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SECTION 29.0
Page 29-1
AGRICULTURAL ZONE (AG)
City of Woodstock Zoning By-law Number 8626-10
29.1
USES PERMITTED
No person shall within any AG Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or
structure for any purpose except for one or more of the following AG uses:
29.1.1
Residential Uses
a converted dwelling house;
an existing dwelling house;
a single-detached dwelling house accessory to a farm;
a home occupation;
29.1.2
Non-Residential Uses
an animal kennel;
a conservation project;
a farm as defined in Section 29 of this By-law;
a Group Home Type 1;
a seasonal farm produce outlet.
29.2
ZONE PROVISIONS
No person shall within any AG Zone use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or
structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
TABLE 29.2 - ZONE PROVISIONS
Zone Provision
Livestock Barns and Manure Storage
Buildings and Structures
Sales Outlets for
Farm Produce
All Other
Buildings and
Structures
Lot Area
Minimum
40.0 ha
Lot Frontage
Minimum
100 m
Front Yard
Depth
Minimum
Exterior Side
Yard Width
Minimum
Greater of 30 m or such minimum
distance from the front lot line or
exterior lot line as determined through
the application of the Minimum Distance
Separation Formula II (MDS II)
5.0 m
15.0 m
SECTION 29.0
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AGRICULTURAL ZONE (AG)
City of Woodstock Zoning By-law Number 8626-10
TABLE 29.2 - ZONE PROVISIONS
Zone Provision
Livestock Barns and Manure Storage
Buildings and Structures
Sales Outlets for
Farm Produce
All Other
Buildings and
Structures
Rear Yard Depth
Minimum
Interior Side
Yard Width
Minimum
Greater of 10 m or such minimum
distance from the rear lot line or interior
lot line as determined through the
application of the Minimum Distance
Separation Formula II (MDS II)
7.5 m
Setback
Minimum
distance from
centreline of a
County Road
Greater of 45 m or the sum of 16 m plus
the front yard or exterior side yard
depth determined through the
application of the Minimum Distance
Separation Formula II (MDS II)
21.0 m
31.0 m
Landscaped
Open Space
Minimum
30% of the lot area
35% of the lot area
Height
Minimum
15.0 m
Parking,
Accessory
Buildings, etc.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 5 herein
29.2.1
Definitions:
29.2.1.1
For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
i)
"FARM" means any agricultural use and includes: apiaries; aviaries; berry or
bush crops; breeding, raising or training horses or cattle; commercial
greenhouses; animal kennels; farms devoted to the raising and marketing of
chickens, turkeys or other fowl or game birds, animals, fish or frogs; flower,
vegetable or specialty crops; field crops; research and/or breeding stations;
mushroom farms; nurseries; orchards; riding stables; tree crops; wood lots;
seasonal farm shows and such accessory uses or enterprises as are customarily
carried on in the field of primary agriculture.
SECTION 29.0
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AGRICULTURAL ZONE (AG)
City of Woodstock Zoning By-law Number 8626-10
ii)
"FARM, REGULATED" means a farm unit that is regulated under the Nutrient
Management Act, 2002, as amended and its regulations or a municipal Nutrient
Management By-law.
iii)
"MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION FORMULAE (MDS I AND MDS II)"
means formulae developed by the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
and the Ministry of Environment to separate uses so as to reduce incompatibility
concerns about odour from livestock facilities.
29.2.2
Number of Nutrient Units:
The maximum number of nutrient units permitted per tillable hectare for any lot within
the AG Zone that has an area 20 ha or less shall be 2.5 units per hectare.
29.2.3
Minimum Distance Separation Requirements for Livestock Barns and Structures:
In addition to the minimum yard and setback requirements contained in Table 29.2,
agricultural buildings and structures hereafter erected, altered and/or used for the
housing of livestock shall meet the minimum distance separation requirements as
determined through the application of the Minimum Distance Separation Formua II
(MDS II), in accordance with subsection 29.2.6.
29.2.5
Minimum Distance Separation Requirements for Manure Storage Facilities:
In addition to the minimum yard and setback requirements contained in Table 29.2,
manure storage structures hereafter erected or altered shall meet the minimum distance
separation requirements as determined through the application of the Minimum Distance
Separation Formua II (MDS II), in accordance with subsection 29.2.6
29.2.6
Minimum Distance Separation Formulae I and II (MDS I and II):
For the purpose of this Section, Minimum Distance Separation Formulae I and II (MDS I
and II) shall be calculated based on the MDS Formulae Guidelines by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) as amended from time to
time.
29.2.7
Location of an Animal Kennel:
Notwithstanding any provision of this By-law to the contrary, no land shall be used and
no building or structure or part thereof shall be used or erected, renovated or remodelled
for use as an animal kennel nearer than 90 metres to any lot line.
29.2.8
Provision for the Replacement, Reconstruction or Alteration of an Existing Dwelling
House:
An existing dwelling house may be replaced, reconstructed or altered provided that any
such replacement, reconstruction or alteration does not increase the gross floor area of
the original dwelling house by more than 25%.
SECTION 29.0
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AGRICULTURAL ZONE (AG)
City of Woodstock Zoning By-law Number 8626-10
29.2.9
Provision for a Seasonal Farm Produce Outlet:
A seasonal farm produce outlet shall offer for sale only that produce which is grown or
otherwise produced on the farm on which such sales outlet is located.
29.3
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
29.3.1
AG-1
WEST SIDE OF BLANDFORD ROAD, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 401 (KEY MAP 38)
29.3.1.1
Notwithstanding any provisions of this By-Law to the contrary, no person shall within
any AG-1 Zone use any lot, or erect, alter or use any building or structure for any
purpose except for the following:
all uses permitted in Section 29.1 of this By-law;
a single-detached dwelling house;
a building, use or structure accessory to a residential use, in accordance with
Section 5.1.1 of this By-law.
29.3.1.2
Notwithstanding any provisions of this By-law to the contrary, no person shall within
any AG-1 Zone use any lot, or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions:
29.3.1.2.1
For the purpose of this subsection, lot area shall mean the total horizontal area
within the lot lines of a lot, including the horizontal area of such lot covered by a
waterbody, watercourse or marsh.
29.3.1.2.1.2
Lot Area
Minimum
16 hectares
29.3.1.2.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.1.14.1, development or site alteration,
except for those uses permitted within the Environmental Protection Zone 1 (EP1),
shall be setback a minimum of 24 metres from the Environmental Protection Zone 1
(EP1).
29.3.1.2.3
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.1.14.2, development or site alteration,
except for those uses permitted within the Environmental Protection Zone 2 (EP2),
shall be setback a minimum of 22 metres from the Environmental Protection Zone 2
(EP2).
29.3.1.3
That all the provisions of the AG Zone in Section 29.2 to this By-Law, as amended,
shall apply, and further that all other provisions of this By-Law, as amended, that are
consistent with the provisions herein contained shall continue to apply mutatis
mutandis.
(Added by By-Law 9180-18)
January/18