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Part II: Section 25 - Business Park 2 Zone (BP2) - Zoning By-law
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S E C T I O N 2 5
(117/2002)
(OMB Approved)
BUSINESS PARK 2 ZONE (BP2)
Page
25.1
Permitted Uses
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25.2
Zone Regulations
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25.1 Permitted Uses
Accessory uses and buildings.
Call centres.
Laboratories.
Non-noxious and Non-offensive Light Manufacturing and Assembly uses that involve
assembly, fabrication, manufacturing, warehousing, storage or distribution only within
wholly enclosed buildings.
Offices.
Printing and publishing establishments.
Research and development facilities.
Showroom, retail and sales operations in association with and ancillary to the permitted
uses may be permitted in buildings in the business park provided that such space
does not exceed 25 % of the gross leasable floor area of the permitted use.
Warehousing but excluding mini storage warehousing.
(115/2006)
Wholesaling establishments.
25.2 Zone Regulations
(1)
Lot Area:
(minimum)
4,000m2
(maximum)
20 hectares
(2)
Lot Frontage:
(minimum)
30m
(3)
Front Yard Depth:
(minimum)
15m
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(4)
Interior Side Yard Width: (minimum)
6 metres except that 50 metres
shall be provided from an
adjacent residential zone.
(5)
Exterior Side Yard Width: (minimum)
15 metres except that 50 metres
shall be
provided
from
an
adjacent residential zone.
(6)
Rear Yard Depth:
(minimum)
15 metres except that 50 metres
shall be provided from an adjacent
residential zone.
(7)
Lot Coverage:
(maximum)
30%
(8)
Building Height:
(maximum)
12 metres except that only 9
metres shall be permitted within
100 metres of London Line or any
residential zone.
(9)
Landscaped Open Space: (minimum)
30%
(10)
Planting Strips:
(minimum)
7.5 metres adjacent to public
highways or any residential use
except that 15 metres shall be
provided along the west side of
Telfer Road.
(11)
Environmental Standards: (minimum)
light manufacturing and assembly
uses will be expected to meet or
surpass provincial standards for
noise, vibration and airborne
emissions and may require a
Certificate of Approval from the
Ministry of Environment where it is
provided
for
under
the
Environmental Protection Act and
associated regulations.
(12)
Open Storage:
(maximum)
10%
No open storage is permitted
within any yard adjacent to
Highway No. 402 or within 100
metres
of
Highway
402
Any permitted open storage shall
be screened from view by one or
any combination of a solid fence or
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wall, or earth berm not less than
2.5metres in height around the
entire perimeter of the open
storage area. All open storage
shall be landscaped to supplement
the solid screen. No open storage
shall exceed the height of the
screen.
25.2.1 Special Provisions
(1)
For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Non-noxious and Non-offensive Light Manufacturing and Assembly
uses means a building or part thereof used for assembly, fabrication,
manufacturing, warehousing, storage or distribution, the operation of which
does not regularly produce emissions of noise, fumes, odour, particulate
matter or vibration which have an adverse impact on adjacent residential
zones. Light manufacturing and assembly uses shall meet or exceed
Provincial standards for noise, vibration and airborne emissions, and shall
require a certificate of approval from the Ministry of Environment, if
provided for under the Environmental Protection act and associated
regulations. Light manufacturing and assembly shall not include raw
material processing, primary metals processing or any other use that is or
may become a noxious or offensive use as defined by this By-law.
(b) Noxious Uses shall mean a use of land or building which, from its nature
or operation, creates a nuisance, or is liable to become a nuisance,
offensive or dangerous by the creation of noise or vibration, or by reason of
the emission of gas, fumes, dust, or objectionable odour, or by reason of
the unsightly storage of goods, wares, merchandise, salvage, refuse
matter, waste, or other material.
(2)
The architectural design of buildings located on lots which front on Highway 402
and internal local roads shall be designed in such a manner so as to appear to
front on both roads.
(3)
No loading doors or loading docks are permitted on the east side of buildings
located adjacent to Telfer Road.
(4)
A berm and a privacy fence having a combined minimum height of 6.8 meters
(berm minimum of 5 metres and fence minimum of 1.8 metres) measured
vertically from the centre line of Telfer Road, between London Line and Highway
402, shall be constructed by the City of Sarnia, adjacent to the west limit of
Telfer Road within the BP2 Zone, prior to the issuance of the first building permit
for a main building within the BP2 Zone of the Business Park development. This
requirement shall not apply to any infrastructure buildings proposed to be
constructed by the City of Sarnia.
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