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6.0 DRH ZONE REGULATIONS (DOWNTOWN HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL)

6.1 LOT WIDTH, AREA, YARDS, DENSITY, HEIGHT AND AMENITY AREA

Table 6.6.1

Regulation	Apartment Building, Retirement Home
Lot Width	30 m
Lot Area	0.1 ha
Front Yard and Street Side Yard	6 m; 7.5 m abutting a street having a deemed width of 26 m or more
Rear Yard	7.5 m
Side Yard	6 m
Yard abutting R1, R2, R3, DRL Zones	15 m
Density	50 units per hectare minimum, 185 units per hectare maximum
Height	22 m maximum
Amenity Area	20 m2 per unit
Building setback abutting a creek block	7.5 m, 4.5 m if block includes a 3 m buffer
Yard abutting a pipeline easement	7 metres rear yard; 3 metres side yard

6.2	Parking
	(a) (b) (c)	Parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.25 "Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements" except as amended by the following: 1.00 occupant spaces per unit 0.25 visitor parking spaces per unit Enclosed Occupant Parking: 100% of occupant parking shall be enclosed Parking Lots, Parking Spaces, Driveways (i) Notwithstanding Part 2, Subsection 6.2, "Landscape Area and Buffer" a parking lot may be setback 1 m from a street line provided a decorative wall or fence having a height of 1m to 1.2 m screens the parking lot from the street. (ii) Parking spaces and driveways shall be setback 3 m from a wall of a building containing windows of habitable rooms in dwellings units located on the ground floor or basement.
6.3	Landscape Area and Buffer
	Landscape Area:
	Abutting a street having a deemed width up to 26 m: 3 m Abutting a street having a deemed width greater than 26 m: 4.5 m Abutting a creek block or 03 zone: 3 m
	Landscape Buffer:
	Abutting R1, R2, R3, DRL Residential zones: 6 m Abutting other Residential zones: 3 m
6.4	Outside Storage
	Waste stored outside shall be kept within a solid screened enclosure.
6.5	Fencing
	On lands abutting a residential, DRM or DRL 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.

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