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COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW REVIEW

Public Open House

July 14, 2016

Phasing

Phase 1 – Background – Complete

• Urban Residential Standards
• Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Uses
• Parking Standards
• Accessory Use

Phasing

Phase 1 – Housekeeping – Urban Area- Complete

• Cleaning Up Definitions
• Correct mapping errors in Zoning from 2006
• Adjustment to standards due to metric conversion
• Clarifying Provisions
• By-law 2016- 039 passed, currently under appeal

Phasing

Phase 2 – Official Plan Implementation- Current Phase

• Primarily Focus on Rural and Waterfront
• Urban Area policies largely unchanged since 2005 OP
• Consolidate amendment from Phase 1 and pass new

Comprehensive Zoning By-law

Public Consultation – Phase 2

Builder’s Breakfast #2 – July 2016

Review checklist of Official Plan requirements Discuss options and new zoning provisions

Second Public Open House/Workshop – July 2016

Review process to date and OP checklists and mapping Discuss Zoning options and preferred alternatives Discuss issues with current Zoning provisions Create email contact list

Formal Public Meeting – August 2016

Review By-law amendments/ mapping Public comments to Council Follow-up staff report to respond to comments Final By-law Approved

Official Plan Implementation

Rural Area Lot Sizes Second Units in Rural Area Trailers and Shipping Containers Uses in the Rural Area Pits and Quarries Home Industries/Occupations Waterfront Area Shoreline Structures Shoreline Coverage Projection into Muskoka River Projection of Waterfront Non Residential Rural/ Waterfront Area Campgrounds Marinas Environmental Area Update Mapping Wetlands Deer Wintering Areas Narrow Waterbodies Steep Slopes Landfill Site Provisions

Rural Area

Lot Sizes

• Minimum Lot Size in OP – 2 hectares (5 acres) and 90 metres (300

feet) of frontage.

• Current RR Zone – 0.8 hectares (2 acres) and 60 metres (200 feet) of

frontage.

• Current RU Zone – 4.0 hectares (10 acres) and 120 metres (400 feet)
• f frontage.
• Provision needed for existing lots.

Rural Area

Secondary Units

• Permitted as a right in

dwelling on a complying lot

• Permitted in Accessory

Structures

• Maximum Size – 75 m in

garage

• Not permitted in

Shoreline Areas outside

• f the Urban Area.

Source: http://www.rdn.bc.ca/cms.asp?wpID=3040

Rural Area

Trailers and Shipping Containers

• Shipping Containers permitted in any Rural

zone where accessory buildings are permitted.

• Shipping Containers subject to same setbacks

as accessory buildings.

• In a RU or RUI Zone a shipping container is
• nly permitted on a lot with a minimum lot

area of 2.0 hectares.

• A shipping container must be located in an

interior side or rear yard, meet the setbacks from the zone in which it is located and be setback a minimum of 30 metres from any street line.

Rural Area

Community Facilities

• Creation of a Rural Institutional Zone to permit community facilities

and institutional uses. Wilderness Tourist Establishment

• Used for recreational activities which provides seasonal or temporary

accommodation in a remote location where municipal or community services are usually not available.

• Does not include a dwelling or a commercial use.
• Does not require frontage on a maintained road.
• The minimum lot area shall be 4 hectares.
• The minimum setback from a watercourse shall be 100 metres.
• The maximum floor area shall be 60 square metres.

Rural Area

Home Industry and Occupations- Noxious Provisions

• Home Industry Uses shall not include the generation of or storage of

hazardous waste, liquid industrial waste, or any severely toxic contaminant listed in Schedule 3 to Ontario Regulation 347 under the Environmental Protection Act RSO, 1990. Pits and Quarries

• Require a separate zone for pits and quarries in addition to the M3-

Extractive Industrial Zone.

5.14.2 Shoreline Residential Zones In a Shoreline Residential Zone, only two of either a motor home, travel trailer, boat, trailer for a motorized vehicle, or utility trailer may be parked outside on a lot and must be located in the interior side yard or rear

• yard. If located in the side yard, the motor home, travel trailer, boat,

trailer for a motorized vehicle, or utility trailer must meet the interior side yard setback for the zone in which it is located.

Parking Trailers

Waterfront Area

Shoreline Structures

Docks Boathouses Max. Length 20.1 m (66 ft.) Provision for shallow water 15.2 m (50 ft.) Max. Height 1 Storey 4.9 m (16 ft.) 2 Storeys 7.6 m (25 ft.)

• Min. Side

Yard Setback 9.1 m (30 ft.) 1 Storey 9.1 m (30 ft.) 2 Storeys 13.7 m (45 ft.) Max. Width 25% or 75 ft. 16% up to 15.2 m (50 ft.) Min. Frontage 1 Storey 30 m 2 Storey 60 m

Waterfront Area

Narrow Water Bodies

• Separate zones for shoreline lots that are located in bays or on rivers
• Shoreline structures are limited and must meet minimum frontage

requirements

• Frontage requirements should be specific to the type of water body.

– 90 m minimum frontage where the distance of the narrow water body from shore to shore is between 90m and 150 m. – 120 m minimum frontage where the distance of the narrow water body from shore to shore is less than 90m.

Shoreline Structures

Waterfront Area

Water Access Lots

• Lot Creation where property can only be accessed by water will

require proof of deeded access (proof of long-term parking and docking access) Lot Creation

• New lots on private roads require legally deeded right-of-way.
• Vacant shoreline lots should have a separate zone (SR5) that reflects

existing frontage and area.

Waterfront Area

Shoreline Coverage

• Shoreline structures

are limited to 10% coverage within the first 60 m.

• 15% for entire lot

greater than 60 m from shoreline.

Waterfront Area

Projection into the water – Docks:

• Up to 6 m on North and South Branch of Muskoka River
• Up to 8 m in other locations in a floodway
• Consider provisions for shallow water e.g. - minimum of

3 m in more than 0.5 m of water

• Boathouses and boat ports are only permitted to

extending from, be adjacent to or located on a lot with a minimum lot frontage of 60 metres;

• Boathouses, boat ports and docks are not permitted

closer than 5 metres to a side lot line or the 30 metre extension of the side lot line.

• In a SR3 Zone, boathouses, boat ports and docks are not

permitted closer than 10 metres to a side lot line or the 30 m projection of a side lot line.

Waterfront Area

Protection of Waterfront

• Implement required vegetative buffers and setbacks from shoreline
• 15 m vegetative buffer
• Limited expansion into vegetative buffer

– Legal non-complying buildings may expand into vegetative buffer but must retain 75%

• f vegetative buffer
• Consider no pre-zoning of the shoreline or zone within 120 m of the

shoreline as of right

• Minimum 20 m setback for development from shoreline (other than

shoreline accessory buildings) 30 m for lakes over threshold and over capacity

• Establish a maximum GFA in Shoreline Residential Area

– 15% of lot area within the first 60 m of the shoreline for all buildings and structures

• Consider requirement of tertiary sewage systems when dwelling units are

increased by 50% or more gross floor area.

• Consider leaching bed setback at 30 m with a tertiary system.

Setbacks from Water

Provisions for Non-Complying

Waterfront Area

Waterfront Landing Zone

• New Zone for Waterfront Landings
• Maintain 75% of required 15 m vegetative buffer
• Projection of Dock into water body cannot be greater than lot frontage
• 2 Parking spaces required for each slip provided

Non-Residential in Rural and Waterfront Areas

Marinas and Campgrounds

• Site specific zoning for each marina to regulate the length of docks,

number of slips, services/ retail permitted and dry land servicing.

• Only zone existing marinas.
• Establish three Tourist Commercial Zones

– “CT1” for resorts (established uses) – “CT2” for campgrounds – “CT3” for marinas

• Provisions for accessory buildings and accessory structures on

campgrounds.

• More detailed provisions for marinas – 30 m docks, 20 m max

buildings, recognize existing non-complying structures

Environmental

Wetlands

• Update Environmental Protection Mapping
• EPW1 Zone (wetlands overlay and steep slopes)

– Require a 30 m setback from wetland

• EPW2 Zone (Provincially significant wetlands)

– Require a 120 m setback from wetland

Environmental

Deer Wintering Areas

• Holding Zone for Site Plan Approval (Tree Preservation)

Environmental

Steep Slopes

• 15 m setback from top of bank
• Vegetation retention
• "stable top of bank" as it pertains to shorelines means a horizontal

allowance measured landward from the toe of the bank equivalent to 3 times the height of the bank (e.g., difference in elevation between the top of the first lakeward break in slope and the toe of the bank, which may not be above or below the water level).

• ''top of bank" means the point of the slope where the downward

inclination of the land begins, or the upward inclination of the land levels off. This point is situated at a higher topographic elevation of land than the remainder of the slope. There may be situations where there are interruptions in the valley slope by plateau (terrace) areas.

Environmental

Landfill Site Provisions

• Subject to further discussion with

the District of Muskoka

Questions