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5.0 Townhouse, Stacked Townhouse and Back to Back Townhouse Regulations

5.1

LOT WIDTH, AREA, YARDS, FLOOR AREA RATIO, BUILDING HEIGHT

Table 5.5.1

Regulation	Townhouse, Stacked Townhouse and Back to Back Townhouse
Lot Width	30 m; 25 m in an MXT zone only
Lot Area	1200 m²
Front Yard / Street Side Yard	(a)
Side Yard	3 m
Rear Yard	6 m
Yard abutting R1, R2, R3 zone	12 m 9 m for a building ot two storeys and 11.5 m or less in height; 12 m for a building of two or three storeys and greater than 11.5 m in height
Building setback abutting a creek block	7.5 m
Yard abutting a pipeline easement	10 m
Yard abutting a Railway right-of-way	30 m
Density	30 units/ha; 55 units /ha in an MXT zone only
Floor Area Ratio (minimum)	0.3:1
Floor Area Ratio (maximum)	1.5:1
Yard abutting a PC or P zone	6 m
Minimum number of stacked townhouse units per stacked townhouse building	12 in an MXT zone only

Footnotes to Table 5.5.1

(a)

Abutting a street having a deemed width less than 26 m:
3 m, except that the entrance elevation for an attached or detached garage shall be setback 6 m from the street.

Abutting a street having a deemed width of 26 m or greater:
3 m, except that the entrance elevation for an attached or detached garage shall be setback 6 m from the street and the maximum yard shall be 10 m for 60% of the length of the building abutting the street line.

5.2

LANDSCAPE AREA AND BUFFER

	Landscape Area:
	Abutting a street: Abutting a creek block or O3 zone: Abutting a PC or P zone:	3 m 3 m 3 m
	Landscape Buffer:
	Abutting R1, R2, R3 zone:	6 m

5.3	PARKING
	(a)	Parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.25 "Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements" and Part 5, Subsection 4.6, Parking.
	(b)	Parking Spaces and Driveways For townhouses, back to back townhouses, stacked townhouses, driveways and parking lots shall be setback 3 m from a wall of a building containing windows of habitable rooms, except, where a parking space and driveway is for the exclusive use of the unit occupant the setback shall not apply.
	(c)	Parking Structures An enclosed parking structure that extends more than 1.6 m above finished grade shall be subject to the same yard requirements as a principal building. An enclosed parking structure below grade and up to 1.6 m above grade shall be setback 3 m from a street line but shall not encroach into a required landscape buffer.

5.4

AMENITY AREA

Stacked or Standard Townhouse:

15 m² per efficiency unit
20 m² per one bedroom unit
35 m²per two or more bedroom unit

Back to Back Townhouse:

25 m² per unit. As a component of this amenity area, each back to back townhouse development shall have a minimum of one common amenity area, with a minimum area of 100 m², or a total common amenity area of 6 m² per unit, whichever is greater, and may include decorative accessory structures such as a gazebo, arbor, pergola, as well as playground equipment, but may not include other accessory buildings or structures, unitary equipment, mailboxes or above ground utility boxes.

5.5	PRIVACY AREA
	Standard Townhouse:	20 m² per unit
	Stacked Townhouse:	15 m² per unit
	Back to Back Townhouse:	Each unit in a back to back townhouse development shall contain an individual balcony with an area of 5.5 m², separated from adjoining units by a wall or privacy screen and with a maximum projection of 1.8 m from the front wall of the back to back townhouse building.

5.6	FENCING
	On lands abutting a residential zone fencing shall be installed along the common boundary with the residential zone and shall have a minimum height of 1.8 m, which may be a solid screen fence or a combination of chain link fence and landscape planting to form a dense year-round screen.

5.7	BUILDING HEIGHT
	(a)	Residential building height shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Sub-Section 2.31 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HEIGHT
	(b)	Notwithstanding Part 1 – General Conditions and Provisions, Table 2.31.1, and Subsection 4.5, Building Height, the maximum height shall be 3 storeys up to 14 m for stacked townhouses, back to back townhouses, and townhouses.


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