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S E C T I O N 27 - IN ZONE
27.1
TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
SECTION 27 - INDUSTRIAL (IN) ZONE
27.1
Subject to the General Provisions of Section 6 and all applicable requirements of
this By-law, the provisions of this section shall apply in all Industrial (IN) zones.
27.2
PERMITTED USES
(a)
- Automotive uses
- Bakery
Business or commercial trades school
Catering establishments
- Construction trades establishment
- Commercial refuelling stations
- Communication facilites
- Courier and delivery service
- Dry cleaning plants
- Equipment rentals and servicing
- Factory outlet
- Food processing establishment
- Gasoline bars
- Industrial uses
- Laundries
- Machine shops
- Medical Marihuana Grow and Production Facilities
Motor Vehicle Body Shops
- Motor Vehicle Repair Shops
- Manufacturing
Pet Day Care Establishments
- Plumbing shops
- Printing establishments
- Public storage
- Public uses and operations
- Scientific or medical laboratories
- Service shops
- Tradesperson's shops
- Transportation depots
Transport truck terminals
Veterinarian Clinic in wholly enclosed building
- Warehousing
- Wholesale establishments
(b)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the foregoing, except human
habitation.
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27.2
TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
27.3 REGULATIONS
Minimum Lot Frontage
30m
Minimum Lot Area
1400 sq. m.
Maximum Lot Coverage
50 percent
Minimum Front Yard
15m
Minimum Interior Side Yard
6m, except
(i) 10.5m abutting a side lot line which is the
boundary of any Residential Zone
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
10.5m
Minimum Rear Yard
7.5m, except:
(i)
15m abutting a rear lot line which is the
boundary of any Residential Zone
(ii)
No rear yard need be provided abutting
any railway right-of-way or railway siding
(iii)
For the purposes of this Section, any
rear yard abutting a street shall be
deemed to be a front yard and all
provisions herein relating to front yards
shall apply thereto
Minimum Loading Requirements
No loading space shall be established in any
front yard or any yard adjacent to a residential
zone
Minimum Landscaping Requirements
A landscaping area of a minimum width of 3m
shall be provided and thereafter maintained
adjacent to any residential or commercial zone or
a street that abuts the front, side or rear yard
Outside Storage Regulations
There shall be no outside storage of materials,
waste matter, finished or unfinished products,
equipment or parts which shall be placed, kept or
allowed to remain, except in accordance with the
following outside storage requirements:
(i) Outside storage is permitted in the rear and
interior side yard provided it is screened from
view from any street.
Building Façade Regulations
No exterior walls that face a street shall be
constructed of concrete blocks unless the same
are decorative masonry units or are used in a
decorative pattern form or are surfaced with
stucco or with a permanent-coloured finish (does
not include paint).
Accessory Buildings or Structures to a
Permitted Industrial Use
The following Accessory Buildings or Structures
that are ancillary to a permitted Industrial use
may encroach into required yards:
Gatehouses
Water Meter Buildings
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27.3
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OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
27.4 REGULATIONS FOR "PET DAY CARE ESTABLISHMENTS"
The requirements of Section 6.52 shall apply in addition to the regulations
governing this section.
27.5
BUILDINGS WITH EXPOSURE TO THE QEW
Minimum Lot Frontage
30m
Minimum Lot Area
1400 sq. m.
Maximum Lot Coverage
50 percent
Minimum Front Yard
15m
Minimum Interior Side Yard
6m, except
(i) 10.5m abutting a side lot line which is the
boundary of any Residential Zone
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
10.5m
Minimum Rear Yard
7.5m, except:
i)15m abutting a rear lot line which is the
boundary of any Residential Zone
ii) No rear yard need be provided abutting any
railway right-of-way or railway siding
iii) For the purposes of this Section, any rear
yard abutting a street shall be deemed to be a
front yard and all provisions herein relating to
front yards shall apply thereto
Minimum Loading Requirements
No loading space shall be established in any
front yard or any yard adjacent to a residential
zone or QEW.
Minimum Parking Requirements
No parking space shall be established in any
front yard or yard adjacent to a residential zone
or QEW.
Minimum Landscaping Requirements
i) A landscaping area of a minimum width of 3m
shall be provided and thereafter maintained
adjacent to any residential or commercial zone or
a street that abuts the front, side or rear yard
ii) A landscape area of a minimum width of 6 m
shall be provided and thereafter maintained
adjacent to the QEW.
Outside Storage Regulations
i) There shall be no outside storage of materials,
waste matter, finished or unfinished products,
equipment or parts in yards adjacent to the
QEW.
ii) There shall be no outside storage of materials,
waste matter, finished or unfinished products,
equipment or parts in any front yard or exterior
side yard.
Building Façade Regulations for QEW
Exposure
Walls must consist of brick or decorative
masonry units or are surfaced with stucco. For
the purposes of this provision, buildings with
exposure to the QEW are those that are directly
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27.4
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OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
adjacent to the QEW right of way.
Accessory Buildings or Structures to a
Permitted Industrial Use
The following Accessory Buildings or Structures
that are ancillary to a permitted Industrial use
may encroach into required yards:
Gatehouses
Water Meter Buildings
27.6REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIHUANA GROW AND PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
Minimum Lot Frontage
40m
Minimum Front Yard
15m, except:
i)
that where the yard abuts a Residential
Zone, residential use or other sensitive
land use, 70m is required but this
setback does not apply to existing
buildings or structures.
Minimum Interior Side Yard
And Rear Yard
6m, except:
ii)
that where the yard abuts a Residential
Zone, residential use or other sensitive
land use, 70m is required but this
setback does not apply to existing
buildings or structures.
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
10.5m except:
i) that where the yard abuts a Residential
Zone, residential use or other sensitive
land use, 70m is required but this
setback does not apply to existing
buildings or structures.
Maximum Lot Coverage
60%
Maximum Building Height
i) 12m
Minimum Landscaping Requirements
A landscaping area in the form of a 3m wide
planting strip shall be provided and maintained
adjacent to every portion of any lot line that abuts
a Residential Zone, residential use or other
sensitive land use.
Minimum Loading Requirements
No loading space shall be established in any
front yard or any yard adjacent to a residential
zone or QEW.
Outside Storage Requirements
Outside storage of goods, materials or supplies
is not permitted.
Building Façade Regulations
No exterior walls that face a street shall be
constructed of concrete blocks unless the same
are decorative masonry units or are used in a
decorative pattern form or are surfaced with
stucco or with a permanent coloured finish (does
not include paint).
Visible Night-time Lighting
Where a building or structure consists of more
than 40% of glass and where artificial lighting is
required a closed of wood board on board or
composite/vinyl fence shall be provided and
maintained adjacent to every portion of any lot
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27.5
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line that abuts a Residential Zone, residential
use or other sensitive land use.
Parking
1 parking space for every 100 sq. m. of gross
floor area or every 2 employees, whichever is the
greater.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE INDUSTRIAL (IN) ZONE
IN-36 (129-1990) Bridge Street, North Side, East Side of Pettit Road
(RELOCATED TO OS-36)
IN-40 (129-1990) 410 Jarvis Street
Nothing shall prevent the continued use of the lands indicated as IN-40 on Schedule "A"
for activities of the Fort Erie Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, including
uses, buildings and structures accessory thereto.
IN-41 (129-1990) 1818 Thompson Road
Nothing shall prevent the continued use of the lands indicated as IN-41 on Schedule "A"
for vehicle and metal recycling.
IN-172 (48-1997) 1200 Gilmore Road
These lands are zoned "Industrial IN-172 Zone" and all of the provisions that relate to
lands zoned "Industrial IN Zone" by this by-law shall apply to those lands zoned
"Industrial IN-172 Zone" on Schedule "A" except that in addition to the permitted uses
set out in Subsection 27.2, these lands may also be used for those uses set out in
Subsection 22.2 (a) including the sale of gasoline, motor fuels and petroleum and an
automotive service shop.
IN-176 (70-1997 & 105-10) Dunlop Street, west side, north of Gilmore Road
These lands are zoned "Industrial IN-176 Zone" and all of the provisions that relate to
lands zoned "Industrial IN Zone" by this by-law shall apply to those lands zoned
"Industrial IN-176 Zone" on Schedule "A" except:
a)
that notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 6.5, the subject lands shall
be permitted to front on a private easement / right-of-way 66' in width running
from the northern terminus of Dunlop Street to the southern boundary of the
subject lands, and;
b)
that notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 27.3, the minimum lot
frontage shall not be less than 20 metres, and;
c)
that the southerly lot line shall be considered the front lot line and that
notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 27.3, the minimum front yard
setback shall not be less than 6 metres.
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d)
that notwithstanding the prohibited use in Section 6.22 (a) (xix), the subject lands
may be used as a Salvage Yard.
e)
that notwithstanding the permitted uses in Subsection 27.2, these lands may also
be used for a Salvage Yard.
f)
That notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 27.3, outside storage of
material from the salvage operation will be permitted.
IN-424 (102-10) Fort Erie Industrial Park
These lands are zoned "Industrial IN-424 Zone" and all of the provisions that relate to
lands zoned "Industrial IN Zone" by this by-law shall apply to those lands zoned "Industrial
IN-424 Zone" on the attached Schedule A-15 subject to the following special provisions:
a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection 27.3, the lands shown as
"Industrial IN-424 Zone" shall also be subject to the following provisions:
No new buildings or structures other than those required for flood
erosion control or flood management purposes shall be permitted in
the Hazard Area (1 in 100 year floodplain) as determined by the
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.
Extensions, enlargements or reconstructions of existing buildings and
structures may be permitted within the 1 in 100 year floodplain
provided they are protected up to the 1 in 100 year flood level.
Prior to the issuance of any building permit within the 1 in 100 year
floodplain, the Town shall consult with the Niagara Peninsula
Conservation Authority regarding the administration of the Authority's
fill and construction regulations to address any proposed flood damage
reduction measures which may include such matters as building
setbacks, basement elevations, the strength of foundation walls, the
placement of fill and control of building opening elevations.
IN-521 (70-2015) - Part of West Half of 3565 Eagle Street
These lands are zoned "Industrial IN (IN-521) Zone" and all of the provisions of By-law
129-90 as amended that relate to lands zoned "Industrial IN (IN) Zone" by this by-law
shall apply to those lands zoned "Industrial IN (IN-521) Zone " subject to the following
special provisions:
a)
New development of industrial lands shall comply with the D-6 Guidelines
relative to Institutional and Medium Density designated lands south of the
CP Rail right-of way.
b)
Outside storage of materials and goods shall only be permitted in areas
screened from residences or public realm."
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OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
IN-653 (126-2020) 2776 Stevensville Road
These lands are zoned "Industrial (IN-653) Zone", and all of the provisions of By-law No.
129-90 as amended that relate to lands zoned "Industrial (IN) Zone" by this by-law shall
apply to those lands zoned "Industrial (IN 653) Zone" subject to the following special
regulations:
a)
Notwithstanding Subsection 27.3 the following regulation shall apply:
Minimum Landscaping Requirement - No landscaping area shall be
provided adjacent to a commercial zone.