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5.0 URM Zone Regulations

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5.1

LOT WIDTH, AREA, YARDS

Table 7.5.1

Dwelling

Lot Width

Lot Area

Front Yard and
Street Side Yard

Rear Yard

Side Yard

Detached

9 m

270 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

(a)

Semi Detached

6 m/unit

180 m²

2.7 m min., 8 max.

6 m

1.2 m

Duplex

9 m

270 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

1.2 m

Triplex

18 m

540 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

1.2 m

Fourplex

18 m

720 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

1.2 m

Townhouse

40 m

1200 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

1.2 m

Street Townhouse

5.5 m/unit

165 m²

2.7 m min., 8 m max.

6 m

1.2 m

Stacked Townhouse

30 m

900 m²

3 m min., 8 m max.

7.5 m

1.2 m

	Footnotes to Table 7.5.1
	(a)	Side yard abutting a dwelling: Side yard abutting an attached or detached garage:	1.2 m 60 cm

Table 7.5.2

Other Yards

Requirement

Building setback abutting a creek block

3 m

Yard abutting a pipeline easement

10 m

Yard abutting a railway right-of-way

30 m

5.2	DENSITY
	Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse:	26 units per ha minimum 50 units per ha maximum

5.3	BUILDING HEIGHT
	(a)	Residential building height shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.31 RESIDENTIAL BUILDNG HEIGHT.
	(b)	Maximum height: 3 storeys

5.4	LOT COVERAGE
	For detached lots 12 m or greater in width the lot coverage provisions set out in Part 2, Subsection 4.2 shall apply.

5.5	PARKING
	(a)	Parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 1, Subsection 2.25 "Off Street Parking and Loading Requirements".
	(b)	Parking Lots 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 2 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.

5.6	LANDSCAPE AREA
	Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse: 25 %

5.7	LOTS ABUTTING SHELDON CREEK
	Lots abutting O2 zoned lands adjacent to the top-of-bank of Sheldon Creek may include the abutting O2 zoned land area above the top-of-bank in the calculation of Density, Lot Coverage and Landscape Area.

5.8	BUILT FORM
	(a)	An attached garage shall not project more than 2 m beyond the front wall of the livable portion of the dwelling unit at grade.
	(b)	A detached garage located in a rear yard abutting a public or private lane may be constructed to the rear lot line and shall be setback 90 cm from a side lot line and 3 m from a side lot line abutting a street.
	(c)	A detached garage located in a rear yard shall be setback 6 m from a dwelling on the same lot. A detached garage shall be accessed from a private or public lane only.
	(d)	The minimum distance separating the exterior walls of any two townhouse or stacked townhouse buildings shall be 4.5 m, except, where facing walls do not contain windows of habitable rooms the distance separation shall be 2 m.

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