Zoning By-law Z.-1 - Section 18 - Restricted Office (RO) Zone

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Page 1 of 16 SECTION 18 RESTRICTED OFFICE (RO) ZONE 18.1 GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE RO ZONE This Zone provides for and regulates new office uses outside of the Downtown area in small-scale office buildings. The range of office uses and secondary uses which are provided for in the Official Plan have been differentiated on the basis of function, intensity and potential impacts. There are different RO Zone variations to accommodate a range of office uses. An expanded range of uses and/or more intensive use of a site may be permitted at appropriate locations through the use of zone variations. The RO3 Zone variation is limited in its application to the Talbot Neighbourhood, as directed by the "Talbot Mixed-Use Area" policies in the Neighbourhoods policies of The London Plan. (Z.-1-202871) 18.2 PERMITTED USES No person shall erect or use any building or structure, or use any land or cause or permit any building or structure to be erected or used, or cause or permit any land to be used, in any RO Zone variation for any use other than the following uses: 1) RO The following are permitted uses in the RO Zone variation: a) Offices, professional. 2) RO1 The following area permitted uses in the RO1 Zone variation: a) Medical/dental offices; b) Offices. 3) RO2 The following are permitted uses in the RO2 Zone variation: a) Clinics; b) Medical/dental offices; c) Medical/dental laboratories; d) Offices. 4) RO3 The following are permitted uses in the RO3 Zone variation: a) Business service establishments; b) Day care centres; c) Emergency care establishments; d) Offices; e) Personal service establishments; f) Restaurants eat-in; g) Retail stores; h) Studios; i) Financial institutions. (Z.-1-91014) 18.3 REGULATIONS No person shall erect or use any building or structure, or use any land or cause or permit any building or structure to be erected or used, or cause or permit any land to be used, in any RO Zone variation except in conformity with the regulations as set out in Table 18.3. 1) DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES Drive-through facilities, either as a main or accessory use, are not permitted in the Restricted Office (RO) Zone. (Z.-1-081795) Page 2 of 16 18.4 SPECIAL PROVISIONS The following zones apply to unique or existing situations and are not the standard RO Zone variations. If a regulation or use is not specified, the list of permitted uses and/or the regulations of Section 18.2 and/or Section 18.3 of this by-law shall apply. a) RO Zone Variation RO(1) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Financial institutions; ii) Offices, professional; iii) Studios. RO(2) a) Permitted Uses: i) Offices; ii) Offices, professional. (O.M.B. File #R 910387 and #O 910043 - Appeal #2046/2045 June 4, 1994) b) Regulations: i) Permitted Uses confined to existing buildings and structures. (Z.-1-93186) RO(3) a) Regulations: i) Lot Area 2 000 m2 (Minimum) (21,528 square feet) (Z.-1-96274 - O.M.B. Order O 940199 and R 940384 - February 6, 1996) RO(4) a) Permitted Uses: i) One Medical/dental office in a new building together with one dwelling unit; ii) One Professional office in a new building together with one dwelling unit. b) Regulations: i) The lot line abutting the Wonderland Road North road allowance shall be the front lot line. ii) Front Yard Depth 0 m (0 ft.) (Minimum) iii) Front Yard Depth 1.8 m (5.91 ft.) (Maximum) iv) Interior Side Yard Depth 0 m (0 ft.) (Minimum) v) Interior Side Yard Depth 1.0 m ( 3.28 ft.) (Maximum) vi) Parking Spaces 18 (Minimum) vii) Setback of Parking Area 0 m (0 ft.) from required road allowance (Minimum) (Z.-1-122081) Page 3 of 16 RO(5) 335-385 Saskatoon Street a) Permitted Uses: i) Automobile Repair Garages ii) Offices, Charitable Organization iii) Offices, Support b) Regulations i) Location of Permitted Uses: Permitted uses shall be restricted to the existing building. ii) Exterior Side Yard as existing Setback (minimum) iii) Lot Coverage as existing (maximum) iv) Landscape Open Space as existing (minimum) v) Gross Floor Area 2,824 m2 (30,397 ft2) Office, Charitable Organization and Office, Support (maximum) vi) Gross Floor Area 477 m2 (5,134 ft2) Automotive Repair Garage (maximum) vii) Parking 60 spaces for all (minimum) permitted uses. viii) Parking Areas as existing Setback to Required Road Allowance (minimum) ix) Driveways and as existing Parking Aisles Widths (minimum) (Z.-1-182678) RO(6) 340-390 Saskatoon Street a) Permitted Uses i) Offices, Support ii) Studio iii) Warehouse Establishment iv) Office, Business v) Office, Service vi) Office, Professional vii) Business Service Establishment viii) Office, Charitable Organization b) Regulations i) Location of Permitted Uses Permitted uses shall be restricted to the existing building. ii) Exterior Side Yard as existing Setback (minimum) iii) Lot Coverage as existing (maximum) Page 4 of 16 iv) Landscape Open Space as existing (minimum) v) Gross Floor Area 3,238 m2 (34,854 ft2) Office, Support Office, Business Office, Service Office, Professional Business Service Establishment Office, Charitable Organization (maximum) vi) Gross Floor Area 479 m2 (5,156 ft2) Studio (maximum) vii) Gross Floor Area 940 m2 (10,118 ft2) Warehouse Establishment (maximum) viii) Parking 45 spaces for all permitted (minimum) uses. ix) Parking Areas as existing Setback to Required Road Allowance (minimum) x) Driveways and as existing Parking Aisles Widths (minimum) (Z.-1-182678; amended by Z.-1-233109) b) RO1 Zone Variation RO1(1) a) Regulations: i) Floor Area Ratio 2:1 (Maximum) ii) Lot Coverage 20% (Maximum) (Z.-1-92115) RO1(2) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Pharmacies; ii) Financial institutions; iii) Personal service establishments. (O.M.B. File #R910387 - Appeal #5008 June 4, 1993) RO1(3) Deleted by Z.-1-95331 RO1(4) a) Regulations: i) The minimum landscaped open space shall be 15% where used in combination with uses permitted in the Convenience Commercial CC Zone. (O.M.B. File #O 890134/O 920260/Z 890090/R 890336/R 910387 Page 5 of 16 - Appeal #7008 June 4, 1993) RO1(5) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Financial Institutions in existing buildings; ii) Business service establishments in existing buildings; iii) Personal service establishments in existing buildings; iv) Studios in existing buildings; v) Pharmacies in existing buildings. b) Regulations: i) Landscaped Open Space 13% (Minimum) ii) Gross Floor Area Pharmacies - (Maximum) 120 square metres (1,291.7 square feet) (O.M.B. File #R910387 - Appeal #9009-8 June 4, 1994)(Z.-1-99643)(Z.- 1-01883) RO1(6) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Financial Institutions; ii) Pharmacies; iii) Personal Service Establishments. b) Regulations: i) Gross Floor Area (Maximum) Financial institutions 300.0 square metres (3,229.2 square feet) Pharmacies 200.0 square metres (2,152.8 square feet) Personal Service 150.0 square metres Establishments (1,614.5 square feet) Notwithstanding the above mentioned maximum gross floor areas, the total gross floor area for such uses may not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total gross floor area of the building. ii) Total Gross Floor Area 2 000 square metres (Maximum) (21,529 square feet) iii) Rear Yard and Interior For all portions of a Side Yard Depth building above 6 metres (Minimum) (19.7 feet) in height, the required minimum setback shall be 1 metre (3.3 feet) for each 1 metre (3.3 feet) in height, but in no case less than 6 metres (19.7 feet) for all portions of a building between 0 and 6 metres (19.7 feet) in height where a building abuts a Residential R1 or Residential R2 Zone. (Z.-1-95359) RO1(7) Page 6 of 16 a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Clinics; ii) Commercial schools; iii) Financial institutions; iv) Personal service establishments; v) Studios; vi) Video Rental Establishment. (Z.-1-99663) (O.M.B. Order Number 0633 - File No. PL980497 - Issue Date: July 7, 1999) RO1(8) a) Regulations: i) Main Building 20 metres (65 feet) Setback from the Centre of the Existing Imperial Oil Pipeline (Z.-1-061465) RO1(9) 1444 Adelaide Street North a) Regulation: i) Front Yard setback 4.1 metres (13.45 ft.) (Minimum) (Z.-1-142292) RO1(10) NUMBER NOT USED RO1(11) 609 William Street a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Retail Stores as defined, limited to within the existing building, and which may include a retail store devoted to the sale of building and home related supplies, goods, wares, merchandise and substances without outdoor storage or display, and which shall not include the sale of recreational drug paraphernalia, an adult store, or similar uses. b) Regulations: i) Lot Frontage (William Street) 14.7 metres (48.23 feet) (Minimum) ii) Interior Side Yard Depth 0.0 metres (0.0.feet) North (Minimum) ii) Landscaped Open Space 17.5 percent Associated with Existing Building (%) Minimum iii) Off-street Parking 22 spaces which may be Associated with reduced by up to four parking Existing Building spaces if they are legally (Minimum): dedicated to use by 510 Central Avenue for residential purposes. (Z.-1-142366) RO1(12) 648 Huron Street a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Emergency Care Establishment, associated with a permitted Office Use. b) Regulations: Page 7 of 16 i) East Interior Side Yard Depth 1.9 metres (6.23 feet) (minimum) ii) Landscaped Open Space (%) 27 (minimum) iii) Parking Spaces 37 (minimum): (Z.-1-152427) RO1(13) 584 and 588 Wonderland Road North a) Permitted Use i) One dwelling unit together with office, medical/dental office and/or pharmacy uses. b) Regulations i) Number of parking spaces for 18 all permitted uses (Minimum) ii) Exterior Side Yard Depth 0m (0ft) (Minimum) iii) Parking Area Setback from required 1.4m (4.5ft) road allowance (Minimum) iv) Gross floor area for all 390m² (4,197 sq ft) non-residential uses (Maximum) v) Rear Yard Depth and Interior Side Yard 0.5m (1.6ft) Depth for Accessory structure (Minimum) (Z.-1-202851) RO1(14) 1521 Sunningdale Road West and 2631 Hyde Park Road a) Regulations i) Office uses restricted to location within an apartment building (Z.-1-223026) RO1(15) 743 Wellington Road a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Clinics ii) Medical/dental laboratories iii) Business service establishments iv) Day care centres v) Personal service establishments vi) Financial institutions (Z.-1-243217) RO1(16) 180 Simcoe Street a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Personal Service Establishment ii) Studios iii) Commercial Recreation iv) Private Clubs v) Artisan Workshop vi) Bakery vii) Wellness Centre Page 8 of 16 viii) Place of Worship ix) Florist Shop x) Animal Clinic xi) Retail (Z.-1-253352) c) RO2 Zone Variation RO2(1) deleted by O.M.B. Order R 930480, O 930079 and S 930046 (Order Issue Date: March 21, 1994) (Z.-1-93143) RO2(2) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Retail stores. RO2(3) a) Permitted Use: i) Parking lot. RO2(4) a) Regulations: i) All yard setbacks 0.0 metre from the OS4 zone - (Z.-1-93158) RO2(5) a) Regulations: i) Lot Area 2 000 square metres (Minimum) (21,528 square feet). ii) Rear Yard 15.0 metres (49.21 feet). (Minimum) iii) Front Yard 0 metre (0 feet). (Minimum) iv) Exterior 4.5 metres (14.8 feet). Side Yard (Minimum) v) No vehicular access will be provided to the side street; vi) Lot frontage is defined as frontage onto an arterial road. (O.M.B. File #O 930014/Z 930015 - Appeal #9903 June 4, 1993) RO2(6) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Financial Institutions; ii) Studios b) Regulations: i) Lot Area 2 000 square metres (Minimum) (21,528 square feet). ii) Lot Fontage 30 metres (100 feet). (Minimum) iii) Lot Coverage 25% (Maximum) iv) Height 8.0 metres (26.2 feet). (Maximum) v) Floor Area Ratio 0.25:1 Page 9 of 16 (Maximum) vi) Maximum Financial Institution - Size of 232 square metres Individual Uses (2,500 square feet). (O.M.B. File #R 910387 - Appeal #7003 May 9, 1994) RO2(7) a) Additional Permitted Use: i) Restaurants (Z.-1-97486) RO2(8) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Financial institutions; ii) Retail clothing stores; iii) Studios; iv) Boutiques; v) Florist shops; vi) Gift shops; vii) Home appliance stores; viii) Home decorating stores; ix) Home furnishing stores; x) Jewelry stores; xi) Liquor, beer and wine stores; xii) Pet stores; xiii) Pharmacies. b) Regulations: i) Gross Floor Area For additional permitted uses (Maximum): (iv) to (x) inclusive - 700 m2; For additional permitted uses (xi) to(xii) inclusive - 200 m2. (Z.-1-98624) (deleted and replaced by Z.-1-02970) (O.M.B. Order/Decision No. 0055 - Order Issue Date January 13, 2003 - O.M.B. Case No. PL020377) RO2(9) a) Permitted Uses: i) Parking for uses permitted in the RO2 Zone. (Z.-1-99700) RO2(10) a) Regulations: i) The maximum lot coverage calculation shall be based on a total lot area of 0.92 hectares (2.3 acres), which includes lands in the abutting OS5(4) Zone variation. (Z.-1-00815) RO2(11) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Home Improvement and furnishing store within the existing building. (Z.-1-00832) RO2(12) Page 10 of 16 a) Notwithstanding the regulations of section 18.2 of this By-law to the contrary, on lands zoned RO2 (12 ) on Schedule "A" the following shall apply: The maximum leaseable floor area for medical/dental offices and/or clinics, shall not exceed 1,152 square metres (12,400 square feet) of the existing office building. Furthermore, notwithstanding section 4.19 (10) (b), no additional parking is required.(Z.-1-01871) RO2(13) a) Additional Secondary Permitted Uses: i) Personal service establishments; ii) Restaurants eat-in ; iii) Financial institutions b) Gross floor area (Maximum) The maximum gross floor area for the additional secondary uses identified in (a) above shall be 200 square metres (2,153 square feet) c) Permitted location of secondary uses: All secondary permitted uses must be contained within the office building(s) and are not permitted as free standing uses. d) Notwithstanding the above mentioned maximum gross floor areas, the total gross floor area for such uses may not exceed 30 percent (30%) of the total gross floor area of the building. (Z.-1-01878) RO2(14) a) Regulations: i) Gross Floor Area 104 square metres (Maximum) (1,120 square feet) for clinics, medical/dental offices and medical/dental laboratories. (Z.-1-02941) RO2(15) a) Permitted Uses: i) Clinics, in existing buildings; ii) Medical/dental offices, in existing buildings; iii) Medical/dental laboratories, in existing buildings; iv) Offices, in existing buildings. b) Regulations: i) Notwithstanding the regulations of section 18.2 of this By- Law to the contrary, on lands zoned RO2 (15) on Schedule "A" the following shall apply: The maximum leasable floor area for clinics, medical/dental offices, and medical/dental laboratories, shall not exceed 130 square metres (1,400 square feet) of the existing building. ii) Notwithstanding the regulations of section 4.19 of this By- Law to the contrary, on lands zoned RO2 (15) on Schedule "A" parking requirements may be met by parking provided on the abutting boulevard in accordance with the provisions of a boulevard parking agreement. (Z.-1-021008) RO2(16) Page 11 of 16 a) Additional Permitted Use: i) Dwelling units above the first floor. b) Regulations: i) Gross Floor Area- 3,500 square metres Offices within the (37,000 square feet) existing building (Maximum) ii) Landscaped 25% Open Space (Minimum) iii) Exterior Side Yard 4.0 metres (13 feet) (Minimum) (Z.-1-021015) RO2(17) a) Additional Permitted Use: i) Pharmacies accessory to the main use. b) Regulations: i) Gross Floor Area 186 square metres (Pharmacies) (2,000 square feet) (Maximum) (Z.-1-031162) RO2(18) a) Permitted Uses: i) Accessory parking for uses permitted in the RO2 Zone. (Z.-1-051403) RO2(19) a) Regulations: i) Lot Area 1 500 m2 (Minimum) (16,146 sq.ft.) ii) Rear Yard Setback 20 m (65.6 ft.) Main Building (Minimum) (Z.-1-061481) RO2(20) a) Additional Permitted Uses i) Funeral Homes b) Regulations i) Main Building Setback from the Centre 20 metres (65 feet) of the Existing Imperial Oil Pipeline (Z-1-081700 January 21, 2008) RO2(21) a) Additional Regulations: i) Lot Area 0.7 hectares (Minimum) ii) Front Yard Setback 2.0 metres (Minimum) 3.0 metres (Maximum) iii) Height 9.0 metres (2 storeys maximum) (Z.-1-091864) Page 12 of 16 RO2(22) Not Used RO2(23) a) Additional Permitted Uses: i) Animal Clinic. b) Regulations: i) Front Yard Depth 0.3 metres (1.0 foot) (Minimum) (Z.-1-11997) RO2(24) a) Additional Regulations i) Lot Area 0.7 hectares (Minimum) ii) Height 9.0 metres (2 storeys maximum) iii) Rear Yard 3.2 metres Setback (Minimum) iv) East Interior Side 2.1 metres Setback (Minimum) v) West Interior Side 5.1 metres Setback (Minimum) vi) Front Yard Setback 1.0 metres To Parking Area (Minimum) vii) Landscaped Open 23% Space (Minimum) viii) Parking Spaces 131 (Minimum) ix) Gross Leasable 1,866.2 m2 Floor Area (Maximum) (Z.-1-112019) RO2(25) 783 Richmond Street a) Regulation i) Parking requirement for As Existing commercial and office uses (Z.-1-122115) RO2(26) 510, 518 and 526 Southdale Road East a) Regulations i) Parking setback from ultimate 49 feet (15 meters) road allowance from Southdale Road East. (minimum) (Z.-1-132157) RO2(27) 175 Fanshawe Park Road West a) Regulations i) Gross Floor Area 650m2 (7,000 square feet) (Maximum) ii) Parking Spaces 32 (Minimum) iii) Landscaped Open Space 20% (Minimum) Page 13 of 16 iv) Parking Area Setback 1 metre (3.28 feet) from Road Allowance (Minimum) (Z.-1-142356) RO2(28) 130 Thompson Road a) Regulations: i) Front Yard Depth 3.76 metres (12 ft.) (minimum) ii) Landscape Open Space 15% (minimum) iii) Parking 76 Spaces (minimum) (Z.-1-142362) RO2(29) 711 Oxford Street West a) Additional Permitted Use: i) Sports Simulation Facility b) Regulations i) Front Yard Depth 5.7m (18.8 ft.) (minimum) ii) Parking Rate for 1 per 15m² of gross additional permitted use floor area (161 sq. ft.) (minimum) (Z.-1-152371) RO2(30) 447 Old Wonderalnd Road a) Regulations i. Front Yard Depth 0.0 metres (0.0 ft) (minimum) ii. Exterior Side Yard Setback 0.0 metres (0.0 ft) (minimum) iii. The lot line which abuts Teeple Terrace shall be interpreted as the front lot line. iv. Parking: In accordance with Section 4.19(10) or 85 spaces, whichever is the lesser. v. Height 9 metres (29.53 ft)" (maximum): (Z.-1-162493 - OMB Decision PL140366 - March 5, 2015 RO2(31) 3080 Bostwick Road a) Regulations: i) Exclusion from the Lot Area, Lot Frontage, Front and Exterior Site Yard Depth, Interior Side and Rear Yard Depth, Landscaped Open Space, Lot Coverage and Height regulations of Table 18.3 of this Zoning By-law; ii) Office uses restricted to location within an apartment building (Z.-1-182711) RO2(32) 3010 Yorkville Street a) Regulations: Page 14 of 16 i) Front Yard Depth 1.2 metres (Minimum) ii) Exterior Side Yard Depth 12.9 metres (Minimum) iii) Rear Yard Depth 0.6 metres (Minimum) iv) Height 14.0 metres (Maximum) (Z.-1-182713 deleted and replaced by Z.-1-243199) RO2(33) 447 Old Wonderland Road a) Regulations: i) Front Yard Depth 0.75 metres (Minimum): (2.46 feet) ii) Exterior Side Yard Depth 0.75 metres (Minimum): (2.46 feet) iii) Parking (Minimum): In accordance with Section 4.19(10) or 85 spaces, whichever is lesser. iv) Height 9 metres (Maximum): (29.53 feet) (Z.-1-192733) RO2(34) 676-700 Beaverbrook Avenue and 356 Oxford Street West a) Regulation[s]: i) Office Gross Floor Area 4000 square metres (Maximum) (43,056 square feet) (Z.-1-192797) RO2(35) 915-919 Commissioners Road East a) Regulations: Off-street Parking for all permitted uses in the existing buildings: Fifty-one (51) spaces. (Z.-1-212944) RO2(36) 1521 Sunningdale Road West and 2631 Hyde Park Road a) Regulations i) Office uses restricted to location within an apartment building (Z.-1-223026) d) RO3 Zone Variation RO3(1) a) Regulations: i) Lot Area 800.0 square metres (Minimum) (8,611.4 square feet) ii) Lot Frontage 20.0 metres (65.5 feet) (Minimum) Page 15 of 16 iii) Front Yard 3.0 metres (9.8 feet) Depth (Minimum) iv) Rear Yard Depth 3.0 metres (9.8 feet) (Minimum) v) Interior Side Yard 3.0 metres (9.8 feet) Depth if abutting on easterly (Minimum) or 7.5 metres (24.6 feet) if abutting on easterly Residential zone vi) Height 15.0 metres (49.2 feet) (Maximum) vii) Parking Office of a lawyer - 1 space per 112.0 square metres (1,205.6 square feet) gross leasable floor area. (O.M.B. File #R 910387 - Appeal #2028 May 19, 1994) Page 16 of 16 TABLE 18.3 RESTRICTED OFFICE (RO) ZONE REGULATIONS FOR RO ZONE VARIATIONS Column A B C D E Line 1 ZONE VARIATION RO RO1 RO2 RO3 2 PERMITTED USES See Section 18.2(1) See Section 18.2(2) See Section 18.2(3) See Section 18.2(4) 3 LOT AREA (m2) MINIMUM 450 450 800 1 000 4 LOT FRONTAGE (m) MINIMUM 15.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 5 FRONT AND EXTERIOR SIDE YARD DEPTH (m) (MINIMUM) LOCAL STREET 6.0 Plus 1.0 metres (3.3 feet) per 10.0 metres (32.8 feet) of main building height or fraction thereof above the first 3.0 metres (9.8 feet) 6 ARTERIAL 8.0 7 PRIMARY COLLECTOR 6.0 8 SECONDARY COLLECTOR 6.0 9 INTERIOR SIDE & REAR YARD DEPTH (m) MINIMUM 1.2 metres (3.9 feet) per 3.0 metres (9.8 feet) of main building height or fraction thereof. 10 LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE (%) MINIMUM 30 11 LOT COVERAGE (%) MAXIMUM 30%; plus up to 10% of additional coverage provided the landscaped open space requirement is increased 1% for every 1% increase in coverage above 30% 12 HEIGHT (m) MAXIMUM 10 10 12 12 13 (Z.-1- 95320) TOTAL GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR ALL OFFICE USES (m2) MAXIMUM 2 000