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Aisle and Driveway Provisions (Section 107)
107.
(1)
The following regulations apply to parking lots and parking garages, whether as principal or
accessory uses:
(a)
A driveway providing access to a parking lot or parking garage must have a
minimum width of;
(i)
three metres for a single traffic lane, and
(ii)
in the case of a parking lot, 6.0 metres for a double traffic lane; and (By-law
2016-249) (By-law 2020-299)
(iii)
in the case of a parking garage, 6.0 metres for a double traffic lane. (By-law
2016-249)
(aa)
Despite clause 107(1)(a), in the case of an apartment dwelling, low-rise, stacked
dwelling, or an apartment mid-rise, or apartment high-rise, the maximum permitted
width for a double traffic lane that leads to:
(i)
Less than 20 parking spaces: 3.6m
(ii)
20 or more parking spaces: 6.7m (By-law 2014-289)
(b)
All driveways and aisles providing access to or located within a parking lot or
parking garage must have a minimum vertical clearance clear of obstructions such
as signs and other structures of;
(i)
for a parking lot - two metres, and
(ii)
for a parking garage - in accordance with the Building Code, as amended.
(c)
An aisle providing access to parking spaces in a parking lot or parking garage:
(i)
must comply with the minimum required width specified in Table 107;
(ii)
despite (i), in the case of a parking garage, or parking lot accessory to a
residential use an aisle serving parking spaces angled at between 56 and
90 degrees must be at least 6.0 metres wide; (By-law 2020-299)
(iii)
despite (i) and (iii), no aisle is required for any parking space served by an
automated parking system. (By-law 2016-249)
(2)
A driveway providing access to parking spaces other than in a parking garage or parking
lot must have a minimum width of 2.6 metres.(By-law 2014-80) (By-law 2016-249)
(3)
Despite 107(2), in the case of a driveway providing access to a permitted parking space
for a Detached Dwelling, Semi-detached Dwelling, Linked-detached Dwelling, Duplex
Dwelling, Townhouse Dwelling or Stacked Dwelling:
(a)
the driveway must have a minimum width of 2.6 metres.
(b)
where a driveway is providing access to a permitted parking space located outside
of the front yard and corner side yard it may be located in a front yard, in a corner
side yard, in an interior yard, in the extension of an interior side yard into the front
yard or in the extension of a corner side yard into a rear yard provided that: (By-law
2018-155)
(i)
In the R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 zones, no part of the driveway may be located
between the front wall of the residential use building and the street nor, in
the case of a corner lot, between the corner side wall of the residential use
building and the street; and, (By-law 2017-302)
(ii)
the area of the driveway does not exceed the greater of:
1. 50 per cent of the area of the yard in which it is located, or
2. 2.6 metres times the depth of the yard in which it is located.
(iii)
For the purposes of clause 3(b)(ii), the front yard and corner side yard are
deemed to include any corner sight triangle as required and defined under
Section 57. (By-law 2020-289)
(c)
Despite subsection (3)(b)(i), on a lot within the area shown as Area A on Schedule
318, on which a residential use building was constructed and occupied on or prior
to December 31, 2013, a driveway providing access to a permitted parking space
may be widened in accordance with the following:
(i)
a driveway's width may encroach into the extension of the interior side yard
into the front yard;
(ii)
a driveway's width may encroach up to 1.8m into the area between the front
wall of the residential use building and the street, provided that the
combined width of that part of the driveway extending in front of the front
wall and any walkway does not exceed 1.8m;
(iii)
in the case of a corner lot, a driveway's width may encroach up to 1.8m into
the area between the corner side wall of the residential use building and the
street, provided that the combined width of that part of the driveway
extending in front of the corner side wall and any walkway does not exceed
1.8m;
(iv)
any part of any driveway located between the front wall or corner side wall
of the residential use building and the street must consist of non-vegetative
materials such as brick, pavers, rock, stone, concrete, tile and wood,
excluding monolithic concrete and asphalt. (By-law 2014-80)
Table 107- Minimum Required Aisle Width
I
Angle of
Parking
(degrees)
II
Minimum
Required
Aisle Width
(metres)
(a) 0-40
3.5
(b) 41-55
4.3
(c) 56-70
6.5
(d) 71-90
6.7