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RH - Rural Heavy Industrial Zone (Sections 221-222)
Purpose of the Zone
The purpose of the RH - Rural Heavy Industrial Zone is to:
(1)
permit the development of heavy industrial uses in areas mainly designated as General
Rural Area, Village and Carp Road Corridor Rural Employment in the Official Plan;
(2)
accommodate a range of heavy industrial uses and limited service commercial uses at
locations which are neither environmentally sensitive nor in close proximity to
incompatible land uses; and,
(3)
regulate development in a manner that respects adjacent land uses and will have a
minimal impact on the rural area.
221.
In the RH Zone:
Permitted Uses
(1)
The following uses are permitted subject to:
(a)
the provisions of subsections 221(3) to (5);
automobile body shop
automobile service station
Cannabis Production Facility, and contained within a building that is not a
greenhouse. (By-law 2019-222)
crematorium
drive-through facility (OMB Order #PL080959 issued March 18, 2010)
gas bar
heavy equipment and vehicle sales, rental and servicing
heavy industrial use
kennel, see Part 3, Section 84
leaf and yard waste composting facility
light industrial use
parking lot
printing plant
service and repair shop
storage yard
truck transport terminal
warehouse
waste processing and transfer facility
Conditional Uses Permitted
(2)
The following conditional uses are permitted subject to the following:
(a)
the provisions of subsections 221(3) to (5);
(b)
the use is located on the same lot as the use listed in Section 221(1);
(c)
the retail store is limited to the sale of goods, service or materials provided by a
use permitted in Section 221(1);
bank machine
bar (By-law 2018-171)
car wash
convenience store
restaurant
retail store (OMB Order #PL080959 issued March 18, 2010)
(d)
A bar
(i)
must be ancillary to a permitted brewery, winery or distillery; and,
(ii)
may not have a gross floor area exceeding the lesser of:
(1)
300 m2, or
(2)
25% of the floor area of the brewery, winery or distillery to which it is
ancillary. (By-law 2018-171)
Zone Provisions
(3)
Zone provisions are set out in Table 221 below.
TABLE 221 - RH ZONE PROVISIONS
I
ZONING MECHANISMS
II
PROVISIONS
(a) Minimum lot width (m)
50
(b) Minimum lot area (m2)
8,000
(c) Minimum front yard setback (m)
15
(d) Minimum rear yard setback (m)
15
(e) Minimum
interior side yard
setback (m)
(i) Abutting an
industrial zone
3
(ii) Other cases
10
(f) Minimum corner side yard setback (m)
15
(g) Maximum principal building height (m)
15
(h) Maximum lot coverage (%)
50
(i) Outdoor storage
(a) outside storage is not permitted within any required
front yard or corner side yard;
(b) outside storage must be screened from abutting
residential uses and public streets by an opaque screen
at least 1.8 metres in height from finished grade
(4)
For other applicable provisions, see Part 2 - General Provisions, Part 3 - Specific Use
Provisions and Part 4 - Parking, Queuing and Loading Provisions.
(5)
It should be noted that lots serviced by private services may require lot sizes larger than
that necessary to meet zone provisions in order to accommodate the servicing systems
capable of handling the increased levels of water consumption and sewage generation
that may be associated with these uses.
RH SUBZONES
222.
In the RH Zone, the following subzones apply:
(1)
Zone provisions are set out in Table 222A below.
TABLE 222A - RH SUBZONE PROVISIONS
I
Subzones
II
Minimum Lot Area (m2)
III
Minimum Lot Width (m)
(a) RH1
20,000
60
(b) RH2
4000
30
(c) RH3
1000
30
RH4 AND RH5 SUBZONES - CARP ROAD CORRIDOR
(2)
In the RH4 and RH5 subzones:
(a)
the automobile service station may not retail fuel;
(b)
the following uses are prohibited:
gas bar
(3)
The RH4 and RH5 subzone provisions are set out in Table 222B below.
TABLE 222B - RH4 AND RH5 SUBZONE PROVISIONS
I
ZONING MECHANISMS
PROVISIONS
II
RH4
III
RH5
(a) Minimum lot width (m)
30
50
(b) Minimum lot area (m2)
1000
8000
(c) Minimum front yard setback (m)
12
12
(d) Minimum rear
yard setback (m)
(i) Abutting a RG,
RH or RC zone
7.5
7.5
(ii) Other cases
10
10
(i) Abutting a RG,
RH or RC zone
4.5
4.5
I
ZONING MECHANISMS
PROVISIONS
II
RH4
III
RH5
(e) Minimum
interior side yard
setback (m)
(ii) Other cases
10
10
(f) Minimum corner side yard setback (m)
12
12
(g) Maximum principal building height (m)
15
15
(h) Maximum lot coverage (%)
50
50
(i) Outdoor storage
(a) outside storage is not permitted within any required
front yard or corner side yard
(b) outside storage must be screened from abutting
residential uses or zones and public streets by an opaque
screen at least 1.8 m in height from finished grade