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SECTION 16.0
RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL ZONE (MR)
Page 16-1
Town of Tillsonburg Zoning By-Law Number 3295
16.1 USES PERMITTED
No person shall within any MR Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure for any purpose except one or more of the MR uses
presented in Table 16.1:
TABLE 16.1: USES PERMITTED
Residential Uses:
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not permitted;
Non-Residential Uses:
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an animal shelter;
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an assembly plant;
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an autobody repair shop;
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a bus storage yard;
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a contractor's shop or yard;
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a dry cleaning establishment;
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a fabricating plant;
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an industrial mall;
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a kennel;
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a laundry plant;
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a lumber yard;
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a machine shop;
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a manufacturing plant;
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an open storage use in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.2.3 of this
By-Law;
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a packaging plant;
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a parking lot;
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a printing plant;
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a processing plant;
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a public garage;
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a public use in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.27 of this By-Law;
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a scientific research and development establishment;
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Town of Tillsonburg Zoning By-Law Number 3295
TABLE 16.1: USES PERMITTED
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a self storage warehouse;
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a service shop;
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a warehouse;
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a retail or wholesale outlet, a business office or an eating establishment accessory to a
permitted use;
16.2 ZONE PROVISIONS
No person shall within any MR Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the provisions presented in Table
16.2:
TABLE 16.2: ZONE PROVISIONS
Zone Provision
Non-Residential Uses
Lot Area: Minimum
600 m2 (6,458.5 ft2)
Lot Frontage: Minimum
20 m (65.6 ft)
Lot Depth, Minimum
30 m (98.4 ft)
Lot Coverage, Maximum
40% of lot area
Front Yard, Minimum
Depth
Exterior Side Yard,
Minimum Width
15 m (49.2 ft), provided that where the lands adjoining
the opposite side of that portion of the street abutting
such front yard or exterior side yard are zoned
Residential or FD, the minimum front yard and exterior
side yard shall be 18 m (59.1 ft)
Rear Yard, Minimum Depth
7.5 m (24.6 ft), provided that where the rear lot line is
the boundary line between an MR Zone and a
Residential or FD Zone, the minimum rear yard shall be
15 m (49.2 ft).
Interior Side Yard,
Minimum Width
3 m (9.8 ft), provided that where the side lot line is the
boundary line between an MR Zone and a Residential
or FD Zone, the minimum interior side yard shall be
10 m (32.8 ft)
Setback, Minimum
Distance from the
Centreline of an Arterial
Road Allowance as shown
on Schedule 'C'
27.5 m (90.2 ft)
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Town of Tillsonburg Zoning By-Law Number 3295
TABLE 16.2: ZONE PROVISIONS
Zone Provision
Non-Residential Uses
Setback, All other streets
25 m (82 ft), provided that where the lands adjoining
the opposite side of that portion of the street abutting
the MR Zone are designated as a Residential or FD
Zone, then the required setback opposite such zone is
increased by an additional 5 m (16.4 ft).
Landscaped Open Space,
Minimum
10% of the lot area
Height of Building,
Maximum
15 m (49.2 ft), provided that if any portion of a building
or structure is erected above a height of 15 m (49.2 ft),
such building or structure must be set back from the
centreline of the abutting street or from the front, side or
rear lot line, as the case may be, in addition to the
minimum requirements of this By-law, a further distance
of 0.5 m (1.6 ft) for each metre by which such building
or structure is erected above a height of 15 m (49.2 ft).
Parking, accessory uses,
permitted encroachments
and other general
provisions
In accordance with the provisions of Section 5.
(Deleted and Replaced by By-Law 2025-046)
16.2.1 SETBACK ADJACENT TO A SENSITIVE LAND USE
Notwithstanding the provision of Table 16.2 to the contrary, where an MR zone
abuts any residential, FD, IN1, IN2 or OS2 zone, then the yard so abutting such
zone shall have a minimum depth of 20 m (65.6 ft) and be used for no other
purpose than landscaping or visitor parking.
16.2.2 USE OF FRONT AND EXTERIOR SIDE YARD
Required front and exterior side yards shall be kept open and unobstructed by
any structure or parking area for motor vehicles, except for visitor parking areas.
16.2.3 OPEN STORAGE
No storage of goods or materials is permitted outside any building except that the
open storage of goods or materials may be permitted to the rear of the main
building provided that:
16.2.3.1
such open storage is accessory to the use of the main building on the lot;
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16.2.3.2
such open storage complies with the yard and setback requirements of
this Section;
16.2.3.3
such open storage does not cover more than 30% of the lot area nor
exceed twice the ground floor area of the main building on the lot;
16.2.3.4
any portion of the area used for open storage, where it does not adjoin the
outside wall of a building is enclosed by a fence; and
16.2.3.5
the fence described in the foregoing subsection is at least 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in
height from the ground and is of permanent masonry, wood and/or rigid
plastic construction with a ratio of voids to solids not greater than 50% of
such length of fence as may be required so that the storage area is not
visible, from a street adjoining the lot or along any line of sight that is
perpendicular to the centreline of such street.
16.3 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
June 30/25