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S E C T I O N 28 - PI ZONE
28.1
TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
SECTION 28: PRESTIGE INDUSTRIAL (PI) ZONE
28.1
Subject to the General Provisions of Section 6 and all applicable requirements of
this By-law, the provisions of this section shall apply to all Prestige Industrial (PI)
Zones.
28.2
PERMITTED USES
(a)
Any executive and administrative offices of any industrial use
Animal hospitals and shelters Bakery
Building, specialty or general contractor offices
Business offices
Business or commercial trades school
Construction trades establishments
- Commercial refuelling stations
Communication Facilities
Courier or delivery services
Day nurseries
Dry cleaning plants
Establishments providing information and telecommunication services
Establishments providing
for quality
control,
research and/or product
development services
Equipment rentals and servicing
Factory outlets
Food processing establishments
Gasoline bars
Industrial uses
Laundries
Machine shops
Medical Marihuana Grow and Production Facilities
Motor vehicle body shops
Motor vehicle repair shops
Manufacturing
Motion picture, audio and video production and distribution services
Offices providing architectural, engineering, planning, surveying, industrial
design, computer, accounting, interior design, printing, graphic advertising and/or
marketing services
Offices providing construction management and land development services
Printing establishments
Public storage
Public uses and operations
Scientific or medical laboratories
S E C T I O N 28 - PI ZONE
28.2
TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
Service shops
Tradesperson's shops
Transportation depots
Transport truck terminals
Veterinarian Clinic in wholly enclosed building
Warehousing
Wholesale establishments
(b)
Eating Establishments are permitted, provided they are not in a freestanding
building, rather in the same building or connected to a building containing one of above
permitted uses.
(c)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the above permitted uses.
28.3 REGULATIONS
Minimum Lot Area
4000 sq. m.
Minimum Lot Frontage
38m
Maximum Lot Coverage
40 percent
Minimum Front Yard
15m
Minimum Interior Side Yard
6m, except where the side yard abuts a
residential zone a side yard of 10.5m shall be
provided
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
10.5m
Minimum Rear Yard
7.5m except where the rear yard abuts a
residential zone, a rear yard of 10.5m shall be
provided
Maximum Building Height
i) 3 storeys
ii) 12 m
Enclosed Building Required
The manufacturing or processing of any item
involving the use of any machine is prohibited
unless conducted within an enclosed building
Minimum Loading Requirements
No loading space shall be established in any
front yard, any yard adjacent to a residential
zone or any yard abutting a flanking street.
Minimum Landscaping Requirements
A landscaping area of a minimum width of 4.5m
adjacent to any residential or commercial zone or
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 or are
exposed to public view from a street or constitute
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28.3
TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
the principal point of public entry shall be
constructed of concrete blocks unless the same
are decorative masonry blocks or are used in a
decorative pattern form or are surfaced with
stucco or with a permanent coloured finish
(which 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
28.4
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.
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TOWN OF FORT ERIE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 129-90
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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
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
28.5 REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIHUANA GROW AND PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
Minimum Lot Frontage
40m
Minimum Front Yard
15m
Minimum Interior Side Yard
And Rear Yard
6m, 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 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
50%
Maximum Building Height
i) 9m
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
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not include paint).
Night-time Lighting
A closed fence 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.
Parking
1 parking space for every 100 sq. m. of gross
floor area or every 2 employees, whichever is the
greater.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRESTIGE INDUSTRIAL (PI) ZONE
P1-37 (129-1990) Fort Erie Racetrack Slots
Deleted by Amending By-law No. 2013-038.
PI-57 (129-1990) 8 Hagey Avenue
Nothing shall prevent the continued use of loading spaces in the required front yard and
expansion thereto for the lands indicated as PI-57 on Schedule A.
PI-195 (52-1998) 1030 Bertie Street
These lands are zoned "Prestige Industrial PI-195 Zone" and all of the provisions that
relate to lands zoned "Prestige Industrial PI Zone" by this By-law shall apply to those
lands zoned "Prestige Industrial PI-195 Zone" on Schedule A, except that in addition to
the permitted uses set out in Subsection 28.2, these lands may also be used for a public
self storage facility.
PI-522 (70-2015) - Various Lands South of CP Rail Lands between West of
Winger, North of the Black Creek
These lands are zoned " Prestige Industrial (PI-522) Zone " and all of the provisions of
By-law 129-90 as amended that relate to lands zoned " Prestige Industrial (PI) Zone "
by this by-law shall apply to those lands zoned "Prestige Industrial (PI-522) Zone "
subject to the following special provisions:
a)
Notwithstanding Section 28.3, "Outside Storage Regulations", Outside Storage of
goods or materials shall not be a permitted on lands zoned "Prestige Industrial
(PI-522) Zone.
PI-523 (70-2015) - s/w corner of Winger Road at CP Rail lands
These lands are zoned " Prestige Industrial (PI-523) Zone " and all of the provisions of
By-law 129-90 as amended that relate to lands zoned " Prestige Industrial (PI) Zone "
by this by-law shall apply to those lands zoned "Prestige Industrial (PI-523) Zone " on
the attached Schedule A-7 subject to the following special provisions:
a)
Notwithstanding Section 28.3, the Minimum Lot Area shall be 2500 sq.m.