City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250: Frontage on a Public Street (Sec. 59)

Ottawa, Ontario · No. 2008-250 · summary & facts

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Frontage on a Public Street (Section 59) 59. (1) No person shall develop or otherwise use any lot unless that land abuts an improved public street for a distance of at least 3.0 metres; and (By-law 2015-190) (By-law 2017- 302) (2) No person shall sever any land unless the land severed and the land retained each abut to a street, in accordance with subsection (1). (By-law 2015-190) (3) Where a severance involves more than two lots, subsection (1) applies with all necessary modification to each lot involved. (4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to a lot used for a marine facility, a utility installation, urban agriculture, a cemetery, a forestry operation, a military training facility, a park, an environmental preserve and education area, or an agricultural use excluding any accessory dwelling unit. (By-law 2017-148) (5) Despite subsections (1), (2) and (3), the following are deemed to be improved public streets for the purpose of this section: (a) a parkway, or (b) a private way within a planned unit development that complies with the planned unit development provisions.