The Corporation of the City of Pickering

Consolidated Zoning By-law

By-law No. 8149/24

December 16, 2024

Preamble (How to Use this By-law)
This Preamble does not form a part of the Consolidated Zoning By-law but is provided
for context and convenience purposes only.
1. Overview of Zoning By-laws
A Zoning By-law is a detailed municipal by-law that regulates:
a) The type of land uses and activities that may occur on a property or within buildings;
and
b) The height, location, massing and character of buildings and structures.
The specific matters that may be regulated by a Zoning By-law are outlined in Section
34 of the Ontario Planning Act, as amended. Zoning By-laws are used by most
municipalities in Ontario to manage the compatibility of land uses and the character and
appearance of neighbourhoods and communities.
Zoning By-laws are also prepared to implements the policies of a municipality’s Official
Plan, which establishes goals and policies respecting where permitted land uses are
located within the municipality and their desired built form. The Zoning By-law is used to
translate these policies into more specific permitted land uses, and requirements for lots
and structures.
The Zoning By-law is enforced by the City and it is an offense to use land or to erect or
use buildings and structures in contravention of the Zoning By-law. Zoning By-law
requirements are also implemented through the Building Permit application process.
Where an applicant applies for a Building Permit to construct a proposed structure on
their property, the proposal must comply with the provisions of the Zoning By-law. If the
proposal does not comply, the applicant can:
a) Rework their proposal so that it complies with the Zoning By-law;
b) Apply for a minor variance to seek relief from the provisions of the Zoning By-law; or
c) Apply for a zoning by-law amendment to change their zone or seek relief from the
provisions of the Zoning By-law.

2. Overview of the Zoning By-law for the City of Pickering

This Consolidated Zoning By-law is a single zoning by-law that applies to all lands
within the City of Pickering. Previously, Pickering operated under six (6) separate parent
zoning by-laws, with many properties zoned through site-specific zoning by-laws.
Different parts of the Consolidated Zoning By-law may apply depending on the location
of a property within the City. Specifically, properties within the Seaton Urban Area, as
shown on Schedule 1 with a “S” prefix, are subject to the provisions in Section 1, 2 and
14 of the Zoning By-law. Properties outside of the Seaton Urban Area are subject to all
provisions except Section 14. Section 15 contains the Exception zones for all areas of
the City. Section 16 contains the enactment provisions for the entirety of this By-law.

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The Zoning By-law for the City of Pickering contains the following components:
a) Section 1 outlines administrative provisions which apply to all lands subject to this
By-law. This section includes clauses that govern how the Zoning By-law is to be
read and interpreted, and measures for compliance with the By-law including
penalties for contravention.
b) Section 2 defines the zones for all lands subject to this By-law, to be read alongside
Schedule 1. All lands subject to the Zoning By-law are shown on Schedule 1. All
lands are subject to a “zone” which defines permitted uses and, lot and building
requirements. A property might be subject to multiple zones. These schedules are
available in an online interactive format or as PDFs through the City of Pickering’s
website. For further information please contact the City Development Department at
[email protected], or 905.420.4617.
c) Section 3 contains definitions to assist in interpreting the Zoning By-law in and are
critical to ensuring the Zoning By-law is interpreted consistently and understood by
all. These definitions apply to all zones outside of the Seaton Urban Area. Definitions
applicable to the Seaton Urban Area are contained in Section 14.1.
d) Section 4 details the general regulations for all zones except for the Seaton Urban
Area. These regulations will apply depending on the proposed use, or on the
characteristics and context of the lot. These provisions include detailed requirements
for additional dwelling units, home occupations, accessory buildings (for example,
detached garages), and many other contexts. General regulations for zones within
the Seaton Urban Area are provided in Section 14.2.
e) Section 5 outlines the parking and loading requirements for all zones except for the
Seaton Urban Area. Most permitted uses of a property require a certain number of
parking spaces be provided to accommodate vehicles. Some uses require loading
spaces to accommodate deliveries, while other uses may also require to provide and
maintain a certain number of bicycle parking spaces. Section 14.3 contains parking
and loading requirements for zones within the Seaton Urban Area.
f) Sections 6 through 13 describe the permitted uses, lot, and building requirements
for the Residential, Commercial, Mixed-Use, City Centre, Employment,
Environmental Protection and Open Space, Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine, and
Institutional and Other zones, respectively, as delineated on Schedule 1.
g) Section 14 contains all the provisions which only apply to lands in the Seaton Urban
Area, identified by the zones with a “S” prefix.

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h) Section 15 contains site-specific provisions for all exceptions zones, which are
denoted on Schedule 1 as a prefix consisting of the letter “X” followed by a number
and the exception’s zone symbol (for example, “X50 (O3B)”). Where lands are
subject to a site-specific exception zone, the reader will need to locate the
corresponding provisions in Section 15. For example, the provisions for Exception
50 are in Section 15.50

.
i) Section 16 includes provisions that enact the Zoning By-law, bringing it into effect.
All provisions of the By-law are intended to be read in conjunction with one another. It is
always important, when reading a Zoning By-law, to identify all provisions throughout
the document that are applicable to a property.
3. Checking the Zoning and Applicable Provisions for a Property
Zoning By-law users are a diverse audience. Some readers will want to examine how
the Zoning By-law addresses a certain issue or regulates a certain use (for example,
how does the By-law regulate home occupations? In which zones are apartment
buildings permitted?). Other users are responsible for administering the Zoning By-law
and must understand it in great detail.
Most readers, however, will use a Zoning By-law to determine what they are permitted
to do on their property. Following is an outline of the steps to determine what types of
regulations apply to a property:
a) Identify a property of interest on Schedule 1: To locate a property’s zoning, start
by identifying the applicable location and refer to the index map (Schedule 1) to
identify which of the subsequent maps are likely to illustrate the zoning for the
property.
To assist in reading and interpreting Schedule 1, refer to the provisions of Section
2.
If the property of interest is not included within the defined area of this Zoning By-law
in Schedule 1, it is subject to By-law 3036, as amended, and is not subject to this
Zoning By-law.

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b) Make a note of what zoning applies to the property on Schedule 1: The zones
are identified within thick red boundaries. Make a note of the property’s applicable
zone symbol (for example, “R1”).
In some cases, the property may have an exception zone, as denoted by an “X”
followed by a number and the exception’s zone symbol (for example, “X50 (O3B)”).
In addition, the property may have a suffix applying to the zone symbol for a holding
symbol (H). Make a note of any symbols and/or suffixes that apply.
The property might also fall within an area subject to one (1) or more of the following
schedules or appendices. These schedules and appendices, which are shown as
overlays in the mapping, correspond to additional requirements or provisions
outlined in the Zoning By-law, as follows:
i. Schedule 1 shows:
1. Lands within the area of influence of the Duffin Creek Water Pollution
Control Plant, which are subject to the additional requirements under
Section 4.9.
2. Lands within an Established Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone,
which are subject to the additional requirements under Section 4.10.
3. The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan area. Properties within the
Oak Ridges Moraine may be subject to requirements under Section 4.22.
ii. Schedule 2 shows the lands that are affected by Minister’s Zoning Orders
(MZOs). These are orders issued under the Planning Act by the Ontario
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. In the event of a conflict between
this Zoning By-law and any applicable MZO requirements, the MZO prevails,
unless explicitly stated to the contrary in the By-law. Where there is no conflict
between the MZO and this By-law, both will apply.
iii. Schedule 3 illustrates the areas of high aquifer vulnerability within the Oak
Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan Area. If the property is within these areas,
as shown on Schedule 3, make note, and check the general regulations for
these areas in Section 4.22.8 for applicable provisions. Applicants should
also be aware that the City of Pickering’s Official Plan, as well as other
legislation, provides regulations related to source protection. The Zoning By-
law does not necessarily incorporate all of these related regulations which
may have an impact on permitted uses. Readers should contact the City of
Pickering for current information.
iv. Schedules 4 to 7 illustrate zone regulations applicable to the City Centre
zones, denoted with a “CC” prefix, as listed in Section 9.
v. Schedule 8 illustrates the extent of the Protected Major Transit Station Area.
This Area is referenced by Section 5.2 of this By-law, in which no minimum
motor vehicle parking spaces are required in conjunction with development.

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vi. Attachment A shows regulatory areas for the Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority (TRCA) and the Central Lake Ontario Conservation
Area (CLOCA). If the property is within a regulatory area, make note, and
check the regulations for the TRCA/CLOCA areas in Section 4.8 and contact
the applicable Conservation Authority planning staff. This information is
shown in an attachment as the regulated area may differ from the area
delineated on Attachment A, as it may be subject to changes resulting from
new environmental information obtained by the CLOCA or TRCA over time.
The boundaries of the regulated area shall be determined by CLOCA or
TRCA as applicable.

c) Check the permitted uses and lot and building requirements applying to your
zone in Sections 6 through 13 (contained under Section 14 in the Seaton
Urban Area): Many properties simply have a base zone applying to it (for example,
“R1”), and each zone is associated with a list of uses that are permitted (for
example, Detached Dwelling), as well as specified lot and building requirements like
lot area, setbacks for buildings from property lines, and building heights.
Many properties are subject to a site-specific exception zone, as described
previously. If this is the case, the property has special provisions that apply. These
provisions will usually override certain provisions of the Zoning By-law. To find the
applicable special provisions, refer to Section 15, and locate the exception number
that corresponds with the symbol shown on the property. If the property is subject to
an Exception zone under Section 15, the provisions of Section 15 apply with
respect to the interpretation of the Exception zones.
Some properties are also subject to a holding symbol, represented by an “H” on
Schedule 1. A holding symbol indicates that permitted uses and further
development on the property will be limited until certain conditions have been met
(for example, the connection of the property to municipal services). These conditions
are typically integrated via a site-specific exception zone, as noted above. Where a
property is subject to a holding symbol and an exception zone, refer to the
corresponding provisions in Section 15 to determine the conditions required for the
holding symbol to be lifted from the lands.
If the property is located in the Seaton Urban Area, including any zone denoted by
an S suffix, the zone requirements will be contained in Section 14.
d) Understanding permitted uses, and lot and building requirements: The
permitted uses for each zone are organized in a table. The uses permitted on the
property are represented by a dot corresponding with the applicable zone symbol.
Similarly, the lot and building requirements are organized in a table. For each zone,
various requirements for lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard setback,
maximum building height, and other requirements are identified.
For properties within a City Centre zone, some lot and building requirements (for
example, Floor Space Index) are shown on Schedules 4 to 7 rather than in the
table.

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It is important to read the definitions associated with the terminology used in this
Zoning By-law. All of the uses permitted in this Zoning By-law are associated with a
definition. Many technical terms are also defined, such as lot frontage, lot coverage,
and front yard setback. Where a term is defined, you will see it appear in bold in the
text for convenience.
e) Locate the other provisions that may apply: The types of uses permitted, and lot
and building requirements are principally regulated by the zone requirements.
However, Section 4 contains provisions that apply to certain permitted uses, such
as those that are specifically applicable to accessory buildings, home occupations,
automobile service stations, and many other uses. Section 4 also contains other
provisions that apply in certain circumstances, and it is necessary to review all
provisions to determine their relevance in the applicable zone or to the proposed
construction project. Section 5 also includes requirements related to parking,
driveways, and loading facilities and is often applicable and should be reviewed. In
the Seaton Urban Area, these general regulations and parking provisions are
included in Sections 14.2 and 14.3, respectively.
f) Consider the administrative provisions of the Zoning By-law: Section 1 of the
Zoning By-law contains some provisions that can help the reader understand how to
read and use the Zoning By-law and explain the penalties for contravention. The
reader should be familiar with these provisions as they may be essential depending
on the specific circumstance.
4. Confirming with the City
It is always a good idea to consult with the City about a construction project, as City
staff will help determine whether a proposed project will comply with the applicable
provisions of the Zoning By-law. For significant developments or redevelopments,
consultation with the City is required as part of the review process.
5. Relationship to Other By-laws, Regulations, Legislation, etc.
The Consolidated Zoning By-law is subject to all other applicable laws, regulations and
municipal by-laws. It is the property owner’s responsibility to understand what laws will
apply to their land use or their construction project. Some common matters include the
following:
a) Development or site alteration in the areas regulated by the Central Lake Ontario
Conservation Authority (CLOCA) and the Toronto and Region Conservation
Authority (TRCA) may require a permit from these agencies. These areas are
subject to the applicable regulation under Section 28 of the Conservation Authorities
Act, as amended, for any development (including site alteration), any interference
with wetlands and alterations to shorelines and watercourses. These areas are
shown on Attachment A to this By-law.
b) Development near the facilities of other infrastructure operators may be subject to
federal or other laws and regulations. For example, Enbridge and TransCanada
operate pipeline corridors and facilities in the City and should be consulted regarding
any projects near these areas. Rail line operators and owners should also be

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consulted for any projects proposed near railways. Mapping for some of this
infrastructure is available from the City.
c) Please check with the City to help confirm other applicable laws and regulations that
might pertain to your property or project.

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Table of Contents
1 Administration ........................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Title .................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Purpose .............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Severability......................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Area of Application ............................................................................................. 1
1.5 Conformity and Enforcement.............................................................................. 2
1.5.1 Administration and Inspection .................................................................. 2
1.5.2 Compliance with this By-law ..................................................................... 2
1.5.3 Compliance with Other Regulations ......................................................... 2
1.5.4 Penalties and Remedies .......................................................................... 2
1.6 Legal Non-Conformity ........................................................................................ 2
1.7 Legal Non-Compliance ....................................................................................... 3
1.8 Interpretation ...................................................................................................... 3
1.8.1 Examples, Diagrams and Illustrations ...................................................... 3
1.8.2 Certain Words .......................................................................................... 3
1.8.3 Abbreviations............................................................................................ 4
1.9 Transition ........................................................................................................... 4
1.9.1 Building Permits ....................................................................................... 4
1.9.2 Planning Applications and Approvals ....................................................... 4
1.9.3 Scope and Lapse of Transition Provisions ............................................... 5
1.10 Continuation of Previously Approved Minor Variances ...................................... 6
1.11 Technical Revisions to the Zoning By-law .......................................................... 6
2 Establishment of Zones and Schedules .............................................................. 7
2.1 Establishment of Zones ...................................................................................... 7
2.2 Zoning Maps ...................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Zone Boundaries ................................................................................................ 9
2.4 Multiple Zones .................................................................................................. 10
2.5 Interpretation of Symbols ................................................................................. 10
2.5.1 Zone Symbols ........................................................................................ 10
2.5.2 Holding Symbols .................................................................................... 10
2.5.3 Exception Zones..................................................................................... 11
3 Definitions ............................................................................................................ 12

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3.1 Interpretation .................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Defined Terms.................................................................................................. 12
4 General Regulations ............................................................................................ 39
4.1 Accessory Dwelling Unit ................................................................................... 39
4.1.1 General .................................................................................................. 39
4.1.2 Accessory Dwelling Units in Employment General (E1) Zones .............. 39
4.2 Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures ....................................................... 40
4.2.1 General .................................................................................................. 40
4.2.2 Location of Accessory Buildings and Structures..................................... 40
4.2.3 Height ..................................................................................................... 40
4.2.4 Lot Coverage .......................................................................................... 41
4.3 Additional Dwelling Units .................................................................................. 41
4.4 Air Conditioners................................................................................................ 43
4.5 Ancillary Retail Sales ....................................................................................... 43
4.6 Automobile Service Station .............................................................................. 44
4.7 Bed and Breakfast............................................................................................ 44
4.8 CLOCA and TRCA Regulated Areas ............................................................... 44
4.9 Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant ...................................................... 45
4.10 Established Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone ......................................... 45
4.11 Frontage on a Street ........................................................................................ 47
4.12 Group Homes ................................................................................................... 48
4.13 Height Exceptions ............................................................................................ 48
4.14 Highway 401 and Highway 407 Corridor Setback ............................................ 49
4.15 Home Industries ............................................................................................... 49
4.16 Home Occupations ........................................................................................... 49
4.17 Human Habitation not within Main Buildings .................................................... 50
4.18 Live Work Dwelling ........................................................................................... 51
4.19 Lots in Residential Zones - Unserviced ............................................................ 51
4.20 Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) .............................................................. 51
4.21 Nightclubs ........................................................................................................ 52
4.22 Oak Ridges Moraine Area Special Provisions .................................................. 52
4.22.1 Existing Uses within the Oak Ridges Moraine Area ............................... 52

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4.22.2 Lots Having Reduced Lot Area and/or Reduced Lot Frontage within
the Oak Ridges Moraine Area ................................................................................ 52
4.22.3 Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses in the Oak Ridges Moraine
Area ......................................................................................................... 53
4.22.4 Previously Authorized by Zoning in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area ........ 54
4.22.5 Special Setbacks within ORM Zones ..................................................... 54
4.22.6 Lots Having Split Zoning within ORM Zones .......................................... 54
4.22.7 Utilities and Public Service Facilities ...................................................... 55
4.22.8 Areas of High Aquifer Vulnerability in the Oak Ridges Moraine
Area ........................................................................................................ 55
4.23 On-farm Diversified Uses ................................................................................. 55
4.24 Outdoor Display Area ....................................................................................... 56
4.25 Outdoor Patios ................................................................................................. 57
4.26 Outdoor Storage............................................................................................... 57
4.27 Permitted Encroachments ................................................................................ 58
4.28 Prohibited Uses ................................................................................................ 58
4.29 Public Uses Permitted in All Zones .................................................................. 58
4.30 Reserves .......................................................................................................... 59
4.31 Rooftop Mechanical Equipment and Mechanical Penthouses ......................... 59
4.32 Rooming Homes .............................................................................................. 60
4.33 Satellite Dish Antenna ...................................................................................... 60
4.34 Seasonal Farm Help Dwelling .......................................................................... 60
4.35 Seasonal Outdoor Display Area ....................................................................... 61
4.36 Services ........................................................................................................... 61
4.37 Shipping Containers ......................................................................................... 62
4.38 Short-term Rental ............................................................................................. 62
4.39 Swimming Pools ............................................................................................... 63
4.40 Temporary Construction Uses Permitted ......................................................... 63
4.41 Temporary Sales Office ................................................................................... 64
4.42 Trailer Parks and Private Recreational Uses.................................................... 64
4.43 Yards Abutting Daylight Triangles .................................................................... 64
4.44 Waste Management ......................................................................................... 64
4.45 Wayside Pits or Quarries.................................................................................. 65
5 Parking, Stacking, and Loading Regulations .................................................... 66

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5.1 General Provisions ........................................................................................... 66

5.1.1 Application .............................................................................................. 66
5.1.2 Parking Off-Site ...................................................................................... 66
5.2 Parking Space Requirements........................................................................... 66
5.3 Calculation of Required Parking Spaces .......................................................... 73
5.3.1 Rounding Provisions .............................................................................. 73
5.3.2 Multiple Uses on a Lot ............................................................................ 73
5.4 Accessible Parking Requirements .................................................................... 73
5.5 Shared Parking ................................................................................................ 73
5.6 Size of Parking Spaces, Aisles, and Stacking Lanes ....................................... 74
5.7 Tandem Parking ............................................................................................... 75
5.8 Location of Parking Spaces.............................................................................. 75
5.9 Surface Parking Spaces in the City Centre Zones ........................................... 76
5.10 Parking Structures ............................................................................................ 76
5.11 Residential Driveway and Front Yard Landscaping Requirements .................. 76
5.12 Parking and Storage of Vehicles in Residential and City Centre Zones ........... 78
5.13 Bicycle Parking Space Requirements .............................................................. 79
5.13.1 General Provisions for Bicycle Parking Spaces...................................... 79
5.13.2 Bicycle Parking Space Dimensions ........................................................ 79
5.13.3 Minimum Bicycle Parking Space Rates .................................................. 79
5.14 Loading Space Requirements .......................................................................... 80
5.14.1 General Provisions for Loading Spaces ................................................. 80
5.14.2 Loading Space Dimensions .................................................................... 80
5.14.3 Location of Loading Spaces ................................................................... 80
6 Residential Zone Regulations ............................................................................. 82
6.1 List of Residential Zones .................................................................................. 82
6.2 Residential First Density Zones........................................................................ 82
6.2.1 Permitted Uses ....................................................................................... 82
6.2.2 Lot and Building Requirements .............................................................. 83
6.3 Residential Second Density Zones .................................................................. 85
6.3.1 Permitted Uses ....................................................................................... 85
6.3.2 Lot and Building Requirements .............................................................. 85
6.4 Residential Third Density Zones ...................................................................... 87

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6.4.1 Permitted Uses ....................................................................................... 87

6.4.2 Lot and Building Requirements .............................................................. 88
7 Commercial Zone Regulations............................................................................ 92
7.1 List of Commercial Zones................................................................................. 92
7.2 Permitted Uses................................................................................................. 92
7.3 Lot and Building Requirements ........................................................................ 94
8 Mixed-Use Zone Regulations .............................................................................. 95
8.1 List Mixed-Use Zones ...................................................................................... 95
8.2 Permitted Uses................................................................................................. 95
8.3 Lot and Building Requirements ........................................................................ 97
9 City Centre Zone Regulations ............................................................................. 99
9.1 List of City Centre Zones .................................................................................. 99
9.2 Permitted Uses................................................................................................. 99
9.3 Lot and Building Requirements ...................................................................... 102
10 Employment Zone Regulations......................................................................... 105
10.1 List of Employment Zones .............................................................................. 105
10.2 Permitted Uses............................................................................................... 105
10.3 Lot and Building Requirements ...................................................................... 107
11 Environmental Protection and Open Space Zone Regulations...................... 108
11.1 List of Environmental Protection and Open Space Zones .............................. 108
11.2 Permitted Uses............................................................................................... 108
11.3 Lot and Building Requirements ...................................................................... 109
12 Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zone Regulations .......................................... 112
12.1 List of Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zones ................................................ 112
12.2 Rural Zones.................................................................................................... 112
12.2.1 Permitted Uses ..................................................................................... 112
12.2.2 Lot and Building Requirements ............................................................ 114
12.3 Oak Ridges Moraine Zones............................................................................ 115
12.3.1 Permitted Uses ..................................................................................... 115
12.3.2 Lot and Building Requirements ............................................................ 118
13 Institutional and Other Zone Regulations ........................................................ 121
13.1 List of Institutional and Other Zones ............................................................... 121
13.2 Permitted Uses............................................................................................... 121

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13.3 Lot and Building Requirements ...................................................................... 122

14 Seaton Urban Area ............................................................................................. 124
14.1 Definitions ...................................................................................................... 124
14.1.1 Interpretation ........................................................................................ 124
14.1.2 Defined Terms ...................................................................................... 124
14.2 General Regulations ...................................................................................... 142
14.2.1 Prohibited Uses .................................................................................... 142
14.2.2 Human Habitation not within Main Buildings ........................................ 142
14.2.3 Frontage on a Street ............................................................................ 142
14.2.4 Public Uses Permitted in all Zones ....................................................... 142
14.2.5 Permitted Yard Encroachments............................................................ 143
14.2.6 Air Conditioners .................................................................................... 144
14.2.7 Swimming Pools ................................................................................... 144
14.2.8 Satellite Dish Antenna .......................................................................... 145
14.2.9 Additional Dwelling Unit ........................................................................ 145
14.2.10 Home Occupations ............................................................................... 147
14.2.11 Accessory Buildings and Structures ..................................................... 148
14.2.12 Standards for Detached Private Garages Accessed by a Driveway
from a Street ........................................................................................................ 148
14.2.13 Standards for Detached Private Garages Accessed by a Lane............ 150
14.2.14 Standards for Attached Private Garages on Lots Accessed by
Lanes ................................................................................................... 151
14.2.15 Standards for Attached Private Garages Accessed by a Driveway
from a Street ........................................................................................................ 151
14.2.16 Coach Houses ...................................................................................... 152
14.2.17 Live Work Unit ...................................................................................... 152
14.2.18 Model Homes ....................................................................................... 153
14.2.19 Lots on Public and Private Streets ....................................................... 153
14.2.20 Yards abutting Daylight Triangles......................................................... 153
14.2.21 Primary Entrance Door Location on a Through Lot .............................. 153
14.2.22 Short Term Rental ................................................................................ 153
14.3 Parking Regulations ....................................................................................... 154
14.3.1 Parking Space Requirements ............................................................... 154
14.3.2 Part Spaces .......................................................................................... 157
14.3.3 Parking for Multiple Uses on One Lot ................................................... 157

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14.3.4 Size of Parking Spaces and Aisles ....................................................... 158

14.3.5 Setbacks of Parking Spaces and Lots .................................................. 158
14.3.6 Standards for Parking Pads ................................................................. 158
14.3.7 Parking and Loading within Yards ........................................................ 158
14.3.8 Parking Space Uses ............................................................................. 159
14.3.9 Restrictions on Vehicles in a Residential Zone..................................... 159
14.3.10 Loading Standards ............................................................................... 160
14.3.11 Tandem Parking ................................................................................... 160
14.3.12 Private Garage Parking Size ................................................................ 160
14.4 Seaton Residential Zone Regulations ............................................................ 162
14.4.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 162
14.4.2 Seaton Low Density Type 1 (SLD1) Zone Provisions ........................... 164
14.4.3 Seaton Low Density Type 1 Heritage Lot (SLD1HL) Zone
Provisions ............................................................................................................ 167
14.4.4 Seaton Low Density Type 1 Townhouse (SLD1T) Zone
Provisions ............................................................................................................ 168
14.4.5 Seaton Low Density Type 2 (SLD2) Zone Provisions ........................... 170
14.4.6 Seaton Low Density Type 2 Multiple (SLD2M) Zone Provisions .......... 174
14.4.7 Seaton Medium Density Detached & Semi (SMDDS) Zone
Provisions ............................................................................................................ 177
14.4.8 Seaton Medium Density Multiple (SMDM) Zone Provisions ................. 180
14.4.9 Seaton High Density (SH) Zone Provisions .......................................... 183
14.5 Seaton Mixed Use Zone Regulations ............................................................. 185
14.5.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 185
14.5.2 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 1 (SMC1) Zone Provisions ...................... 188
14.5.3 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 (SMC2) Zone Provisions ...................... 192
14.5.4 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3 Gateway Sites (SMC3) Zone
Provisions ............................................................................................................ 197
14.5.5 Seaton Minor Commercial Clusters (SMCC) Zone Provisions ............. 200
14.5.6 Seaton Local Node (SLN) and Community Node (SCN) Zone
Provisions ............................................................................................................ 202
14.5.7 Seaton Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area (SCNPP)
Zone Provisions ................................................................................................... 205
14.6 Seaton Employment Area Zone Regulations ................................................. 208
14.6.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 208
14.6.2 Use Limitations ..................................................................................... 209

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14.6.3 Uses Prohibited .................................................................................... 210

14.6.4 Seaton Employment Zone Provisions .................................................. 211
14.7 Seaton Community Use Zone Regulations .................................................... 213
14.7.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 213
14.7.2 Seaton Community Use (SCU) Zone Provisions .................................. 213
14.8 Seaton Natural Heritage and Open Space Zone Regulations ........................ 215
14.8.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 215
14.8.2 Seaton Open Space (SOS) Zone Provisions........................................ 216
14.9 Seaton Utility Zone Regulations ..................................................................... 217
14.9.1 Uses Permitted ..................................................................................... 217
14.9.2 Seaton Utility (SUT) Zone Provisions ................................................... 217
15 Exception Zones ................................................................................................ 218
16 Enactment ........................................................................................................... 220
16.1 Effective Date ................................................................................................. 220
16.2 Former Zoning By-laws .................................................................................. 220
16.3 Enactment ...................................................................................................... 221

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1 Administration
1.1 Title
1. This By-law may be cited as the “Consolidated Zoning By-law for the City of
Pickering”. Reference to “Zoning By-law” and “this By-law” within this document
shall mean the “Consolidated Zoning By-law for the City of Pickering”, unless
otherwise specified.

1.2 Purpose
1. The purpose of this By-law is:
a) To regulate the use of land, buildings and structures, and to regulate the
construction and alteration of buildings and structures by statutory
authority granted by the Planning Act; and
b) To implement and conform to the policies within the City of Pickering
Official Plan and all related urban design guidelines.

1.3 Severability
1. Should any section, clause, provision or Schedule of this By-law be held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the validity of the remainder of the
By-law shall not be affected.

1.4 Area of Application

1. This By-law applies to the entire City of Pickering, except for the lands within
the areas marked as “Brock Mixed Node” and “Kingston Road Corridor” on
Schedule 1.
2. Those portions of the City located in the Seaton Urban Area shall be subject to
the definitions, General Regulations, Parking Regulations, and Zone
Regulations of Section 14. All other lands shall be subject to Sections 3 through
13. All portions of the Area of Application of this By-law shall be subject to the
requirements of Section 1, 2, and 16. Section 15, containing the Exception
Zones, are applicable to the lands specifically subject to each Exception Zone.

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1.5 Conformity and Enforcement

1.5.1 Administration and Inspection
1. This By-law shall be administered under the authority of the Chief Building
Official of the City of Pickering or by such employee of the City of Pickering as
designated by the Chief Building Official.
1.5.2 Compliance with this By-law
1. No person shall use any land, building or structure, or erect any building or
structure, except in accordance with the provisions of this By-law.
2. No person shall:
a) Change the purpose for which any land or building is used;
b) Erect any new building or addition to any existing building; or
c) Sever any lands from an existing lot,
if the effect of such action is to cause the original adjoining or remaining
buildings or lands to be in contravention of this By-law.
3. Notwithstanding Sections 1.5.2.1 and 1.5.2.2, where a setback distance for a
building or structure is found to be in contravention of the minimum setback
requirement by no more than 3.0 cm, the non-conforming setback shall be
deemed to conform with the yard requirements of this By-law.
1.5.3 Compliance with Other Regulations
1. Nothing in this By-law exempts compliance with other by-laws, legislation or the
requirement to obtain any license, permission, permit, authority or approval
required by this By-law, any other by-law or any other legislation.
1.5.4 Penalties and Remedies
1. Any person who contravenes this By-law is guilty of an offence and, each day
a breach of this By-law continues, constitutes a separate offence and on
summary conviction, the offender is liable to discontinuation of land use and a
fine as provided for under the Planning Act.

1.6 Legal Non-Conformity

1. A legal non-conforming use is a use of land and/or building that legally
existed on the date this By-law came into effect under the Planning Act. To be
legal, the use must have been permitted on the lands in the zoning by-law that
was in effect before this By-law came into effect or if it was established before
the first By-law for the City of Pickering or the By-law for the original Township
was passed.

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2. This By-law shall not prevent the use of any land, building or structure for any
purpose prohibited by this By-law if such land, building or structure was
lawfully used for such purpose on the day of passing of this By-law, and
provided that such land, building or structure continues to be used for that
purpose.

1.7 Legal Non-Compliance

1. Where a lot, building, structure, parking area or driveway is deficient in
respect of any regulation required by this By-law, the following are deemed to
be in compliance with the regulations of this By-law:
a) A lot, building, structure, parking area or driveway legally existing on
the date of passing of this By-law;
b) A building or structure for which a building permit has been issued on or
before the date of passing of this By-law;
2. If in compliance with Sections 1.7.1 a) and 1.7.1 b), and provided the use of
such lot, building, structure, parking area or driveway is permitted by this
By-law, the said lot, building, structure, parking area or driveway may be
enlarged or altered provided that the enlargement or alteration itself complies
with all applicable regulations of this By-law and does not cause further
contravention to any regulation contained herein.
3. Despite any other provision of this By-law, where, as a result of an acquisition
of land by a public authority, such acquisition results in a contravention of this
By-law related to zoning and parking regulations, then the lands so acquired
shall be deemed to continue to form part of the lot upon which the building or
buildings are located in determining compliance with this By-law.

1.8 Interpretation
1.8.1 Examples, Diagrams and Illustrations
1. Any examples, diagrams, illustrations or other graphics in this By-law are for
convenience only and form no legal part of the By-law, with the exception of
figures, tables or maps that are explicitly marked with a Figure or Table
number.
1.8.2 Certain Words
1. Unless otherwise defined by this By-law, the words and phrases used in this
By-law shall have their normal and ordinary meaning according to the Oxford
English Dictionary.
2. The word ‘shall’ and ‘must’ are mandatory.
3. The word ‘use’ when used as a verb, ‘to use’ or ‘used’ shall have
corresponding meanings.

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4. The word ‘used’ includes ‘arranged, designed, or intended to be used’.

5. Words used in the present tense include the future tense and words used in the
future tense include the present tense.
1.8.3 Abbreviations
1. The following abbreviations and terms, where used in this By-law, shall have
the same meaning as if the word were printed in full:
a) ‘cm’ means centimetres;
b) ‘m’ means metres;
c) ‘ha’ means hectares;
d) ‘m2’ means square metres;
e) ‘min’ means minimum;
f) ‘max’ means maximum;
g) ‘GLFA’ means gross leasable floor area; and
h) ‘FSI’ means floor space index.

1.9 Transition
1.9.1 Building Permits
1. Nothing in this By-law prevents the erection or use of a building or structure
in accordance with a building permit application submitted prior to the date of
passing of this By-law and deemed complete, provided the building permit is in
accordance with all prior zoning by-laws that affected the lot before December
16, 2024.
2. This By-law is deemed to be modified to the extent necessary to permit a
building or structure that is erected in accordance with Section 1.9.1.1.
1.9.2 Planning Applications and Approvals
1. Nothing in this By-law prevents the approval of the following applications where
the application was filed and complete in accordance with the Planning Act and
the City of Pickering Official Plan, on or before December 16, 2024 provided
that the approval is in accordance with all prior zoning by-laws (except with
respect to a minor variance under f) that affected the lot immediately before
December 16, 2024:
a) site plan drawings and conditions;
b) a consent to sever;
c) an approval of a draft plan of subdivision;

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d) a plan of condominium approval;

e) a part-lot control exemption approval; and
f) a minor variance.
2. Nothing in this By-law prevents the approval applications where a
pre-submission consultation was held and recorded by the City, meets the
required revisions as recorded to be deemed a complete application, provided
that the approval is in accordance with all prior zoning by-laws (except with
respect to a minor variance under f) that affected the lot immediately before
December 16, 2024:
a) site plan drawings and conditions;
b) a consent to sever;
c) an approval of a draft plan of subdivision;
d) a plan of condominium approval;
e) a part-lot control exemption approval; and
f) a minor variance.
3. Nothing in this By-law prevents the acceptance and approval of a minor
variance application that is deemed complete after December 16, 2024 if the
minor variance application is in relation to an application referred to in Section
1.9.2.1 a) through e). The minor variance may be granted in compliance with
Section 45 of the Planning Act in the context of the in-effect zoning as it read
on the day prior to December 16, 2024. A building permit and site plan
approval referred to in Section 1.9.2.1 may be issued once final approval is
received for the minor variance.
4. This By-law is deemed to be modified to the extent necessary to permit a
building or structure that is erected in accordance with Sections 1.9.2.1 and
1.9.2.2.
1.9.3 Scope and Lapse of Transition Provisions
1. The relief granted by Sections 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 shall only apply to those uses,
buildings and structures contemplated by the permit or approval as they were
generally illustrated in the application materials that are eligible for transition, at
the discretion of the Director, Development Services or their designate. The
relief shall not apply with respect to any other permits, applications or
constructions works made after the effective date of this By-law, except a minor
variance application that is submitted in relation to a transitioned application, as
referred to in Section 1.9.2.2.

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2. Notwithstanding Section 1.9.3.1 above, Sections 1.9.1 through Section 1.9.2

shall be deemed to be repealed five (5) years after December 16, 2024. This
provision shall not require an amendment to this By-law to take effect.

1.10 Continuation of Previously Approved Minor Variances

1. Any minor variances that were applied for prior to December 16, 2024 and
approved or conditionally approved in accordance with Section 45 of the
Planning Act for any of the former zoning by-laws as described by Section
16.2.1 shall be deemed to be integrated into and form part of this By-law as if
they are variances to this By-law.

1.11 Technical Revisions to the Zoning By-law

1. Provided that the intent and purpose of this By-law is not affected, the Director,
City Development, or designate, may undertake the following technical
revisions without a minor variance or zoning by-law amendment.
a) Revisions to the mapping and parcel arrangement updated from the
Ontario Land Registry Office;
b) Correcting lot and feature boundary errors;
c) Road right-of-way limits, when new roads are constructed or when the road
alignment has changed;
d) Changes to attachments, appendices, footnotes, headings, indices,
marginal notes, tables of contents, illustrations, historical or reference
information, page numbering, footers and headers, which do not form a
part of this by-law and are editorially inserted for convenience of reference
only;
e) Addition, correction, or revision of technical information on a map or a
Schedule that does not affect the zoning or extent of applicable provisions,
including but not limited to, color, key, legend, note, scale, title block,
infrastructure information such as a highway, shoreline, street name, or
watercourse;
f) Correcting grammatical, or revision of abbreviation, cross-referencing,
numbering, typographic errors and altering punctuation, arrangement of
text or tables, or revision of the format in a manner that does not change
the intent of a provision; and
g) Upon registration of a plan of subdivision, technical revisions to the by-law
mapping will be implemented as required in order to ensure that the zone
boundaries coincide with the lot and block arrangement of the registered
plan.

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2 Establishment of Zones and Schedules

2.1 Establishment of Zones
1. The Area of Application of this By-law is divided into zones, which are
established in Table 2.1. The extent and boundaries of zones are shown on
Schedule 1.
2. The various zones may be referred to by their zone name or symbol as
established in Table 2.1.
3. The zones in Table 2.1 are organized into categories as Residential,
Commercial, Mixed-Use, City Centre, Employment, Environmental Protection
and Open Space, Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine, Institutional and Other, and
zones in the Seaton Urban Area. Zones may also be referred to in this By-law
collectively by their category. For example, a reference to the Residential zones
in this By-law shall refer to all the zones categorized as Residential zones in
Table 2.1.
Table 2.1: Establishment of Zones
Zone Name Zoning Symbol(s)
Residential
Residential First Density R1A, R1B, R1C, R1D, R1E,
R1F, R1G, R1H, R1I
Residential Second Density R2A, R2B
Residential Third Density R3A, R3B, R3C
Commercial
Commercial General C1
Commercial Automotive Service C2
Commercial Highway C3
Commercial Hamlet CH
Mixed-Use
Local Node LN
Community Node CN
Mixed-Use General MU1
City Centre
City Centre One CC1
City Centre Two CC2
City Centre Residential One CCR1

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Zone Name Zoning Symbol(s)

City Centre Residential Two CCR2
City Centre Civic CCC
City Centre Open Space CCOS
City Centre Natural Heritage System CCNHS
Employment
Employment General E1
Employment Prestige E2
Employment Commercial E3
Environmental Protection and Open Space
Environmental Protection EP
Open Space OS
Open Space Waterfront OSW
Stormwater Management Facility SWM
Golf Course GC
Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine
Agriculture A
Quarry Q
Oak Ridges Moraine – Agricultural ORMA
Oak Ridges Moraine – Environmental Protection ORMEP
Oak Ridges Moraine – Institutional ORMI
Oak Ridges Moraine – Commercial ORMC
Oak Ridges Moraine – Residential General ORMR5, ORMR6
Institutional and Other
Institutional General I1
Urban Reserve UR
Utility UT
Seaton Urban Area
Seaton Low Density Type 1 SLD1
Seaton Low Density Type 1 Heritage Lot SLD1HL
Seaton Low Density Type 1 Townhouses SLD1T
Seaton Low Density Type 2 SLD2
Seaton Low Density Type 2 Multiple SLD2M
Seaton Medium Density Detached & Semi SMDDS
Seaton Medium Density Multiple SMDM

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Zone Name Zoning Symbol(s)

Seaton High Density SH
Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 1 SMC1
Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 SMC2
Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3 SMC3
Seaton Minor Commercial Cluster SMCC
Seaton Local Node SLN
Seaton Community Node SCN
Seaton Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area SCNPP
Seaton Prestige Employment General SPEG
Seaton Prestige Employment Node SPEN
Seaton Prestige Employment Heritage Lot SPEHL
Seaton Employment Service SES
Seaton Community Use SCU
Seaton District/Community Park SDCP
Seaton Open Space SOS
Seaton Utility SUT

2.2 Zoning Maps

1. Zones are shown on the zoning maps on Schedule 1. The lands within each
zone are subject to the provisions of that zone, as well as the general
regulations of this By-law.

2.3 Zone Boundaries

1. If the zone boundary as shown on Schedule 1:
a) Is following a street, lane, right-of-way for a future roadway, railway right-
of-way, electric transmission line right-of-way or watercourse, then the
centre line of the street, lane, right of way for a future roadway, railway
right-of-way, electric transmission line right-of-way, municipal boundary or
watercourse is the boundary; or
b) Is substantially following lot lines shown on a registered plan of
subdivision, then the lot lines are the boundary; or
c) Does not meet the above scenarios, then the zone boundary shall be
scaled from the zoning maps on Schedule 1.
2. If the zone boundary separates a lot into portions, which includes an
Environmental Protection (EP) or City Centre Natural Heritage System

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(CCNHS) zone, the zone boundary may be redefined through an

Environmental Assessment or equivalent comprehensive evaluation. Where the
EP or CCNHS zone boundary is reduced or removed the zoning of the land
formerly within the EP or CCNHS zone shall be interpreted to be in accordance
with the immediately abutting zone. Where the EP or CCNHS zone boundary
is increased the land formerly within the abutting zone shall be interpreted to
be in accordance with the EP or CCNHS zone.
3. Notwithstanding Section 2.3.1.1, the zone boundaries for the SCNPP zone
shown on Schedule 1 are schematic and shall be delineated through site plan
approval.

2.4 Multiple Zones

1. Where a lot falls into two (2) or more zones, each portion of that lot shall be
subject to the applicable permitted uses and standards for the applicable zone
applying to that portion of the lot.
2. Within the Seaton Urban Area, some properties, such as school sites, are dual
zoned which means more than one (1) zone applies to an area of land. Dual
zoned sites are permitted to develop for the permitted uses in both zones
subject to the zone requirements applicable to each specific permitted use.

2.5 Interpretation of Symbols

2.5.1 Zone Symbols
1. Schedule 1 to this By-law applies the zones for all lands within the City of
Pickering, represented by a zone symbol as established by Table 2.1. All lots
and lands are subject to at least one (1) zone. The lands within each zone are
subject to the provisions of that zone (contained within Sections 6 to 14 of this
By-law), as well as the general regulations of this By-law.
2.5.2 Holding Symbols
1. Where a zone shown on Schedule 1 is preceded by the symbol “(H)”, the lands
shall be subject to a holding provision that shall apply until such time that the
“H” symbol is lifted by an amendment to this By-law, in accordance with Section
36 of the Planning Act.
2. The requirements for lifting the holding symbol “(H)” are indicated in the
amending by-law, which are incorporated as an exception zone under
Section 15 of this By-law or under a separate by-law. Council may pass a by-
law to remove the Holding (H) Symbol, thereby placing the lands in the zone
indicated by the zone symbol, when all of the applicable requirements have
been met.

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3. Prior to an amendment to remove the symbol "(H)" preceding the classification

symbol, the lands subject to that zone shall be used only for the uses,
buildings and structures that existed at the date of the passing of this By-law.
2.5.3 Exception Zones
1. Where any zone symbol shown on Schedule 1 contains a symbol including the
letter “X” followed by a number, the affected lands shall be subject to the
special provisions of the corresponding exception zone under Section 15.

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3 Definitions
The following definitions apply to the Area of Application, with the exception of the
Seaton Urban Area, which is regulated by Section 14 of this By-law including the
definitions included within that section.

3.1 Interpretation
1. For convenience only, throughout this By-law, any bolded word or phrase is
defined in Section 3.2.
2. Where a use is defined, it shall not be interpreted to include any other defined
use unless it is stated in the definition to the contrary.

3.2 Defined Terms

For the purpose of this By-law, the definitions and interpretations given in this
Section shall govern unless a contrary intention appears:

Accessory: means a use, building or structure naturally or normally incidental to,

subordinate to or exclusively devoted to a principal use or building or structure
and located on the same lot as the principal use, building, or structure.

Active at Grade Frontage: means the ground floor of a building facing a street
line, with transparent glazing and accessed from the street through a primary
entrance door for uses such as restaurants, food and retail stores and
community uses. Emergency access doors, garage doors, services doors and
loading doors are not permitted along the street line of an active at grade
frontage.

Adult Entertainment Establishment: means any premises or part thereof used in

the pursuance of a business, if:

a) entertainment or services that are designed to appeal to erotic or sexual

appetites are offered or provided in the premises or part of the premises,
and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes services or
entertainment in which a principal feature or characteristic is nudity or
partial nudity of any person; or

b) body rubs, including the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,

touching or stimulating by any means of a person’s body are performed,
offered or solicited in the premises or part of the premises, but does not
include premises or part or them where body-rubs performed, offered or
solicited are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic treatment and are
performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified, licensed or
registered to do so under the laws of the Province of Ontario.

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Adverse effect: means:

a) Impairment of the quality of the environment for any use that can be made of
it;

b) Injury or damage to property or to plant or animal life;

c) Harm or material discomfort to any person;

d) Impairment of the health of any person;

e) Impairment of the safety of any person;

f) Rendering any lot unfit for its existing or permitted use;

g) Loss of enjoyment of normal use of property; and/or

h) Interference with a residential use or conduct of business.

Agriculture or Agricultural: means growing crops, including nursery, biomass and

horticultural crops, and cannabis cultivation; orchards; raising of livestock; raising
of other animals for food, fur or fibre, including poultry and fish; aquaculture;
apiaries and mushroom farms; agro-forestry; maple syrup production; and the
associated on-farm buildings and structures, including livestock facilities, manure
storages, value-retaining facilities, greenhouses, and similar accessory buildings
and structures related to the use.

Agri-tourism Use: means a farm-related tourism use that promotes the enjoyment,
education or activities related to the principal farm operation on a lot, such as farm
machinery and equipment exhibitions (on a temporary basis), farm tours, petting
zoos, hay rides and sleigh rides, processing demonstrations, pick-your-own
produce operations, small-scale farm theme playgrounds and small-scale
educational establishments that focus on farming instruction.

Air Conditioner: means any mechanical equipment installed outdoors including

central air conditioning units, heat pumps, heat exchange units, emergency
generators and other such equipment.

Aisle: means an internal vehicle route immediately adjacent to a parking space or

loading space which provides vehicular access to and from the parking space or
loading space and is not a driveway.

Amenity Area: means the passive or active recreational area provided on a lot for
the personal, shared or communal use of the residents of associated dwelling
units, and includes balconies, patios, rooftop gardens and other similar features,
but does not include indoor laundry or locker facilities. Amenity area includes
common outdoor amenity area.

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Amenity Area, Common Outdoor: means an amenity area which is provided

outdoors and available for the shared or communal use of all residents of any
associated dwelling units.

Ancillary Retail Sales: means a retail store subordinate to a principal use in

which the retail sale of goods or merchandise primarily produced on the premises
in accordance with the provisions of this By-law.

Angular Plane: means an imaginary flat surface projecting over a lot, at an

inclined angle measured up from the horizontal.

Animal Care Establishment: means a building, structure or part thereof, where

dogs and cats and other domesticated animals, excluding livestock, are groomed
and/or kept for a fee on a daily basis excluding overnight boarding and outdoor
facilities.

Aquaculture: means the breeding or husbandry of fish.

Area of High Aquifer Vulnerability: means an area of high aquifer vulnerability as

described by the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, or successor thereto,
and as delineated on Schedule 3 to this By-law. In the event of conflict, the area
shown in the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan prevails.

Arena: means a building or part thereof, in which the principal facilities provide
for recreational activities such as curling, skating, hockey, lacrosse, broomball or
other similar athletic activities, and which facilities may include dressing rooms,
concession booths for the provision of food and refreshments, bleachers,
equipment for making artificial ice and other such accessory facilities.

Art Gallery/Studio: means premises used for the creation, exhibition, collection
and/or preservation of works of art for public viewing and sale and may include
educational classes.

Assembly Hall, Convention Centre or Conference Hall: means a building or

part of a building designed or intended to be used for such purposes as civic
meetings, educational meetings, political meetings, conventions, conferences,
trade shows, recreational activities or social activities and may include ancillary
banquet facilities.

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Automobile Service Station: means an establishment where vehicle fuels,

lubricants, and automobile-related accessories are offered for retail sale, and which
also may include a car washing establishment and a convenience store, but
shall not include a vehicle body repair shop or a vehicle repair shop.

Balcony: means an attached covered or uncovered platform projecting from the

face of an exterior wall, including above a porch, which is only directly accessible
from within a building, usually surrounded by a balustrade or railing, and does not
have direct exterior access to grade.

Basement: means a portion of a building below the first storey.

Bay Window: means a window with at least three panels set at different angles to
create a projection from the outer wall of a building, and includes a bow window.

Bed and Breakfast: means the provision of lodging with or without meals for the
traveling public within a detached dwelling. A bed and breakfast shall not include
a short-term rental.

Block: means all land fronting on one (1) side of a street between the nearest
streets, intersecting, meeting or crossing said street.

Boat Mooring: means docking facilities, mooring slips and dry sail storage areas.

Building: means a structure occupying an area of at least 10.0 m2 and consisting

of any combination of walls, roof and floor but shall not include a mobile home.

Cannabis: means cannabis as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Cannabis Act

(Canada), as amended.

Cannabis Cultivation: means the growing of cannabis, either within a wholly

enclosed building or structure or in an open air setting, for medical or recreational
purposes, subject to regulations under the Cannabis Act (Canada), as amended.

Cannabis Production Facility: means lands, buildings, or structures used for

growing, producing, processing, testing, destroying, packaging and/or shipping of
cannabis but does not include the in-store retail sale of cannabis authorized by a
license issued by and/or registration/registered by the Federal Minister of Health,
pursuant to the Cannabis Act (Canada) and its Regulations, as amended, or any
successors thereto.

Car Share Service: means a service that provides motor vehicles solely for
shared use and does not include vehicle dealership.

Car Washing Establishment: means an establishment for washing or cleaning

motor vehicles for gain.

Cemetery: means the lands used or intended to be used for the interment of
human remains.

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Club: means a building or part of a building used for a social, cultural, athletic or
recreational club, fraternal organization or community or educational uses.

Club House: means a building or structure used for the purposes of dining and
recreational facilities and may include a dining lounge.

Commercial Fitness/Recreational Centre: means a commercial establishment

that has been designed for conduct of sport, athletic and leisure activities such as
squash courts, swimming pools, exercise classes and other similar indoor
recreational facilities are provided and operated for gain or profit, but does not
include an adult entertainment establishment, a casino or place of amusement.

Commercial Use: means any use the primary purpose of which is to sell, lease or
rent a product or service directly to the public, including but not limited to retail
sales, entertainment services and personal or professional services, but shall
exclude residential uses, an adult entertainment establishment and
dating/escort service.

Commercial Vehicle: means a motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, and
shall include ambulances, hearses, motor buses, and fire apparatus.

Community Centre: means a multi-purpose facility that offers a variety of

programs or a recreational, cultural, day care, social, community service,
informational or instructional in nature.

Community Garden: means a communal garden provided for the sole use of the
public to produce flowers, herbs, fruits or vegetables and activities associated with
gardening, but does not include any processing or packaging, commercial sales, or
the raising of livestock or animals including poultry.

Community Use: means a use that has the primary purpose of serving the
educational, recreational, or governmental needs of the general community,
including but not limited to a library, community centre, emergency service
facility, or post office.

Conservation Use: means a use which preserves, protects or improves any

feature of the natural environment through a program of maintenance and
management administered by a Conservation Authority, public authority, private
groups or individuals.

Construction Vehicle: means a vehicle ordinarily used for building and

construction purposes, such as a dump truck, bulldozer, back-hoe, or grader, and
ancillary equipment used thereto.

Contractor’s Yard: means a premise of any general contractor, builder or

landscaper where equipment, vehicles and/or materials are stored or where a
contractor performs shop or assembly work.

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Convenience Store: means a retail store where articles for sale are restricted to a
limited range of goods, primarily food, toiletries, housewares, stationary and other
similar daily household necessities, but does not include a food store.

Corner Rounding: means a lot line of a corner lot at the intersection of two (2)
street lines in the form of an arc that joins the front lot line to the exterior side lot
line or the rear lot line to the exterior side lot line.

Dating/Escort Service: means a service providing companionship for and by

individuals for profit or personal gain.

Day Care Centre: means:

a) Indoor and outdoor premises where more than five (5) children are provided
with temporary care and/or guidance for a continuous period but does not
provide overnight accommodation and are licensed in accordance with the
applicable Provincial Act; or

b) Indoor and outdoor premises in which care is offered or supplied on a

regular schedule to adults for a portion of a day but does not provide
overnight accommodation.

Daylight Triangle: means an area free of buildings, structures, fences and

hedges more than 0.9 m in height and which area is to be determined by
measuring, from the point of intersection of street lines on a corner lot along each
such street line and joining such points with a straight line. The triangular-shaped
land between the intersecting street lines and the straight line joining the points
the required distance along the street lines is the daylight triangle.

Development Agreement: means an executed contract between a

developer/property owner and the City of Pickering that is required in order to
implement development and may include a subdivision agreement, site plan
agreement, or other similar agreements for development.

District Energy Facility: means a centrally located facility or linked facilities that
generates and distributes thermal energy (steam and/or hot and cold water) to end
users through an underground pipeline distribution system and generates
electricity, including electricity for supply to the grid.

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Drive-through Facility: means the use of land, buildings or structures, or parts

thereof, to provide or dispense products or services through an attendant or a
window or an automated machine, to persons remaining in motor vehicles that
are in a designated stacking lane. A drive-through facility may be in combination
with other uses. A drive-through facility does not include a vehicle repair shop,
automobile service station, or car washing establishment.

Driveway: means an internal roadway used to provide vehicular access from a

street or lane to an off-street parking space, loading space or aisle.

Dry-Cleaning Distribution Centre: means a premises used for the purpose of

receiving articles or goods of fabric to be laundered or dry-cleaned elsewhere and
does not include a dry-cleaning establishment.

Dry-Cleaning Establishment: means a premises in which the business of laundry

or dry-cleaning is housed and where the cleaning, drying, ironing, and finishing of
such goods is conducted.

Dry Sail Storage: means the temporary open storage of watercraft on land during
the normal boating season, but shall not include winter storage.

Dwelling: means a building containing one (1) or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, Apartment: means a residential use building containing four (4) or

more principal dwelling units where the units are connected by a common
corridor or vestibule, other than a townhouse dwelling or stacked townhouse
dwelling.

Dwelling, Back-to-Back Townhouse: means a residential use building

containing four (4) or more attached principal dwelling units divided vertically
where each unit is divided by common walls, including a common rear wall without
a rear yard setback, and whereby each unit has an independent entrance to the
unit from the outside accessed through the front yard or exterior side yard.

Dwelling, Block Townhouse: means a residential use building containing three

(3) or more attached principal dwelling units divided vertically, and where all
dwelling units are located on one (1) lot and accessed from a private street,
laneway, or common condominium driveway or aisle.

Dwelling, Detached: means a residential use building that contains only one (1)
principal dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Duplex: means a building divided by a horizontal above-grade common

wall into two (2) separate dwelling units, each of which has an independent
entrance.

Dwelling, Fourplex: means a multiple dwelling containing four (4) separate

dwelling units, each unit being connected to two (2) or more other units, and
generally arranged with two (2) units adjacent to the front lot line and the other
two (2) units at the rear thereof.

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Dwelling, Live Work: means a townhouse dwelling or stacked townhouse

dwelling, where the ground floor only, or part thereof, may be used for
commercial uses as permitted by this By-law, except that the basement may be
used for storage for the commercial use, and where the commercial and
residential components can be accessed by a common internal entrance while
constructed as separate units.

Dwelling, Semi-detached: means a residential building containing two (2)

attached principal dwelling units that are divided vertically, with each unit having
frontage on a street, except where located within a planned unit development.

Dwelling, Stacked Townhouse: means a residential building of four (4) or fewer

storeys in height containing three (3) or more principal dwelling units where the
units are divided horizontally and/or vertically, and in which each dwelling unit has
an independent entrance to the interior.

Dwelling, Street Townhouse: means a residential building containing three (3) or

more attached principal dwelling units divided vertically and where all dwelling
units are located on a street.

Dwelling, Triplex: means a building divided by one (1) or more horizontal

above grade common walls into three (3) separate dwelling units, each of which
has an independent entrance.

Dwelling Depth: means the horizontal distance measured from the minimum front
yard setback to the rear wall of a dwelling, excluding any obstruction of yards.

Dwelling Unit: means a residential unit that:

a) Consists of a self-contained set of rooms located in a building or structure;

b) Is used or intended for use as a residential premises;

c) Contains kitchen and bathroom facilities that are intended for the use of the
unit only; and

d) Is not a mobile home or any vehicle.

Dwelling Unit, Accessory: means a dwelling unit that is accessory to a non-

residential use on a lot.

Dwelling Unit, Additional: means a self-contained dwelling unit in a detached

dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block townhouse dwelling unit, street
townhouse dwelling unit, or in a building accessory to a detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling, block townhouse dwelling unit, street townhouse
dwelling unit on the same lot. The additional dwelling unit shall consist of one
(1) or more rooms that are designed, occupied or intended for residential
occupancy, by one (1) or more persons as an independent and separate residence
in which cooking facilities, sleeping facilities and sanitary facilities are provided for
the exclusive use of such person or persons.

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Dwelling Width: means the width of the main front wall of the dwelling.

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment: means a complete assembly consisting of

conductors, connectors, devices, apparatus, and fittings installed specifically for the
purpose of power transfer and information exchange between the branch circuit
and electric vehicle.

Emergency Service Facility: means fire, ambulance, police and similar facilities
operated by a public authority.

Existing: means existing as of the date of the final passing of this By-law.

Farm Implement Sales and Service Establishment: means premises where

farm implements and related equipment are serviced and repaired.

Farmers’ Market: means a building, part of a building or open area, on a

temporary or permanent basis, where a majority of the vendors shall be primary
producers of agricultural products grown within the Province of Ontario that are
offered for sale directly to the general public, but may also feature other vendors
who offer prepared foods and artisan crafts as well as provide entertainment and
community information.

Farm Vacation Home: means an establishment that provides sleeping

accommodation (including participation in farm activities, meals, services, facilities
and amenities for the exclusive use of guests) for the traveling or vacationing public
in up to three (3) guest rooms within a detached dwelling that is located on a farm
and is the principal residence of the proprietor of the establishment.

Farm Winery, Microbrewery, Distillery or Cidery: means premises used on a

farm for the making of beers, spirits, ciders and wines from grains, hops, crops, and
fruit grown primarily as part of the principal agriculture use, and may include a
tasting and hospitality area, facilities for food preparation and serving, and retail
sales of the products produced on site.

Film Studio: means premises used for producing motion pictures, live or recorded
broadcasts, or audio or video recordings or transmissions.

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Financial Institution: means a building or portions of a building used for the

purposes of administering or providing financial services to the public, other than
exclusively through an automated banking machine.

Flat Roof: means a roof having a slope of less than 1 unit of rise for every 10 units
of run. Where more than 25% of the roof area of a building is flat as defined in the
preceding sentence, the entire roof shall be deemed to be a flat roof for the
purposes of applying the definition of height in this By-law.

Floor Area: means the total area of all floors of a building within the outside walls.

Floor Area, Net: means the total area of all floors of a building measured from the
interior faces of the exterior walls or demising walls, but does not include the
following areas:

a) Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking below average grade;

b) Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking at or above average grade;

c) Loading spaces and related corridors used for loading purposes;

d) Rooms for storage, storage lockers, washrooms, electrical, utility,

mechanical and ventilation;

e) Indoor amenity area space required by this By-law;

f) Elevator, garbage and ventilating shafts;

g) Mechanical penthouse;

h) Porches, non-walk-in bay windows, attics, basements, enclosed or roofed

walkways; and

i) Stairwells in the building.

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Floor Space Index (FSI): means the total net floor area of all buildings on a lot
divided by the total lot area.

Food Preparation Plant: means a building or part of a building in which

processed food products are cooked, baked, mixed, packaged or otherwise
prepared for distribution to retail or institutional outlets.

Food Store: means premises that sells food and other non-food items, primarily
on a self-service basis.

Forestry: means the management of woodlands, including accessory uses such

as the construction and maintenance of forest access roads and maple syrup
production facilities:

a) For the production of wood and wood products, including maple syrup;

b) To provide outdoor recreation opportunities;

c) To maintain, and where possible improve or restore, conditions and wildlife;

and

d) To protect water supplies.

Front Entrance: means the principal entrance oriented towards the front lot line,
providing access to the interior of a dwelling from the exterior and does not include
an access provided through an attached private garage. In the case of a corner
lot, the principal entrance providing access to the interior of a dwelling from the
exterior may be oriented towards the side lot line that is adjacent to the street, or
abutting on a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.

Frontage: means that part of a lot that abuts a street measured along the street
line.

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Fuel Depot: means a premises where petroleum, gasoline, fuel oil, gas propane
or other fuels are stored in tanks for wholesale distribution or bulk sales but does
not include facilities for the sale of fuels for private motor vehicles.

Funeral Home: means a building, or part of a building, used for furnishing funeral
supplies and services to the public and includes facilities intended for the
preparation of bodies for interment or cremation and may include visitation rooms,
spaces for religious or non-religious services, and administrative offices.

Garage, Private: means a building, structure or part thereof, including a carport,

used for the parking of motor vehicles having adequate access to a driveway.

Garden Centre: means a retail establishment devoted primarily to the sale of

nursery stock and may also include the sale of related accessory supplies.

Golf Course: means a premises operated for the purpose of playing golf, and
includes a golf course, driving range, miniature golf facilities and such accessory
uses as a restaurant, banquet facility, retail store, fitness centre and other
buildings or structures devoted to the maintenance and operation of the golf
course.

Grade, Average: means when used with reference to a building, the average
elevation of the finished surface of the ground where it meets the exterior of the
front of such building; and when used with reference to a structure, shall mean the
average elevation of the finished level of the ground surrounding such structure.
When used with reference to lands within a City Centre zone, average grade shall
mean the average elevation of the finished level of the ground adjoining all exterior
walls of a building. When used with reference to street townhouse dwellings
within a City Centre zone, average grade is measured at the front of such
building.

Green Roof: means an extension to a building's roof that allows vegetation to

grow in a growing medium.

Gross Floor Area: means the total area, expressed in square metres (m2) of each
floor whether located above, at or below grade, measured between the exterior
faces of the exterior walls of the building at each floor level but excluding any
porch, veranda, cellar, mechanical room or penthouse, or areas dedicated to
parking within the building. For the purposes of this definition, the walls of an inner
court shall be deemed to be exterior walls.

Gross Leasable Floor Area (GLFA): means the total floor area designed for
tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and upper
floor areas, if any. GLFA is expressed in square metres (m2) and measured from
the centre line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.

Ground Floor: means the floor of a building at or first above average grade.

Ground Floor Area: means the gross floor area only on the ground floor.

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Group Home: means a dwelling occupied by not more than 10 persons exclusive
of staff, who live as a single housekeeping unit because they require a
supervised group living arrangement, in a facility licensed, approved and
supervised in accordance with the requirements of the Province.

Hazardous Lands: means property or lands that could be unsafe for development
due to naturally occurring processes. Along river, stream and small inland lake
systems, this means the land, including that covered by water, to the furthest
landward limit of the flooding hazard or erosion hazard limits. Along the Lake
Ontario shoreline, this means the land, including that covered by water, between
the international boundary, where applicable, and the furthest landward limit of the
flooding hazard, erosion hazard, or dynamic beach hazard limits.

Hazardous Sites: means property or lands that could be unsafe for development
and site alteration due to naturally occurring hazards. Naturally occurring hazards
may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unstable soils, such as
sensitive clays, organic soils, or unstable bedrock, for example.

Hazardous Substances: means substances which, individually, or in combination

with other substances, are normally considered to pose a danger to public health,
safety, and the environment. These substances generally include a wide array of
materials that are toxic, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, radioactive or pathological.

Height: means the vertical distance between the average grade, and in the case
of a flat roof, the highest point of the roof surface or parapet wall, or in the case of
a mansard roof the deck line, or in the case of a gabled, hip, or gambrel roof, the
mean height level between eaves and ridge. When the regulation establishes
height in storeys, means the number of storeys.

Home Industry: means an accessory use for gain or profit that is accessory to a
dwelling unit or agricultural use, and may include uses such as a carpentry
shop, metal working shop, welding shop, electrical shop, or blacksmith shop, but
shall not include a paint shop, furniture stripping, vehicle body repair shop or
vehicle repair shop.

Home Occupation: means the accessory use of a dwelling unit for an

occupation or business, where the dwelling unit is the principal residence of the
business operator.

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Hotel: means a building, or group of buildings, each containing sleeping

accommodation, catering primarily to the traveling public, for rent or hire for
temporary lodging. A hotel may also include restaurant, public hall and accessory
retail store which are accessory to the primary hotel function and oriented to
serve the hotel patrons.

Housekeeping Unit, Single: means a dwelling unit where the occupants have
collective use of the dwelling. A rooming home or portion thereof is not a single
housekeeping unit.

Inoperative Vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is mechanically inoperative,

and/or is in a state that precludes immediate use.

Kiosk: means a building or structure with a maximum floor area of 12.0 m2 that
provides complementary uses in a public or private operated open space zone.

Landscape Strip: means a continuous strip of landscaped open space provided

along a lot line or other feature, and consisting of a planting screen or landscaped
earth berm. A landscape strip is permitted to be traversed by driveways and
walkways. The width of the landscape strip and its minimum height to provide
visual screening are indicated in the requirements of this By-law.

Landscaped Open Space: means the open unobstructed space at grade suitable
for the growth and maintenance of landscaping and includes any surfaced walk,
patio, stairs or similar area but does not include any driveway, or ramp, whether
surfaced or not, any curb, retaining wall, parking area, interior courtyard, or any
easement for the purposes of underground or overhead utilities or services where
located within a front yard or exterior side yard.

Lane: means a thoroughfare not intended for general traffic circulation that
provides means of vehicular access to the rear of a lot where the lot also fronts or
flanks onto a street, or where a lot fronts onto public or private open space. The
lane may be maintained by a public authority or by a condominium corporation as
a private condominium road.

Library: means a building or portion of a building containing an organized

collection of information resources that are publicly accessible and provided by the
City of Pickering.

Loading Space: means an unobstructed area of land which is provided and

maintained upon the same lot or lots upon which the principal use is located and

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which area is provided for the temporary parking of one (1) commercial vehicle
while merchandise or materials are being loaded or unloaded from such vehicles.

Long-Term Care Home: means a facility which provides care and services for
persons who are no longer able to live independently or who require on-site
nursing care, 24-hour supervision or personal support and licensed under the Long-
Term Care Homes Act, 2007, as amended.

Lot: means a parcel of land fronting on a street, whether or not occupied by a

building or structure.

Lot Area: means the total horizontal area of a lot within the boundaries of a lot.

Lot Coverage: means the percentage of the total lot area occupied by all buildings
and structures at and above grade including cantilevered floor space, bay windows,
balconies, uncovered and covered porches and decks, and below grade steps and
ramps. This excludes eaves, belt courses, chimney breasts, sills, or cornice projections
to a maximum of 0.6 m.

Lot, Corner: means a lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets or
upon two (2) parts of the same street having an angle of intersection not exceeding
135 degrees.

Lot Depth: means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines. If
the front and rear lot lines are not parallel, the lot depth shall be measured by a
straight line joining the mid-point of the front lot line with the mid-point of the rear
lot line. Where there is no rear lot line, the lot depth shall be measured by a
straight line joining the mid-point of the front lot line with the apex of the triangle
formed by the side lot lines.

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Lot Frontage: means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot
measured by a line that is 6.0 m back from and parallel to the chord of the lot
frontage. The chord of the lot frontage means the straight line joining the two
points where the side lot lines intersect the front lot lines.

Lot Line: means a line delineating any boundary of a lot.

Lot Line, Exterior Side: means the side lot line, which separated a lot from the
street adjacent to it.

Lot Line, Front: means the lot line, which separates a lot from the street in front
of it. Where more than one (1) lot line separates a lot from the street, the front lot
line shall be the shorter lot line. Where a lot is a through lot, the lot line abutting
the wider street right-of-way shall be the front lot line. In the case of a through
lot, where both streets are of the same width, the City may designate either street
line as the front lot line.

Lot Line, Interior Side: means a side lot line, which is not adjacent to a street.

Lot Line, Rear: means the lot line opposite to, and most distant from, the front lot
line, but where the side lot lines intersect, as in the case of a triangular lot, the
rear lot line shall be represented by the point of intersection.

Lot Line, Side: means all lot lines, which join both a front lot line and a rear lot
line.

Lot, Through: means a lot bounded on opposite sides by a street.

Main Front Wall: means exterior wall of a building including the first storey and
above oriented toward the front lot line.

Main Wall: means a primary exterior front, rear, or side wall of a building, not
including permitted projections.

Manufacturing Facility, Heavy: means a building or part of a building used for

the purpose of large-scale manufacturing, assembly, printing, duplicating,
processing, altering, treating, or repair of products, materials or goods, and which
may include outdoor storage as an accessory use, and which may involve noise,
vibration or emissions provided they are in accordance with the Province’s
guidelines. A heavy manufacturing facility may also include a cannabis
production facility.

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Manufacturing Facility, Light: means a building or part of a building used for

the purpose of manufacturing, assembly, printing, duplicating, processing, altering,
treating, or repair of products, materials or goods, provided that all activities are
conducted within an enclosed building, and that the operations do not involve any
furnaces or machinery that emit noxious fumes or gases, discharge dirt, dust or
particle matter into the air or result in noise or vibration. A light manufacturing
facility may also include a cannabis production facility and a vertical farm.

Marina: means a commercial operation, publicly or privately owned, catering to the

recreational boating public. A marina may include: parking areas, boat moorings,
launching ramps, tennis courts, picnic areas, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools,
beaches, locker and locker room facilities, enclosed storage areas, winter storage
areas, a marine service station, marine railway equipment, restaurants,
refreshment stands, repair facilities, sales and display offices, a boat livery, and
retail stores.

Marine Service Station: means a place of business constructed and operated at a

location bordering on a waterway to supply gasoline, oil, batteries, lubricants and
accessories to boats and ships only, and where only minor emergency repairs are
made.

Mobile Home: means a prefabricated building that is designed to be made mobile

and is intended to provide permanent residence but does not include any trailer
otherwise defined in this By-law.

Motel: means a building or part of a building on the same site used to

accommodate the travelling public for gain or profit, by supplying them with
sleeping accommodation, with or without meals. The guest rooms of a motel are
accessed directly from the outside and may or may not be accessed from common
corridors. A motel does not include any other use otherwise defined in this By-law.

Motor Vehicle: means an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle, or any

other vehicle propelled or driven other than by muscular power, but does not
include a streetcar, or other motor vehicles running only upon rails, or a motorized
snow vehicle, traction engineer, farm tractor, riding lawnmower, self-propelled
implement of husbandry or road-building machine within the meaning of the
Highway Traffic Act, or successor thereto.

Museum: means premises used for the exhibition, collection and/or preservation
of objects of cultural, historical or scientific interest for public viewing.

Nightclub: means a place where food or drink may be served, and where the
primary function is the provision of theatrical performances, pre-recorded music, or
live musical entertainment, whether such music is provided for listening or dancing
by the patrons, or any combination of the above functions, but does not include any
other use defined in this By-law.

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Oak Ridges Moraine Area: means the area of land designated by Ontario
Regulation under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act as being the Oak
Ridges Moraine Area.

Obnoxious: means a use which, by its very nature or operation, creates or is liable
to create one or more adverse effects.

Office: means a building or part thereof, where administrative and clerical

functions are carried out in the management of a business, profession, organization
or public administration, but shall not include a medical office or vehicle sales
and rental establishment.

Office, Medical: means a premises designed and used for the diagnosis,
examination, and medical, surgical or physiotherapeutic treatment of human
patients, and which may include pharmacies and dispensaries, waiting rooms,
treatment rooms and blood testing clinics, but shall not include overnight
accommodation for in-patient care.

Outdoor Display Area: means an area, covered or uncovered, located outside of

a building and on the same lot as a commercial use for the purpose of displaying
finished merchandise for sale.

Outdoor Display Area, Seasonal: means an area, covered or uncovered, located

outside of a building and on the same lot as a commercial use for the purpose of
displaying seasonally related finished merchandise, goods or materials for sale
during a limited period within the calendar year.

Outdoor Patio: means an outdoor area, covered or uncovered, where seating

accommodation can be provided and/or where meals or refreshments may be
served to the public for consumption.

Outdoor Storage: means the occasional or continuous keeping of goods,

inventory, materials or machinery or equipment outside, but does not include
damaged, impounded or inoperable vehicles.

Park: means an area of land that is designed or maintained for outdoor recreational
facilities, with or without an accessory building or structure, including sport fields,
parks and playgrounds, tracks, skateboard parks, and outdoor swimming pools, but
shall not include a golf course.

Parking Area: means one (1) or more parking spaces, including related aisles,
for the parking or storage of vehicles.

Parking Garage: means a building, or part thereof, used for the parking of
vehicles and may include any permitted use in the first storey, but shall not
include any area where vehicles for sale or repair are kept or stored. A parking
garage includes underground parking and a parking structure.

Parking Lot: means a lot or portion thereof provided for the parking of motor
vehicles accessory or incidental to the main use.

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Parking Lot, Public: means a parking area that is the principal use of a lot and
is operated to provide public parking whether or not for gain or profit.

Parking Space: means an unobstructed area of land that is accessible by an aisle,

having access to a street or lane that is reserved for the purpose of the temporary
parking or storage of one (1) motor vehicle.

Parking Space, Bicycle: means an area used exclusively for parking or storing a
bicycle.

Parking Structure: means a building or portion thereof, below and/or above

grade, containing one (1) or more parking spaces.

Parking Structure, Bicycle: means a structure, either covered or uncovered,

containing one (1) or more bicycle parking spaces.

Passive Recreational Use: means outdoor recreational activities such as walking

or hiking trails, passive parks, shelters, or natural observation that require
minimum facilities or development and that have a minimal impact on the
environment.

Person: means an individual, association, firm, partnership, trust, corporation,

organization, trustee or agent, and the heirs, executors or legal representatives of
the person to whom the context can apply according to law.

Personal Service Shop: means a building, structure, or part thereof, where

services are provided and administered to individual and personal needs and
where retail sale of goods accessory to the service provided is permitted and
includes, but is not limited to, hair care, aesthetics, health and beauty treatment,
dressmaking, tailoring, shoe shinning and repair, laundromat, and pet self-wash
centre.

Pit or Quarry: means an operation, other than a wayside pit or quarry, conducted
under a license or permit under the Aggregate Resources Act, used in the
extraction, storage transportation, beneficiation, processing or recycling of mineral
aggregate or the production of related by-products, and includes any including
associated or accessory facilities or buildings.

Pit or Quarry, Wayside: means a temporary pit or quarry opened and used by a
public authority solely for the purpose of a particular project or contract of road
construction.

Place of Amusement: means premises which are devoted to the offering of

facilities for the playing of any game for the amusement of the public such as a
billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys, electronic games, indoor playground,
miniature golf courses or roller skating rinks.

Place of Worship: means a facility the principal use of which is the practice of
religion, but which may include accessory uses subordinate and incidental to the
principal use such as classrooms for religious instruction, programs for community

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social benefit, assembly areas, kitchens, offices and a residence for the faith group
leader. Other than a day care centre which shall be permitted, a place of worship
shall not include a private school or residential or commercial uses.

Podium: means the base of a building, structure or part thereof located at or

above average grade that projects or is part of the tower portion of the building.

Porch: means a covered or uncovered deck, portico or other structure with direct
access to the ground that is attached to the exterior wall of a building. A basement
may be located under the porch.

Premises: means the whole or part of lands, buildings or structures, or any

combination of these.

Primary Entrance Door: means the principal entrance by which the public enters
or exits a building or individual retail/commercial unit, or the resident enters or
exits a dwelling unit.

Primary Window: means all windows except bathroom, hallway, closet or kitchen
windows.

Principal or Main: means the land, buildings or structures occupied, used or

intended to be occupied or used.

Private Home Daycare: means a premises used for the temporary care of five (5)
children or less where such care is provided in a dwelling unit, other than the
dwelling unit of a parent or guardian of any such child, for a continuous period not
exceeding 24 hours.

Public Authority: means Federal, Provincial, or Municipal agencies, and includes

any commission, board, authority or department established by such agency.

Public Use: means a use of land, buildings or structures for infrastructure by or

on behalf of a public authority. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a
public use may include uses such as public highways, railways and related
facilities, gas and oil pipelines, public sewage and water service systems and lines,
bridges, interchanges, stations, public works yards, and related buildings and
structures, above or below ground, that are required for the facilities listed above,
and associated rights-of-way, and may include stormwater management facilities
but does not include any land or building used by any local school board,
university or college.

Recreational Vehicle: means a specially designed vehicle used for recreation

purposes, whether or not it is required to be licensed or is jacked up or its running
gear removed, including an all-terrain vehicle, a snowmobile, a camper, a motor
home, a boat or trailer. A recreational vehicle may provide temporary living,
sleeping, or eating accommodation for travel, vacation, seasonal camping, farm
help, or recreational use.

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Research and Development Facility: means a building or part of a building

wherein scientific research or medical experiments or investigations are
systematically conducted, and where drugs, chemicals, glassware or other
substances or articles pertinent to such experiments or investigations may be
manufactured or otherwise prepared for use on the premises.

Reserve: means a strip of land abutting a street and owned by a public authority.

Residential Use: means the use of land, buildings or structures for human
habitation.

Restaurant: means a building or part of a building where the principal business

is the preparation of food and drinks for retail sale to the public for immediate
consumption on and/or off the premises, but shall not include a nightclub.

Retail Store: means premises in which goods and merchandise are offered or
kept for retail sale or rental to the public.

Retirement Home: means a retirement home as defined in the Retirement

Homes Act, as amended, or its successor.

Riding Stable or Equestrian Centre: means premises used for the boarding of
horses, exercising of horses, the training of horses and riders, and the staging of
equestrian events, but shall not include the racing of horses.

Rooming Home: means a dwelling containing no less than three (3) but no more
than 6 individual rooms rented for accommodation and includes communal but not
individual cooking facilities, and where the occupants do not constitute a single
housekeeping unit. The use shall not provide respite care or provide
accommodation to the traveling public and does not include a group home, long-
term care home, retirement home, hotel, or short-term rental.

School, Commercial: means a building, or part thereof, where instruction of a

skill is provided for profit and may include instruction in a trade, business, art,
music, dance, cooking, athletic skill or any other specialized instruction but does
not include a commercial fitness/recreational centre or a post-secondary
school.

School, Elementary or School, Secondary: means a place of instruction

maintained and operated under the jurisdiction of a public authority, and may also
include a day care centre as an accessory use.

School, Post-Secondary: means a building or part of a building where

educational facilities are provided for the instruction of college or university
education, and that is operated under jurisdiction of a public authority and may
include accessory residential facilities, including cafeterias, but does not include a
commercial school.

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School, Private: means a place of instruction (excepting a commercial school or

private career college) offering curriculum equivalent to those customarily offered in
an elementary school or secondary school, and may include a day care centre.

Seasonal Farm Help Dwelling: means a building or structure for temporary farm
employees of the main agricultural use for no more than eight (8) months per
seasonal worker, but shall not be used for year-round occupancy.

Seasonal Farm Stand: means a structure that is accessory to an agriculture

use and is used for the display and sale of produce, flowers, or other related
agriculture products, but where all products shall originate and be sourced from
the same lot as the principal use.

Self-Storage Facility: means premises consisting of individual self-contained

units that are leased or owned for the storage of personal property and/or
household goods.

Sensitive Land Use: means a building, amenity area or outdoor space where
routine or normal activities occurring at reasonably expected times would
experience one (1) or more adverse effect(s) from contaminant discharges
generated by a nearby major industrial facility. The sensitive land use may be a
part of the natural or built environment. Depending upon the particular facility
involved, a sensitive land use and associated activities may include one (1) or a
combination of:

a) residences or facilities where people sleep;

b) a permanent structure for non-facility related use, particularly of an

institutional nature;

c) certain outdoor recreational uses deemed by a municipality or other level of

government to be sensitive;

d) certain agricultural operations; and/or

e) bird/wildlife habitats or sanctuaries.

Service and Repair Shop: means a premises for the servicing, repairing or
renting, of articles, goods or materials but shall not include any motor vehicle or
boats.

Setback: means the shortest horizontal distance between a building or structure

and a lot line.

Shelter: means a building or structure used solely for the purposes of providing
temporary shelter and shall not be used for human habitation.

Shipping Container: means a standardized metal commercial shipping or cargo

container that is fully enclosed and designed to be used interchangeably between
two (2) or more modes of transportation for the shipment of goods and materials.

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Shopping Centre: means premises consisting of a building or group of buildings

that are managed as a unit by a single owner or tenant, or by a group of owners or
tenants, and contain at least three (3) commercial units.

Short-term Rental: means a dwelling unit or part of a dwelling unit used to

provide temporary accommodation for a rental period of not more than 28
consecutive days to the same guest but shall not include a hotel, or bed and
breakfast or any other use defined herein.

Solar or Shade Parking Structure: means a structure, which may or may not
contain roof-mounted solar panels, which provides shade in a parking lot.

Stacking Lane: means an area of land that is used exclusively for queued
vehicles whose occupants are waiting to be provided with goods, materials or
services from a drive-through facility.

Storey: means that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar, or attic,
included between the surface of any floor, and the surface of the floor, roof deck or
ridge next above it.

Storey, First: means the storey with its floor closest above average grade and
having its ceiling more than 1.8 m above average grade.

Stormwater Management Facility: means an end-of-pipe, detention or retention

basin, which may include a permanent pool, that temporarily stores and treats
collected stormwater runoff and releases it at a controlled rate or redirects it for an
intended reuse.

Street: means a public highway but does not include a lane or a King’s Highway
(Highway 401). \

Street Line: means the dividing line between a lot and a street.

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Street, Private: means:

a) A right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by a

condominium corporation;

b) A private road condominium, which provides access to individual freehold

lots;

c) A roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and pedestrian

access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units; or

d) A private right-of-way over private property, that affords access to lots

abutting a private road; but is not maintained by a public body and is not a
lane.

Structure: means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts joined

together that is fixed to or supported by the soil and/or any other structure, and is
not a fence, in-ground swimming pool, or electric vehicle supply equipment.

Tandem Parking Space: means two (2) or more parking spaces abutting each
other end to end with only one (1) having access to an aisle.

Taxi Station: means premises used for the parking, cleaning, and minor
maintenance of a taxi or car share service fleet, and which may include a taxi
dispatch office.

Temporary Sales Office: means all or part of a building, structure, facility or

trailer used for the sole purpose of the sale or leasing of dwelling units associated
with a draft plan of subdivision, draft plan of condominium or an approved site plan.

Theatre: means a building or part of a building used for the showing of motion
pictures, or for the rehearsal or performance of performing arts, such as music or
dance, and live presentations, and may include accessory retail sales and the sale
and service of food and beverages.

Tower: means the storeys within that portion of a building or structure or part
thereof located above the podium.

Tower, Point: means a compact and slender building form that may or may not
include a podium at its base.

Tower Floor Plate: means the average floor area of all storeys within that portion
of a building or structure or part thereof located above the podium, measured to
the exterior faces of exterior walls of each storey of a building or structure.

Trailer: means any vehicle so constructed that it is suitable for being attached to a
motor vehicle for the purpose of being drawn or propelled by said motor vehicle,
and capable of being used for living, sleeping, or eating accommodation, or the
transportation of a boat, snowmobile, tent, or materials, and shall be considered a
separate vehicle and not part of the motor vehicle by which it is drawn. Any items

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or materials placed on a trailer for the purpose of transport are to be considered as

part of the trailer.

Transport Cartage or Transport Depot: means a building or structure and lot

where transport vehicles are kept for hire, rented or leased, or stored or parked for
remuneration, or from which transport vehicles are dispatched for hire as common
carriers and may include a warehouse, but shall not include any other use or
activity otherwise defined or classified in this By-law.

Uncovered Platform: means an attached or freestanding structure not covered

by a roof, which is located on the same level as or lower than the first storey of the
building associated with the platform.

Use: when used as a noun, means the purpose for which a lot or building or
structure or any combination thereof, is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or
maintained and “uses” shall have a corresponding meaning. “Use,” when used as
a verb, or “to use,” shall have corresponding meanings.

Utility: means an essential public service such as electricity, gas, television or

communications/telecommunications that is provided by a regulated company or
public authority.

Vehicle: means a car, truck, trailer, recreational vehicle including boats, van,
motorcycle, snowmobile, or any other vehicle required to be licensed.

Vehicle Body Repair Shop: means a building or part of a building used for the
care, repair or modifications to the body of motor vehicles.

Vehicle Repair Shop: means a building or part of a building used for retail sale
of motor vehicle accessories and used for the repair, equipping, maintenance, or
servicing of motor vehicles.

Vehicle Sales or Rental Establishment: means a building or part of a building

where vehicles are displayed and/or offered for sale, rent or lease including the
outdoor storage and display of vehicles and may include an associated vehicle
repair shop.

Vertical Farm: means a building or part of a building used for cultivating,

growing, producing, or processing of plant products or by-products and which may
include aquaponics.

Veterinary Clinic: means a building or part of a building providing the services of

a veterinarian, and facilities for the medical treatment, examination, surgery,
diagnosis, grooming, general health care, and observation of domestic animals and
birds.

Warehouse: means a building or part of a building used for the indoor housing or
storage of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs, substances, articles, or things
before wholesale distribution to a retailer.

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Waste: means material which is not hazardous and not needed by the generator of
that material, that is destined for either final disposal or for reprocessing to create a
useable product or material, but does not include a by-product of a manufacturing
process that is used, unaltered, in another manufacturing process.

Waste, Hazardous: means any substance or material that, by reason of its toxic,
caustic, corrosive or otherwise injurious properties, may be detrimental or
deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise coming into contact
with such material or substance.

Waste Processing Station: means a facility within an enclosed building whose

primary purpose is the sorting and processing of waste to create a new product or
raw material on site.

Waste Transfer Station: means a facility within an enclosed building whose

primary purpose is the collection and storage of waste or hazardous waste for
shipment, and which may include limited sorting or preparation of that waste to
facilitate its shipment for final disposal or to a waste processing station, but does
not include salvage yards or scrap metal yards.

Watercourse: means a natural channel for a stream and, for the purpose of this
By-law, includes a natural channel for an intermittent stream.

Wholesaling Facility: means a building, structure or part thereof used for the
distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs, substances, articles, or
things, in large quantities, to a business or retailer for eventual or further
distribution, processing, assembly, or retail sale.

Yacht Club: means a non-profit association of persona, who are bona fide
members paying annual dues, which owns, hires or leases a building and/or
property; the use of such premises being restricted to members, affiliated
members and guests. A yacht club may include: parking areas, a club house,
boat moorings, launching ramps, tennis courts, picnic areas, parks, playgrounds,
locker and locker room facilities, enclosed storage areas, restaurants, refreshment
stands, swimming pools and beaches.

Yard: means any open, uncovered, unoccupied space appurtenant to a building.

Yard, Exterior Side: means a side yard adjacent to a street.

Yard, Front: means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the
front lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the lot for which the
yard is required.

Yard, Interior Side: means a side yard not adjacent to a street.

Yard, Rear: means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the
rear lot line and the nearest wall of any main building or structure on the lot for
which the yard is required.

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Yard, Side: means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between
the side lot line and the nearest wall of any building or structure on the lot for
which the yard is required.

Zone: means a designated area of land use shown on Schedule 1 and established
and designated by this Bylaw for the purposes of a specific use or group of uses
that are erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this By-law.

Zone Boundary: means the spatial extent of a zone, as shown on Schedule 1 to

this By-law.

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4 General Regulations
The following general regulations shall apply to the entirety of the Area of
Application, except for lands in the Seaton Urban Area, which is subject to the
General Regulations contained in Section 14 of this By-law.

4.1 Accessory Dwelling Unit

4.1.1 General
Where permitted by this By-law, an accessory dwelling unit on a non-residential
lot shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
1. A maximum of one (1) accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted per lot.
2. An accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted in a separate accessory
building, provided that:
a) The building shall be located no closer than 3.0 m to any other non-
residential building on the lot.
b) The building shall be located in accordance with the setback
requirements for the main building on the lot, as established in the
applicable zone provisions.
3. An accessory dwelling unit shall be permitted as part of the main building
on the lot, provided that accessory dwelling unit shall be located either on
the second storey of the main building, or at the rear of such building if the
accessory dwelling unit is located within the first storey.
4. The accessory dwelling unit shall have separate washroom and kitchen
facilities from those of the non-residential use.
5. The accessory dwelling unit shall have a separate parking space as
provided in the parking requirements in Section 5.
6. The accessory dwelling unit shall have an independent building entrance
that is separate from the building entrance provided for the non-residential
use.
7. The gross floor area of the accessory dwelling unit shall not exceed 50% of
the gross floor area of all other non-residential uses on the lot.
8. An accessory dwelling unit shall not be permitted in hazardous lands and
hazardous sites, as determined by the Municipality.
4.1.2 Accessory Dwelling Units in Employment General (E1) Zones
1. One (1) accessory dwelling unit for caretaking and/or security shall be
permitted accessory to a permitted use contained in Table 10.2 of this By-law.

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2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1.1, an accessory dwelling unit in

an Employment General (E1) zone shall have a maximum residential gross
floor area of 70.0 m2.

4.2 Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures

4.2.1 General
1. Accessory uses, buildings and structures are permitted on a lot where a
main building housing a principal permitted use, already exists or is under
construction.
2. Accessory buildings or structures shall not be used for human habitation,
except for accessory structures that meet the definition of an additional
dwelling unit as permitted by this By-law.
3. A building or structure shall not be considered accessory if attached to the
main building. For clarity, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
an attached private garage shall be considered part of the main building and
therefore shall be subject to the lot and building requirements for the main
building, as provided in the zone provisions.
4. Unless otherwise specifically provided by this By-law, the accessory use,
building or structure shall be located on the same lot as the principal use.
4.2.2 Location of Accessory Buildings and Structures
1. Unless specifically provided by this By-law, accessory buildings and
structures, excluding bicycle parking structures or solar shade parking
structures, are only permitted to be erected in the rear yard and interior side
yard.
2. Elementary school or secondary school classroom portables may be
permitted within an interior side yard subject to an approved site plan.
3. Accessory buildings and structures must be setback a minimum of 1.0 m
from all lot lines, except that the setback from the interior side or rear lot
line may be reduced to 0.6 m if there are no doors or windows on the wall of
the accessory building or structure facing the interior side or rear lot line.
4.2.3 Height
1. No accessory building shall exceed a building height of 3.5 m except for:
a) Elementary school or secondary school classroom portables, which
shall not exceed a building height of 4.5 m;
b) A detached private garage, which for a flat roof shall not exceed a
building height of 3.5 m and for a pitched roof shall not exceed a building
height of 4.5 m; or

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c) A solar or shade parking structure, which shall not exceed a building

height of 5 m.
4.2.4 Lot Coverage
1. The total lot coverage of all accessory buildings, excluding detached private
garages, shall not exceed 5% of the lot area. Where a detached private
garage is also provided on the lot, the total lot coverage of all accessory
buildings and detached private garages shall not exceed 15% of the lot area.
Where elementary school or secondary school classroom portables are
provided, the total lot coverage of all accessory buildings shall not exceed
15% of the lot area.

4.3 Additional Dwelling Units

1. Where permitted by this By-law, an additional dwelling unit shall be in
accordance with the following provisions:
a) A maximum of one (1) additional dwelling unit is permitted within any
legally permitted detached, semi-detached, block townhouse dwelling
unit, or street townhouse dwelling unit and a maximum of one (1)
additional dwelling unit is permitted within an accessory building on the
same lot.
b) A maximum of two (2) additional dwelling units are permitted within any
legally permitted detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block
townhouse dwelling unit, or street townhouse dwelling unit provided
there are no additional dwelling units contained within an accessory
building on the same lot.
c) Notwithstanding Section 4.3.1 a) and b), additional dwelling units are not
permitted within any hazardous lands as determined by the applicable
Conservation Authority including, but not limited to, the regulatory flood
limits or erosion hazard limits and/or lands that do not have safe access
appropriate to the nature of the development and the natural hazard.
d) Notwithstanding Section 4.3.1 a) and b), an additional dwelling unit shall
not be permitted within an accessory building that is located within Key
Natural Heritage Features and/or Key Hydrological Features, hazard lands
as described in the Pickering Official Plan.
e) Notwithstanding Section 4.3.1 a) and b), additional dwelling units are
only permitted in the following locations:

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i. For lands within the Protected Countryside of the Greenbelt Plan:

A. Within a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block
townhouse dwelling unit, street townhouse dwelling unit;
and/or
B. Within an existing accessory building that was constructed
legally on or before (or where building permits were issued prior to)
July 1, 2017, provided that these buildings are located outside of
Key Natural Heritage Features and/or Key Hydrological Features.
ii. For lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine Area:
A. Only one (1) additional dwelling unit is permitted within a
detached dwelling.
f) Where an additional dwelling unit is located within an accessory
building the gross floor area of the additional dwelling unit shall be
determined by the most restrictive of the following regulations:
i. Maximum lot coverage of all buildings on the lot. For the purpose of
this regulation, if no lot coverage is provided in the zone, the
maximum lot coverage for all buildings will be 45%;
ii. No more than 50% of the gross floor area of the detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling, block townhouse dwelling unit, or street
townhouse dwelling unit on the same lot; and
iii. A maximum floor area of 150 sq. m.
g) An accessory building containing an additional dwelling unit shall
conform with the height and setback requirements of Table 4.1.
Table 4.1: Height and Setback Requirements
Requirement Lots with an area of 2,000 Lots with an area greater than
sq.m. or less 2,000 sq.m.
Maximum Height (m) 4.5 6.5
Minimum Front Yard (m) Zone Regulation Zone Regulation
Minimum Exterior Side
Zone Regulation Zone Regulation
Yard (m)
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is up to 4.5 m:
Minimum Interior Side
1.2 1.2; or
Yard (m)
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is over 4.5 m: 2.4
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is up to 4.5 m:
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 1.2 1.2; or
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is over 4.5 m: 2.4
Minimum setback from
buildings located within 0m 0m
the same lot

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h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, all lots containing

additional dwelling units shall provide a minimum 1.2 m wide path of
travel from the entrance of each additional dwelling unit to a street or
private street. Except for a maximum of 0.3 m encroachment for telcom or
utility meters, pipes, exhausts, intakes, corbels, window sills and wells, no
encroachment is permited to obstruct the path of travel to the dwelling unit
entrance. The path of travel may be shared and used jointly by more than
one dwelling unit on the lot.
i) A home occupation is permitted in association with each permitted
additional dwelling unit, in accordance with the provisions of this By-law.

4.4 Air Conditioners

1. Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the rear
yard or interior side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, such units shall
not be located any closer than 0.6 m to an interior lot line and shall not be
located on any easements in favour of the City.
2. Notwithstanding Section 4.4.1, air conditioners are permitted in the exterior
side yard of a lot provided they are screened by a fence.
3. Notwithstanding Section 4.4.1, air conditioners are permitted in the front yard
of back-to-back townhouse dwellings and stacked back-to-back
townhouse dwellings.

4.5 Ancillary Retail Sales

Where permitted by this By-law, ancillary retail sales shall be in accordance with
the following provisions:
1. Ancillary retail sales shall include only products, materials or goods which are
manufactured, processed, fabricated or repaired as part of the principal use.
2. The maximum gross floor area of the ancillary retail sales shall be a
maximum of 10% of the gross floor area of the principal use. However, in no
case shall the maximum gross floor area of the ancillary retail sales exceed
500.0 m2.
3. Parking for the ancillary retail sales shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5 of this By-law, in addition to the parking required for the
principal use of the lot.

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4.6 Automobile Service Station

Where permitted by this By-law, an automobile service station shall be in
accordance with the following provisions:
1. No portion of any fuel pump associated with an automobile service station
shall be located closer than 4.5 m from any front lot line or exterior lot line
and 12.0 m from any other lot line.
2. A weather canopy associated with the fuel pumps of an automobile service
station shall be permitted to encroach into the required minimum front yard
and exterior side yard by up to 3.0 m.
3. The maximum width of a driveway at the street line shall be not more than
10.5 m.
4. The minimum setback of an underground fuel storage tank to the nearest point
of any lot line shall be 4.5 m.
5. The area included between driveways or between driveways and a street
line or any lot line as required by this By-law shall not be used for any purpose
other than landscaped open space.
6. All other requirements of the applicable zone shall apply, including the required
minimum required yards.

4.7 Bed and Breakfast

Where permitted by this By-law, a bed and breakfast shall be in accordance with
the following provisions:
1. A bed and breakfast shall only be permitted in a detached dwelling.
2. The bed and breakfast shall be operated by the person or persons whose
principal residence is in the detached dwelling.
3. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 5.
4. A bed and breakfast shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) guest rooms.

4.8 CLOCA and TRCA Regulated Areas

1. For convenience, Attachment A includes an approximation of the areas
regulated by the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) and the
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). These areas are subject
to the applicable regulation under Section 28 of the Conservation Authorities
Act, as amended, for any development (including site alteration), any
interference with wetlands and alterations to shorelines and watercourses.
2. Development in the Conservation Authorities Act, as amended, is defined for
the purposes of this section as (a) the construction, reconstruction, erection or

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placing of a building or structure of any kind; (b) any change to a building or

structure that would have the effect of altering the use or potential use of the
building or structure, increasing the size of the building or structure or
increasing the number of dwelling units in the building or structure; (c) site
grading; or (d) the temporary or permanent placing, dumping or removal of any
material, originating on the site or elsewhere.
3. The regulated area may differ from the area delineated on Attachment A, as it
may be subject to changes resulting from new environmental information
obtained by the CLOCA or TRCA over time. The boundaries of the regulated
area shall be determined by CLOCA or TRCA as applicable.
4. Further, if there is a conflict between the description of regulated areas in the
text of the regulation and the areas as shown on the regulated area mapping
(as shown on Attachment A) the description of areas in the regulation prevails.
5. Development (as defined above) is subject to CLOCA or TRCA review, as
appropriate, and may require a permit pursuant to the applicable regulation,
prior to any works taking place.
6. The following uses shall be prohibited in lands identified as hazardous lands
or hazardous sites, as determined by the Municipality in consultation with
CLOCA or TRCA, as appropriate:
a) Institutional uses including hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement
homes, day care centres, childcare centres and schools;
b) Essential emergency service facilities including fire, police, ambulance
stations and electrical substations; and
c) Uses associated with disposal, manufacture, treatment or storage of
hazardous substances.

4.9 Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant

Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, no new or expanded sensitive
land use shall be permitted through development or redevelopment of a lot located
within the minimum separation distance (150.0 m) of the Duffin Creek Water
Pollution Control Plant as delineated on Schedule 1.

4.10 Established Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone

Within any Residential zone, no person shall use any building, structure or land,
nor erect any building or structure within the lands designated “Established
Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone” on Schedule 1, attached hereto, except in
accordance with the following provisions.

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1. Despite any other provision in this By-law, any other roof structure, such as to
house the mechanical equipment of the dwelling or a penthouse, shall be
included in calculating the height of the dwelling.
2. Dwelling Depth (maximum): The maximum dwelling depth, measured from
the minimum front yard setback to the rear wall of a dwelling, shall be as
follows:
a) For lots with depths up to and including 40 m: 17 m
b) For lots with depths greater than 40 m: 20 m

3. Height (maximum): 9.0 m

4. Driveway Width (maximum): The maximum width of a driveway shall be 6.0
m. However, for lots where the entrance of a garage or carport is wider than
6.0 m, the maximum driveway width shall be no greater than the width of the
entrance of a garage or carport.
5. Front Entrance (maximum elevation): The maximum elevation of the front
entrance shall be 1.2 m above the average grade, which is measured along
the main front wall of the dwelling, to the top of the platform (covered or
uncovered) immediately outside of the front entrance.
6. Front Yard Setback (maximum): The maximum front yard setback shall not
be more than 1.0 m beyond the average of the existing front yard setback of
the dwellings on the immediately abutting lots located along the same side of
the street and within the same block. The maximum front yard setback
applies to only 80% of the dwelling width including any attached garage.
a) For the purpose of this regulation, the maximum front yard is the
maximum permitted distance of the front yard measured horizontally from
the furthest point of the main front wall of the building, including the first
storey and above, to the front lot line.
7. Front Yard Setback (minimum): Despite any other provision in this By-law, the
lots within any Established Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone, the
minimum front yard setback shall be equal to the shortest existing front yard
setback of the dwellings on the immediately abutting lots located along the
same side of the street and within the same block. For corner lots, the

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minimum front yard setback shall be equal to the shortest existing front yard
setback of the dwellings on the nearest two lots located along the same side
of the street and within the same block.
8. Lot Coverage: Despite any other provision in this By-law, for lots within any
Established Neighbourhood Precinct Overlay Zone, the following maximum lot
coverage provisions shall apply within the applicable Neighbourhood Precinct,
as shown on Schedule 1 to this By-law:
a) Dunbarton Established Neighbourhood Precinct:
i. For lots greater than or equal to 1,000 m2 in area: maximum 25%;
ii. For lots less than 1,000 m2 in area: maximum 33%;
b) Highbush Established Neighbourhood Precinct:
i. For lots greater than or equal to 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 25%;
ii. For lots less than 1,000 m2 in area: maximum 33%;
c) Liverpool Established Neighbourhood Precinct: maximum 25%;
d) Rosebank Established Neighbourhood Precinct:
i. For lots greater than or equal to 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 25%;
ii. For lots less than 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 33%;
e) Rougemount Established Neighbourhood Precinct:
i. For lots greater than or equal to 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 25%;
ii. For lots less than 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 33%;
f) Woodlands Established Neighbourhood Precinct:
i. For lots greater than or equal to 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 25%;
ii. For lots less than 1,000 m2 in area: Maximum 33%.

4.11 Frontage on a Street

1. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this By-law, no person shall be
permitted to erect any building or structure on any lot in any zone unless the
lot has frontage on a street.
2. Where a building is developed abutting a driveway constituting a common
area or common element as part of a condominium registered under the
Condominium Act such driveway shall be deemed to be a street for purposes
of applying the provisions of this By-law.

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4.12 Group Homes

Where permitted by this By-law, a group home shall be in accordance with the
following provisions:
1. A group home shall be permitted in a detached dwelling, semi-detached
dwelling, and street townhouse dwelling in all zones where residential
uses are permitted.
2. Parking shall be provided based on the dwelling type of the group home in
accordance with the requirements of Section 5.
3. The group home shall comprise the sole use of the dwelling.
4. The group home shall be in accordance with the provisions of the applicable
zone.
5. The group home shall be subject to Provincial approval or licensing as may be
required.

4.13 Height Exceptions

1. The height requirements of this By-law shall not apply to:
a) A belfry;
b) A chimney;
c) A flagpole;
d) A clock tower;
e) Ornamental architectural features such as, but not limited to a dome or
skylight;
f) A cupola;
g) A water storage tank;
h) Rooftop mechanical equipment and rooftop mechanical penthouses, which
shall be subject to Section 4.31;
i) A wireless or transmitting antenna; and
j) A windmill, silo or other accessory buildings and structures that are
accessory to a permitted agriculture use, provided that the accessory
building or structure is not used for human habitation.
2. A parapet wall incorporated as part of a green roof may exceed the maximum
building height as required by the applicable zone by 1.5 m.
3. Rooftop solar panels and associated required structural equipment may exceed
the maximum building height as required by the applicable zone by 1.5 m.

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4.14 Highway 401 and Highway 407 Corridor Setback

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, no building, structure,
parking space, loading space, aisle or stormwater management facility
shall be located above or below grade, within 14.0 m of any lot line abutting
the boundary of the Highway 401 and Highway 407 Corridor.

4.15 Home Industries

Where permitted by this By-law, a home industry shall be subject to the following
provisions:
1. A home industry shall be wholly located within an accessory building or
structure, subject to Section 4.2 of this By-law.
2. A home industry shall have a maximum of three (3) employees, where at least
one (1) employee shall be a resident of the principal dwelling unit.
3. A home industry shall have a maximum gross floor area of 100.0 m2.
4. Displays shall be subject to the City of Pickering Sign By-law.
5. Outdoor storage and an outdoor display area accessory to a home
industry shall be prohibited.
6. Only motor vehicles associated with the home industry may be parked or
stored on the lot in an interior side or rear yard.
7. A home industry use that includes an obnoxious use or creates any adverse
effects shall be prohibited.

4.16 Home Occupations

Where permitted by this By-law, a home occupation shall be in accordance with
the following provisions:
1. The following specific uses are permitted in a home occupation:
a) Art Gallery/Studio;
b) Personal Services Shop, excluding a laundromat or dog-washing
establishment;
c) Private Home Daycare;
d) Office;
e) Medical Office; or
f) Instruction, including private or semi-private personal fitness, music, dance,
tutoring or instruction, cooking, and similar activities.

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2. No use or activity relating to a home occupation is permitted in a private

garage or accessory building or structure, except for limited storage relating
to a home occupation is permitted to the extent that it does not prevent the
parking of the number of vehicles the private garage or accessory building
or structure was designed to accommodate.
3. The home occupation shall not occupy an area greater than 25% of the gross
floor area of the dwelling, or have a total area greater than 50.0 m2,
whichever is less.
4. The home occupation shall be operated by the resident of the dwelling unit
and the resident is either a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, or officer of
the company operating the home occupation, or an employee who uses their
dwelling unit as their principal place of business.
5. The home occupation shall employ at least one (1) individual who resides in
the dwelling unit and shall not employ more than one (1) other individual who
does not reside in the dwelling unit.
6. At any given time, a home occupation shall not be permitted to include more
than two (2) clients or students at once.
7. The home occupation shall not create noise, vibration, fumes, odour, dust,
glare or radiation which is beyond the normal use of the dwelling, become
offensive or an obnoxious use, or create an adverse effect.
8. No outdoor storage or visible display relating to a home occupation is
permitted.
9. Customer or client parking is not required to be provided on the lot.
10. External changes or alterations required for or relating to a home occupation
which would change the overall residential character of the dwelling unit are
not permitted.
11. The selling of products assembled or developed on the premises is a
permitted use in a home occupation, and the sale and distribution of
catalogue items is a permitted use in a home occupation provided that no
catalogue items are stored on the premises.
12. In accordance with Section 4.8, a home occupation consisting of a private
home daycare is not permitted on hazardous lands or hazardous sites, as
determined by the Municipality.

4.17 Human Habitation not within Main Buildings

1. Except where explicitly permitted, no truck, bus, coach, streetcar body, railway
car, mobile home, trailer or other vehicle shall be used for human habitation

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whether or not the same is mounted on wheels or other forms of mounting or

foundations.

4.18 Live Work Dwelling

1. The following specific uses are permitted in a live work dwelling:
a) Art gallery/studio;
b) Dry-cleaning distribution centre;
c) Dwelling unit;
d) Medical office;
e) Office;
f) Personal service shop;
g) Restaurant; or
h) Retail store.
2. For any permitted use listed in Section 4.18.1, the minimum floor area is
50.0 m2.

4.19 Lots in Residential Zones - Unserviced

1. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the erection of a detached dwelling on
any existing lot located in any residential zone provided that the dwelling to
be so erected complies in floor area with the requirements of that particular
zone, but where there is neither a municipal sewer nor piped municipal water
supply available then such lot area shall not be less than 1,390 m2.

4.20 Minimum Distance Separation (MDS)

1. Notwithstanding any other yard or setback provisions of this By-law, to the
contrary, outside the urban area, no residential, institutional, commercial, or
industrial use, shall be erected or altered unless it complies with the Minimum
Distance Separation One (MDS I) setback from a livestock facility or anaerobic
digester, calculated using the formulas published by the Province, as may be
amended from time to time.

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2. This provision shall not apply to:

a) A dwelling on the same property as the livestock facility or anaerobic
digester;
b) Additions or renovations to existing dwellings or buildings or structures
accessory to a dwelling on lots that existed prior to March 1, 2017; or
c) Structures accessory to a dwelling, including, but not limited to: decks,
garages, gazebos, greenhouses, outbuildings, patios, picnic areas and
sheds.
3. Notwithstanding any other yard and setback provisions of this By-law to the
contrary, no building or structure used or intended to be used for the raising,
breeding or keeping of livestock or manure storage, or anaerobic digestion,
shall be established or enlarged on a lot except in accordance with the
requirements of the Minimum Distance Separation Two (MDS II) setback,
calculated using the formulas published by the Province, as may be amended
from time to time.

4.21 Nightclubs
Where permitted by this By-law, a nightclub shall be in accordance with the
following provisions:
1. A nightclub shall not be permitted within 150.0 m of the boundary of any
Residential zone.
2. A nightclub shall be wholly contained within the building and shall not include
an outdoor patio.

4.22 Oak Ridges Moraine Area Special Provisions

4.22.1 Existing Uses within the Oak Ridges Moraine Area
1. The provisions of this Section are established in accordance with the Oak
Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation
Plan, or successor thereto. Where there is a conflict between this By-law and
the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, or successor thereto, with respect
to any lands included in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area, the requirements of
the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, or successor thereto, shall prevail.
4.22.2 Lots Having Reduced Lot Area and/or Reduced Lot Frontage within the Oak
Ridges Moraine Area
1. Lots may be used and a building or structure may be constructed, altered or
used on a lot having a lesser lot area and/or a lesser lot frontage than
required by this By-law, provided that the lot has been held under distinct and
separate ownership from the abutting lots or was legally created prior to the
passing of this By-law, or created as a result of expropriation.

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2. The building, structure and use must conform to all other applicable
provisions and regulations of this By-law. Lots that have been increased in size
following the date of this By-law shall also be subject to this provision.
4.22.3 Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area
1. For the purposes of interpreting the provisions of Section 4.22, notwithstanding
the definition of existing as contained in Section 3 of this By-law, existing shall
mean lawfully in existence on November 15, 2001 and for greater certainty
does not include a use, building or structure that was in existence on that
date without being lawful.
2. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the use of any land, building or structure
used for a purpose prohibited by this By-law if the land, building or structure
was lawfully used for that purpose on November 15, 2001, and continues to be
used for that purpose. Where the use ceases to exist for a period of two (2)
years, the use will be deemed to have been discontinued.
3. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the erection or use for a purpose prohibited
by this By-law of a building or structure for which a permit has been issued
under subsection 8(2) of the Building Code Act, 1992, as amended, on or
before November 15, 2001, if:
a) The permit has not been revoked under subsection 8(10) of the Building
Code Act, 1992, as amended; or
b) The building or structure when erected is used and continues to be used
for the purpose for which it was erected.
4. Any dwelling unit on the same lot that is not permitted within the zone in
which it is located but that legally existed on November 15, 2001, shall be
permitted to expand on lands that are located no closer than 90.0 m from the
Oak Ridges Moraine Environmental Protection (ORMEP) zone by a maximum
of an additional 100 m2 in gross floor area after the date of the passing of this
By-law, in accordance with requirements of Section 12 of this By-law.
5. A non-residential building or structure on the same lot that is not permitted
within the zone in which it is located, but that legally existed on November 15,
2001, shall be permitted to expand on lands that are located no closer than
90.0 m from the Oak Ridges Moraine Environmental Protection (ORMEP)
Zone, by a maximum of an additional 10% of the existing gross floor area
after the date of the passing of this By-law, in accordance with the provisions of
the appropriate zoning ORM category of this By-law.
6. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the repair or reconstruction, within the
same location and dimensions, of an existing building or structure to a safe
condition provided that such repair or reconstruction does not represent an
intensification of the existing use, and does not increase the legal non-

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conforming footprint of the building or structure and that the building or

structure continues to be used for the same purpose.
4.22.4 Previously Authorized by Zoning in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area
1. Nothing of this By-law shall prevent the use, erection, or location of a detached
dwelling (which shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.22.4, include
accessory buildings or structures) provided:
a) The proposed dwelling is located on an open public road allowance
maintained on a year-round basis and subject to the provisions of the
Zoning By-law; and
b) The use, erection and location of such detached dwelling would have
been permitted by the applicable Zoning By-law on November 15, 2001.
4.22.5 Special Setbacks within ORM Zones
1. In addition to the other provisions of this By-law, within the area of the Oak
Ridges Moraine as shown on the schedules of the City of Pickering’s Official
Plan document, and within zones having an ORM prefix the following setbacks
shall apply, along with the minimum areas of influence and requirements
thereto as set out in the Official Plan:
a) Watercourses: All buildings or structures shall be located a minimum of
30.0 m from the meander belt of any permanent or intermittent stream, river
or creek.
b) Significant Valleylands: All buildings or structures shall be located a
minimum of 30.0 m from the stable top of bank.
c) Wetlands: All buildings and structures shall be located a minimum of 30.0
m from any part of feature.
d) Significant Woodlands: All buildings and structures shall be located a
minimum of 30.0 m from the base of the outermost tree trunks within a
woodland.
e) Fish Habitat: All buildings and structures shall be located a minimum of
30.0 m from any part of feature.
f) Seepage Areas and Springs: All buildings and structures shall be located
a minimum of 30.0 m from any part of feature.
4.22.6 Lots Having Split Zoning within ORM Zones
1. Where a lot is divided into more than one (1) zone, each separately zoned
portion of the lot shall be used in accordance with the provisions of that zone
as if each separately zoned portion was a lot. However, where a lot is divided
into more than one (1) zone and a use is permitted in each zone, the zoning
provisions of the most restrictive zone shall apply to the entire lot. No lot shall

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have more than one (1) building containing a dwelling on the lot except as
specifically permitted by this Bylaw.
4.22.7 Utilities and Public Service Facilities
1. New transportation, infrastructure and utility uses are only permitted in the
Oak Ridges Moraine Area subject to Section 41 of the Oak Ridges Moraine
Conservation Plan, or successor thereto, and corresponding policies of the City
of Pickering Official Plan, as amended.
4.22.8 Areas of High Aquifer Vulnerability in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, with the exception of those
uses legally existing on November 15, 2001, which may continue until the
use(s) ceases, the following uses are prohibited on lands identified as areas
of high aquifer vulnerability on Schedule 3.
a) Generation and storage of hazardous waste or liquid industrial waste.
b) Waste disposal facilities, organic soil conditioning sites, and snow storage
and disposal facilities.
c) Underground and above-ground storage tanks that are not equipped with
an approved secondary containment device.
d) Storage of a contaminant listed on Schedule 3 (Severely Toxic
Contaminants) to Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario,
1990 or its successor.

4.23 On-farm Diversified Uses

Where permitted by this By-law, an on-farm diversified use shall be in accordance
with the following provisions:
1. The on-farm diversified use is accessory to an agriculture use located on the
same lot.
2. The area of operation for an on-farm diversified use shall not exceed a
combined total of 1.0 ha (10,000 m2) or 2% of the lot area on which the use is
proposed, whichever is less.
a) In calculating the area of operation, 100% of the area needed for parking
spaces and outdoor storage for the on-farm diversified use shall be
included; and
b) In calculating the area of operation, where an on-farm diversified use uses
an existing access laneway, or parking area, the area of the laneway or
parking area shall not be included.
c) For the purpose of interpreting Section 4.23, where a home industry is
part of an on-farm diversified use, the area used for a home industry use

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shall be subject to the maximum gross floor area as permitted by Section

4.15 of this By-law.
3. All outdoor storage for an on-farm diversified use shall be in accordance with
the outdoor storage provisions of this By-law.
4. Services required for the proposed on-farm diversified use shall be provided on
the same lot, to the satisfaction of the Municipality and shall not have any
negative impact on neighbouring and surrounding land uses.
5. On-farm diversified uses that include agri-tourism uses shall be directly
related to the principal agricultural use.
6. Large-scale, recurring events that are beyond the scale of agri-tourism uses
and occur more than two (2) times per calendar year shall only be permitted on
a temporary basis by way of a temporary use by-law pursuant to Section 39 of
the Planning Act.

4.24 Outdoor Display Area

Where permitted by this By-law, an outdoor display area shall be permitted in
accordance with the following provisions:
1. An outdoor display area shall only be permitted on the same lot as the
principal use.
2. An outdoor display area shall not occupy more than 35% of the lot area.
3. An outdoor display area shall not be located within:
a) A required yard or minimum setback;
b) A required landscape strip or in minimum required landscaped open
space;
c) A required parking space;
d) A required loading space;
e) A driveway access or aisle;
f) A stacking lane; or
g) A daylight triangle.
4. An outdoor display area shall have a minimum setback of 12.0 m from any
lot line abutting a residential use.
5. Where an outdoor display area is accessory to vehicle sales or rental
establishment and is located in the front yard or exterior side yard, the
maximum area of an outdoor display area shall be 50% of the yard in which
the outdoor display area is located.

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4.25 Outdoor Patios

1. An outdoor patio shall be permitted as an accessory use to any permitted
restaurant use.
2. Outdoor patios are not permitted in any yard abutting a City Centre
Residential One (CCR1) zone and City Centre Residential Two (CCR2) zone.
3. Outdoor patios are not permitted on a balcony on any lot abutting a
residential use.
4. Outdoor patios shall not be considered as floor area and gross leasable
floor area when calculating floor area and gross leasable floor area for the
use it serves.

4.26 Outdoor Storage

Where permitted by this By-law, outdoor storage shall be permitted in accordance
with the following provisions:
1. Outdoor storage shall only be permitted as an accessory use where it is
permitted by this By-law. For the purposes of clarity and without limiting the
generality for the foregoing, outdoor storage shall not be permitted on a
vacant lot.
2. Outdoor storage shall be only permitted within a rear yard and not closer than
9.0 m to any street line, provided that such storage area shall be so located
that it is not visible from a street and/or a visual barrier is used to shield any
part of a yard from view by any adjacent lot or from a highway to such street.
3. In any OSW zone, outdoor storage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area and
such area shall be exclusive of parking spaces required by Section 5 and shall
not exceed the ground floor area of buildings upon the lot. This requirement
shall not apply to outdoor storage as permitted in other zones.
4. Outdoor storage can be used for only:
a) The temporary storage of products manufactured, assembled or used on
the premises;
b) The storage of tanks and containers of liquids, gases or other similar
materials used in the commercial or manufacturing process; or
c) The storage of materials used in the industrial operation but excluding bulk
open storage of sand, gravel, stone, coal and construction material or other
similar materials or products.
5. Outdoor storage areas shall be screened on all sides with an opaque fence or
landscaping or a combination of both not less than 2.0 m in height.

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4.27 Permitted Encroachments

No part of any required yard or setback shall be obstructed except as follows:
1. Projections such as awnings, canopies, windowsills, chimney breasts,
fireplaces, belt courses, cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs and other
similar architectural features may be permitted in any required setback,
provided that no such feature, with the exception of a downspout, projects into
the required setback more than 0.6 m or half the distance of the minimum
required setback, whichever is less.
2. Any stairs to a porch or uncovered platform and any unenclosed ramp for
wheelchair access may encroach into any required setback provided it is no
closer than 0.6 m from an exterior side lot line or 0.3 m from a front lot line.
3. A balcony, porch or uncovered platform may encroach into any required
setback to a maximum of 2.0 m or half the distance of the minimum required
setback, whichever is less.
4. A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a maximum width
of 4.0 m may encroach into any required setback to a maximum of 0.6 m or
half the distance of the minimum required setback, whichever is less.
5. Exterior entrances including above grade or below grade entrances to any
dwelling unit shall be permitted to encroach into any required yard provided it
is setback a minimum of 0.9 m from all lot lines. If the below grade entrance is
located within an area regulated by a Conservation Authority, as shown on
Attachment A and as described in Section 4.8, approval from that Conservation
Authority may be required.

4.28 Prohibited Uses

1. With respect to any lands to which this By-law applies, all uses are prohibited
unless specifically permitted in this By-law.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of this By-law, with the exception of those uses
existing on November 15, 2001, which may continue until the use(s) ceases,
new rapid infiltration basins and new rapid infiltration columns are prohibited on
lands within the Oak Ridges Moraine Area.

4.29 Public Uses Permitted in All Zones

1. Notwithstanding anything else in this By-law, a public authority may, for the
purposes of public service, use any land or erect or use any building or
structure in any zone, provided that:
a) Buildings shall comply with the applicable yard setbacks, maximum lot
coverage, and the height requirements as required by the zone;

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b) The minimum number of parking spaces and loading spaces as required

by this By-law for the proposed use shall be met;
c) Buildings or structures in the Environmental Protection (EP) or City
Centre Natural Heritage System (CCNHS) zone shall be prohibited except
for linear infrastructure and the uses, buildings and structures specifically
permitted in the applicable EP or CCNHS zone;
d) Any outdoor storage, or a waste processing or waste transfer station
shall only be allowed if it is permitted in the zone;
e) Notwithstanding the provisions above, the use of land, and any buildings
or structures for any school shall be in accordance with the provisions and
permitted uses of the zone; and
f) Outdoor storage as accessory to a public works yard shall be permitted
in any zone, subject to the requirements for outdoor storage as
established in Section 4.26 of this By-law.
2. Notwithstanding anything else in this By-law, a utility company providing
services in the form of communication/telecommunication, gas, hydro and
cable television and other similar utility company, may use any land or erect or
use any building or structure in any zone for the purpose of a utility service.
3. Notwithstanding Section 4.29.2, exemption for utilities in any zone shall not
apply to:
a) Permit buildings or structures in the Environmental Protection (EP) or
City Centre Natural Heritage System (CCNHS) zone except for structures
directly related to the utility and uses otherwise permitted in the EP or
CCNHS zones;
b) Permit any outdoor storage or contractor’s yard; or
c) Permit any land or building to be used for administrative offices, retail
purposes, or vehicular or equipment maintenance.

4.30 Reserves
1. For the purposes of this By-law, a 0.3 m reserve shall be considered to be part
of the street and not part of the lot.

4.31 Rooftop Mechanical Equipment and Mechanical

Penthouses
1. Rooftop mechanical equipment, including any appurtenances thereto, that
exceed a maximum height of 2.0 m shall be fully enclosed within a mechanical
penthouse.

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2. Rooftop mechanical equipment shall be set back a minimum of 5.0 m from all
edges of a roof.
3. Notwithstanding Section 4.31.2, no setback is required if rooftop mechanical
equipment is fully enclosed within a mechanical penthouse or screened by an
architectural feature.

4.32 Rooming Homes

1. Where permitted by this By-law, a rooming home shall be in accordance with
the following additional provisions:
a) The rooming home is required to meet a dwelling format that is permitted
in the applicable zone and the rooming home shall encompass the
entirety of the dwelling, and with a maximum of one rooming home
permitted per lot;
b) The rooming home is subject to the parking provisions in Section 5;
c) The number of bedrooms shall not exceed 6, and no cooking facilities shall
be permitted in any bedroom or room other than a kitchen;
d) There will be a minimum of one (1) washroom facility (water closet,
washbasin, and bathtub and/or shower) per five (5) bedrooms; and
e) The rooming home shall be subject to City licensing as may be required.

4.33 Satellite Dish Antenna

1. Satellite dish antennae are permitted in any zone provided that:
a) The satellite dish does not exceed a maximum diameter of 1.3 m; and
b) The satellite dish is not attached to the front façade of the main building or
any accessory building or structure in the front yard.

4.34 Seasonal Farm Help Dwelling

Where permitted by this By-law, a seasonal farm help dwelling shall be subject to
the following provisions:
1. The lot and building requirements of the applicable zone shall apply to the
seasonal farm help dwelling.
2. A seasonal farm help dwelling shall only be permitted as accessory to an
agricultural use.
3. The maximum floor area of a seasonal farm help dwelling shall be 80.0 m2.
4. The use of a seasonal farm help dwelling shall not exceed an aggregate total
of eight (8) months per seasonal worker in each calendar year.

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5. A seasonal farm help dwelling shall not be permitted in the principal

residence of the owner or operator of the agricultural use.
6. A seasonal farm help dwelling may be accommodated in more than one (1)
building.
7. A mobile home or recreational vehicle may be used for a seasonal farm
help dwelling.
8. Access to a seasonal farm help dwelling shall be from a shared driveway.
9. A minimum distance of 6.0 m shall be required between a seasonal farm help
dwelling and the nearest point of any other building or structure.
10. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 5 of this By-law.
11. A seasonal farm help dwelling shall be subject to an approved site plan.

4.35 Seasonal Outdoor Display Area

Where permitted by this By-law, a seasonal outdoor display area shall be
permitted subject to the following provisions:
1. A seasonal outdoor display area shall not obstruct a minimum required
parking space, driveway, aisle, or loading space.
2. A seasonal outdoor display area shall not require any additional motor
vehicle or bicycle parking to be provided while it is in operation.
3. A seasonal outdoor display area shall be permitted in any yard that does not
abut a Residential zone.
4. A seasonal outdoor display area shall be in accordance with the minimum
setback requirements of the applicable zone.
5. A seasonal outdoor display area shall occupy a maximum of 20% of the lot
area.
6. A seasonal outdoor display area shall not be permitted for more than 120
days cumulatively within any single calendar year.
7. Any buildings or structures associated with the seasonal outdoor display
area shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.2, but shall be subject to
the provisions of this Section.

4.36 Services
1. No dwelling unit shall be permitted on any lot within the area affected by this
By-law, unless such a lot is served either by a public water system and a
sanitary sewer system or by a private water and effluent disposal system that
has been approved by the Region of Durham Health Unit.

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4.37 Shipping Containers

Where permitted by this By-law, a shipping container shall only be permitted in
accordance with the following provisions:
1. A shipping container shall only be permitted as an accessory structure
where permitted by this By-law.
2. The use of a shipping container for human habitation shall be prohibited.
3. A shipping container shall only be permitted where the minimum lot area is
0.4 ha or greater.
4. A shipping container shall only be located in the rear yard and shall be
located no closer than 30.0 m from any street line.
5. A shipping container shall not exceed a height of 3.0 m and a total length of
16.76 m.
6. A shipping container shall be screened from view from the street and
abutting properties zoned Residential, Institutional, or Open Space.
7. A shipping container shall not be located in a required parking area and in
no case shall encroach into a required landscape strip or required
landscaped open space.
8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, a shipping container may
be temporarily placed on a lot in any zone:
a) For a period of not more than 30 days for loading and unloading of the
shipping container.
b) For a period of not more than 1-year for the storage of supplies and
equipment during construction for which a building permit has been issued
by the Municipality.
c) A shipping container is permitted in the driveway of a residential property
provided it does not exceed a maximum height of 3.0 m and a maximum
length of 6.1 m. However, in no case shall a shipping container encroach
onto a public sidewalk; be located closer than 0.3 m from the back of curb
in situations where no sidewalk exists; or create a sight line obstruction.
9. The provisions of this Section, nor the definition of shipping container, shall
be interpreted to restrict the use all or part of a shipping container as a
construction material.

4.38 Short-term Rental

Where permitted by this By-law, a short-term rental shall only be permitted in
accordance with the following provisions:

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1. A maximum of one (1) short-term rental per dwelling shall be permitted.

2. The dwelling in which the short-term rental is located shall be the principal
residence, as defined in the Income Tax Act, of the person or persons
operating and residing in the short-term rental.
3. Parking for the short-term rental shall be in accordance with Section 5.
4. A short-term rental shall not be established or operated in a manner which
changes the external appearance of the dwelling.

4.39 Swimming Pools

1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, an outdoor swimming pool,
or hot tub may be permitted as an accessory use to a residential use in
accordance with the following provisions:
a) Such accessory swimming pool, or hot tub shall only be located in a rear
yard.
b) Any swimming pool, hot tub, or associated water circulating, heating or
treatment equipment shall be set back 0.6 m from the lot line and the
swimming pool and/or hot tub shall be set back 1.2 m from any lot line.
c) Any deck associated with an aboveground pool, or hot tub to a maximum
height of 1.2 m will be in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.27 of
this By-law.
d) Any recreational equipment, including slides, associated with a swimming
pool, or hot tub shall not exceed a maximum height of 2.4 m.
e) An accessory outdoor swimming pool shall not be included in lot
coverage calculations provided that no part of the swimming pool, or hot
tub wall protrudes more than 1.2 m above grade.

4.40 Temporary Construction Uses Permitted

1. Nothing in this By-law shall prevent the use of land or the use or erection of a
building or structure for:
a) A scaffold or other temporary building or structure incidental to
construction in progress on premises for which a building permit has been
granted, until such time as the work has been finished or abandoned; or
b) A sign having an area of not more than 4.7 m2 incidental to construction in
progress on premises for which a building permit has been granted, until
such time as the work has been finished or abandoned.

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4.41 Temporary Sales Office

1. A temporary sales office for the sale of lots or units shall be permitted in all
zones, subject to the following additional provisions:
a) A temporary sales office shall not be permitted until an applicable plan of
subdivision or condominium for the proposed development has received
draft plan approval or the property is in a zone that permits the proposed
development or a temporary sales office agreement is in force.
b) A temporary sales office shall only be permitted for such period that work
within a relevant plan of subdivision or condominium remains in progress,
having not been finished or discontinued for 60 days.
c) A temporary sales office shall only be permitted if it complies with
requirements of the zone in which the lot is located.
d) Parking spaces for a temporary sales office are to be located to the side
and rear of the temporary sales office.
e) Notwithstanding Section 9.3 of this By-law, a minimum building height
does not apply to a temporary sales office within any City Centre zone.

4.42 Trailer Parks and Private Recreational Uses

1. The establishment of trailer parks, mobile home parks, camping
establishments or private recreational parks shall be prohibited within the Area
of Application of this By-law, save and except where such uses are specifically
permitted.

4.43 Yards Abutting Daylight Triangles

1. Where a lot abuts a daylight triangle, the setback provisions shall be
measured as if the daylight triangle did not exist, provided all buildings are
setback 0.6 m from the daylight triangle with the exception of windowsills,
belt courses, cornices, eaves, and eave troughs which may project to within 0.3
m of the daylight triangle.

4.44 Waste Management

1. Waste shall be stored within a fully enclosed building, structure or partially in
ground structure and shall not be located:
a) Between the main wall of a building and any street line; and
b) Within any landscaped open space or landscape strip required by this
By-law.

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2. Notwithstanding Section 4.44.1 a), temporary waste storage structure

provided for construction, demolition or site alteration works is permitted
anywhere on a lot.

4.45 Wayside Pits or Quarries

1. Notwithstanding the general zoning provisions of this By-law, the operation of
temporary wayside pits or quarries, may be permitted for a period not
exceeding six (6) months upon application to, and approval of, the City.
2. An amendment to this By-law shall be required to permit a wayside pit or
quarry if:
a) The use is within 120 m of an Environmental Protection (EP) zone; and/or
b) The use is in any zone except the Agriculture (A) or Quarry (Q) zones.

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5 Parking, Stacking, and Loading Regulations

5.1 General Provisions
5.1.1 Application
1. This Section applies to the entire City of Pickering with the exception of the
Seaton Urban Area, which is regulated by Section 14.
5.1.2 Parking Off-Site
1. Required parking spaces for any non-residential use may be located on
another lot within the lands/covered by this By-law, where a legal easement or
an agreement exists.

5.2 Parking Space Requirements

1. Every building or structure erected, enlarged or used in accordance with the
provisions of this By-law shall be provided with the minimum required number
of parking spaces specified in Table 5.1.
2. Notwithstanding any requirement of this By-law, no minimum parking spaces
shall be required within the Protected Major Transit Station Area, delineated on
Schedule 8 to this By-law.
Table 5.1: Minimum Parking Space Requirements

Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

Residential Uses

Additional Dwelling 1.0 space per additional

-
Unit dwelling unit(1)

0.80 spaces per unit plus 0.15 1.25 spaces per unit plus 0.25
Apartment Dwelling
visitor spaces per unit visitor spaces per unit

Back-to-Back
Townhouse 1.75 spaces per unit 2.0 spaces per unit(2)
Dwelling

Block Townhouse 1.75 spaces per unit plus 0.15 2.0 spaces per unit plus
Dwelling visitor spaces per unit 0.25 visitor spaces per unit

Detached Dwelling 2.0 spaces per unit 2.0 spaces per unit(2)

Duplex Dwelling - 2.0 spaces per unit

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

Fourplex Dwelling - 2.0 spaces per unit

1.5 spaces per unit plus 3.0

2.0 spaces per dwelling unit plus
Live Work Dwelling spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA for
1.0 visitor spaces per unit
commercial uses

Rooming Home 0.25 spaces per bedroom 0.30 spaces per bedroom

Semi-Detached
2.0 spaces per unit 2.0 spaces per unit(2)
Dwelling
Stacked
1.25 spaces per unit plus 0.15 1.25 spaces per unit plus 0.25
Townhouse
visitor spaces per unit visitor spaces per unit
Dwelling
Street Townhouse
2.0 spaces per unit 2.0 spaces per unit(2)
Dwelling

Triplex Dwelling 2.0 spaces per unit 2.0 spaces per unit

Commercial Uses

Animal Care
2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Establishment

18.0 spaces per 100 m2 floor

area used for assembly plus 5.5
spaces per 100 m2 floor area
Arena -
used for sports, entertainment,
restaurant (excluding snack bar)
and other ancillary uses

Art Gallery/Studio 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Assembly Hall,
Convention Centre 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
or Conference Hall
Automobile Service
- 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Station

Boat Mooring - 1.2 spaces per mooring

Car Washing
- 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Establishment

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

Commercial
Fitness/ Recreation 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Centre
Commercial School 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Convenience Store 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Dry-Cleaning
3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Distributing Centre
Dry-Cleaning
- 4.5 space per 100 m2 GLFA
Establishment

Financial Institution 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Food Store 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Funeral Home - 5.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

3.2 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
retail sales and display of
Garden Centre - products and/or office; and 1.1
spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
warehousing and/or wholesaling
0.8 space per guest room plus
0.8 space per guest room plus an
an additional 7.5 spaces per
additional 10.0 spaces per 100
100 m2 GLFA for accessory
m2 GLFA for accessory non-
non-residential gross floor
residential gross floor area used
area used for public uses, such
for public uses, such as meeting
Hotel as meeting rooms, recreational
rooms, recreational facilities,
facilities, dining facilities,
dining facilities,
business/conference facilities
business/conference facilities but
but excluding areas directly
excluding areas directly related to
related to the overnight
the overnight accommodation
accommodation
1.0 space per 4 persons
capacity or 3.5 spaces per 100
Marina - m2 GLFA, whichever is greater,
plus 7 waterfront parking
spaces per launching ramp
Medical Office 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

1.0 space per guest room plus

Motel -
3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Nightclub 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

Office 2.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Personal Service
2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Shop
Place of
4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 5.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Amusement

Restaurant 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 6.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Retail Store 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Self-Storage Facility - 0.25 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Service and Repair

2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Shop

Shopping Centre 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Taxi Station 2.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Theatre 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Vehicle Body
- 4.0 spaces per repair bay
Repair Shop
Vehicle Sales or
Rental - 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Establishment
Vehicle Repair
- 4.0 spaces per repair bay
Shop

Veterinary Clinic 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
1.0 space per 4 persons
capacity or 3.5 spaces per 100
m2 GLFA, whichever is greater,
Yacht Club - plus 7 waterfront parking
spaces per launching ramp

Employment Uses
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Contractor’s Yard -
per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
GLFA

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

Film Studio - 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to

Food Preparation 3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
-
Plant per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
GLFA
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
2,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Fuel Depot -
per 100 m2 GLFA over 2,000 m2
GLFA
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
Heavy
3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Manufacturing -
per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
Facility
GLFA
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
Light Manufacturing 3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
-
Facility per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
GLFA
Research and
Development - 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Facility
Transport Cartage
- 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
or Transport Depot
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
Waste Processing 3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
-
Station per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
GLFA
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
Waste Transfer 2,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Station per 100 m2 GLFA over 2,000 m2
GLFA
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
2,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Warehouse -
per 100 m2 GLFA over 2,000 m2
GLFA
3.2 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
retail sales and display of
Wholesaling Facility - products and/or office; and 1.1
spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
warehousing and/or wholesaling

Community Uses

Cemetery - 1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA

Club 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

1.0 space per 4 persons

Community Centre 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA capacity or 3.5 spaces per m2
GLFA, whichever is greater

Community Garden - -

1.0 space per employee plus

Day Care Centre 3.0 spaces and an additional 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
1.0 space per classroom
1.5 spaces per classroom plus
Elementary School 1.3 spaces per classroom day care centre requirements, if
applicable
Emergency Service
3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Facility

Library 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Long-Term Care
1.0 space per 3 beds 1.0 space per 3 beds
Home

Museum 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA

Park - -

Place of Worship 7.5 per 100 m2 GLFA 10.0 per 100 m2 GLFA

Post-Secondary
1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA 15.0 spaces per classroom
School

Private School 1.3 spaces per classroom 3.0 spaces per classroom

0.20 spaces per unit plus 0.05 0.30 spaces per unit plus 0.05
Retirement Home
visitor spaces per unit visitor spaces per unit

Secondary School 1.3 spaces per classroom 3.0 spaces per classroom

Other Uses
Agricultural 1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to
Products 3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
-
Processing per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
Establishment GLFA
No requirement. Where
applicable, parking for a
Agricultural Use -
detached dwelling shall be
provided

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Use City Centre Zones All Other Zones

1.0 space per 100 m2 GLFA up to

Farm Implement
3,000 m2 GLFA plus 0.5 spaces
Sales and Service -
per 100 m2 GLFA over 3,000 m2
Establishment
GLFA
3.2 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
retail sales and display of
Farmers’ Market - products; and 1.1 spaces per 100
m2 GLFA for warehousing and/or
wholesaling
1 space per guest room plus
Farm Vacation
- parking requirement for the
Home
principal dwelling unit
3.2 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA for
Farm Winery,
retail sales and display of
Microbrewery, -
products; and 1.1 spaces per 100
Distillery or Cidery
m2 GLFA for other areas
Golf Course - 50 spaces for every 9 holes

Pit or Quarry - -

Riding Stable or
- -
Equestrian Centre
Specified
Accessory Uses
Accessory Dwelling
- 1.0 space per unit
Unit
Ancillary Retail
- 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GLFA
Sales
1.0 spaces per guest room plus
Bed and Breakfast - the minimum required parking for
the principal dwelling
1.0 space for each employee
of the home industry
Home Industry - plus, the minimum
required parking for
the dwelling unit
Home Occupation,
including a Private - -
Home Daycare
Outdoor Display
- -
Area
No additional parking required if No additional parking required if
Outdoor Patio
associated with a restaurant associated with a restaurant
Seasonal Outdoor
- -
Display Area

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Notes:
1. For an additional dwelling unit on a lot within 500 metres walking distance of Kingston Road,
or on a lot within 500 metres walking distance of the Pickering GO Station: 1 space for the first
additional dwelling unit and 0 spaces for the second additional dwelling unit.
2. For back-to-back townhouse dwellings, detached dwellings, semi-detached dwellings,
and street townhouse dwellings on a private street: 2.0 spaces per unit plus 0.25 visitor
spaces per unit.

5.3 Calculation of Required Parking Spaces

5.3.1 Rounding Provisions
1. In all other areas of the City, where parking spaces are calculated by gross
leasable floor area, or similar calculation, and the required parking is a
fraction, the number of parking spaces shall be rounded down to the nearest
whole number.
5.3.2 Multiple Uses on a Lot
1. Where a use is subject to a minimum parking requirement, and there is more
than one (1) use on a lot, the total required parking spaces shall be the sum
of the required parking spaces applicable to each use on the lot. The total
number of required spaces may be reduced in accordance with the provisions
for Shared Parking in Section 5.5.

5.4 Accessible Parking Requirements

1. Accessible parking spaces are to be provided on-site in accordance with the
requirements of the Traffic and Parking By-law 6604/05 as amended, or any
successor thereto. Accessible parking spaces shall be identified within a Site
Plan.

5.5 Shared Parking

1. Notwithstanding Section 5.3.2, a shared parking formula may be used for the
calculation of required parking for multiple uses on a lot.
2. Shared parking is to be calculated in compliance with Table 5.2.
3. All required parking spaces must be accessible to all uses participating in the
shared parking arrangement and may not be reserved for specific users.
4. The initial step in determining required parking for multiple uses on a lot is to
calculate the parking requirement for each use in the development, in
accordance with Section 5.2. The parking requirement for each use is then
multiplied by the percent of the peak period for each time period, contained in
Table 5.2. Each column is totaled for weekday and weekend. The highest
figure obtained from all time periods shall become the required minimum
parking for the development.

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Table 5.2: Shared Parking Formula

Type of Use Percentage of Peak Period (Weekday)
Morning Noon Afternoon Evening
Financial
Institution/Office/ Medical 100 90 95 10
Office
Food Store/Personal
Service Shop/Retail 65 90 90 90
Store
Restaurant 20 100 30 100
Theatre 20 40 70 100
Hotel 70 70 70 100
Residential – Visitor 20 20 60 100

Type of Use Percentage of Peak Period (Weekday)

Morning Noon Afternoon Evening
Financial
Institution/Office/Office, 10 10 10 0
Medical
Food Store/Personal
Service Shop/Retail 80 100 100 70
Store
Restaurant 20 100 50 100
Theatre 20 60 80 100
Hotel 70 70 70 100
Residential – Visitor 20 20 60 100

5.6 Size of Parking Spaces, Aisles, and Stacking Lanes

1. Parking Space: parking spaces shall be a minimum of 2.6 m in width and
5.3 m in length, exclusive of any land used for access, manoeuvring,
driveways or similar purposes.
2. Parking Space, Parallel: parallel parking space shall be a minimum of 2.6 m
in width and 6.4 m in length.
3. Parking Space within a Private Garage:
a) A minimum of one parking space in any attached or detached private
garage associated with a dwelling unit shall be required to meet the
minimum dimensions of 3.1 m in width by 6.5 m in length and shall have a
minimum vertical clearance of 2.6 m;
b) All other parking spaces in a private garage shall have a minimum width
of 2.6 m and minimum length of 5.3 m.
c) Steps encompassing an area not greater than 1.2 m by 0.6 m is permitted
to encroach in any parking space located in a private garage.

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4. Parking Space, Bus: bus parking space shall have an accessible area of not
less than 37.0 m2 for the parking and storage of a bus.
5. Parking Space, Waterfront: A waterfront parking space (vehicular) shall
have an accessible area of not less than 28.0 m2, exclusive of driveways or
aisles, for the temporary parking or storage of vehicles with trailers.
6. Aisle: parking lot aisles shall be a minimum of 6.0 m in width for one-way
traffic and a minimum of 6.5 m in width for two-way traffic.
7. Stacking Lane for a Drive-Through: A stacking lane associated with a drive-
through facility shall be a minimum of 3.0 m in width.

5.7 Tandem Parking

1. The required parking spaces for a dwelling unit, live work dwelling or a bed
and breakfast on an individual lot may be provided in a tandem configuration.

5.8 Location of Parking Spaces

1. No parking lot or parking space within a parking lot shall be permitted within
3.0 m of a street line or within any daylight triangle or corner rounding.
2. No parking lot or parking space in any non-Residential zone shall be
permitted within 3.0 m of a property line abutting a Residential zone.
3. In any Residential zone, a parking space may be located within a driveway.
4. Notwithstanding Section 5.8.1 and 5.8.2, individual parking spaces for a
detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, street townhouse dwelling,
duplex dwelling, triplex dwelling, fourplex dwelling and back-to-back
townhouse dwelling may be located:
a) Within 3.0 m of a street line but not within a daylight triangle or corner
rounding;
b) In a rear yard of a Residential zone a minimum of 1.0 m from the nearest
rear lot line except where the rear lot line abuts a lane in which case the
parking space shall be set back a minimum of 0.6 m; and
c) In an interior side yard of a Residential zone to a minimum of 0.6 m to the
nearest interior side lot line, except where the driveway is a mutual
driveway in which case no setback is required to the interior side lot
line.

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5.9 Surface Parking Spaces in the City Centre Zones

1. Notwithstanding Section 5.8, the following surface parking provisions are
required for on-site parking and access to drive aisles in the City Centre
zones:
a) All surface parking shall be located in the rear or interior side yards of
buildings; and
b) A minimum 3.0 m wide landscape strip shall be required and permanently
maintained between any street line, daylight triangle or existing
residential development and the parking spaces or aisles. Where a
landscape strip is provided between existing residential development and
the parking spaces or aisles, the landscape strip shall also have a
minimum height of 1.5 m to provide visual screening.

5.10 Parking Structures

1. Portions of Parking structures constructed above grade, located adjacent to
any street line shall comply with the provisions for the main building in
accordance with this By-law.
2. Stairs and air vents associated with a parking structure are not permitted in a
front or exterior side yard.
3. Air vents constructed in association with an underground parking structure
are permitted to project to a maximum of 1.2 m above grade no closer than 4.0
m to a street line.
4. The parking of motor vehicles is prohibited in the first storey of an above
grade parking structure for the first 9.0 m of the depth of the parking
structure measured in from the lot line along a street line with required
active at grade frontages, as shown on Schedule 7 to this By-law.
5. Above ground parking structures that front onto a street line shall have a
minimum ground floor height of 4.5 m.

5.11 Residential Driveway and Front Yard Landscaping

Requirements
1. The following requirements shall apply in any Residential zone where there is a
private driveway providing access to the individual dwelling unit:
a) No part of a driveway or parking space shall be located within the
minimum required interior side yard setback or the minimum exterior
side yard setback.

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b) In no case shall any part of a driveway or parking space be located within

0.6 m of any lot line. This shall not apply to the lot line that is traversed by
the driveway to provide access.
c) Maximum driveway width and landscaped open space shall be in
accordance with Table 5.3.
Table 5.3: Maximum Driveway Width and Minimum Landscaped Open Space in
Residential Zones

Requirement Lot Frontage less than 11.0 m Lot Frontage equal to or

Greater than 11.0 m
Maximum driveway
3.0 m 6.0 m
width at the lot line
Minimum
landscaped open
space in each yard 30% 45%
used for a driveway
or parking (1)
Notes to Table 5.3:
1. This requirement shall not apply to any yard where the driveway or parking is accessed by a
rear lane.

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5.12 Parking and Storage of Vehicles in Residential and City

Centre Zones
No person shall, in any Residential zone or in any City Centre zone, use any lot,
building or structure for the parking or storage of a commercial vehicle,
construction vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer or vehicle except in
accordance with the following provisions:
1. A maximum of six (6) vehicles, only one (1) of which may be a trailer, are
permitted to park on the driveway of any lot, and any such vehicles shall be in
accordance with the following provisions:
a) For those vehicles parked on any lot, the maximum permitted height shall
be 2.6 m, and the maximum permitted length shall be 6.7 m;
b) Notwithstanding Section 5.12.1 a), one (1) vehicle parked on a driveway
in a side or rear yard can be of a size up to a maximum permitted height
of 3.5 m, and a maximum permitted length of 8.0 m;
c) Height shall be measured from the grade immediately beside the vehicle
up to the vehicle's highest point, which excludes lights, antennas and other
such items ancillary to the vehicle's body; and
d) No part of any front or exterior yard except a driveway shall be used for
the parking or storage of vehicles and no vehicle shall encroach onto any
road allowance.
2. The parking or storage of an inoperative vehicle shall not be permitted on any
lot, unless it is entirely within a fully enclosed building or structure.
3. The parking or storage of a construction vehicle shall not be permitted on any
lot, unless it is entirely within a fully enclosed building or structure.
4. A vehicle that exceeds the maximum permissible vehicle size provisions of
Section 5.12.1 shall be permitted to park temporarily on a lot for the sole
purpose of delivering to, servicing, building or constructing the premises on
that lot.
5. The minimum number of required parking spaces for residential uses shall not
be occupied or otherwise obstructed by the parking of a construction vehicle,
commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, or trailer.

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5.13 Bicycle Parking Space Requirements

5.13.1 General Provisions for Bicycle Parking Spaces
1. In this Section, the terms "long-term" bicycle parking space and "short-term"
bicycle parking space have the following meaning:
a) "long-term" bicycle parking spaces are those for use by the occupants or
tenants of a building; and
b) "short-term" bicycle parking spaces are those for use by visitors to a
building.
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, bicycle parking spaces
are permitted on any part of a lot.
3. Bicycle parking spaces should be located on the same lot as the use or
building for which they are required, or may be located off-site within 100 m
from the building for which they are required.
4. A maximum of 50% of the required bicycle parking spaces may be vertical
spaces; the rest of the required spaces must be horizontal spaces.
5. Where the number of bicycle parking spaces exceeds 50 spaces, a minimum
of 25% of the total required must be located within:
a) A building or structure;
b) A secure area such as a supervised parking lot or enclosure; or
c) Bicycle lockers.
6. Where four (4) or more bicycle parking spaces are provided in a common
parking area, each space must contain a bicycle parking rack that is securely
anchored to the ground and attached to a heavy base such as concrete.
7. For Apartment Dwellings, a minimum of 15% of the required long-term
bicycle parking spaces, or 1.0 parking space, whichever is greater, shall
include an energized 120-volt outlet adjacent to the bicycle rack or parking
space.
5.13.2 Bicycle Parking Space Dimensions
1. If located in a horizontal position (on the ground), a bicycle parking space
shall have a minimum length of 1.8 m and a minimum width of 0.6 m.
2. If located in a vertical position (on the wall), a bicycle parking space shall
have a minimum length of 1.5 m and a minimum width of 0.5 m.
5.13.3 Minimum Bicycle Parking Space Rates
1. The minimum number of required long-term bicycle parking spaces
applicable to all zones shall be:

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a) For Apartment Dwelling: 0.5 long-term bicycle parking spaces per

dwelling unit;
b) For Stacked Townhouse Dwelling: 1.0 long-term bicycle parking space
per dwelling unit;
c) For Long-Term Care Facility and Retirement Home: a minimum of five
(5) long-term bicycle parking spaces; and
d) For non-residential uses: the greater of 2.0 total long-term bicycle
parking spaces or 1.0 bicycle parking space for each 1,000 m2 of gross
leasable floor area or portion thereof.
2. The minimum number of required short-term bicycle parking spaces
applicable to all zones shall be:
a) For Apartment Dwelling: 0.1 short-term bicycle parking spaces per unit;
and
b) For non-residential uses: a minimum of one (1) bicycle parking rack for
short-term bicycle parking.

5.14 Loading Space Requirements

5.14.1 General Provisions for Loading Spaces
1. For every building or structure to be erected for, altered for, or its use
converted to a commercial or industrial use, involving the frequent shipping,
loading or unloading of persons, animals, goods, wares or merchandise, off-
street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained upon the same lot on
which the principal use is located.
2. Any required off-street loading space shall:
a) Not be used for the purpose of offering commodities for sale or display;
b) Provide for the temporary parking of one (1) commercial vehicle;
c) Not be upon or partly upon any street, lane or alley; and
d) Have adequate access to permit ingress and egress of a commercial
vehicle from a street by means of driveways, aisles, maneuvering areas
or similar areas, no part of which access is to be used for the temporary
parking or storage of any motor vehicle.
5.14.2 Loading Space Dimensions
1. The minimum dimensions of a loading space shall be 3.5 m in width and 12.0
m in length, with a minimum vertical clearance of 4.2 m.
5.14.3 Location of Loading Spaces
1. No loading space shall be permitted in the front yard of any zone.

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2. A loading space shall abut the building for which the loading space is
provided.
3. An unenclosed loading space located above grade shall be set back a
minimum of 10.0 m from a street line.
4. An enclosed loading space located above grade shall comply with the
building setbacks from a street line regulation applicable to the City Centre
zones as listed in Table 8.6 in Section 9 of this By-law.

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6 Residential Zone Regulations

6.1 List of Residential Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Residential zones, as established in Section 2
of this By-law, are also shown in Table 6.1.
Table 6.1: Residential Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Residential First Density R1A, R1B, R1C, R1D, R1E, R1F, R1G,
R1H, R1I
Residential Second Density R2A, R2B
Residential Third Density R3A, R3B, R3C

6.2 Residential First Density Zones

6.2.1 Permitted Uses
1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure in any Residential First
Density zone for any purpose except for one (1) or more of the uses as
permitted in accordance with Table 6.2 and Table 6.3. Uses permitted in the
Residential First Density zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column
applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in
Table 6.2 and Table 6.3.
Table 6.2: Uses Permitted in the Residential First Density Zones (R1A to R1E)
Permitted Use R1A R1B R1C R1D R1E
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling
Unit(1)
● ● ● ● ●

Detached Dwelling ● ● ● ● ●
Rooming Home(1) ● ● ● ● ●
Specified Accessory
Uses
Home Occupation(1) ● ● ● ● ●
Home Industry(1) ●
Short-term Rental(1) ● ● ● ● ●
Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.

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Table 6.3: Uses Permitted in the Residential First Density Zones (R1F to R1I)
Permitted Use R1F R1G R1H R1I
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling
Unit(1)
● ● ● ●

Detached Dwelling ● ● ● ●
Rooming Home(1) ● ● ● ●
Specified Accessory
Uses
Home Occupation(1) ● ● ● ●
Short-term Rental(1) ● ● ● ●
Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
6.2.2 Lot and Building Requirements
1. No person shall within any Residential First Density zone use any lot, or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with Table 6.4
and Table 6.5.
Table 6.4: Lot and Building Requirements for Residential First Density Zones (R1A to
R1E)
Requirement R1A R1B R1C R1D R1E
Minimum Lot Area (m2) 3,000 1,390 740.0 550.0 460.0
Minimum Lot Frontage
22.0 22.0 21.0 18.0 15.0
(m)
Minimum Front Yard (m) 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.5 7.5
Minimum Side Yard (m) One side One side One side
1.8 m and 1.8 m and 1.5 m and
1.8 1.8
other side other side other side
3.0 m 3.0 m 2.4 m
Minimum Exterior Side
2.7 - - - -
Yard (m)
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 9.0 9.0 7.5 7.5 7.5
Maximum Lot Coverage
20 20 33 33 33
(%)
Maximum Height (m) 12.0 12.0 12.0 9.0 9.0

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Table 6.5: Lot and Building Requirements for Residential First Density Zones (R1F to
R1I)
Requirement R1F R1G R1H R1I
Minimum Lot Area (m2) 450.0 400.0 350.0 250.0
Minimum Lot Frontage
15.0 13.5 12.0 9.0
(m)
Minimum Front Yard (m) 4.5(1) 4.5(1) 4.5(1) 4.5(1)
Minimum Interior Side
1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Yard (m)
Minimum Exterior Side
2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7
Yard (m)
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Maximum Lot Coverage
38 38 38 38
(%)
Maximum Height (m) 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0

Notes:
1. Any vehicular entrance to an attached private garage shall be located not less than 6.0 m from
front lot line and not less than 6.0 m from any exterior side lot line immediately adjoining or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.

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6.3 Residential Second Density Zones

6.3.1 Permitted Uses
1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure in any Residential Second
Density zone for any purpose except for one (1) or more of the uses as
permitted in accordance with Table 6.6. Uses permitted in the Residential
Second Density zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column applicable
to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in Table 6.6.
Table 6.6: Uses Permitted in the Residential Second Density Zones
Permitted Use R2A R2B
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling Unit(1) ● ●
Detached Dwelling ● ●
Duplex Dwelling ●
Rooming Home(1) ●
Semi-detached Dwelling ● ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Home Occupation(1) ● ●
Short-term Rental(1) ● ●
Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
6.3.2 Lot and Building Requirements
1. No person shall within any Residential Second Density zone use any lot, or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with Table
6.7.
Table 6.7: Lot and Building Requirements for the Residential Second Density Zones
Requirement R2A R2B
Minimum Lot Area (m2)
Detached Dwelling 460.0 275.0
Semi-detached Dwelling 325.0/unit 275.0
Duplex Dwelling 460.0 -
Minimum Lot Frontage (m)
Detached Dwelling 15.0 9.0
Semi-detached Dwelling 10.5/unit 9.0
Duplex Dwelling 15.0 -

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Requirement R2A R2B

Minimum Front Yard (m) 7.5 4.5(1)
Minimum Interior Side Yard (m)
Detached Dwelling 1.5 one side, 2.5 other side 1.2(2)
Semi-detached Dwelling 2.5(2) 1.2(2)
Duplex Dwelling 2.5 -
Minimum Exterior Side Yard 2.7
2.5
(m)
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5 7.5
Maximum Lot Coverage (%) 33 38
Maximum Height (m) 12.0 12.0

Notes:
1. Any vehicular entrance to an attached private garage shall be located not less than 6.0 m from
front lot line and not less than 6.0 m from any exterior side lot line immediately adjoining or
abutting a reserve on the opposite side of which is a street.
2. The minimum interior side yard shall be 0.0 m where the common wall of a semi-detached
dwelling abuts an interior side lot line being the adjoining wall of another semi-detached
dwelling.

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6.4 Residential Third Density Zones

6.4.1 Permitted Uses
1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure in any Residential Third
Density zone for any purpose except for one (1) or more of the uses as
permitted in accordance with Table 6.8. Uses permitted in the Residential Third
Density zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column applicable to that
zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in Table 6.8.
Table 6.8: Uses Permitted in the Residential Third Density Zones
Permitted Use R3A R3B R3C
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling
Unit(1, 2)
● ●

Apartment Dwelling ●(3) ● ●

Back-to-Back
Townhouse ●
Dwelling
Block Townhouse
Dwelling
● ●

Retirement Home ● ●
Rooming Home(2) ● ● ●
Stacked Townhouse
Dwelling
● ●

Street Townhouse
Dwelling
● ●

Specified Accessory
Uses
Home Occupation(2) ● ● ●
Short-term Rental(2) ● ● ●
Notes:
1. This use is only permitted in association with a block townhouse or street townhouse
dwelling.
2. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
3. Only legally existing uses shall be permitted.

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6.4.2 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Residential Third Density zone use any lot, or
erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with Table
6.9.
Table 6.9: Lot and Building Requirements for the Residential Third Density Zones
Requirement R3A R3B R3C
Minimum Lot Area (m2) - - -
Street Townhouse Dwelling 220.0/unit 150.0/unit -
Block Townhouse Dwelling 220.0/unit 150.0/unit -
Back-to-Back Townhouse
- 75.0/unit -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 75.0/unit -
Apartment
1,100 75.0/unit -
Dwelling/Retirement Home
Minimum Lot Frontage (m) - 20.0
Street Townhouse Dwelling 6.0/unit 6.0/unit -
Block Townhouse Dwelling 30.0 30.0 -
Back-to-Back Townhouse
- 6.0/unit -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 6.0/unit -
Apartment
27.0 27.0 -
Dwelling/Retirement Home
Minimum Front Yard (m) 7.5 4.5 3
Minimum Interior Side Yard (m)
6.0, or one-fifth of 1.2(1)
the length of the
Street Townhouse Dwelling building -
whichever is
greater(1)
6.0, or one-fifth of 1.2(1)
the length of the
Block Townhouse Dwelling building 1.2
whichever is
greater
Back-to-Back Townhouse 1.2(1)
- -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 1.2(1) 1.2
Apartment Minimum one-half
Dwelling/Retirement Home the height of the 3.0 2.5
building; or, one-
tenth the length of

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Requirement R3A R3B R3C

the building; or,
3.5 m, whichever
is the greater
Minimum Exterior Side Yard
(m)
6.0, or one-fifth of
the length of the
Street Townhouse Dwelling building 3.0 -
whichever is
greater
6.0, or one-fifth of
the length of the
Block Townhouse Dwelling building 3.0 -
whichever is
greater
Back-to-Back Townhouse
- 3.0 -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 4.5 3.0
Apartment 6.0, or one-fifth of
Dwelling/Retirement Home the length of the
building 4.5 3.0
whichever is
greater
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5 7.5 7.5
Maximum Lot Coverage (%)
Street Townhouse Dwelling 25(2) 50 -
Block Townhouse Dwelling 25(2) 50 -
Back-to-Back Townhouse
- 50 -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 50 60
Apartment
35 50 60
Dwelling/Retirement Home
Maximum Height (m)
Street Townhouse Dwelling 12.0 12.0 -
Block Townhouse Dwelling 12.0 12.0 -
Back-to-Back Townhouse -
12.0 -
Dwelling
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling - 13.0 30.0
Apartment
12.0 16.0 30.0
Dwelling/Retirement Home

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Requirement R3A R3B R3C

Minimum Landscaped Open
- 10 10
Space (% of gross floor area)
Maximum tower floor plate size
850.0
(m2)
11.0 m, except
where the
separation may
be reduced to 3.0
Minimum Building Separation m if there are no
- -
on the Lot (m) primary windows
or balconies on
the wall facing the
adjacent flanking
building
18.0 m, for any
portion of a
building greater
than 25.5 m in
height, except
where the
separation may
- - be reduced to
11.0 m if there are
no primary
windows or
balconies on the
wall facing the
adjacent flanking
building
25.0 m for any
portion of a
- - building greater
than 37.5 m in
height
Minimum Amenity Area
(m2) – development with fewer - - -
than 8 dwelling units
Minimum Amenity Area
(m2) – development with 8 or
more dwelling units
4.0/unit, including 4.0/unit, including
at least 1 at least 1
Back-to-Back Townhouse contiguous contiguous
-
Dwelling Common Outdoor Common Outdoor
Amenity Area with Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2 at least 40.0 m2

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Requirement R3A R3B R3C

4.0/unit, including 4.0/unit, including
at least 1 at least 1
contiguous contiguous
Block Townhouse Dwelling -
Common Outdoor Common Outdoor
Amenity Area with Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2 at least 40.0 m2
4.0/unit, including 4.0/unit, including
at least 1 at least 1
contiguous contiguous
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling -
Common Outdoor Common Outdoor
Amenity Area with Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2 at least 40.0 m2
4.0/unit, including 4.0/unit, including
at least 1 at least 1
contiguous contiguous
Apartment Dwelling -
Common Outdoor Common Outdoor
Amenity Area with Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2 at least 40.0 m2

Notes:
1. The minimum interior side yard shall be 0.0 m where the common wall of a street townhouse
dwelling abuts an interior side lot line being the adjoining wall of another street townhouse
dwelling.
2. Includes all buildings except private garages.
3. A minimum of one contiguous area of 40.0 m2 must be provided.

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7 Commercial Zone Regulations

7.1 List of Commercial Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Commercial zones, as established in Section 2
of this By-law, are also shown in Table 7.1.
Table 7.1: Commercial Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Commercial General C1
Commercial Automotive Service C2
Commercial Highway C3
Commercial Hamlet CH

7.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 7.2. Uses
permitted in the Commercial zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the
column applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted
use in Table 7.2.
Table 7.2: Uses Permitted in the Commercial Zones
Permitted Use C1 C2 C3 CH
Residential Uses
Detached Dwelling ●
Commercial Uses
Animal Care Establishment ● ●
Arena ●
Art Gallery/Studio ● ● ●
Assembly Hall, Convention Centre
●
or Conference Hall
Automobile Service Station(1) ●(2) ● ● ●
Car Washing Establishment ●(2) ● ● ●(3)
Commercial Fitness/Recreational
●
Centre
Commercial School ● ●
Convenience Store ● ●(3) ● ●
Dry-Cleaning Distribution Centre ● ●

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Permitted Use C1 C2 C3 CH
Dry-Cleaning Establishment ●
Financial Institution ● ●
Food Store ● ●
Funeral Home ●
Garden Centre ●
Hotel ● ●
Medical Office ● ●
Motel ●
Nightclub(1) ● ●
Office ● ●
Personal Service Shop ● ● ●
Place of Amusement ●
Restaurant ● ●(3) ● ●
Retail Store ● ● ●
Self-Storage Facility ●
Service and Repair Shop ● ● ●
Shopping Centre ● ●
Taxi Station ● ●
Theatre ●
Vehicle Body Repair Shop ●(2) ●(2)
Vehicle Repair Shop ● ●
Veterinary Clinic ● ●
Community Uses
Club ● ●
Community Centre ● ●
Community Garden ● ● ●
Day Care Centre ● ● ●
Emergency Service Facility ● ●
Farmers’ Market ● ● ●
Library ● ●
Museum ● ●
Park ●
Place of Worship ● ●

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Permitted Use C1 C2 C3 CH
Public Parking Lot ● ●
Retirement Home ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Accessory Dwelling Unit(1) ●
Outdoor Display Area(1) ● ● ●
Seasonal Outdoor Display Area(1) ● ●

Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
2. Only legally existing uses shall be permitted.
3. Permitted only accessory to an automobile service station.

7.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Commercial zone use any lot, or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure except in accordance with Table 7.3.
Table 7.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Commercial Zones
Requirement C1 C2 C3 CH
Minimum Lot Frontage (m) 20.0 35.0 20.0 18.0
Maximum Front Yard (m) 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Minimum Interior Side Yard (m) - 4.5 - -
Minimum Interior Side Yard abutting
a lot in any Residential, Institutional, 7.5 7.5 7.5 4.5
or Open Space zone (m)
Minimum Exterior Side Yard (m) 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Maximum Lot Coverage (%) 50 30 50 25
Maximum Building Height (m) 18.0 12.0 18.0 12.0
Minimum Landscaped Open Space
10 10 10 10
(%)

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8 Mixed-Use Zone Regulations

8.1 List Mixed-Use Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Mixed-Use zones, as established in Section 2
of this By-law, are also shown in Table 8.1.
Table 8.1: Mixed-Use Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Local Node LN
Community Node CN
Mixed-Use General MU1

8.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 8.2. Uses
permitted in the Mixed-Use zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column
applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in
Table 8.2.
Table 8.2: Uses Permitted in the Mixed-Use Zones
Permitted Use LN CN MU1
Residential Uses
Apartment Dwelling ●
Back-to-Back Townhouse
●
Dwelling
Block Townhouse Dwelling ●
Live Work Dwelling ●
Stacked Townhouse Dwelling ●
Commercial Uses
Animal Care Establishment ● ●
Art Gallery/Studio ● ●
Bed and Breakfast(1) ●
Commercial Fitness/Recreational
● ●
Centre
Convenience Store ● ● ●
Dry-Cleaning Distribution Centre ● ● ●

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Permitted Use LN CN MU1

Financial Institution ● ● ●
Food Store ● ● ●
Medical Office ● ● ●
Office ● ● ●
Personal Service Shop ● ● ●
Restaurant ● ● ●
Retail Store ● ● ●
Shopping Centre ● ● ●
Veterinary Clinic ● ●
Community Uses
Club ● ● ●
Community Centre ● ●
Community Garden ● ● ●
Day Care Centre ● ● ●
Emergency Service Facility ● ●
Farmers’ Market ● ● ●
Library ● ●
Long-Term Care Home ●
Museum ● ●
Place of Worship ●
Public Parking Lot ● ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Outdoor Display Area(1) ● ●
Seasonal Outdoor Display Area(1) ● ● ●
Short-term Rental(1) ●

Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.

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8.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Mixed-Use zone use any lot, or erect, alter, or use
any building or structure except in accordance with Table 8.3.
Table 8.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Mixed-Use Zones
Requirement LN CN MU1
Minimum Lot Frontage (m) 15.0 30.0 30.0
Maximum Front Yard (m) 3.0 3.0 3.0
Minimum Interior Side
- - -
Yard (m)
Minimum Exterior Side
- - -
Yard (m)
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5 7.5 7.5
Minimum Setback for
Below Grade Parking - - -
Structures (m)
Maximum Lot Coverage
35 35 50
(%)
Minimum Ground Floor
- - -
Height (m)
Minimum Building Height
- - 7.5
(m)
Maximum Building Height
12.0 15.0 15.0
(m)
Maximum Gross Leasable
10,000 20,000 20,000
Floor Area (m2)
Maximum Floor Space
2.0 2.5 2.5
Index
Minimum Landscaped
10 10 10
Open Space (%)
50% of the first
storey of a non-
residential
building along any
Required Active at Grade front lot line and
- -
Frontage exterior side lot
line shall be
comprised of
openings and
transparent glazing

Location of a Primary A primary

- - entrance door with
Entrance Door
direct and

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Requirement LN CN MU1
unobstructed
access open to the
public shall be
incorporated into
the wall of a
building facing the
street line
Minimum Balcony Depth
- - 1.5(1)
(m)
Minimum Amenity Area
(m2) – developments with - - -
fewer than 8 dwelling units
Minimum Amenity Area
(m2) – development with 8
or more dwelling units
4.0/unit, including at
least 1 contiguous
Apartment Dwelling - - Common Outdoor
Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2
4.0/unit, including at
least 1 contiguous
Back-to-Back
- - Common Outdoor
Townhouse Dwelling
Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2
4.0/unit, including at
least 1 contiguous
Block Townhouse
- - Common Outdoor
Dwelling
Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2
4.0/unit, including at
least 1 contiguous
Stacked Townhouse
- - Common Outdoor
Dwelling
Amenity Area with
at least 40.0 m2

Notes:
1. Notwithstanding the minimum required depth of a balcony, balconies are not permitted to
project beyond the main wall less than 10.5 m in height above grade.

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9 City Centre Zone Regulations

9.1 List of City Centre Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the City Centre zones, as established in Section 2
of this By-law, are also shown in Table 8.4.
Table 8.4: City Centre Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
City Centre One CC1
City Centre Two CC2
City Centre Residential One CCR1
City Centre Residential Two CCR2
City Centre Civic CCC
City Centre Open Space CCOS
City Center Natural Heritage System CCNHS

9.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 8.5. Uses
permitted in the City Centre zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column
applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in
Table 8.5.
Table 8.5: Uses Permitted in the City Centre Zones
CC1 CC2 CCR1 CCR2 CCC CCOS CCNHS
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling
● ● ● ●
Unit (1)(2)
Apartment Dwelling ● ● ●
Back-to-Back
Townhouse ●(3) ●(3) ● ●
Dwelling
Block Townhouse
●(3) ●(3) ● ●
Dwelling
Live Work Dwelling ● ● ●
Stacked Townhouse
●(3) ●(3) ●
Dwelling
Street Townhouse
●(3) ●(3) ● ●
Dwelling

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CC1 CC2 CCR1 CCR2 CCC CCOS CCNHS

Commercial Uses
Animal Care
● ●
Establishment
Art Gallery/Studio ● ● ●
Assembly Hall,
Convention Centre ● ●
or Conference Hall
Commercial
Fitness/Recreational ● ● ● (4) ●
Centre
Commercial School ● ●
Convenience Store ● ●
Dry-Cleaning
● ● ● (4)
Distribution Centre
Financial Institution ● ●
Food Store ● ● ●
Hotel ● ●
Kiosk ● ● ● ● ●
Nightclub(1) ●
Medical Office ● ●
Office ● ● ● ● ●
Personal Service
● ● ● ●
Shop
Place of
●
Amusement
Restaurant ● ●
Retail Store ● ●
Service and Repair
● ●
Shop
Theatre ● ●
Veterinary Clinic ● ●
Community Uses
Club ● ●
Community Centre ● ● ● ●
Community Garden ● ● ● ● ● ●
Day Care Centre ● ● ● (4) ●

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CC1 CC2 CCR1 CCR2 CCC CCOS CCNHS

Elementary or
● ● (5)
Secondary School
Library ● ● ●
Long-Term Care
● ● ●
Home
Museum ● ● ●
Park ● ● ● ● ● ● ●(6)
Place of Worship ●
Post-Secondary
● ●
School
Private School ● ●
Retirement Home ● ● ●
Other Uses
District Energy
● ● ●
Facility
Parking Garage /
● ●
Structure
Specified
Accessory Uses
Home Occupation (1) ● ● ● ●
Private Home
● ● ● ●
Daycare

Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
2. This use shall be permitted within a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, street
townhouse dwelling unit, and block townhouse dwelling unit.
3. This use shall be prohibited in areas designated as Active at Grade frontages on Schedule 7
to this By-law.
4. Use shall be limited to the first two (2) storeys of a building.
5. A maximum of one (1) such use is permitted to be located within this zone.
6. No buildings and structures shall be permitted.

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9.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any City Centre zone use any lot, or erect, alter, or use
any building or structure except in accordance with Table 8.6.
Table 8.6: Lot and Building Requirements for the City Centre Zones
Requirement CC Zones
Minimum Floor Space Index As shown on Schedule 4
Maximum Floor Space Index 5.75
Minimum Building Height (m) As shown on Schedule 5
Maximum Building Height (m) As shown on Schedule 6
Building Height Adjacent to Building height shall be limited by a 45-degree angular
Grade Related Dwellings (m) plane measured 7.5 m from the property line of adjacent
detached, semi-detached and street townhouse
dwellings at a height of 10.5 m above grade
Minimum Building Setback from
1.0
Street Line (m)
Maximum Building Setback
4.0 (1)(2)
from Street Line (m)
Minimum Setback for Below
0.0
Grade Parking Structures (m)
Minimum Podium Height
Requirements for Buildings
10.5
Greater than 37.5 m in Height
(m)
Maximum Podium Height
Requirements for Buildings
20.0
Greater than 37.5 m in Height
(m)
Maximum Tower Floor Plate –
850.0
Residential Building (m2)
Minimum Building Separation 11.0 m, except where the separation may be reduced to
(m) 3.0 m if there are no primary windows or balconies on
the wall facing the adjacent flanking building
18.0 m, for any portion of a building greater than 25.5 m
in height, except where the separation may be reduced
to 11.0 m if there are no primary windows or balconies
on the wall facing the adjacent flanking building
25.0 m for any portion of a building greater than 37.5 m
in height
Minimum Main Wall Stepback for
1.5 m between 4.5 m and 15.0 m in height on any
Buildings equal to or less than
building face abutting a street line
37.5 m in Height (m)

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Requirement CC Zones
Minimum Main Wall Stepback for Minimum main wall stepback - 3.0 m from the main
Buildings greater than 37.5 m in wall of a point tower and the main wall of a podium on
Height (m) any building face abutting a street line
Minimum main wall stepback - 3.0 m between the top
6.0 m and 18.0 m of a point tower for buildings equal
to and greater than 73.5 m
Balcony Requirements Minimum depth – 1.5 m
Notwithstanding Section 4.27.1 c), balconies are not
permitted to project beyond the main wall less than 10.5
m in height above grade along any street line with
required Active At Grade Frontages, as shown on
Schedule 7 to this By-law
Minimum Continuous Length of
60% of the street frontage of a lot must be occupied by
Buildings along a Street Line
a building
(%)
Buildings Requiring Active At Minimum – 40% of the first storey of a non-residential
Grade Frontages building along any street line with required Active At
Grade Frontages, as shown on Schedule 7 to this
By-law, shall be comprised of openings and transparent
glazing
A primary entrance door with direct and unobstructed
access open to the public shall be incorporated into the
wall of a building facing the street line
Minimum ground floor height – 4.5 m
Minimum Landscaped Open
10% of the area of a lot
Space (3)
Minimum Amenity Area (m2) –
No requirement
Less than 8 Dwelling Units
Minimum Amenity Area (m2) – 8
or more Dwelling Units
4.0/unit, including at least 1 Common Outdoor Amenity
Apartment Dwelling
Area with at least 40.0 m2
Block Townhouse 4.0/unit, including at least 1 contiguous Common
Dwelling Outdoor Amenity Area with at least 40.0 m2
Back-to-Back 4.0/unit, including at least 1 contiguous Common
Townhouse Dwelling Outdoor Amenity Area with at least 40.0 m2
Stacked Townhouse 4.0/unit, including at least 1 contiguous Common
Dwelling Outdoor Amenity Area with at least 40.0 m2

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Notes:
1. For residential buildings located outside the required Active at Grade Frontages, as shown on
Schedule 7 to this By-law, the maximum setback from street line shall be 6.0 m.
2. The maximum setback may be increased up to an additional 5.0 m where the entire setback is
used for publicly-accessible open space, in the form of a plaza or courtyard, and does not
include parking or loading spaces.
3. The minimum landscaped open space requirement is to be calculated as follows:
a) To qualify for any minimum landscaped open space requirement of this table, an individual
area of landscaped open space provided on a lot shall have a minimum dimension of 3.0
m by 3.0 m; and
a) Landscaping provided on a roof of a building may be included in the calculation of required
landscaped open space on the lot, provided it meets the requirements of subsection a)
above.

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10 Employment Zone Regulations

10.1 List of Employment Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Employment zones, as established in Section 2
of this By-law, are also shown in Table 10.1.
Table 10.1: Employment Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Employment General E1
Employment Prestige E2
Employment Commercial E3

10.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 10.2. Uses
permitted in the Employment zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the
column applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted
use in Table 10.2.
Table 10.2: Uses Permitted in the Employment Zones
Permitted Uses E1 E2 E3
Commercial Uses
Assembly Hall, Convention Centre or
●
Conference Hall
Commercial School ● ●
Dry-Cleaning Distribution Centre ●
Financial Institution ● ●
Hotel ● ●
Office ● ● ●
Self-Storage Facility ● ●
Service and Repair Shop ● ●
Vehicle Body Repair Shop ● ●(1)
Vehicle Repair Shop ● ●(1)
Vehicle Sales and Rental
●(1) ●(1)
Establishment
Employment Uses
Contractor’s Yard ●

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Permitted Uses E1 E2 E3
Dry-Cleaning Establishment ● ● ●
Film Studio ● ●
Food Preparation Plant ● ● ●
Fuel Depot ●
Heavy Manufacturing Facility ●
Light Manufacturing Facility ● ● ●
Research and Development Facility ● ● ●
Transport Cartage or Transport Depot ●
Vertical Farm ● ● ●
Warehouse ● ● ●
Wholesaling Facility ● ●
Waste Processing Station ●(1)
Waste Transfer Station ●(1)
Community Uses
Day Care Centre ● ●
Emergency Service Facility ● ● ●
Public Parking Lot ● ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Accessory Office(2) ● ●
Accessory Personal Service
●(3) ●(3) ●
Establishment(2)
Accessory Restaurant(2) ●(3) ●(3) ●(3)
Accessory Dry-Cleaning Distribution
●(4)
Centre(2)
Ancillary Retail Sales(2) ● ● ●
Outdoor Display Area(2) ● ●
Outdoor Storage(2) ●
Shipping Container(2) ● ●

Notes:
1. Only legally existing uses shall be permitted.
2. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
3. The maximum gross floor area of the accessory use shall be a maximum of 10% of the gross
floor area of the principal use. However, in no case shall the maximum gross floor area of
the accessory use exceed 500.0 m2.

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4. Permitted only if accessory to a dry-cleaning establishment and providing the gross floor
area of the dry-cleaning distribution centre does not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of
the dry-cleaning establishment.

10.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Employment zone use any lot, or erect, alter, or
use any building or structure except in accordance with Table 10.3.
Table 10.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Employment Zones
Requirement E1 E2 E3
Minimum Lot Area (ha) - - 0.4
Minimum Lot Frontage (m) 30.0 30.0 30.0
Minimum Front Yard (m) 6.0 4.5 4.5
Minimum Interior Side Yard (m) 7.5 4.5 4.5
Minimum Exterior Side Yard (m) 7.5 4.5 4.5
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 7.5(1) 7.5 7.5
Minimum setback of any building or structure
30.0 20.0 15.0
abutting a Residential or Open Space zone (m)
Maximum Lot Coverage (%) - - 40.0
Maximum Building Height (m) 18.0 15.0 12.0
Minimum Landscaped Open Space (%) 5 5 5
Minimum Landscape Strip abutting a lot in any
Residential, Institutional, or Open Space zone
7.5 7.5 7.5
(width in m), with a minimum height of 1.5 m for
visual screening
Minimum Landscape Strip abutting any street
3.0 3.0 3.0
line (width in m)
Minimum Landscape Strip abutting any other
1.5 1.5 1.5
lot line (width in m)

Notes:
1. A rear yard is not required where a rear lot line abuts a railway right-of-way.

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Section 11 | Environmental Protection and Open Space Zone Regulations

11 Environmental Protection and Open Space

Zone Regulations
11.1 List of Environmental Protection and Open Space Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Environmental Protection and Open Space
zones, as established in Section 2 of this By-law, are also shown in Table 11.1.
Table 11.1: Environmental Protection and Open Space Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Environmental Protection EP
Open Space OS
Open Space – Waterfront OSW
Stormwater Management Facility SWM
Golf Course GC

11.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 11.2. Uses
permitted in the Environmental Protection and Open Space zones are denoted
by the symbol “●” in the column applicable to that zone and corresponding with
the row for a permitted use in Table 11.2.
Table 11.2: Uses Permitted in the Environmental Protection and Open Space Zones
Permitted Use EP OS OSW SWM GC
Agriculture Uses
Agriculture(1) ● ●
Aquaculture ●(2)
Commercial Uses
Golf Course ●
Marina ●
Restaurant ●
Yacht Club ●
Community Uses
Club ●
Community Centre ● ●
Community Garden ●

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Permitted Use EP OS OSW SWM GC

Conservation Use ● ● ●
Park ● ●
Passive Recreational Use ● ● ●
Stormwater Management
●(1)(3) ●(3) ● ●(3)
Facility
Specified Accessory Uses
Buildings or structures
designed to be used in
connection with permitted
● ● ●
parks and recreational
purposes and
conservation uses.
Outdoor Storage(4) ●

Notes:
1. Only permits legally existing uses and agricultural uses exclusive of any buildings or
structures.
2. Only aquaculture and other related uses as part of an agricultural use shall be permitted.
3. No buildings or structures shall be permitted to be erected, nor any existing buildings or
structures be modified or changed, nor shall the placing or removal of fill be permitted, except
where buildings or structures are to be used for the purposes of stormwater management
facilities and uses accessory thereto.
4. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.

11.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Environmental Protection and Open Space zone
use any lot, or erect, alter, or use any building or structure except in
accordance with Table 11.3.
Table 11.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Environmental Protection and Open
Space Zones
Requirement EP OS OSW SWM GC
Minimum Lot Area (ha) - - 0.4 - 4.0
Minimum Frontage (m) - - 30.0 - 150
Minimum Water
- - 45.0 - -
Frontage (m)
Minimum Front Yard
22.0 9.0(1) - - 15.0
(m)
Minimum Interior Side
15.0 9.0(1) - - 6.0
Yard (m)

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Requirement EP OS OSW SWM GC

Minimum Exterior Side
15.0 9.0(1) - - 7.5
Yard (m)
Minimum Rear Yard
22.0 9.0(1) - - 15.0
(m)
Minimum Yard 7.5 - Enclosed
requirements from all Storage Areas;
lot lines except where Marine
abutting a Navigable Service
Waterway - - Station; Sales - -
and Display
Offices; Boat
Livery; Retail
Outlets
9.0 – Club
House;
Restaurant
18.0 – Repair
Facilities
30.0 m from
any street
line, 60.0 m
from any
residential
property line,
and 7.5 m from
all other lot
lines –
Outdoor
Storage
60.0 –
Swimming
Pool
Minimum Setback to 18.0 m to the
Water (1) (m) high water
level, the
spring flood
- limits or the - - -
top of the
bank of any
river, creek or
lake
Maximum Lot
5 - - - 20
Coverage (%)
Maximum Height (m) - - - - 12.0

Notes:

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1. Except where a lot line abuts a lake or river no yard shall be required on the side that so abuts.

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Section 12 | Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zone Regulations

12 Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zone

Regulations
12.1 List of Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine zones, as
established in Section 2 of this By-law, are also shown in Table 12.1.
Table 12.1: Rural and Oak Ridges Moraine Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Agriculture A
Quarry Q
Oak Ridges Moraine – Agricultural ORMA
Oak Ridges Moraine – Environmental Protection ORMEP
Oak Ridges Moraine – Institutional ORMI
Oak Ridges Moraine – Commercial ORMC
Oak Ridges Moraine – Residential General ORMR5, ORMR6
Oak Ridges Moraine – Employment ORME
Oak Ridges Moraine – Golf Course ORMGC

12.2 Rural Zones

12.2.1 Permitted Uses
1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 12.2. Uses
permitted in the Rural zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in the column
applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a permitted use in
Table 12.2.
Table 12.2: Uses Permitted in the Rural Zones
Permitted Use A Q
Residential Uses
Detached Dwelling ●(1)
Agricultural Uses
Agriculture ● ●(2)
Community Garden ●
Riding Stable or Equestrian Centre ●
Seasonal Farm Help Dwelling(3) ●(4)

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Permitted Use A Q
Agriculture-Related Uses
Farm Implement Sales Outlet ●
Farmer’s Market ●(5)
Farm Winery, Microbrewery, Distillery
or Cidery
●

Seasonal Farm Stand ●

On-Farm Diversified Uses
Agri-tourism Use(3) ●
Bed and Breakfast(3) ●
Farm Vacation Home(3) ●
Community Uses
Community Centre ●
Conservation Use ●
Elementary or Secondary School ●
Home Industry(3) ●
Park ●
Passive Recreational Use ●
Private School ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Accessory Dwelling Unit(3) ●
Home Occupation(3) ●
Shipping Container(3) ●
Other Uses
Forestry ● ●
Pit or Quarry ●
Notes:
1. A new residential dwelling will be permitted on a vacant lot, provided that within the Greenbelt
Plan Area the lot was zoned as of December 16, 2004, and within the Duffins Rouge
Agricultural Preserve Area the vacant lot existed on May 3, 2006.
2. Facilities for the raising of fur-bearing animals, kennels, and swill-fed pigs will not be permitted.
3. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
4. Only permitted on a lot with a minimum lot area of 40.0 ha. A maximum of one (1) temporary
detached dwelling shall be permitted per lot; provided it is used by persons employed on the
farm. Where a detached dwelling exists, the maximum distance between the detached
dwelling and a temporary detached dwelling shall be 50.0 m, and the temporary detached
dwelling shall not be located in the front yard.

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5. Only open-air farmer’s markets will be permitted, and only as a secondary use to a primary
agricultural use.
12.2.2 Lot and Building Requirements
1. No person shall within any Rural zone use any lot, or erect, alter, or use any
building or structure except in accordance with Table 12.3.
Table 12.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Rural Zones
Requirement A Q
Minimum Lot Area (ha) -
Residential Uses 0.8 -
Pit or Quarry - 0.4
Agricultural, Agriculture-Related, and
4.0 4.0
On-farm Diversified Uses
Specified Accessory Uses - 0.009
Minimum Frontage (m) 60.0(1) -
Residential Uses 60.0
Pit or Quarry - 30.0
Agricultural, Agriculture-Related, and
150.0 150.0
On-farm Diversified Uses
Specified Accessory Uses - 229.0
Minimum Lot Line (m) - 15.0
Abutting Creeks, Lakes or Rivers - 15.0
60.0 in horizonal
Abutting Residential Dwellings or distance and 15.0
-
Residential zones setback from lot line
in horizontal distance
Minimum Front Yard (m) - -
Residential Uses 12.0 12.0
Agricultural, Agriculture-Related, and
15.0 15.0
On-farm Diversified Uses
Specified Accessory Uses 15.0 15.0
Minimum Side Yard (m) - -
Residential Uses 3.0 3.0
Agricultural, Agriculture-Related, and
6.0 3.0
On-farm Diversified Uses
Specified Accessory Uses 6.0 6.0
Minimum Rear Yard (m) - -
Residential Uses 12.0 12.0

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Requirement A Q
Agricultural, Agriculture-Related, and
15.0 15.0
On-farm Diversified Uses
Specified Accessory Uses 15.0 15.0
Minimum Gross Floor Area (m2) - -
Accessory Dwelling Unit 110.0 69.0
Detached Dwelling 139.0 -
Maximum Lot Coverage (%) - -
Residential Uses 10 -
Agricultural Uses 20 20
Agriculture-Related Uses 20 20
On-Farm Diversified Uses 2.0(2) -

Notes:
1. Minimum lot frontage for existing lots in the Agriculture (A) zone shall be 20.0 m.
2. See Section 4.23 of this By-law.

12.3 Oak Ridges Moraine Zones

12.3.1 Permitted Uses
1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 12.4 or
Table 12.5. Uses permitted in the Oak Ridges Moraine zones are denoted by
the symbol “●” in the column applicable to that zone and corresponding with
the row for a permitted use in Table 12.4 or Table 12.5.
Table 12.4: Uses Permitted in the Oak Ridges Moraine Zones (ORMA, ORMEP, ORMI,
ORMC)
Permitted Use ORMA ORMEP ORMI ORMC
Residential Uses
Detached Dwelling ●(1) ●(2)
Agricultural Uses
Agriculture ●
Community Garden ●
Riding Stable or Equestrian Centre ●
Seasonal Farm Help Dwelling(3) ●(4)
Agriculture-Related Uses
Farm Implement Sales Outlet ●

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Permitted Use ORMA ORMEP ORMI ORMC

Farmer’s Market ●(5)
Farm Winery, Microbrewery,
Distillery or Cidery
●

Seasonal Farm Stand ●

On-farm Diversified Uses
Agri-tourism Use(3) ●
Bed and Breakfast(3) ●
Farm Vacation Home(3) ●
Home Industry(3) ●
Commercial Uses
Automobile Service Station(3) ●
Commercial Garage ●
Dry-Cleaning Distribution Centre ●
Financial Institution ●
Hotel ●
Office ●
Medical Office ●
Personal Service Shop ●
Place of Amusement ●
Restaurant ●
Retail Store ●
Taxi Station ●
Community Uses
Cemetery ●
Community Centre ●
Conservation Use ● ●
Day Care Centre ● ●
Elementary or Secondary School ●
Golf Course ●
Park ●
Passive Recreational Use ●
Place of Worship ●

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Permitted Use ORMA ORMEP ORMI ORMC

Private School ●
Public Parking Lot ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Accessory Dwelling Unit(3) ●
Home Occupation(3) ●
Notes:
1. Only permitted on lots less than 4.0 ha in size.
2. Detached dwelling is permitted on vacant lot of record where the detached dwelling would
have been permitted November 15, 2001, and accessory uses thereto.
3. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
4. Only permitted on a lot with a minimum lot area of 40.0 ha. A maximum of one (1) temporary
detached dwelling shall be permitted per lot; provided it is used by persons employed on the
farm. Where a detached dwelling exists, the maximum distance between the detached
dwelling and a temporary detached dwelling shall be 50.0 m, and the temporary detached
dwelling shall not be located in the front yard.
5. Only open-air farmer’s markets will be permitted, and only as a secondary use to a primary
agricultural use.
Table 12.5: Uses Permitted in the Oak Ridges Moraine Zones (ORMR5, ORMR6, ORME,
ORMGC)
Permitted Use ORMR5 ORMR6 ORME ORMGC
Residential Uses
Detached Dwelling ● ● ●
Commercial Uses
Commercial Garage ●
Farm Implement Sales Outlet ●
Office ●
Service and Repair Shop ●
Taxi Station
Employment Uses
Dry-Cleaning Establishment ●
Film Studio ●
Food Preparation Plant ●
Light Manufacturing Facility ●
Research and Development Facility ●
Transport Cartage or Transport ●
Depot

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Permitted Use ORMR5 ORMR6 ORME ORMGC

Vertical Farm ●
Warehouse ●
Wholesaling Facility ●
Community Uses
Golf Course ●
Specified Accessory Uses
Ancillary Retail Sales(1) ●
Home Occupation(1) ● ●
Notes:
1. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
12.3.2 Lot and Building Requirements
1. No person shall within any Oak Ridges Moraine zone use any lot, or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with Table 12.6.
Table 12.6: Lot and Building Requirements for the Oak Ridges Moraine Zones (ORMA,
ORMEP, ORMI, ORMC)
Requirement ORMA ORMEP ORMI ORMC
Minimum Lot Area (ha) > 4 ha: 4.0
0.8 0.4 -
< 4 ha: 0.8
Minimum Frontage (m) > 4 ha: 150.0
60.0 45.0 -
< 4 ha: 60.0
Minimum Front Yard (m) > 4 ha: 15.0
12.0 9.0 -
< 4 ha: 12.0
Minimum Interior Side > 4 ha: 6.0
Yard (m) 3.0 3.0 -(2)
< 4 ha: 3.0
Minimum Exterior Side > 4 ha: 7.5
Yard (m) 6.0 4.5 18.0
< 4 ha: 6.0
Minimum Rear Yard (m) > 4 ha: 15.0
12.0 9.0 7.5
< 4 ha: 12.0
Maximum Lot Coverage > 4 ha: 20
(%) 10 25 33
< 4 ha: 10
Maximum Building Height
12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
(m)
Minimum Dwelling Unit
139.0 139.0 - -
Gross Floor Area (m2)
Maximum Building
500.0 -(1) - -
Ground Floor Area (m2)

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Requirement ORMA ORMEP ORMI ORMC

Minimum Landscaped
- - 10 50
Open Space (%)
Minimum Landscape In any yard In any yard
Strip (width in m) abutting a abutting a
Residential Residential
zone, a zone, a
- - landscape landscape
strip of at strip of at
least 3.0 m least 3.0 m
shall be shall be
required. required.

Notes:
1. No accessory buildings and/or structures shall exceed 10.0 m2 in area.
2. Where the interior side yard abuts a Residential zone, the setback shall be 7.5 m.
Table 12.7: Lot and Building Requirements for the Oak Ridges Moraine Zones (ORMR5,
ORMR6, ORME, ORMGC)
Requirement ORMR5 ORMR6 ORME ORMGC
Minimum Lot Area (m2) 1,390 3,000 - 4 ha
Minimum Frontage (m) 22.0 22.0 - 150.0
Minimum Front Yard (m) 9.0 9.0 12.0 15.0
Minimum Interior Side
1.8 1.8 4.5 6.0
Yard (m)
Minimum Exterior Side
4.5 2.7 6.0 7.5
Yard (m)
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 9.0 9.0 7.5 15.0
Maximum Lot Coverage
20 20 - 20
(%)
Maximum Building Height
12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
(m)
Minimum Landscaped
- - 20 -
Open Space (%)
Minimum Landscape In any yard
Strip (m) abutting a
Residential
zone, a
- - -
planting strip
of at least 3.0
m shall be
required.

Notes:
1. Where any yard abuts a Residential zone, the minimum setback shall be 30.0 m.

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Section 13 | Institutional and Other Zone Regulations

13 Institutional and Other Zone Regulations

13.1 List of Institutional and Other Zones
1. For convenience purposes, the Institutional and Other zones, as established in
Section 2 of this By-law, are also shown in Table 13.1.
Table 13.1: Institutional and Other Zones
Zone Name Zone Symbol
Institutional General I1
Urban Reserve1 UR
Utility UT

13.2 Permitted Uses

1. No person shall use any lot, building or structure for any purpose except for
one (1) or more of the uses as permitted in accordance with Table 13.2. Uses
permitted in the Institutional and Other zones are denoted by the symbol “●” in
the column applicable to that zone and corresponding with the row for a
permitted use in Table 13.2.
Table 13.2: Uses Permitted in the Institutional and Other Zones
Permitted Use I1 UR UT
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling Unit (2) ●(1)
Detached Dwelling ●(1)
Rooming Home (2) ●(1)
Agricultural Uses
Agriculture ●(1)
Community Uses
Cemetery ●(1)

1
The Urban Reserve zone provides for and regulates existing uses on lands which are primarily undeveloped
for urban uses. Generally, these uses have limited buildings or structures. The Urban Reserve zone is
intended to protect land from premature subdivision and development to provide for future comprehensive
development on those lands.

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Permitted Use I1 UR UT
Community Centre ●
Conservation Use ●(1) ●
Day Care Centre ●
Elementary or Secondary School ●
Emergency Service Facility ●
Library ●
Long Term Care Facility ●
Park ● ●(1)
Parking Lot ●
Passive Recreational Use ● ● ●
Place of Worship ●
Post Office ●
Private School ●
Retirement Home ●
Stormwater Management Facility ●
Accessory Uses
Home Occupation (2) ●(1)
Short-Term Rental (2) ●(1)
Notes:
1. Only legally existing uses as of the effective date of this By-law shall be permitted, subject to
site-specific zoning requirements and the general regulations of this By-law. Notwithstanding, a
new detached dwelling and any new additional dwelling unit, rooming house, short-term
rental or home occupation is permitted in an existing lot in the UR zone, provided a
detached dwelling was a permitted use on the day before the date of adoption of this By-law,
and provided the lot meets the minimum requirements per Section 13.3.
2. This use is subject to special provisions under Section 4 of this By-law.
3. This use is permitted provided a detached dwelling is permitted on the lot.

13.3 Lot and Building Requirements

1. No person shall within any Institutional or Other zone use any lot, or erect,
alter, or use any building or structure except in accordance with Table 13.3.

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Table 13.3: Lot and Building Requirements for the Institutional and Other Zones
Requirement I1 UR UT
Minimum Lot Area (ha) 0.5 -(1) -
Minimum Lot Frontage (m) 60.0 -(1) -
Minimum Front Yard (m) 4.0 -(1) -
Minimum Interior Side Yard (m) 3.0 -(1) -
Minimum Exterior Side Yard (m) 3.0 -(1) -
Minimum Rear Yard (m) 9.0 -(1) -
Maximum Lot Coverage (%) 33.0 -(1) -
Maximum Building Height (m) 12.0 -(1) -

Notes:
1. Detached dwellings and agricultural buildings and structures in the UR zone shall be subject to
the applicable requirements of the Agriculture zone.

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14 Seaton Urban Area

14.1 Definitions
14.1.1 Interpretation
1. Throughout Section 14 of this By-law, any bolded word is defined in Section
14.1 to provide clarity and ensure that the By-law and its intent are applied
consistently.
2. Where a use is defined, it shall not be interpreted to include any other defined
use unless it is stated in the definition to the contrary.
14.1.2 Defined Terms
For the purpose of this By-law, the definitions and interpretations given in this
Section shall govern unless a contrary intention appears:
Accessory: means a use or building naturally or normally incidental to,
subordinate to or exclusively devoted to a principal use or building and located on
the same lot as the principal use or building. Additional Dwelling Unit: means a
self-contained unit in a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block
townhouse dwelling unit, street townhouse dwelling unit, or in a building
accessory to a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block townhouse
dwelling unit, and street townhouse dwelling unit on the same lot. The
additional dwelling unit shall consist of one or more rooms that are designed,
occupied or intended for residential occupancy, by one or more persons as an
independent and separate residence in which cooking facilities, sleeping facilities,
and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of such person or
persons.
Adult Entertainment Establishment: means any premises or part thereof used in
the pursuance of a business, if:

a) Entertainment or services that are designed to appeal to exotic or sexual

appetites are offered or provided in the premises or part of the premises, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes services or
entertainment in which a principal feature or characteristic is nudity or partial
nudity of any person; or

b) Body rubs, including the kneading, manipulating, rubbing, massaging,

touching or stimulating by any means of a person’s body are performed,
offered or solicited in the premises or part of the premises, but does not
include premises or part or them where body-rubs performed, offered or
solicited are for the purpose of medical or therapeutic treatment and are
performed or offered by persons otherwise duly qualified, licensed or
registered to do so under the laws of the Province of Ontario.

Adverse effect: means:

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a) Impairment of the quality of the environment for any use that can be made of
it;

b) Injury or damage to property or to plant or animal life;

c) Harm or material discomfort to any person;

d) Impairment of the health of any person;

e) Impairment of the safety of any person;

f) Rendering any lot unfit for its existing or permitted use;

g) Loss of enjoyment of normal use of property; and/or

h) Interference with a residential use or conduct of business.

Air Conditioner: means any mechanical equipment installed outdoors including

central air conditioning units, heat pumps, heat exchange units, emergency
generators and other such equipment.

Aisle, Parking Lot: means an internal roadway immediately adjacent to a parking

space or loading space which provides vehicular access to and from the parking
space or loading space, and is not a driveway.

Alterations, Structural: means any change in the supporting members of a

building and "structurally altered" and “structurally altering” shall have a
corresponding meaning.

Amenity Area: means an outdoor area located anywhere on a lot, or the roof of a
parking structure, private garage or any other building which includes landscape
area, but which may also include areas of decking, decorative paving or other
similar surface and includes a balcony, porch or deck and which has direct
access from the interior of the dwelling unit.

Ancillary Retail Sales: means a retail use which is associated with, but clearly
subordinate to, a principal use:

a) with a maximum gross leasable floor area of 15 percent of the building;

b) with a maximum gross leasable floor area of 250 square metres per
ancillary retail use, or service commercial use; and,

c) without a separate direct exterior access.

Angular Plane: means an imaginary flat surface projecting over a lot, at an

inclined angle measure up from the horizontal.

Animal Boarding Establishment: means a building, structure or part thereof,

where dogs and cats and other domesticated animals, excluding livestock, are

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bred, raised, groomed, trained or kept for a fee on a temporary basis and may
include outdoor facilities.

Animal Care Establishment: means a building, structure or part thereof, where

dogs and cats and other domesticated animals, excluding livestock, are groomed
and/or kept for a fee on a daily basis.

Arena: means a building or part thereof, in which the principal facilities provide for
recreational activities such as curling, skating, hockey, lacrosse, broomball or other
similar athletic activities, and which facilities may include dressing rooms,
concession booths for the provision of food and refreshments, bleachers,
equipment for making artificial ice and other such accessory facilities.

Art Gallery/Studio: means premises used for the creation, exhibition, collection
and/or preservation of works of art for public viewing and sale and may include
educational classes.

Arterial Road: means a road identified in the Pickering Official Plan as an Arterial
Road Type A, B or C.
Assembly Hall or Convention Hall or Conference Hall: means a building or part
of a building designed or intended to be used for such purposes as civic meetings,
educational meetings, political meetings, conventions, conferences, trade shows,
recreational activities or social activities and may include ancillary banquet facilities.

Automobile Body Shop: means an establishment engaged in repairing or painting

of vehicle bodies.

Bake Shop: means an establishment where baked goods are made and sold to the
public.

Balcony: means an attached covered or uncovered platform projecting from the

face of an exterior wall, including above a porch, which is only directly accessible
from within a building, usually surrounded by a balustrade or railing, and does not
have direct exterior access to grade.

Basement: means that portion of a building below the first storey, where the
finished floor is located below established grade and at least half of its height,
from finished floor to underside of floor joists of the next above storey, is located
above the established grade.

Bay, Bow or Box Window: means a window that protrudes from the wall of a
dwelling usually bowed, canted, polygonal, segmental, semicircular or square
sided with a window on the front face in plan; one (1) or more storeys in height,
which may or may not include a foundation and may or may not include a window
seat.

Bed and Breakfast Establishment: means the provision of lodging with or without
meals for the traveling public within a detached dwelling.

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Block: means all land fronting on one (1) side of a street between the nearest
streets, intersecting, meeting or crossing said street.

Building: means a structure occupying an area greater than 10.0 m2 and

consisting of any combination of walls, roof and floor but shall not include a mobile
home.

Building, Apartment: means a building containing more than four (4) dwelling
units where the units are connected by an interior corridor.

Building, Back-to-Back Townhouse: means a building containing a minimum of

four (4) units that is divided vertically and where each unit is divided by common
walls, including a common rear wall without a rear yard setback, and whereby
each unit has an independent entrance to the unit from the outside accessed
through the front yard or exterior side yard.

Building, Block Townhouse: means a building or structure that is vertically

divided into a minimum of three (3) dwelling units, each of which has an
independent entrance from grade to the front and rear of the building, and each of
which are divided vertically above grade by a common wall adjoining dwelling
units or a private garage above grade and where all dwelling units are located
on one (1) lot and accessed from a private street, laneway or common
condominium driveway.

Building Height: means the vertical distance between the established grade, and
in the case of a flat roof, the highest point of the roof surface or parapet wall, or in
the case of a mansard roof the deck line, or in the case of a gabled, hip or gambrel
roof, the mean height level between eaves and ridge. A penthouse, tower, cupola,
steeple or other roof structure which is used only as an ornament upon or to house
the mechanical equipment of any building shall be excluded in calculating the
height of such building.

Building, Multiple Attached: means a building containing three (3) or more

dwelling units, with the dwelling units accessed by one (1) or more common
entrances and may contain some of the dwelling units accessed directly from the
outside.

Building, Principal or Main: means a building, which constitutes, by reason of its

use, the primary purpose for which the lot is used.

Building, Street Townhouse or Street Townhouse Building: means a building

that is vertically divided into a minimum of three (3) dwelling units, each of which
has an independent entrance from grade to the front and rear of the building, and
each of which are divided vertically above grade by a common wall adjoining
dwelling units or a private garage above grade and where each dwelling unit Is
located on an individual lot.

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Café: means a restaurant with a maximum gross leasable floor area of 100.0 m2
and which serves non-alcoholic beverages, snacks and light meals and does not
include a drive-through facility.

Cellar: means that portion of a building below the first storey, where the finished
floor is located below established grade and at least half its height, from finished floor
to underside of floor joists of the next above storey, is located below the established
grade.

Cemetery: means the lands used or intended to be used for the interment of
human remains.

Car Washing Establishment means an establishment for washing or cleaning

motor vehicles for gain.

Coach House: means a detached building containing a private garage on the

ground floor and an additional dwelling unit on the second floor.

Commercial Fitness / Recreational Centre: means a commercial establishment

in which indoor fitness and recreational facilities such as bowling alleys, miniature
golf courses, roller skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools, exercise classes
and other similar indoor recreational facilities are provided and operated for gain or
profit, but does not an arena, stadium or place of amusement or entertainment as
defined herein.

Commercial Vehicle: means a motor vehicle having permanently attached

thereto, a truck or delivery body and may include but is not limited to a catering or
canteen truck, bus, cube van, tow truck, tilt and load truck, dump truck, tractor
trailer, ambulance, hearse, fire apparatus and tractor used for hauling purposes.

Community Centre: means a multi-purpose facility or part of that facility owned

and operated by the City of Pickering, which offers a variety of programs and
facilities of a recreational, cultural, community service, information or instructional
nature.

Construction Vehicle: means a vehicle ordinarily used for building and

construction purposes, such as a dump truck, bulldozer, back-hoe, or grader, and
ancillary equipment used thereto.

Contractor’s Yard: means a premises of any general contractor or builder where

equipment and/or materials are stored or where a contractor performs shop or
assembly work.

Convenience Store: means a retail store with a maximum leasable floor area of
300.0 m2 where articles for sale are restricted to a limited range of goods, primarily
food, toiletries, housewares, stationary and other similar daily household
necessities, but does not include a supermarket.

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Corner Rounding: means a lot line of a corner lot at the intersection of two
street lines in the form of an arc that joins the front lot line to the flankage lot
line or the rear lot line to the flankage lot line.

Coverage: means the proportion of the ground floor area of all the buildings and
structures on the lot to the lot area expressed as a percentage.

Dating/Escort Service: means a service providing companionship for and by

individuals for profit or personal gain.

Day Care Centre: means:

a) indoor and outdoor premises where more than five (5) children are provided
with temporary care and/or guidance for a continuous period but does not
provide overnight accommodation and are licensed in accordance with the
applicable Provincial Act; or

b) indoor and outdoor premises in which care is offered or supplied on a regular

schedule to adults for a portion of a day but does not provide overnight
accommodation.

Daylight Triangle: means an area free of buildings, structures, fences and

hedges up to 0.9 m in height and which area is to be determined by measuring,
from the point of intersection of street lines on a corner lot along each such street
line and joining such points with a straight line. The triangular-shaped land between
the intersecting street lines and the straight line joining the points the required
distance along the street lines is the daylight triangle.

Deck: means a raised platform attached to the exterior wall of a building and with
direct access from within a building and from grade.

Development Agreement: means an executed contract between a

developer/property owner and the City of Pickering that is required in order to
implement development and may include a subdivision agreement, site plan
agreement, or other similar agreements for development.

Driveway: means that portion of a lot used to provide vehicular access from a
roadway to an off-street parking area or loading space located on the same lot
as the principal use. On a lot containing a detached dwelling, semi-detached
dwelling, street townhouse dwelling, back-to-back townhouse dwelling or
block townhouse dwelling, the driveway may contain a parking space.

Drive-Through Facility: means the use of land, buildings or structures, or parts

thereof, to provide or dispense products or services through an attendant or a
window or an automated machine, to persons remaining in motor vehicles that
are in a designated stacking lane. A drive-through facility may be in combination
with other uses. A drive-through facility does not include a vehicle repair shop,
gas bar, car washing establishment or kiosks located within parking garage or
public parking lot.

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Dry-Cleaner’s Distributing Station: means premises used for the purpose of

receiving articles or goods of fabric to be laundered or dry-cleaned elsewhere and
does not include a dry-cleaning establishment.

Dry-Cleaning Establishment: means premises in which the business of laundry or

dry-cleaning is housed and where the cleaning, drying, ironing, and finishing of
such goods is conducted.

Dwelling: means a building or part of a building containing one (1) or more

dwelling units, but does not include a mobile home or a trailer.

Dwelling, Apartment: means a dwelling unit in an apartment building.

Dwelling, Back-to-Back Townhouse: means a dwelling unit in a back-to-back

townhouse building.

Dwelling, Block Townhouse or Block Townhouse Dwelling: means a dwelling

unit in a block townhouse building.

Dwelling, Detached or Detached Dwelling: means a building containing only

one (1) primary dwelling unit but may also include an additional dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Duplex: means a dwelling unit in a building that is divided into two (2)
separate dwelling units, each with an entrance that is either independent or
through a common vestibule.

Dwelling, Multiple Attached or Multiple Attached Dwelling: means a dwelling

unit in a multiple attached building.

Dwelling, Semi-Detached or Semi-Detached Dwelling: means a dwelling unit in

a building that is divided vertically into two (2) dwelling units that share a
common wall above grade.

Dwelling, Street Townhouse: means a dwelling unit in a townhouse building.

Dwelling Unit: means one (1) or more habitable rooms containing separate kitchen
and bathroom facilities for the private use of one (1) or more persons as a single
housekeeping unit.

Erect: means build, construct, reconstruct, alter and/or relocate a building,

structure or part thereof and shall include any preliminary physical operation such
as excavating, piling, cribbing, filling or draining, structurally altering any existing
building or structure by an addition, deletion, enlargement or extension.

Existing or Existed: means existing as of the date of the final passing of this
By-law.

Financial Institution: means a building, or part thereof, where money is

deposited, withdrawn, kept, lent or exchanged.

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Floor Area: means the total area of all floors of a building within the outside walls
or outside finished furred partitions of the walls, but does not include a porch, non-
walk-in bay window, attic, basement, enclosed or roofed walkways or loading
dock.

Floor Area, Net: means the total area of all floors of a building measured from the
interior faces of the exterior walls or demising walls, but does not include the
following areas:

a) Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking below established grade;

b) Motor vehicle parking and bicycle parking at or above established grade;

c) Loading spaces and related corridors used for loading purposes;

d) Rooms for storage, storage lockers, washrooms, electrical, utility,

mechanical and ventilation;

e) Indoor amenity area required by this By-law;

f) Elevator, garbage and ventilating shafts;

g) Mechanical penthouse; and

h) Stairwells in the building.

Floorspace Index (FSI): means the total gross floor area of all buildings on a lot
divided by the total area of the lot.

Front Wall: means the closest point, measured at grade level, of the wall of a
building facing or most nearly facing the street from which the building has its
primary entrance door.

Frontage: means all property abutting on one (1) side of a street measured along
the street line.

Funeral Home: means a building, or part of a building, used for furnishing funeral
supplies and services to the public and includes facilities intended for the
preparation of human body for interment or cremation and may include chapels,
visitation rooms, and administrative offices.

Garage, Private: means a building, structure or part thereof, including a carport,

used for the parking of motor vehicles having adequate access to a driveway.

Gas Bar: means a building or structure used for the dispensing of motor vehicle
fuels and accessories and may include an accessory convenience store.

Golf Course: means a premises operated for the purpose of playing golf, and
includes a golf course, driving range, miniature golf facilities and such accessory
uses as a restaurant, banquet facility, retail store, fitness centre and other

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buildings or structures devoted to the maintenance and operation of the golf

course.

Governmental Authority: means the Government of Canada or the Province of

Ontario or any public board or commission established by either, or the Corporation
of the Regional Municipality of Durham or The Corporation of the City of Pickering
or any local board or commission, and includes any conservation authority.

Grade or Established Grade: means when used with reference to a building, the
average elevation of the finished surface of the ground where it meets the exterior
of the front of such building; and when used with reference to a structure shall
mean the average elevation of the finished surface of the grounds immediately
surrounding such structure, exclusive in both cases of any artificial embankment.

Gross Floor Area: means the aggregate of all floor areas of a building or
structure above or below established grade, which floor areas are measured
between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the building at each floor level
but excluding any porch, veranda, cellar, mechanical room or penthouse, or areas
dedicated to parking within the building. For the purposes of this definition, the
walls of an inner court shall be deemed to be exterior walls.

Gross Leasable Floor Area: means the total gross floor area designed for tenant
occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors
if any; expressed in square metres (m2) and measured from the centre line of joint
partitions and from outside wall faces.

Ground Floor: means the floor of a building approximately at or first above grade.

Ground Floor Area: means the gross floor area only on the ground floor.

Heavy Machinery Repair, Sales, Service: means the service, repair, or sales of
machinery or mechanical equipment of an industrial nature.

Height: means, when the regulation establishes a specific dimension, the vertical
distance between the established grade to the highest point of a structure
excluding architectural features such as, but not limited to, chimneys, cupolas,
clock towers, weather vanes, steeples, and radio transmission towers. When the
regulation establishes height in storeys, means the number of storeys. The
height requirements of this By-law shall not apply to roof top mechanical
penthouses provided they occupy less than 10% of the aggregate area of the roof
of the building on which they are located and extend no higher than 5.0 m above
the maximum permitted height.

Herein: means in this By-law and shall not be limited to any particular section of
this By-law.

Home Occupation: means the accessory use of a dwelling unit for an

occupation or business, where the dwelling unit is the principal residence of the
business operator.

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Home Improvement Centre: means a building or part of a building wherein

building materials, hardware or accessories, including lumber, are displayed or
offered for sale.

Hotel: means a building, or group of buildings, each containing sleeping

accommodation, catering primarily to the traveling public, for rent or hire for
temporary lodging. Hotel may also include restaurant, public hall and ancillary
retail uses, which are incidental and subordinate to the primary hotel function and
oriented to serve the hotel patrons.

Inoperative Vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is mechanically inoperative,

and/or is in a state that precludes immediate use.

Landscaped Open Space: means the open unobstructed space at grade suitable
for the growth and maintenance of landscaping and includes any surfaced walk,
patio, stairs or similar area but does not include any driveway, or ramp, whether
surfaced or not, any curb, retaining wall, parking area, interior courtyard, or any
easement for the purposes of underground or overhead utilities or services where
located within a front yard or exterior side yard.

Landscaped Open Space, Front or Front Landscaped Open Space: means the
amount of landscaped open space within a front yard as a proportion of the front
yard.

Landscape Strip: means an area which shall include a planting screen, or

landscaped earth berm, or a combination of these features, and which may include
fences and walls as part of the area. Walkways may traverse the landscape strip.

Lane: means a thoroughfare not intended for general traffic circulation that
provides means of vehicular access to the rear of a lot where the lot also fronts or
flanks onto a street, or where a lot fronts onto public or private open space. The
lane may be maintained by a condominium corporation as a private road
condominium or by a governmental authority.

Livestock: means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, horses, ponies, donkeys
and mules.
Live Work Unit: means a townhouse dwelling or multiple attached dwelling,
where the ground floor only, or part thereof, may be used for commercial
purposes as permitted by this By-law, except that the basement may be used for
storage for the commercial use, and where the commercial and residential
components can be accessed by a common internal entrance.
Loading Space: means an unobstructed area of land which is provided and
maintained upon the same lot or lots upon which the principal use is located and
which area is provided for the temporary parking of one (1) commercial vehicle
while merchandise or materials are being loaded or unloaded from such vehicles.

Lot: means a parcel of land owned by one (1) person or one (1) group of persons
which meets the requirements of this By-law having regard to the use to which it is

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put or the use to which it is proposed to be put or, if it does not meet the
requirements of this By-law, is the entire holding of that one (1) person or one (1)
group of persons put to that use at the date of the passing of this By-law or, is a
parcel of land which has been legally excused from meeting the requirements of
this By-law.

Lot Area: means the total horizontal area of a lot, less the horizontal area of any
part of the lot which does not lie within a zone in which the proposed use is
permitted.

Lot Coverage: means the total horizontal area of the part of the lot area covered by
all buildings above ground level excluding eave projections to a maximum of 0.6 m.

Lot, Corner: means a lot situated at the intersection of, and abutting at least two
(2) streets, provided that the interior angle of intersection of such streets is not
more than 135 degrees.

Lot Depth: means the average horizontal distance between the front lot line and
rear lot line. If the front lot line and rear lot line are not parallel, the lot depth
shall be measured by a straight line joining the mid-point of the front lot line with
the mid-point of the rear lot line. Where there is no rear lot line, the lot depth
shall be measured by a straight line joining the mid-point of the front lot line with
the apex of the triangle formed by the side lot lines.

Lot Frontage: means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot
measured along a line parallel to and 6.0 m distant from the front lot line.

Lot Line: means a line delineating any boundary of a lot.

Lot Line, Flankage: means the side lot line, which separates a lot from the street
adjacent to it.

Lot Line, Front: means the lot line, which separates a lot from the street in front
of it. Where more than one (1) lot line separates a lot from the street, the front lot
line shall be the shorter lot line. Where a lot is a through lot, the lot line abutting
the wider street right of way shall be the front lot line.

Lot Line, Interior Side: means a side lot line, which is not adjacent to a street.
Lot Line, Rear: means the lot line opposite to, and most distant from, the front lot
line, but where the side lot lines intersect, as in the case of a triangular lot, the
rear lot line shall be represented by the point of intersection.

Lot Line, Side: means all lot lines, which join both a front lot line and a rear lot
line.
Lot, Residential: means a lot situated in a Residential zone and having a lot
frontage and lot area in accordance with the requirements of the zone in which the
same is situated.

Lot, Through: means a lot bounded on opposite sides by a street.

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Medical Office: means premises designed and used for the diagnosis,
examination, and medical, surgical or physiotherapeutic treatment of human
patients, and which may include pharmacies and dispensaries which are limited to
a maximum of 50.0 m2 in gross leasable floor area, waiting rooms, treatment
rooms and blood testing clinics, but shall not include overnight accommodation for in-
patient care.

Mobile Home: means a factory-built dwelling unit manufactured in accordance

with CSA standards that is designed to be made mobile and is intended to provide
permanent residence but does not include any trailer otherwise defined in this
By-law.

Model Home: means a dwelling unit which is not used for residential purposes,
but which is used exclusively for sales, display and marketing pursuant to an
agreement with the City of Pickering.

Motor Vehicle: means automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle or any other
vehicle propelled or driven other than by muscular power, but does not include a
streetcar, or other motor vehicles running only upon rails, or a motorized snow
vehicle, traction engine, farm tractor, riding lawnmower, self-propelled implement
of husbandry or road-building machine within the meaning of the Highway Traffic
Act. R.S.O. 1990, or successor thereto.

Net Density: means the number of dwelling units per hectare of the lot area,
exclusive of any lands that are publicly owned or are to be dedicated to a public
authority, including public rights-of-way, environmentally sensitive lands,
stormwater management facilities, and public parks. Net density shall be exclusive
of any additional dwelling units.

Non-Complying: means a lot, building or structure which is permitted by this By-

law but which does not meet the regulations of the zone in which it is located as of
the date of passage of this By-law.

Non-Conforming: means a use or activity of any land, building or structure which

is not an identified permitted use for the Zone in which it is located as of the date of
passage of this By-law.

Nightclub: means a building, or part thereof, whose primary function is the

provision of theatrical performances, pre-recorded music, or live musical
entertainment, whether such music is provided for listening or dancing by the
patrons, or any combination of the above functions, and where food and/or
beverages may be served, but does not include a restaurant or an adult
entertainment establishment.

Nursing Home or Long-Term Care: means a building in which persons are

cared for and lodged, where, in addition to sleeping accommodation and meals,
personal care, nursing services and medical care are provided or made available.

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Office: means a building or part thereof, where administrative and clerical

functions are carried out in the management of a business, profession, organization
or public administration but shall not include a medical office.

Openings: means spaces/perforations in walls that contain windows, doors or

entrance features or any combination thereof.

Outdoor Storage: means the occasional or continuous keeping of goods,

inventory, materials or machinery or equipment outside, but does not include
damaged, impounded or inoperable vehicles.

Parking Area: means one (1) or more parking spaces, including related aisles, for
the parking or storage of vehicles.

Parking Garage: means a building, or part thereof, used for the parking of
vehicles and may include any permitted use in the first storey, but shall not
include any area where vehicles for sale or repair are kept or stored. A parking
garage includes underground parking and a parking structure.

Parking Lot: means a lot or portion thereof provided for the parking of vehicles
accessory or incidental to the main use.

Parking Space: means an area of land or building that is accessible by a

driveway or aisle, having access to a street or lane that is reserved for the
purpose of the temporary parking or storage of one (1) vehicle.

Parking Pad: means an open area of land that is paved and/or treated with a
stable surface that is used as one (1) or more parking spaces and which is
exclusively devoted to a residential use on the same lot.

Pedestrian Perception Step-back: means the horizontal distance that the exterior
wall of a storey must be offset, towards the interior of the building, measured from
the outer edge of the exterior wall of the storey directly below it, or from the outer
edge of the exterior wall of the storey that the by-law indicates from which it is to
be offset.

Person: means an individual, association, firm, partnership or incorporated

company.

Personal Service Establishment: means a building, structure, or part thereof,

where services area provided and administered to individual and personal needs
and where retail sale of goods accessory to the service provided is permitted and
include, but is not limited to, hair care, aesthetics, health and beauty treatment,
dressmaking, tailoring, shoe shinning and repair, laundromat and laundry depot.

Place of Amusement: means premises which are devoted to the offering of

facilities for the playing of any game for the amusement of the public, and includes
a theatre, billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys, or, electronic games.

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Place of Worship: means a facility the primary use of which is the practice of
religion, but which may include accessory uses subordinate and incidental to the
primary use such as classrooms for religious instruction, programs for community
social benefit, assembly areas, kitchens, offices and a residence for the faith group
leader. Other than a day care centre, which shall be permitted, a place of
worship shall not include a private school or residential or commercial uses.

Podium: means that portion of the first two (2) storeys of an apartment dwelling,
nursing home or long-term care building or retirement home, excluding a
parking garage, mechanical floor area, storage area, service room , refuse area
and/or loading space, that is permitted to encroach into a required front yard
and/or exterior side yard.

Porch: means a roofed deck or portico structure attached to the exterior wall of a
building. A basement may be located under the porch.

Primary Entrance Door: means the principal entrance by which the public enters
or exits a building or individual retail/commercial unit or the resident enters or
exits a dwelling unit.

Private Club: means a building, or part thereof, used for social, cultural, athletic or
recreational activities by its members and guests or by a fraternal organization,
which are not operated for profit.

Public Authority: means Federal, Provincial, or Municipal agencies, and includes

any commission, board, authority or department established by such agency.

Public Bath/Whirlpool: means indoor or outdoor premises where people may

bathe, swim, or lounge within pools or tanks of water.

Retail/commercial unit: means a building or a separate unit within a building

that is separately owned or leased and used for retail or commercial purposes.

Retirement Home: means a retirement home as defined in the Retirement

Homes Act, as amended, or its successor.

Restaurant: means a building or part of a building where the principal business is

the preparation of food for retail sale to the public for immediate consumption on or
off the premises, or both on and off the premises but shall not include a nightclub.

Retail Store: means premises in which goods and merchandise are offered or kept
for retail sale or rental to the public. This definition shall not include any
establishment otherwise defined in this By-law.

School, Commercial or Commercial School: means a building, or part thereof,

where instruction of a skill is provided for profit and may include instruction in a
trade, business, art, music, dance, cooking, athletic skill or any other specialized
instruction but does not include a commercial fitness/recreation centre a college
or university.

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School, Elementary or Secondary School: means a place of instruction

maintained and operated under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority.

School, Private: means a place of instruction (excepting a commercial school)

offering courses equivalent to those customarily offered in an elementary school
or secondary school.

Service and Repair Shop: means a premises for the servicing, repairing or
renting, of articles, goods or materials but shall not include any vehicle,
recreational vehicle or boats.

Setback: means the distance between a building and a lot line. In calculating the
setback the horizontal distance from the respective lot line shall be used.

Shelter: means a building or structure used solely for the purposes of providing
temporary cover and shall not be used for human habitation.

Short-term Rental: means a dwelling unit or part of a dwelling unit used to

provide temporary accommodation for a rental period of not more than 28
consecutive days to the same guest but shall not include a hotel, or bed and
breakfast or any other use defined herein.

Stacking Lane: means an area of land that is used exclusively for queued
vehicles whose occupants are waiting to be provided with goods, materials or
services from a drive-through facility.

Storey: means that portion of a building other than a basement, cellar, or attic,
included between the surface of any floor, and the surface of the floor, roof deck or
ridge next above it.

Storey, First: means the storey with its floor closest to grade and having its ceiling
more than 1.8 m above grade.

Street: means a public highway but does not include a lane. Where a 0.3 m
reserve abuts a street, or where a daylight triangle abuts a street, for the
purposes of determining a front lot line, flankage lot line, flankage yard and
corner lot, the street shall be deemed to include the 0.3 m reserve and / or
the daylight triangle, however, nothing herein shall be interpreted as granting a
public right of access over the 0.3 m reserve or as an assumption of the 0.3 m
reserve as a public highway for maintenance purposes under the Municipal Act.

Street Line: means the dividing line between a lot and a street.

Street, Private: means

a) A right-of-way or roadway that is used by vehicles and is maintained by a

condominium corporation;

b) A private road condominium, which provides access to individual freehold

lots;

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c) A roadway maintained by a corporation to provide vehicular and pedestrian

access to parking lots and individual retail/commercial units; or

d) A private right-of-way over private property, that affords access to lots

abutting the private street;

e) but is not maintained by a public body and is not a lane.

Structure: means anything that is erected, built or constructed of parts joined

together or any such erection fixed to or supported by the soil and/or any other
structure but excludes in-ground swimming pools.

Supermarket: means a building, or part thereof, containing a departmentalized

food store, but does not include a convenience store.

Tandem Parking Space: means two (2) or more parking spaces abutting each
other end to end with only one (1) having access to an aisle.

Tavern/Bar/Pub: means an establishment which supplies alcoholic drinks and may

provide food and entertainment and contains a walk-up bar or counter where
patrons may order, obtain and pay for food and alcoholic drinks.

Taxi Service: means the operation of a service providing taxicab motor vehicles
with drivers used for hire for the conveyance of goods and passengers.

Tower: means the storeys within that portion of a building or structure or part
thereof located above the podium.

Tower Floor Plate: means the gross floor area of each storey within a tower.

Trailer: means any vehicle so constructed that it is suitable for being attached to a
motor vehicle for the purpose of being drawn or propelled by the said motor
vehicle, and capable of being used for living, sleeping, or eating accommodation,
or the transportation of a boat, snowmobile, tent, or materials, and shall be
considered a separate vehicle and not part of the motor vehicle by which it is
drawn. Any items or materials placed on a trailer for the purpose of transport are to
be considered as part of the trailer.

Vehicle: means a car, truck, trailer, recreational vehicle including boats, van,
motorcycle, snowmobile, or any other vehicle required to be licensed.

Vehicle Dealership: means a building, or part thereof, where new or used

vehicles are displayed and/or offered for sale, rent or lease including the outdoor
storage and display of vehicles and may include an associated vehicle repair
shop.

Veterinarian Clinic: means a building or part of a building providing the services

of a veterinarian, and facilities for the medical treatment, examination, surgery,
diagnosis, grooming, general health care, and observation of domestic animals and
birds.

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Vehicle Repair Shop: means a premises used to conduct diagnostic services,

repairs, detail and cleaning services or equipping of vehicles or in which the
replacement of parts and services to vehicles are completed while the customer
waits.

Waste: means a material which is not hazardous and not needed by the generator
of that material, that is destined for either final disposal or for reprocessing to create
a useable product or material, but does not include a by-product of a manufacturing
process that is used, unaltered, in another manufacturing process.

Waste, Hazardous: means any substance or material licensed or included within a

Certificate of Approval issued by Federal, Provincial, or Regional Governments
that, by reason of its toxic, caustic, corrosive or otherwise injurious properties, may
be detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise
coming into contact with such material or substance.

Waste Processing Station: means a facility within an enclosed building whose

primary purpose is the sorting and processing of waste to create a new product or
raw material on site.

Waste Transfer Station: means a facility within an enclosed building whose

primary purpose is the collection and storage of waste or hazardous waste for
shipment, and which may include limited sorting or preparation of that waste to
facilitate its shipment for final disposal or to a waste processing station, but does
not include salvage yards or scrap metal yards.

Warehousing: means the housing or storage of goods, wares, merchandise,

food-stuffs, substances, articles, or things before wholesale distribution to a retailer.

Wholesaling: means the distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food-stuffs,

substances, articles, or things, in large quantities, to a business or retailer for
eventual or further distribution, processing, assembly, or retail sale.

Yard: means any open, uncovered, unoccupied space appurtenant to a building.

Yard, Flankage: means a side yard adjacent to a street.

Yard, Front: means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the
front lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the lot for which the
yard is required.

Yard, Interior Side: means a side yard not adjacent to a street.

Yard, Rear: means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the
rear lot line and the nearest wall of any main building on the lot for which the
yard is required.

Yard, Side: means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between
the side lot line and the nearest wall of any building or structure on the lot for
which the yard is required.

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14.2 General Regulations

14.2.1 Prohibited Uses
1. With respect to any lands to which this By-law applies, all uses are prohibited
unless specifically permitted in this By-law.
14.2.2 Human Habitation not within Main Buildings
1. No truck, bus, coach, streetcar body, railway car, mobile home, trailer or other
vehicle shall be used for human habitation whether or not the same is mounted
on wheels or other forms of mounting or foundations.
14.2.3 Frontage on a Street
1. No lot shall have built upon it a building for any purpose in any zone unless
the lot abuts a street for a minimum of 4.0 m. However, where a lot is
separated from a street by land owned by the City, the Region of Durham or
the Province of Ontario which land is held by such public agency for future road
widening purposes or as a 0.3 m reserve, a building may be erected upon
such lot if registered rights-of-way giving access to a street have been granted
and such access scheme is part of a development agreement pursuant to the
Planning Act.
2. Where a building is developed abutting a driveway constituting a common
area or common element as part of a condominium registered under the
Condominium Act such driveway shall be deemed to be a street for purposes
of applying the provisions of this By-law.
14.2.4 Public Uses Permitted in all Zones
1. Notwithstanding anything else in this By-law, a public authority may, for the
purposes of public service, use any land or erect or use any building or
structure in any zone, provided that:
Buildings shall comply with the applicable yard setbacks, maximum lot
coverage, and the height requirements as required by the zone;
The minimum number of parking spaces and loading spaces as required
by this By-law for the proposed use shall be met;
Buildings or structures in the Seaton Natural Heritage System (SNHS)
zone shall be prohibited except for linear infrastructure and the uses,
buildings and structures specifically permitted in the applicable SNHS
zone;
Any outdoor storage, or a waste processing or waste transfer station
shall only be allowed if it is permitted in the zone;
Notwithstanding the provisions above, the use of land, and any buildings
or structures for any school shall be in accordance with the provisions and
permitted uses of the zone; and

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Outdoor storage as accessory to a public works yard shall be permitted

in any zone, subject to the applicable requirements of this by-law for the
outdoor storage use.
2. Notwithstanding anything else in this By-law, a utility company providing
services in the form of communication/telecommunication, gas, hydro and cable
television and other similar utility company, may use any land or erect or use
any building or structure in any zone for the purpose of a utility service.
3. Notwithstanding Section 14.2.4.2, exemption for utilities in any zone shall not
apply to:
The Seaton Natural Heritage System (SNHS) zone except for linear
infrastructure and the uses otherwise permitted in the SNHS zone;
Permit any outdoor storage, or a waste transfer or waste processing
facility; or
Any land or building used by any local School Board, University or
College.
14.2.5 Permitted Yard Encroachments
1. No part of any required yard shall be obstructed except as follows:
Projections such as windowsills, chimney breasts, fireplaces, belt courses,
cornices, pilasters, eaves, eave troughs and other similar architectural
features may be permitted in any required yard, provided that no such
feature, with the exception of a downspout, projects into the required yard
more than 0.6 m or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is
less;
A fire escape or exterior staircase or steps may encroach into a required
side yard or rear yard 1.5 m or half the distance of the required yard
whichever is greater;
An unenclosed ramp for wheelchair access may encroach into any required
yard provided it is no closer than 0.3 m from a lot line;
A porch or deck may encroach into any required front yard or flankage
yard to a maximum of 2.0 m or half the distance of the required yard,
whichever is less;
A porch or deck may encroach into any required rear yard to a maximum
of 2.0 m;
A porch may encroach into an interior side yard to within 0.6 m of the
side lot line;
Stairs to a porch or deck or any other exterior steps may encroach to
within 0.3 m of the front lot line or flankage lot line; to within 1.0 m of a
rear lot line and to within 0.6 m of an interior side lot line;
A balcony may encroach into any required yard to a maximum of 1.2 m,
except into a required side yard where it shall encroach not more than
1.2 m or one-third of the distance of the required yard, whichever is less;

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Where a balcony is located on the roof of a porch or deck or above a

driveway, it may encroach to the maximum permitted for the porch or
deck in subsection d) and e); and
A bay, box or bow window, with or without foundation, having a maximum
width of 4.0 m may encroach into any required yard to a maximum of 0.6 m
or half the distance of the required yard, whichever is less.
14.2.6 Air Conditioners
1. Air conditioners are permitted on a lot provided they are located in the rear
yard or interior side yard or on a balcony or roof. In addition, such units shall
not be located any closer than 0.6 m to an interior lot line and shall not be
located on any easements in favour of the City.
2. Notwithstanding Section 14.2.6.1, air conditioners are permitted in the
exterior side yard of a lot provided they are screened by a fence.
14.2.7 Swimming Pools
1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-law, an outdoor swimming pool,
or hot tub may be permitted as an accessory use to a residential use in
accordance with the following provisions:
Such accessory swimming pool, or hot tub shall only be located in a rear
yard;
Any swimming pool, hot tub, or associated water circulating, heating or
treatment equipment shall be setback a minimum of 0.6 m from any lot
line and the swimming pool and/or hot tub shall be setback 1.2 m from any
lot line;
Any deck associated with an aboveground pool, or hot tub to a maximum
height of 1.2 m will be in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.2.5
of this By-law;
Any recreational equipment, including slides, associated with a swimming
pool, or hot tub shall not exceed a maximum height of 2.4 m;
An accessory outdoor swimming pool shall not be included in lot
coverage calculations provided that no part of the swimming pool, or hot
tub wall protrudes more than 1.2 m above the established grade.

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14.2.8 Satellite Dish Antenna

1. Satellite dish antennae are permitted in any zone provided that:
It does not exceed a diameter of 1.3 m; and
It is not attached to the front façade of the principal building or any
accessory structure or building in the front yard.
14.2.9 Additional Dwelling Unit
1. Where permitted by this By-law, an additional dwelling unit shall be in
accordance with the following provisions:
A maximum of one (1) additional dwelling unit is permitted within any
legally permitted detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block
townhouse dwelling unit, or street townhouse dwelling unit and a
maximum of one (1) additional dwelling unit is permitted within an
accessory building on the same lot.
A maximum of two (2) additional dwelling units are permitted within any
legally permitted detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, block
townhouse dwelling unit, or street townhouse dwelling unit provided
there are no additional dwelling units contained within an accessory
building on the same lot.
Notwithstanding Section 14.2.9.1 a) and b), additional dwelling units are
not permitted within any hazardous lands as determined by the applicable
Conservation Authority including, but not limited to, the regulatory flood
limits or erosion hazard limits and/or lands that do not have safe access
appropriate to the nature of the development and the natural hazard.
Notwithstanding Section 14.2.9.1 a) and b), an additional dwelling unit
shall not be permitted within an accessory building that is located within
Key Natural Heritage Features and/or Key Hydrological Features, hazard
lands as described in the Pickering Official Plan.
Where an additional dwelling unit is located within an accessory
building the floor area of the additional dwelling unit shall be determined
by the most restrictive of the following regulations:
Maximum lot coverage of all buildings on the lot. For the purpose of
this regulation, if no lot coverage is provided in the zone, the
maximum lot coverage for all buildings will be 45%;
No more than 50% of the gross floor area of the detached dwelling,
semi-detached dwelling, block townhouse dwelling unit, or street
townhouse dwelling unit on the same lot; and
A maximum floor area of 150 sq. m.
An accessory building containing an additional dwelling unit shall
conform with the height and setback requirements of Table 14.1.

Table 14.1: Height and Setback Requirements

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Requirement Lots with an area of 2,000 Lots with an area greater than
sq.m. or less 2,000 sq.m.
Maximum Height
4.5 6.5
(m)
Minimum Front
Zone Regulation Zone Regulation
Yard (m)
Minimum Exterior
Zone Regulation Zone Regulation
Side Yard (m)
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is up to 4.5 m:
Minimum Interior
1.2 1.2; or
Side Yard (m)
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is over 4.5 m: 2.4
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is up to 4.5 m:
Minimum Rear
1.2 1.2; or
Yard (m)
Where height of the additional
dwelling unit is over 4.5 m: 2.4

Notwithstanding Section 14.2.5 and 14.2.6, all lots containing additional

dwelling units shall provide a minimum 1.2 m wide path of travel from the
entrance of each additional dwelling unit to a street or private street. No
encroachment is permitted to obstruct this path of travel. The path of travel
may be shared and used jointly by more than one dwelling unit on the lot.
A home occupation is permitted within an additional dwelling unit.
The provision of on-site parking shall not reduce the landscaped open
space in the corresponding yard below the amounts listed in Table 14.2.
Where the existing zoning regulates minimum landscaped open space
the most permissive regulation shall prevail.
Table 14.2: Minimum Landscaped Open Space in all Yards used for Parking

Requirement Lot Frontage of 0.0 – 12.0 m Lot Frontage Greater than

12.0 m
Minimum
Landscaped Open
30% 45%
Space in all Yards
used for Parking

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14.2.10 Home Occupations

Where permitted by this By-law, a home occupation shall be in accordance with
the following provisions:
1. The following specific uses are permitted in a home occupation:
Art Gallery/Studio;
Personal Services Shop, excluding a laundromat or dog-washing
establishment;
Private Home Daycare;
Office;
Medical Office; or
Instruction, including private or semi-private personal fitness, music, dance,
tutoring or instruction, cooking, and similar activities.
2. No use or activity relating to a home occupation is permitted in a private
garage or accessory building or structure, except for limited storage relating
to a home occupation is permitted to the extent that it does not prevent the
parking of the number of vehicles the private garage or accessory building
or structure was designed to accommodate.
3. The home occupation shall not occupy an area greater than 25% of the gross
floor area of the dwelling, or have a total area greater than 50.0 m2, whichever
is less.
4. The home occupation shall be operated by the resident of the dwelling unit
and the resident is either a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, or officer of the
company operating the home occupation, or an employee who uses their
dwelling unit as their principal place of business.
5. The home occupation shall employ at least one (1) individual who resides in
the dwelling unit and shall not employ more than one (1) other individual who
does not reside in the dwelling unit.
6. At any given time, a home occupation shall not be permitted to include more
than two (2) clients or students at once.
7. The home occupation shall not create noise, vibration, fumes, odour, dust,
glare or radiation which is beyond the normal use of the dwelling, become
offensive or an obnoxious use, or create an adverse effect.
8. No outdoor storage or visible display relating to a home occupation is
permitted.
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10. External changes or alterations required for or relating to a home occupation

which would change the overall residential character of the dwelling unit are
not permitted.
11. The selling of products assembled or developed on the premises is a permitted
use in a home occupation, and the sale and distribution of catalogue items is
a permitted use in a home occupation provided that no catalogue items are
stored on the premises.
12. A home occupation consisting of a private home daycare is not permitted on
hazardous lands or hazardous sites, as determined by the Municipality.
14.2.11 Accessory Buildings and Structures
1. Accessory buildings and structures are permitted on a lot where a principal
building housing a principal permitted use, already exists or is under
construction.
2. Except as may be provided herein, accessory buildings and structures are
only permitted to be erected in the rear yard.
3. Elementary school or secondary school classroom portables may be
permitted within an interior side yard subject to an approved site plan.
4. Accessory buildings and accessory structures must be set back a minimum
of 1.2 m from all lot lines except that the setback from the interior side lot
line may be reduced to 0.6 m if there are no doors or windows on the wall
facing the interior side lot line.
5. No accessory building shall exceed a building height of 3.5 m except for:
Elementary school or secondary school classroom portables, which
shall not exceed a building height of 4.5 m; and
A detached private garage, which for a flat roof shall not exceed a
building height of 3.5 m and for a pitched roof shall not exceed a building
height of 4.5 m.
6. The total lot coverage of all accessory buildings, excluding detached private
garages, shall not exceed 5% of the lot area. Where a detached private
garage is also provided on the lot, the total lot coverage of all accessory
buildings and detached private garages shall not exceed 15% of the lot area.
Where elementary school or secondary school classroom portables are
provided, the total lot coverage of all accessory buildings shall not exceed
15% of the lot area.
7. Human Habitation is not permitted in an accessory building or accessory
structure except for a coach house and accessory structures that meet the
definition of an additional dwelling unit.
14.2.12 Standards for Detached Private Garages Accessed by a Driveway from a
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Detached private garages associated with a residential use that are accessed only
by a driveway from a street are subject to the following requirements.
1. Permitted locations and setbacks from lot lines:
Detached private garages accessed only by a private driveway from a street shall
be located:
A minimum distance from an exterior lot line equal to the flankage yard
requirement for the main building;
A minimum of 1.2 m from the interior side lot line, but notwithstanding this
provision:
The setback from the interior side lot line may be reduced to 0.6 m if
there are no doors or windows on the wall facing the interior side lot
line; and
A detached private garage may share a common wall with another
detached private garage on an abutting lot and no setback from the
interior side lot line is required on that side of the lot;
A minimum of 0.6 m from the rear lot line except on a through lot in which
case Section 14.2.12.1 d) applies;
No closer than 6.0 m to the lot line abutting the street where the wall of
the private garage containing the opening for vehicular access faces the
lot line abutting the street;
Where the private garage faces the front lot line, no closer than 2.0 m to
the main building on the lot other than a private garage connected to the
main building by an enclosed or covered walkway; and
Where the private garage faces the rear lot line on a through lot, no
closer than 5.0 m to the main building on the lot. The parking of motor
vehicles is not permitted between the private garage and the main
building.
2. Driveway width:
The maximum driveway width accessed from a street abutting the front
lot line shall:
For lots having a lot frontage of less than 15.0 m, be no more than 6.0
m and tapered so that the maximum width is 3.0 m at the street line;
For lots having a lot frontage between 15.0 m and less than 18.0 m,
be no more than 6.0 m; and
For lots greater than 18.0 m, be no wider than the width of the garage
door and tapered so that the maximum width is 6.0 m at the street line.
The maximum driveway width accessed from a street abutting the rear lot
line on a through lot shall:
For lots having a lot frontage of less 6.0 m, be no more than 3.0 m;

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For lots having a lot frontage between 6.0 and 9.0 m, be no more
than 4.6 m;
For lots between 9.0 m and less than 15.0 m, be no more than 6.0 m;
and
For lots greater than 15.0 m, be no more than 9.0 m and tapered so
that the maximum width is 6.0 m at the street line.
3. Garage door width:
The total width of all garage doors shall be no wider than the permitted
width of the driveway.
14.2.13 Standards for Detached Private Garages Accessed by a Lane
Detached private garages associated with residential uses that are accessed only
by a lane are subject to the following requirements.
1. Permitted locations and setbacks from lot lines:
Detached private garages are permitted in a rear yard and interior side yard
only, and shall be located:
A minimum distance of 0.6 m from the rear lot line;
A minimum of 1.2 m from the interior side lot line, but notwithstanding this
provision:
The setback from the interior side lot line may be reduced to 0.6 m if
there are no doors or windows on the wall facing the interior side lot
line; and
A detached private garage may share a common wall with another
detached private garage on an abutting lot and no setback from the
interior side lot line is required on that side of the lot; and
No closer than 5.0 m to the main building on the lot. The parking of motor
vehicles is not permitted in the setback area.
2. Driveway width:
The maximum driveway width that faces a lane shall be no wider than the
total width of all garage doors.

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14.2.14 Standards for Attached Private Garages on Lots Accessed by Lanes

Attached private garages associated with a residential use that are only accessed
by a lane are subject to the following requirements.
1. Permitted locations and setbacks from lot lines:
Attached private garages, which are deemed to be part of the main building on
the lot, are permitted provided that the wall of the private garage facing the lane:
Is located no closer than 0.6 m to the rear lot line.
2. Driveway width:
The maximum driveway width that faces a lane shall be no wider than the
total width of all garage doors.
14.2.15 Standards for Attached Private Garages Accessed by a Driveway from a
Street
Attached private garages associated with a residential use that are accessed only
by a driveway from a street are subject to the following requirements.
1. Permitted locations and setbacks from lot lines:
Attached private garages accessed only by a driveway from a street shall be
located:
A minimum distance from a side lot line equal to the minimum side yard
requirement for the main building;
No closer than 6.0 m to the lot line abutting the street where the wall of
the private garage containing the opening for vehicular access faces the
lot line abutting the street; and
No closer than 3.0 m to the lot line abutting the street where the wall of
the private garage containing the opening for vehicular access faces an
interior side lot line.
2. Projections of private garages:
No part of a private garage shall project beyond the front wall of the first storey
of the dwelling except:
Where a porch is provided, in which case the private garage shall not
project beyond the front of the porch;
On a corner lot where the wall of the dwelling facing the flankage lot line
is treated as the front wall of the dwelling and the private garage projects
no more than 1.5 m beyond the remainder of the wall facing the front lot
line; and
Where the wall of the private garage containing the opening for vehicular
access faces an interior side lot line.

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3. Driveway width:
The maximum driveway width shall:
For lots having a lot frontage of less than 9.0 m, be no more than 3.0 m;
For lots having a lot frontage between 9.0 m and less than 11.0 m, be no
more than 4.6 m;
For lots between 11.0 m and less than 18.0 m, be no more than 6.0 m;
For lots greater than 18.0 m, be no wider than the width of the garage door
and tapered so that the maximum width is 6.0 m at the street line; and
For lots greater than 15.0 m, where the wall of a private garage containing
the opening for vehicular access faces an interior side lot line, be no
wider than 7.5 m and tapered so that the maximum width is 6.0 m at the
street line.
4. Garage door width:
The total width of all garage doors shall be no wider than the permitted
width of the driveway.
14.2.16 Coach Houses
1. A coach house shall be permitted on a corner lot with a lot frontage of 10.0
m or greater where the corner lot has access to a rear lane or on a through
lot with a lot frontage of 10.0 m or greater provided there is not an additional
dwelling unit in the detached, semi-detached or street townhouse dwelling
and provided the coach house:
Is located a minimum distance of 0.6 m from the rear lot line;
Is located a minimum of 1.2 m from the interior side lot line;
Is setback a minimum of 5.0 m from the main building on the lot. The
parking of motor vehicles is not permitted in the setback area; and
Has a maximum height of 8.0 m.
14.2.17 Live Work Unit
1. The following specific uses are permitted in a live work unit:
Dwelling unit;
Art gallery;
Café;
Restaurant;
Medical office;
Convenience store;
Dry-cleaner’s distribution station;
Office;

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Personal service establishment; and

Retail store.
14.2.18 Model Homes
1. Up to 10% of the homes proposed in a plan of subdivision to a maximum of 20
model homes together with not fewer than two parking spaces per home may
be constructed on each draft plan of subdivision submitted to the City of
Pickering, prior to registration of that plan of subdivision.
2. Model homes shall not be permitted until an agreement has been entered with
the City of Pickering.
3. A model home shall comply with the applicable requirements of this By-law for
the type of dwelling the model home represents.
14.2.19 Lots on Public and Private Streets
1. Where the lot and setback requirements in a zone apply to freehold lots
abutting a street, such provisions shall equally apply to freehold lots abutting a
private street.
14.2.20 Yards abutting Daylight Triangles
1. Where a lot abuts a daylight triangle, the setback provisions and minimum
front landscaped open space provisions shall be measured as if the daylight
triangle did not exist provided all buildings are setback 0.6 m from the
daylight triangle with the exception of windowsills, belt courses, cornices,
eaves, and eave troughs which may project to within 0.3 m of the daylight
triangle.
14.2.21 Primary Entrance Door Location on a Through Lot
1. For a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, street townhouse
dwelling, or duplex dwelling on a through lot, the primary entrance door
shall face or nearly face the front lot line or in the case of a corner lot the
flankage lot line.
14.2.22 Short Term Rental
1. Where permitted by this By-law, a short-term rental shall only be permitted in
accordance with the following provisions:
A maximum of one (1) short-term rental per dwelling shall be permitted.
The dwelling in which the short-term rental is located shall be the principal
residence, as defined in the Income Tax Act, of the person or persons
operating and residing in the short-term rental.
Parking for the short-term rental shall be in accordance with Section
14.3.1.
A short-term rental shall not be established or operated in a manner
which changes the external appearance of the dwelling.

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14.3 Parking Regulations

14.3.1 Parking Space Requirements
1. Every building or structure erected, enlarged or used in accordance with the
provisions of this By-law shall be provided with the minimum required number
of parking spaces specified in Table 14.3 the same lot.
Table 14.3: Minimum Parking Requirements
Use Requirement
Residential Uses
Additional Dwelling Unit 1.0 space per dwelling unit
Apartment Dwelling 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit for residents and
0.25 of a space per dwelling unit for visitors
Back-to-Back Townhouse Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit
Bed and Breakfast Establishment 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit plus 1.0 parking
space per guest room
Block Townhouse Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit plus 0.25 of a space
per dwelling unit for visitors
Detached Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit
Duplex Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit
Live Work Unit 2.0 spaces per live work unit
Multiple Attached Dwelling 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit for residents and
0.25 of a space per dwelling unit for visitors
Nursing Home or Long-Term Care 1.0 spaces per 3 resident beds
Retirement Home 0.3 spaces per living unit for residents and
0.05 spaces per living unit for visitors
Semi-Detached Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit
1.0 space in addition to the parking required for the
Short-term Rental
dwelling unit
Street Townhouse Dwelling 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit
Commercial Uses
Animal Care Establishment 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Arena 1.0 space per 4 fixed seats, but where permanent
fixed seating is open-style bench or pew, each 0.5
m of bench or pew space is equal to one (1) seat for
the purpose of calculating required parking
Art Gallery 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Assembly Hall, Convention Hall or 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Conference Hall

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Use Requirement
Bake Shop 6.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Café 6.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Car Washing Establishment 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Commercial Fitness/Recreation Centre 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Commercial School 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Convenience Store 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Day Care Centre 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Dry-Cleaner’s Distributing Station 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Financial Institution 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Funeral Home 5.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Garden Centre 3.2 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA for retail sales and
display of products and/or office; and 1.1 spaces
per 100 m2 of GLFA for warehousing and/or
wholesaling
Gas bar, including an Accessory 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Convenience Store and/or Café
Home Improvement Centre 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Hotel 1.0 space per guest room;
plus 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 non-residential gross
floor area used for public use including meeting
rooms, conference rooms, recreational facilities,
dining and lounge areas and other commercial
facilities, but excluding bedrooms, kitchens, laundry
rooms, washrooms, lobbies, hallways, elevators,
stairways and recreational facilities directly related
to the function of the overnight accommodation
Medical Office 6.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Nightclub and Tavern/Bar/Pub 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Office 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Personal Service Establishment 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Place of Amusement other than a bowling 5.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
alley
Place of Worship 1.0 space per 5 fixed seats or 4.0 m of bench space,
or 10.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA of assembly
floor area whichever is the greater
Private Club 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Retail Store 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Restaurant 6.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA

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Use Requirement
Service and Repair Shop (non-vehicle) 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Supermarket 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Vehicle Dealership 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Vehicle Repair Shop 4.0 spaces per repair bay
Veterinary Clinic 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Industrial Uses
Ancillary retail sales 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Business services: such as industrial supply, 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
industrial equipment repair, contractor shop,
service and repair shop
Data and communications: such as film, radio 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
and television studio, call centre, data centre,
programming and software development,
phone, phone and internet provider
Educational: such as community college, 15.0 spaces per classroom
university, trade school, training centre, adult
education
Food processing: such as industrial bakery, 1.0 space per 100 m2 of GLFA up to 3,000 m2 of
dairy, cannery, distillery, brewery, meat GLFA plus 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA over
processor 3,000 m2 of GLFA
Graphics and design: such as printing, 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
publishing, graphic design, web design

Light manufacturing: such as assembly, 1.0 space per 100 m2 of GLFA up to 3,000 m2 of
processing, packaging and fabricating wholly GLFA plus 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA over
within an enclosed building 3,000 m2 of GLFA
Research/laboratory and research and 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
development facility
Storage and warehousing as an accessory 1.0 space per 100 m2 of GLFA up to 2,000 m2 of
use GLFA plus 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA over
2,000 m2 of GLFA
Community/Open Space Uses
Community Centre 1.0 space per 4 persons capacity or 3.5 m2 of
GLFA, whichever is greater
Community Gardens 1.0 space per garden plot
Curling rinks, tennis courts, bowling alleys or 4.0 spaces per ice sheet, court or lane or similar
similar recreational facilities recreational facility provided that, where facilities for
a tavern/bar/pub or assembly hall are provided,
the greater parking requirement for either the
recreational facilities or for the assembly floor area
shall apply

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Use Requirement
Emergency Service Facility 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Elementary School 1.5 spaces per classroom plus day care centre
requirements if applicable
Golf Course 50 spaces for every 9 holes
Library 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 of GLFA
Private School 3 spaces per classroom
Secondary School 3 spaces per classroom

14.3.2 Part Spaces

1. Where parking spaces are calculated by gross floor area, or similar
calculation, and the required parking is a fraction, the number of parking
spaces shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
14.3.3 Parking for Multiple Uses on One Lot
1. Despite Section 14.3.1, where there are multiple retail, service commercial and
personal service uses on a lot within a Seaton Minor Commercial Cluster
“SMCC”, Seaton Local Node “SLN”, Seaton Community Node “SCN”, Seaton
Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area “SCNPP”, Seaton Mixed
Corridor Type 2 “SMC2”, Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3 “SMC3” and Seaton
Employment Service “SES” zone, the minimum required parking shall be as
follows:
on a lot with less than 2,800 m2 gross leasable area: 4.5 spaces per 100.0
m2 of gross leasable floor area provided that where a restaurant,
supermarket, nightclub, tavern/bar/pub or assembly hall, convention
hall or conference hall occupies 10% or more of the gross leasable floor
area, the individual parking requirements for that use shall apply to the
gross leasable floor area devoted that that;
on a lot with between 2,800 m2 to 28,000 m2 of gross leasable floor area:
4.5 spaces per 100.0 m2 of gross leasable floor area;
on a lot with more than 28,000 m2 of gross leasable floor area: 5.0
spaces per 100.0 m2 of gross leasable floor area.
2. For all other uses in all other zones, where more than one (1) use is being used
on a lot, the required parking space will be the sum of the parking required for
all uses on the lot.

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14.3.4 Size of Parking Spaces and Aisles

1. Parking spaces shall be a minimum of 2.6 m in width and 5.3 m in length,
exclusive of any land used for access, manoeuvring, driveway or similar
purpose.
2. Parking lot aisles shall be a minimum of 3.8 m in width for one (1) way traffic
and a minimum of 6.5 m in width for two way traffic.
14.3.5 Setbacks of Parking Spaces and Lots
1. No parking lot or parking space shall be permitted within 3.0 m of a street
line or within any daylight triangle or corner rounding.
2. No parking lot or parking space shall be permitted within 3.0 m of a property
line abutting a Residential zone.
3. Notwithstanding Section 14.3.5.1 and 14.3.5.2, individual parking spaces for a
detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, street townhouse dwelling,
duplex dwelling, multiple attached dwelling, and back-to-back townhouse
dwelling may be located:
within 3.0 m of a street line but not within a daylight triangle or corner
rounding;
in a rear yard of a Residential zone a minimum of 1.0 m from the nearest
rear lot line except where the rear lot line abuts a lane in which case the
parking space shall be set back a minimum of 0.6 m; and
in an interior side yard of a Residential zone to a minimum of 0.6 m to the
nearest interior side lot line, except where the driveway is a mutual
driveway in which case no setback is required to the interior side lot
line.
14.3.6 Standards for Parking Pads
1. One parking pad shall be permitted on a lot instead of, or in addition to, a
detached private garage where:
an attached private garage does not form part of the dwelling on the lot;
and
the parking pad is located in accordance with the regulations for detached
private garages.
2. In addition, one (1) parking pad shall be permitted in addition to an attached or
detached private garage on a lot accessed by a lane and can be located in
the yard adjacent to the private garage provided the parking pad is located in
accordance with the regulations for detached and attached private garages
accessed by a lane.
3. A driveway leading to a parking pad shall be no wider than the parking pad.
14.3.7 Parking and Loading within Yards

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1. In the Seaton Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area “SCNPP” zone,

no parking lot shall be located in the front yard or between a building and the
street line or between a building and the edge of a private street.
2. No loading space shall be permitted in the front yard of any zone.
14.3.8 Parking Space Uses
1. The storage of goods, including for sale or display, is not permitted within
required parking spaces. The storage of motor vehicles for sale and display
is not exempt from this provision.
14.3.9 Restrictions on Vehicles in a Residential Zone
No person shall, in any Residential zone, use any lot, building or structure for the
parking or storage of a commercial vehicle, construction vehicle, trailer or
vehicle except in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Number of Vehicles
A maximum of six (6) vehicles, only one (1) of which may be a trailer, are
permitted to park on the driveway of any lot in a Residential zone.
2. Size of Vehicles
For those vehicles parked on any lot, the maximum permissible height is
2.6 m, and the maximum permissible length is 6.7 m;
Notwithstanding subsection a), one (1) vehicle parked on a driveway in a
side yard or rear yard can be of a size up to a maximum permissible
height of 3.5 m, and a maximum permissible length of 8.0 m; and
Height is measured from the established grade immediately beside the
vehicle up to the vehicle's highest point, which excludes lights, antennas
and other such items ancillary to the vehicle's body.
3. Location of Vehicles
No part of any front yard or flankage yard except a driveway is to be
used for the parking or storage of vehicles and no vehicle is to encroach
onto any road allowance.
4. Inoperative Vehicles:
The parking or storage of an inoperative vehicle is not permitted on any
lot in a Residential zone, unless it is entirely within a fully enclosed
building or structure.

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5. Construction Vehicles
The parking or storage of a construction vehicle is not permitted on any
lot in a Residential zone, unless it is entirely within a fully enclosed
building or structure.
6. Oversize Vehicles:
A vehicle that exceeds the maximum permissible vehicle size provisions
of Section 14.3.9.2, is permitted to park temporarily on a lot in a residential
zone for the sole purpose of delivering to, servicing or constructing the
premises on that lot.
7. Parking Requirements
The minimum number of required parking spaces for residential uses
shall not be occupied or otherwise obstructed by the parking of a
construction vehicle, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, or
trailer.
14.3.10 Loading Standards
1. For every building or structure to be erected for, altered for, or its use
converted to a commercial or industrial use, involving the frequent shipping,
loading or unloading of persons, animals, goods, wares or merchandise, off-
street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained upon the same lot on
which the principal use is located and in accordance with the following:
Any required off-street loading space shall:
Not be used for the purpose of offering commodities for sale or display;
Provide for the temporary parking of one (1) commercial vehicle;
Not be not less than 3.5 m in width nor less than 9.0 m in length, nor
less than 4.5 m in clear and unobstructed height, exclusive of any land
used for access, maneuvering, driveway or a similar purpose;
Not be upon or partly upon any street, lane or alley; and
Have adequate access to permit ingress and egress of a commercial
vehicle from a street by means of driveways, aisles, maneuvering
areas or similar areas, no part of which access is to be used for the
temporary parking or storage of any motor vehicle.
14.3.11 Tandem Parking
1. The required parking spaces for a dwelling unit, live work unit and / or a
bed and breakfast establishment on an individual lot may be provided in a
tandem configuration.
14.3.12 Private Garage Parking Size
1. Each parking space within a private garage shall have a minimum width of
2.9 m and a minimum depth of 6.0 m provided, however, that the minimum

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required width may include one (1) interior step, and the minimum required
depth may include two (2) interior steps.

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14.4 Seaton Residential Zone Regulations

14.4.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.4 establishes the uses permitted in the Seaton Low
Density Type 1 (SLD1), Seaton Low Density Type 1 – Townhouse (SLD1T),
Seaton Low Density Type 1 – Heritage Lot (SLD1HL), Seaton Low Density
Type 2 (SLD2), Seaton Low Density Type 2 – Multiple (SLD2M), Seaton
Medium Density – Detached & Semi (SMDDS), Seaton Medium Density –
Multiple (SMDM) and Seaton High Density (SHD) zones.
Table 14.4: Uses Permitted in the Seaton Residential Zones

Permitted Use SLD1 SLD1T SLD1HL SLD2 SLD2M SMDDS SMDM SHD

Residential Uses
Detached Dwelling ● ● ● ●
Semi-Detached
Dwelling
● ● ●

Street Townhouse
Dwelling
● ● ● ●(1)

Duplex Dwelling ● ● ●
Multiple Attached
Dwelling
● ● ●(1)

Block Townhouse
Dwelling
● ●

Back-to-Back
Townhouse Dwelling
● ●

Apartment Dwelling ● ●
Commercial Uses
Retail Store ●(2)
Convenience Store ●(2)
Personal Service ●(2)
Establishment
Bake Shop ●(2)
Café ●(2)
Restaurant ●(2)
Office ●(3)
Day Care Centre ●(3)
Medical Office ●(3)

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Permitted Use SLD1 SLD1T SLD1HL SLD2 SLD2M SMDDS SMDM SHD

Additional Dwelling
Unit
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●(4)

Model Home ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Notes:
1. Permitted provided an apartment building is the principal building on the lot.
2. Permitted on the ground floor of an apartment dwelling.
3. Permitted within the first three (3) floors of a base / podium building.
4. Permitted within a street townhouse dwelling unit and an accessory building on the same
lot in accordance with Section 14.2.9.

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14.4.2 Seaton Low Density Type 1 (SLD1) Zone Provisions

14.4.2.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.5 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Low Density Type 1 (SLD1)
zone.
Table 14.5: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Low Density Type 1 (SLD1) Zone
Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Rear Min. Min. Front Max.
Requirement Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankag Yard Amenity Yard Building
Yard Yard Side e Yard Area Landscaped Height
Yard Open Space
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 225.0 m2 9.0 m 3.0 m(3) - 1.2 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 11.0 m
private 0.6 m 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
with 275.0 m2 11.0 m 3.0 m - 2.75 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 11.0 m
detached 0.6 m 5.0 m
private adjacent
garage to SNHS
zone
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a lane(4)

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Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Rear Min. Min. Front Max.
Requirement Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankag Yard Amenity Yard Building
Yard Yard Side e Yard Area Landscaped Height
Yard Open Space
with 210.0 m2 8.5 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 40.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
detached 0.6 m (1)

private
garage
with attached 210.0 m2 8.5 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 40.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
private 0.6 m
garage
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 185.0 m2 7.5 m / 3.0 m(3) - 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 22% 11.0 m
private / unit unit 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a lane(4)
with 175.0 m2 7.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 11 m
detached / unit unit (1)

private
garage

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Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Rear Min. Min. Front Max.
Requirement Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankag Yard Amenity Yard Building
Yard Yard Side e Yard Area Landscaped Height
Yard Open Space
with attached 175.0 m2/ 7.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 11 m
private unit unit
garage

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.
2. Where semi-detached dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be required, but where the
dwellings do not share a common wall, a setback of 0.9 m shall be required.
3. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
4. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.4.2.2 Additional Provisions

1. No person shall erect more than one (1) detached dwelling on any residential
lot.
2. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
3. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any detached
dwelling or semi-detached dwelling shall be 1.75 m. Where applicable, the
requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.
14.4.3 Seaton Low Density Type 1 Heritage Lot (SLD1HL) Zone Provisions
1. On lands zoned SLD1HL the minimum lot area and minimum lot frontage
shall be the lot area and lot frontage existing on the date this By-law came
into effect.
2. The minimum yards shall be the yards existing on the date this By-law came
into effect. However, yards, except the front yard, may be decreased by 10%
subject to an approved site plan application.

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14.4.4 Seaton Low Density Type 1 Townhouse (SLD1T) Zone Provisions

14.4.4.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.6 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Low Density Type 1
Townhouse (SLD1T) zone.
Table 14.6: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Low Density Type 1 Townhouse (SLD1T) Zone
Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Street
Townhouse
Dwelling
with 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m(2) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 11.0 m
integrated unit end unit 5.0 m
private adjacent
garage to SNHS
facing the zone
front lot line
with 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
detached unit end unit (1)

private
garage
accessed
from a lane(3)
with 140.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
integrated unit end unit
private
garage
accessed
from a lane(3)
Duplex 360.0 m2 12.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 3.0 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 35% 11.0 m
Dwelling 0.6 m 5.0 m
adjacent

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Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
to SNHS
zone

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.
2. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
3. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

14.4.4.2 Additional Provisions

1. Maximum number of street townhouse dwellings in a street townhouse building shall be eight (8).
2. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall abut the lane.
3. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the minimum front yard or flankage yard
to a corner rounding for any street townhouse dwelling or duplex dwelling shall be 1.75 m. Where
applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.

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14.4.5 Seaton Low Density Type 2 (SLD2) Zone Provisions

14.4.5.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.7 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Low Density Type 2 (SLD2)
zone.
Table 14.7: Lot and Building Requirements for the Low Density Type 2 (SLD2) Zone
Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 225.0 m2 9.0 m 3.0 m(3) - 1.2 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 22% 11.0 m
private 0.6 m 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
with 275.0 m2 11.0 m 3.0 m - 2.75 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 11.0 m
detached 0.6 m 5.0 m
private adjacent
garage to SNHS
zone
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a lane(4)
with 185.0 m2 7.5 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
detached 0.6 m (1)

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Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
private
garage
with attached 185.0 m2 7.5 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
private 0.6 m
garage
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 185.0 m2 7.5 m / 3.0 m(3) - 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 30% 11.0 m
private unit 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a lane(4)
with 165.0 m2 6.7 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 50% 11.0 m
detached unit (1) / unit

private
garage

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Building Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
with attached 165.0 m2 6.7 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 / 50% 11.0 m
private unit unit
garage

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.
2. Where semi-detached dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be required, but where the
dwellings do not share a common wall, a setback of 0.9 m shall be required.
3. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
4. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.4.5.2 Additional Provisions

1. No person shall erect more than one (1) detached dwelling on any residential
lot.
2. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
3. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any detached
dwelling or semi-detached dwelling shall be 1.75 m. Where applicable, the
requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.

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14.4.6 Seaton Low Density Type 2 Multiple (SLD2M) Zone Provisions

14.4.6.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.8 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Low Density Type 2 Multiple
(SLD2M) zone.
Table 14.8: Lot and Buildings Requirements for the Seaton Low Density Type 2 Multiple (SLD2M) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Street
Townhouse
Dwelling
with integrated 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m (3) - 0.9 m 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 11.0 m
private unit for end 5.0 m
garage facing unit adjacent
the front lot to SNHS
line zone
with detached 125.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 50% 12.0 m
private unit for end (1) / unit

garage unit
/parking
space
accessed from
a lane(4)
with integrated 105.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 50% 12.0 m
private unit for end unit
garage unit
accessed from
a lane(4)
Duplex 300.0 m2 12.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 3.0 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 35% 11.0 m
Dwelling 0.6 m 5.0 m
adjacent

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Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
to SNHS
zone
Multiple 450.0 m2 27.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 40% 16.0 m
Attached unit
Building
Back-to-Back 70.0 m2 5.5 m / 3.0 m (3) - 0.9 m 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 22% 12.0 m
Townhouse unit for end unit
Dwelling unit
Block - 50.0 m 3.0 m - 1.2 m 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25%(2) 11.0 m
Townhouse 5.0 m
Building adjacent
to NHS
zone

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.
2. Front landscaped open space shall be measured from the front wall of the building to the edge of the private street.
3. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
4. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.4.6.2 Additional Provisions

1. Minimum depth of a lot for back-to-back townhouse dwellings shall be 13.0
m.
2. Maximum number of street townhouse dwellings in a street townhouse
building shall be eight (8).
3. Maximum number of back-to-back townhouse dwellings in a back-to-back
townhouse building shall be 16.
4. The minimum separation between block townhouse buildings on the same
lot shall be 1.2 m for a side wall to side wall condition, 12.0 m for a rear wall to
rear wall condition, and 13.5 m for a front wall to front wall condition.
5. No private streets shall be permitted between the front wall of a block
townhouse building and a street.
6. Block townhouse buildings adjacent to a street shall have their primary
entrance doors oriented to the street.
7. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
8. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any street
townhouse dwelling, duplex dwelling, multiple attached building, back to
back townhouse dwelling or block townhouse building shall be 1.75 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.

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14.4.7 Seaton Medium Density Detached & Semi (SMDDS) Zone Provisions
14.4.7.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.9 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Medium Density Detached &
Semi (SMDDS) zone.

Table 14.9: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Medium Density Detached Single & Semi (SMDDS) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed
from a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 200.0 m2 8.0 m 3.0 m(3) - 1.2 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 30% 12.5 m
private 0.6 m 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
Detached
Dwelling –
accessed from
a lane(4)
with detached 175.0 m2 7.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 12.5 m
private 0.6 m (1)

garage

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Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
with attached 175.0 m2 7.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m & 2.4 m - 35.0 m2 50% 12.5 m
private 0.6 m
garage
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed from
a street
abutting the
front lot line
or flankage
lot line
with attached 185.0 m2 7.5 m / 3.0 m(3) - 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 12.5 m
private unit 5.0 m
garage adjacent
to SNHS
zone
Semi-
detached
Dwelling –
accessed from
a lane(4)
with detached 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 50% 12.5 m
private unit (1) / unit

garage
with attached 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m(2) 2.4 m - 30.0 m2 / 50% 12.5 m
private unit unit
garage

Notes:

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1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.

2. Where semi-detached dwellings on abutting lots share a common wall, no interior side yard shall be required, but where the
dwellings do not share a common wall, a setback of 0.9 m shall be required.
3. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
4. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

14.4.7.2 Additional Provisions

1. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall abut the lane.
2. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the minimum front yard or flankage yard
to a corner rounding for any detached dwelling or semi-detached dwelling shall be 1.75 m. Where
applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.

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14.4.8 Seaton Medium Density Multiple (SMDM) Zone Provisions

14.4.8.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.10 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Medium Density Multiple
(SMDM) zone.

Table 14.10: Lot and Buildings Requirements for the Seaton Medium Density Multiple (SMDM) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Street
Townhouse
Dwelling
with integrated 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m (5) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 12.5 m
private / unit unit end unit 5.0 m
garage facing adjacent
the front lot to SNHS
line zone
with detached 125.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 25.0 m2 50% 12.5 m
private / unit unit end unit (1) / unit

garage
accessed from
a lane(6)
with integrated 105.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 50% 12.5 m
private / unit unit end unit unit
garage
accessed from
a lane(6)
Duplex 300.0 m2 12.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 3.0 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 35% 12.5 m
Dwelling 0.6 m 5.0 m
adjacent

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Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
to SNHS
zone
Multiple 450.0 m2 27.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m 6.0 m / 11.0 m2 / 40% 16.0 m
Attached 5.0 m unit
Building adjacent
to SNHS
zone
Back-to-Back 70.0 m2 / 5.5 m / 3.0 m (5) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 22% 12.5 m
Townhouse unit unit end unit unit
Dwelling
Apartment - 45.0 m 2.0 m 4.5 m 6.0 m(3) 0.0 m 7.5 m(3) - - 10.5 m
Building (2)(3) min / 2.0 min / 20
m(2)(3) m max
max
Block - 50.0 m 3.0 m 5.5 m 1.2 m 2.4 m 6.0 m - 25%(4) 10.5 m
Townhouse
Building

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between private garage and dwelling.
2. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
3. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
4. Front landscaped open space shall be measured from the front wall of the building to the edge of the private street.
5. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
6. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.4.8.2 Additional Provisions

1. Minimum depth of a lot for back to back townhouse dwellings shall be 13.0
m.
2. Maximum number of street townhouse dwellings in a street townhouse
building shall be 8.
3. Maximum number of back-to-back townhouse dwellings in a back-to-back
townhouse building shall be 16.
4. The minimum separation between block townhouse buildings on the same
lot shall be 1.2 m for a side wall to side wall condition, 12.0 m for a rear wall to
rear wall condition, and 13.5 m for a front wall to front wall condition.
5. No private streets shall be permitted between the front wall of a block
townhouse building and a street.
6. Block townhouse buildings adjacent to a street shall have their primary
entrance doors oriented to the street.
7. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
8. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any street
townhouse dwelling, duplex dwelling, multiple attached building, back to
back townhouse dwelling or block townhouse building shall be 1.75 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.
14.4.8.3 Additional Apartment Provisions
1. The minimum net density shall be 40 units per hectare.
2. The maximum net density shall be 80 units per hectare.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60 m
6. A minimum pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required above
the 4th storey.
7. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a property in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building
height above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured
from a height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or
Medium Density zones.

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14.4.9 Seaton High Density (SH) Zone Provisions

14.4.9.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.11 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton High Density (SH) zone.

Table 14.11: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton High Density (SH) zone
Building Min. Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Max.
Type Lot Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Depth Rear Amenity Front Building Building
Area Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Land- Height Height
Yard scaped
Open
Space
Apartment - 45.0 m 2.0 m 4.5 m 6.0 m(2) 2.0 m min 45 m 7.5 - - 20.0 m 63.0 m
Building (1)(2) / 4.5 m m(2)
max(1)(2)
Multiple - 45.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 6.0 m 11.0 m2 / 40% - 16.0 m
Attached unit
Building
Block - 45.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 1.2 m 2.4 m - 6.0 m - 25%(3) - 10.5 m
Townhouse
Building

Notes:
1. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
2. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
3. Front landscaped open space shall be measured from the front wall of the building to the edge of the private street.

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14.4.9.2 Additional Provisions

1. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any multiple
attached building or block townhouse building shall be 1.75 m. Where
applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall
continue to apply.
14.4.9.3 Additional Apartment Provisions
1. The minimum net density shall be 140 units per hectare.
2. The maximum net density shall be 250 units per hectare.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60.0 m
6. Buildings taller than 12 storeys shall have a podium and a tower component
to the building, which shall meet the following requirements:
The minimum height of a podium: 3 storeys / 10.5 m
The maximum height of a podium: 5 storeys / 16.0 m
Minimum setback from a podium to a tower: 5.0 m
Maximum tower floor plate: 800 m2
7. For buildings 12 storeys and less, a minimum pedestrian perception step-
back of 1.5 m shall be required between the 4th storey and the 8th storey. An
additional pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required above
the 8th storey between 80% and 90% of the building height.
8. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a lot in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height
above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a
height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium
Density zones.

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14.5 Seaton Mixed Use Zone Regulations

14.5.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.12 establishes the uses permitted in the Seaton Mixed
Corridor Type 1 (SMC1), Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 (SMC2), Seaton Mixed
Corridor Type 3 (SMC3), Seaton Minor Commercial Cluster (SMCC), Seaton
Local Node (SLN), Seaton Community Node (SCN) and Seaton Community
Node Pedestrian Predominant Area (SCNPP) zones.
Table 14.12: Uses Permitted in the Seaton Mixed Use Zones
Permitted Use SMC1 SMC2 SMC3 SMCC SLN SCN SCNPP
Residential Uses
Street Townhouse ● ●
Dwelling
Duplex Dwelling ● ●
Multiple Attached Dwelling ● ●
Block Townhouse Building ● ● ●(1) ●(1) ●(1)
Back-to-Back Townhouse ● ● ●(1) ●(1) ●(1)
Apartment Dwelling ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Live Work Unit ● ●(1) ● ●(1) ●(1) ●
Additional Dwelling Unit ● ● ●(3) ●(3) ●(3)
Nursing Home or Long- ● ● ● ●
Term Care
Retirement Home ● ● ● ●
Model Home ● ● ● ● ● ●
Commercial Uses
Animal Care Establishment ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Art Gallery ● ● ● ● ● ●
Assembly Hall, Convention ● ● ● ●
Or Conference Halls
Arena ● ● ● ●
Bake Shop ● ● ● ● ● ●
Financial Institution ● ● ● ● ●
Café / Restaurant ● ● ● ● ● ●
Medical Office ● ● ● ● ● ●(2)

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Permitted Use SMC1 SMC2 SMC3 SMCC SLN SCN SCNPP

Commercial Fitness / ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Recreation Centre
Commercial School ● ● ● ● ●
Convenience Store ● ● ● ● ● ●
Day Care Centre ● ● ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Drive-Through Facility ● ● ● ●
Dry-Cleaner’s Distributing ● ● ● ● ● ●
Station
Funeral Home ● ● ● ●
Gas Bar ● ● ● ●
Home Improvement Centre ●
Home Occupation ● ● ●
Hotel ● ● ●
Nightclub ● ● ● ● ●
Tavern/Bar/Pub ● ● ● ● ●
Office ● ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Personal Service ● ● ● ● ● ●
Establishment
Place Of Amusement ● ● ● ●
Place Of Worship ● ● ● ● ●
Private Club ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Retail Store ● ● ● ● ● ●
Service And Repair Shop ● ● ● ●
Supermarket ● ● ●
Vehicle Dealership ● ●
Vehicle Repair Shop ● ●
Veterinary Clinic ● ● ● ● ●(2)
Notes:
1. In combination with an apartment dwelling on the same site.
2. Not permitted on the ground floor.
3. Permitted within a block townhouse dwelling unit and an accessory building on the same
lot in accordance with Section 14.2.9.

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14.5.1.2 Additional Use Provisions

1. Within a SMC2, SMC3, SLN or SCN zone, a drive-through facility and
associated stacking lanes shall not be permitted between a building and a
street line for any building located within 15.0 m of a street.
2. A car washing establishment shall only be permitted by site-specific by-law.

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14.5.2 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 1 (SMC1) Zone Provisions

14.5.2.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.13 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 1 (SMC1)
zone.

Table 14.13: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 1 (SMC1) Zone
Building Min. Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Lot Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Area Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Street
Townhouse
Dwelling
with 150.0 6.0 m / 3.0 m (5) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 12.5 m
integrated m2 unit end unit 5.0 m
private adjacent
garage SNHS
facing the zone
front lot line
with 135.0 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 25.0 m2(1) 50% 12.5 m
detached m2 unit end unit / unit
private
garage
accessed
from a lane(6)
with 110.0 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 50% 12.5 m
integrated m2 unit end unit unit
private
garage
accessed
from a lane(6)
Duplex 300.0 12.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 3.0 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 35% 12.5 m
Dwelling m2 0.6 m 5.0 m

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Building Min. Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Type Lot Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Area Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
adjacent
SNHS
zone
Multiple 450.0 27.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 40% 16.0 m
Attached m2 unit
Building
Back-to- 70.0 m2 5.5 / unit 3.0 m(5) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 22% 12.5 m
Back end unit unit
Townhouse
Dwelling
Apartment - 45.0 m 0.0 m 4.5 m (2)(3) 6.0 m(3) 0.0 m min 7.5 m(3) - - 10.5 m
Building / / 2.0 m(2)(3) min /
Nursing max 20.0 m
Home or max
Long-Term
Care
Block - 50.0 m 3.0 m 5.5 m 1.2 m 2.4 m 6.0 m - 25%(4) 10.5 m
Townhouse
Building

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between garage and dwelling.
2. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
3. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
4. Front landscaped open space shall be measured from the front wall of the building to the edge of the private street.
5. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
6. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.5.2.2 Additional Provisions

1. Minimum depth of a lot for back-to-back townhouse dwellings shall be 13.0
m.
2. Maximum number of street townhouse dwellings in a street townhouse
building shall be eight (8).
3. Maximum number of back-to-back townhouse dwellings in a back-to-back
townhouse building shall be 16.
4. The minimum separation between block townhouse buildings on the same
lot shall be 1.2 m for a side wall to side wall condition, 12.0 m for a rear wall to
rear wall condition, and 13.5 m for a front wall to front wall condition.
5. No private streets shall be permitted between the front wall of a block
townhouse building and a street.
6. Block townhouse buildings adjacent to a street shall have their primary
entrance doors oriented to the street.
7. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
8. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any street
townhouse dwelling, duplex dwelling, multiple attached building, back to
back townhouse dwelling or block townhouse building shall be 1.75 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.
14.5.2.3 Additional Apartment Standards
1. The minimum net density shall be 40 units per hectare and 1.0 FSI.
2. The maximum net density shall be 140 units per hectare and up to and
including 2.5 FSI.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60 m
6. A minimum pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required above
the 4th storey.
7. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a lot in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height
above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a
height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium
Density zones.
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14.5.3 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 (SMC2) Zone Provisions

14.5.3.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.14 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 (SMC2)
zone.

Table 14.14: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 2 (SMC2) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
Street
Townhouse
Dwelling
with integrated 150.0 m2 6.0 m / 3.0 m(6) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 25% 12.5 m
private unit end unit 5.0 m
garage facing adjacent
the front lot to SNHS
line zone
with detached 125.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 25.0 50% 12.5 m
private unit end unit m2(1) /
garage unit
accessed from
a lane(7)
with integrated 100.0 m2 4.0 m / 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 9.0 m2 / 50% 12.5 m
private unit end unit unit
garage
accessed from
a lane(7)
Duplex 300.0 m2 12.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 3.0 m & 2.4 m 6.0 m / - 35% 12.5 m
Dwelling 0.6 m 5.0 m
adjacent

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Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Min. Min. Front Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Amenity Landscaped Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Open Space Height
Yard
to SNHS
zone
Multiple 450.0 m2 27.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m 0.9 m 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 40% 16.0 m
Attached unit
Building
Back-to-Back 65.0 m2 5.0 m / 3.0 m(6) - 0.9 m for 2.4 m - 11.0 m2 / 22% 12.5 m
Townhouse unit end unit unit
Dwelling
Live Work 125.0 m2 5.0 m / 0.0 m 3.0 m 0.9 m for 2.0 m - 25.0 m2 / - 9.0 m
Unit unit end unit unit min /
12.5 m
max
Apartment - 45.0 m 0.0 m 3.0m(2)(3) 6.0 m(3) 0.0 m 7.5 m(3) - - 20.0 m
Building / min/ min /
Nursing 2.0 m(2)(3) 63.0 m
Home or max max
Long-Term
Care /
Retirement
Home
Building With - 30.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(2) 0.0 or 0.0 m min 9.0 m - - 5.0 m
Sole Retail / 7.5m(4) / 2.0 m min /
Commercial max 63.0 m
Uses max
Block - 50.0 m 3.0 m 5.5 m 1.2 m 3.0 m 6.0 m - 25%(5) 10.5 m
Townhouse
Building

Notes:
1. With a minimum 5.0 m separation between garage and dwelling.

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2. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
3. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
4. Adjacent to the other commercial uses, the minimum side yard shall be 0.0 m. Adjacent to residential uses, the minimum side yard shall
be 7.5 m.
5. Front landscaped open space shall be measured from the front wall of the building to the edge of the private street.
6. The front yard setback of a private garage shall meet the requirements of Section 14.2.15.1.
7. Or accessed from a street abutting the rear lot line on a through lot.

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14.5.3.2 Additional Provisions

1. Minimum depth of individual dwelling units in a back-to-back townhouse
dwelling: 13.0 m.
2. Maximum number of street townhouse dwellings in a street townhouse
building shall be eight (8).
3. Maximum number of back-to-back townhouse dwellings in a back-to-back
townhouse building shall be 16.
4. The minimum separation between block townhouse buildings on the same
lot shall be 1.2 m for a side wall to side wall condition, 12.0 m for a rear wall to
rear wall condition, and 13.5 m for a front wall to front wall condition.
5. No private streets shall be permitted between the front wall of a block
townhouse building and a street.
6. Block townhouse buildings adjacent to a street shall have their primary
entrance doors oriented to the street.
7. Where a lot flanks a lane, the larger required minimum interior side yard shall
abut the lane.
8. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any street
townhouse dwelling, duplex dwelling, multiple attached building or back
to back townhouse dwelling shall be 1.75 m. Where applicable, the
requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.
9. Despite any flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the minimum
flankage yard to a corner rounding for any live work unit shall be 1.5 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.
10. Despite any front yard or flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the
minimum front yard or flankage yard to a corner rounding for any block
townhouse building shall be 1.75 m at the front of a lot and 2.0 m at the
flankage of a lot. Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12,
14.2.13 and 14.2.14 shall continue to apply.
14.5.3.3 Additional Apartment Provisions
1. The minimum net density shall be 60 units per hectare and 1.0 FSI.
2. The maximum net density shall be 180 units per hectare and up to and
including 2.5 FSI.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)

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5. Maximum building width: 60 m

6. Buildings taller than 12 storeys shall have a podium and a tower component
to the building, which shall meet the following requirements:
The minimum height of a podium: 3 storeys / 10.5 m
The maximum height of a podium: 5 storeys / 16.0 m
Minimum setback from a podium to a tower: 5.0 m
Maximum floor plate within a tower: 800 m2
7. For buildings 12 storeys and less, a minimum pedestrian perception step-
back of 1.5 m shall be required above the 4th storey and below the 8th storey.
An additional pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required
above the 8th storey between 80% and 90% of the building height.
8. Where the rear yard or side yard of the apartment site abuts a property in the
Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height above 12.0 m shall
be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a height of 12.0 m at
the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium Density zones.
14.5.3.4 Additional Commercial Building Provisions
1. In no case shall parking be permitted between a building and the front lot
line.
2. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
3. A primary entrance door open to the public shall be incorporated into the
front wall of the building facing the front lot line.
4. The maximum elevation of the ground floor above grade at the primary
entrance door shall be 0.6 m.
5. The minimum ground floor area for a retail/commercial unit within a live
work unit shall be 70 m2.
6. The maximum gross leasable area for a retail/ commercial unit within a
building with sole retail /commercial uses shall be 4,000 m2.

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14.5.4 Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3 Gateway Sites (SMC3) Zone Provisions
14.5.4.1 Lot and Building Requirements by Building Type
1. The following Table 14.15 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3
Gateway Sites (SMC3) zone.

Table 14.15: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Mixed Corridor Type 3 Gateway Sites (SMC3) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Front Min. Min. Min. Lot Min. Rear Max.
Area Frontage Front Yard Interior Flankage Depth Yard Building
Yard Side Yard Yard Height
Apartment - 45.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(1) 6.0 m (2) 0.0 m min 45.0 m 7.5 m(2) 20.0 m
Building / Nursing / 2.0 m min / 63.0
Home or Long- max(1) m max
Term Care /
Retirement Home
Building With Sole - 30.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(1) 0.0 or 0.0 m min - 9.0 m 5.0 m min
Retail / 7.5m(3) / 2.0 m / 63.0 m
Commercial Uses max(1) max

Notes:
1. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
2. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
3. Adjacent to the other commercial uses, the minimum side yard shall be 0.0 m. Adjacent to residential uses, the minimum side yard
shall be 7.5 m.

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14.5.4.2 Additional Apartment Provisions

1. The minimum net density shall be 60 units per hectare and 1.0 FSI.
2. The maximum net density shall be 180 units per hectare and up to and
including 2.5 FSI.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60 m
6. Buildings taller than 12 storeys shall have a podium and a tower component
to the building, which shall meet the following requirements:
The minimum height of a podium: 3 storeys / 10.5 m
The maximum height of a podium: 5 storeys / 16.0 m
Minimum setback from a podium to a tower: 5.0 m
Maximum floor plate within a tower: 800 m2
7. For buildings 12 storeys and less, a minimum pedestrian perception step-
back of 1.5 m shall be required above the 4th storey and below the 8th storey.
An additional pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required
above the 8th storey between 80% and 90% of the building height.
8. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a lot in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height
above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a
height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium
Density zones.
9. Block townhouse dwellings and back-to-back townhouse dwellings
constructed on a site in conjunction with an apartment dwelling shall meet the
setback, amenity area, landscaped open space and height requirements of
the SMC2 zone for those dwelling types.
14.5.4.3 Additional Commercial Building Provisions
1. In no case shall parking be permitted between a building and the front lot
line.
2. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
3. A primary entrance door open to the public shall be incorporated into the
front wall of the building facing the front lot line.
4. The maximum gross leasable area for a retail/commercial unit within a
building with sole retail /commercial uses shall be 4,000 m2.

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14.5.5 Seaton Minor Commercial Clusters (SMCC) Zone Provisions

14.5.5.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.16 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Minor Commercial Clusters
(SMCC) zone.

Table 14.16: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Minor Commercial Clusters (SMCC) Zone
Building Min. Lot Max. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Rear Min. Max.
Type Area Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Yard Amenity Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Area Height
Live work 110.0 m2 - 6.0 m / 0.0 m 3.0 m 0.9 m at 2.0 m - 11.0 m2 9.0 m
Unit unit building min /
end 12.5 m
max
Building with - - 30.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m 0.0 m or 0.0 m min 9.0 m - 5.0 m
sole retail / 7.5 m(1) / 2.0 m min /
commercial max 12.5 m
uses max

Notes:
1. Adjacent to the other commercial uses, the minimum side yard shall be 0.0 m. Adjacent to residential uses, the minimum side yard shall
be 7.5 m.

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14.5.5.2 Additional Provisions

1. In no case shall parking be permitted between a building and the front lot
line.
2. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
3. A primary entrance door open to the public shall be incorporated into the
front wall of the building facing the front lot line.
4. The minimum ground floor area for an individual retail/commercial unit in a
live work unit shall be 50.0 m2, and the maximum ground floor area for an
individual retail/commercial unit shall be 200 m2.
5. The minimum gross leasable area for an individual retail/commercial unit in
a building with sole retail /commercial uses shall be 70.0 m2, and the
maximum gross leasable area for an individual retail/commercial unit shall
be 200 m2.
6. The maximum elevation of the ground floor above grade at the primary
entrance door shall be 0.6 m.
7. Despite any flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the minimum
flankage yard to a corner rounding for any live work unit shall be 1.5 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.

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14.5.6 Seaton Local Node (SLN) and Community Node (SCN) Zone Provisions
14.5.6.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.17 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Local Node (SLN) and Seaton
Community Node (SCN) zones.

Table 14.17: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Local Node (SLN) and Seaton Community Node (SCN) Zones
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Lot Min. Rear Max.
Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Depth Yard Building
Yard Yard Side Yard Yard Height
Apartment - 45.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(3) 6.0 m(1) 0.0 m min / 45.0 m 7.5 m(1) 20.0 m
Building / min /
2.0 m max
Nursing Home or 63.0 m
Long-term max
Care/Retirement
home
Building with - 30.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(3) 0.0 or 7.5 0.0 m min / - 9.0 m 5.0 m
sole retail / m(1),(2) min /
2.0 m max
commercial uses 63.0 m
max

Notes:
1. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
2. Adjacent to the other commercial uses, the minimum side yard shall be 0.0 m. Adjacent to residential uses, the minimum side yard shall
be 7.5 m.
3. The maximum front yard setback applies to all buildings located within 30.0 m of an adjacent arterial road, and for such buildings,
the maximum front yard setback applies to 75% of the front wall; 25% of each front wall can have a greater front yard setback.

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14.5.6.2 Additional Apartment Provisions

1. The minimum net density shall be 80 units per hectare
2. The maximum net density shall be 140 units per hectare and up to and
including 2.5 FSI.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height where ground floor commercial uses are
provided: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60.0 m
6. Buildings taller than 12 storeys shall have a podium and a tower component
to the building, which shall meet the following requirements:
The minimum height of a podium: 3 storeys / 10.5 m
The maximum height of a podium: 5 storeys / 16.0 m
Minimum setback from a podium to a tower: 5.0 m
Maximum floor plate within a tower: 800 m2
7. For buildings 12 storeys and less, a minimum pedestrian perception step-
back of 1.5 m shall be required above the 4th storey and below the 8th storey.
An additional pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required
above the 8th storey between 80% and 90% of the building height.
8. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a lot in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height
above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a
height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium
Density zones.
9. Block townhouse dwellings and back-to-back townhouse dwellings
constructed on a site in conjunction with an apartment dwelling shall meet the
setback, amenity area, landscaped open space and height requirements of
the SMC2 zone for those dwelling types.
14.5.6.3 Additional Commercial Provisions
1. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
2. A primary entrance door open to the public shall be incorporated into the
front wall of all buildings facing the front lot line or alternatively on a side
wall within 3.0 m of the front wall.

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For the Seaton Community Node (SCN) zone on Taunton Road, Taunton
Road shall be deemed to be the front lot line;
For the Seaton Community Node (SCN) zone at Sideline 26/Whites Road
and the Whitevale Road By-pass, the Whitevale By-pass shall be deemed
to be the front lot line; and
For the Seaton Community Node (SCN) zone at Sideline 22 and the
Whitevale Road By-pass, the Whitevale Road By-pass shall be deemed to
be the front lot line.
3. Within a Seaton Community Node (SCN) zone and any adjacent SCNPP zone,
the total gross leasable area on the ground floor of all buildings within the
two (2) zones that are available for the retailing of goods and services shall not
exceed 20,000 m2.
4. For buildings under 4,000 m2, at least 60% of the surface area of each wall
facing and located within 30.0 m of an adjacent arterial road shall be
comprised of openings. For buildings 4,000 m2, and larger, at least 40% of
the surface area of each wall facing and located within 30.0 m of an adjacent
arterial road shall be comprised of openings. This provision only applies to
that proportion of the wall that is within 3.0 m of established grade.
5. A minimum of 40% of the street line abutting an adjacent arterial road shall be
the location of a front wall that is set back no further than 3.0 m from the street
line. The minimum requirement shall be deemed to be met when it is shown on
an approved site plan.

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14.5.7 Seaton Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area (SCNPP) Zone Provisions
14.5.7.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.18 establishes the zone standards that apply to the Seaton Community Node Pedestrian
Predominant Area (SCNPP) zone.

Table 14.18: Lot and Building Requirements for the Community Node Pedestrian Predominant Area (SCNPP) Zone
Building Type Min. Lot Min. Lot Min. Max. Front Min. Min. Min. Lot Min. Rear Max.
Area Frontage Front Yard Interior Flankage Depth Yard Building
Yard Side Yard Yard Height
Apartment - 45.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(1) 6.0 m(2) 0.0 m min 45.0 m 7.5 m(2) 20.0 m
Building /2m min / 63.0
max(1) m max
Live Work Unit 125.0 m 5.0 m / 0.0 m 3.0 m 0.9 m at 2.0 m - 25.0 m2 12.5 m
unit building amenity max
end area
Building With - 30.0 m 0.0 m 3.0 m(1) 0.0 m or 0.0 m min - 9.0 m 7.5 m min
Sole Retail / 7.5m(3) / 2.0 m / 63.0 m
Commercial Uses max(1) max

Notes:
1. For 75% of the building facing the street, 25% can have a greater yard.
2. Except that for an underground garage the minimum setback is 0.0 m.
3. Adjacent to the other commercial uses, the minimum side yard shall be 0.0 m. Adjacent to residential uses, the minimum side yard shall
be 7.5 m.

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14.5.7.2 Additional Provisions

1. Despite any flankage yard requirement, on a corner lot, the minimum
flankage yard to a corner rounding for any live work unit shall be 1.5 m.
Where applicable, the requirements of Section 14.2.12, 14.2.13 and 14.2.14
shall continue to apply.
14.5.7.3 Additional Apartment Provisions
1. The minimum net density shall be 80 units per hectare.
2. The maximum net density shall be 140 units per hectare and up to and
including 2.5 FSI.
3. Minimum balcony depth: 1.5 m
4. Minimum ground floor height: 4.5 m (floor to floor)
5. Maximum building width: 60.0 m
6. Buildings taller than 12 storeys shall have a podium and a tower component
to the building, which shall meet the following requirements:
The minimum height of a podium: 3 storeys / 10.5 m
The maximum height of a podium: 5 storeys / 16.0 m
Minimum setback from a podium to a tower: 5.0 m
Maximum floor plate within a tower: 800 m2
7. For buildings 12 storeys and less, a minimum pedestrian perception step-
back of 1.5 m shall be required above the 4th storey and below the 8th storey.
An additional pedestrian perception step-back of 1.5 m shall be required
above the 8th storey between 80% and 90% of the building height.
8. Where the rear yard or side yard of a lot containing an apartment building
abuts a lot in the Low Density or Medium Density zone, the building height
above 12.0 m shall be limited by a 45-degree angular plane measured from a
height of 12.0 m at the 7.5 m setback from adjoining Low Density or Medium
Density zones.
9. Residential uses shall be prohibited on the ground floor of apartment
dwellings facing the street or the private street within the SCNPP zone.
14.5.7.4 Additional Commercial Provisions
1. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
2. The SCNPP zone shall straddle each side of a street or a private street.
Where the SCNPP zone does not straddle each side of a street, a private
street shall be provided where:

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The front of all buildings or structures located within the SCNPP zone,
face each other along the private street provided, however, that buildings
located on corners may front on two (2) intersecting streets/private
streets;
Buildings shall be separated by a minimum 17.0 m and a maximum of
20.0 m to accommodate pedestrian sidewalks, two (2) through lanes of
traffic and parking parallel to the traffic lanes; and
Pedestrian sidewalks on each side of the private street shall have a width
of at least 3.0 m.
3. A primary entrance door open to the public shall be incorporated into the
front wall of the building facing the front lot line along a street or facing the
pedestrian sidewalk along a private street.
4. At least 60% of the surface area of each wall facing the street, or facing the
pedestrian sidewalk along a private street, shall be comprised of openings.
This provision only applies to that proportion of the wall that is within 3.0 m of
established grade.
5. A minimum of 75% of the street line abutting the street, or facing the
pedestrian sidewalk along a private street, shall be the location of a front wall
that is set back no further than 5.0 m from the street line. The minimum
requirement shall be deemed to be met when it is shown on an approved site
plan.
6. The minimum ground floor area for a retail/commercial unit shall be 70.0 m2
and the maximum gross leasable area for a retail/commercial unit shall be
500 m2
7. The width of each individual permitted use facing the street, or facing the
pedestrian sidewalk along a private street, shall not exceed 15.0 m.
8. A minimum of 6,000 m2 of gross leasable area for the retailing of goods and
services shall be provided within the SCNPP zone, except that the SCNPP
zone located immediately north and/or south of Taunton Road between
Sideline 22 and Sideline 24 shall have a minimum gross leasable area for the
retailing of goods and services of 7,500 m2.

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14.6 Seaton Employment Area Zone Regulations

14.6.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.19 and Table 14.20 establish the permitted uses in the
Seaton Prestige Employment General (SPEG), Seaton Prestige Employment
Node (SPEN), Seaton Prestige Employment Heritage Lot (SPEHL) and Seaton
Employment Service (SES) zones.
The following categories of uses shall be permitted. The list of specific uses
after each underlined category are intended as examples only. Other
similar uses which may fall under the category will also be permitted.
Table 14.19: Categories of Uses Permitted in the Seaton Employment Zones
Permitted Use SPEG SPEN SPEHL SES
Light manufacturing: such as assembly,
processing, packaging and fabricating wholly ●
within an enclosed building.
Food processing: such as bakery, dairy,
cannery, distillery, brewery, meat processor.
●

Business services: such as industrial supply,

industrial equipment repair, contractor shop, ● ●
service and repair shop.
Graphics and design: such as printing,
publishing, graphic design, web design
● ● ●

Educational / research: such as community

college, university, trade school, training centre,
adult education, laboratory and research and
● ●
development facility.
Visitor and Convention services: such as
hotels, assembly halls, convention or ●
conference halls
Data and communications: such as film, radio
and television studio, call centre, data centre,
programming and software development,
● ● ●
phone, phone and internet provider.

The following specific uses shall be permitted in addition to those permitted

uses in Section 14.6.1 a).

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Table 14.20: Specific Uses Permitted in the Seaton Employment Zones

Permitted Use SPEG SPEN SPEHL SES
Office ● ● ● ●
Commercial Fitness/ Recreation Centre ●(1) ●
Medical Office ●(1) ● ●
Restaurant ●(1) ● ●
Bake Shop ●(1) ● ●
Café ●(1) ● ●
Personal Service Establishments ●(1) ● ●
Day Care Centre ●(1) ● ●
Dry-Cleaner’s Distributing Station ●(1) ●
Convenience Store ●(1) ●
Financial Institution ●(1) ●
Gas Bar, including an Accessory Car
Washing Establishment, Convenience ●
Store and/or Café
Ancillary Retail Sales ● ●
Dry-Cleaning Establishments ●
Storage and Warehousing as an
accessory use
●

Notes:
1. Uses are permitted within an office, hotel or other similar multi-tenant industrial building.

14.6.2 Use Limitations

1. Uses permitted in the SES zone shall be clustered on a lot with a minimum of
four (4) retail / commercial units on a lot.
2. SES zones shall abut an arterial road and be located within 100.0 m of a
signalized intersection and a transit stop.
3. Only one (1) gas bar shall be located within 100.0 m of a signalized
intersection.
4. For ancillary retail sales, up to a maximum of 15% of the total gross leasable
floor area of a use may be used for the display and retail sale of products
manufactured, fabricated, processed or assembled on the premises provided
the retail sales and display area is separated from the principal industrial use by
solid partition walls. The maximum gross leasable floor area for ancillary
retail sales may be increased to 25% provided the total gross leasable floor
area of the use is less than 1,000 m2.
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14.6.3 Uses Prohibited

1. The following uses shall be prohibited in the SPEG and SPEN zones:
Retail stores;
Outdoor storage;
Waste processing station, waste transfer station and recycling facilities;
Freight transfer, trucking terminals and similar uses;
Vehicle dealership, vehicle repair shop and automobile body shops;
Places of worship; and
Elementary schools, secondary schools and private schools.

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14.6.4 Seaton Employment Zone Provisions

14.6.4.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.21 establishes the zones standards that apply to the Seaton Prestige Employment
General (SPEG), Seaton Prestige Employment Node (SPEN) and Seaton Employment Service (SES) zones.

Table 14.21: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Employment Zones
Zone Min./Max. Min. Lot Min. Front Max. Front Min. Interior Min. Min. Rear Max.
Lot Area Frontage Yard Yard Side Yard Flankage Yard Building
Yard Height
SPEG 0.8 ha / n/a 40.0 m 2.0. m 5.0 m 1.5 m 3.0 m 3.0 m 16.0 m
SPEN 0.4 ha / n/a 30.0 m 2.0 m 5.0 m 1.5 m 3.0 m 3.0 m 60.0 m
SES 0.4 ha / 2.0 30.0 m 2.0 m 5.0 m 1.5 m 3.0 m 3.0 m 12.5 m
ha

14.6.4.2 Additional Provisions

1. Notwithstanding Section 14.6.4.1, any lot line that abuts Highway 407 shall have a minimum lot line length of
60.0 m.
2. Notwithstanding Section 14.6.4.1, an interior side yard or rear yard setback abutting a Residential zone shall
be a minimum of 7.5 m, 100% of which must be landscaped.
3. In no case shall parking be permitted between a building and the front lot line.
4. A primary entrance door shall be incorporated into the front wall of the building facing the front lot line.
5. For lots abutting Highway 407, no building, structure or required parking spaces and aisles shall be permitted
within 14.0 m of the lot line abutting Highway 407.

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14.6.4.3 Seaton Prestige Employment Heritage Lot “SPEHL” Provisions

1. On lands zoned SPE-HL, the minimum lot area and minimum lot frontage
shall be the lot area and lot frontage existing on the date this By-law came
into effect.
2. The minimum yards shall be the yards existing on the date this By-law came
into effect. However, yards except the front yard may be decreased by 10%
subject to an approved site plan application.

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14.7 Seaton Community Use Zone Regulations

14.7.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.22 establishes the uses permitted in the Seaton
Community Use (SCU) zone.
Table 14.22: Uses Permitted in the Seaton Community Use Zone
Permitted Use SCU
Arena
Elementary School ●
Secondary School ●
Private School ●
Places Of Worship ●
Library ●
Community Centre ●
Day Care Centre ●
Emergency Service Facility ●

14.7.2 Seaton Community Use (SCU) Zone Provisions

14.7.2.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.23 establishes the zones standards that apply to the
Seaton Community Use (SCU) zone.

Table 14.23: Lot and Building Requirements for the Seaton Community Use (SCU) Zone
Building Min. Min. Lot Min. Max. Min. Min. Min. Max.
Type Area Frontage Front Front Interior Flankage Rear Building
Yard yard Side Yard Yard Height
Yard
All uses - 30.0 m 3.0 m 4.5 m(1)(2) 1.5 m 3.0 m 7.5 m See
14.6.2.2

Notes:
1. The maximum front yard setback shall not apply to garage bays for emergency vehicles.
2. 25% of the building facing the street can have a greater yard.
3. The maximum front yard requirement can alternatively apply to the flankage yard in which
case no maximum front yard would apply.
14.7.2.2 Height Maximum
1. The maximum height of a day care centre shall be 10.5 m.

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2. The maximum height of a secondary school and community centre shall be

16.0 m.
3. The maximum height of all other uses shall be 12.5 m.
14.7.2.3 Additional Provisions
1. In no case shall parking be permitted between a building and the front lot line
or alternatively a flankage lot line where applicable.
2. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
3. Parking lots abutting a Residential zone shall be set back 3.0 m from the lot
line with an intervening landscape strip.
4. A primary entrance door shall be incorporated into the front wall of the
building facing the front lot line or alternatively a flankage lot line where
applicable.
5. In the case of a place of worship, the gross floor area devoted to worship
must be a minimum of 50% of the total gross floor area of the building.
6. Where an adjacent zone permits a minimum front yard or flankage yard of 0.0
m, the minimum front yard and minimum flankage yard shall be 0.0 m where
the adjacent flankage yards or front yards are located along the same street.
7. Where the use is adjacent to a detached, semi-detached, townhouse or
multiple attached dwelling, the minimum interior side yard shall be 3.0 m
and shall be increased by 1.0 m for every metre of height in excess of 8.0 m to
a maximum of 7.5 m.

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14.8 Seaton Natural Heritage and Open Space Zone

Regulations
14.8.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.24 establishes the uses permitted in the Seaton
District/Community Park (SDCP), Seaton Open Space (SOS), Seaton
Stormwater Management (SSWM), Seaton Golf Course (SGC), Seaton Natural
Heritage System (SNHS), Seaton Cemetery (SCE) and Seaton Hamlet
Heritage Open Space (SHHOS) zones.

Table 14.24: Uses Permitted in the Seaton Open Space Zones

Permitted Use SDCP SOS SSWM SGC SNHS SCE SHHOS
Arena ●
Community Centre ●
Community Gardens ● ● ● ●
Library ●
Outdoor Public Swimming Pool ●
Outdoor Skating Rink ● ●
Illuminated Play Fields / Courts ● ● ●
Non-Illuminated Play Fields /
Courts
● ● ● ●

Passive Fringe Areas To Play

Fields / Courts
● ● ● ●

Playground ● ● ● ● ●
Picnic Area ● ● ● ●
Unorganized Play Areas ● ● ● ● ●
Public Trails, Trailheads, Rest
Areas
● ● ● ● ●

Stormwater Management
Facilities
● ● ● ● ●

Existing Detached Dwellings ● ● ● ●

Forest, Fish And Wildlife
Management and Associated ●
Scientific and Educational Uses
Golf Course ●
Associated Parking Lots ● ● ● ●

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Permitted Use SDCP SOS SSWM SGC SNHS SCE SHHOS

Cemetery ●
Place of Worship ●
Other Social and Institutional
Uses
●

Renewable Energy Systems ●

14.8.2 Seaton Open Space (SOS) Zone Provisions

14.8.2.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. The following Table 14.25 establishes the zone standards that apply to the
Seaton District/Community Park (SDCP), Seaton Open Space (SOS), Seaton
Stormwater Management (SWM), Seaton Golf Course (SGC), Seaton Natural
Heritage System (SNHS) and Seaton Cemetery (SCE) zones.

Table 14.25: Lot and Building Requirements for Seaton Open Space Zones
Zone Min. Front Max. Front Min. Min. Min. Rear Max.
Yard Yard Interior Flankage Yard Coverage
Side Yard Yard
SDCP 3.0 m 6.0 m 1.5 m 3.0 m 7.5 m 25%
SOS 3.0 m - 1.5 m 3.0 m 7.5 m 5%
SSWMP - - - - - -
SGC 15.0 m - 6.0 m 6.0 m 15.0 m -
SNHS - - - - - -
SCE 15.0 m - 6.0 m 6.0 m 7.5 m -
SHHOS 15.0 m - 6.0 m 6.0 m 15.0 m 25%

14.8.2.2 Height Maximum

1. The maximum height of a community centre shall be 16.0 m.
2. The maximum height of all other uses shall be 12.5 m.
14.8.2.3 Additional Provisions
1. Parking lots abutting a street shall incorporate a 2.5 m landscape strip
between the parking lot and the street line.
2. Parking lots abutting a Residential zone shall be set back 3.0 m from the lot
line with an intervening landscape strip.
3. Expansions to existing detached dwellings shall meet the lot and building
requirements of Section 14.4.2.1.

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14.9 Seaton Utility Zone Regulations

14.9.1 Uses Permitted
1. The following Table 14.26 establishes the uses permitted in the Seaton Utility
(SUT) zone.

Table 14.26: Uses Permitted in the Seaton Utility (SUT) Zone

Permitted Use SUT
Water storage, pumping and/or treatment facilities ●
Sewage pumping and/or treatment facilities ●
Gas, oil or geothermal pipelines ●
Transmission and distribution of electric power, excluding generation of electric
power
●

Limited access highways, including associated bridges, overpasses and transit

corridors
●

14.9.2 Seaton Utility (SUT) Zone Provisions

14.9.2.1 Lot and Building Requirements
1. Buildings shall be in compliance with the most restrictive provisions of any
zone(s) adjacent to the Seaton Utility (SUT) zone.

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15 Exception Zones
a) Application of Exception Zones: The provisions of each exception zone
herein shall apply to the lands so designated by the exception number,
shown as a prefix containing the letter X and a number on Schedule 1. For
example, the symbol “X15” as shown on Schedule 1 refers to the
provisions contained in Section 15.15 herein.
b) Reference to Former Zoning By-laws: For the purposes of this Section,
“Former Zoning By-laws” shall refer to those zoning by-laws that are not
repealed but are superseded by this Zoning By-law, as indicated in Section
16.
c) Priority in Applying Zone Requirements: Where an exception zone
applies, the lands subject to the exception zone may be subject to one or
more zone symbols shown in parentheses, which shall be interpreted as
follows:
i. The zone symbol shall correspond to the applicable provisions as
contained in the exception zone.
ii. Where the exception zone refers to the Former Zoning By-laws, the
zone symbol shall refer to the corresponding zone and the associated
provisions as may be contained in the Former Zoning By-laws. The
requirements of the exception zone and all other applicable zone
requirements under the Former Zoning By-law shall apply except as
may be otherwise stated in the exception zone.
iii. Where an exception zone does not refer to the Former Zoning By-laws,
the zone symbol shall refer to the zone contained in this By-law. If an
exception zone refers to a repealed by-law, it shall be deemed to refer
to this By-law. The requirements of the exception zone shall apply and
all other zone requirements of this By-law shall apply except as may be
otherwise stated in the exception zone.
d) Priority in Applying All Other Requirements: Where an exception zone
applies:
i. First, the provisions and definitions of the applicable exception zone as
contained in this section shall apply and where there is any
inconsistency between the provisions and definitions of the exception
zone and any other applicable requirements, the provisions and
definitions of the exception zone shall prevail over all other inconsistent
requirements.
ii. Second, where an exception zone refers to the provisions of one of the
Former Zoning By-laws, the definitions and general provisions of the
referenced Former Zoning By-law shall apply but only to the extent
necessary to interpret and support the provisions of the exception

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zone. The general provisions of the Former Zoning By-law shall not
apply unless they are explicitly applied and referenced by the exception
zone. The definitions of the Former Zoning By-law shall apply to
support the interpretation of the terminology, where the terms are
defined by the Former Zoning By-law.
iii. Except as provided in i. and ii. above, all other provisions of this Zoning
By-law shall apply.
e) Convenience: For convenience purposes only, the exception zone
headings contain references to the original amending by-law(s) which
added and incorporated the exception zone. These references shall not be
deemed to affect the interpretation of the provisions or applicability of any
exception zone.

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Section 16 | Enactment

16 Enactment
16.1 Effective Date
1. This By-law shall come into force the day that it is passed, if no appeals are
received. If one or more appeals are received, the appealed portions shall
come into force when all appeals of the particular portion of the By-law have
been withdrawn or fully disposed of and the rest of the By-law shall come into
force the day the By-law is passed.

16.2 Former Zoning By-laws

1. The following zoning by-laws passed under the Planning Act, as amended, as
they apply to any part of the defined area of this Zoning By-law in Schedule 1,
are hereby superseded by this By-law:
a) By-law No. 2511 of the City of Pickering;
b) By-law No. 2520 of the City of Pickering;
c) By-law No. 3036 of the City of Pickering; and
d) By-law No. 3037 of the City of Pickering.
Nothing in this By-law repeals the provisions of the existing Zoning By-laws
listed in this section 16.2.1. Where an existing zoning by-law listed in this
section 16.2.1 is superseded by this By-law, it is effective only to the extent
described in Section 1.9 and Section 15 of this By-law.
2. Upon this By-law coming into full force and effect on any lands, save and
except to give effect to the transition clauses established in Section 1.9 of this
By-law, the following former Zoning By-laws passed under the Planning Act, as
amended, as they apply to those lands, are hereby repealed:
a) By-law No. 7364/14 of the City of Pickering; and
b) By-law No. 7553/17 of the City of Pickering.
3. Notwithstanding Sections 16.2.1 and 16.2.2 above, this By-law does not have
the effect of repealing, amending, or otherwise replacing any Minister’s Zoning
Order made in accordance with the Planning Act, and any such applicable
Minster’s Zoning Order shall continue to apply and prevail over the provisions
of this By-law, unless explicitly stated to the contrary in the By-law. Where there
is no conflict between the MZO and this By-law, both will apply.

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16.3 Enactment
Enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering this 16th day
of December 2024.

________________________________
Kevin Ashe, Mayor

________________________________
Susan Cassel, City Clerk

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