of food in a ready-to-consume state for
consumption off the premises, but shall not include a drive-through service use.
RETAIL STORE - Means an establishment in which goods, wares, merchandise, substances, articles or
things are displayed, rented or sold directly to the general public.
RETIREMENT HOME - Has the same meaning as in the Retirement Homes Act, 2010.
SALVAGE YARD - Means an area outside of an enclosed building where scrap metal and/or motor
vehicles are disassembled and dismantled, or where motor vehicles in an inoperable condition or
used motor vehicle parts, or scrap metals, are stored or re-sold but shall not include a recycling
facility.
SCHOOL - Means a facility where instruction is provided to students as the principal use. The schools
that are regulated by this By-law are defined below:
a)
Adult or continuing education school: a facility identified as a centre of learning for credit
courses, language, literacy, academic upgrading or career training for mature students or
others.
b)
Commercial school: an establishment where instruction, training, or certification in a specific
trade, service, or skill is provided.
c)
Elementary school: an institution under the jurisdiction of a school board, used primarily for
the instruction of students receiving primary education, with or without a child care centre
as an accessory use.
d)
Post-secondary school: a university or college of applied arts and technology established
under the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act.
e)
Private school: an institution, other than an elementary school, secondary school, adult or
continuing education school, post-secondary school or a commercial school, under the
jurisdiction of a private board of directors, trustees or governors, a religious organization or a
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charitable institution, used primarily for the instruction of students receiving primary and/or
secondary education.
f)
Secondary school: an institution under the jurisdiction of a School Board, used primarily for
the instruction of students receiving secondary education, with or without a child care centre
as an accessory use.
SCHOOL PORTABLE - Means a temporary building or structure designed to serve as a classroom on a
lot that is also the site of a school.
SHARED HOUSING (SMALL SCALE) - Means a dwelling unit where lodging is provided to more than
two and no more than six tenants who live as a single housekeeping unit with no more than one
kitchen and where at least 1 of the tenant-occupied rooms is equipped with an external locking
mechanism that prevents access to said room by the other house occupants when the room is
unoccupied.
SHARED HOUSING (LARGE SCALE) - Means a dwelling unit where lodging is provided to more than
six tenants who live as a single housekeeping unit with no more than one kitchen and where at least
1 of the tenant-occupied rooms is equipped with an external locking mechanism that prevents access
to said room by the other house occupants when the room is unoccupied.
SHIPPING CONTAINER - Means a freight container that is used for the transportation and storage of
goods and materials which are loaded onto trucks, trains or ships for the purpose of moving goods
and materials. A shipping container shall also include, but not be limited to, the body of a transport
trailer or a straight truck and any prefabricated portable metal storage unit. For the purpose of this
definition, a shipping container does not have wheels or include a motor vehicle or a transport
trailer.
SHORT TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATION - Means a dwelling or dwelling unit, or any portion of it,
that is rented or available for rent and intended to be provided to the travelling or vacationing public
or occupied for a seasonal or temporary period and includes a bed and breakfast establishment,
that rents not more than three (3) guest rooms, but does not include any other use defined in this
By-law.
SPECIALTY FOOD USE - Means a retail commercial use specializing in a specific type or class of foods
such as frozen food, baked goods, meat products, fish, gourmet foods and/or similar foods.
STACKING LANE - Means an area of land that is used exclusively for motor vehicles whose occupants
are waiting to be provided with goods, materials or services typically associated with a drive through
service use.
STEPBACK - Means an architectural design element that is applied to upper storeys of buildings
where the wall of the building above a certain height facing the street or a lot line is set back further
than the wall below the specified height.
STOREY - Means that portion of a building between the surface of a floor and the floor, ceiling or
roof immediately above.
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STOREY, FIRST - Means the storey with its floor closest to established grade and having its ceiling
more than 1.8 m above established grade and provided also that any portion of a storey exceeding
4.5 m in height shall be deemed an additional storey.
STREETLINE - Means the limit of street allowance and is the dividing line between a lot and a public
or private street.
STREET, PRIVATE - Means a private thoroughfare not under the jurisdiction of the Corporation, the
County or the Province of Ontario or created through the registration of a plan of condominium.
STREET, PUBLIC - Means a roadway owned by a public authority and for the purposes of this By-law
does not include a private street or lane.
STRUCTURE - Means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts joined together and
attached or fixed permanently to the ground or any other structure. For the purpose of this By-law,
a retaining wall that has a height of 1.0 m or less, a light standard, a fence, an antenna and a sign
shall be deemed not to be structures. For the purpose of setback calculations, natural gas or
electricity meters, air conditioning units and back-up generators, dog houses, freestanding mail
boxes, entrance pillars, statues, storage lockers under 1 m high, freestanding arbours or pergolas,
pool pumps and filters not inside accessory buildings, flag poles, free standing trellises, shopping cart
enclosures, waste receptacles, school bus shelters, composters, planters, portable barbeques and
similar items are not considered structures.
STUDIO - Means an establishment or part thereof used as a working place for the creation of
paintings, sculptures, pottery, glass, wrought iron and other objects or items that are the subject of
art.
SUPERMARKET - Means an establishment larger than 500m2 containing a complete
departmentalized food store selling a comprehensive line of groceries, baked goods, fresh fruit and
vegetables, canned goods, dairy products, frozen foods, and fresh and frozen meats. Other lines may
include confectionary, drugs and cosmetics, household supplies, hardware, commercial service uses
such as dry cleaning and financial services, optical services, photo services and a seasonal garden
centre.
TANDEM PARKING - Means two parking spaces arranged such that two motor vehicles can park
nose-to-end and where one vehicle does not have independent access to a street.
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY - Means a building or structure used for the manufacturing, assembling,
repair, packaging, or storage of specialized technical equipment including computers, electronics and
communication devices.
TENT - Means every kind of temporary shelter for sleeping that is not permanently affixed to the site
and that is capable of being easily moved.
TOWN - Means the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.
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TRADE AND CONVENTION CENTRE - Means a facility where facilities are provided for the displaying
of goods and/or services for the general public, such as an auto show or a computer trade show or
where groups of people meet for civic, educational, political, religious or social purposes.
TRAILER - Means any vehicle so constructed that it is suitable for being attached to a motor vehicle
for the purpose of being drawn or propelled by the motor vehicle and is capable of being used for
the transport of goods, materials, equipment or livestock notwithstanding that such vehicle is jacked
up or that its running gear is removed.
TRAILER PARK - Means an area of land used for the temporary or seasonal parking of travel/tent
trailers, recreational trailer or vehicle, truck campers and/or tents occupied by the travelling or
vacationing public.
TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL - Means land, structures or buildings used to store, repair, service, or
dispatch freight or passenger-carrying vehicles and shall include a terminal for the loading,
unloading, or transfer of materials or goods to or from freight-carrying transport vehicles, but shall
not include a waste management facility.
TRAVEL/TENT TRAILER - Means a trailer which is designed to be temporarily utilized for living,
shelter and sleeping accommodation, with or without cooking facilities and which has running gear
and towing equipment that is permanently attached, has a current license and is not permanently
affixed to the ground.
TRAVEL/TENT TRAILER SITE - Means a site in a trailer park or campground that is used for the
temporary parking or storing of a travel/tent trailer, recreational trailer or vehicle, truck camper or
tent.
TRUCK CAMPER - Means a unit that is constructed in a manner such that it may be attached to a
motor vehicle, as a separate unit, and is capable of being temporarily utilized for living, sleeping or
eating.
USE - Means the purpose for which any portion of a lot, building or structure is designed, arranged,
intended, occupied or maintained.
VETERINARY CLINIC - Means an establishment where cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals
(excluding livestock) are evaluated and/or treated for medical conditions and which may have
boarding facilities for animals in their care for limited time.
WAREHOUSE - Means a facility in which goods or wares are stored and where trucks are stored,
serviced, repaired, loaded or unloaded.
WASTE - Means ashes, garbage, refuse, domestic waste, industrial waste or municipal refuse and
other such materials as may be designated as waste from time to time in the regulations of the
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E-19, as amended.
WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY - Means:
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a)
Any land upon, into, in or through which, or building or structure in which organic waste that
is to be diverted from landfill is deposited, stored, processed and recycled into compost for
retail and wholesale purposes; and,
b)
Any operation carried out or machinery or equipment used in connection with the depositing,
storage, transfer, and processing or recycling referred to in clause (a).
WASTE DISPOSAL SITE - Means any land upon, into or through which, a building or structure in
which, waste is deposited, disposed of, handled, stored, transferred, treated or processed and
includes any operation carried out or machinery or equipment used in connection with the
depositing, disposal, handling, storage, transfer, treatment or processing of waste.
WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY - Means the use of land, buildings or structures for the
management of waste, including the collection, handling, sorting, transportation, storage, recovery
and disposal thereof, but does not including a recycling facility.
WASTE STORAGE AREA, ACCESSORY - Means space allocated either within a main building or in an
accessory building, structure or enclosure where garbage, refuse or recycling materials generated on
the same lot are temporarily stored while awaiting disposal, but does not include any storage for
hazardous waste or materials.
WASTE TRANSFER STATION - Means the use of land for the collection of waste into bulk containers
for the further transport to a land fill site, recycling facility or other waste disposal facility.
WAYSIDE PIT OR QUARRY - Means a temporary pit or quarry opened and used by a public authority
solely for the purpose of a particular project or contract of road construction or maintenance and
which is not located within the right-of-way of a public street.
YARD - Means an open, uncovered space on a lot appurtenant to a building and unoccupied by
buildings or structures except as specifically permitted in this By-law.
YARD, EXTERIOR SIDE - Means the yard of a corner lot extending from the front yard to the rear
yard between the exterior side lot line and the nearest main wall of the main building or structure
on the lot.
YARD, FRONT - Means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line
and the nearest main walls of the main building or structure on the lot.
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE - Means a yard other than an exterior side yard that extends from the front
yard to the rear yard between the interior side lot line and the nearest main walls of the main
building or structure on the lot.
YARD, REAR - Means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and
the nearest main walls of the main building or structure on the lot.
ZONE - Means a designated area of land use(s) shown on the Zoning Maps of this By-law.
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PART 4.0 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
4.1
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
4.1.1 General Provisions
a)
Where this By-law provides that land may be used or a building or structure may be erected
or used for a purpose, that purpose shall include any accessory uses, buildings or structures
located on the same lot as the principal use to which they are related.
b)
No accessory building or structure shall be used for human habitation or an occupation for
gain or profit, except if specifically permitted by this Bylaw.
c)
All accessory buildings and structures regardless of size and whether or not they require a
Building Permit, shall comply with the rules set out in this section of the Bylaw.
d)
Accessory buildings and structures are only permitted in the rear, interior and exterior side
yards.
e)
Detached private garages may be no closer than 6 metres to an exterior side lot line, if the
driveway used to access the detached private garage crosses the exterior lot line.
f)
Accessory buildings and structures shall be located no closer than 1.0 metres from the
interior side, exterior side or rear lot line. Private garages for semi-detached and street
townhouse dwellings that share a common lot line and are attached may be set back 0.0
metres from the applicable interior side and/or rear yard.
g)
The maximum permitted building height of the accessory building or structure is 4.5 metres,
unless a higher building height is specifically permitted by this By-law.
h)
Shipping containers, trailers or other mobile structures are not permitted as accessory
buildings or structures unless they are specifically permitted by this By-law.
i)
In any Commercial or Employment Zone, accessory buildings for the Commercial or
Employment Use shall not be located in any required side or rear yard abutting an adjacent
residential use.
j)
The maximum lot coverage of all detached accessory buildings and structures on a lot is 10
percent.
k)
Provisions for detached private garages in the CER1, CER2, CER3 and CEMU Zones are set
out in Section 8.2 and apply in the case of conflict.
4.2
ACCESSORY OUTDOOR STORAGE
Where accessory outdoor storage is located in an Employment Zone, the following provisions apply:
a)
Accessory outdoor storage is permitted in any yard except the front yard and shall not be
located any closer than 9.0 metres to any lot line abutting a public street;
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b)
The height of stored materials shall not exceed the height of the main building on the lot, or
12 metres, whichever is the lesser; and
c)
The accessory outdoor storage shall be screened by opaque fencing with a minimum height
of 2.1 metres or a berm with a minimum height of 3.0 metres.
4.3
ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS
4.3.1 General Provisions
a)
An additional residential unit shall only be permitted on a lot containing a single detached
dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or street townhouse dwelling.
b)
Where two (2) additional residential units are located on a lot, such additional residential
units may be located as follows:
i)
One (1) additional residential unit within the same building as the primary dwelling
unit on the lot and one (1) additional residential unit in a detached accessory
building located on the same lot as the primary dwelling unit; or,
ii)
Two (2) additional residential units within the same building as the primary
dwelling unit in which case, an additional residential unit in a detached accessory
building shall not be permitted.
In no case, shall two (2) additional residential units be permitted in a detached accessory
building.
c)
An additional residential unit shall only be permitted on a lot that satisfies Section 4.9
(Frontage on a Public Street) of this By-law, unless the additional residential unit is accessed
by a lane.
d)
Where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are available, both the
primary dwelling unit and the additional residential unit(s) on the same lot shall be
connected to municipal sewage services and municipal water services.
e)
An additional residential unit shall not be permitted:
i)
On lands within the Environmental Constraint (EC) Zone or in a floodplain as
identified by the Conservation Authority; and,
ii)
On a lot containing shared housing, bed and breakfast establishment, group home
type 1 or group home type 2.
f)
Parking spaces for an additional residential unit(s) shall be provided in accordance with the
requirements of Section 5.4 (Residential Parking Requirements) of this By-law. Required off-
street parking spaces may be arranged as tandem parking.
4.3.2
Additional Residential Units Within the Same Building as the Primary Dwelling Unit
Where an additional residential unit(s) is within the same building as the primary dwelling unit, the
following provisions shall apply:
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a)
The additional residential unit(s) shall be located entirely within the same building as the
primary dwelling unit.
b)
A maximum of one entrance to the main building shall be permitted along each public
street.
c)
The maximum gross floor area of the additional residential unit(s) may not singularly or
cumulatively exceed 50% of the gross floor area of the primary dwelling unit.
d)
Notwithstanding the above, if an additional residential unit(s) is located in the basement,
such additional residential unit(s) may occupy the entire basement.
e)
Where direct access to the additional residential unit is provided from the interior side
yard, the entrance to the additional residential unit is required to be a minimum of 1.2
metres from the interior side lot line.
f)
In addition to the above, where the entrance to the additional residential unit is provided
through a door located in the interior side or rear yard, an unobstructed pedestrian path of
travel having a minimum width of 0.9 metres and minimum height of 2.1 metres shall be
provided along any portion of the yard extending from the door used as the entrance to an
additional residential unit to a public street or a lane.
4.3.3 Additional Residential Unit in a Detached Accessory Building
Where an additional residential unit is within a detached accessory building, the following
provisions shall apply:
a)
Additional residential units within a detached accessory building are only permitted in the
rear, interior and exterior side yards.
b)
The following setbacks apply to additional residential units in a detached accessory
building:
i)
Exterior side lot line - same as the required exterior side yard for the main building,
which is increased to 6.0 metres if the driveway used to access the additional
residential unit crosses the exterior lot line;
ii)
Rear lot line - 1.0 metre which is reduced to 0.6 metres if the additional residential
unit is accessed by a lane; and
iii)
Interior side lot line - 1.2 metres which is reduced to 0.6 metres if there are no doors
or windows facing the interior side lot line when the additional residential unit is
accessed by a lane and which can be further reduced to 0.0 metres if the additional
residential unit is accessed by a lane and shares a wall with an additional residential
unit on an abutting lot.
c)
The maximum permitted building height of the additional residential unit is 4.5 metres,
unless the additional residential unit is located above a detached private garage on a lot
accessed by a lane in which case the maximum building height is 8.0 metres.
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d)
The maximum gross floor area of the additional residential unit within a detached
accessory building shall not exceed 50% of the gross floor area of the primary dwelling unit
but in no case can occupy more than 50% of the rear yard.
e)
A detached additional residential unit shall be setback no further than 40 metres from the
public street that is relied upon for access, if the additional residential unit is not accessed
by a lane.
f)
An additional residential unit in a detached accessory building is not permitted to have a
basement or other habitable living space below grade.
g)
An additional residential unit in a detached accessory building shall be set back a minimum
of 4.5 metres from the main building on the lot.
h)
A clear path suitable for pedestrian use with a minimum width of 0.9 metres shall be
provided from the streetline to the entrance of an additional residential unit that is
contained within a detached accessory building, if the additional residential unit is not
accessed by a lane.
4.4
ACCESSORY WASTE STORAGE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND
ENCLOSURES
Accessory waste storage buildings, structures and enclosures are subject to the following provisions:
a)
Accessory waste storage areas in an accessory building, structure or enclosure shall be
surrounded on three sides by masonry, concrete or wooden walls to provide screening and,
b)
Accessory waste storage areas within an accessory building, structure or enclosure shall be
located:
i)
In an interior, exterior side yard or rear yard only;
ii)
No closer to any lot line than required for an accessory building or structure by this
by-law;
iii)
No closer than 7.5 metres to any adjacent Residential Zone boundary;
iv)
Outside of any required landscaped open space area or planting strip; and,
v)
Shall not occupy any required loading spaces, parking spaces, access to parking
spaces or driveways.
c)
Notwithstanding the above, deep well storage receptables are permitted anywhere on a lot.
4.5
BARRIER-FREE ENTRANCES
Nothing in this By-law prevents the establishment of barrier-free entrances in accordance with the
requirements of the Ontario Building Code. In addition, nothing prevents the location of barrier-free
entrances in a private garage that is attached to a dwelling unit provided the required number of
parking spaces can still be provided.
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4.6
DECK AND PORCH REGULATIONS
a)
Decks are permitted provided that:
i)
The deck is located no closer than 3.0 metres to the rear lot line;
ii)
The deck is located no closer to the interior side lot line than the interior side yard
requirement for the main building;
iii)
The deck is located no closer to the exterior side lot line than the required exterior
side yard for the main building; and
iv)
The deck is not located in the front yard.
b)
Notwithstanding the above provisions, stair landings less than 1.0 m2, and stairs used to
access a deck shall not be subject to the setback requirements of this Section, provided they
are no closer than 0.5 metres from any lot line.
c)
Porches and the associated stairs, eaves and gutters are permitted in the front, interior side
and exterior side yards provided that the porch and the associated stairs, eaves and gutters:
i)
Are no closer than 0.5 metres from the interior side lot line;
ii)
Are no closer than 1.5 metres from the front and exterior side lot lines; and,
iii)
Do not extend more than 2.0 metres into the required rear yard.
4.7
ENCROACHMENTS INTO REQUIRED YARDS (EXCLUDING DECKS AND
PORCHES)
Encroachments of the following structures or features into a required yard shall be permitted in
accordance with Table 4.7 below:
Table 4.7: Encroachments
Structure
Yard in which Encroachment is
Permitted
Maximum Encroachment
Permitted
A
Air conditioners and heat
pumps
Interior side and rear yard
Shall be set back a minimum of
0.6 metres from the interior and
rear lot lines
Exterior side yard
Shall be set back a minimum of
1.0 metre from the exterior side
lot line
Front yard
No encroachment permitted in
front yard
B
Awnings, canopies (which
are not above doorways),
cornices, coves, belt courses,
eaves, gutters, pilasters, sills,
eavestroughs, rainwater
collectors or weather-
shielding structures
All yards
May encroach by no more than
0.9 metres into any required
yard
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Structure
Yard in which Encroachment is
Permitted
Maximum Encroachment
Permitted
C
Balconies
Front and exterior side yards
May encroach by no more than
1.5 metres into the required
front and exterior side yards
Rear yard
May encroach by no more than
1.5 metres into the required rear
yard
Interior side yard
No encroachment permitted into
required interior side yard
D
Bay windows, box out
windows and bow windows
without foundations, with a
maximum width of 3.0
metres
All yards
May encroach by no more than
0.6 metres into any required
yard
E
Canopies (above doorways
and not supported by the
ground) and porticos
Front, rear and exterior side
yards
Shall be set back a minimum of
1.5 metres from the front, rear
and exterior side lot lines
Interior side yard
No encroachment permitted into
required interior side yard
F
Chimneys and gas fireplace
projections and chases with
a maximum width of 1.8
metres
All yards
May encroach by no more than
0.6 metres into any required
yard
G
Fire escapes
All yards
May encroach by no more than
2.5 metres into any required
yard and must be set back a
minimum of 0.6 metres from the
interior side lot line
H
Patios
Front, interior and exterior side
yards
May encroach by no more than
0.6 metres into any required
yard and must be set back a
minimum of 0.6 metres from the
interior side lot line
Rear yard
May encroach in accordance with
Section 4.3 (a) of this By-law
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Stairs and landings that
access any part of the main
building
Exterior, interior and rear yards
No part of the stairs or landing
shall be closer than 0.3 metres
from the exterior side, interior
side and rear lot lines
Front yard
No encroachment permitted into
required front yard
4.8
FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET
Unless otherwise specified by this By-law, no person shall erect any building or structure and no
person shall use any building or structure, lot or parcel unless the lot or parcel to be so used, or
upon which the building is situated or erected or proposed to be erected:
a)
Abuts or fronts on a public street which is assumed by By-law by a public authority for
maintenance purposes; or,
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b)
Is being constructed pursuant to a Subdivision Agreement with a public authority; or,
c)
Fronts on a year round maintained public street that was not established as a consequence
of Registering a Plan of Subdivision; or,
d)
Fronts onto a private street within a Plan of Condominium that either provides direct access
to a public street or which connects with other private streets within a Plan of Condominium
or other Plans of Condominium to access a public street; or,
e)
Fronts on a right-of-way.
For the purposes of this By-law, the front lot line of a lot separated from a public street by a reserve
owned by a public authority shall be deemed to abut such a public street.
4.9
GARDEN SUITES
Where a garden suite is permitted by a Temporary Use By-law, the following provisions apply:
a)
Minimum setback shall be equal to the required rear and interior side yards for the main
building from the rear and interior side lot lines.
b)
In no case shall the garden suite be located any closer to the front or exterior lot line than
the main building.
c)
The maximum floor area of any garden suite is 80 square metres and shall not exceed 40% of
the first storey floor area of the main building.
d)
The maximum permitted height is 4.5 metres.
4.10 HOME OCCUPATIONS
Where a home occupation is permitted in a Zone, the following regulations apply:
a)
A home occupation shall be conducted by the person or persons whose principal residence is
the dwelling unit in which the home occupation is located.
b)
A home occupation shall be operated entirely within a dwelling unit.
c)
The total amount of residential floor area within the dwelling unit that may be occupied by
a home occupation is up to a maximum of 50 square metres.
d)
Outside storage and outside display and sales areas are not permitted in conjunction with a
home occupation.
e)
The sale of goods or materials is limited to such goods or materials that are made on the
premises or are accessory to the home occupation.
f)
Any home occupation that creates noise, vibration, fumes, odour, dust or glare that is
detectable from outside of the dwelling unit is not permitted.
g)
Any parking required for the home occupation shall be in addition to the parking required
for other uses on the same lot.
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h)
There shall be no external advertising other than a sign erected in accordance with The Town
of Cobourg Sign By-law;
i)
A health service facility shall be only permitted on a lot that has a front lot line or an
exterior side lot line that abuts a Provincial Highway, an arterial road or collector road as
shown on the schedules to The Town of Cobourg Official Plan.
j)
The following uses shall not be permitted as a home occupation:
i)
Adult entertainment establishments;
ii)
Any use involving the storage, repair, maintenance and/or towing of motor vehicles,
recreational vehicles or engines;
iii)
Any use requiring ventilation, other than ventilation typically found in any residence;
iv)
Assembly and storage of hazardous substances;
v)
Construction/landscaping contractor's yard;
vi)
Contractors yards;
vii)
Dating/escort services;
viii)
Day kennels;
ix)
Kennels;
x)
Restaurants;
xi)
Retail stores;
xii)
Scrap metal recycling operations or salvage yards;
xiii)
Tattoo parlours; and
xiv)
Taxi service depot/dispatch establishments.
4.11 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS AND HOT TUBS
The following regulations apply to outdoor swimming pools and hot tubs:
a)
Outdoor swimming pools and hot tubs are permitted in the interior, rear and exterior side
yards, provided they are set back a minimum of 1.2 metres from the interior side and rear
lot lines and 3.0 metres from the exterior side lot line with the setback measured from the
water's edge of the swimming pool and the outside wall of the hot tub.
b)
Outdoor swimming pool pumps, filters and heaters, are permitted in the interior, rear and
exterior side yards, provided they are set back a minimum of 0.6 metres from the interior
and rear lot lines and 1.5 metres from the exterior side lot line;
c)
Decks that are associated with outdoor swimming pools and hot tubs are permitted subject
to Section 4.6 of this By-law.
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4.12 PLANNED WIDTH OF STREET ALLOWANCE
No person shall erect any building or structure in any zone on the following public streets or
portions of public streets unless such building or structure conforms to the setback requirements in
Table 4.12 and furthermore, in determining any requirements of the Zoning By-law, the portion of
the lot lying within the setback shall be deemed not to form part of the lot.
Table 4.12: Planned Width of Public Street Allowance
Public Street or Portion of Public
Street
Existing Public
Street Width (m)
Planned Width of
Public Street
Allowance (m)
Minimum Setback
Requirements
from Centreline of
Public Street (m)
Albert Street
Ontario to Hibernia
Hibernia to Division
20
12
20
18
10
9
Ball Street (see Note 6)
King to Blake
Blake to University
12
15
15
15
7.5
7.5
Baltimore Road (see Note 1)
23-30
36
18
Brook Road N. (see Note 7)
20-30
30
15
Burnham Street (see Note 7)
William to North Town Limits
King to Heath
Heath to Carlisle
26
20
20
30
24
20
15
12
10
Covert Street (see Note 5)
9
12
6
D'Arcy Street
King to University
University to Elgin
King to Lakeshore
20
20
20
25
30
20
12.5
15
10
Densmore Rd./Danforth
20
26
13
DePalma Dr.
20
30
15
Division Street
King to Havelock
Havelock to University
University to Baltimore
King to Harbour
20
20
20
20
20
26
30
20
10
13
15
10
Elgin Street (See Note 7)
Hwy 2 to Burnham
Burnham to Division
Division to D'Arcy
D'Arcy to Brook
Burnham Street to the West Town
limits
N.A.
20+
25+
27+
20
30
30
30
30
30
15
15
15
15
15
George Street
12
12
6
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Public Street or Portion of Public
Street
Existing Public
Street Width (m)
Planned Width of
Public Street
Allowance (m)
Minimum Setback
Requirements
from Centreline of
Public Street (m)
King to a point 30 metres north of
King
30 metres north of King to
University
12
15
7.5
Heath Street
20
24
12
Hibernia Street
King to Lake Ontario
15
18
9
James Street
Spring to College
College to D'Arcy
15
15
20
18
10
9
Kerr St. (Former H.E.P.C.)
William to Brook Road North
30
36
18
King Street
William to Ball
Ball to Spring
Spring to George/Third
George to College
College to D'Arcy
D'Arcy to Brook N.
Brook to Normar
Tracey to William
20
20
20+
20+
20
20-21
21+
20
26
24
24
21
26
30
30
23
13
12
12
10.5
13
15
15
11.5
Ontario Street
University to North Limits
Albert to King
20
20
23
20
13
10
Park Street
12
15
7.5
Princess Street
10
15
7.5
Queen Street (see Note 2)
Division to McGill
McGill to Church
Church to D'Arcy
13-15
20
20
18
23
20
9
13
10
Rogers Rd.
20
26-30
13-15
Spring Street (see Note 3)
King to James
James to University
15
20
20
23
10.5
11.5
Strathy Road
20
26
13
Swayne Street
9
12
6
Third Street (see Note 4)
18
18
9
University Ave
20
26
13
White Street
17-20
26-30
13
William Street
King to University
University to Elgin
25
25+
25
30
12.5
15
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1.
Centre line of Baltimore Road shall be deemed to be 11.5 metres south of the existing northern
streetline.
2.
Centre line of Queen Street shall be deemed to be 7.6 metres south of the existing northern
streetline.
3.
Centre line of Spring Street shall be deemed to be 10 metres west of the existing eastern
streetline.
4.
Centre line of Third Street shall be deemed to be 9 metres east of the existing western
streetline.
5.
Centre line of Covert Street shall be deemed to be 6 metres north of the existing southern
streetline.
6.
Centre line of Ball Street shall be deemed to be 6 metres west of the existing eastern streetline.
7. For those portions of Elgin Street, Burnham Street and Brook Road that are under the
jurisdiction of the County of Northumberland as shown on Maps 1 to 8 of this By-law, the
minimum setback requirement from the centre line of the public streets that are under the
County's jurisdiction is 18.25 metres.
4.13 PHASED CONDOMINIUMS
Unless provided elsewhere, where a plan of condominium is proposed to be developed as a phased
condominium as defined and set out in the Condominium Act, S.O. 1998, Chapter 19 the lands shall
be considered as one singular property for the purpose of determining conformity with the
provisions of the Zoning By-law and temporary lot lines created as a result of the phasing shall not be
considered.
4.14 PLANTING STRIPS
The following regulations apply to planting strips in the zones that are specifically identified in this
Section:
a)
A minimum 3.0 metre wide planting strip that is a minimum of 1.5 metres in height and
abutting the full length of the lot line is required where a lot in any Institutional, Mixed Use,
Commercial or Employment Zone abuts an interior side or rear lot line of a lot in any
Residential Zone or Open Space Zone.
b)
Where parking areas are connected to parking areas on adjacent lots, a planting strip in
accordance with sub-section (a) is not required for that portion of the lot line where the
parking is connected.
c)
Where there is a wall or fence having a height of 1.8 metres or more along an interior side or
rear lot line, the width of the planting strip established in sub-section (a) may be reduced to
1.8 metres in width.
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d)
A minimum 3.0 metre wide planting strip abutting the full length of the lot line is required
along the front and exterior side lot lines in any Institutional, Mixed Use, Commercial and
Employment Zone.
e)
Notwithstanding subsection (d), the requirement for a planting strip is waived wherever a
building is permitted to be closer than 3.0 metres from the lot line.
f)
Planting strips required by this section of the By-law can be counted as part of any
landscaped open space requirement of this By-law.
4.15 REDUCED AND INCREASED FRONT YARD REQUIREMENT
a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, where a vacant lot exists or is created
between two developed lots, with the main building on one or both of the abutting
developed lots having a front yard less than required, the required front yard for the vacant
lot is the average of the front yards of the two abutting developed lots.
b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, where a vacant lot exists or is created
between two developed lots, with the main building on one or both of the abutting
developed lots having a front yard that is in excess of what is required, the required front
yard for the vacant lot is the average of the front yards of the two abutting developed lots.
4.16 RESTAURANT PATIOS
4.16.1 Rooftop Patios
Outdoor rooftop patios are permitted accessory to any restaurant, subject to the following
provisions:
a)
Outdoor rooftop patios shall not extend beyond the roof of the building;
b)
Where an abutting lot is zoned for residential purposes or contains a building(s) with one or
more dwelling units, a minimum 1.8 metre tall acoustical wall shall be erected along the
portion of the perimeter of the outdoor rooftop patio that is generally parallel to the rear lot
line and side lot line. For the purposes of this provision, an acoustical wall means a wall
designed to effectively eliminate noise from the outdoor rooftop patio from reaching the
abutting lot zoned for residential purposes containing a building with one or more dwelling
units.
c)
The maximum floor area of all outdoor rooftop patios combined shall be 50 square metres
per building.
d)
Any roofed area comprising part of an outdoor rooftop patio shall remain unenclosed and
open to the air on at least two sides and shall not exceed 20% of the total floor area of the
outdoor rooftop patio.
e)
The primary ingress and egress of an outdoor rooftop patio shall be from the interior of the
building, and exterior stairs shall only be used for emergency and fire safety purposes as
required by applicable law.
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f)
Outdoor rooftop patios shall not contain electronic music/sound equipment, and shall not be
used as a dance floor or for live music or other forms of entertainment.
4.16.2 Other Restaurant Patios (non-rooftop)
Restaurant patios are permitted accessory to any restaurant provided that:
a)
A restaurant patio shall be permitted in any yard with no required setback to the applicable
lot line, except that in a rear yard it shall be located no closer to the rear lot line than
required for an accessory building by this By-law;
b)
Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, a restaurant patio shall not be permitted within a
sight triangle required by this By-law;
c)
Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, a restaurant patio shall not be located within any
planting strip required by Section 4.14 of this By-law;
d)
Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, a restaurant patio shall be setback a minimum of 7.5
metres from any Residential Zone;
e)
The maximum height of the floor of a restaurant patio shall be 4.0 metres, and,
f)
A restaurant patio shall be screened by fencing with a minimum height of 1.0 metre.
4.17 SEWAGE AND WATER SERVICES
a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, no lands shall be used nor any building
or structure erected or used unless the use is connected to municipal sewer services and
municipal water services.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, and only within the Rural and Development Zones, individual
on-site sewage services and/or individual on-site water services may be used provided it
can be demonstrated that such services are adequate for the use proposed.
4.18 SHIPPING CONTAINERS
a)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, the placement of one shipping container
is permitted per lot in a Residential Zone provided the shipping container:
i)
Is located on the driveway;
ii)
Is set back a minimum of 1.0 metre from any lot line;
iii)
Has a maximum height of 2.5 metres, a maximum width of 2.5 metres and a
maximum length of 6.0 metres; and
iv)
Is not located on the lot for more than 30 days in a calendar year.
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4.19 SIGHT TRIANGLES
a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, no building or structure, fence, wall,
vegetative planting or landscaping that has a height of greater than 0.75 metres shall be
permitted in a sight line triangle as defined in sub-section (b).
b)
Where the front lot line and the exterior side lot line intersect or are projected to intersect,
a sight line triangle is that portion of a corner lot within the triangular space on a lot formed
by two intersecting lot lines that abut a public street and a line drawn from a point on one
lot line across such lot to a point in the other lot line, with each such point being the
required distance from the point of intersection of the lot lines (measured along the lot
lines) with each point being measured based on road classification based on road
classification established by the Official Plan as shown in Table 4.19.
c)
This Section of the By-law does not apply to lands in the Main Central Commercial Zone.
Table 4.19: Site Triangles
Subject lot has access onto a:
Local Street
Collector Street
Arterial Road
Other
Street:
Local Street
5.0 metres
7.0 metres
9.0 metres
Collector Street
7.0 metres
7.0 metres
9.0 metres
Arterial Road
9.0 metres
9.0 metres
9.0 metres
4.20 SPECIAL SETBACKS
4.20.1 Railway Right-of-Way Setback
Any portion of a building used for dwelling units, any type of school, child care centre or place of
worship shall be setback a minimum of:
a)
30 metres from the lot line of the active railway right-of-way for a Principal or Secondary
Main Line; or,
b)
15 metres from the lot line of the active railway right-of-way for a Principal, Secondary or
Tertiary Branch Line.
4.20.2 Provincial Highway Setback
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, where a lot abuts a provincial highway, the
setbacks required by the Ministry of Transportation shall apply.
4.20.3 Environmental Protection Zone Setback
a)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, no buildings or structures, with the
exception of accessory buildings or structures, and decks, shall be permitted within 3 metres
from the Environmental Constraint (EC) Zone boundary.
b)
Where a building or structure exists on the effective date of this By-law and such building or
structure is located within the 3 metre setback from the Environmental Constraint (EC) Zone
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boundary, the building or structure is deemed to be in compliance with this By-law and any
additional floor area within the 3 metre setback is not permitted.
4.21 TEMPORARY USES
4.21.1 Construction Uses
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, uses incidental to construction such as a tool
shed, a scaffold or other building or structure incidental to the construction, and the parking or
storage of any construction equipment or construction vehicles are permitted in all zones, subject to
the following provisions:
a)
Such uses are permitted only for so long as they are necessary for work in progress that has
neither been finished nor discontinued for a period of 60 days;
b)
A valid building permit or site alteration permit for the construction remains in place, if such
a permit was required; and
c)
Uses incidental to construction may be undertaken on the lot prior to the erection of the
main building provided it is used for no purpose other than storage.
4.21.2 Model Homes
Model homes are permitted in all zones on lands that have received draft plan of subdivision or
condominium approval for residential purposes provided that:
a)
The number of model homes does not exceed 8 units or 10% of the dwelling units draft
approved in any phase of a plan of subdivision or condominium whichever is the lesser;
b)
The model home is built within a parcel defined by the draft approved plan of subdivision or
condominium;
c)
The model home complies with all other requirements of this By-law for the applicable type
of dwelling unit with the exception of the parking requirements;
d)
The buildings are used for the purpose of model homes only and must not be occupied prior
to the date of registration of the subdivision, condominium, or similar development
agreement; and
e)
Subject to an approved municipal servicing agreement, model homes may be constructed
temporarily without connection to municipal sewer services and municipal water services.
4.21.3 Temporary Sales Offices
Temporary sales offices used for the sale of residential, employment or commercial lots or units are
permitted in all zones where residential, mixed use, commercial and/or employment uses are
permitted, subject to the following provisions:
a)
If proposed on lands that are the subject of an application for Plan of Subdivision, the
temporary sales office is not permitted until a draft Plan of Subdivision has been approved.
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b)
If proposed on lands that are the subject of an application for Plan of Condominium, the
temporary sales office is not permitted until the draft Plan of Condominium has been draft
approved or if the lands are subject to an executed Site Plan Agreement.
c)
If proposed on lands that are not subject to an application for Plan of Subdivision or
Condominium, the temporary sales office must be specifically permitted by this By-law.
d)
Temporary sales offices must comply with the minimum yards for the applicable zone.
4.22 USES OF LOTS WITHOUT BUILDINGS
Unless expressly permitted by this By-law, no permitted use in any zone, with the exception of a
public use or commercial parking lot, is permitted unless a main building is erected on the same lot.
4.23 USES PERMITTED IN ANY ZONE
4.23.1 Public Uses
a)
Public uses are permitted in all zones.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, where a specific public use is defined in this By-law, such uses
are only permitted where they are specifically identified as a permitted use.
c)
Where a public use is permitted, the following provisions apply:
i)
Such public use shall comply with all applicable zone standards, parking and loading
requirements of the zone in which it is located.
ii)
No outdoor storage is permitted unless such outdoor storage is specifically
permitted in the zone in which the public use is located, unless the outdoor storage
is related to the provision of municipal sewage services and/or municipal water
services.
iii)
Notwithstanding sub-section (i) above, buildings and structures that are used for the
storage of road maintenance materials within a public or municipal works depot
owned by a public authority are exempt from the height requirements of this By-
law.
iv)
Any accessory use to a public use shall be clearly incidental and accessory to the
principal use.
4.23.2 Infrastructure
Nothing in this By-law prevents the use of any land, building or structure as a public street or for
infrastructure.
4.23.3 Other Uses
Other uses permitted in any zone, excluding the Environmental Constraint Zone and the Floodway
overlay Zone, are listed below:
a)
Community gardens;
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b)
Temporary farmers markets;
c)
Emergency service facilities; and
d)
Municipal parking areas and parking garages.
4.24 USES PROHIBITED IN ANY ZONE
The following uses are not part of any use permitted by this By-law:
a)
Abattoirs and meat rendering plants;
b)
Noxious uses;
c)
The bulk storage of industrial chemicals, fuels and oils, hazardous substances or liquid
industrial waste unless specifically permitted by the Environmental Protection Act;
d)
The manufacturing, refining, rendering or distillation of acid, ammonia, ammunition,
chlorine, coal, creosote, explosives, fireworks, glue, petroleum or tar;
e)
The outdoor storage of partially dismantled motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle or
trailer parts unless otherwise specifically permitted by this By-law;
f)
The parking or storage of trailers or commercial motor vehicles on a vacant lot;
g)
The parking or storage of trailers or commercial motor vehicles on a lot for the purposes of
advertising;
h)
The storage of disused rail cars, streetcars, buses, truck bodies or trailers without wheels;
i)
The storage or use of shipping containers on a lot unless outdoor storage is specifically
permitted on the lot by this By-law or if the shipping container is permitted on a temporary
basis on a lot in a Residential Zone in accordance with Section 4.18 of this By-law;
j)
The use of a truck, bus, coach body or rail car for human habitation or for storage purposes;
k)
The use of any accessory building or structure for human habitation or for gain or profit,
unless such uses are specifically permitted by this By-law; and
l)
The use of any tent, trailer or electric and/or motor vehicle for human habitation, except
where such tent, trailer or electric and/or motor vehicle is located in a campground, a trailer
park or in a mobile home park, that is expressly permitted by this By-law.
4.25 WAYSIDE PITS OR QUARRIES, PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANTS OR
PORTABLE CONCRETE PLANTS
a)
A wayside pit or wayside quarry, portable asphalt plant or portable concrete plant is
permitted in any zone with the exception of an Environmental Constraint (EC) Zone.
b)
In no case shall a wayside pit or wayside quarry be located closer than 150 metres to a
Residential Zone boundary or 150 metres from a dwelling unit, whichever is the greater.
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PART 5.0 - PARKING AND LOADING
STANDARDS
5.1
APPLICABILITY OF THIS SECTION
a)
The parking and loading space requirements of this Part of the By-law shall not apply to any
use in existence at the date of passing of this By-law so long as the floor area, as it existed at
such date, is not increased.
b)
If an addition is made to the building that increases the floor area, additional parking and
loading spaces shall be required to be provided for the additional floor area as required by
the regulations of this By-law.
c)
If the use of lands or a building or part of a building is changed to a use that requires
additional parking than what existed as of the date of passing of this By-law, additional
parking and loading spaces shall be required in accordance with the regulations of this By-
law.
d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law to the contrary, within the Main Central
Commercial Zone, , no additional parking or loading spaces shall be required for:
i)
A change of use of any existing building, structure or part thereof; or,
ii)
An addition to an existing building or structure which results in an increase in floor
area, save and except if such addition creates additional dwelling units. Where new
dwelling units are created, the parking provisions of this By-law shall apply.
5.2
GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS
5.2.1 Restriction on Use of Land, Buildings and Structures
a)
No person may use or permit the use of any land in any zone for any purpose permitted by
this By-law, unless the minimum number of parking spaces required are provided on the
same lot as specified by this By-law.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, the required parking for public uses may be located on an
abutting or nearby lot that is also the site of a public use.
5.2.2 Calculation of Parking Requirements
Where the minimum number of parking spaces is calculated on the basis of a rate or ratio the
required number of parking spaces shall be increased to the next highest whole number if the
fraction is greater than 0.5.
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5.2.3 More than One Use on a Lot
The parking space requirements for more than one use on a lot or for a building containing more
than one use, shall be the sum total of the parking requirements for each of the component uses,
unless otherwise specified in this By-law.
5.2.4 Location of Required Parking
a)
All parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use that requires the parking.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, required parking spaces for any use within the Main Central
Commercial Zone (except for required barrier free parking spaces) are permitted to be
located on another lot within 300 metres of the lot on which parking would be required for a
use, provided that:
i)
An agreement with the Municipality is registered against title of both such registered
lots binding and requiring the owner(s) thereof to maintain such parking spaces for
the use for which they are required; and,
ii)
The off-site parking is in the same Zone as the subject lot.
5.2.5 Exclusive Use of a Parking Space
All required parking spaces shall be unobstructed and available for general parking purposes and
used for that purpose at all times, unless otherwise specified in this By-law.
5.2.6 Surface Treatment
All parking spaces and parking areas and all driveways to any parking area in any zone shall be
surface treated with asphalt, concrete, concrete pavers and/or similar materials and graded
appropriately to ensure that the drainage from the lot does not impact a neighbouring lot.
5.2.7 Size of Parking Spaces in a Parking Area or Parking Garage
a)
Where parking spaces are provided in a parking area or in a parking garage, each parking
space shall have an unobstructed width of not less than 2.7 metres and an unobstructed
length of not less than 5.5 metres, exclusive of painted lines.
b)
Notwithstanding the above, parking areas and parking garages that legally existed on the
effective date of this By-law are exempt from the parking space minimum size requirement
set out in sub-section a).
c)
Where parking spaces are angled, each parking space shall have an unobstructed width of
not less than 2.9 metres and an unobstructed length of not less than 6.0 metres.
5.2.9 Width of Parking Aisles
The width of parking aisles within a parking area or parking garage shall be in accordance with the
following:
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a)
For one-way aisles or aisles that have parking spaces on one side, the minimum aisle width
shall be 4.0 metres.
b)
For two-way aisles or aisles that have parking spaces on both sides, the minimum aisle
width shall be 6.0 metres.
c)
Notwithstanding sub-sections (a) and (b) above, parking areas and parking garages that
legally existed on the effective date of this By-law are exempt from the minimum aisle width
requirements set out in sub-sections (a) and (b).
5.2.10 Width of Access Ramps and Driveways
Access ramps and driveways accessing a parking area or parking lot shall be a minimum of 3 metres
in width for one-way traffic and a minimum of 6 metres in width for two-way traffic.
5.2.11 Parking Garages
Parking garages shall comply with the provisions for the main building in accordance with this By-
law. No setbacks or yards shall be required for any portion of a parking garage if it is constructed
completely below the established grade. This exemption shall also apply to ventilation shafts and
housings, stairways and other similar facilities associated with below grade parking garages that
extend from below established grade.
5.2.12 Driveway Entrances
a)
The minimum distance between two separate driveways on one lot, measured along the
streetline shall be 9 metres for residential uses, and 15 metres for non-residential uses.
b)
The minimum angle of intersection between a driveway and a streetline shall be 60 degrees.
5.2.13 Prohibited Vehicle or Equipment Parking in all zones except Employment Zones
The parking of the following vehicles or equipment is prohibited in all zones except Employment
Zones:
a)
Unlicensed motor vehicles;
b)
Vehicles equipped with more than three axles, excluding spare wheels, designed to support
the weight of the vehicle through contact with the ground;
c)
Vehicles designed to run only on rails;
d)
Traction engines;
e)
Farm tractors;
f)
Self-propelled implements of husbandry;
g)
Construction equipment;
h)
Tracked vehicles, except for snowmobiles;
i)
Dump trucks;
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j)
Buses;
k)
Repair and towing vehicles; and,
l)
Vehicles that are in a wrecked or dismantled or inoperative condition.
5.3
GENERAL RESIDENTIAL PARKING REGULATIONS
5.3.1 Permitted Locations for Parking
a)
The parking of motor vehicles associated with a residential use is only permitted:
i)
In a parking garage;
ii)
In a parking area;
iii)
In an attached or detached private garage;
iv)
In a carport;
v)
On a driveway in the front, exterior or interior side yards; or
vi)
On a driveway in the rear yard that is accessed from a publicly owned and
maintained lane.
b)
Where a private garage is detached from the main building and is accessed by a driveway
crossing the exterior side lot line, the driveway shall be located no closer to the rear lot line
than the minimum setback required for detached accessory buildings.
c)
Notwithstanding sub-section (b) above, the setback for the driveway may be less to match
the setback of a detached private garage that legally existed on the effective date of this By-
law.
5.3.2 Parking Space Dimensions in a Private Garage
Where parking spaces are located in a private garage associated with a residential use, the following
provisions apply:
a)
All parking spaces in private garages shall have a minimum length of 6.0 metres.
b)
A private garage intended to occupy a single motor vehicle shall be a minimum of 3.0
metres in width.
c)
A private garage intended to occupy two or more motor vehicles shall be a minimum of 5.75
metres in width.
d)
Within the private garage, stair encroachments into the parking spaces required in sub-
sections as (a), (b) and (c) are permitted provided that the size of each parking space is no
less than 5.3 metres in length and 2.7 metres in width and has a height of at least 2.4
metres.
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e)
Notwithstanding sub-section (d) above, private garages that legally existed on the effective
date of this By-law are exempt from the minimum parking space size requirements set out in
sub-sections (a), (b), (c) and (d).
5.3.3 Maximum Driveway Widths in the Residential One (R1), Residential Two (R2),
Residential Three (R3), Residential Four (R4) and Residential Five (R5) zones.
a)
For lots with less than 11.6 metres of lot frontage, the maximum width of the driveway shall
be the width of the garage door plus 1.5 metres or 3.5 metres whichever is greater.
b)
For lots greater that 11.6 metres of lot frontage, the maximum width of the driveway shall
be the width of the garage door plus 1.5 metres, or 6.1 metres whichever is greater.
5.3.4 Parking of Commercial Motor Vehicles in Residential Zones
The following provisions apply to the parking of commercial motor vehicles in Residential Zones:
a)
The commercial motor vehicle shall be set back a minimum of 1.0 metre from any interior
side lot line, exterior side lot line or rear lot line;
b)
The commercial motor vehicle shall be on a driveway if parked in the open in the front yard
or exterior side yard of a lot;
c)
The commercial motor vehicle shall be no more than 7.0 metres in length (exclusive of
hitch/tongue);
d)
The commercial motor vehicle shall be no more than 2.7 metres in height, measured from
the ground to the highest point of the commercial motor vehicle; and
e)
No more than one commercial motor vehicle is permitted to park on a lot at one time.
5.3.5 Parking of Recreational Trailers, Vehicles or Boats
The outdoor parking or storage of any recreational trailer, vehicle or boat is permitted on any lot
that is zoned to permit residential uses by this By-law, but shall be subject to the following
provisions:
a)
A recreational trailer, vehicle or boat is not permitted to be used for human habitation
purposes at any time.
b)
A recreational trailer, vehicle or boat may be parked or stored provided it is parked or stored
on a driveway and it is parked or stored a minimum of 1 metre from any lot line adjacent to
a public street.
c)
A recreational trailer, vehicle or boat may be parked or stored in the interior side or rear
yard provided it is no closer than 1.2 metres from any side or rear lot line.
d)
A recreational trailer, vehicle or boat may be stored in a private garage or other enclosed
building.
e)
The storage of any recreational trailer, vehicle or boat shall not be permitted unless a main
building has been constructed.
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f)
A total maximum of 2 recreational trailers, vehicles or boats is permitted to be stored on a
lot.
5.4
RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
The number of parking spaces required for residential uses must be calculated in accordance with
the standards set out in Table 5.4 below:
Table 5.4 - Residential Parking Requirements
Use
Minimum Parking Space Requirement
A
Accessory dwelling units
1 space per dwelling
B
Additional residential units
No requirement for the first additional
residential unit on a lot and 1 tandem space for
the second additional residential unit
C
Apartment dwellings
1 space per dwelling
D
Back-to-back townhouse dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling
E
Bed and breakfast establishments
1 space per guest room in addition to the
requirement for the dwelling
F
Emergency Care Establishment
1 space per 3 residents plus the required parking
for the dwelling
G
Garden suites
No requirement
H
Group homes - Type 1 and Type 2
2 spaces
I
Home child care
No requirement
J
Home occupations
1 space for each employee that is not a resident
in the dwelling in addition to the requirement for
the dwelling
K
Long term care homes
0.35 spaces per bed
L
Mobile home dwellings
1 space per dwelling
M
Modular home dwellings
1 space per dwelling
N
Multiple dwellings
1.25 spaces per dwelling
O
Rehabilitation treatment centres
1 space per employee
P
Retirement homes
0.50 spaces per unit
Q
Semi-detached dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling
R
Shared housing
0.5 spaces per bedroom
S
Short term rental accommodation
1 space per bedroom rented for accommodation
purposes (each required parking space may be a
tandem parking space)
T
Single detached dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling
U
Stacked townhouse dwellings
1.25 spaces per dwelling
V
Street townhouse dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling
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5.5
NON-RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
5.5.1 Parking Requirements
The number of parking spaces required for non-residential uses shall be calculated in accordance
with the standards set out in Table 5.5.1 below:
Table 5.5.1 - Non-Residential Parking Requirements
Use
Minimum Parking Space Requirement (net floor
area unless otherwise noted)
A
Adult entertainment establishments
1/6 square metres
B
Adult or continuing education schools
1/35 square metres in first storey and 1/70
square metres in any storey above the first
storey
C
Arenas
1/4 fixed seats
D
Art galleries
1/100 square metres
E
Asphalt plants
1/35 square metres for office component
F
Auction sales establishments
1/35 square metres for office component
G
Banquet halls
1/9 square metres
H
Billiard halls
1 space per 4 seats of permitted fire code
capacity in any building or structure that is
accessed by the general public
I
Bowling alleys
1 space per 4 seats of permitted fire code
capacity in any building or structure that is
accessed by the general public
J
Building supply outlets
1/35 square metres for office and retail
components
K
Business offices (See Section 5.5.2 for multiple
uses on a lot and Section 5.5.3 which applies to
lands in the NMU Zone)
1/35 square metres in first storey and 1/70
square metres in any storey above the first
storey
L
Campgrounds
1 travel/tent trailer site
M
Cannabis-related uses - indoor
1/100 square metres
N
Cemeteries
1 space per 4 seats of permitted fire code
capacity in any building or structure that is
accessed by the general public
O
Child care centres
1/25 square metres
P
Commercial fitness centres
1/20 square metres
Q
Commercial schools
1/20 square metres
R
Commercial self-storage facilities
1/35 square metres for office component
S
Community gardens
No requirement
T
Concrete batching plants
1/35 square metres for office component
U
Conservation uses
No requirement
V
Contractors yards
1/35 square metres for office component
W
Crematoriums
1 space per 4 seats of permitted fire code
capacity in any building or structure that is
accessed by the general public
X
Custom workshops
1/35 square metres for office component
Y
Elementary schools
1/100 square metres
Z
Emergency service facilities
No requirement
AA
Equestrian centres
1/6 persons of capacity
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Use
Minimum Parking Space Requirement (net floor
area unless otherwise noted)
AB
Equipment sales and rental establishments
1/35 square metres for office component
AC
Farm implement dealers
1/35 square metres for office component
AD
Financial institutions (See Section 5.5.2 for
multiple uses on a lot and Section 5.5.3 which
applies to lands in the NMU Zone)
1/20 square metres or 1/30 square metres if the
financial institution also has a drive-through
service facility
AE
Flea markets/Farmer's markets
No requirement
AF
Food trucks
No requirement
AG
Funeral homes
1/25 square metres
AH
Golf courses
12/hole
AI
Golf driving ranges
1.5/tee
AJ
Health service facilities
1/20 square metres
AK
Hotels
1.0/room plus the parking requirement for
accessory restaurants and banquet halls
AL
Industrial uses in a single premise building
1/100 square metres
AM
Industrial uses in a building with 2 or more
industrial uses
1/150 square metres
AN
Kennels
1/35 square metres for office component
AO
Kennels, day
1/35 square metres for office component
AP
Libraries
1/40 square metres
AQ
Marinas
1 per slip
AR
Micro-breweries/wineries/distilleries
1/35 square metres for office and restaurant
components
AT
Motels
1.0/room plus the parking requirement for
accessory restaurants and banquet halls
AU
Motor vehicle body shops
1/35 square metres for office component
AV
Motor vehicle repair establishments
1/35 square metres for office component
AW
Motor vehicle sales, leasing and/or rental
Establishments
1/35 square metres for office component
AX
Motor vehicle service stations
1/35 square metres for office component
AY
Motor vehicle washing establishments
Id self-service - 1/bay - otherwise no
requirement
AZ
Museums
1 per 4 persons of permitted Fire Code capacity
BA
Nightclubs
1/9 square metres
BB
Outdoor storage uses
1/35 square metres for office component
BC
Personal service uses (See Section 5.5.2 for
multiple uses on a lot and Section 5.5.3 which
applies to lands in the NMU Zone)
1/30 square metres
BD
Places of assembly (not already covered on this
table)
1 per 4 persons of permitted Fire Code capacity
BE
Places of worship
0.2 spaces per seat or prayer space or 1/20
square metres whichever is higher
BF
Post-secondary schools
1/100 square metres
BG
Private clubs
1 per 4 persons permitted Fire Code capacity
unless otherwise noted
BH
Private hospitals
0.65 spaces per patient bed
BI
Private schools
Elementary - 3/classroom
Secondary - 4/classroom
BJ
Public hospital
0.65 spaces per patient bed
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Use
Minimum Parking Space Requirement (net floor
area unless otherwise noted)
BK
Recreational equipment sales, rental and service
establishments
1/35 square metres for office component
BL
Recreational establishments (not included as
another use on this table)
1 per 4 persons of permitted Fire Code capacity
BM
Recycling facilities
1/35 square metres for office component
BN
Repair shops
1/35 square metres for office and retail
components
BO
Research and development uses
1/100 square metres
BP
Restaurant patios
No requirement provided patio occupies less
than 40% of the net floor area of the restaurant
it serves
BQ
Restaurants
1/9 square metres
BR
Retail stores (See Section 5.5.2 for multiple uses
on a lot and Section 5.5.3 which applies to lands
in the NMU Zone)
1/30 square metres in first storey and 1/60
square metres in any storey above the first
storey unless otherwise noted
BS
Salvage yards
1/35 square metres for office component
BT
Secondary schools
1/100 square metres
BU
Specialty food uses
1/30 square metres in first storey and 1/60
square metres in any storey above the first
storey unless otherwise noted
BV
Studios
1/30 square metres in first storey and 1/60
square metres in any storey above the first
storey unless otherwise noted
BW
Technology industries
1/100 square metres
BX
Trade and convention centres
1 per 4 persons of permitted Fire Code capacity
BY
Trailer parks
1 travel/tent trailer site
BZ
Transportation terminals
1/150 square metres
CA
Veterinary clinics
1/30 square metres in first storey and 1/60
square metres in any storey above the first
storey unless otherwise noted
CB
Warehouses
1/150 square metres
CC
Waste transfer stations
1/35 square metres for office component
CD
Other uses not listed above
1/30 m2
5.5.2 Reduction in Parking Requirement for Certain Uses
Notwithstanding the minimum parking space requirements set out in Table 5.5.1, for those uses in
the Table that are subject to this section, the minimum number of required parking spaces for a
building containing four or more uses on a lot is 1 parking space per 40 square metres of net floor
area in the first storey and 1 space per 80 square metres of net floor area in any storey above the
first storey. This provision does not apply to lands within the Main Central Commercial Zone which
is the subject of Section 5.5.4.
5.5.3 Elimination of Parking Requirement for Certain Uses
Notwithstanding the minimum parking space requirements set out in Table 5.5.1, for those uses in
the Table that are subject to this section, the minimum number of required parking spaces shall be
provided on-street and no on-site parking spaces are required.
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5.5.4 Special Parking Requirements for the Main Central Commercial Zone:
Notwithstanding the minimum parking space requirements set out in Tables 5.4 and 5.5.1, the
following special parking requirements shall apply to the lands within the Main Central Commercial
Zone:
a)
The number of parking spaces required for any permitted residential uses is 50% of the
requirement set out in Table 5.4.
b)
The number of parking spaces required for business offices, financial institutions, personal
service uses, restaurants, restaurant patios and retail stores is 50% of the requirement set
out in Table 5.5.1.
c)
The number of parking spaces required for any permitted use above the first storey is 50%
of the requirements set out in Table 5.5.1.
5.6
ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Barrier-free parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Ontario Regulations 191/11 and
413/12 as amended.
5.7
LOADING SPACES
Where a loading space is provided, the following regulations apply:
a)
The minimum dimensions of a loading space shall be 3.5 metres in width and 12.0 metres in
length, with a minimum vertical clearance of 4.2 metres.
b)
A loading space shall be set back 7.5 metres from any Residential Zone boundary, except if it
is located entirely within a structure. This subsection does not apply to a loading space
located in a Residential Zone.
c)
Access to loading spaces shall be by means of a driveway that is at least 6 metres wide
contained within the lot on which the loading spaces are located.
d)
All vehicular movements required to access the loading space shall be on private property.
5.8
BICYCLE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
5.8.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Where bicycle parking spaces are required by this By-law, the following provisions apply:
a)
For the purposes of this section, short-term bicycle parking spaces are those spaces that are
provided for visitors and long-term bicycle parking spaces are those spaces that are provided
to the tenants of the building the bicycle parking spaces serve.
b)
The minimum dimensions of a bicycle parking space are as follows:
i)
Length - 1.8 metres;
ii)
Width - 0.6 metres; and,
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iii)
Minimum vertical clearance from the ground - 1.2 metres;
c)
If a bicycle parking space is in a vertical position on a wall, structure or mechanical device,
the minimum dimension of the bicycle parking space is:
i)
Minimum length or vertical clearance - 1.9 metres;
ii)
Minimum width - 0.6 metres; and
iii)
Minimum horizontal clearance from the wall - 1.2 metres.
5.8.2 MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES
The minimum number of bicycle parking spaces required shall be calculated in accordance with the
standards set out in Table 5.8.2 below.
Table 5.8.2: Bicycle Parking Requirements
Use
Number of short-term
bicycle parking spaces
required
Number of long-term bicycle
parking spaces required
A
Apartment dwelling units, multiple
dwelling units and stacked
townhouses dwelling units without
exclusive private garages in buildings
with 20 dwelling units or more
1 space per unit
1 space per unit (4 minimum)
B
Retirement homes
2 spaces
0.2 spaces per unit
C
Business offices with a net floor area
greater than 500 m2
0.10 spaces per 100 m2
0.10 spaces per 100 m2
D
Retail stores and restaurants with a
net floor area with a net floor area
greater than 500 m2
0.15 spaces per 100
m2
0.20 spaces per 100 m2
E
Private hospitals or public
hospitals
0.10 spaces per 100 m2
0.10 spaces per 100 m2
F
Public schools or private
schools
0.10 spaces per 100
m2
0.40 spaces per 100 m2
5.9
DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE USES AND ELECTRIC AND/OR MOTOR
VEHICLE WASHING ESTABLISHMENTS
Where drive-through service uses or motor vehicle washing establishments are permitted, the
provisions of this Section apply.
5.9.1 Stacking Space Requirements
Stacking spaces are required and shall be exclusive of any other parking space and aisle
requirements contained within this By-law and shall be provided in accordance with Table 5.9.1.
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Table 5.9.1 - Minimum Number of Stacking Spaces Required
Use Associated with Drive-Through Service Use
Minimum
Required
Ingress Spaces
Minimum Required Egress
Spaces
Restaurant
7
3
Motor vehicle washing establishment
5
1
Financial institution and all other uses
4
N/A
5.9.2 Size of Stacking Space
All stacking spaces shall have a minimum length of 6.0 metres and a minimum width of 3.0 metres.
5.9.3 Setbacks from Residential and Institutional Zone Boundaries
Stacking spaces and all order boxes using voice communication to order shall be located no closer
than 15.0 metres from any Residential or Institutional Zone boundary.
5.9.4 Location of Stacking Spaces, Order Boxes and Wall Openings
No stacking spaces, order boxes, or wall openings associated with a drive-through service use can be
located in any required yard, or in front of a wall facing the front or exterior side lot line unless all of
the components of a drive-through service use are located a minimum of 10 metres from the front
and exterior lot lines.
5.9.5 Minimum Lot Area for Drive Through Service Uses
The minimum lot area for a drive through service use is 0.3 hectares.
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PART 6.0 - RESIDENTIAL ZONES
6.1
PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 6.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted in
a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 6.1 - Residential Zone Use Permissions
PERMITTED USE
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
A
Additional residential units
(1) (3)
P
P
P
P
P
B
Apartment dwellings
NP
NP
NP
P
P
C
Back-to-back townhouse
dwellings
NP
NP
NP
P
P
D
Bed and Breakfast
Establishments (2)
P
P
P
NP
NP
E
Emergency Care
Establishment
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
F
Garden suites
P
P
P
NP
NP
G
Group Home Type 1 (2)
P
P
P
NP
NP
H
Home child care
P
P
P
P
P
I
Home occupations
P
P
P
P
P
J
Long term care homes
NP
NP
NP
P
P
K
Multiple dwellings
NP
NP
NP
P
P
L
Retirement Home
NP
NP
NP
P
P
M
Semi-detached dwellings
NP
P
P
P
NP
N
Shared housing (small
scale)
P
P
P
NP
NP
O
Short term rental
accommodation
P
P
P
P
P
P
Single detached dwellings
P
P
P
NP
NP
Q
Stacked townhouse
dwellings
NP
NP
NP
P
P
R
Street townhouse
dwellings
NP
NP
NP
P
P
Special Provisions:
(1)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached, semi-detached or street townhouse
dwelling
(2)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached dwelling
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(3)
Subject to Sections 4.3.1, 4.3.2 and 4.3.3
6.2
ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Tables 6.2.1 and 6.2.2. A number beside a zone standard indicates
that a special provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 6.2.1 - Residential Zone Standards - R1, R2 and R3 Zones
ZONE STANDARD
R1
R2
R3
A
Minimum lot area if
serviced by
municipal sewer
services
700.0 m2
465.0 m2 for a single
detached dwelling and
270.0 m2 for a semi-
detached dwelling on
its own lot
370.0 m2 for a single
detached dwelling and
335.0 m2 for a semi-
detached dwelling on
its own lot
B
Minimum lot area if
not serviced by
municipal sewer
services
1,400.0 m2
1,400.0 m2
does not apply
C
Minimum lot
frontage if serviced
by municipal sewer
services
24.0 m
15.0 m for a single
detached dwelling and
9.0 m for a semi-
detached dwelling on
its own lot
11.0 m for a single
detached dwelling and
8.0 m for a semi-
detached dwelling on
its own lot
D
Minimum lot
frontage if not
serviced by
municipal sewer
services
30.0 m
30.0 m
does not apply
E
Maximum lot
coverage
35%
40%
40%
F
Minimum front yard
6.0 m
6.0 m
6.0 m
G
Minimum exterior
side yard
6.0 m
6.0 m
6.0 m
H
Minimum interior
side yard
1.0 m
1.0 m
1.0 m for single
detached dwellings
and 1.0 m and 0.0 m
for semi-detached
dwellings
I
Minimum rear yard
7.0 m
7.0 m
7.0 m
J
Maximum height
2 storeys to a
maximum of 9.5 m
2 storeys to a
maximum of 9.5 m
3 storeys to a
maximum of 12.5 m
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Table 6.2.2 - Residential Zone Standards - R4 and R5 Zones
DWELLING TYPE
ZONE
STANDARD
Semi-detached
dwellings
Street townhouse
dwellings
Multiple, and
stacked
townhouse
dwellings
Apartment
dwellings,
retirement
homes and long
term care homes
A
Maximum
number of
primary
dwelling units
per building
not applicable
8
not applicable
not applicable
B1
Minimum lot
frontage on a
lot accessed by
a lane
7.5 m
5.5 m per unit, 6.7
m per end unit on
interior lot and 7.9
m per end unit on
corner lot
18.0 m
30.0 m
B2
Minimum lot
frontage on a
lot not accessed
by a lane
9.0 m
5.5 m per unit, 7.7
m per end unit on
interior lot and 8.9
m per end unit on
corner lot
18.0 m
30.0 m
C
Minimum lot
area
278 m2 for one
unit and 557 m2
for two units
215 m2 per
dwelling unit in
the R4 Zone and
146 m2 in the R5
Zone
650 m2
no requirement
D
Minimum front
yard
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
E
Minimum
exterior side
yard
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
F
Minimum
interior side
yard
1.5 m on one side
and 0.0 m on the
other side
1.5m on one side
and 0.0 m on the
other side and 1.2
m for end units
3.6 m
7.5 m
G
Minimum rear
yard
7.0 m
7.0 m
7.5 m
7.5 m
H
Maximum lot
coverage
40%
50%
50%
50%
I
Maximum
height
12.5 m
12.5 m
12.5 m
21 m
J
Minimum
landscaped
open space
35%
35%
20%
20%
O
Maximum net
density
not applicable
50 units per
hectare in the R4
Zone and 68 units
per hectare in the
R5 Zone
50 units per net
hectare in the R4
Zone and 68
units per hectare
in the R5 Zone
50 units per net
hectare in the R4
Zone and 100
units per net
hectare in the R5
Zone
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Special Provisions:
(1)
The main building wall facing the front lot line and exterior side lot line (if applicable) shall be
located within 3 metres of the established building line but shall not be located any closer than 4
metres to the front lot line. Where there is no established building line, the minimum required
front yard and exterior side yard (if applicable) shall be 6 metres.
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7.1
PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 7.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted in
a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 7.1 - New Amherst Zone Use Permissions
PERMITTED USE
New Amherst
Residential One
(NR1)
New Amherst
Residential Two
(NR2)
New Amherst
Mixed Use (NMU)
A
Accessory dwelling units
NP
NP
P (4)
B
Additional residential units (1) (3)
P
P
P
C
Adult or continuing education schools
NP
NP
P
D
Apartment dwellings
NP
NP
P
E
Art galleries
NP
NP
P
F
Back-to-back townhouse dwellings
NP
NP
P
G
Bed and breakfast establishments (2)
NP
NP
P
H
Business offices
NP
NP
P
I
Call centres
NP
NP
P
J
Child care centres
P
P
P
K
Commercial fitness centre
NP
NP
P
L
Commercial schools
NP
NP
P
M
Community centres
NP
NP
P
N
Emergency service facilities
NP
NP
P
O
Financial institutions
NP
NP
P
P
Flea markets/Farmers markets
NP
NP
P
Q
Food trucks
NP
NP
P
R
Group home Type 1 (2)
P
P
P
S
Health service facilities
NP
NP
P
T
Home child care
P
P
P
U
Home occupations
P
P
P
V
Hotels
NP
NP
P
W
Libraries
NP
NP
P
X
Long term care homes
NP
NP
P
Y
Motels
NP
NP
P
Z
Multiple dwellings
NP
P
P
AA
Museums
NP
NP
P
AB
Personal service uses
NP
NP
P
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PERMITTED USE
New Amherst
Residential One
(NR1)
New Amherst
Residential Two
(NR2)
New Amherst
Mixed Use (NMU)
AC
Private clubs
NP
NP
P
AD
Private schools
NP
NP
P
AE
Public schools
NP
NP
P
AF
Recreational establishments
NP
NP
P
AG
Restaurants
NP
NP
P
AH
Retail stores
NP
NP
P
AI
Retirement homes
NP
NP
P
AJ
Semi-detached dwellings
P
P
P
AK
Shared housing (small scale)
P
P
P
AL
Short term rental accommodation
P
P
P
AM
Single detached dwellings
P
P
P
AN
Specialty food uses
NP
NP
P
AO
Stacked townhouse dwellings
NP
P
P
AP
Street townhouse dwellings
NP
P
P
AQ
Studios
NP
NP
P
AR
Veterinary clinics
NP
NP
P
Special Provisions:
(1)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached, semi-detached or street townhouse
dwelling
(2)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached dwelling
(3)
Subject to Sections 4.3.1, 4.3.2 and 4.3.3
(4)
Permitted on any floor above the first storey where a non-residential use is located in the first storey.
7.2
ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Tables 7.2.1 and 7.2.2. A number beside a zone standard indicates
that a special provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 7.2.1 - Residential Zone Standards - New Amherst - NR1 and NR2 Zones
ZONE
STANDARD
Single
Detached
Dwelling
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Multiple
Dwelling
Street Townhouse
Dwelling
A1
Minimum lot
frontage on a lot
accessed by a
lane
8.0 m
6.6 m per unit and
7.8 m if one semi-
detached dwelling is
located on a corner
lot and 14.4 m if two
semi-detached
dwelling are located
on a corner lot
19.2 m
5.5 m per unit, 6.7
m per end unit on
interior lot and 7.9
m per end unit on
corner lot
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ZONE
STANDARD
Single
Detached
Dwelling
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Multiple
Dwelling
Street Townhouse
Dwelling
A2
Minimum lot
frontage on a lot
not accessed by
a lane
9.0 m
7.6 m per unit and
8.8 m if one semi-
detached dwelling is
located on a corner
lot and 16.4 m if two
semi-detached
dwelling are located
on a corner lot
19.2 m
5.5 m per unit, 6.7
m per end unit on
interior lot and 7.9
m per end unit on
corner lot
B1
Minimum front
yard on a lot
accessed by a
lane
3.0 m (1)
3.0 m (1)
3.0 m (1)
0.0 m (6)
B2
Minimum front
yard on a lot not
accessed by a
lane
3.0 m (4)
3.0 m (4)
3.0 m (4)
3.0 m (4)
C1
Maximum
driveway width
on a lot that is
not accessed by
a lane on a lot
with a lot
frontage of less
than 11.6 m
3.5 m
(7)
35% of lot
frontage
(7)
C2
Maximum
driveway width
on a lot that is
not accessed by
a lane on a lot
with a lot
frontage of 11.6
m or greater
6.1 m
(7)
35% of lot
frontage
(7)
D1
Maximum
garage width on
a lot that is not
accessed by a
lane on a lot
with a lot
frontage of less
than 11.6 m
3.5 m
(7)
not applicable
(7)
D2
Maximum
garage width on
a lot that is not
accessed by a
lane on a lot
with a lot
frontage of 11.6
m to 18 m
7.32 m
(7)
not applicable
(7)
D3
Maximum
garage width on
10 m
(7)
not applicable
not applicable
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ZONE
STANDARD
Single
Detached
Dwelling
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
Multiple
Dwelling
Street Townhouse
Dwelling
a lot that is not
accessed by a
lane on a lot
with a lot
frontage greater
than 18 m
E
Minimum
exterior side
yard
2.4 m (4)
2.4 m (4)
2.4 m (4)
2.4 m (4)
F1
Minimum
interior side
yard on a lot
with a lot
frontage of less
than 11.6 m
1.2 m and 0.3
m (5)
1.2 m and 0.0 m (5)
1.2 m
0.0 m for interior
unit and 1.2 m for
end unit
F2
Minimum
interior side
yard on a lot
with a lot
frontage of 11.6
m or greater
1.2 m and 0.6
m (5)
1.2 m and 0.0 m (5)
1.2 m
0.0 m for interior
unit and 1.2 m for
end unit
G1
Minimum rear
yard on a lot
accessed by a
lane
12.5 m
12.5 m
12.5 m
12.5 m
G2
Minimum rear
yard on a lot not
accessed by a
lane
7.0 m
7.0 m
7.0 m
7.0 m
G3
Minimum rear
yard on a lot
accessed by a
lane with an
attached private
garage
1.0 m
1.0 m
1.0 m
1.0 m
H
Maximum height
11.0 m
11.0 m
11.0 m
11.0 m
I
Maximum lot
coverage
50%
50%
50%
50 % (8)
J
Minimum
driveway
setback from
interior side lot
line
0.0 m
1.0 m
1.0 m
0.0 m
Special Provisions:
(1)
At least 70% of the front wall of the main building shall be located within 1.5 metres of, or on, the
established building line. In no case shall the front wall be located in the minimum required front
yard.
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Special Provisions:
(4)
The wall of an attached private garage that contains the entrance for vehicular access shall be set
back a minimum of 5.8 metres from the lot line that the driveway crosses to access the attached
private garage. If the driveway does not cross a sidewalk, the minimum setback for the wall of the
attached private garage that contains the entrance for vehicular access is 4.5 m.
(5)
The required interior side yard on one side is 2.75 metres if a detached private garage is located in
the rear yard and is accessed by a driveway crossing the front lot line.
(6)
At least 70% of the front wall of the main building shall be located within 3.0 metres of, or on, the
established building line. In no case shall the front wall be located in the minimum required front
yard.
(7)
The maximum driveway width and maximum garage width on a lot that has a lot frontage of 9.0
metres or less and which is not accessed by a lane is 3.5 metres. The maximum driveway width and
maximum garage width on a lot that has a lot frontage of greater than 9.0 metres is 6.1 metres.
(8)
For freehold street townhouse dwellings, the maximum lot coverage shall be 60% for interior units,
50% for end units, and 50% for the overall townhouse building with the following exception:
Covered porches and decks may exceed the maximum lot coverage for interior units by a maximum of
5% for each unit. This may increase the lot coverage of the overall townhouse building to more than
50%. For individual units with more than 50% lot coverage, a main entry feature is required and
covered decks and porches shall have at least one side open.
Table 7.2.2 - Standards for New Amherst Mixed Use Zone
ZONE STANDARD
New Amherst Mixed Use (NMU)
A
Minimum lot area
no requirement
B
Minimum lot frontage
19.0 m (6)
C
Minimum front yard
1.8 m (1)(2)(3)
D
Minimum exterior side yard
1.8 m (3)(4)
E
Minimum interior side yard
0.0 m (5) and 1.2 m for an end street townhouse dwelling
F
Minimum rear yard
7.5 m
G
Minimum height
10.5 m for multiple dwellings, apartment, dwellings
institutional &
office buildings
H
Maximum height
12.0 m and
26.0 m for multiple dwellings, apartment dwellings and
institutional and
office buildings
I
Maximum Floor Space Index
2.5
Special Provisions
(1)
For multiple dwellings and street townhouse dwellings, at least 70% of the front wall of the main
building shall be located within 1.5 metres of, or on, the established building line. In no case shall the
front wall be located in the minimum front yard.
(2)
For apartment, institutional and office buildings, at least 80% of the front wall of the main building shall
be located within 1.2 metres of, or on, the established building line. In no case shall the front wall be
located in the minimum front yard. Notwithstanding this provision, the main building may encroach
into the minimum front yard on that side of the lot closest to the intersection of two public streets to a
point that is no closer than 0.6 metres from the front lot line.
(3)
For apartment, institutional and office buildings, on any point of a building 15.0 metres above grade or
higher, the minimum stepback from any streetline shall be 3.0 metres further from the streetline than
the portion of the wall facing the streetline that is less than 15.0 metres above grade.
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(4)
For apartment, institutional and office buildings, at least 80% of the exterior side wall of the main
building on a lot shall be located within 1.2 metres of, or on, the exterior side established building line.
In no case shall the exterior side wall be located in the minimum exterior side yard. Notwithstanding
this provision, the main building may encroach into the minimum exterior side yard to a point that is
no closer than 0.6 metres from the exterior side lot line provided that the wall facing the exterior side
lot line does not extend into the area between the exterior side lot line and the exterior side
established building line. For the purposes of this special provision, the building line is deemed to be
parallel to the exterior side lot line, with the exterior side lot line being extended to its hypothetical
point of intersection with the front lot line at the intersection of two public streets.
(5)
The yard shall be 3.0 metres on any side of the lot that abuts a Residential or Open Space Zone and the
yard shall be used for landscaped open space.
(6)
5.5 m per street townhouse dwelling. The minimum lot frontage required for an end unit on an interior
lot is 6.7 metres. The minimum lot frontage required for an end unit on a corner lot is 7.9 metres.
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PART 8.0 - COBOURG EAST ZONES
8.1
PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 8.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted in
a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 8.1 - Cobourg East Zone Use Permissions
PERMITTED USE
Cobourg East
Residential
One (CER1)
Cobourg East
Residential
Two (CER2)
Cobourg East
Residential
Three (CER3)
Cobourg East
Mixed Use
(CEMU)
A
Accessory dwelling units
NP
NP
NP
P
B
Additional residential units
(1) (3)
P
P
P
P
C
Adult or continuing
education schools
NP
NP
NP
P
D
Apartment dwellings
P
P
P
P
E
Art galleries
NP
NP
NP
P
F
Back-to-back townhouse
dwellings
NP
NP
P
NP
G
Bed and Breakfast
Establishments (2)
P
P
NP
NP
H
Business offices
NP
NP
NP
P
I
Call centres
NP
NP
NP
P
J
Child care centres
NP
NP
NP
P
K
Commercial fitness centre
NP
NP
NP
P
L
Commercial schools
NP
NP
NP
P
M
Community centres
NP
NP
NP
P
N
Emergency service facilities
NP
NP
NP
P
O
Financial institutions
NP
NP
NP
P
P
Flea markets/Farmers
markets
NP
NP
NP
P
Q
Food trucks
NP
NP
NP
P
R
Garden suites
P
P
NP
NP
S
Group Home Type 1 (2)
P
NP
NP
NP
T
Health service facilities
NP
NP
NP
P
U
Home child care
P
P
P
P
V
Home occupations
P
P
P
P
W
Hotels
NP
NP
NP
P
X
Libraries
NP
NP
NP
P
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PERMITTED USE
Cobourg East
Residential
One (CER1)
Cobourg East
Residential
Two (CER2)
Cobourg East
Residential
Three (CER3)
Cobourg East
Mixed Use
(CEMU)
Y
Long term care homes
NP
P
P
P
Z
Multiple dwellings
NP
P
P
P
AA
Museums
NP
NP
NP
P
AB
Personal service uses
NP
NP
NP
P
AC
Private clubs
NP
NP
NP
P
AD
Private schools
NP
NP
NP
P
AE
Recreational establishments
NP
NP
NP
P
AF
Restaurants
NP
NP
NP
P
AG
Retail stores
NP
NP
NP
P
AH
Retirement Home
NP
P
P
P
AI
Semi-detached dwellings
P
NP
NP
NP
AJ
Shared housing (small scale)
P
NP
NP
NP
AK
Short term rental
accommodation
P
P
P
NP
AL
Single detached dwellings
P
NP
NP
NP
AM
Specialty food uses
NP
NP
NP
P
AN
Stacked townhouse
dwellings
P
P
NP
P
AO
Street townhouse dwellings
P
P
NP
NP
AP
Studios
NP
NP
NP
P
AQ
Supermarkets
NP
NP
NP
P (4)
AR
Veterinary clinics
NP
NP
NP
P
Special Provisions:
(1)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached, semi-detached or street townhouse
dwelling
(2)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached dwelling
(3)
Subject to Sections 4.3.1, 4.3.2 and 4.3.3
(4)
A supermarket is permitted provided it is located within 175 metres of the intersection of Brook Road
and Elgin Street East.
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8.2
ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Tables 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3 and 8.2.4. A number beside a zone standard
indicates that a special provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 8.2.1 - Residential Zone Standards - Cobourg East - CER1 Zone
DWELLING TYPE
ZONE PROVISION
Single detached
dwelling
Semi-detached
dwelling
Street townhouse
dwelling
A
Minimum lot frontage
9.0 m
7.6 m per unit
(9)(10)
6.0 m (11)(12)
B
Minimum front yard
3.0 m (1)(2)
3.0 m (1)(2)
3.0 m (1)(2)
C
Maximum front yard
9.0 m (1)(2)(16)
9.0 m (1)(2)(16)
9.0 m (1)(2)(16)
D
Minimum exterior side yard
2.4 m (1)
2.4 m (1)
2.4 m (1)
E
Maximum exterior side yard
9.0 m (16)
9.0 m (16)
9.0 m (16)
F
Minimum interior side yard
0.75 m (3)(4)
1.2 m and 0.0 m
(3)(4)
1.5 m and 0.0 m
(14)(15)
G1
Minimum rear yard on a lot
accessed by a driveway
crossing the front or exterior
side lot line
7.5 m (17)
7.5 m (17)
7.5 m (17)
G2
Minimum rear yard on a lot
not accessed by a driveway
crossing the front or exterior
side lot line
12.5 m (5)(6)
12.5 m (5)(6)
12.5 m (5)(6)
H
Maximum height
11.0 m
11.0 m
11.0 m
I
Minimum driveway width
3.0 m
3.0 m
3.0 m
J
Maximum driveway width
(7)
(7)
(7)
K
Minimum garage width
3.0 m
3.0 m
3.0 m
L1
Maximum garage width on a
lot that is accessed by a
driveway crossing the front
or exterior side lot line with
a lot frontage of less than
11.6 metres
4.0 m
4.0 m
4.0 m
L2
Maximum garage width on a
lot that is accessed by a
driveway crossing the front
or exterior side lot line with
a lot frontage of 11.6 metres
or greater
6.1 m
6.1 m
6.1 m
M1
Minimum setback for
driveways from an interior
side lot line on lots with a lot
frontage of less than 11.6
metres
0.0 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
M2
Minimum setback for
0.3 m (8)
0.3 m (8)
0.3 m (8)
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DWELLING TYPE
driveways from an interior
side lot line on lots with a lot
frontage of 11.6 metres or
greater
N
Minimum landscaped open
space in the front or exterior
side yard where the
driveway is located
40%
40%
30%
O
Minimum distance between
a driveway and
the intersection of any two
streetlines
7.0 m
7.0 m
7.0 m
Special Provisions
(1)
The floor of any covered porch that is located between a main wall of a building and a streetline
shall extend at least 1.5 metres towards the streetline from the main wall that abuts the porch
and is permitted to encroach into the minimum front and exterior side yards. Windows,
columns, piers and/or railings associated with the porch are permitted in conjunction with the
porch. Stairs that access a porch are permitted to encroach into the minimum front and exterior
side yards, but in no case shall the stairs be located closer than 1.5 metres to the front or exterior
side lot line.
Stairs and landings that access any part of the main building on the lot, and which are not
associated with a deck or porch, may encroach into the minimum exterior side yard a distance of
no more than 50 percent of the minimum exterior side yard for the main building on the lot; and,
into the minimum front yard a distance of no more than 3.0 metres, but in no case shall the stairs
or landing be located closer than 1.5 metres to the front lot line.
(2)
The wall of an attached private garage that contains the opening for motor vehicle access shall
be set back a minimum of 5.8 metres from the lot line the driveway crosses to access the
attached private garage.
(3)
The required interior side yard on one side is 3.0 metres, if a detached private garage is located
in the rear yard and is accessed by a driveway that crosses the front lot line.
(4)
An opening for a door that provides access to the interior of the main building is not permitted in
any portion of a wall facing the interior side lot line that is located less than 1.2 metres from the
interior side lot line.
(5)
Where the rear lot line intersects the interior side lot lines at a geometric angle greater or less
than 90 degrees, the minimum rear yard can be reduced to 10.0 metres provided a 12.5 metre
rear yard is maintained between the mid-point of the lot and the interior side lot line.
(6)
Where an attached private garage is provided in the rear yard and motor vehicle access to the
private garage is provided over any lot line other than the front or exterior side lot lines, the
minimum rear yard shall be reduced to 7.5 metres. The maximum width of such an attached
private garage shall be 50% of the width of the lot, measured along the rear lot line. The wall of
an attached private garage that contains the entrance for motor vehicle access shall be set back a
minimum of 1.0 metre from the rear lot line.
(7)
Shall be equal to the garage width plus 1.5 metres or 6.1 metres, whichever is greater
(8)
The minimum required setback for a driveway shall be reduced to zero where private garages on
two abutting lots share a common wall.
(9)
If a semi-detached dwelling unit is located on a corner lot, the minimum lot frontage is 8.8
metres if one semi- detached dwelling unit is located on a corner lot
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Special Provisions
(10)
Notwithstanding Special Provision 9, if a semi-detached dwelling unit is located on a lot that is
not accessed by a driveway crossing the front or exterior side lot line, the minimum lot frontage
shall be 6.6 metres per unit on an interior lot and 7.8 metres on a corner lot.
(11)
The minimum lot frontage is 7.5 metres for an end street townhouse dwelling unit on an interior
lot and 8.4 metres for an end street townhouse dwelling unit on a corner lot.
(12)
Notwithstanding Special Provision 11, if an end townhouse dwelling unit is located on a lot that is
not accessed by a driveway crossing the front or exterior side lot line, the minimum lot frontage
shall be 7.0 metres per unit on an interior lot and 7.9 metres on a corner lot.
(13)
The maximum number of dwelling units permitted in a street townhouse building shall be 8.
(14)
The minimum distance between the exterior walls of any two groups of street townhouse
buildings shall be 3.0 metres regardless of the number of storeys.
(15)
No interior side yards are required for interior street townhouse dwelling units where a common
wall is shared, and a common party wall extension may not be greater than 3.0 metres beyond
the main wall of an abutting street townhouse building.
(16)
The required setback only to the closest part of either the main wall of the dwelling unit or
private garage to the streetline.
(17)
The required rear yard is a minimum of 9 metres where the lot line abuts an existing hydro
substation at the lands municipally known as 833 Brook Road North.
Table 8.2.2 - Residential Zone Standards - Cobourg East - CER2 and CER3 Zones
Cobourg East Residential Two
(CER2)
Cobourg East Residential Three
(CER3)
ZONE PROVISIONS
Street townhouse dwellings
Apartment dwellings
Multiple dwellings
Long term care homes
Retirement homes
Apartment dwellings
Back-to-back townhouse dwellings
Stacked townhouse dwellings
Multiple dwellings
Long term care homes
Retirement homes
A
Minimum lot area
no requirement
no requirement
B
Minimum lot frontage
no requirement
no requirement
C
Minimum front yard
1.8 m and 6.0 m for an attached
private garage that faces a
private street
no requirement
D
Maximum front yard
For any building within 20.0
metres of any streetline, no less
than 70% of the wall facing the
applicable streetline shall be
located further than 6.0 metres
from the streetline
At least 70% of the portion of the
wall of the main building facing the
front lot line that has a height of
12.0 metres or less shall be located
within 6.0 metres of the front lot
line
E
Minimum exterior side
yard
1.8 m
3.0 m
F
Maximum exterior side
yard
For any building within 20.0
metres of any streetline, no less
than 70% of the wall facing the
applicable streetline shall be
At least 70% of the portion of the
wall of the main building facing the
front lot line that has a height of
12.0 metres or less shall be located
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located further than 6.0 metres
from the streetline
within 6.0 metres of the exterior
side lot line
G
Minimum interior side
yard
1.2 m
6.0 m
H
Minimum landscaped
open space
no requirement
20%
I
Minimum rear yard
7.5 m
7.5 m
J
Minimum height
7.5 m
no requirement
K
Minimum height of
main wall that is within
6.0 metres of the front
lot line
no requirement
11.0 m
L
Maximum height of
main wall that is within
6.0 metres of the front
lot line
not applicable
12.0 m
M
Maximum height
15 m
20.0 m (1)
Special Provisions
(1)
On any point of a building 12.0 metres above grade or higher, the minimum setback from any
streetline shall be 1.0 metre further from the streetline than the portion of the wall facing the
streetline that is less than 12.0 metres above grade.
Table 8.2.3 - Standards for Cobourg East Mixed Use Zone
ZONE STANDARD
Cobourg East Mixed Use (CEMU)
Street townhouse dwellings
All main buildings except street
townhouses
A
Minimum lot area
no requirement
no requirement
B
Minimum lot frontage
6.0 m per unit (1)
no requirement
C
Minimum front yard
3.0 m (3)(4)
1.8 m (3)(4)
D
Maximum front yard
7.5 m (3)
7.5 m (3)
E
Minimum exterior side yard
2.4 m
1.8 m
F
Maximum exterior side yard
4.0 m
4.0 m
G
Minimum interior side yard
0.0 m (2)
0.0 m (5)
H
Minimum rear yard
7.5 m
7.5 m
I
Minimum height
5.5 m
10.5 m
J
Maximum height
12.0 m
22.5 m
K
Minimum area of portion of
main building wall that is
less than 4.6 metres above
grade required to be
windows and doors for any
main building wall facing
streetline
50% (4)
50% (4)
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ZONE STANDARD
Cobourg East Mixed Use (CEMU)
L
Maximum lot coverage
no applicable
not applicable
M
Minimum landscaped open
space
no requirement
no requirement
Special Provisions
(1)
For end unit street townhouse dwellings, the minimum lot frontage is 7.5 metres for an interior lot
and 8.4 metres for a corner lot.
(2)
The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 metres for an end unit of a street townhouse dwelling on an
interior lot.
(3)
No less than 80% of the wall of the first storey facing the front or exterior side lot line shall be
located any further than 6.0 metres from the front or exterior side lot line
(4)
No part of the first storey of any building abutting Elgin Street East, or Street A within 125 metres
of Elgin Street East, shall be used for any residential use. Notwithstanding this, a maximum of
30% of the wall facing the streetline may be occupied by common entrances, lobbies, or other
common features/amenities associated with a residential use. This provision does not apply to a
retirement home or long term care home.
(5)
The minimum interior side yard is 6.0 metres if it abuts a CER1 or CER2 Zone boundary
Table 8.2.4 - Provisions for Detached Private Garages in the CER1, CER2, CER3 and CEMU Zones
ZONE PROVISIONS
Driveway crosses the
front or exterior side
lot line
All other lots
A
Minimum distance from the rear lot line
1.2 m (2)
1.0 m
B
Minimum distance from exterior side lot
line
Equal to the exterior
side yard requirement
for the main building
(3)
Equal to the exterior side
yard requirement for the
main building
C
Minimum distance from front lot line
Equal to the front
yard requirement for
the main building (3)
Not applicable
D
Minimum distance from interior side lot line
1.2 m (1)
1.2 m (1)
E1
Minimum setback from the main building if
detached parking garage has a height of 4.5
metres or less
Not applicable
6.0 m (5)
E2
Minimum setback from the main building if
detached parking garage has a height of
greater than 4.5 metres
Not applicable
7.5 m (5)
F1
Maximum height on a lot having a lot
frontage of less than 9.75 metres
4.5 m (4)
4.5 m
F2
Maximum height on a lot having a lot
frontage of 9.75 metres or greater
4.5 m (4)
8.0 m
G
Maximum distance of encroachment of
unenclosed stairs and landings that access
the detached private garage
Not applicable
0.6 m into the minimum
setback from the main
building only
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Special Provisions
(1)
Notwithstanding this provision, the setback for the first storey may be reduced to 0.6 metres if there
are no doors or windows on the wall facing the interior side lot line. A detached private garage may
share a common wall with another detached private garage on an abutting lot and no setback from
the interior side lot line is required on that side of the lot. In no case shall a detached private garage
share a common wall with more than one other detached private garage on an abutting lot.
(2)
Notwithstanding this provision, the setback for the first storey may be reduced to 0.6 metres if there
are no doors or windows on the wall facing the rear lot line. A detached private garage may share a
common wall with another detached private garage on an abutting lot and no setback from the rear
lot line is required.
(3)
Notwithstanding these provisions, where a detached private garage is accessed by a driveway
crossing the front or exterior lot line, the wall containing the entrance for vehicular access shall not
be located closer than 5.8 metres to the lot line abutting the public street that the driveway crosses
to access the detached private garage.
(4)
Notwithstanding this provision, the maximum permitted height may be increased to 8.0 metres if the
rear lot line abuts a public street from which no vehicular access to the lot exists and provided the
entire rear wall of the detached accessory building is located between 1.2 metres and 3.0 metres
from the rear lot line.
(5)
The parking of motor vehicles shall not be permitted within this setback area.
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PART 9.0 - COMMERCIAL ZONES
9.1
PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 9.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted in
a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 9.1 - Permitted Uses in Commercial Zones
PERMITTED USE
ZONE
Neighbourhood
Commercial
(NC)
Shopping
Centre
Commercial
(SC)
Corridor
Commercial
(CC)
Main Central
Commercial
(MC)
A
Accessory dwellings
P
P
P
P
B
Accessory outdoor storage
NP
P
P
NP
C
Adult of continuing education
schools
P
P
P
P
D
Apartment dwellings in a
commercial or institutional
building
P
NP
P
P
E
Art galleries
P
P
P
P
F
Auction sales establishments
NP
NP
P
G
Banquet halls
NP
P
P
P
H
Building supply outlets
NP
P
P
NP
I
Business offices
NP
P
P
P
J
Call centres
NP
P
P
NP
K
Child care centres
P
P
P
P
L
Commercial fitness centres
P (1)
P
P
P
M
Commercial parking lots
NP
NP
NP
P
N
Commercial schools
NP
P
P
P
O
Commercial self-storage
facilities
NP
NP
P
NP
P
Community centres
P
NP
P
P
Q
Drive-through service uses
NP
NP
P
NP
R
Elementary schools
NP
NP
NP
P
S
Emergency service facilities
P
P
P
P
T
Equipment sales and rental
establishments
NP
NP
P
NP
U
Farm implement dealers
NP
NP
P
NP
V
Financial institutions
P
P
P
P
W
Flea markets/Farmers markets
P
P
P
P
X
Food trucks
P
P
P
P
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PERMITTED USE
ZONE
Neighbourhood
Commercial
(NC)
Shopping
Centre
Commercial
(SC)
Corridor
Commercial
(CC)
Main Central
Commercial
(MC)
Y
Funeral homes
NP
NP
P
P
Z
Garden Centres
P (1)
P
P
P
AA
Group home type 1
NP
NP
NP
P
AB
Health service facilities
NP
P
P
P
AC
Hotels
NP
P
P
P
AD
Kennels, day
NP
P
P
P
AE
Libraries
P
NP
P
P
AF
Long term care homes
NP
NP
NP
P
AG
Micro-
breweries/wineries/distilleries
P (1)
P
P
P
AH
Motels
NP
P
P
NP
AI
Motor vehicle repair
establishments
NP
NP
P
NP
AJ
Motor vehicle sales, leasing
and/or rental establishments
NP
NP
P
NP
AK
Motor vehicle service stations
NP
NP
P
NP
AL
Motor vehicle washing
establishments
NP
NP
P
NP
AM
Museums
P
NP
P
P
AN
Nightclubs
NP
P
P
P
AO
Personal service uses
P (1)
P
P
P
AP
Places of worship
P (1)
NP
P
P
AQ
Post-secondary schools
NP
NP
NP
P
AR
Private clubs
P (1)
P
P
P
AS
Private schools
NP
P
NP
P
AT
Recreational equipment sales,
rental and service
establishments
NP
NP
P
NP
AU
Recreational establishments
NP
P
P
P
AV
Repair shops
NP
P
P
P
AW
Restaurants
P (1)
P
P
P
AX
Retail stores
NP
P
P
P
AZ
Retirement homes
NP
NP
NP
P
BA
Secondary schools
NP
NP
NP
P
BB
Specialty food uses
P (1)
P
P
P
BC
Studios
NP
NP
P
P
BD
Supermarkets
NP
P
P
P
BE
Technology industries
NP
NP
P
NP
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PERMITTED USE
ZONE
Neighbourhood
Commercial
(NC)
Shopping
Centre
Commercial
(SC)
Corridor
Commercial
(CC)
Main Central
Commercial
(MC)
BF
Theatres
NP
P
P
P
BG
Trade and convention centres
NP
P
P
P
BH
Veterinary clinics
NP
P
P
P
9.2
ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Table 9.2. A number beside a zone standard indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 9.2 - Standards for Commercial Zones
ZONE STANDARD
Neighbourhood
Commercial
(NC)
Shopping
Centre
Commercial
(SC)
Corridor
Commercial
(CC)
Main Central
Commercial
(MC)
A
Minimum lot area
465.0 m2
2,000.0 m2
no
requirement
300.0 m2
B
Minimum lot frontage
15.0 m
60.0 m
no
requirement
9.0 m
C
Maximum lot coverage
35%
50%
40%
not
applicable
D
Minimum front yard
0.0 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
E
Minimum area of portion of
main building wall that is less
than 4.6 metres above grade
required to be windows and
doors for any main building
wall facing streetline
50%
no
requirement
40%
no
requirement
F
Minimum exterior side yard
0.0 m
3.0 m
0.0 m
0.0 m
G
Minimum interior side yard
3.0 m
6.0 m (1)
0.0 m (2)
0.0 m
H
Minimum rear yard
7.5 m
6.0 m (1)
6.0 m (1)
6.0 m
I
Minimum height
N/A
6.0 m
6.0 m
no
requirement
J
Maximum height
12.0 m
20.0 m
15.0 m
12.0 m
K
Minimum landscaped open
space
15%
15%
15%
no
requirement
L
Maximum Floor Space Index
not applicable
2.0
1.5
2.0
Special Provisions
(1)
The maximum size of any one establishment shall be 235 m2.
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Special Provisions
(1)
Except where the zone abuts a Residential or Development Zone, in which case the minimum shall
be 9 metres.
(2)
Increased to 6 metres where the lot line abuts any Residential or Development Zone.
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PART 10.0 - MIXED USE ZONE
10.1 PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 10.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted
in a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 10.1 - Permitted Uses in Mixed Use Zone
PERMITTED USE
Mixed Use Commercial (MUC)
A
Adult or continuing education schools
P
B
Apartment dwellings in a non-residential building
P
C
Art galleries
P
D
Auction sales establishments
P
E
Banquet halls
P
F
Business offices
P
G
Call centres
P
H
Child care centres
P
I
Commercial fitness centre
P
J
Commercial schools
P
K
Community centres
P
L
Emergency service facilities
P
M
Financial institutions
P
N
Flea markets/Farmers markets
P
O
Food trucks
P
P
Funeral homes
P
Q
Health service facilities
P
R
Home child care
P
S
Home occupations
P
T
Hotels
P
U
Libraries
P
V
Museums
P
W
Personal service uses
P
X
Places of worship
P
Y
Private clubs
P
Z
Private schools
P
AA
Public schools
P
AB
Recreational establishments
P
AC
Restaurants
P
AD
Studios
P
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PERMITTED USE
Mixed Use Commercial (MUC)
AE
Veterinary clinics
P
10.2 ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Table 10.2. A number beside a zone standard indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 10.2 - Standards for Mixed Use Zones
ZONE STANDARD
Mixed Use Commercial (MUC)
A
Minimum lot area
no requirement
B
Minimum lot frontage
no requirement
C
Minimum front yard
0.0 m (1)
D
Minimum exterior side yard
0.0 m (1)
E
Minimum interior side yard
1.2 m
F
Minimum rear yard
8.0 m
G
Minimum height
6.0 m
H
Maximum height
15.0 m
I
Minimum area of portion of main building wall that is less
than 4.6 metres above grade required to be windows and
doors for any main building wall facing streetline
70%
J
Minimum landscaped open space
15%
K
Maximum Floor Space Index
2.0
Special Provisions
(1)
No less than 70% of the lot frontage of the front and exterior side lot lines, measured within 2.0
metres from the front and exterior side lot lines shall consist of buildings.
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PART 11.0 - OTHER ZONES
11.1 PERMITTED USES
Permitted uses are listed in Table 11.1 with the use of the symbol 'P'. If a listed use is not permitted
in a zone, this is shown with a 'NP'. A number in brackets within the table indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 11.1 - Permitted Uses in Other Zones
PERMITTED USE
Rural (RU)
Institution
al (I)
Open
Space (OS)
Environme
ntal
Constraint
(EC)
Developm
ent (D)
Transporta
tion and
Communic
ations (TC)
A
Additional residential units
(3)
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
B
Adult or continuing
education
schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
C
Agricultural uses
P
NP
NP
P (2)
P
NP
D
Art galleries
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
E
Bed and breakfast
establishments
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
F
Cemeteries
NP
P
P
NP
NP
NP
G
Child care centres
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
H
Conservation uses
P
NP
P
P
P
NP
I
Emergency Care
Establishment
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
J
Custom workshops
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
K
Elementary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
L
Elementary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
M
Emergency service facilities
P
P
NP
NP
P
NP
N
Equestrian centres
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
O
Group home type 1
P
P
NP
NP
P
NP
P
Health service facilities
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
Q
Home child care
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
R
Home industries
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
S
Home occupations
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
T
Hospitals, public
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
U
Libraries
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
V
Long term care homes
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
W
Municipal campgrounds
NP
NP
P
P
NP
NP
X
Museums
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
Y
Places of worship
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
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PERMITTED USE
Rural (RU)
Institution
al (I)
Open
Space (OS)
Environme
ntal
Constraint
(EC)
Developm
ent (D)
Transporta
tion and
Communic
ations (TC)
Z
Post-secondary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AA
Post-secondary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AB
Private clubs
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AC
Private parks
NP
NP
P
P (1)
NP
NP
AD
Private schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AE
Public parks
P
NP
P
P (1)
P
NP
AF
Retirement homes
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AG
Secondary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AH
Secondary schools
NP
P
NP
NP
NP
NP
AI
Single detached dwellings
P
NP
NP
NP
P
NP
AJ
Transportation and utility
facilities
NP
NP
NP
NP
NP
P
Special Provisions
(1)
Permitted buildings and structures are limited to: buildings and structures necessary for flood erosion
prevention and control, and landscape stabilization and accessory structures for a public or private
park use including, but not limited to benches, boat launching facilities, ball diamonds and tennis
courts.
(2)
No buildings or structures shall be permitted.
(3)
Only permitted on a lot that is the site of a single detached dwelling
11.2 ZONE STANDARDS
Zone standards are set out on Table 11.2. A number beside a zone standard indicates that a special
provision at the bottom of the table applies.
Table 11.2 - Zone Standards
ZONE
STANDARD
Rural (RU)
Institutional
(I)
Open Space
(OS)
Environmenta
l Constraint
(EC)
Development
(D)
Transportatio
n and
Communicati
ons (TC)
A
Minimum lot
area
8,000.0 m2
1,400.0 m2
465.0 m2
no
requirement
8,000.0 m2
no
requirement
B
Minimum lot
frontage
60.0 m
30.0 m
15.0 m
no
requirement
60.0 m
no
requirement
C
Maximum lot
coverage
not
applicable
50%
20%
not
applicable
not
applicable
not
applicable
D
Minimum
front yard
9.0 m
6.0 m
7.5 m
no
requirement
18.0 m
(1)
E
Minimum
exterior side
yard
9.0 m
6.0 m
7.5 m
no
requirement
9.0 m
(1)
90
F
Minimum
interior side
yard
9.0 m
7.5 m
7.5 m
no
requirement
9.0 m
(1)
G
Minimum
rear yard
9.0 m
7.5 m
7.5 m
no
requirement
18.0 m
(1)
H
Maximum
height
13.0 m
19.0 m
12.0 m
not
applicable
13.0 m
12.0 m
I
Minimum
landscaped
open space
no
requirement
30%
50%
no
requirement
no
requirement
no
requirement
Special Provisions
(1)
Buildings shall be setback a minimum of 10 metres from any abutting Residential Zone.
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PART 12.0 - FLOOD OVERLAY ZONE
Where the (F) zone symbol also applies to lands within the boundaries of the red lines shown on the
zoning maps attached to and forming part of this By-law, no person shall use any land or erect, alter
or use any building or structure unless appropriate approvals have been obtained from the
Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority.
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PART 13.0 - EXCEPTIONS
13.1 EXCEPTIONS
The provisions of this By-law are modified as set out in Table 13.1, below.
In Table 13.1:
Column 1 sets out the Zone subject to the exception;
Column 2 identifies the exception number to the Zone which follows a Zone symbol as identified on
the Zoning Schedules;
Column 3 identifies the location of the lands subject to the exception;
Column 4 sets out any specific use permissions or prohibitions, if applicable; and
Column 5 sets out the new or modified standards for the zone exception, if applicable.
All other provisions of the zone, unless specifically modified or amended by this Part, continue to
apply to the lands subject to this Section.
Table 13.1: Exceptions
1
2
3
4
5
Zone
#
Municipal
Addresses
Specific Use Permissions or
Prohibitions
Special Provisions
R1
1
9138 Danforth
Rd E
Lot Frontage: 61m min;
Minimum lot area: 0.7 ha;
Maximum lot coverage: 7%;
Required front yard: established building line or
15m min;
Required interior side yard: 10 m;
Maximum accessory building lot coverage: 2%
max
R1
2
220 Tracey
Road
Minimum lot frontage: 38 m;
Minimum front yard: 13.5 m
R1
3
9148 Danforth
Road
Minimum lot frontage: 53.09 m
Minimum lot area: 0.699 ha
Maximum lot coverage: 10%
Minimum interior side yard: 10 m
Maximum number of dwelling units: 2
Existing accessory building can be used for
human habitation.
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1
2
3
4
5
Zone
#
Municipal
Addresses
Specific Use Permissions or
Prohibitions
Special Provisions
R2
1
726 Ontario St Contractor's yards and industrial
uses are prohibited
Minimum rear yard for all new buildings: 9 m;
Maximum building height: 2 storeys
R2
2
330 Elgin St W
2 dwelling units in the existing building
R2
3
94 Green St
(Breaker's
Motel)
Buildings and structures existing at the date of
adoption
R2
4
214 Perry St
Permit a triplex dwelling
R2
5
Fitzhugh
Shores
Minimum rear yard for lakefront lots: 18 m;
Minimum residential setback from industrial use:
50 m
R2
6
East House Cr,
Weller Crt
Minimum rear yard: 15 m;
Minimum rear yard for lakefront lots: 18 m
R2
7
King St. W and
Tracey Rd
Minimum lot frontage: 18 m;
Minimum lot area: 1,160 m2
R2
8
27 Brook Rd N
minimum setback from railway: 20 m with 2.5 m
berm and 1.8 m chain link fence
R2
9
534 King St W
Minimum front yard: existing
Minimum rear yard: 0.0 m
No Chain Fence required adjacent to Railway
R2
10 420 Elgin
Street West
The only permitted uses are
single detached dwellings
R2
11 15 & 19
Maplewood
Boulevard
Maximum building height: 1 Storey
Access shall be from Maplewood Boulevard
R2
12 603 Sinclair
Street
Minimum exterior side yard for unenclosed
carport: 1 m
R2
13 Suzanne Mess
Boulevard &
Osler Court
A coach house dwelling unit is an
additional permitted use
These provisions apply to a coach house dwelling
unit
Minimum lot area: 1,000 sq m
Minimum rear yard for coach house dwelling: 1.2
m
Maximum coach house dwelling floor area: 100
sq m or 40% of primary dwelling;
Maximum coach house dwelling Bedrooms: 2
R2
14 1300 Alder
Road & All of
Alder Court
Maximum building height: 1 Storey
R2
15 1000 D'Arcy
Street
(Nickerson
Maximum building height: 1 Storey;
Minimum setback from top of bank of Midtown
Creek: 30 m
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1
2
3
4
5
Zone
#
Municipal
Addresses
Specific Use Permissions or
Prohibitions
Special Provisions
Woods
Subdivision)
R2
17 540 King
Street East
(Existing
Single
Detached)
Minimum front yard: 4.6 m;
Minimum rear yard: 2.9 m;
Minimum exterior side yard: 4.3 m;
Allow lot frontage onto a private right-of-way
with a minimum width of 6 m
R3
1
394 Walton St Additional permitted uses are
business office as an accessory
use in residential building and
accessory business office use in
accessory building
Minimum parking: 4 on-site spaces and 1 off-site
space;
Maximum business office gross floor area: 50m2;
Maximum 2 staff who do not reside on premises;
Minimum rear yard: 0.7m;
Maximum lot coverage 38%;
Minimum exterior side yard: 5.8 m
R3
2
47A Coverdale
Ave
Minimum interior side yard for converted or
duplex: 2.45m
R3
3
377 Margaret
St
Bed and breakfast
establishments and group
homes types 1 and 2 and child
care centres are prohibited
Maximum 6 dwelling units;
No second storey decks permitted;
Maximum building height: 2 storeys and 8.3 m
R3
4
94 Ontario St
Maximum building height: 9 m;
Minimum lot frontage shall be 11m on a right-of-
way,
Minimum north yard : 7.5 m;
Minimum south yard: 3 m;
Minimum west yard: 1.6 m;
Minimum east yard: 4 m except if abutting a
residential zone then 7.5 m
R3
5
90 Ontario St
Maximum building height: 9 m;
Minimum rear yard 1.6 m;
Garage permitted to be no closer than the main
front feature to the streetline
R3
6
98-106
Ontario St
Maximum building height: 9 m;
Garage permitted to be no closer than the main
front feature to the streetline
R3
7
O'Connor
Court
Minimum lot area: 335 sq m;
Minimum lot frontage: 12 m
R3
8
860-862
Westwood
Court
Minimum interior side yard for link side: 0.6 m
R3
9
280-292
D'Arcy Street
Maximum driveway width: 4 m;
Maximum attached private garage width: 4 m;
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Maximum building height: 2 storeys;
Wall of attached private garage facing the public
street shall not be located closer to the front lot
line than either the front porch or the main front
entrance of the dwelling unit, whichever is closer
to the public street;
The front wall of the dwelling unit above an
attached private garage shall be located no
further than 2.5 metres from the front wall of the
attached private garage;
The wall of an attached private garage facing the
public street shall be set back a minimum of 5.8
metres from the lot line that the driveway
crosses to access the private attached garage.
R3
10 117 Bagot
Street
Minimum lot frontage for single detached
dwelling: 10.668 m
R3
11 377 William
Street (Rear
Portion)
The only permitted uses are
single detached dwellings and
semi-detached dwellings
Maximum number of dwelling units: 6;
Maximum building height: 2 Storeys and 8.3 m;
No upper storey decks shall be permitted.
R3
12 440 Ontario
Street
The only permitted uses are a
single detached dwelling, and a
converted dwelling with a
maximum of two dwelling units
Minimum lot area: 342 sq m
R3
13 203 Durham
Street
The only permitted uses are a
business office and a custom
workshop
Only allowed in buildings and structures existing
as of June 10, 2013
R3
14 702-710
Ontario Street
Minimum lot area for one unit of semi-detached
dwelling: 290 sq m;
Maximum building height: 2 Storeys
R3
15 253 Mathew
Street (South
Lot)
Minimum lot frontage: 10.7 m
R4
1
357 Elgin
Street West
Maximum building height: 5 storeys;
Maximum number of dwelling units: 87
R4
2
Link Dwellings
Minimum lot area for link dwellings: of 335m2;
Minimum lot frontage: 9 m;
Minimum exterior side yard: 5 m;
Maximum interior side yard for link dwellings: 4.5
m
R4
3
221 University
Ave E/359
D'Arcy St
Minimum building height: 2.5 storeys;
Maximum number of dwelling units: 12;
Closed wood fence required for enclosing
property;
Access one-way exit only to University Ave
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R4
4
135 University
Ave E
Maximum number of townhouse dwelling units:
11;
Maximum lot coverage: 40%;
Driveway shall be setback 3m min to rear lot line,
Covered porch may encroach 2 m maximum into
side yard
R4
5
Ruttan
Terrace
Minimum lot area: 865 m2;
Minimum lot frontage: 27 m;
Minimum front, interior side and rear yards: 2.5
m;
Parking may be in any yard provided it is setback 3
m from streetline
R4
6
Densmore
Road
Minimum yards abutting a street: 3 m;
Other minimum yards: 4.5 m;
Required parking is 1.25 spaces per dwelling
R4
7
415 King
Street West
Maximum building height shall not exceed 2
stories facing Tremaine Street;
Maximum number of dwelling units: 25;
Min opening elevation :79.06;
Minimum setback from EC Zone: 0 m
R4
8
D'Arcy St
(Dunbar
Gardens)
Bed & breakfast establishments,
single detached dwellings and
stacked and street townhouses
are prohibited uses
Maximum number of dwelling units: 26;
Minimum north yard: 12 m;
Minimum south yard: 3.5 m;
Minimum east yard: 6.5 m;
Minimum west side yard: 2.5 m;
Minimum west rear yard 6.5m;
Maximum driveway width: 4 m
R4
9
Densmore Rd
at Birchwood
Trail
Minimum lot area of one unit of townhouse:
195m2;
Minimum lot area of building containing
apartment dwellings: 0.8ha;
Minimum lot frontage of one unit of townhouse
dwelling: 7 m;
Minimum lot frontage of apartment dwelling: 60
m;
Maximum lot coverage: 60% for or townhouse
unit and 40% for apartment dwelling,;
Maximum number of apartment dwellings: 80
Maximum building height: 2 storeys for
townhouse building and 3 storeys for apartment
building;
Minimum and maximum front yard for townhouse
fronting public street: 4 m and 6 m;
Minimum front yard for townhouse fronting
private right-of-way: 5.75 m;
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Minimum front yard for apartment dwelling: 3 m;
Minimum interior side yard for townhouse
dwelling: 1m plus 0.5 m per additional storey with
no setback on common wall;
Minimum interior side yard for apartment
dwelling: 3.65 m;
Minimum exterior side yard for townhouse
dwelling on private right-of-way: 2 m;
Minimum parking: 1.25 spaces per townhouse
dwelling and 2 spaces per apartment dwelling;
Minimum interior side yard for driveway adjacent
to townhouse dwelling: 0 m
R4
10 Brook Rd
(Kingsbrook)
Single detached dwellings are
prohibited
lot area for 1 unit of a semi-detached dwelling
278 m2 min,
lot area for 1 semi-detached dwelling 556m2 min,
lot area for townhouse dwelling 215m2 min with
up to 24 lots of 192m2 min and 8 lots 202m2 min,
lot coverage 45% max,
landscaped open space 30%,
building height for single and semi-detached
dwellings 2 storeys max and 3 storeys max for
townhouses,
exterior side yard 3m min,
interior side yard for semi-detached and
townhouse dwellings 0m for common wall and
same as single detached for outside,
attached garage 4m max width for lots under 12m
frontage and 5.3m max width for 12m and greater
lot frontage,
front yard 2.5m min up to 5m max subject Table
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R4
11 377 William St Bed & breakfast establishments
and single detached dwellings
are prohibited
Max 20 dwelling units,
no upper storey deck (not on 3rd storey of 3
storey dwelling),
building height 3 storeys and 9.5m max,
townhouse blocks limited to 6 units and 40m max
in length,
interior side yard setback 6.5m except units
fronting William St,
only 1 driveway to William St
R4
12 411 King St E
Max 6 dwelling units in existing main building
which is the only permitted building other than
accessory structures
R4
13 Alexandria Dr
Lot area for end unit in townhouse dwelling
215m2 and 203m2 for interior unit,
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parking 1.5 spaces per end unit and 1 space per
interior unit
R4
14
180 Tremaine
St
The only permitted uses are
apartment dwellings, multiple
dwellings, and public uses
Setback from EC 0m min,
building height 2 storeys max abutting west, north
and south property lines and 3 storeys max
measured a distance of 11.5m from interior lot
lines and 15m measured from front lot line,
peak building height 12.8m max,
interior side yard 5m min to main building and
2.3m min to any north side balcony and 3.65m min
to any south side balcony
R4
15 774 Ontario St
Max 5 dwelling units,
building height 2 storeys max,
front yard 2m min,
interior side yard for single detached unit 2.5m
min
R4
16 Brook Rd
(Kingsbrook
Subdivision
north blocks)
2 buildings with multiple
dwellings on 1 lot are permitted
Max 10 dwellings per building,
2 multiple dwellings on one lot with 75m min
frontage,
front yard 3m min
R4
17 400
Westwood
Drive
Apartment dwelling units are
not permitted
R4
18 352-370 Ball
Street
Max Density: 54 Units per Hectare
Max Parking in North Interior Side Yard: 20 Spaces
R4
19 131 King
Street East
The only permitted building is
the existing building with an
additional 140 sq m maximum
and accessory buildings &
structures not exceeding 92.9 sq
m
Lot Area: 920 sq m
Lot Frontage: 19.5 m
Min Interior Side Yard: 1.8 m
Min Driving Aisle Width: 3.3 m
Max Accessory Building/Structure Lot Coverage:
10%
Drive Aisle does not require setback from east side
lot line.
R4
20 374-378 John
Street
The only permitted uses are
four multiple dwelling units, a
semi-detached dwelling, one
unit of a semi-detached dwelling
on one lot, duplex dwelling,
triplex dwelling, link dwelling and
building containing a maximum
of four apartment dwelling units
on one lot
Lot Area for Multiple Dwelling: 836 sq m
Lot Area for Apartment Dwelling: 1,114 sq m
Lot Frontage for Multiple and Apartment Dwelling:
19.8 m
Min Interior Side Yard for Multiple and Apartment
Dwelling: 1.6 on one side, 4.8 on the other.
Min Driveway Width to access parking in rear of
Multiple Dwelling: 3.8 m
R4
21 245-249
Sutherland
The only permitted use is a linked
group dwelling
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Crescent &
756-760
Ontario Street
R4
22 411 King
Street East
The only permitted uses are
apartment dwelling units or
multiple dwelling units located
in the main building existing as
of February 2, 2009
Max Dwelling Units: 6
R4
23 680 Ontario
Street
The only permitted uses are
fourplex dwellings, semi-
detached dwellings, and public
uses
Min Front Yard Setback: 4.0 m
Max Building Height: 2 Storeys
R4
24 394 College
Street
The only permitted use is a
converted dwelling on one lot
within a main building legally
existing as of September 18,
2017
Lot Area: Legally Existing as of September 18, 2017
Lot Frontage: Legally Existing as of September 18,
2017
Max Density: 5 Dwelling Units
Min Parking Space Setback from Street Line: 0.3 m
R4
25 East Village
Subdivision
The only permitted uses are
single detached dwellings, semi-
detached dwellings, one unit of a
semi-detached dwelling on one
lot, townhouse dwellings, and
public uses
Lot Area for Single Detached Dwelling: 370 sq m,
with the exception that up to 2 lots may be 337 sq
m, and up to 21 lots may be 363 sq m.
Lot Area for One Unit of a Semi-Detached Dwelling:
278 sq m
Lot Area for One Semi-Detached Dwelling: 556 sq
m
Lot Area for Townhouse Dwelling: 215 sq m, with
the exception that up to 24 lots may be 192 sq m,
and up to 8 lots may be 202 sq m.
Max Lot Coverage for Single Detached Dwelling
(excluding Accessory Buildings/Structures): 45%
Max Lot Coverage for Semi-Detached Dwelling
(excluding Accessory Buildings/Structures): 50%
Max Lot Coverage for Townhouse Dwelling: 55%
Max Lot Coverage (inclusive of Accessory
Buildings/Structures): 55%
Min Front Yard Setback: 2.5 m
The wall of an attached garage facing the public
street shall not be located closer to the front lot
line than either the front porch or the main front
entrance of the dwelling unit, whichever is closer
to the street.
The front wall of the dwelling unit above an
attached private garage shall be located no further
than 2.5 metres from the front wall of the attached
private garage.
The wall of an attached private garage facing the
public street shall be set back a minimum of 5.8
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metres from the lot line that the driveway crosses
to access the private attached garage. If the
driveway does not cross a sidewalk, the minimum
setback for the wall of the attached garage shall be
4.5 m minimum.
Max Garage Width (on lots with less than 12 m Lot
Frontage): 4.0 m
Max Garage Width (on lots with 12 m Lot Frontage
or greater): 5.5 m
Min Side Yard Setback for Driveways: 0.6 m
Min Interior Side Yard Setback for Single Detached
Dwelling: 0.75 m minimum for 1 storey dwelling,
0.45 metres for each additional storey.
Min Interior Side Yard Setback: no interior side
yard setback required between the common
vertical wall dividing one dwelling unit from
another. The interior side yard on any other side
shall be in accordance with the provisions for a
single detached dwelling.
Min Exterior Side Yard: 3.0 m
Min Landscaped Open Space: 30%
Max Building Height for Single Detached & Semi-
Detached Dwellings: 2 Storeys
Max Building Height for Townhouse Dwellings: 3
Storeys
R4
26 22-24
University
Avenue West
The only permitted uses are
semi-detached dwellings, one
unit of a semi-detached dwelling
on one lot, duplex dwellings,
triplex dwellings, four-plex
dwellings, and multiple
dwellings
Lot Area: 1,384 sq m
Min Front Yard: 21 m
Min West Interior Side Yard: 1.5 m
Max Building Height: 2 Storeys
Max Density: 4 Dwelling Units
No more than 1 required parking space may be
located in the front yard.
No parking shall be permitted in any side yard.
No minimum distance shall be required between
decks, or between decks and any other building or
structure.
Unenclosed decks over 1.8 m in height may extend
along an established building side yard setback.
R4
27 East Village
Subdivision
(Phase 5
Blocks 55-60)
Up to four apartment and/or
multiple dwellings are permitted
on one lot
Lot Frontage: 3 m
Min Front Yard: 3 m
R4
28 265-327 Elgin
Street East
Additional permitted uses are
multiple dwelling units and
stacked townhouse dwelling
units
Min Front Yard (abutting Elgin Street): 3 m
Max Front Yard Fence Height: 1.2 m
Min Parking: 1.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-
law, the regulations for the lands zoned R4-28 shall
apply to the entire gross lands located within the
boundary of the R4-28 Zone irrespective of the lot
lines associated with 265-327 Elgin Street East.
R4
29 540 King
Street East
(Southeast &
Southwest
Portions)
The only permitted uses are
townhouse dwellings, and
multiple dwellings (including
stacked townhouse dwellings)
Lot Area for One Unit of a Townhouse Dwelling:
178 sq m
Lot Frontage for One Unit of a Townhouse
Dwelling: 6 m
Lot Frontage for Stacked Townhouses: 24 m
Max Lot Coverage: 72%
Min Front Yard: 4.5 m
Min Front Yard (for lots fronting onto King Street):
1.8 m
Min Rear Yard: 7 m
Min Interior Side Yard: 1.5 m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 3.0 m
Min Landscaped Open Space (over entire R4-33
Zone): 20%
Min Distance between Townhouse, Multiple
Dwelling, or Stacked Townhouse Buildings on One
Lot: 3.0 m
Min Exterior Side Yard Setback for Accessory
Buildings/Structures: 0 m
Min Interior Side Yard Setback for Accessory
Buildings/Structures: 0 m
Max Lot Coverage for Accessory
Buildings/Structures: 18%
Notwithstanding Section 5.11.2, for the purpose of
lot frontage, the front lot line shall be the lot line
abutting a private right-of-way with a minimum
width of 6 m.
For multiple buildings/stacked townhouses that do
not have individual rear yard amenities, they shall
have a common outdoor amenity area of a
minimum area of 19 sq m.
No interior side yard shall be required between the
common vertical wall dividing one unit from
another.
R4
30 540 King
Street East
(Central
Portion)
Added permitted uses are single
detached dwellings, and
multiple dwellings (including
stacked townhouse dwellings)
Lot Area for Single Detached Dwelling: 300 sq m
Lot Area for One Unit of a Semi-Detached
Dwelling: 218 sq m
Lot Area for One Unit of a Townhouse Dwelling:
143 sq m
Lot Frontage for Single Detached Dwelling: 11 m
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Lot Frontage for One Unit of a Semi-Detached
Dwelling: 8.5 m
Lot Frontage for One Unit of a Townhouse
Dwelling: 6 m
Max Lot Coverage for Single & Semi-Detached
Dwellings: 40%
Max Lot Coverage for Townhouse & Stacked
Townhouse Dwellings: 56%
Min Front Yard: 4.5 m
Min Rear Yard for Single & Semi-Detached
Dwellings: 6 m
Min Rear Yard for Townhouse & Stacked
Townhouse Dwellings: 5.4 m
Min Rear Yard for Heritage House: 2.9 m
Min Interior Side Yard: 1.2 m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 1.6 m
Min Landscaped Open Space: 30%
Min Distance between Townhouse, Multiple
Dwelling, or Stacked Townhouse Buildings on One
Lot: 3.0 m
Min Exterior Side Yard for Detached Garage on
Corner Lot: 5.7 m
Min Rear Yard for Accessory Buildings/Structures: 0
m
Notwithstanding Section 5.11.2, for the purpose of
lot frontage, the front lot line shall be the lot line
abutting a private right-of-way with a minimum
width of 6 m.
No interior side yard shall be required between the
common vertical wall dividing one unit from
another.
R4
31 540 King
Street East
(Northern
Portion)
Added permitted uses are
multiple dwellings (including
stacked townhouse dwellings)
Lot Area for One Unit of a Townhouse Dwelling:
123 sq m
Lot Frontage for One Unit of a Townhouse
Dwelling: 6 m
Max Lot Coverage: 45%
Min Front Yard: 4.5 m
Min Rear Yard: 5 m
Min Interior Side Yard: 1.5 m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 2.5 m
Min Distance between Townhouse, Multiple
Dwelling, or Stacked Townhouse Buildings on One
Lot: 3.0 m
Min Rear Yard for Accessory Buildings/Structures: 0
m
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Notwithstanding Section 5.11.2, for the purpose of
lot frontage, the front lot line shall be the lot line
abutting a private right-of-way with a minimum
width of 6 m.
No interior side yard shall be required between
the common vertical wall dividing one unit from
another.
R4
32 867, 869, &
879 William
Street
Back-to-Back Dwelling
Max Net Density: 37 Units per Net Hectare
For lands zoned R4-32, a "Back-to-Back Dwelling"
shall consist of a dwelling attached vertically on 1
or more sides with 2 or more dwelling units, with
one side being the rear wall of the dwelling unit.
R4
33 415 King
Street West
Max Density: 25 Dwelling Units
Max Building Height: Two Storeys (measured at
grade from Tremaine Street)
Min Setback from EC Zone: 0 m
The lower level (east side) of the building may be
used for residential dwelling units provided the
minimum opening elevation to each dwelling unit
is at least 79.06 m above sea level.
R5
1
111 Hibernia
Street (Legion
Village)
Max 172 dwelling units and 32 hostel units with
no more than 2 beds;
one additional unit per building for manager;
Building Height 4 storeys max
R5
2
106 Orange
Street
Building Height 4 storeys max,
14 dwelling units;
additional 3 parking spaces off-site
R5
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357
Westwood
Drive
Max 35 dwelling units,
Building Height 4 storeys max
R5
4
60 Munroe St
Front yard 6m min,
landscaped open space 28% min,
R5
5
95 Marisa
Lane - 36
Hibernia St
Lot frontage 83m min,
lot coverage 52% max and FSI 2.0 max,
max 90 dwelling units,
distance between buildings 6m min,
building height 4 storeys and 17m max other than
middle building which shall be 3 storeys and
13.1m max,
max 2 residential units may be located in each
building attic
R5
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138-158
Hibernia St
Lot frontage 115m min,
lot area 0.789 ha min,
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lot coverage 60% max and FSI 2.0 max,
max 97 dwelling units,
distance between buildings 6m min,
building height eastern buildings 3 storeys and
9m max,
building height for west and north buildings 4
storeys and 17m max,
accessory buildings 2% max lot coverage,
R5
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202 Green St
Semi-detached, duplex, triplex
and multiple dwellings, and
public uses are not permitted
Front yard 6m min and front porch may encroach
2m into yard,
driving aisle min 0.5m from side lot line and 3m
min width
R5
8
202 Green St
(existing
apartment)
Interior side yard 3m min,
rear yard 2m min,
parking min 1 space per unit,
parking may be in any yard, driving aisle min 0.5m
from side lot line and 3m min width
R5
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323 George St Additional permitted uses are
those permitted in the
Institutional Zone
Front yard abutting James St 15m min and garage
or unenclosed landscape structure may be
permitted in front yard, rear yard 15m min,
interior side yard 18m min,
exterior side yard 15m min,
building height 4 storeys and max height of 18m
max,
parking 1.25 spaces per unit and prohibited
between the main building and the street other
than up to 8 visitor parking spaces in driveway
loop on James St,
landscaped open space 35% min,
R5
10 359 D'Arcy
Street
Max Dwelling Units: 12
Max Building Height: 2.5 Storeys
R5
11 100 University
Avenue East
Min Rear Yard: 4.5 m
R5
12 768 Ontario
Street
The only permitted uses are
townhouse dwellings,
retirement homes, long term
care homes and apartment
dwellings
Max Net Density for Apartment Dwelling: 30 Units
Max Building Height for Townhouse Dwelling: 2
Storeys
Max Number of Townhouse Dwelling Units: 5 Units
Min Parking for Senior Citizen's Complex: 1.25
spaces per unit
The front wall of any attached garage facing the
public street shall be located no more than 3.0 m
closer to the front lot line than either the main
entry feature, such as a covered porch, or main
front entrance of the dwelling unit.
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R5
13 25 James
Street East &
321 John
Street
A total of 47 apartment dwelling units are
permitted on the property (0.4 ha), of which at
least 13 dwelling units shall be designated
affordable as defined in Section 10.6.3 of the
Cobourg Official Plan, 2017 and be implemented in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified
by the Municipality via an Agreement.
Parking shall be calculated with a minimum 0.7
parking spaces per residential dwelling unit, and
may include up to 3 compact car/motorcycle
spaces having a minimum width of 2.7 m and a
minimum depth of 4.8 m.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-
law, the regulations for the lands zoned R5-14 shall
apply to the entire gross lands located within the
boundary of the R5-14 Zone irrespective of the lot
line associated with 25 James Street East and 321
John Street.
R5
14 311-325
University
Avenue West
& 387 William
Street
A mixed use building with office,
personal services, and/or
residential uses is permitted
within 30 m of William Street
Max Residential Density: 72 Dwelling Units
Max Floor Space Index: 2.0
Min Setback from University Avenue: 1.0 m
Min West Interior Side Yard (for 4-Storey
Apartment Dwelling): 7.5 m
Min East Interior Side Yard (for 4-Storey Apartment
Dwelling): 1.0 m
Min South Rear Yard (for 4-Storey Apartment
Dwelling): 7.5 m
Building Setbacks for the Two-Storey Mixed Use
Building abutting William Street will be as existed
on July 22, 2019.
Min Landscaped Open Space: 20%
Max Building Height (Apartment Dwelling): 4
Storeys
Max Building Height (Mixed-Use Building): 2
Storeys
Min Parking: 1.1 Parking Spaces per Dwelling Unit
for Apartment Dwelling, 2 Parking Spaces for
Mixed Use Building
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-
law, the regulations for the lands zoned R5-14
shall apply to the entire gross lands located within
the boundary of the R5-14 Zone irrespective of the
lot line associated with 311 to 325 University
Avenue West and 387 William Street.
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Existing local
commercial
uses
Uses existing at date of adoption
of amending By-law
NC
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359
Westwood Dr
Max 8 commercial establishments,
no access to Burnham St nor within 46m of
Burnham on Westwood Dr
NC
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990 Ontario St The only permitted uses are
restaurants, golf pro-shop, golf
course and recreational
establishment
NC
4
Densmore Rd
& Birchwood
Additional permitted uses are
business offices, education and
training, institutional uses and
residential uses
East and west yard 3m min,
north yard 7.5m min,
south yard 4m min to 6m max,
max 5 townhouse dwelling units
NC
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443 & 445
King Street
East
Min Parking Space Setback from Coverdale
Avenue: 1.25 m
NC
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422 King
Street West
Additional permitted uses are
dwelling units which form part of
a commercial building located
behind the commercial
component
Accessory Buildings & Structures may be used for
human habitation.
NC
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726 Ontario
Street
Additional permitted uses are
education and training use,
monument, sign, and
cornerstone display and sales,
office, private or commercial
club, and wellness centre
Maximum of Eight Establishments in
Neighbourhood Commercial Shopping Centre
Min Landscaped Strip along Interior Side Yard
abutting Residential Uses to the South: 1. 5 m
Max Establishment Size: 505 sq m per
establishment
SC
1
1025 & 1035
Elgin St W
0m landscape strip on south side,
only 3 driveways on properties zoned SC1, SC-2
and SC-3 to Elgin St W,
max 35% lot coverage,
2- single storey free standing restaurant buildings
each having a minimum unit area of 163 m2 are
permitted,
1- single storey free standing retail building having
a min area of 700 m2 and max 930 m2 or 1-
single storey free standing financial institution
building having a min area of 465 m2 and max
700 m2 are permitted
SC
2
East half of
1111 Elgin St
W
0m landscape strip on south side,
0m interior side yard,
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only 3 driveways on properties zoned SC1, SC-2
and SC-3 to Elgin St W,
max 35% lot coverage,
max driveway width of 15m on Elgin St W,
2- single storey free standing restaurant buildings
each having a min area of 465 m2 and max 700 m2
and 1- single storey free standing retail building
having a min area of 700 m2 and max 930 m2 are
permitted
SC
3
West half of
1111 Elgin St
W
0m landscape strip on south side,
0m interior side yard, only 3 driveways on
properties zoned SC1, SC-2 and SC-3 to Elgin St W,
max 35% lot coverage,
max driveway width of 10.7m on Rogers Rd,
1- single storey free standing restaurant building
having a min area of 465 m2 and max 700 m2 or
1- single storey free standing retail building having
a min area of 700 m2 and max 930 m2 are
permitted
SC
4
Strathy Rd
west side
The only permitted uses are
accessory outdoor storage,
banquet hall, commercial
school, drive-through service
use, hotel, motel, light industrial
in enclosed building,
institutional, business office,
personal service use, restaurant,
retail store including 1
department store, 1
supermarket, technology
industry, trade & convention
centre. A financial institution is
not permitted unless it is
accessory to a department store
Building height 4 storeys max,
yard abutting south and west property line 9m
min,
department store GFA 14,864m2 max provided
11,892m2 max is non-food retail and 4,181m2 max
is food related retail, supermarket GFA 7432m2
max plus up to 1,059m2 in mezzanine (restricted
to non-retail accessory uses),
additional retail GFA 7,500 m2 min other than up
to 3 units between 372 and 697m2 GFA and 2
units less than 372m2 or 1 unit between 465 and
697m2 GFA, overall total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5
zones of 1 department store,
1 supermarket, restaurants, personal service uses
and other retail uses 31,587m2 max, total GFA for
SC-4 and SC-5 zones of retail excluding 1
department store, 1 supermarket 8,026m2 max,
total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5 zones of restaurants,
personal service uses 3,716m2 max, total GFA for
SC-4 and SC-5 zones of other retail, restaurants
and personal service use excluding 1 department
store, 1 supermarket 9,290m2 max,
planting strip 4.5m min width excluding driveways
and buildings,
open storage may include a garden centre which is
not wholly enclosed, 2m min width pedestrian
walkways are required from the street line at
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Strathy Rd to the main entrance of the
department store and to the main entrance of the
supermarket, for SC-4 and SC-5 a department
store shall mean a single retailer selling a wide
variety of goods with GFA 2,787m2 min
SC
5
Strathy Rd
east side
The only permitted uses are
accessory outdoor storage,
banquet hall, commercial
school, drive-through service
use, hotel, motel, light industrial
in enclosed building,
institutional, business office,
personal service use, restaurant,
retail store, technology industry,
trade & convention centre. A
department store and a
supermarket is not permitted
Building height 4 storeys max,
yards 0m min,
lot frontage 40m min,
FSI 0.25 min,
retail 7500 m2 GFA min other than up to 3 units
between 372 and 697m2 GFA and 2 units less than
372m2 or 1 unit between 465 and 697m2 GFA,
overall total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5 zones of 1
department store, 1 supermarket, restaurants,
personal service uses and other retails uses
31587m2 max,
total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5 zones of retail
excluding 1 department store, 1 supermarket
8026m2 max, total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5 zones of
restaurants, personal service uses 3716m2 max,
total GFA for SC-4 and SC-5 zones of other retail,
restaurants and personal service uses excluding 1
department store, 1 supermarket 9290m2 max,
planting strip 4.5m min width excluding
driveways,
for SC-4 and SC-5 a department store shall mean a
single retailer selling a wide variety of goods with
GFA 2,787m2 min
SC
6
Strathy Rd
The only permitted uses are
accessory outdoor storage,
banquet hall, commercial
school, drive-through service
use, hotel, motel, light industrial
in enclosed building,
institutional, health service
facility, business office, personal
service use, restaurant, retail
store, technology industry, trade
& convention centre. A
supermarket is not a permitted
use.
Lot area 740 m2 min,
lot frontage 40m min,
FSI 0.25 min,
yards 0m min,
planting strip 4.5m min width excluding
driveways,
building height 4 storeys max,
SC
7
975-985 Elgin
St W
The only permitted uses are
commercial school, institutional,
health service facility, business
office, personal service use,
restaurant, retail store. A
supermarket is not permitted.
Lot area 0.4ha min,
lot frontage 110m min,
yards 0m min to 15m max,
planting strip 6m min width excluding driveways
or buildings,
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building height 4 storeys max,
no parking spaces within 8m of east lot line,
GFA 1,395 m2 max,
SC
8
20 Strathy
Road
Additional permitted uses are
business office uses, vehicle-
related uses (excluding vehicle
fueling and body repair), private
and commercial club uses,
merchandise service uses, public
uses
SC
9
975, 995,
1005, & 1011
William Street
Max Driveway Width: 10.6 m
SC
10 25 Strathy
Road
The lands in the SC-10 Zone shall be subject to the
regulations of the SC-4 Zone, with the exception
that regardless of the provisions in the SC-4 Zone
with respect to maximum gross floor area and
limits on retail commercial store size: up to 1,860
sq m gross floor area for second floor mezzanine
uses restricted to non-retail accessory uses
including office and other similar administrative
functions, meeting rooms, and photo finishing lab
shall be permitted; and, a retail commercial store,
personal service use, or eating establishment, or a
free-standing building with a mix of such uses,
having a minimum building envelope of 465 sq m
and a maximum building envelope of 929 sq m
shall be located abutting Strathy Road in the SC-10
Zone. Within the free-standing building abutting
Strathy Road, the minimum individual commercial
store/unit floor area shall be 232 sq m.
SC
11 1005 Elgin
Street West
An additional permitted use is a
health services facility
SC
12 990-1000
Division Street
Additional permitted uses are a
seasonal nursery or garden
centre
Max Total Floor Area for Supermarket or Bulk
Food Use: 3,024 sq m
Max GFA for Supermarket or Bulk Food Use: 2,397
sq m
Min Parking: 4.0 spaces per 100 sq m GFA
No additional parking required for Seasonal
Nursery or Garden Centre Use
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-
law, the provisions of the SC-12 shall continue to
apply collectively to all of the lands in the SC-12
Zone despite any future subdivision of the lands
into two or more parcels of land.
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CC
1
1000 Elgin St
W
Additional permitted uses are
retail stores
CC
2
1125 Elgin St
W
Additional permitted uses are
retail stores and automotive
service and supply
Retail is in free-standing retail unit 1,300m2 GFA
max,
loading spaces may be in exterior side yard,
automotive service and supply 7,500m2 GFA max
CC
3
NW corner of
Brook Rd N
and CN tracks
Lot area 1 ha min,
lot frontage 60m min,
CC
4
Land
Generally
West of 1125
Elgin Street
West
Additional permitted uses are
office for the presentation,
display, and sale of new dwelling
units. Nursery or garden centre
uses, and vehicle sales, service,
supply, rental, wash, and fuelling
uses are not permitted
Min Rear Yard: 5.5 m
MC
1
King St W,
north side
No required rear yard
MC
2
60 & 62
Swayne St
Convenience commercial,
financial institution, place of
entertainment are not permitted
Front yard 3m min,
rear yard 6m min,
east and west side yard 0.45m min,
building height 2 storeys max,
parking may be in front yard up to 1m from street
line
MC
3
Albert St,
south side
The only permitted use is a
residential building with a
maximum of 4 dwelling units,
business office, home
occupation, group home type 1
and public use
MC
4
158 Hibernia
St
The only permitted use is parking
and open space
Any portion of lot not used for parking shall be
open space, with a min 15% open space
MC
5
148 King St W Residential uses are also
permitted
Frontage 8.25m min
MC
6
150 King St W
No min rear yard
MC
7
148 Third St
Residential uses are also
permitted
Front, rear and side yards 1.5m min,
yards abutting Third St 4m max,
commercial uses 530 m2 min and 50m of building
frontage on Third St,
building height 3 storeys and 89.9m c.g.d.,
parking 1 space per residential unit min
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MC
8
165 Division St Residential uses are also
permitted
Front, rear and side yards 1.5m min,
yards abutting Division St 4m max,
commercial uses 400 m2 min and 40m of building
frontage on Division St,
building height 3 storeys and 89.9m c.g.d.,
parking 1 space per residential unit min
MC
9
125-145 Third
St
Residential uses are also
permitted
Max 106 dwelling units,
min 6m between main buildings,
FSI 2.0 max,
first floor height 4.3m max,
building height within 15m of Third St 3 storeys
and 12.2 m max peak height,
building height 15-27.5m of Third St 4 storeys
with no attic dwellings and 15 m max peak height,
building height greater than 27.5m of Third St 4
storeys plus attic and 16.4 m max peak height
measured mid-peak of a sloped roof,
architectural elements may exceed max peak
building height by up to 1.5m and be no more
than 3% of the horizontal roof area for each height
restriction area,
accessory buildings 2% max lot coverage
MC
10 296 George St Residential uses are also
permitted
Parking 1 space per residential unit min,
yard abutting Buck St 3m min,
MC
11 22 Queen St
Rear yard setback from fifth floor 11.5m min,
west side yard setback 9.6m min for walls with
residential windows otherwise 7.5m min,
east side yard setback 5m min for walls with
residential windows otherwise 3m min,
building height 5 storeys max, peak building
height 21.5m max,
first floor height 4.5m max,
parking 1 space per residential unit min
MC
12 73 King Street
West
A place of amusement is also
permitted
MC
13 30 King Street
East
Additional permitted uses are a
funeral home, crematorium and
parking lot
MC
14 202 Second
Street
Residential uses are also
permitted
Min Parking for Residential Uses: 1 parking space
per dwelling unit
Buildings directly abutting a municipal street shall
be comprised of residential and non-residential
uses.
Buildings not directly abutting a municipal street
may be comprised of residential and/or non-
residential uses.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-
law, lands that are located within a Block on a Plan
of Subdivision and are zoned MC-14 may be
further subdivided to create individual lots for
freehold townhouse units/buildings, in which case
the regulations of the MC-14 Zone shall apply to
the whole of the Block.
MC
15 135 Orr Street
Min Front Yard: 4 m
Max Front Yard: 6 m
Min Rear Yard: 15 m
Min Interior Side Yard (for Mixed Use Building): 3
m
Min Interior Side Yard (from Residential Zone): 15
m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 1.5 m
Max Exterior Side Yard: 3 m
Max Building Height: 5 Storeys & 18 m measured
from finished grade on Orr Street to the highest
point of any roof assembly, exclusive of mechanical
equipment.
Min Parking for Apartment Dwelling: 1.1 parking
spaces per dwelling unit
Min Parking for Eating Establishment (including
Banquet Facilities, Private or Commercial Club
Uses): 1 parking space per 10.1 sq m of floor area
Min Parking Space Setback from Street Line: 1 m
MC
16 136 Orr Street The only permitted use is a
private or public surface (at-
grade) parking lot for permitted
uses in the MC-15 Zone
Min Parking Space Setback from Street Line: 1 m
MUC
1
William St,
Division St
properties
Retail stores are also permitted
MUC
2
King & Wilmot Additional permitted uses are
building supply outlet, call
centre, drive-through service
use and supermarket
Lot are 2ha min,
front and exterior side yards 3m min to 10m max,
planting strip 4.5m width min,
landscaped open space 15% min,
supermarket GFA 4,250m2 max.
The lands at the north-west corner of the MUC-2
zone shall be used for no purpose other than
building area and/or landscaped open space
subject to the requirements of the Official Plan
and Site Plan Control By-law all as a Restricted Use
Area.
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MUC
3
1060 Burnham
St
Retail stores are also permitted
Retail 140 m2 max GFA
MUC
4
1 Ballantine St
Interior side yard 3m min
MUC
5
609 William St Additional permitted uses are
building supply outlet, call
centre, custom workshop, repair
shop, veterinary clinic, printing
establishment, motor vehicle
repair establishment, retail
store. A hotel or motel is not
permitted.
Retail GFA 465m2 min per establishment
MUC
6
423 Division
Street
Residential uses are also
permitted
Regulations of the R4 Zone apply to any
Residential Uses
MUC
7
1165-1167
Division Street
& 21 White
Street
Additional permitted uses are the
retail sale of household and
office goods, fixtures, and
appliances that are warehoused
or stored on the premises,
warehouse and storage use,
wholesale use, office, display,
and storage use for a utility,
contractor or specialty trade
Minimum GFA for Retail Sale Use: 464 sq m
No Access will be permitted to White Street, with
the exception of one emergency access, with a
maximum width of 4.6 m
Minimum 3 m wide landscaped strip is required
along the south side of White Street (except for
emergency access)
Minimum 1.5 m high wooden, closed fence
required along White Street frontage (except for
emergency access)
No Open Storage of Heavy Equipment or
Construction Materials
MUC
8
420 Division
Street
The only permitted use is a
rehabilitation/detox treatment
centre
Rehabilitation/Detox Treatment Centre shall
mean a private, fee-based facility that primarily
offers secure, supervised specialized care,
treatment and/or rehabilitation services on an in-
patient basis for individuals who are addicted to
chemical substances and/or alcohol. Services shall
generally include 24-hour accommodation for a
period equal to or greater than seven (7)
consecutive days where meals are served to
patrons. The premises may also include accessory
offices, lounges and meeting rooms. A
Rehabilitation/Detox Treatment Centre shall not
include a Group Home I or II, Emergency Care
Establishment, Medical Clinic, Clinic, Wellness
Centre, Boarding or Lodging House or
Hotel/Motel. For the purposes of this use,
"secure" shall mean monitored and controlled
ingress and egress to the facility at all times.
Min Parking: 0.5 Spaces Per Bed
Max Centre Capacity: 40 Patrons/Clients
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MUC
9
432 King
Street East
Additional permitted uses are
retail stores and other
commercial uses
Retail Commercial & Health Services Facility Uses
permitted in up to four units
Retail Commercial & Health Services Facility Uses
shall have a cumulative maximum floor area of
550 sq m and no more than 70% of the site's GFA
Max Driveway Width along Brook Road North: 9.3
m
MUC 10
900 Division
Street
Additional permitted uses are
Retail Warehouse, Art Gallery,
and Art Studio
Lot Area: 0.6 ha
Lot Frontage: 60 m
Max Lot Coverage: 40%
Min Front Yard: 3 m
Max Front Yard: 25 m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 3 m
Max Exterior Side Yard: 25 m
Min Landscaped Open Space: 15%
Min Width of Landscaped Open Space Strip
adjoining Elgin Street East: 4 m
Max GFA for Retail Warehouse Use: 1,860 sq m
The lands at the northwest corner of the MUC-10
Zone having a minimum area of 275 sq m shall be
used for no other purpose than building area
and/or landscaped open space.
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Community
Institutional
Uses
The only permitted uses are
community centre, child care
centre, library, public use, public
school, place of worship,
Lot area 465 m2 min,
lot frontage 15m min,
building height 3 storeys max
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316 King St E
The only permitted uses are
health service facility, business
office, personal service use
Primary use is health service facility all other uses
can be cumulative 50% GFA max,
70 parking spaces min,
lot coverage 25% max,
secondary uses can be cumulative 30% GFA
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(Rese
rved)
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343, 349 Elgin
St W
The only permitted uses are
residential, office, institutional
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255 Densmore
Rd
The only permitted use is a
retirement home
Building height 3 storeys max,
side & rear yards 20m min,
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Cobourg East
Community -
future school
sites
The only permitted uses are
private school, public school,
place of worship, child care
centre, library, community
centre and public uses
Front and exterior side yard 1.8m min and 5m
max,
max only applies within 50m of a street
intersection,
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New Amherst
Boulevard
(School Site)
The only permitted uses are
elementary school, child care
centre, library, recreation &
community centre and public
use
Lot Area: 0.6 hectares
Max Building Height: 3 Storeys
Min Front and Exterior Side Wall Height for Main
Building: 6 m
Min Front Yard: 3 m
Min Exterior Side Yard: 3 m
Max Exterior Side Yard: 15 m
Min Interior Side Yard: 7.5 m
No vehicular access shall be permitted to the lands
zoned I-7 from New Amherst Boulevard, with the
exception of one emergency access.
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1000 Burnham
Street
The only permitted use is a
health services facility
Max Driveway Width: 9 m
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700 D'Arcy
Street
The only permitted uses are
elementary or secondary school,
recreation & community centre,
health care office (excluding a
medical clinic), accessory use
(including an accessory dwelling
house for a staff member or
caretaker), and public use
Lot Area: Existing as of January 1, 2003
Lot Frontage: Existing as of January 1, 2003
OS
1
Victoria Park
Additional permitted uses are
trailer park, museum, place of
entertainment
OS
2
East Pier
Only permitted uses are public
park, public use and accessory
uses
Lot coverage 30% max,
building height 3 storeys max
OS
3
West Pier
Only permitted use are public
park, public use and accessory
uses
Lot coverage 10% max,
building height 3 storeys max
OS
4
Marina
A marina is an additional
permitted use
Lot coverage 30% max,
building height 3 storeys max
OS
5
Bagot St
The only uses permitted are
conservation use, private park,
public use
No buildings or structures shall be permitted
OS
6
King St W and
Burnham St
The only permitted uses are
cultivation of field and
horticultural crops, conservation,
public uses. Other agricultural
uses, accessory sale of crops and
residential uses are not
permitted
Up to 1 27m2 accessory shed and 1 15m2
greenhouse are permitted,
front and exterior side yard 6m min,
rear and interior side yard 1m min
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EC
1
357 Elgin St W An additional permitted use is a
parking area for adjacent
residential use
No parking area within 30m of the edge of
Cobourg Creek
EC
2
30 Hamilton
Ave
The only permitted use is a
conservation use
Buildings and structures accessory to the
permitted use
EC
3
990 Ontario St
(The Mill Golf
Course)
A golf course is an additional
permitted use
Min lot area and frontage as of the date of passing
EC
4
76 Cedermere An additional permitted use is a
single detached dwelling
Building area 297m2 max as replacement of
existing structure
RU
1
9148 Danforth
Rd E
Lot frontage 240m min,
lot area 19.1 ha min,
lot coverage 1% max, 1 dwelling on 1 lot,
front yard established building line or 15m min,
side yard 10m min
RU
2
Small estate
lots Cobourg
East
Community
Residential uses are also
permitted. Agricultural uses and
kennels and day kennels are not
permitted
Lot coverage 20% max,
lot frontage when serviced by public water and
sanitary services 24m min and 725m2 lot area,
lot frontage when serviced by either public water
or sanitary services 30 m min and 2043m2 lot
area,
lot frontage for other servicing 60m min and 7892
m2 lot area
RU
3
Large estate
lots Cobourg
East
Community
Residential uses are also
permitted. Agricultural uses and
kennels and day kennels are not
permitted
Lot coverage 10% max,
lot frontage when serviced by public water and
sanitary services 24m min and 700m2 lot area,
lot frontage when serviced by either public water
or sanitary services 30 m min and 11153m2 lot
area,
lot frontage for other servicing 60m min and 2.3
ha lot area
RU
4
8950 Danforth
Rd E
Kennels, day kennels and
residential uses are not
permitted
Lot area 3.4 ha min,
lands zoned EC may be included in the lot area
calculation
RU
5
1931
Workman Rd
The only permitted use is a
residential use and home
occupation.
Lot coverage 15% max,
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lot frontage when serviced by private water and
sanitary services (septic) 60m min and 3809m2 lot
area
RU
6
Workman Rd Residential uses are also
permitted. Agricultural uses,
kennels and day kennels are not
permitted.
Lot frontage 270 m min,
lot area 5.8 ha min
RU
7
1859
Workman Rd
Residential uses are also
permitted. Agricultural uses,
kennels and day kennels are not
permitted.
Lot frontage 45.5 m min,
lot area 9672 m2 min
D
1
625 King St W
Setback from King St W 120m min,
setback from EC 3m min,
D
2
King St W (NW
of Maplewood
Blvd)
The only permitted use is a
model sales office and display
home
Building height 2 storeys max,
building coverage 200m2 max,
south yard setback 3m min to 5m max,
west yard setback 20m min to 25m max,
notwithstanding Section 4.30 services may be
public or private for the model sales office and
display home use
D
3
Land
Generally East
of 9148
Danforth Road
Agricultural use shall not exceed the raising,
breeding or caring for ten (10) livestock, fowl and
fur-bearing animals and shall not include a farm
dwelling.
Enlargement of legally existing buildings and
structures and erection of new accessory buildings
and structures shall not be permitted.
NR2
1
West Park
Village Phase
5 (Elgin Street
West)
The only permitted uses are
semi-detached dwellings and
townhouse dwellings
Min Front Yard on a Lot not Accessed by a Lane:
1.5 m
Min Rear Yard on a Lot no Accessed by a Lane: 6 m
Max Lot Coverage 65%
CER
3
1
Rondeau
(Cobourg) Ltd.
Additional permitted uses are
townhouse dwellings
Townhouse Dwellings subject to the provisions of
the CER1 Zone
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PART 14.0 - HOLDING ZONES
14.1 USE OF THE HOLD
Notwithstanding any other provision in this By-law, where a Zone symbol is followed by the letter
"H" and a number - for example MUC-H2 - no person shall use or permit the use of the land to
which the letter (H) applies for any use other than the use which legally existed on the date the By-
law applying the holding provision came into effect until the Hold (H) is removed in accordance with
the policies of the Official Plan and the Planning Act, as amended.
14.2 REMOVAL OF THE HOLD
The Town may pass a By-law pursuant to Section 36 of the Planning Act, as amended to remove the
Holding (H) Symbol, thereby placing the lands in the zone indicated by the zone symbol, when all of
the applicable requirements have been met. For the purposes of this By-law, a number of distinct
holding provisions have been applied as set out in Table 14.2:
Table 14.2: Holding Zones
Zone
Designation
Property/
Legal
Description
Conditions for Removal
Date Enacted
H2
Mixed Use
Multiple
properties
The Town is satisfied that proposed
development:
is compatible with the character of
adjacent residential neighbourhoods,
in terms of height, massing and
setbacks;
is compatible with the existing
and/or planned streetscape of any
abutting streets;
represents an efficient use of land in
terms of maximizing the amount of
land available for development,
while being compatible with existing
and proposed/potential
development on adjacent properties;
will not cause traffic hazards or an
unacceptable level of congestion on
surrounding roads;
is located on a site that has adequate
land area to incorporate the
building, on-site parking, an outdoor
amenity area, and appropriate
buffering such as setbacks,
landscaping and fencing to ensure
the compatibility of the use with
adjacent land uses;
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Conditions for Removal
Date Enacted
takes advantage, where appropriate,
of the topography and natural
vegetation of the site and area in
minimizing the impacts of taller
buildings on adjacent land uses;
demonstrates that the potential
shadow impacts associated with tall
buildings will be at an acceptable
level on adjacent properties
(including applying appropriate
angular plane criteria); and,
municipal water and wastewater
services are adequate and available.
H3
Multiple
Properties
The Town has approved applicable plans,
drawings and other related
documentation, and an Agreement has
been entered into pursuant to the
Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13, as
amended. The Agreement shall address
matters including but not limited to:
plans and/or other documentation
pertaining to:
site planning and design;
architectural, building and landscape
design;
heritage impact;
vehicular parking and access;
pedestrian connections and access;
infrastructure and servicing;
parkland; and,
performance measures (re: financial
securities, cost-sharing and
regulations for construction,
maintenance and use).