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Municipality of Thorne
- Zoning By-law -
Number 2017-003
P.U.R.E
Planning.Urbanism.Rural.Environment.
Planning Consultant
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 DECLARATORY AND INTERPRETATIVE DISPOSITIONS _ 15
1.1 TITLE OF THE BY-LAW ____________________________________________________ 15
1.2 OBJECTIVES______________________________________________________________ 15
1.3 SUBJECTED TERRITORY __________________________________________________ 15
1.4 REPLACED BY-LAW _______________________________________________________ 16
1.5 SCOPE OF THE BY-LAW ___________________________________________________ 16
1.6 MODALITY OF AMENDMENT ______________________________________________ 16
1.7 DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY FOR VOTING PURPOSES ______________________ 16
1.8 APPENDIX DOCUMENTS ___________________________________________________ 16
CHAPTER 2 DISPOSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE ZONING PLAN _______ 17
2.1 DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY _____________________________________________ 17
2.1.1
Identification of the zones ________________________________________________ 17
2.1.2
Interpretation rules of the Zoning Plan ______________________________________ 17
2.1.3
Interpretation rules of the zone boundaries ___________________________________ 18
2.2 SPECIFICATIONS GRID ____________________________________________________ 18
2.2.1 Interpretation rules of the Specifications Grid _________________________________ 19
2.2.2
Site Plan Standards _____________________________________________________ 19
CHAPTER 3 GROUPS AND USE CATEGORIES _______________________ 20
3.1 GENERAL RULES _________________________________________________________ 21
3.2 THE RESIDENTIAL USE GROUP ____________________________________________ 21
3.2.1
Residential Category R1 - 1 housing unit ____________________________________ 21
3.2.2
Residential Category R2 - 2 to 4 housing units ________________________________ 22
3.2.3
Residential Category RM - Mobile home ____________________________________ 24
3.3 THE COMMERCIAL USE GROUP ____________________________________________ 25
3.3.1
Commercial Category C1 - Variety store ____________________________________ 25
3.3.2
Commercial Category C2 - Commercial professional services and of retail sales. ____ 25
3.3.3
Commercial Category C3 - Commercial recreo-tourism and arts and crafts _________ 26
3.3.4
Commercial Category C4- Commercial Heavy trade ___________________________ 27
3.3.5
Commercial Category C5- Commercial recycling of automobiles _________________ 28
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3.3.6
Commercial Category C6 - Commercial entertainment premises _________________ 28
3.3.7
Commercial Category C7- Commercial Flea market ___________________________ 28
3.3.8
Commercial Category C8 - Camping ground _________________________________ 28
3.4 THE COMMUNITY USE GROUP _____________________________________________ 29
3.4.1 Community Category COM 1- Recreation spaces and equipment, community installations,
cultural and of services __________________________________________________ 29
3.5 PUBLIC USE GROUP _______________________________________________________ 29
3.5.1
Public Category P - Public infrastructure this category includes the public uses relating to
public services. ________________________________________________________ 29
3.6 INDUSTRIAL GROUP USE __________________________________________________ 30
3.6.1
Industrial Category I1 - Industrial light and manufacturing ______________________ 30
3.6.2
Industrial Category I2 - Industrial heavy _____________________________________ 30
3.7 EXTRACTION USE GROUP _________________________________________________ 31
3.7.1
Extraction Category EX __________________________________________________ 31
3.8 AGRICULTURAL USE GROUP _______________________________________________ 31
3.8.1
Agricultural Category A _________________________________________________ 31
3.9 COMPLEMENTARY USES __________________________________________________ 33
3.9.1
General rules __________________________________________________________ 33
3.9.2
Residential complementary use ___________________________________________ 34
3.9.3
Complementary use - Bed and Breakfast ____________________________________ 35
3.9.4 Complementary use - Industrial and manufacturing ____________________________ 35
3.9.5
Complementary use - Agriculture _________________________________________ 35
CHAPTER 4 REGULATORY DISPOSITIONS __________________________ 36
4.1 THE MAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ________________________________________ 36
4.1.1
General rules __________________________________________________________ 36
4.1.2
The minimum surface area _______________________________________________ 36
4.1.3 The maximum height ____________________________________________________ 36
4.1.4 Setback margins ________________________________________________________ 36
4.1.5 Restrictions to housing __________________________________________________ 36
4.2 THE MAIN NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ___________________________________ 36
4.2.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 37
4.2.2 The height ____________________________________________________________ 37
4.2.3 The setback margins ____________________________________________________ 37
4.2.4 Within the zones permitting the agriculture use group __________________________ 37
4.3 THE SECONDARY BUILDING _______________________________________________ 37
4.3.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 37
4.3.2 Maximum surface area __________________________________________________ 38
4.3.3 Maximum height _______________________________________________________ 38
4.3.4 The margins ___________________________________________________________ 38
4.3.5 Number of detached secondary buildings ____________________________________ 38
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4.3.6 Other standards ________________________________________________________ 39
4.3.7 Temporary car shelter ___________________________________________________ 39
4.3.8 Secondary building not requiring a building permit ____________________________ 39
4.4 THE MARGINS ____________________________________________________________ 40
4.4.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 40
4.4.2 Setback margins along Routes 301, 306 and 366, except Ladysmith _______________ 40
4.4.3 Site plan along a high voltage electricity transportation line ______________________ 41
4.4.4 Properties along non conforming roads and servitudes __________________________ 41
4.4.5
Individuality of the margins _____________________________________________ 41
4.4.6 Permitted uses within the margins __________________________________________ 41
4.4.7 Corner property (visibility triangle)_________________________________________ 42
4.5 SELF-SUPPORTING STRUCTURES AND ANTENNAS __________________________ 43
4.5.1
Location _____________________________________________________________ 43
4.5.2 Dangerous structures ____________________________________________________ 43
4.6 THE TREES _______________________________________________________________ 43
4.6.1 Special provisions on plots for development __________________________________ 43
4.6.2
Planning of open spaces _________________________________________________ 43
4.6.3
Public right-of-way _____________________________________________________ 43
4.6.4 On public land _________________________________________________________ 44
4.6.5
On private land ________________________________________________________ 44
4.6.6 Obtaining of a certificate of authorization relating to the felling of trees ____________ 44
4.6.7 Tolerant hardwood stands, mixed stands with tolerant hardwood and white pine stands 44
4.6.8 Softwood stands, poplar stands and mixed stands with softwood dominance ________ 44
4.6.9 Special provisions concerning the protection of lakes and watercourses ____________ 45
4.6.10 Special provisions concerning the return to production of bucking and stacking areas _ 45
4.6.11 Information to be provided by the private woodlot owner at the time of the application for
a certificate of authorization relating to the felling of trees _______________________ 45
4.7 FENCES 46
4.7.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 46
4.7.2 Materials _____________________________________________________________ 46
4.7.3 Prohibited materials _____________________________________________________ 46
4.7.4 Barbed wire fence ______________________________________________________ 47
4.7.5 Height of fences, walls __________________________________________________ 47
4.7.6 Provisions specifically applicable to the use Category C5 _______________________ 47
4.7.7 Height in the visibility triangle ____________________________________________ 47
4.7.8. Fences, walls, hedges on public property ____________________________________ 47
4.8 THE BUFFER ZONES ______________________________________________________ 47
4.8.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 48
4.8.2 Composition of a buffer zone _____________________________________________ 48
4.9 PARKING 48
4.9.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 48
4.9.2
Dimensions of parking spaces ____________________________________________ 49
4.9.3 Dimensions of the access lanes ____________________________________________ 49
4.9.4 Driveway entrances for a use other than residential ____________________________ 49
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4.9.5
Minimum number of parking spaces required ________________________________ 49
4.9.6
Change of use _________________________________________________________ 50
4.9.7 Residential use _________________________________________________________ 50
4.9.8 Commercial and services use______________________________________________ 50
4.9.9
Public use ____________________________________________________________ 51
4.9.10 Location of parking areas ________________________________________________ 51
4.9.11 Parking of heavy vehicles or commercial vehicles _____________________________ 52
4.9.12 Development Plan of parking areas _________________________________________ 52
4.9.13 Loading areas __________________________________________________________ 52
4.10 SIGNAGE 52
4.10.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 53
4.10.2 Sign illumination _______________________________________________________ 55
4.10.3 Maintenance of the signs ________________________________________________ 55
4.10.4 Derogatory signs _______________________________________________________ 55
4.10.5 Electrical supply _______________________________________________________ 55
4.10.6 Real Estate projects _____________________________________________________ 56
4.10.7 Obligation to obtain a sign permit __________________________________________ 56
4.10.8 Signs authorized without a Sign Permit ______________________________________ 56
4.10.9 Prohibited signs and messages ____________________________________________ 57
4.11 LANDSLIDE ZONES _______________________________________________________ 58
4.11.1 Identification __________________________________________________________ 58
4.11.2 Special conditions relating to the issue of a building permit in the landslide zones ____ 58
4.12 PROVISIONS CONCERNING ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE EDGE OF LAKES AND
WATERCOURSES __________________________________________________________ 59
4.12.1 General Rules: _________________________________________________________ 59
4.12.2 Obligation to obtain an authorization _______________________________________ 60
4.12.3 Measures relating to shore _______________________________________________ 61
4.12.4 Measures relating to the littoral ___________________________________________ 63
4.12.5 Wharves and shelters - Occupation Lease from MEF (Ministère de l'Environnement et de
la Faune du Québec) ____________________________________________________ 64
4.12.6 Definitions specially applicable to article 4.12 and the followings ________________ 64
4.12.7 Rivers, lakes and watercourse ____________________________________________ 65
4.13 SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ____________ 65
4.13.1 Separating distances relating to breeding operations ___________________________ 65
4.13.2 Acquired rights _________________________________________________________ 71
4.13.3 Separating distances relating to storage premises for farm manure located at more than
150 metres from a breeding farm___________________________________________ 71
4.13.4 Separating distances relating to the spreading of farm fertilizers __________________ 72
4.13.5 Reciprocity principle and distance standards _________________________________ 73
4.13.6 Minimum distance for operating a kennel ____________________________________ 74
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CHAPTER 5 TYPE OF CASES _______________________________________ 75
5.1 SERVICE STATIONS AND GAS BAR _________________________________________ 75
5.1.1 General rules __________________________________________________________ 75
5.1.2 Implementation measures ________________________________________________ 75
5.1.3 Gas Pumps ____________________________________________________________ 75
5.1.4 Prohibited Uses ________________________________________________________ 75
5.1.5 Property Access ________________________________________________________ 76
5.1.6 Signage ______________________________________________________________ 76
5.2 FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT AND SNACK BARS _______________________________ 76
5.2.1 General Rules _________________________________________________________ 76
5.2.2 Drive-thru ____________________________________________________________ 76
5.2.3 Secondary building _____________________________________________________ 76
5.3 CAFÉ (S) 76
5.3.1
General Rules _________________________________________________________ 76
5.3.2 Expert's Report - when there is an increase in business and/or turnover- ___________ 76
5.3.3
Location _____________________________________________________________ 77
5.4 SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR VEHICLE RECYCLING USE ______________________ 77
5.4.1
General Rules _________________________________________________________ 77
5.4.2 The minimal margins ____________________________________________________ 77
5.4.3 Erection of Fences ______________________________________________________ 77
5.4.4 Ban on cutting existing trees within the lateral and rear margins __________________ 78
5.4.5 Buffer Zone ___________________________________________________________ 78
5.5 PARTICULAR PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MOBILE HOMES _________________ 78
5.5.1 Outdoor finish material for hall entrances or mobile homes extensions _____________ 78
5.5.2 Closure of the underside of a mobile home ___________________________________ 78
5.5.3 Hall Entrances _________________________________________________________ 78
5.6 PROPERTIES WITH TWO (2) MAIN BUILDINGS _______________________________ 79
5.7 STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CAMPING GROUNDS __________________________ 79
5.7.1 Sanitary Services - minimal requirement - ___________________________________ 79
5.7.2 Other Class C8 Specific Standards _________________________________________ 80
CHAPTER 6 DEROGATORY BUILDING AND USES ___________________ 82
6.1 DEROGATORY BUILDING __________________________________________________ 82
6.1.1
Definition ____________________________________________________________ 82
6.1.2 The demolishing of a derogatory building ____________________________________ 82
6.1.3 Modification or expansion of a derogatory building ____________________________ 82
6.1.4 Modification or expansion of a derogatory main building within the minimal setback of 15
metre from the high water line ____________________________________________ 82
6.2 DEROGATORY USES _______________________________________________________ 83
6.2.1
Definition ____________________________________________________________ 83
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6.2.2 Change in use__________________________________________________________ 83
6.2.3 Extension or expansion of a derogatory use __________________________________ 83
6.2.4 Interruption or withdrawal of a derogatory use ________________________________ 83
CHAPTER 7 BRINGING IN FORCE __________________________________ 84
CHAPTER 8 SPECIFICATION GRID _________________________________ 85
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CHAPTER 1
DECLARATORY AND INTERPRETATIVE
DISPOSITIONS
1.1
TITLE OF THE BY-LAW
The present By-law is known as "Zoning By-law number 2002-003" of the Municipality of
Thorne. The interpretation and administration rules of the Planning By-laws regulating the
present By-law are found in the By-law known as: "By-law for the Administration and
Interpretation of the Planning By-laws number 2002-002".
1.2
OBJECTIVES
The main reason for the existence of this Zoning By-law is to implement the By-law known as:
"Master Plan By-law number 2002-001".
For the purpose of regulating the structure in which are interrelated the activities of the
population that resides or frequents the Municipality, the present By-law stipulates the
measures that encourage the desirable evolution of the establishments and the different
interventions, by determining the principles of their location and the conditions specific to their
construction and site plan.
In short, the purpose of the Zoning By-law is to promote and ensure quality of life:
By controlling the uses and the occupation densities, thus enabling a better planning of a
network of infrastructures and public equipments, that are used at their full potential and that
are therefore socially and economically profitable.
By easing the regrouping of homogeneous use categories and by permitting a diversity of uses
when this is deemed desirable for the well being of the people of Thorne;
By banning the uses that could hinder the development of the homogeneous regroupings and
the preservation of the existing homogeneous regroupings;
By consolidating the infrastructures and the existing buildings;
By aiming in the long term to reduce the incompatible uses with the neighboring uses.
1.3
SUBJECTED TERRITORY
The present By-law, of which the provisions are imposed to individuals as well as to legal
persons of public right or of private right, applies to the entire territory under the jurisdiction of
the Municipality of Thorne.
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1.4
REPLACED BY-LAW
The Zoning By-law of the Municipality of Thorne, designated as number 90-002, its
amendments and the plans which are included, are abrogated and replaced by the present By-
law: Zoning By-law number 2002-003.
Are also abrogated, all other regulatory provisions incompatible with the present By-law. Such
replacements do not however affect procedures instituted under the authority of the By-laws
hereby replaced, of which will proceed under the authority of the said replaced By-laws until
final judgment and execution. Also, they do not affect the permits delivered under the authority
of the By-laws hereby replaced.
1.5
SCOPE OF THE BY-LAW
The present By-law applies to the use, the occupation, the amendment to use or the
amendment to occupation, in whole or in part, of a property, a lot, a construction or a building.
Certain provisions of the present By-law apply moreover to the construction, the
reconstruction, the expansion, the construction of an addition, the modification or the repair of
a construction or of a building.
1.6
MODALITY OF AMENDMENT
The provisions of this By-law cannot be adopted, modified or abrogated but by an approved
By-law, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Provincial Planning Act.
(Refer to: By-law for the Administration and Interpretation of the Planning By-laws, number
2002-002)
1.7
DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY FOR VOTING PURPOSES
All of the territory within the limits of Thorne is divided into zones. A specific code and a distinct
number identify these zones. Each zone constitutes a voting unit, when an amendment
request to the Zoning By-law is presented to the population concerned, and this, in accordance
with the provisions of the Provincial Planning Act..
1.8
APPENDIX DOCUMENTS
Form an integral part of the Planning By-laws, for all legal purposes, the following documents:
The Zoning Plan - Municipality of Thorne, number: PZ-01-01, prepared by P.U.R.E., Planning
Consultant and Guy Tellier of The Pontiac MRC, including the cartographic information
provided by the Pontiac MRC;
The plan titled: Landslide Zones - Municipality of Thorne, number: ZMM-01-01, prepared by
P.U.R.E., Planning Consultant, provided by the Pontiac MRC;
The tables, the graphs, the Specifications Grid, the symbols and all of the documents included
in the present By-law;
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CHAPTER 2
DISPOSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE ZONING
PLAN
2.1
DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY
For the purpose of regulating the uses and the constructions that are permitted on its territory,
the Zoning plan number: PZ-01-01, show the division of the territory in zones, which are
identified by a specific code and a distinct number corresponding on this Zoning plan.
2.1.1
Identification of the zones
To ease the process of locating the zones, they have been determined with the following
numbering method:
The numbers 1 to 100 from east to west designates the zones located outside of the center-
village Ladysmith;
The zones located within the center-village Ladysmith are designated by the numbers 101 to
200 from east to west.
2.1.2
Interpretation rules of the Zoning Plan
The Zoning Plan shows the division of the municipal territory in zones. A distinct number
identifies each of the zones.
For each of the zones, the use categories permitted are indicated on the Zoning Plan and the
Specifications Grid.
When the boundaries do not coincide or do not seem to coincide with the designations
enumerated at Article 2.1.3, the delimitation of the zones indicated on the Zoning Plan -
number: PZ-01-01 will constitute the reference applicable in such circumstances. In no case,
shall the depth of these zones be inferior to the minimal depth required for a lot as requested
under the Planning By-laws.
Note: The minimal depth is determined by the minimal surface area divided by the existing
frontage (on the condition that this frontage respects at a minimum, the minimal frontage
requested by the grid).
Until such time the Zoning Plan is modified by an amendment, the zones, having as
boundaries proposed public roads, will maintain these boundaries, even if the location of the
roads are found to be modified by the approval of a subdivision plan.
Until such time the Zoning Plan is modified by an amendment officially in effect, any zone
having for boundaries a water course or a body of water, will maintain these same boundaries,
even if the location of this watercourse or this body of water is found to be modified.
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2.1.3
Interpretation rules of the zone boundaries
On the Zoning Plan, the delimitation of the zones is done using black lines, for which the
descriptions are indicated at the legend of the plan. When no measures are indicated, the
distances are taken using the scale of the plan. Should there be a question about the exact
location of these boundaries, the following rules apply:
2.1.1.1
General rules
The boundaries are generally determined following these designations:
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The right-of-way or the extension of existing roads or streets, expropriated, official or
proposed;
-
The boundary or the center of watercourses;
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The cadastre lines or their extension (often the case in an agricultural zone);
-
The boundaries of the Municipality;
-
The property boundaries or their extension.
-
In some cases, the boundaries of the depth or of the width of the zone are indicated in
meters, within this zone.
Note:
The Zoning Plan is drawn from a numerical format, which makes the
enlargement of a zone very easy; therefore the zone boundaries become very
precise.
2.1.1.2
Modification of the information elements
Certain information elements having an incidence on the Zoning Plan, such as updates of the
graphic map", hydroelectric servitudes or others that could cause lines of the original lots to be
modified can be corrected or updated, without these corrections or updates requiring an
amendment to the Zoning Plan as well as the present By-law.
2.2
SPECIFICATIONS GRID
The Specifications Grid brings precision to the groups and the use categories authorized within
each of the zones. It also indicates the standards specific to the construction and site plan of
buildings as well as the explanations concerning certain provisions applicable to a specific
zone. Should there be a contradiction, the information and standards contained in the text of
the Planning By-law will have precedence on those of the Specifications Grid.
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2.2.1
Interpretation rules of the Specifications Grid
The interpretation of the uses indicated in the Specifications Grid must be made by taking into
consideration the following elements:
Within the Specifications Grid, the use categories authorized are identified by using symbols,
under each column representing a zone identified by its number;
The use categories authorized are regrouped by group uses;
The detailed definition of each of the authorized uses within each use category, is indicated in
Chapter 3 of the present By-law.
2.2.2
Site Plan Standards
The front setback margins, the lateral and rear margins are expressed in meters.
2.2.1.1
Special dispositions
The Specifications Grid also indicates the special provisions that could apply in relation to
setback margins to be respected along watercourses, main routes, landslide zones, buffer
zones, etc.
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CHAPTER 3
GROUPS AND USE CATEGORIES
Each use group includes one or more homogeneous use category authorized within this group.
USE GROUP
USE CATEGORY
CODE
Residential
-
1 housing unit
-
2 to 4 housing units
-
Mobile home
R1
R2
RM
Commercial
-
Variety store
-
Commercial professional, services and retail sales
-
Commercial recreo-tourism and arts and crafts
-
Commercial heavy trade
-
Commercial - recycling of automobiles
-
Commercial - entertainment premises
-
Commercial - Flea market
-
Commercial - Camping ground
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
Community
-
Installations for recreation, community, cultural and of services
COM1
Public
- Public infrastructures
P
Extraction
-
Extraction
EX
Agriculture
- Agriculture
A
Industrial
-
Light Industrial and manufacturing
-
Heavy Industrial
I1
I2
The identification Ladysmith, on the Zoning Plan, indicates the Center-village area of the
Municipality, but does not represent a legal zone in terms of the present By-law.
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3.1
GENERAL RULES
For the purpose of this present By-law, the use categories have been determined by taking
into consideration their degree of compatibility, their physical characteristics, their degree of
interdependence and their impact on public safety and the concerned area.
When a use does not appear specifically as an example, in a use category, this use will be
categorized in the use categories which the definition is the closest to.
3.2
THE RESIDENTIAL USE GROUP
In the residential group, are united by use category the dwellings related by their volumes and
the density they represent.
3.2.1
Residential Category R1 - 1 housing unit
This category includes all single-family dwellings of one (1) housing unit.
Building including one housing unit and destined to lodge one household.
Single-family dwelling: Single family dwelling non adjacent to another dwelling or not forming
part of.
In such of single-family dwelling an additional housing unit is permitted.
It must occupy 25% or less of the floor surface area of the building in which it is located - or -
if the additional housing unit is located in the basement, it can occupy the total floor surface
area even if the percentage of this occupation is superior to 25% - or -
if the calculation of the 25% is inferior to 500 square feet, this minimum could always be
increased to 500 square feet.
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3.2.2
Residential Category R2 - 2 to 4 housing units
This use category includes the Use Category R1 and the following type of dwellings:
Semi-detached dwelling unit: Single-family dwelling joined, in whole or in part, to a single-
family dwelling divided vertically.
Duplex dwelling unit: Building including two (2) housing units, one over the other, having two
independent entrances giving access directly to the exterior.
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Townhouse dwelling unit:
Single family dwelling where at least one dividing lateral wall is
common, in whole or in part, to an adjacent single family dwelling, as long as the number of
housing units hereby joined are a maximum of 3 units.
Converted dwelling unit (2-1 formula): Three family dwelling and having the disposition of one
housing unit on one story and of two housing units on the other story.
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Block townhouse dwelling unit:
Single family dwelling of which at least one dividing
lateral wall is common, in whole or in part, to an adjacent single family dwelling, as long as the
number of housing units hereby joined is a maximum of 4 units.
Fourplex dwelling unit: Two family dwellings joined, in whole or in part, to another two family
dwellings by a dividing vertical wall.
3.2.3
Residential Category RM - Mobile home
This category includes dwellings such as a mobile home. On the territory of the Municipality, a
building such as a mobile home must be used exclusively to provide a permanent residence.
The definition of a mobile home is specified in the By-law for the Administration and
Interpretation of the Planning By-laws number 2002-002.
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3.3
THE COMMERCIAL USE GROUP
Under each Commercial use Group, are assembled by category the commercial functions
related by their nature, their incidence, the use of the lots, the construction and the occupation
of the buildings.
Each of the commercial categories includes the uses and the establishments mentioned in the
list (utilize as a guideline) pertaining to each category.
3.3.1
Commercial Category C1 - Variety store
This category permits the use for a variety store when the use corresponds to the following
definition:
Commercial establishment in retail sales such as a grocery, licensed or not, where small
articles are sold and where the longer work hours are designed to accommodate the
population of a residential neighborhood, for items required on a daily basis. Maximum surface
area of 100 square meters.
3.3.2
Commercial Category C2 - Commercial professional services and
of retail sales.
This category includes the uses related to professional activities, of administration, of
accounting, of retail sale or of personal services, financial and administrative, where all of the
operations are generally made within a building. However, permanent exterior storage is
permitted. The commercial use category C1 is included within this category.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following professional or sales activities:
Administrative office of a broker, entrepreneur, promoter;
Administrative, governmental, professional offices;
Administrator of a professional or trade association;
Architect, surveyor, lawyer, accountant, engineer, planner;
Automobiles: rental and sale of new and used cars;
Bank, Trustee Savings Bank;
Beauty salon;
Brasserie;
Broker in real estate, stock and shares, insurance;
Butcher shop;
Caterers;
Cheese factory;
Confectionery;
Day care for children;
Delicatessen;
Designer;
Doctor, dentist and other professionals related to the medical practice, excluding veterinary
medicine;
Driving school;
Drugstore;
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Flooring;
Florist;
Funeral home;
Gas station;
Gas-Bar;
Grocery;
Hardware and gardening accessories;
Hardware store;
Health clinic;
Jewelry store;
Laundry and dry cleaning drop off counter;
Laundry;
Local commerce;
Motel;
Parking area;
Pastry shop;
Photographer;
Postal counter;
Printing and reproduction;
Printing shop;
Repairs of small household electric appliances;
Restaurant;
Sale of used vehicles.
Smoke shop;
Sport items;
Tailors;
Teacher;
Variety store;
Veterinary.
3.3.3 Commercial Category C3 - Commercial recreo-tourism and arts
and crafts
This category includes the commercial recreo-tourism vocations. Exterior storage is permitted.
The uses of this category must be related or complementary to recreation, restaurant trade,
arts and crafts or lodging.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Antique shop;
Arts and crafts shop;
Bar;
Bed and breakfast;
Butcher shop;
Catering service;
Cheese factory;
Confectionery;
Delicatessen;
Designer/couturier;
Fast-food restaurant;
Florist;
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Gas Bar;
Gas station;
Golf;
Health center;
Hotel;
Inn;
Jewelry store;
Motel;
Nursery;
Outdoor Center;
Outfitter;
Parking area;
Pastry shop;
Pub;
Restaurant;
Riding center;
Ski center;
Smoke shop;
Snack bar;
Sports shop;
Terrace.
3.3.4
Commercial Category C4- Commercial Heavy trade
This category includes the extensive commercial uses generally requiring a lot with a large
surface area and space for exterior storage.
This exterior storage must be located outside the back, front and lateral margins. When there
is exterior storage, the person responsible for this exterior storage must establish a buffer zone
according to the provisions of Article 4.8 and the following of the present By-law or he must
build a fence with a height of less than 2 meters respecting the provisions of Article 4.7 and
the following of the present By-law.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Automobiles: body and paint shop;
Automobiles: car wash;
Automobiles: mechanics;
Automobiles: rental and sale of new and used vehicle;
Automobiles: repair shop;
Automobiles: sale of parts;
Construction materials;
Gas stations;
Heavy and agricultural machinery;
Motorcycles: sale, rental and repair;
Pleasure boats: sale and repairs;
Sale and rental of equipment and machinery.
Sale of trailers;
Snowmobiles: sale, rental and repair;
Trucks: sale, repair and maintenance;
Wholesale trade.
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3.3.5
Commercial Category C5- Commercial recycling of automobiles
This category includes the commercial uses having as a characteristic heavy density exterior
storage. This exterior storage must be located outside the back, front and lateral margins.
When there is exterior storage, the person responsible for this exterior storage must establish
a buffer zone according to the provisions of Article 4.8 and the following of the present By-law
and must build a fence of a height of 3 meters respecting the provisions of Article 4.7 and the
following of the present By-law. The materials stored must never be visible from the exterior of
the property; they must therefore be stored at a height of less than 3 meters. Also, the
provisions of Article 5.4 and the following apply.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Trade of scrap automobile parts;
Trade of scrap automobiles;
Trade of recycling automobile parts;
Trade of automobile graveyard;
Scrap yard.
3.3.6
Commercial Category C6 - Commercial entertainment premises
Are included in this category the establishments presenting entertainment of an erotic nature.
Establishment (Recreational interior trade, restaurant trade, lodging trade or other
establishment) where alcohol is generally sold and consumed and that presents nude dancer
shows or other shows of an erotic nature.
3.3.7
Commercial Category C7- Commercial Flea market
Is included in this category, any area where one or more vendors, sell merchandise from
temporary open-air installations. The sale of merchandise within a building cannot, in any
fashion, be associated to a flea market.
The provisions relating to parking spaces apply.
3.3.8
Commercial Category C8 - Camping ground
This use category includes camping grounds and the installations common to them.
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3.4
THE COMMUNITY USE GROUP
The community uses include at the same time spaces and public, para-public or private
buildings where the activities are related to: civil order, culture, sport, recreation and
administrative domains.
3.4.1 Community Category COM 1- Recreation spaces and equipment,
community installations, cultural and of services
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Arena;
Bus Stop;
Cemetery;
Community building;
Community establishment;
Cult building;
Daycare;
Education establishment;
Government administration;
Green spaces;
Housing for elderly people;
Information booth;
Library;
Municipal administration;
Museum;
Open spaces;
Parks;
Playgrounds;
Recreational complex;
School;
Sport and recreation equipment;
Welcoming center;
Youth center.
3.5
PUBLIC USE GROUP
Under the public use group, are reunited all of the buildings and public and para-public spaces
that have as a main vocation, public services.
3.5.1 Public Category P - Public infrastructure this category includes the
public uses relating to public services.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Administrative, municipal, regional, provincial services, etc.;
Aeration pond;
Equipment depot site used for public security;
Fire station;
Hydro-Québec station;
Municipal garage;
Municipal garbage dump;
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Municipal work site;
Police station;
Public services center;
Sludge treatment center;
Sorting facility and enhancement of resources;
Spreading site;
Telephone exchange station;
Wastewater treatment center (septic waste).
3.6
INDUSTRIAL GROUP USE
This group includes the manufacturing enterprises, the factories, the workshops, the work sites
and the warehouses. This category includes the industrial uses that could present an danger
of explosion or fire and constitute a cause for nuisance in a continuous or intermittent manner
for the neighborhood because of the noise, the smoke, the dust, the smells, the gas
emanations, the heat, the brightness of the lights or others of the same nature.
3.6.1
Industrial Category I1 - Industrial light and manufacturing
This category includes the activities of enterprises requiring space for the storage in bulk of
raw materials such as sand, gravel, wood, woodchips, etc.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Crematorium;
Construction enterprise;
Enterprise specializing in civil engineering work or maintenance of roads;
Laboratory;
Manufacturing;
Transformation;
Large production sawmill.
3.6.2 Industrial Category I2 - Industrial heavy
This category includes the industrial activities relating to the transformation of materials into
finished products or semi-finished, relating to the repair or the modification of products, related
to the salvaging or recycling of products. The permitted uses in the Category I1, are also
permitted in this use category.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Industry of concrete and cement;
Industry of chemical products;
Industry of transformation;
Recycling factory;
Fabrication or material assembly plant or factory.
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3.7
EXTRACTION USE GROUP
3.7.1 Extraction Category EX
This category includes the uses relating to extraction.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Quarry;
Sand pit.
3.8
AGRICULTURAL USE GROUP
This group includes all the activities and the uses that are permitted by the law Loi sur la
protection du territoire agricole du Québec (LPTAQ).
3.8.1 Agricultural Category A
The agricultural use group includes the uses related to vegetable gardening, to forestry
activities, as well as any other use relating to or concerning agriculture in general. Also, use
Category R1 is permitted.
As a guideline, are included in this category the following uses:
Agricultural farm;
Animal farm;
Booth for selling products from the farm;
Commercial green houses;
Commercial sugar bush cabin;
Dairy farm;
Display for the sale of products cultivated on site;
Dwelling;
Experimental and university farm;
Farm for cultivation;
Farm for cultivation (commercial) fruits and vegetables, grains and fodder;
Farm specializing in horticulture;
Farm with forestry exploitation;
Fish farm;
Forestry management
Green houses;
Homemade sawmill;
Institutional farm;
Kennel;
Maple plantation (sugar bush);
Mixed breeding farm;
Nature conservation activities;
Nature interpretation activities;
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Nurseries;
Pig farm;
Plantation;
Quarry existing in an agricultural zone;
Sale of cattle and animals;
Sylviculture;
Vegetable gardening.
Provisions for the Establishment of New Residences within the Agro-Forestry
Designations
No new residences are allowed within the agro-forestry designations, identified in Appendix E of
the Land Use and Development Plan, except:
1) to follow-up on a valid notice of compliance issued by the CPTAQ allowing the construction or
reconstruction of a residence built in accordance with Articles 31.1 (single block vacant property
of 100 hectares or more), 40 (farm residences), and 105 of the LPTAA;
2) for the construction of residences having already obtained authorizations from the CPTAQ;
3) for the replacement of residences having an acquired right or privileges (personal rights)
under Articles 31, 31.1, and 40 of the LPTAA, according to the provisions for the extinguishment
of such rights under the Law;
4) to follow-up on the two types of applications for residential purposes still admissible at the
CPTAQ, that is:
a) to move, on the same land unit, a residence authorized by the CPTAQ or having rights under
Articles 101, 103, and 105 (acquired right) of the LPTAA, or Article 31 (the owner of a vacant lot
as of the effective date of the Law could build a residence on a vacant lot between 1978 and
1988);
b) to allow the conversion for residential purposes of a parcel of land having an authorization or
an acquired right other than residential under Articles 101 and 103 of the LPTAA;
5) to follow-up on an authorization issued by the CPTAQ for the construction of a single
residence on a vacant land unit of 10 hectares or more, already established under the ownership
titles published in the land register on June 25, 2013, and that remained vacant since that date;
a) the maximum surface area used for residential purposes is 3,000 square metres or 4,000
square metres along a lake or a water stream;
b) the side yard to comply with when building a residence is 30 metres from a neighbouring non-
residential property line;
c) a separating distance of at least 75 metres from the residence shall be observed relative to a
cultivated field on a neighbouring property;
d) a minimum distance of 30 metres shall be observed between a well and a cultivated field;
6) to follow-up on an authorization issued by the CPTAQ for the construction of a single
residence on a vacant land unit of 10 hectares or more, formed by the replotting of two or more
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vacant land units already established under the ownership titles published in the land register on
June 25, 2013, and having all remained vacant since that date;
a) the maximum surface area used for residential purposes is 3,000 square metres or 4,000
square metres along a lake or a water stream;
b) the side yard to comply with when building a residence is 30 metres from a neighbouring non-
residential property line;
c) a separating distance of at least 75 metres from the residence shall be observed relative to a
cultivated field on a neighbouring property;
d) a minimum distance of 30 metres shall be observed between a well and a cultivated field.
In the event that the residence is not being established along a public road, and an access road
needs to be built to get to the residence, it can be added to the surface area of 3,000 square
metres or 4,000 square metres along lakes and water streams, and shall be of a minimum width
of 5 metres. In this case, the total surface area used for residential purposes shall not be more
than 5,000 square metres, which includes the surface area of the access road.
When a land unit overlaps more than one designation, it is the total surface area of the property
that must be calculated for the minimum required surface, but the residence and the overall
authorized surface area mentioned in items 6 a) and 7 a) of the above section entitled
"Provisions for the Establishment of New Residences within the Viable Agricultural and Agro-
Forestry Designations" shall be within the viable agricultural designation or the agro-forestry
designation.
3.9
COMPLEMENTARY USES
The objectives:
Permitting people to use their residence more often as a place of work.
Helps reduce the use of the automobile to go to work or for the consumption of a good or of a
service;
Encourage local employment in Thorne.
3.9.1 General rules
The complementary use is exercised on all of the territory of the Municipality of Thorne. Some
complementary uses apply only to certain use groups permitted in this By-law.
The complementary use, in order to the authorized must meet all the requirements mentioned
in Article 3.9 and the following. The complementary use is permitted in all of the zones where
the use it complements is permitted.
Any person wishing to operate a complementary use is required to obtain from the Municipality
an Authorization certificate for the use.
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3.9.2
Residential complementary use
This type of complementary use must be located on a building comprising of a residential
housing unit and must be compatible with its immediate neighborhood. Also, in order to obtain
an authorization certificate for the use the residential complementary use must be conforming
to all of the following points:
1) The complementary use must be carried out from a main building, except when it is for a
small appliance repair shop or the construction of arts and crafts objects, these could be made
from a secondary building.
2) A maximum of two complementary uses are authorized per lot or per property.
3) Only the residents of the housing unit can exercise the complementary use, they can
associate with an additional person.
4) A maximum of two additional parking spaces can be added.
5) The complementary use or its derivatives must not constitute a nuisance for the
neighborhood because of the noise, the smells, the dust, the smoke, the lights, the vibrations
and most of all the traffic or represent a danger for the residents of the neighborhood.
6) A maximum of 50 square meters is allocated per residential complementary use.
7) No display must be visible from the outside.
8) The building must preserve its residential architectural aspect.
9) The installation of a plaque, according to the provisions of the Articles 4.10.2 to 4.10.2.2
of the present By-law and having a maximum surface area of 17,556.5 square centimeters or
576 square inches (24''X24 '') is permitted. This plaque can be illuminated by a white light
bulb, incandescent and continuous type.
10) The storage of materials or containers is not permitted outside of the buildings.
11) When the complementary use requested requires an increase in water consumption, the
designated officer must confirm that the existing septic installation is capable of receiving this
new use before the issuance of the conformity certificate or the designated officer can request
this certification from a consultant.
As a guideline, are of the residential complementary use category:
Administrative office of a general contractor and/or specialized;
Advertising service;
Art Gallery;
Artist's workshop exercising a trade in the arts;
Beauty care;
Cabinetmaker;
Ceramist;
Designer/decorator;
Distributeur sans entreposage;
Hairdressing salon;
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Home based daycare service;
Modiste;
Office of a consultant specializing in management and trade;
Painter;
Photographer;
Professional services (doctor, lawyer, engineer and consultants, misc.);
Promoter;
Repairer of small household appliances;
Sculptor;
Seamstress;
Shoe repairer;
Tanning Salon;
Tailor;
Telemarketing office.
3.9.3
Complementary use - Bed and Breakfast
For the purpose of the present By-law, a Bed and Breakfast is considered a house designed to
receive, for a short stay, visitors in consideration of remuneration. The authorization certificate
for the use is obligatory in order to operate a Bed and Breakfast.
The provisions of Article 3.9.2 must be respected, except for paragraph of sub-section 4 (their
must be one parking space per available room) and 6.
3.9.4
Complementary use - Industrial and manufacturing
Sales counter of merchandise fabricated, assembled or stored within or on the property where
the dominant use is exercised.
A cafeteria is also permitted.
3.9.5
Complementary use - Agriculture
The agriculture complementary use is permitted within the zones where the agriculture use
group is permitted, as indicated on the Specifications Grid.
As a guideline, are of the agriculture complementary use category:
Animal boarding and training service;
Club or association related to the study or the observation of nature;
Counter or booth for the sale of agricultural products from a local farm;
Fishing pond;
Horseback riding;
Manufacturing activities related to the transformation of wood;
Racehorse track;
Warehouse, shed, shelter for animals, silos or other buildings similar in nature.
Any other use where the authorization of the C.P.T.A.Q. has been granted in order to
implement these uses.
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CHAPTER 4
REGULATORY DISPOSITIONS
4.1
THE MAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
The objective: Establish precise provisions in order to better control the constructions.
4.1.1
General rules
The type of residential building permitted for each of the zones of the territory of the
Municipality is identified in the Specifications Grid. Within the zones permitting exclusively a
use of a residential category, as indicated in the Specifications Grid, only one main residential
building per lot is permitted.
4.1.2
The minimum surface area
The minimum ground surface area of a main residential building is of 32 square meters (344
square feet). These provisions do not apply to the use category RM (mobile home).
4.1.3
The maximum height
The maximum height permitted is of 2 stories or 15 meters from the average ground level.
4.1.4
Setback margins
The minimal setback margins to be respected for the site plan of a main residential building
are indicated, by zones, in the Specifications Grid.
4.1.5
Restrictions to housing
It is not permitted to use for permanent or temporary housing a secondary building, a private
garage, a bus, a recreation vehicle, a tramway, a motor coach, or other object or vehicle of the
same nature.
4.2
THE MAIN NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
The objectives:
Permit an improvement of the existing operations;
Establish precise provisions in order to better control the constructions;
Protect the value of the existing buildings.
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4.2.1
General rules
The type of main building permitted is controlled by the permitted use for each of the zones of
the territory of the Municipality. The permitted uses for each zone are identified in the
Specifications Grid.
Two main buildings per lot are permitted when one of them is used for a use of the residential
group and the other one for none residential use.
For community uses and or public uses more than one main building are permitted.
The minimal distance separating the main buildings is of 5 meters.
4.2.2
The height
The maximum height permitted is of 2 stories or 15 meters from the average ground level.
4.2.3
The setback margins
The minimal setback margins to respect for the site plan of a main non-residential building are
indicated by zones in the Specifications Grid. These margins are determined generally by
respecting the existing site plan of the built environment.
4.2.4
Within the zones permitting the agriculture use group
Within the zones permitting the agriculture use group, as indicated in the Specifications Grid, it
is permitted to build more than one main building by respecting the provisions of the law
named " Loi sur la protection du territoire agricole du Québec".
The minimal distance separating the main buildings is of 5 meters.
4.3
THE SECONDARY BUILDING
The objectives:
Permit the construction of a building designed to store goods outside of the main building.
This building must serve to use goods that are complementary to the use of the main
building.
4.3.1
General rules
The secondary building can be detached or attached to the main building. All of the farm
buildings are considered as secondary buildings.
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4.3.2
Maximum surface area
The maximum surface area of the detached secondary building is determined in consideration
of the surface area of the lot on which it is built. The maximum surface area of the detached
secondary building is of 10% of the surface area of the lot on which it is built. The ground
surface area determines the 10%.
The application of this proportion (10%) cannot hinder the construction of a detached
secondary building to a maximum surface area that is inferior to 100 m2, this, on the condition
of respecting the prescribed margins in the Specifications Grid. For example, 10% of a lot of
700 m² = 70 m², however, it is still permitted to build a detached secondary building of 100 m²
on the condition of respecting the prescribed margins in the specifications grid.
When the secondary building is attached to the main building, the maximum surface area does
not apply. To be considered attached means having a common wall of a minimum of 3 meters
wide.
On lots or properties in an agricultural zone, on which there exists a main building, a maximum
surface area does not apply when it concerns farm buildings or for a use inherent to the
exploitation of this farm.
4.3.3
Maximum height
The maximum height permitted is of 2 stories or 15 meters at the average ground level. It is
permitted to build a cellar or a basement under a detached secondary building.
4.3.4
The margins
The lateral and rear minimal margins to be respected for the site plan of a detached secondary
buildings are 2 meters, except for the lots located within the zone 102 in the Ladysmith area
where the margins are reduced to 0.5 meters when there is no opening on the side and at 1.5
meters on the side of the opening, when there is an opening on the side. For the attached
secondary buildings, the margins are the same as those of the main building, the whole as
indicated, by zone, in the Specifications Grid.
The front setback margins of a secondary building are the same as those of a main building,
the whole as indicated, by zone, in the Specifications Grid.
In an agriculture zone the minimal separating distances of Article 4.13 and the following are
applicable.
4.3.5
Number of detached secondary buildings
The maximum number of detached secondary buildings is 2 per lot or property with a surface
area of 2,000 m² and less. This provision is not applicable in the other circumstances.
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4.3.6
Other standards
Secondary buildings must be located on the same lot or property as the main building for
which they are designated.
As an exception, in a case where the same person owns 2 adjacent lots, a secondary building
could be built on the adjacent lot to the lot on which the main building is located.
Before issuing the building permit for a secondary building, a building permit authorizing the
construction of a main building must be issued unless there already exists a main building on
the lot or the subject property.
The secondary buildings can be fitted with toilets and running water on the condition of being
hooked up to a septic installation.
The provisions of the 3 preceding paragraph sub-sections, as well as articles 4.3.3 and 4.3.5
of the present By-law are not applicable in the case of a farm building, when these are located
in a zone permitting the agriculture use group in the Zoning Plan.
4.3.7
Temporary car shelter
The temporary shelters and garages made of plastic materials are permitted between October
15 and April 15. The site plan is the same as that of secondary buildings.
4.3.8
Secondary building not requiring a building permit
It is not necessary to obtain an installation or building permit for a detached secondary building
with a surface area inferior or equal to 4.5 m² (48 pi² ).
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4.4
THE MARGINS
The objectives:
Ensure spaces free of structures, constructions and buildings at the boundaries of the
property.
Protect the existing constructions and buildings.
4.4.1
General rules
A margin is a space that must be kept free between the property lines and all buildings or all
constructions.
The Specifications Grid indicates, for each zone, the prescribed distances for the front, rear
and lateral margins (see drawing 4.4.1), this is consideration of the special provisions provided
for in articles 4.4.2 to 4.4.6.
Drawing 4.4.1
4.4.2
Setback margins along Routes 301, 306 and 366, except Ladysmith
Along Routes 301, 306 and 366, any new building must be built at a minimal distance of fifteen
(15) meters from the right-of-way, Except for the zone located within the local Center of
Ladysmith, being zone number 102 on the Zoning Plan, where the setback margin is reduced
to 6 meters.
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4.4.3
Site plan along a high voltage electricity transportation line
For any site plan at less than fifteen (15) meters from a high voltage electricity transportation
line, before proceeding with the installation of any structure or development such as a pool, an
artificial pond, a tree plantation, etc. or for any construction or erection of buildings, the
applicant is required to obtain a written authorization from Hydro-Quebec before the
Municipality, when it is required by the municipal by-law, can issue a permit for these
interventions. Also, the other margins or other municipal regulatory prescriptions are
applicable, should it be the case.
4.4.4
Properties along non conforming roads and servitudes
When non conforming roads or servitudes exist before the adoption date of the present By-
law, the construction of new buildings or the extensions on adjacent properties is permitted as
long as the margins prescribed in the Specifications Grid and all other regulatory provisions
are respected.
4.4.5
Individuality of the margins
Pertaining to the Planning By-laws, a margin is applicable to one lot only. As an exception,
when a range line or an original lot line separates a property and that this property is
designated by more than one distinct lot number, for the purpose of this present By-law, the
margins are applicable to the exterior contour of the totality of this property (the lots).
4.4.6
Permitted uses within the margins
As an exception, are only permitted, the following structures and constructions within the front,
lateral and rear margins, on the condition that these structures do not encroach by more than
50% in the margins prescribed in the Specifications Grid:
Awnings and canopies.
Chimneys having a width of more than two meters and forty centimeters (2.40 m), flush to the
building, where they do not protrude to more than sixty (60) cm;
Eaves and bay windows, not protruding by more than sixty (60) cm from the construction
alignment;
Stairs leading to the ground floor, the basement and to the first floor.
Stoops, porches, decks, balconies;
The dispositions of the visibility triangle, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.4.8. and
those relating to the shores of watercourses prevail over those of the present Article and must
be respected.
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4.4.7
Corner property (visibility triangle)
For corner properties, a visibility triangle exempt of any obstacle not exceeding seventy-five
centimeters (75 cm) in height must be respected. No driveway entrance or parking area can be
located within the visibility triangle. This triangle must have seven meters (7 m) on the side,
calculated along the boundaries of the road, at the intersection of these roads. In the
boundaries of the local Center of Ladysmith, the minimal distance required is reduced from 7
meters to 5 meters. The triangular area is measured from the intersection point of the two road
boundaries or of their extension. The drawing 4.4.7, hereunder, illustrates this.
When a property is located at the intersection of many crossroads, as many visibility triangles
are required as the amount of crossroads.
In the commercial zones, it is permitted to post signs within these triangular areas, on the
condition these signs are conforming to the following requirements:
The maximum surface area for a sign is of 1.50 square meters;
The post used for the base of the structure must not exceed six (6) inches in diameter and its
height must not be inferior to two meters fifty (2.50 m);
The sign must be installed at a height of at least 2.50 meters;
The total structure (base, post and sign) must not exceed a height of six meters (6 m) .
Drawing 4.4.7
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4.5
SELF-SUPPORTING STRUCTURES AND ANTENNAS
The following provisions are applicable to antennas, parabolic antennas, windmills and masts.
4.5.1
Location
No self-supporting structure or parabolic antenna shall hang over the public roadway.
4.5.2
Dangerous structures
To prevent any danger for public safety, the self-supporting structures and parabolic antennas
must be maintained in good order, at all times. The designated officer of the Municipality can
request that any structure deemed to be dangerous be repaired immediately by its owner.
4.6
THE TREES
The objective: Ensure the conservation of the rural character of Thorne.
4.6.1
Special provisions on plots for development
For any wooded plot already developed or on the way to be developed for residential
purposes, at least one third of stems of 10 centimeters or more at chest-height must be
preserved.
When the plot is next to a lake or a watercourse, the bank protection strip is not included in the
one-third-of-stems rule;
This provision does not apply within the urban land use designation, intermediate centers and
local centers.
4.6.2
Planning of open spaces
Any open space on a property, shall be meant as an area not occupied by buildings, driveway
entrances, parking, exterior storage where it is permitted in the Specification grid, natural
areas, the shore, etc. must be landscaped, maintained and covered by grass, hedges, trees,
flowers, rock gardens, sidewalks, etc., or left in a natural state.
4.6.3
Public right-of-way
It is strictly forbidden to damage, remove, prune or cut trees, shrubs or cultivated plants, on
public properties and in the right-of-way of the roads, without authorization from the
Municipality.
The planting of trees, along roads and public properties, must be made at a minimum distance
of two (2) meters from the separation distance of the lots.
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4.6.4
On public land
Forestry management activities on public land are regulated by the Forestry Act and its
operating regulations, of which the Regulation Respecting the Operation Standards in the
Forests of the Public Domain (RNI).
4.6.5
On private land
Forest management activities on private land must take into account the following provisions.
4.6.6
Obtaining of a certificate of authorization relating to the felling of
trees
The obtaining of a certificate of authorization with regard to the felling of trees is mandatory to
harvest a volume of wood equivalent to 175 m3 solid or more per year. This provision applies
to all the lots of each landowner.
4.6.7
Tolerant hardwood stands, mixed stands with tolerant hardwood
and white pine stands
Only partial cuts are allowed in tolerant hardwood stands, mixed stands with tolerant hardwood
and white pine stands. The maximal harvest of 30 % of the volume before the cut, distributed
in all classes of diameter of more than 10 centimeters, or 15 centimeters at the stump, is
allowed. The residual basal area must be at least 16 square meters to the hectare uniformly
distributed in order to avoid the creation of gaps. Cutting cycle, which is proportional to the
intensity of the cut, must be 20 years on average without being less than 15 years.
Tolerant hardwood stands and mixed stands with tolerant hardwood disrupted in volume or in
quality are an exception to this provision. A stand is disrupted when 25 to 50 % of its basal
area is removed or destroyed by one of the following causes: wind-felled trees, fire, insect
epidemic, illness. To this end, the application for the certificate of authorization must include a
sylvicultural prescription signed by a forestry engineer member of the Québec Order of
Forestry Engineers (OIFQ). This prescription must also include measures to return to
production the area cut.
4.6.8
Softwood stands, poplar stands and mixed stands with softwood
dominance
Tending of trees is allowed in immature stands.
Clear-cuts with protection of regeneration and of soils (CPRS) are allowed in the softwood
stands, poplar stands and mixed stands with softwood dominance on a maximal area of 10
hectares in a single block under the following conditions:
The stand must have reached its maturity; generally, a stand reaches its maturity when the
majority of the trunks reach 36 centimeters or more in diameter;
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The regeneration of the area that is clear-cut must include at least 1,500 seedlings of
commercial species uniformly distributed on each hectare before undertaking the same type of
cut on the same land property;
When a subsequent clear-cut takes place on a same land property, a wooded strip of a
minimal width of 50 meters must separate the old cutting area from the new one;
A maximal of 30 % of the volume, distributed in all classes of diameter of more than 10
centimeters, or 15 centimeters at the stump, are allowed in the wooded strips.
The previous provisions also apply to stands issued from plantations.
Salvage cutting is an exception to this provision and may cover all the area affected. A
silvicultural prescription signed by a forestry engineer member of the Québec Order of Forestry
Engineers (OIFQ) must be provided with the application for a certificate of authorization. This
prescription must also include measures to return to production the area cut.
4.6.9
Special provisions concerning the protection of lakes and
watercourses
Over and above the provisions concerning actions taken along banks of lakes and
watercourses, the following provisions do apply:
It is forbidden to use any watercourse as an access or skidding road; adequate bridges or
culverts allowing for the natural flow of water must be put in place each time a forestry road,
skidding road or hauling road crosses a watercourse ;
Trees must be cut in a way to avoid them falling into the lakes and watercourses; when this
situation occurs, lakes and watercourses must be cleaned and all debris from the operation be
removed.
4.6.10
Special provisions concerning the return to production of bucking
and stacking areas
Bucking and stacking areas must be cleaned and returned to production after their use, except
in the case of partial cuts done in tolerant hardwood stands, mixed stands with tolerant
hardwood and white pine stands.
4.6.11
Information to be provided by the private woodlot owner at the time
of the application for a certificate of authorization relating to the felling
of trees
Identification of the owner;
Identification of the forestry operator;
Location of the lot (lot, range, township);
Location of projected works, previous cutting areas, bucking and stacking areas, lakes,
watercourses and roads;
Type of cut: partial cut, clear-cut, or other ;
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Area of the cut;
Purpose of the cut;
Execution timing of the cut.
Furthermore, at the time of the analysis of the application for the certificate of authorization,
the following information must be obtained and taken into consideration:
Location of wildlife habitats, corridors and sites of aesthetic interest;
Volume before the cut in the case of a partial cut;
Presence or absence of pre-established regeneration in the case of a clear-cut (CPRS and
CRS);
Works subsidized or not by the Agence régionale de mise en valeur des forêts privées
outaouaises (a regional agency for the development of the private forests in the Outaouais
region) ;
Works located or not in the agricultural zone.
Following the analysis of this application, a certificate of authorization is issued if the previous
obligations are respected. The certificate of authorization must be issued within 10 days after
the application. It is valid for 12 months after the issuing day.
4.7
FENCES
The objectives:
Permit the owners of lots to enjoy their privacy.
Reduce the impact of an intervention on a neighboring property.
4.7.1
General rules
In all of the zones, fences and walls are permitted within the front, rear and lateral margins on
the conditions prescribed in the present By-law.
4.7.2
Materials
Decorative fences made of metal, stone, brick or wood, hedges and walls are permitted.
Wood fences must be built with architectural materials, having been planed, painted, varnished
or stained.
Metal fences must be ornamental, conceived and finished in a manner as to avoid any injury.
Snow fences are permitted from the fifteenth (15) of October to the fifteenth (15) of April of
each year.
4.7.3
Prohibited materials
Fences built with chicken wire, snow fence, non painted used tin or with any material of this
nature are strictly prohibited. However, within a zone where the agriculture use group is
permitted and on a property where farm installations exist, the installation of fences built with
chicken wire, snow fence, barbed wire and electric fence is permitted.
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4.7.4
Barbed wire fence
The use of barbed wire is prohibited with exception to the following cases:
Fences built in a agricultural zone (CPTAQ) or on exploited farms.
4.7.5
Height of fences, walls
The maximum height of fences and walls is of two (2) meters.
Fences for tennis courts or for a special breeding could exceed the maximum height of 2
meters.
Cedar hedges and other forms of vegetation do not constitute a fence.
4.7.6
Provisions specifically applicable to the use Category C5
During the exploitation of a use of the use category C5, the provisions of Article 5.4 must be
applied.
4.7.7
Height in the visibility triangle
Within the boundaries of the visibility triangle, fences, walls or hedges must not, at any time,
exceed a height of seventy-five (75) centimeters.
4.7.8.
Fences, walls, hedges on public property
Any hedge, wall, fence or other similar accessory existing on the public property will be
tolerated at the owner's risks. Any relocation of these accessories that would be necessary to
the performance of public utility work, after notice, must be done by the owner, at his cost. If
the owner refuses or neglects to do the required relocation work, this work could be performed
by the Municipality, at the owner's expense.
4.8
THE BUFFER ZONES
The objectives:
Protect the tranquility and the quality of life of the people settled in the adjacent residential
zones;
Permit the construction and site plan of industry or of manufacturing strategic areas by
minimizing the impact in the residential zones;
Isolate the industrial, extraction and heavy trade zones.
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4.8.1
General rules
A buffer zone is required when issuing a permit for the construction of an industrial installation
or upon issuing an authorization certificate for use for the purpose of industrial uses, heavy
trade or exploitation for extraction purposes of a property. This buffer zone must be developed
in accordance with the provisions mentioned in this article and the following, on the property
where the industrial use, heavy trade or exploitation for extraction purposes is held. The
development of the buffer zone must be made by the owner of the property or of the property
where the industrial use or the exploitation for extraction purposes will be done, and at his
expense.
4.8.2
Composition of a buffer zone
A buffer zone is constituted of two (2) rows of trees planted in a checkered pattern, consisting
of seventy-five percent (75%) of fir trees with a minimal height of three (3) meters, with a
maximum distance of 3 meters between each of the trees. The row of trees must constitute a
continuous screen within three (3) years following the planting.
The spaces free of plantation must be grassed and maintained.
The buffer zones can be considered as part of the existing wooded area that must be
preserved in whole, if this area constitutes the required percentage and forms an acceptable
screen. Should this not be the case, the underbrush must be cleaned on all of the surface area
of the buffer zone and replaced by the planting of trees.
The planting of trees must be completed before the expiry of the building permit.
4.9
PARKING
The objectives:
Ensure that each of the uses exercised is provided with a sufficient number of parking spaces
to ensure a safe access outside the road network.
Ensure an optimal functioning of the road network.
4.9.1
General rules
Any use must include a sufficient number of off-street parking spaces, as required by the
present By-law. A building permit cannot be issued unless this requirement has been met
beforehand, except within the boundaries of the local Center of Ladysmith, where other
alternatives are possible.
This requirement is applicable to modification work or expansion of a use, to construction work
of a new building as well as a change of use, in whole or in part, of an immovable.
The parking requirements established by this by-law have a continuous obligatory character.
They prevail for as long as the uses remain in existence.
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It is therefore illegal for the owner of a use subjected to the Planning By-laws to abolish, in any
form, parking spaces prescribed by the present By-law. It is also illegal to use, without meeting
the requirements of the present By-law, a building that due to a modification or of the
subdivision of a property, no longer has the number of parking spaces required.
In the case of an expansion or an addition, only the expansion or the addition is subjected to
the present standards.
4.9.2
Dimensions of parking spaces
Each parking space must have the following minimum requirements:
Length
6 m;
Width:
2,5 m.
4.9.3
Dimensions of the access lanes
When the parking is done on two (2) rows in relation to the access lane, this lane must have a
minimum width of six (6) meters.
When the parking is done on one (1) row in relation to the access lane, this lane must have a
minimum width of four (4) meters.
4.9.4
Driveway entrances for a use other than residential
The driveway entrance must have at least the same width as the access lane it serves.
If the lot is bordered by more than one traffic lane, the number of entrances permitted is
applicable to each lane, without however exceeding four (4) entrances in total, on a same
property.
Only one access to a public road is permitted for a property that the road frontage is equal or
inferior to fifteen (15) meters. The maximum number for entrances is of two (2) for a property
having a frontage of more than forty-five (45) meters and is inferior or equal to one hundred
(100) meters. This number is of three (3) for one (1) property having a frontage of more than
one hundred (100) meters.
The distance between two driveway entrances must not be less than seven meters fifty
(7.50 m).
4.9.5
Minimum number of parking spaces required
The minimum number of parking spaces required under the type and the applicable group
requirements, is prescribed at Articles 4.9.7 to 4.9.9.
When the result of the calculation to determine the minimum number of parking spaces
required is a fraction number, the following rule applies. If the fraction is inferior to 0.5, the
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result is rounded down to the next whole number; if the fraction is equal or superior to 0.5, the
result is rounded up to the next whole number.
The words "square meters" must be interpreted as "square meters of floor area serving to a
use".
The floor surface areas used to calculate the numbers of parking spaces required are the floor
surface area of the building, measured from the exterior covering of the buildings. Also the
surface areas affected to storage must be included.
When a building includes surface areas designated for different uses, such as a hotel including
a restaurant for example, the parking spaces required for each of the intended uses are
calculated in relation to each of the uses.
In the case of the local Center of Ladysmith, specifically the zone number 102, the obligation
to supply a minimum number of parking spaces is not necessary, when the property does not
have sufficient space.
4.9.6
Change of use
When the use within an existing building is replaced by another use, it is necessary to
determine, by analysis, if the number of parking spaces of the new use is inferior or equal to
the number required by the previous use. When the new use does not require more parking
spaces than the previous use, the authorization certificate for use could be issued. However, in
the case where the new use would require more parking spaces than the previous use, the
development of these additional parking spaces or the application of the Articles 4.9.7 and
4.9.9 becomes obligatory, or the Authorization certificate for the use, will not be issued.
4.9.7
Residential use
All of the buildings, including a housing unit, must have at least one parking space per unit.
4.9.8
Commercial and services use
Offices, banks, retail sales, service shops or any other use that is not mentioned hereafter
must provide one (1) parking space for each twenty-five square meters (25 m2) of floor surface
area, with a minimum of three (3) spaces in total.
Hotels and motels, cabins and camping areas must provide one (1) parking space per cabin,
room or apartment, plus an additional one (1) space for each twenty (20) square meters of
floor surface area that is used by the public.
Theatres, arenas, halls, clubs, recreational establishments and other assembly areas must
provide one (1) parking space for each five (5) seats or three (3) meters of bench space, when
there are no fixed seats.
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Restaurants, bars, taverns, night clubs and dining rooms must provide one (1) parking space
per every three (3) seats or one (1) space for each ten (10) square meters of floor surface
area, the formula requiring the highest number of parking spaces must be retained.
Industrial uses, wholesale, storage, wood yards and repair workshops must provide one (1)
parking space for each seventy (70) square meters of floor surface area to a total of two
hundred (200) square meters plus one parking space for each additional two hundred (200)
square meters.
Flea markets must provide (1) one parking space for each ten (10) square meters of space
used for storage or display of merchandise and of all temporary installations.
Funeral homes must provide five (5) parking spaces per gathering room, plus one (1) space
per ten (10) square meters of floor used for viewing purposes.
Variety stores must provide one (1) parking space per ten (10) square meters of floor surface
area.
4.9.9
Public use
Elementary schools and youth centers must provide one and a half (1.5) parking space per
room, per classroom or per learning areas.
High schools must provide four (4) parking spaces per classroom.
Hospitals, rest homes and health institutions must provide one (1) parking space for each
three (3) beds or for each forty (40) square meters of floor surface area, the formula that offers
the highest number of parking spaces is retained.
Assembly halls and cult areas must provide one (1) parking space for each three (3) seats or
one (1) space for each ten (10) square meters of floor surface area, the formula that offers the
highest number of parking spaces is retained.
Libraries must provide one parking space per fifty (50) square meters.
Golf clubs must provide four (4) parking spaces per hole.
Picnic areas and properties must provide one (1) parking space per fifty-five (55) square
meters of beach.
Pedestrian or cross-country trails must provide twenty-five (25) parking spaces per developed
access areas to the trails.
4.9.10
Location of parking areas
A parking area must never encroach on a part of the right-of-way of the public road.
The parking area designated for a specific use, must be located on the same property as the
designated use.
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4.9.11
Parking of heavy vehicles or commercial vehicles
Any construction or transportation machinery with a total net mass of more than
3 500 kg is considered as a heavy vehicle in terms of the present By-law.
Parking of a heavy vehicle on one's own property is permitted when the resident of that
property is using that heavy vehicle to get to work or to work .
As a guideline, are hereby considered and not limited to, the following machine and vehicles:
Paving roller;
Power shovel, backhoe, cranes, excavators, etc;
School bus;
Trailer or semi-trailer used for commercial purposes;
Transportation trucks.
4.9.12
Development Plan of parking areas
No building permit or Authorization certificate for the use, can be issued unless a development
plan of the parking areas has been submitted and approved, in conformity with the provisions
of this article.
The development plan must include all of the following information and documents:
The shape and the dimensions of the spaces and the parking lanes;
The number of parking spaces and the information necessary to their installation;
The location of the entrances and the exits of the parking area.
4.9.13
Loading areas
A building permit or an authorization certificate for the use can be issued for any new
construction requiring a loading area, when the loading, unloading, shipping or receiving of the
objects in relation to the commercial or industrial use must be carried out on the same property
as the use in question. Such activities should not occur within the right-of-way of the public
road. The provisions of this article are not applicable to the zones located in the local Center of
Ladysmith.
4.10
SIGNAGE
The objectives:
Regulate the site plan, size and dimension, and the number of signs per property;
Ensure the homogeneity and safety measures in the matter of signage.
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4.10.1
General rules
When an individual wishes to install, rebuild, expand, alter, relocate, install, finish a sign, this
procedure must be made in compliance with the provisions of Articles 4.10 and the following.
Any sign advertising a service or a commercial venue must be installed on the building where
the service is rendered or where the commercial activity takes place, except for directional
signs.
4.10.1.1
Signs attached to the building
The maximum surface area permitted for this type of sign is 1 square meter per 1 meter of wall
width to a maximum of 10 square meters.
It is permitted to install one or more signs of this type per use, as long as the total size of the
signs respect the provisions of the preceding sub-section paragraph.
An Authorization certificate for the use, for the commercial property for which the sign is
intended is conditional to obtaining a permit to the installation of signs.
Signs attached to the building must be posted flat on the building; they cannot be incorporated
to the exterior finishing materials, but they can be installed on a canopy if they are at less than
two meters fifty (2.50 m) from the ground. The face of the sign must be parallel to the wall of
the building on which is installed. These signs can protrude by no more than thirty centimeters.
No sign can be installed in front of a window or a door, nor can it block, mask, simulated or
conceal a door or a window.
No sign should hang over or encroach on the public road.
4.10.1.2
Signs detached from the building
In addition to the sign attached to the building, it is permitted to install a sign detached from the
building in consideration of the following conditions:
The maximum surface area permitted for this type of sign is of 6 square meters.
Only one sign of this type is permitted per use.
The installation of this sign is conditional to obtaining an Authorization certificate for the use,
for the commercial property for which the sign is intended.
Signs detached from the building, except for directional signs, must be suspended, supported
or installed on a post or a small wall.
No sign can be placed on a tree, a public utility post, a fence or a secondary building.
Unless otherwise specified in each case, the maximum height permitted for a sign detached
from the building is of six (6) meters in relation to the level of the road or the ground.
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The structure or the post serving as base to the sign must be located at a minimum distance of
1 meter in relation to all of the lot lines.
A movable advertising panel, generally on wheels, is often rented for limited time periods must
be installed outside the visibility triangle and outside of the margins of the property on which it
is located. The maximum surface area of this panel is of 6 square meters on each side.
On a corner lot, a sign can be installed inside the visibility triangle and the right-of-way of the
road on the condition of respecting the special provisions of the visibility triangle, see Article
4.4.7..
4.10.1.3
Sandwich Board
In addition to the sign attached to the building and of the sign detached from the building, it is
permitted to install a sandwich board by respecting the following conditions:
A sandwich board is a movable sign, folded on itself, and designed to be visible from both
sides.
The maximum surface area of a sandwich board used to advertise a product or a service is
one square meters (1 m2) or (10.7 ft2), per side. It is permitted to install two sandwich boards
per property.
The installation of a sandwich board is prohibited in the public right-of-way.
The installation of this sign is conditional to obtaining an Authorization certificate for the use,
for the commercial property for which the sign is intended.
On a corner lot, a sign can be installed inside the visibility triangle and the right-of-way of the
road on the condition of respecting the special provisions of the visibility triangle, see Article
4.4.7.
4.10.1.4
Directional signs
In addition to the sign attached to the building, the sign detached from the building and the
sandwich board, it is permitted to install a directional sign by respecting the following
conditions:
A sign with a surface area of 6 square meters per property or lot.
The installation of this sign is conditional to obtaining an Authorization certificate for the use,
for the commercial property for which the sign is intended.
The structure or the post serving as base to the sign must be located at a minimum distance of
1 meter in relation to all of the lot lines.
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4.10.1.5
On a corner lot, a sign can be installed inside the visibility
triangle and the right-of-way of the road on the condition of
respecting the special provisions of the visibility triangle, see Article
4.4.7Temporary signs
Three (3) temporary signs are authorized on the following conditions:
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The installation of this sign is conditional to obtaining an Authorization certificate for
the use, for the commercial property for which the sign is intended.
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A permit can be issued once (1) a year only, for a maximum of sixty (60) calendar
days.
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The maximum surface area for a temporary sign is of six square meters (6 m2).
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The site plan of a sign is regulated by the same prescriptions as the detached signs,
see Article 4.10.1.2.
4.10.2
Sign illumination
Any sign can be illuminated, meaning illuminated by a source of light, not related to the sign or
away from it, on the condition that this light source is not harmful from the public road and the
neighborhood.
Also, any sign can be illuminated by a fixed constant light source placed inside the sign, on the
condition that this sign is formed of a material, not too transparent, that conceals the light
source and makes it anti-reflective.
4.10.3
Maintenance of the signs
Any sign must be maintained and repaired to ensure that it does not represent a source of
public danger. Also, any sign advertising an establishment or an event that has taken place or
that no longer exists, must be removed by its owner within one (1) month following the end of
the operation of the establishment or two (2) weeks following the end of the event, including
garage sales.
4.10.4
Derogatory signs
It is prohibited to replace an existing derogatory sign by another sign or to re-install it at
another location on the same property or to another location, unless this operation has effect
to render the situation in conformance with the provisions of the present By-law. The
expression « replace a sign by another » does not include the change of posters made directly
on the same panel.
4.10.5
Electrical supply
The electrical or mechanical supply of the lighted sign installed on a post, must be safe.
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4.10.6
Real Estate projects
Two (2) signs on posts are authorized to identify either the subdivision and/or the construction
of real estate projects on the condition they are installed on the subject property.
However, a directional sign of a maximum width of seventy-five centimeters (0.75 m) and a
height of twenty-five centimeters (0.25 m) could be installed at the intersection of the main
road of the project and the nearest municipal road, for the purpose of indicating the directions
to access the real estate project.
The maximum surface area permitted for these two (2) signs is of twelve square meters (12
m2), but only one sign can exceed 10 (10 m2) square meters.
The permit is issued for a maximum period of one (1) year. Following the expiry of this delay,
the permit can be renewed if the project is not completed.
4.10.7
Obligation to obtain a sign permit
Any individual wishing to install, rebuild, expand, alter, relocate, post, finish a sign or an
advertisement panel must first obtain a "Sign Permit" for this purpose from the Municipality, in
conformance with the provisions of the present By-law and with the provisions of the By-law
known as Administration and interpretation rules of the Planning By-laws number 2002-002.
4.10.8
Signs authorized without a Sign Permit
The signs listed hereafter do not require obtaining neither a permit, nor the respect of the
municipal site plan standards and are authorized in all sectors of the Municipality:
Permanent or temporary signs emanating from a community, public, municipal, regional,
provincial or federal authority.
Signs relating to an election or a popular consultation held in virtue of a legislative law.
Signs relating to traffic or used for the orientation and the convenience of the public, including
signs indicating a danger, bathrooms and delivery entrances, as long as they do not exceed a
surface area of three square meters (3 m2) and that they be located on the same property as
the use they refer to.
Flags of political, civil, philanthropic, educational or religious associations.
Signs commemorating an special or an annual event (Ex. Octoberfest) or an historical
individual, on the condition that they are not designated or associated to a commercial use.
Inscriptions, figures and symbols chiseled or sculpted directly on the walls of a building and
that do not exceed a surface area of three-square meters (3 m2).
Signs concerning the practice of a cult or other religious activities, and that do not exceed a
surface area of three-square meters (3 m2).
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A personal identification sign posted on the property indicating the name, address of the
occupant, and that does not exceed a surface area of three square meters (3 m2) and that it be
illuminated using a white light bulb only, incandescent and continuous type.
An identification sign on the property where there exists a public use, not exceeding a surface
area of three square meters (3 m2)
Temporary signs used to identify a construction project and/or architect, engineer, contractor
as well as sub-contractors involved in this construction project, and that do not exceed a
surface area of three-square meters (3 m2). These signs must be removed within fifteen (15)
days following the completion of the work.
Temporary signs to advertise the sale of a building or of a property or the rental of offices or
other premises within the zones dominantly residential and mixed (residential and commercial)
and that do not exceed a surface area of three square meters (3 m2). These signs must be
installed on the same property as the use they refer to. Two additional directional signs can
also be installed.
Temporary signs to advertise the sale or the rental of offices and other premises within the
zones dominantly commercial, industrial and institutional and that do not exceed a surface
area of three-square meters (3 m2). These signs must be installed on the same property as the
use they refer to. At an intersection, when there are more than one sign from the same firm,
they must be installed on the same post.
Signs of an electoral candidate, of a political party or of an electoral campaign, and that they
are removed within seven (7) days following the voting date.
4.10.9
Prohibited signs and messages
Any sign or message, illuminated by a colored light, or designed in a shape or form to cause
confusion with road signs.
Any bright sign or message trying to imitate or imitating illuminated warning devices commonly
used on police vehicles, ambulances and fire vehicles, or any bright sign of the same nature
as these devices.
Any sign or message with flashing, pivoting or rotating lighting.
Any sign or message installed on the slopes or the summit of a mountain.
Any advertising message, by using paint, on any building exterior finish as well as on
bituminous covering and fences of any property.
Paper or cardboard signs posted elsewhere that on the advertising panels and the advertising
panels or billboards.
Any sign or message used to promote a real estate project located outside of the territory of
the Municipality.
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4.11
LANDSLIDE ZONES
Objective:
Inform the population of the inherent risks of landslides.
Protection of property and people against the risks of landslides.
4.11.1 Identification
The zone limits cover the entire areas in which risks of landslides have been identified. These
are divided into three categories:
Low-risk zones (LRZ);
Medium-risk zones (MRZ);
High-risk zones (HRZ),
Landslide zones are illustrated on the attached plan called:
Landslide zones prescribed into the Regional Master Plan - Municipality of Thorne - ZMM-01-
01, originated by the Pontiac MRC
4.11.2
Special conditions relating to the issue of a building permit in the
landslide zones
In the low-risk zones:
-
Agricultural activities and single-family housing are allowed;
-
Structures with two storey's maximum;
-
The minimal area of lots must be 6,000 m2 each ; this area may be reduced to 4,000
m2 when a study made by an engineer member of the Québec Order of Engineers
(OIQ) has certified that it is possible to establish a use without risk for the safety of
individuals and possessions;
-
Deforestation of more than 1,000 m2 is forbidden;
-
Planting of vegetal species in parts bared at the time of works must be carried out.
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In the medium-risk zones:
-
The minimal area of lots is 4,000 m2 each ;
-
Septic tanks, embankment at the top and excavation at the foot of the embankment
are forbidden ;
-
Deforestation of more than 1,000 m2 per plot is forbidden ;
-
Planting of vegetal species in parts bared at the time of works must be carried out ;
-
Notwithstanding the above, subdivision and construction are only allowed when a
study made by an engineer member of the Québec Order of Engineers (OIQ) has
certified that it is possible to establish a use without risk for the safety of individuals
and possessions.
In the high-risk zones:
-
No structure, no subdivision, no septic tank, no embankment or excavation and no
changes in the vegetation are allowed at the foot and the top of the embankment.
4.12
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE EDGE
OF LAKES AND WATERCOURSES
Objectives :
Maintain and improve the quality of lakes and watercourses by providing adequate protection
to shore and littoral.
Prevent shore erosion by encouraging and protecting the natural state.
Preserve and maintain the panorama densely wooded areas near bodies of water.
4.12.1 General Rules:
For any structure or works susceptible to destroy or modify the vegetal cover of shore, to bare
the land, to affect its stability or that encroach on the littoral, except for structures and works
relating to forest management activities, the execution of which is governed by the Forestry
Act and its operating regulations, the obtaining of an authorization is mandatory. This
authorization may be in the form of a building permit or a distinct authorization depending of
the nature of the project.
The planning and/or work that must be done on shore or littorals must be undertaken and
executed by preserving and maintaining the natural state and not harm or damage the natural
water flow nor create sources of erosions.
Cleaning and maintenance works must be undertaken without resorting to excavation,
dredging, levelling, in-fill or any other similar type of work.
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The policy for the protection of shore, littoral and flood lands, number 103-96, Quebec
Government has served as a guide to elaborate the standards of the current By-law regarding
the action taken on lake shores and watercourses. The following definitions are derived from
this policy. They also serve as a reference in the application of the provisions of By-laws for
the Municipality of Thorne.
Notwithstanding what has been stipulated in the current article, these provisions do not apply
for structures and works relating to municipal, commercial, industrial or public purposes or for
public access purposes when duly authorized in accordance with the Conservation and
Development of Wildlife Act. They do not apply to Quebec public lands on which strips of
lakesides are established and regulated in accordance with the Guide on forestry
management.
4.12.2
Obligation to obtain an authorization
For any structure or works susceptible to destroy or modify the vegetal cover of shore, to bare
the land, to affect its stability or that encroach on the littoral, except for structures and works
relating to forest management activities, the execution of which is governed by the Forestry
Act and its operating regulations, the obtaining of an authorization is mandatory. This
authorization may be in the form of a building permit or a distinct authorization depending on
the nature of the project. Furthermore, the authorization does not take away the obligation of
the holder to obtain additional authorization that will be required in view of other Acts or
Quebec By-laws such as Loi sur le Régime des eaux (L.R.Q. C.-R-13).
Work and management carried out using mechanical equipment
In the case of work and management carried out using mechanical equipment involving the
excavation, dredging, leveling of in-fills, and the installation of gabions or any other similar type
of work, a proposed statement of work (SOW) must be provided and deposited at the
Municipality for approval prior to any work being undertaken.
The approval criteria for the proposed work and details of implementation are:
The impact on wildlife and existing plantation must be minimized;
Ensuring that appropriate work measures are taken for stabilizing of shore.
The analysis of the criteria will be done using the following document:
Guide des bonnes pratiques publié par le ministère de l'Environnement et de la Faune
du Québec - Protection des rives, du littoral et des plaines inondables .
In more complex cases, the Municipal Inspector can require that a detailed report prepared by
a expert specializing in erosion and ecological impacts.
The property owner on which the work is being done must produce a written confirmation that
the work being undertaken is in conformity with the proposed report and has been accepted by
the municipal inspector.
Work and management carried out without the use of mechanical equipment
In the case of work being undertaken without the use of mechanical equipment with the intent
of restoring the vegetal cover without excavating, dredging, leveling, in-fills, gabions or any
other similar work, the detailed report is not required.
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4.12.3
Measures relating to shore
Are allowed the construction, expansion or addition and other work satisfying the above
mentioned conditions:
-Standards applicable to the construction of a main building -
The minimal setback from the high water line of any new main building is 15 meters.
-Standards applicable to the reconstruction, expansion or addition to an existing main
building -
In the case where a main building exists before the coming into force of the present By-Law, it
is permitted to construct an addition to the main building, a veranda, deck, steps or an
overhanging structure, all without a roof and on an encroachment of 2 meters within the
interior margin of 15 meters.
In the case where an existing building is within the interior 15 meters high water line, prior to
the coming into force of the current By-law. The reconstruction, expansion or addition of a
main building is possible on the shore at a minimal distance of five (5) meters from the high
water line. Furthermore, the reconstruction, expansion or addition must meet the following
conditions of table 4.12.3:
Minimal distance from the high water line in meters
Minimal lateral margin in meters
5
8
6
7
7
6
8
5
9
4
10
3
11
2
12
2
13
2
14
2
15
2
Table 4.12.3 is created to reduce the frontage of buildings as they are situated closer to the
high water line. Furthermore as buildings are situated closer to the high water line, the more
the lateral margin is getting larger.
The maximum width of a main building is 9.75 meters.
It is permitted to erect, attached to the main building, a veranda, deck, steps or overhanging
structure, all without a roof and on an encroachment of 2 meters within the margin of 15
meters from the high water line. These constructions must be situated outside the lateral
margin prescribed under table 4.12.3.
-Standards applicable to the construction of a secondary building -
The construction, expansion or addition of a secondary building is possible only at a minimal
distance of fifteen (15) meters from the high water line.
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It is permitted to erect an secondary building on the shore at a minimal distance of five (5)
meters from the high water line when meeting the following conditions:
The dimensions of the lot no longer allow for the construction or erection of a secondary
building outside the fifteen (15) meters marginal line;
The subdivision was done before the coming into force of the first Interim Control By-law of the
MRC of Pontiac on October 31th, 1983;
The secondary building must be built on a area without filling or excavation;
The maximum area of the secondary building must be 6 metres² (approximately 8' X 8').
A lateral margin of two (2) meters must be respected.
-Standards applicable to the construction of a temporary secondary building -
The assembly of a temporary secondary building or a temporary structure can be installed at a
minimum distance of five meters (5 m) from the high water line. To be considered as a
temporary secondary building or a temporary structure, this installation must be removed from
December 1st to April 1st each year.
-Standards applicable to work relating to the vegetation-
The forest management activities governed by the Forestry Act and its operating regulations;
Sanitary cutting, which means the felling or harvesting of deficient, spoiled, decaying,
damaged or dead trees;
Harvesting of 50 % of the trees with trunks of 10 centimeters and more in diameter, provided
that a forest cover of at least 50 % is maintained on private woodlots used for forestry
development or agricultural purposes;
The cutting necessary for the erection of a building or an authorized work;
The cutting necessary for the development of a 5-metre wide opening giving access to the
body of water when the slope is less than 30 %; this opening must be developed obliquely in
relation to the body of water;
Pruning and thinning necessary to develop a 5-metre wide opening when the slope of shore is
more than 30 %, as well as a trail or stairs leading to the body of water; this opening must be
developed obliquely in relation to the body of water;
Seedlings and planting of vegetal species, trees or shrubs, as well as works aimed at restoring
the permanent and durable vegetal covers;
The various methods of herbaceous vegetation harvesting when the slope of shore is less than
30 %, and only at the top of embankments when the slope is more than 30 %.
-Standards applicable to work relating to the agriculture-
The makeup of the soil has purposes for agriculture. However, minimal strip of three (3)
meters on the shore must be maintained. Furthermore, if there is an embankment with a height
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inferior to three (3) meters from the average high water line, the width of the shore must
include a minimum of one (1) meter at the top of the embankment.
The proposed model by the M.A.P.A.Q must abide by the provisions allowing livestock to drink
from the watercourses;
The erection of agricultural fencing in agricultural zones;
Necessary equipment for aquaculture.
-Standards applicable to other types of works -
The installation or setting up of outlets for an underground or surface drainage water system
and pumping stations;
The development of watercourse crossings relating to culverts and bridges and to roads giving
access to them;
The installation of septic tanks that conforms with the Règlement sur l'évacuation et le
traitement des eaux usées des résidences isolées (a regulation respecting the disposal and
purification of wastewater for isolated dwellings);
When the slope, nature of the soil and conditions of the land do not facilitate the restoration of
the vegetal cover and natural character of shore, works and stabilization of shore with the help
of stones, gabions or retaining wall, by using the more suitable techniques likely to facilitate
the possible restoration of the natural vegetation;
The installation of individual wells;
The reconstruction or widening of an existing road, including farming and forestry roads;
The works necessary for the realization of structures, equipment and facilities authorized in the
littoral zone in conformity with Article 4.12.4;
The constructions or structures and works for municipal, commercial, industrial or public
purposes or for public access purposes when duly authorized in accordance with the
Environment Quality Act (LQE) ;
The plantation of cedar hedges or the plantation of trees -
P.S.: The erection of fencing must be done outside the fifteen (15) meter high water line.
4.12.4
Measures relating to the littoral
Are permitted in the littoral the structures and works satisfying the above mentioned
conditions:
The installation of wharves, shelters or landing stages on piles, posts or cofferdams, or made
up of floating platforms ; however, any part of these works intended to be submerged or in
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contact with water cannot be done by using tar-lined, painted or chemically treated wooden
materials ;
The installation of watercourse crossings relating to ford crossings, culverts and bridges ;
The installation equipment necessary for aquaculture;
The installation water intakes;
The encroaching on the littoral necessary for the undertaking of works authorized in the shore ;
The cleaning and maintenance works without excavation that must be done in the
watercourses by the municipalities or the MRC of Pontiac in accordance with the powers and
duties conferred by the Municipal Code ; Code municipal (L.R.Q., c. C-27.1)
The structures and works for municipal, commercial, industrial or public purposes or for public
access purposes when duly authorized in accordance with the Environment Quality Act (LQE),
the Conservation and Development of Wildlife Act, the Watercourses Act or any other law. de
la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement (L.R.Q., C.q-2), la Loi sur la conservation et la mise en
valeur de la faune (L.R.Q., c-C6.1), la Loi sur le régime des eaux (L.R.Q., c. R-13).
4.12.5
Wharves and shelters - Occupation Lease from MEF (Ministère de
l'Environnement et de la Faune du Québec)
The installation of wharves and/or shelters permanently fixed or not on the shore is permitted.
In the case where the frontage of a wharf and/or shelter exceeds the 10% frontage of the lot or
exceeds an area of 20 m², an occupation permit issued by the MEF will be necessary before
begin these constructions work.
4.12.6
Definitions specially applicable to article 4.12 and the followings
High water line:
Line used to establish the littoral and the shore of watercourses as per
the application of current By-law.
This high water line is located at the place where we go from a predominance of aquatic plants
to a predominance of land plants. In a case where there is no aquatic plants the high water line
starts where land plants are the closer to the watercourse. Plants considered as aquatic are all
hydrophilic plants including submerged plants, plants with floating leaves, emerging plants and
herbaceous and ligneous plants characteristic of marshes and swamps opened on bodies of
water.
If there is a retained-water structure (like a controlled dam), the high water line is located at the
operation highest point of the hydraulic work for that part of the body of water located up-river.
If there is a retaining wall legally erected, the high water line is located at the top of the wall.
Shore:
Strip of land bordering on lakes and watercourses that extends towards the
interior of the land from the high water line. The width of the shore is measured horizontally.
The shore has a minimum width of 15 meters.
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Littoral:
Part of lakes and watercourses that extends from the high water line towards the
centre of the body of water.
Forestry clean up :
A forestry clean up consists of the cutting or gathering of defective or
damaged trees or dead trees in a basal area.
Ditch:
A ditch is a small land depression, natural or artificial, which serves for water
navigation from water running from adjacent lands, that is, road ditches and adjacent land
ditches.
Watercourse: permanent or temporary water flow within a natural land depression free of
vegetation or encompassing aquatic plants and characterized by signs of water flows,
including lakes, river...
4.12.7
Rivers, lakes and watercourse
All rivers, lakes and watercourses are targeted by the previous mentioned provisions, except
for ditches which are exempted and certain watercourses situated within public forests that are
governed by Regulation Respecting Operations Standards in the Forests of the Public Domain
(RNI).
4.13
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
Objectives :
The following provisions aim at the development of a sustainable agriculture and a harmonious
coexistence of activities in the environment
The provisions of Article 4.13 and subsequent articles are applicable in agricultural zones
under the jurisdiction of Loi sur la protection du territoire agricole du Québec, particularly
against agricultural odors. The proposed parameters do not affect the aspect of pollution
control. The provisions do not take away the environmental obligations to which agricultural
producers must adhere to as per environmental standards contained under the 'ministère de
l'Environnement et de la Faune'. The provisions aim to establish an optimal process to
determine favorable distance divisions to ensure a harmonious cohabitation in a rural setting.
4.13.1
Separating distances relating to breeding operations
The minimal separating distances between a breeding operation and a protected immovable, a
dwelling, an urbanization perimeter, an urban perimeter or a public road are computed by
using a formula that combines the seven (7) following parameters:
Separating distance = B x C x D x E x F x G
Parameter A is the number of animal units according to the table at Section 4.1.1;
Parameter B represents the basic distance according to the table at Section 4.1.2; Parameter
B is established according to the number of animal units, which is Parameter A;
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Parameter C is the odor load according to the table at Section 4.1.3;
Parameter D corresponds to the type of manure according to the table at Section 4.1.4;
Parameter E is the type of the project according to the table at Section 4.1.5;
Parameter F is the attenuation factor according to the table at Section 4.1.6;
Parameter G is the usage factor according to the data at Section 4.1.7.
Parameter A, which is the number of animal units
NUMBER OF ANIMAL UNITS (PARAMETER A)
Group or category of animals
Number
of
animals
equivalent
to an animal unit
Cow or heifer, bull, horse
1
Calf or heifer weighing from 225 to 500 kilograms
2
Calf weighing less than 225 kilograms
5
Breeding pig weighing from 20 to 100 kilograms
5
Sow and piglet not weaned during the year
4
Piglet weighing less than 20 kilograms
25
Laying hen or rooster
125
Roasting or broiling chicken
250
Growing pullet
250
Turkey weighing more than 13 kilograms
50
Turkey weighing from 8.5 to 10 kilograms
75
Turkey weighing less than 5.5 kilograms
100
Female mink (male and offspring not included)
100
Female fox (male and offspring not included)
40
Sheep and lamb of the year
4
Goat and kid of the year
6
Female rabbit (male and offspring not included)
40
Quail
1,500
Pheasant
300
Note: It is important to mention that the previous table serves as an indication. A complete table will
have to be prepared by reducing the differences between the categories; the basis for computation
remains 500 kilograms per animal unit. When a weight is indicated in the table, it is the weight of the
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animal at the end of the period of growth. For any other species of animal, a gross weight of 500
kilograms is equal to one animal unit.
Parameter B, which is the basic distance
BASIC DISTANCES (PARAMETER B)
Total number of animal
units
Distance
(metre)
Total number
of animal units
Distance
(metre)
Total number
of animal units
Distance
(metre)
10
178
300
517
880
725
20
221
320
528
900
730
30
251
340
538
950
743
40
275
360
548
1,000
755
50
295
380
557
1,050
767
60
312
400
566
1,100
778
70
328
420
575
1,150
789
80
342
440
583
1,200
799
90
355
460
592
1,250
810
100
367
480
600
1,300
820
110
378
500
607
1,350
829
120
388
520
615
1,400
839
130
398
540
622
1,450
848
140
407
560
629
1,500
857
150
416
580
636
1,550
866
160
425
600
643
1,600
875
170
433
620
650
1,650
883
180
441
640
656
1,700
892
190
448
660
663
1,750
900
200
456
680
669
1,800
908
210
463
700
675
1,850
916
220
469
720
681
1,900
923
230
476
740
687
1,950
931
240
482
760
693
2,000
938
250
489
780
698
2,100
953
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260
495
800
704
2,200
967
270
501
820
709
2,300
980
280
506
840
715
2,400
994
290
512
860
720
2,500
1,006
It should be noted that these data are adapted from the Association of German Engineers VDI
3471.
Parameter C, which is the load of odors
ODOURS LOAD PER ANIMAL (PARAMETER C)
Group or category of animals
Parameter C
Slaughter cattle
- in a closed building
- on an outdoor feed area
0.7
0.8
Milk cattle
0.7
Duck
0.7
Horse
0.7
Goat
0.7
Turkey
- in a closed building
- on an outdoor feed area
0.7
0.8
Rabbit
0.8
Sheep
0.7
Pig
1.0
Hen
- caged laying hen
- reproduction hen
- roasting hen/large chicken
- pullet
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
Fox
1.1
Heavy calf
- milk calf
- grain calf
1.0
0.8
Mink
1.1
Note : For any other animal species, use Parameter C = 0.8.
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Parameter D, which is the type of manure
TYPE OF MANURE (PARAMETER D)
Management method of farm fertilizers
Parameter D
Management of solid
- slaughter and milk cattle, horse, sheep
and goat
- other groups or categories of animals
0.6
0.8
Management of liquid
- slaughter and milk cattle
- other groups and categories of animals
0.8
1.0
Parameter E, which is the type of project
TYPE OF PROJECT (PARAMETER E)
Increase up to...
(a.u.)
Parameter E
Increase up to...
(a.u.)
Parameter
E
10 or less
0.50
181-185
0.76
11-20
0.51
186-190
0.77
21-30
0.52
191-195
0.78
31-40
0.53
196-200
0.79
41-50
0.54
201-205
0.80
51-60
0.55
206-210
0.81
61-70
0.56
211-215
0.82
71-80
0.57
216-220
0.83
81-90
0.58
221-225
0.84
91-100
0.59
226-230
0.85
101-105
0.60
231-235
0.86
106-110
0.61
236-240
0.87
111-115
0.62
241-245
0.88
116-120
0.63
246-250
0.89
121-125
0.64
251-255
0.90
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126-130
0.65
256-260
0.91
131-135
0.66
261-265
0.92
136-140
0.67
266-270
0.93
141-145
0.68
271-275
0.94
146-150
0.69
276-280
0.95
151-155
0.70
281-285
0.96
156-160
0.71
286-290
0.97
161-165
0.72
291-295
0.98
166-170
0.73
296-300
0.99
171-175
0.74
300 and more
1.00
176-180
0.75
new project
1.00
It should be noted that the number of animals to be added to the herd must be considered, whether there is or not
an extension or construction of a building. For any project leading to a total of 300 animal units and more, as well
as for any new project, Parameter E = 1.
Parameter F, which is the attenuation factor
ATTENUATION FACTOR (PARAMETER F)
Technology
Parameter F
Roof on storage premises
- absent ;
- permanent rigid ;
- temporary (layer of peat, layer of plastic).
F1
1.0
0.7
0.9
Ventilation
- natural and forced with multiple air outlets ;
- forced with regrouped air outlets and air
outlets above the roof ;
- forced with regrouped air outlets and air
cleaning with air scrubbers or biological
filters.
F2
1.0
0.9
0.8
Other technologies
- new technologies may be used to reduce
the distances when their efficiency is
proven.
F3
Factor
to
be
determined at the
time of accreditation
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Parameter G, which is the usage factor
For a protected immovable, we get the separating distance by multiplying all the parameters between themselves,
G = 1.0;
For a dwelling house, G = 0.5;
For an urbanization perimeter, G = 1.5;
For a public road, G = 0.1, but the installations must in all cases take into account the minimal
distance of six (6) meters from a lot line.
4.13.2 Acquired rights
Parameter E bearing on the type of project acknowledges an acquired right related to the
expansion of existing agricultural enterprises. For establishments of one hundred animal units
(100 a.u.) and less, the replacement of the breeding type is allowed on the condition to
maintain the same number of animal units and to continue the same management of breeding
effluents or a more favorable management with respect to the inconvenience associated with
odors whereas for the other establishments, the replacement of the type of breeding is only
possible by respecting the computation parameters for separating distances.
4.13.3
Separating distances relating to storage premises for farm manure
located at more than 150 metres from a breeding farm
In situations where farm manure is stored outside the animal operation, separating distances
must be respected. These separating distances are established by considering that one
animal unit requires a storage capacity of 20 m3.
Minimal separating distances, in meters, between storage premises for farm manure located at
more than 150 meters from a breeding farm and a protected immovable, a dwelling, an
urbanization perimeter or a public road are obtained by combining the seven parameters
presented at Section 4.1 with the following changes:
For Parameter A, each reservoir capacity of 1,000 m3 corresponds to 50 animal units;
Once the equivalent is completed, we can find the value of Parameter B ; then the formula for
the separating distance B x C x D x E x F x G does apply ; the following table shows the cases
where C, D, E and F are equivalent to 1, only Parameter G varies depending on the
neighboring unit in question ;
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Separating distances related to storage premises for liquid manure1 located at more 150
metres from a breeding installation.
Storage capacity (m3)2
Separating distances (m)
Dwelling
Protected
immovable
Urbanization
perimeter
Public road
1,000
148
295
443
30
2,000
184
367
550
37
3,000
208
416
624
42
4,000
228
456
684
46
5,000
245
489
734
49
6,000
259
517
776
52
7,000
272
543
815
54
8,000
283
566
849
57
9,000
294
588
882
59
10,000
304
607
911
61
1.
For liquid manure, multiply the above distances by 0.8.
2.
For other storage capacities, complete the necessary computation by using a
proportional rule or data of Parameter A.
4.13.4
Separating distances relating to the spreading of farm fertilizers
Farm fertilizers must be able to be applied on all cultivated fields. Minimal separating
distances between a place where manure is spread and any dwelling house, any urbanization
perimeter or any immovable protected by virtue of the Preservation of Agricultural Land and
Agricultural Activities Act (LPTAA) are established in the following table.
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Separating distances relating to the spreading of farm fertilizers1
Required distance
from a dwelling house,
an urbanization perimeter
or a protected immovable (m)
Type
Method of spreading
June 15 to August 15
Other times
LIQUID
MANURE
spraying
from the air
nozzle
300
300
cannon
300
300
liquid manure left on the
surface more than 24 hours
75
25
liquid manure incorporated in
less than 24 hours
25
x
spraying
by ramp
25
x
by tangle
x
x
simultaneous incorporation
x
x
SOLID
MANURE
fresh, left on the surface more than 24 hours
75
x
fresh, incorporated in less than 24 hours
x
x
deodorized compost
x
x
1. x = Spreading allowed up to the limits of the field.
The above table does not apply in the case of uninhabited urbanization perimeters. In this case, spreading
is allowed up to the limits of the field.
4.13.5
Reciprocity principle and distance standards
In the agricultural zone, an individual who wants to erect a dwelling house, a protected
immovable or a public road on a lot must respect in relation to agricultural operations the
following distances:
Public road:
37 meters;
Protected immovable:
367 meters;
Dwelling house:
184 meters.
A municipality may not issue a building permit when these standards are not respected by the
owner of the lot involved in the application, unless the latter provides for the purpose of
registration at the Bureau de la publicité et des droits a declaration to the effect that he forgoes
any recourse that he could have invoked with regard to each of neighboring operation that
must abide by such a distance standard if he had himself respected the standards imposed.
This declaration has the effect of a true easement notwithstanding Section 1,181 of the
Québec Civil Code. This easement is established by a registered declaration against the lot
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involved in the application and against each of those on which are located buildings or
infrastructures used for agricultural activities subject to standards for the separating distance.
4.13.6
Minimum distance for operating a kennel
Are included in this category any establishment and all of the installations used for the
breeding, care-taking, grooming and the sale of animals.
All new kennels must be built at a minimum distance of 500 meters of any residence other
than the residence located on the same property as the said kennel.
This category does not include other recreo-tourism activities using animals, even when these
activities are done commercially. Dogs and cats owned by individuals, as pets or participating
in exhibition shows are not included within this use category.
Separating Distances for the Management of Odours Applicable to New Residences in
the Agricultural Zone
To promote cohesion of uses in the agricultural zone and reduce the inconveniences related to
odours, the establishment of new residences in the agricultural zone is subject to minimum
separating distances with regard to all farming facilities. These separating distances are
defined in the following table:
Type of production
Livestock Units*
Minimum Required
Distance* (m)
Cattle or grain-fed calf
Up to 225
150
Cattle (fattening)
Up to 400
182
Milk
Up to 225
132
Swine (maternity, nursery)
Up to 225
236
Swine (fattening, farrowing, finishing)
Up to 599
267
Poultry (chicken, turkey, etc.)
Up to 400
236
Other productions
Distances provided in the
provincial planning
guidelines for 225 livestock
units
150
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CHAPTER 5
TYPE OF CASES
5.1
SERVICE STATIONS AND GAS BAR
5.1.1
General rules
The standards enforced under Article 5.1 and subsequent articles relating to a gas bar or
service stations are applicable when they are found to be greater that the prescribed
requirements identified on the Specification grid. They must be applied and have precedence
over the aforementioned Specification grid.
No construction permit for a gas bar or service station will be considered unless a Site Plan
that conforms to the current By-law is presented by the applicant. The provisions of the current
By-law are independent from the authorities required under all other instances.
5.1.2
Implementation measures
The minimal implementation measures applicable to a gas bar or service station are listed in
the following table:
Front Margins:
Building
Gas pumps
Canopy or Awning
12,0 metres
7,0 metres
5,0 metres
Lateral margins
5,0 metres
Rear margin
5,0 metres
5.1.3
Gas Pumps
Gas supplies must be stored in underground reservoirs and can never be located under a
building.
5.1.4
Prohibited Uses
A gas bar or service station building cannot be used for residential use. Also, all operations
must be undertaken on a private property. It is prohibited to fill-up vehicles with a hose, pipe or
any other similar devices when the establishment borders a public roadway.
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5.1.5
Property Access
The width of an access is to a maximum of ten (10) metres and to a minimum according to the
provisions of Article 4.9 and subsequent articles. The number of property access points is two
(2) for each adjacent road.
5.1.6
Signage
The signage is subject to articles relating to signage, and, in any case, it must be positioned at
least ten (10) metres from the residential zone limits.
5.2
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT AND SNACK BARS
5.2.1
General Rules
A construction permit for a fast-food restaurant and/or snack bar is considered only when a
Site Plan showing the proposed usage of a particular building and parking spaces is presented
by the applicant. The provisions of the current By-law are independent from the authorities and
other standards to which an applicant must conform to.
5.2.2
Drive-thru
No drive-thru can exist on a road system or beyond the parking space limits.
5.2.3
Secondary building
Only one (1) secondary building separate from a main building is authorized.
5.3
CAFÉ (S)
5.3.1
General Rules
A café can be built only in circumstances where the use is in addition to the main use related
to a restaurant or hotel business.
5.3.2
Expert's Report - when there is an increase in business and/or
turnover-
When the planning of a café involves a greater number of tables, chairs and rest areas, the
result is an increase in septic installations as well. In this circumstance, prior to the issuance of
a construction permit, the designated official has the option to prepare a report or he can
request upon the applicant to provide an expert report, confirming the capacity of the existing
septic system to receive the increase level of waste , be presented to the municipality.
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5.3.3
Location
All café(s) must be located on the same property of the attached main building and respect the
margins indicated at the Specification grid.
5.4
SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR VEHICLE RECYCLING USE
5.4.1
General Rules
This use involves the operation of vehicle storage and used vehicle parts yard and is limited
for reasons of public health and safety.
The following complementary uses are permitted:
-
Operation of a vehicle pound business, that is, a seized vehicle depot or where
vehicles are warehoused by the police until fines or damages are paid;
-
The recycling of used vehicle parts.
5.4.2
The minimal margins
The margins for external or internal workshops dealing with the break-up of parts as well as all
other types of building use other than residential must meet the following minimal margins:
Lateral and rear
10 meters
Front
30 meters
From a watercourse
100 meters
Main residential building
10 meters
The minimal margins for vehicles, used vehicle parts, and machinery or accessories used for
the operation of a vehicle recycling plant are:
Front
30m
From a watercourse
100m
Main residential building
10m
Lateral and rear
10m
Lateral and rear
5m*
* Under the provisions of article 5.4.3 that a fence is not constructed.
5.4.3
Erection of Fences
The location of fences must be at a minimum distance of five (5) meters for the lateral and rear
property lines and at a minimum distance of fifty (50) metres from the front property line.
The maximum height of a fence is four (4) meters
The minimum height of a fence is equivalent to the highest point of stored warehoused
material inherent to the operation of a vehicle recycling plant within the boundaries of a fence.
The construction materials and its assembly must conform to the provisions of Article 4.7.2 of
the current By-law.
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5.4.4
Ban on cutting existing trees within the lateral and rear margins
Where a fence is built in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.4.3 , the ban on tree
cutting is in effect within the lateral and rear margins on a distance of five (5) metres.
Where a fence is not built, the ban on tree cutting is in effect within the lateral and rear
margins on a distance of ten (10) metres as stipulated under the provisions of Article 5.4.3.
5.4.5
Buffer Zone
Where a fence is not built the following minimum requirements must be adhered to at all times
as per the provisions of Article 5.4.3;
A buffer zone is constituted of two (2) rows of trees planted in a checkered pattern, consisting
of seventy-five percent (75%) of fir trees with a minimal height of three (3) meters, with a
maximum distance of 3 meters between each of the trees. The row of trees must constitute a
continuous screen within three (3) years following the planting.
The buffer zones can be considered as part of the existing wooded area that must be
preserved in whole, if this area constitutes the required percentage and forms an acceptable
screen. Should this not be the case, the underbrush must be cleaned on all of the surface area
of the buffer zone and replaced by the planting of trees.
The planting of trees must be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of authorization.
The provisions of the Administration and Interpretation By-law found under the Planning By-
law number 2002-002 stipulates the methods of obtaining such a certificate.
Law on environmental quality and sustainability and its By-laws applies to this type of use.
5.5
PARTICULAR PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MOBILE HOMES
5.5.1
Outdoor finish material for hall entrances or mobile homes extensions
The outdoor finish material used for the construction of a hall entrance or mobile home
extension must be identical or equivalent to those used on the existing mobile home.
5.5.2
Closure of the underside of a mobile home
Where a mobile home does not rest on a concrete foundation, the underside of the mobile
home must be completely hidden with rigid and opaque material.
5.5.3
Hall Entrances
Only one (1) hall entrance is permitted to be attaché to a mobile home. It's maximum outdoor
measurements permitted is four (4) meters by four (4) meters.
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5.6
PROPERTIES WITH TWO (2) MAIN BUILDINGS
The subdivision of properties on which there exist two (2) main buildings is permitted on the
condition that the standards promulgated in Chapter 6 are adhered to.
5.7
STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CAMPING GROUNDS
5.7.1
Sanitary Services - minimal requirement -
The number of sanitary installations must be proportionate to the number of units for each
camping ground units.
A potable water faucet per six (6) camping ground units; the faucet layout must conform with
the camping units.
A minimum of four (4) lavatories and four (4) showers stalls (2 per gender) up to twenty-four
(24) camping ground units.
For each twenty-four (24) additional camping grounds:
A minimum of two (2) lavatories (1 per gender) per group of twelve (12) units or two (2)
shower stalls or less, when these units are not equipped with single sewage systems;
A minimum of two (2) lavatories (1 per gender) per group of fifty (50) units or two (2)
shower stalls or less, when these units are equipped with single sewage systems.
Urinals can replace men lavatories by a proportion of two-thirds (2/3).
The restrooms must:
Be restricted to persons of the same sex, identified on the door using either a symbol or being
written out;
Have separate access points, for each gender, if in the same building;
Be laid out whereby the lavatories and urinals are not visible from the outside;
Be ventilated, given appropriate lighting, clean, and equipped with the necessary accessories
for users such as mirrors, hygienic dispensers and/or hand dryers, liquid soap dispensers per
each bathroom unit and other accessories deemed necessary ;
Have impenetrable and washable walls and floors, and comprising of proper drains;
Have built-in bathroom sinks counters for each group of two (2) or less lavatories or urinals;
Have a bathroom sink per group of two (2) or less lavatories or urinals;
If toilets are installed in the same bathroom, they must be enclosed and have latching door
locks;
All picnic or recreation areas where people other than campers are admitted must have, at a
minimum, the following installations:
Two (2) lavatories;
Two (2) bathrooms sink.
No promotion is permitted for vacant camping units servicing trailer caravans when a camping
ground does not have a single sewage system in place, unless the grounds are equipped with
a central sewage and septic tank;
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The central sewage and septic tank equipment must consist of a potable water faucet and
water hose ; the equipment must be surrounded by a one metre seventy-five (1,75 m) retaining
wall as a minimum requirement;
The maintenance building must be heated adequately during the season and provide for
necessary heating and hot water, in sufficient supply and at all times, for shower purposes;
5.7.2
Other Class C8 Specific Standards
The development of a campground must adhere to the following conditions:
Camping trailer caravans, recreational motorized vehicles, tent-trailers and tents are
authorized;
The construction of certain accessories and services such as showers, toilets, game rooms...
with the aim of operating a campground is authorized;
Mobile homes are prohibited within a camping ground;
No camping trailer caravan or motorized caravan can be transformed or be expanded;
Only one (1) accessory building is authorized per location as far as the building does not
exceed five (5) m² or (53, 8 pi²);
All camping grounds must be surrounded by a buffer zone that is in conformity with the
provisions of Article 4.8. The buffer zone cannot be used for purposes other than for green
spaces;
No trailer caravan can be located less than twenty-five (25) meters from another trailer
caravan;
All newly created camping grounds or expansion of existing camping grounds must be located
at minimum distance of seventy-five (75) meters from any residential property.
All unused spaces available for specific uses under the current By-law or natural spaces must
be planted with grass and embellished with tree and shrub plantation;
The location of all new camp grounds or expansions of existing camp grounds require the
issuance of a use certificate of authorization;
A use certificate of authorization is granted for a camping ground once an applicant has
deposited a development plan for the entire campsite. The development plan must include:
Access routes and vehicle traffic roads, including slope and location,
Location of sanitary installations,
Location provisions,
Development of recreation areas,
Certificate of Authorization from the "Environment Quality Act (LQE), the Conservation and
Development of Wildlife Act",
Survey plan for the sanitary services and potable water installations.
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The emplacement of trailer caravans or tent trailers is prohibited on the municipal territory
outside the limits of a camping ground. However, the storing of trailer caravans or tent trailers
on a residential property is authorized under the prescribed conditions of the current By-law.
For example, to adhere to the set of marginal lines stipulated under the By-law.
Under no circumstances can a trailer caravan or tent trailer be considered as a permanent
residence or mobile home under the definition of the current By-law.
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CHAPTER 6
DEROGATORY BUILDING AND USES
6.1
DEROGATORY BUILDING
6.1.1
Definition
Derogatory Building : An existing building which is found to be in non-conformity with the
provisions of the construction By-law or that of the current By-law in regards to it's location.
The building has previously met the conditions of the municipal By-laws in effect at the time of
construction. This type of derogatory building is protected by an acquired right.
A derogatory building which has been modified to comply cannot be re-modified to become
again derogatory in regards of this current By-law.
6.1.2
The demolishing of a derogatory building
In the case of a main building, the dispositions of the following paragraph apply:
When a derogatory building is completely destroyed as a result of a disaster or from whatever
means, it is permitted to reconstruct on the same site. All reconstruction on the lot must be
undertaken in conformity with the provisions of the construction By-law and in accordance with
the procedures established by the Administration and Interpretation By-law found under the
Planning By-law 2002-002 and the current By-law, with the exception of minimal margins
requirements. The maximum time limit to reconstruct such a building is two (2) years.
6.1.3
Modification or expansion of a derogatory building
A derogatory building can be modified or expanded. The extension of existing walls is
permitted on the condition that the extension is not located closer to the property line than the
existing building. No expansion is permitted within a lateral or rear margins when an existing
building is located less than two (2) metres from a property line. It is permitted to undertake
regular renovations to maintain the life-cycle of the building.
6.1.4
Modification or expansion of a derogatory main building within the
minimal setback of 15 metre from the high water line
The expansion or addition is permitted at less than 15 metres of the high water line, even
though the existing building is located within this area, if in conformity with the conditions of
Article 4.12.3 of the current By-law.
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6.2
DEROGATORY USES
6.2.1
Definition
Derogatory uses : An existing use that is currently in non-conformity with the provisions of the
current By-law relation to the allowable use within the zone in which the use is located. On the
date or start of the use (activities) the use was in conformity with the zoning By-law in effect at
this point and time. This type of derogatory use is protected by an acquired right.
6.2.2
Change in use
A derogatory use can be modified by another derogatory use of the same category of use. No
derogatory additional use can be brought forth. All category use changes automatically result
in loss of an acquired right. A use that has previously been subject to an derogatory use and
subsequently been also subject to conformity use, cannot be reconstituted into a derogatory
use.
6.2.3
Extension or expansion of a derogatory use
An derogatory use cannot be spread out for either internal or external reasons.
6.2.4
Interruption or withdrawal of a derogatory use
There is a loss of an acquired right when the derogatory use of a property or land is ceased or
is withdrawn for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months. In this case, all subsequent
emplacements of a building must comply with the current By-law.
In the case of a extraction, queries, mining use or residential use, all acquired rights are lost
when activities cease or are withdrawn for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months.
In the case of agricultural use, the acquired right persists as long as the agricultural installation
exists on the property or as long as an agricultural use exists on the property.
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CHAPTER 7
BRINGING IN FORCE
The current By-law will come into force once all procedures under the law are fulfilled.
GIVEN IN THORNE, QUEBEC this __________th Day of ______________ 2017.
................................................... ..................
.......................................................................
Terence Murdock,
Stacy Lafleur,
Mayor
Secretary-treasurer
Date of adoption of draft By-Law:
Date of adoption of By-Law:
Reception date of conformity certificate:
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CHAPTER 8
SPECIFICATION GRID
Provisions and zone numbers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Residential use category
1 housing unit
R1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2 to 4 housing units
R2
Mobile home
RM
Commercial use category
Variety store
C1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Commercial - professional, services and retail sales
C2
Commercial - recreo-tourism and arts and crafts
C3
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Commercial - heavy trade
C4
Commercial - recycling of automobiles
C5
Commercial - entertainement premises
C6
Commercial - flea market
C7
Commercial - camping ground
C8
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Community use category
Community installations recreational, cultural and services
COM1
Public use category
Public infrastructures
P
X
Extraction use category
Extraction
EX
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Agricultural use category
Agricultural
A
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Industrial use category
Industrial - light and factory
I1
Industrial - heavy
I2
Minimal standards
Front margin - principal and secondary buildings -
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Lateral margin - principal building -
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Rear margin - principal building -
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Set-back margin -Route 301, 303, 366 - art. 4.4.3
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Provisions and zone numbers
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Residential use category
1 housing unit
R1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2 to 4 housing units
R2
Mobile home
RM
Commercial use category
Variety store
C1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Commercial - professional, services and retail sales
C2
Commercial - recreo-tourism and arts and crafts
C3
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Commercial - heavy trade
C4
Commercial - recycling of automobiles
C5
Commercial - entertainement premises
C6
X
Commercial - flea market
C7
Commercial - camping ground
C8
X
X
X
Community use category
Community installations recreational, cultural and services
COM1
X
Public use category
Public infrastructures
P
X
Extraction use category
Extraction
EX
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Agricultural use category
Agricultural
A
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Industrial use category
Industrial - light and factory
I1
X
Industrial - heavy
I2
X
Minimal standards
Front margin - principal and secondary buildings -
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Lateral margin - principal building -
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Rear margin - principal building -
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Set-back margin -Route 301, 303, 366 - art. 4.4.3
X
X
X
X
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE:
Opportunity to avail R1 use under section 59 of the LPTAA
as set out in section 3.8.1 of the Zoning By-law.
X
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Provisions and zone numbers
101 102
Residential use category
1 housing unit
R1
X
2 to 4 housing units
R2
X
Mobile home
RM
Commercial use category
Variety store
C1
X
Commercial - professional, services and retail sales
C2
X
Commercial - recreo-tourism and arts and crafts
C3
X
Commercial - heavy trade
C4
Commercial - recycling of automobiles
C5
Commercial - entertainement premises
C6
Commercial - flea market
C7
Commercial - camping ground
C8
X
Community use category
Community installations recreational, cultural and services
COM1
X
Public use category
Public infrastructures
P
X
X
Extraction use category
Extraction
EX
Agricultural use category
Agricultural
A
Industrial use category
Industrial - light and factory
I1
Industrial - heavy
I2
Minimal standards
Front margin - principal and secondary buildings -
8
8
Lateral margin - principal building -
2
2
Rear margin - principal building -
2
2
Set-back margin -Route 301, 303, 366 - art. 4.4.3
X
X
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE:
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