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7.0 DRM ZONE REGULATIONS (DOWNTOWN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL)

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7.1

LOT WIDTH, AREA AND YARDS

 
 
Table 6.7.1

Dwelling Lot Width Lot Area Front Yard and Street Side Yard Rear Yard Side Yard
Duplex 9 m 270 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 6 m 1.2 m
Triplex 18 m 540 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 6 m 1.2 m
Fourplex 20 m 720 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 6 m 1.2 m
Townhouse 40 m 1200 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 6 m 1.2 m
Street Townhouse 5.5 m/unit 165 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 6 m 1.2 m
Stacked Townhouse 30 m 900 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage  7.5 m 1.2 m
Back to Back Townhouse 30 m 900 m2 3 m, 6 m for a garage 7.5 m 1.2 m
Apartment 30 m 0.4 ha 3 m, 6 m for a garage  7.5 m 1.2 m


Table 6.7.2

Other Yards Requirement
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
Yard of a back to back townhouse, stacked townhouse or apartment building abutting R1, R2, R3, DRL zone 12 m

 

7.2 Density  
  Townhouse, Stacked Townhouse, Back to Back Townhouse or Apartment:        26 units per ha minimum
                                                                                                                                 50 units per ha maximum
   
 
7.3 Building Height
 
 

(a)     Residential building height shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Sub-Section 2.31 RESIDENTIAL
         BUILDING HEIGHT

(b)     Maximum height: 3 storeys up to 12 m maximum

   
7.4 Parking
  (a) Parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.25 "Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements".
  (b) Parking lots may be setback 1 m from a street line provided a decorative wall having a height of 1 m to 1.2 m maximum screens the parking lot from the street.
 

(c) Parking Spaces and Driveways

For stacked townhouses, driveways and parking spaces 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 this setback shall not apply. Parking spaces and driveways shall be setback 6 m and 3 m respectively from R1, R2, R3 and DRL zones.

    
7.5 Landscape Area
  Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse: 25 % of Lot Area
 
7.6 Fencing
On lands abutting a residential 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.

 

7.7

Apartments and Stacked Townhouses: 15 m2 per efficiency unit; 
                                                                20 m2 per one bedroom unit; 
                                                                35 m2 per two or more bedroom unit

Back to Back Townhouses:                   25 m2 per unit

As a component of the required 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, arbour or pergola, as well as playground equipment, but may not include other accessory buildings or structures, unitary equipment, mailboxes or above ground utility boxes.

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.

     

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