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 Non Residential Rural/ Waterfront Area Lot Sizes Campgrounds Second Units in Rural Area Marinas Trailers and Shipping Containers Environmental Area Uses in the Rural Area Update Mapping Pits and Quarries Wetlands Home Industries/Occupations Deer Wintering Areas Waterfront Area Narrow Waterbodies Shoreline Structures Steep Slopes Shoreline Coverage Landfill Site Provisions Projection into Muskoka River Projection of Waterfront
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) of 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 of 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 only 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.
Parking Trailers 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.
Waterfront Area Shoreline Structures Docks Boathouses 20.1 m (66 ft.) Max. Provision for 15.2 m (50 ft.) Length shallow water Max. 1 Storey 4.9 m (16 ft.) Height 2 Storeys 7.6 m (25 ft.) Min. Side 1 Storey 9.1 m (30 ft.) 9.1 m (30 ft.) Yard Setback 2 Storeys 13.7 m (45 ft.) Max. 25% or 75 ft. 16% up to 15.2 m (50 ft.) Width Min. 1 Storey 30 m Frontage 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; • Boathouse s, boat port s 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, boathouse s, boat port s 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% of 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)
Recommend
More recommend
