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Town of Macklin Zoning Bylaw
2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1
AUTHORITY ................................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2
TITLE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3
PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4
SCOPE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.5
SEVERABILITY.............................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
3 ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION ............................................................................................................................. 20
3.1
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER .......................................................................................................................................... 20
3.2
COUNCIL ................................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.3
APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT .......................................................................................................... 20
3.4
DEVELOPMENT NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT ............................................................................................................. 21
3.5
INTERPRETATION...................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.6
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 22
3.7
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................................... 22
3.8
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: VALIDITY ........................................................................................................................... 23
3.9
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEES ............................................................................................................. 24
3.10
FEE FOR ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION ......................................................................................................... 24
3.11
CONCURRENT PROCESSING OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, BUILDING PERMITS AND BUSINESS LICENSES .............. 24
3.12
REFERRAL UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT ............................................................................................................ 24
3.13
DEVELOPMENT APPEALS BOARD ............................................................................................................................. 25
3.14
MINOR VARIANCES................................................................................................................................................... 25
3.15
NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS USES AND SITES .................................................................................................... 26
3.16
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - INVALID .......................................................................................................................... 27
3.17
CANCELLATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.18
STOP-WORK .............................................................................................................................................................. 27
3.19
BYLAW COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 27
3.20
REGISTERING INTERESTS .......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.21
MOVING OF BUILDINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 28
3.22
TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT PERMITS .................................................................................................................... 28
3.23
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.................................................................................................................................. 28
3.24
SERVICING AGREEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.25
GENERAL DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016 .................................. 29
4 GENERAL REGULATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
4.1
LICENSES, PERMITS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER BYLAWS AND LEGISLATION ................................................ 30
4.2
PRINCIPAL USE ESTABLISHED ................................................................................................................................... 30
4.3
MULTIPLE USES ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
4.4
USES PERMITTED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS ............................................................................................................ 30
4.5
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS ON A SITE ........................................................................................................ 30
4.6
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, USES AND STRUCTURES .................................................................................................... 31
4.7
FRONT YARD REDUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 31
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4.8
FRONTAGE FOR IRREGULAR SITES............................................................................................................................ 31
4.9
PERMITTED YARD ENCROACHMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 31
4.10
GRADING AND LEVELING OF SITES ........................................................................................................................... 32
4.11
HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ............................................................................................................... 32
4.12
HERITAGE PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................................................. 32
4.13
SIGNAGE ON NATURAL AND HUMAN HERITAGE SITES ............................................................................................ 32
4.14
BUFFER STRIPS ......................................................................................................................................................... 32
4.15
CLOSINGS ................................................................................................................................................................. 33
4.16
RAILWAY CROSSINGS AND SIGHT DISTANCES .......................................................................................................... 33
4.17
BARELAND CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................................................... 33
4.18
SATELLITE DISHES ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.19
PRIVATE GARAGES, SUNROOMS, SOLARIUMS, AND GREENHOUSES ...................................................................... 33
4.20
TRAILERS, BOX CARS, SEA AND RAIL CONTAINERS................................................................................................... 34
4.21
SWIMMING POOLS ................................................................................................................................................... 34
4.22
DISPOSAL OF WASTES .............................................................................................................................................. 34
4.23
SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES ..................................................................................................... 34
4.24
LIGHTING .................................................................................................................................................................. 35
4.25
SIGNAGE ................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.26
OIL AND GAS WELL ACTIVITIES AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016 ........................................................................ 36
4.27
DEVELOPMENT ALONG PIPELINES AND GAS TRANSMISSION LINES AMENDMENT BYLAW 07-2016 ...................... 37
4.28
DEVELOPMENT ALONG ACTIVE RAILWAYS AMENDMENT BYLAW 07-2016 ............................................................ 38
5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USES ...................................................................................................... 39
5.1
HOME OCCUPATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 39
5.2
SECONDARY SUITES .................................................................................................................................................. 40
5.3
GARDEN (GRANNY) SUITES ...................................................................................................................................... 40
5.4
MODULAR HOMES ................................................................................................................................................... 41
5.5
BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES .................................................................................................................................. 41
5.6
DAY CARE CENTRES AND PRE-SCHOOLS ................................................................................................................... 41
5.7
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES ...................................................................................................................................... 41
5.8
CAMPGROUNDS ....................................................................................................................................................... 42
5.9
WIND ENERGY FACILITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 42
5.10
ADULT DAY CARES .................................................................................................................................................... 43
5.11
ABOVE GROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS .................................................................................................................. 43
6 ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS ................................................................................................................................ 45
6.1
ZONING DISTRICTS ................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.2
The ZONING DISTRICT MAP ...................................................................................................................................... 45
6.3
BOUNDARIES OF ZONING DISTRICTS ........................................................................................................................ 45
6.4
HOLDING DESIGNATION ........................................................................................................................................... 45
7 RESIDENTIAL Single Dwelling DISTRICT - R1 ........................................................................................................................... 46
7.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 46
7.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 46
7.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 46
7.4
Accessory Buildings and Structures .......................................................................................................................... 47
7.5
Fence and Hedge Heights ......................................................................................................................................... 48
7.6
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48
7.7
Outside Storage ........................................................................................................................................................ 48
7.8
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria Amendment Bylaw No. 07-2016 .................................................................. 49
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8 RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT - R2 ................................................................................................................ 50
8.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 50
8.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 50
8.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 50
8.4
Accessory Buildings and Structures .......................................................................................................................... 52
8.5
Fence and Hedge Heights ......................................................................................................................................... 53
8.6
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53
8.7
PARKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 53
8.8
Outside Storage ........................................................................................................................................................ 54
8.9
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 54
9 RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME DISTRICT - RMH ...................................................................................................................... 55
9.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 55
9.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 55
9.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 55
9.4
Development Standards for Mobile homes ............................................................................................................. 56
9.5
Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures ................................................................................................................ 56
9.6
Fence and Hedge Heights ......................................................................................................................................... 57
9.7
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57
9.8
PARKING ................................................................................................................................................................... 57
9.9
Outside Storage ........................................................................................................................................................ 57
9.10
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 58
10 LIVE/WORK RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE DISTRICT-RA ................................................................................................................. 59
10.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 59
10.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 59
10.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 59
10.4
Accessory Buildings .................................................................................................................................................. 60
10.5
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 60
10.6
Temporary Uses ....................................................................................................................................................... 61
10.7
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61
10.8
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 61
10.9
Equestrian Facilities .................................................................................................................................................. 61
10.10
Animal Kennels ......................................................................................................................................................... 62
11 TOWN CENTRE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT -C1 ......................................................................................................................... 63
11.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 63
11.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 63
11.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 64
11.4
Accessory buildings .................................................................................................................................................. 64
11.5
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 65
11.6
Parking ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65
11.7
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................................. 65
11.8
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 65
12 PROFILE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT-C2 .................................................................................................................... 67
12.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 67
12.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 67
12.3
Prohibited uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 68
12.4
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 68
12.5
Accessory buildings .................................................................................................................................................. 69
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12.6
Fence and Hedge Heights ......................................................................................................................................... 69
12.7
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................................. 69
12.8
Parking Requirements .............................................................................................................................................. 70
12.9
Loading Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 70
12.10
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 70
12.11
Outside Storage ........................................................................................................................................................ 71
12.12
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 71
13 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - IND ................................................................................................................................... 73
13.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 73
13.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 73
13.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 74
13.4
Accessory buildings .................................................................................................................................................. 74
13.5
Fence and Hedge Heights ......................................................................................................................................... 74
13.6
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................................. 75
13.7
Parking ...................................................................................................................................................................... 75
13.8
loading requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 75
13.9
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 75
13.10
Outside Storage ........................................................................................................................................................ 76
13.11
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 76
13.12
Performance Standards ............................................................................................................................................ 77
14 COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT - CS..................................................................................................................................... 78
14.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 78
14.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 78
14.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 78
14.4
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80
14.5
Parking ...................................................................................................................................................................... 80
14.6
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................................. 80
15 FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT - FUD .................................................................................................................. 81
15.1
Permitted Uses ......................................................................................................................................................... 81
15.2
Discretionary Uses .................................................................................................................................................... 81
15.3
Site Development Regulations ................................................................................................................................. 81
15.4
Signage ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
15.5
Supplementary Regulations ..................................................................................................................................... 82
15.6
Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria amendment bylaw no. 07-2016 ................................................................... 82
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INTRODUCTION
1.1
AUTHORITY
Under the authority granted by The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the Mayor and Council of the Town of Macklin in the
Province of Saskatchewan, in open meeting, hereby enact as follows:
1.2
TITLE
This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Bylaw" of the Town of Macklin.
1.3
PURPOSE
1.3.1 The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate development and to control the use of land in the Town of Macklin in
accordance with the Macklin Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 02/14 and North West Resource Corridor District Plan Bylaw
14.
1.3.2 The intent of this Zoning Bylaw is to provide for the amenity of the area within the Town of Macklin (hereinafter referred
to as the Town) and for the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants of Macklin and area:
a) To minimize land use conflicts;
b) To establish minimum standards to maintain the amenity of the Town;
c)
To ensure development is consistent with the physical limitations of the land;
d) To restrict development that places undue demand on the Town for services; and
e) To provide for land-use and development that is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Town.
1.4
SCOPE
This Bylaw applies to all land included within the boundaries of the Town of Macklin. All development within the limits of the
Town of Macklin shall hereafter conform to the provisions of this Bylaw.
1.5
SEVERABILITY
A decision of a Court that one or more of the provisions of this Bylaw are invalid in whole or in part does not affect the validity,
effectiveness, or enforceability of the other provisions or parts of the provisions of this Bylaw.
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DEFINITIONS
Whenever the subsequent words or terms are used in the Macklin Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 02/14, the North West
Resource Corridor District Plan Bylaw No. 01/14 and this Bylaw, they shall have the following definition unless the context
indicates otherwise.
Abattoir: A facility for butchering or slaughtering animals,
and to dress, cut, inspect meats, refrigerate, cure and
manufacture by-products.
Accessory: A building or use that:
a) Is subordinate to and serves the principal building
or principal use;
b) Is subordinate in area, mass, extent, and purpose
to the principal building or principal use served;
c)
Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or
necessity of occupants of the principal building or
assists the principal use;
d) And is located on the same site as the principal
building or use.
Act: The Planning and Development Act 2007, Province
of Saskatchewan, as amended from time to time.
Adjacent: Contiguous or would be contiguous if not for a
river, stream, railway, road or utility right-or-way or reserve
land; and any other land identified in this Bylaw as
adjacent land for the purpose of notification.
Administrator: The Administrator of the Town of
Macklin.
Aggregate Resource: Mineral materials including sand,
gravel, clay, earth or mineralized rock, including recycled
concrete.
Agricultural: A use of land, buildings or structures for the
purpose of animal husbandry, fallow, field crops, forestry,
market gardening, pasturage, private greenhouses and
includes the growing, packing, treating, storing and sale of
produce produced on the premises and other similar uses
customarily carried on in the field of general agriculture.
Alteration or Altered: With reference to a building,
structure or site means a change from one major
occupancy class or division to another, or a structural
change such as an addition to the area or height, or the
removal or part of a building, or any change to the
structure such as the construction of, cutting into or
removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor or
other support, or a change to or closing of any required
means of egress or a change to the fixtures, equipment,
cladding, trim, or any other items regulated by this Bylaw
such as parking and landscaping.
Animal Clinic: A building or part thereof used by a
qualified veterinarian for the treatment of animal health
needs where animals are not kept on the premises for
surgery or kept overnight.
Animal Hospital: The premises of a veterinary surgeon
where small, large domestic animals and livestock are
treated or kept involving surgery and the keeping of
animals in outdoor or indoor pens.
(Animal)Veterinary Clinics: A place for the care and
treatment of small animals involving outpatient care and
medical procedures involving hospitalization though shall
not include the keeping of animals in outdoor pens.
Apartment Block: A building containing three or more
dwelling units as herein defined, each of which is occupied
or intended to be occupied as a permanent home or
residence as distinct from a hotel or rooming house.
Applicant: A developer or person applying for a
Development Permit under this Bylaw or for a subdivision
approval to an approving authority under The Planning
and Development Act 2007.
Attic: That portion of a building situated wholly or in part
within the roof and which is less than one-half story.
Auto Wrecker: An area where motor vehicles as
disassembled, dismantled or junked, or where vehicles not
in operable condition, or used parts of motor vehicles, are
stored or sold to the general public.
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Awning: A structure that is mechanical and fabricated
from plastic, canvas or metal that is spread across a frame
designed to be attached to a wall and hung above a
doorway or window.
Basement: That portion of a building that is partly or
wholly underground.
Bed and Breakfast: A dwelling unit, licensed as a tourist
home under The Tourist Accommodation Regulations,
1969, in which overnight accommodation within the
dwelling unit, along with one meal served before noon, is
provided to the traveling public for a charge.
Billboard: A private free standing sign, including
supporting structure, which advertises goods, products,
services, organizations, of facilities that are available from,
located on, or refer to, a site other than the site on which
the sign is located.
Buffer: A strip of land, vegetation or land use that
physically separates two or more different land uses.
Building: A structure constructed on, in, or over land and
used for the shelter or accommodation of persons,
animals, goods, or chattels, and includes any structure
covered by a roof supported by walls or columns.
Building, Accessory: (see Accessory).
Building Bylaw: A Bylaw of the Town of Macklin to
regulate the erection, alteration, repair, occupancy, or
maintenance of buildings and structures.
Building Height: the vertical distance of a building
measured from the grade level to the highest point of the
roof.
Building Permit: A permit, issued under the Building
Bylaw of the Town of Macklin, authorizing the construction
of, or the addition to, any building though does not include
a Development Permit.
Building, Principal: A building in which is conducted the
main or primary use of the site on which said building is
situated.
Building Line, Established: The average distance from
the street line to the main wall of existing buildings on any
side of any block where more than half the frontage of the
block has been built on.
Bulk Fuel Sales and Storage: Includes land, buildings,
and structure for the storage and distribution of fuels and
oils including retail sales or key-lock operation.
Business Support Services: Activities intended to
provide administrative, promotional or technical support for
commercial and industrial activities.
Bylaw: The Town of Macklin Zoning Bylaw.
Campground: An area used for a range of overnight
camping experiences, from tenting to serviced trailer sites,
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including accessory facilities which support the use, such
as administration offices and laundry facilities, though not
including the use of mobile homes or trailers on a
permanent year-round basis.
Card lock Operation: A petroleum dispensing outlet
without full-time attendants.
Carport: A building or structure or part thereof, where at
least 40% of the area of the perimeter is open and
unobstructed by a wall, door, post or pier and which is
used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.
Cemetery: A cemetery or columbarium within the
meaning of The Cemeteries Act Chapter C-4, R.S.S.
1981, as amended from time to time.
Club: A group of people organized for a common purpose,
to pursue common goals, interest or activities, and usually
characterized by certain membership qualifications,
payment of dues or fees, regular meetings, and a
constitution and bylaws.
Commercial Use: The use of land, building(s), or
structure(s) for the purpose of buying and selling
commodities, and supplying professional and personal
services for compensation.
Commercial/Industrial Use, Large Scale: Commercial
or Industrial land uses maintaining a lineal frontage in
excess of 91.0 metres (298.56 ft).
Commercial/Industrial Use, Small Scale: Commercial
or Industrial land uses maintaining a lineal frontage of less
than 90 metres.
Community Facilities: Buildings or facilities used for
recreational, social, educational or cultural activities and
that are owned by a municipal corporation, non-profit
corporation or other non- profit organization.
Compost: Materials used in gardening, agriculture,
landscaping, erosion control, wetland construction, and
landfill cover.
Condominium: Land, buildings, and units, including
private and common property as defined under The
Condominium Property Act.
Conservation: The planning, management and
implementation of an activity with the objective of
protecting the essential physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of the environment.
Construction Trades: offices, shops and warehouses,
with or without retail sales for trades associated with
construction of buildings.
Contractors Yard: The yard of a contractor or company,
including landscaping materials used as a depot for the
storage and maintenance of equipment used by the
contractor or company, and includes facilities for the
administration or management of the business and the
stockpiling or storage of supplies used in the business.
Convenience Store: A store offering for sale primarily
food products, beverages, personal care items, hardware
and printed matter and which primarily provides a
convenient day-to-day service to residents in the vicinity.
Council: The Council of the Town of Macklin.
Day Care Centre: An establishment providing for the
care, supervision and protection of children (or adults)
though does not include the provision or overnight
supervision.
Deck: Any raised floor structure at least 0.31 metres (1 ft)
above the average ground level upon which it is
constructed, either adjacent to a building or free-standing
with stairway, ramp, or similar access.
Development: The carrying out of any building,
engineering, mining, or operations in, on, or over land, or
making of any material change in the use or intensity of
use of any building, or land, and shall include, though not
be limited to, excavating, filling, grading or drainage of
land.
Development Officer: An employee of The Town
appointed by the Administrator to act as a Development
Officer to administer this Bylaw.
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Demolition Permit: A permit issued for the removal or
dismantling of a building or structure with the Town's
boundaries as prescribed under Section 13 of The Uniform
Building and Accessibility Standards Act.
Development Permit: A document issued by the
Council of the Town of Macklin that authorizes
development pursuant to this Bylaw, though does not
include a building permit.
Directional Signage: Signage located off-site providing
direction to, and information about, a specific enterprise or
activity which does not contain general advertising.
Discretionary Use: Uses or development of land,
buildings, or other structures that may be permitted in a
zoning district only at the discretion of Council and which
conforms to all discretionary use regulations and other
regulations applicable to the district in which the use is
located.
District Plan: The District Plan for the Town of Macklin as
per section 102 of The Planning and Development Act,
2007.
Dwelling: A building or part of a building intended for
residential occupancy.
Dwelling Unit: One or more habitable rooms used, or
fully capable of being used as a residence, where each
unit provides sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities.
Dwelling, Duplex: A building that is divided into two
dwelling units with separate entrances and separated by a
common party wall.
Dwelling Group: A group of single-detached, semi-
detached or multiple unit dwellings clustered on one lot or
site, built as one development.
Dwelling, Multiple Unit: A building containing three or
more dwelling units and shall include condominiums,
townhouses, row houses, and apartments as distinct from
a rooming house, hotel, or motel.
Dwelling, Semi-Detached: A building divided vertically
into two (2) dwelling units by a common wall extending
from the base of the foundation to the roofline.
Semi-Detached Dwelling
Dwelling, Single-Detached: A building containing only
one dwelling unit, and shall not include a mobile home as
herein defined.
Single-Detached Dwelling
Dwelling, Town House: A dwelling, designed as one
cohesive building in terms of architectural design, which
contains three (3) or more similar attached dwelling units
each of which fronts on a street, has direct access to the
outside at grade and is not wholly or partly above another
dwelling.
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Educational Institution: An establishment dedicated for
the purpose of providing education and instruction in any
branch of knowledge.
Existing: In place, or taking place, or with all approvals
and permits in place on the date of the adoption of this
Bylaw.
Farm Building/Yard: Improvements such as barns,
granaries, etc. used in connection with the growing and
sale of trees, shrubs and sod or the raising or production
of crops, livestock or poultry, fur production, bee keeping
and situated on a parcel of land used for the farm
operation.
Fence: A structure used to enclose or screen areas of
land.
Fill (Clean Fill): Soil, rock, rubble, or other Town-
approved, non-regulated waste that is transported and
placed on the existing, usually natural, ground surface.
Flanking: Means to the side of a lot, parcel or site.
Flood: A temporary rise in the water level that results in
the inundation of areas not ordinarily covered by water.
Floodway: The portion of the flood plain adjoining the
channel where the waters in the 1:500 year flood are
projected to meet or exceed a depth of one metre or a
velocity of one metre per second.
Floodproofed: A measure, or combination of structural
and non-structural measures, incorporated into the design
of a structure which reduces or eliminates the risk of flood
damage to a defined elevation.
Flood Fringe: The portion of the floodplain where the
waters in the 1:500 year flood are projected to be less than
a depth of one metre or a velocity of one metre per
second.
Floor Area: The maximum area contained within the
outside walls of a building, excluding in the case of a
dwelling, any private garage, porch, veranda, open deck,
unfinished attic, or unfinished basement or cellar and in a
commercial or industrial building, any utility room.
Future Land Use Map: In its projections, the map
specifies certain areas for residential growth and others for
industry, commercial and conservation. The Future Land
Use Map for Macklin is attached as Appendix "A" in the
Official Community Plan.
Frontage (Lot Frontage): The distance across the street
side of a lot (a lot must front on a street), between the
points where the side lines of the lot meet the street right
of way or boulevard; or, where a lot is irregular in shape
and is narrowest at the front street end, the width of the lot
shall be measured parallel to the street line at the centre of
the front lot line, and at a setback from the front lot line no
greater than the minimum permitted building setback.
Garage, Private: A building or part of a building used for
or intended to be used for the storage of motor vehicles
and wherein neither servicing nor repairing of such
vehicles are carried on for remuneration.
Garage, Public: A building or place where motor vehicles
are stored or repaired for remuneration though does not
include car washing establishments, an auto sales lot or
an automobile service station.
Garden (Granny) Suite: A second, small, dwelling on
the site of a primary, single-family dwelling that
accommodates one or two family members of the
owner/occupants of the primary residence and is intended
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to allow the family to live independently though with the
support nearby of the extended family.
Gas Bar: A building or place where fuel and automotive
fluids are sold and may be added to a vehicle on the
property, and which may have a convenience store and/or
restaurant.
Grade: The average elevation of the natural ground level
at the walls of a building or structure as determined by the
elevation of the four outside corners of the building.
Greenhouse, Commercial: A building for the growing of
flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and similar vegetation that
are not necessarily transplanted outdoors on the same
site, though are sold directly at wholesale or retail from the
site.
Greenhouse, Private: A building for the growing of
flowers, plant, shrubs, trees and similar vegetation that are
transplanted outdoors on the same site containing such
greenhouse(s), and where greenhouse products may not
be offered for sale.
Greenways: A linear park which may accommodate
pathways principally for foot traffic and/or bicycles.
Typically, greenways are planned along creeks or streams
and managed as natural environments, or bikeways along
landscaped roads.
Group Home: (See Personal Care Home).
Hazardous Industry/Substance: A substance that,
because of its quality, concentration or physical, chemical
or infectious characteristics, either individually or in
combination with other substances on the site is an
existing or potential threat to the physical environment, to
human health or other living organisms.
Hazard(ous) Land: Land having inherent environmental
hazards; land subject to flooding, earth movement, or
slope instability, land with poor natural drainage, ground
water seepage, erosion, steep slopes, rock formations, or
other similar features.
Health Service Facility (Health Clinic): A building or
part thereof used by qualified health service practitioners
for the treatment of human health needs.
Heritage Resource: The history, culture and historical
resources of an area and its residents.
Highway Commercial: Commercial activities normally
located along highways, major roadways and in other
locations considered strategic by the type of business
involved serving the needs of local residents and the
traveling public.
Highway Sign Corridor: A strip of land parallel and
adjacent to a provincial highway, where private signs may
be permitted to advertise goods and services of local area
businesses and attractions, as provided by regulations of
the Department of Highways entitled "The Erection of
Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986",
as may be amended from time to time.
Home Occupation (Home Based Business): An
occupation, trade, profession, or craft customarily
conducted for gain in a dwelling unit or accessory building
by the resident or residents, which is clearly incidental and
secondary to the principal use of the site and which does
not create or become a public nuisance as a result of
noise, traffic, pollution, or parking. Home occupations shall
not occupy more than 25% of the total finished floor area
of a dwelling unit in any Residential District.
Hotel: A building or structure or part of a building or
structure in which sleeping accommodation with or without
meals is provided for tourists or travelers, and where a
guest register or record is kept, though does not include a
motel or rooming house.
Industrial Exclusionary Uses: Refers to certain
industrial activities that may be characterized as exhibiting
a high potential for adversely affecting the safety, use,
amenity or enjoyment of adjacent and nearby industrial
and non-industrial sites due to their scale, appearance,
noise, odour, emissions and hazard potential. Such
activities are considered exclusionary when the only
means of mitigating the associated negative effects on
surrounding land uses is through spatial
separation. Exclusionary uses would include though not
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be limited to the following: Landfill, Ethanol Plant,
Transformer Stations, Uranium Refineries, Anhydrous
Ammonia Storage and Distribution Centres.
Industrial Use: The use of land, buildings or structures
for the manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabrication,
warehousing or storage of goods and materials.
Industrial Park: An area of land set aside for industrial
development, usually located close to transport facilities,
especially where more than transport mode coincides, i.e.
highways, railroads, airports.
Infill Development: Re-development within existing
areas or neighbourhoods.
Institutional Use: The use of land, buildings, or
structures for religious, charitable, educational, health or
welfare purposes and includes churches, public or private
schools, nursery schools, hospitals, and special care.
Kennel, Boarding: The temporary accommodation of
more than four dogs, cats or other domestic animals for
commercial purposes.
Kennel, Breeding: The keeping of domestic animals,
male and female, and which are more than 12 months old,
for breeding purposes.
Kennel, Enclosure: An accessory building or enclosure
intended to house one of more domestic animals.
Landfill: A specially engineered site for disposing of solid
waste on land, constructed so that it will reduce hazard to
public health and safety.
Landscaped Area: An area not built upon and not used
for any purpose other than as an open space that may
include grass, shrubs, flowers, trees, and similar types of
vegetation and may contain paths, walks, patios, fences
and similar outdoor amenities, though does not include
parking areas, parking lots, driveways or ramps.
Land Use Zoning District: Divisions identified in the
Zoning Bylaw establishing permitted and discretionary
uses of land or buildings with attendant regulations.
Lane: A secondary public thoroughfare intended primarily
to give access to the rear or side of the abutting property.
Livestock: Domesticated animals used primarily as
beasts of burden or for the production of fur, hides, meat,
milk, eggs or other product, or as breeding stock, though
excluding companion animals.
Live/Work: A dwelling unit, part of which may be used as
a business establishment, where the dwelling unit is the
principal residence of the business operator.
Live/Work Residential Acreages: A residential
development where the owner's principal source of income
is derived from a source other than agriculture, and where
an on-site occupation or activity is permitted including the
storage of material and the maintenance of equipment
related to the occupation.
Loading Space: A space, measuring at least 2.5 metres
(8.20 ft) in width and 8.5 metres (27.88 ft) in depth, located
on a lot, and having access to a street or lane, in which a
vehicle may park to load or unload.
Lot (see Site): An area of land with fixed boundaries on
record with the Information Services Corporation (ISC) by
Certificate of Title. For the purposes of this Bylaw the
terms "lot" and "site" shall be deemed not to mean the
same.
Lounge: A room or area adjoining a restaurant set aside
for the sale of beverage alcohol for consumption on the
premises, with or without food, and where no area has
been set aside for dancing or entertainment, either in the
lounge or in the adjoining restaurant. The area of a lounge
may not exceed 50% or the public assembly area in the
adjoining restaurant.
Manufacturing Establishment: A firm or business
engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of
materials or substances into new products including the
assembling of components parts, the manufacturing of
products and the blending of materials.
Marquee: A roof-like structure of a permanent nature
which projects from the wall of a building that is
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independently supported by a system of columns or piers
without walls over an entrance to a building.
Mayor: The Mayor of the Town of Macklin.
Minister: The member of the Executive Council to whom
for the time being is assigned the administration of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007.
Mobile Home: A trailer coach that may be used as a
dwelling all year round; has water faucets and shower or
other bathing facilities that may be connected to a water
distribution system; has facilities for washing and a water
closet or other similar facility that may be connected to a
sewage system; and that conforms to the Canadian
Standards Association Standard # Z240.
Double-Wide Mobile Home
Mobile Home Park: A site under single management for
the placement of two or more mobile homes and shall
include all accessory buildings necessary to the operation
though does not include an industrial or construction camp
or tourist campsite. For the purpose of this Bylaw the
terms mobile home park and mobile home court shall be
deemed to mean the same.
Mobile Home Site: An area of land in a mobile home
park that is intended to be occupied by one mobile home
and for exclusive use of its occupants with access to a
driveway or a public street.
Mobile Home Subdivision: Any subdivision of land and
the development thereof for the purpose of
accommodating mobile homes in such a manner that each
home is situated on its own site, which shall contain a
minimum site area of 464.50 m² (5000 ft2) and in which all
such sites, public open spaces, internal streets and lanes,
buffer zones and other amenity areas form a contiguous
area of development.
Modular (Manufactured) Home: A residential dwelling
that is constructed off site in a yard or factory, in one or
more sections, transported to a site for permanent
installation on a permanent foundation (may have a
basement), having architectural features similar to
permanent residential dwellings built on site in the Town,
and conforming to Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
Standard A277.
Modular (Manufactured) Home
Modular (Manufactured) Home Subdivision: Any
subdivision of land and the development thereof for the
purpose of accommodating modular homes in such a
manner that each home is situated on its own site, which
shall contain a minimum site area of 464.50 m² (5000 ft2),
and in which all sites, public open space, internal streets,
buffer zones, and other amenity areas form a contiguous
area of development.
Motel or Motor Hotel: A building or buildings
consisting of a number of individual rental units, intended
for the use of the traveling public, each containing at least
a bedroom and bathroom, and each having convenient
access to a parking space for the use of the occupants of
the units and may or may not provide food service.
Municipality: The Town of Macklin.
Municipal Reserve: Dedicated lands that are provided
to a municipality for public use, or that were dedicated as
public reserve and transferred to a Municipality pursuant to
of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
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Museum: An institution that is established for the
purpose of acquiring, conserving, studying, interpreting,
assembling and exhibiting to the public for its instruction
and enjoyment, a collection or artifacts of historical
interest.
Natural Areas: An area relatively undisturbed by human
activities and characterized by indigenous species
including remnant or self-sustaining areas with native
vegetation, water, or natural features.
Non-Conforming Use: Any use of land, building or
structure lawfully existing or under construction where
permits have been issued at the time of the passing of this
Bylaw, the use of which does not comply with all the
regulations of this Bylaw governing the Zoning District in
which it is located.
Noxious Use or Condition: Any use or facility that
causes or produces harmful or hazardous noise, vapours,
smoke, dust (particles suspended in or transported by air),
vibrations, electrical or electromagnetic fields, glare, or
light.
Office or Office Building: A building or part of a building
used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business,
profession, service, industry or government in which no
goods or commodities of business or trade are stored,
trans-shipped, sold or processed.
Official Community Plan (OCP): The Town of Macklin
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 13-07.
Open Space: Passive and structure leisure and
recreation areas that enhance the aesthetic quality and
conserve the environment of the community, including
parks, recreation and tourism nodes, and natural areas.
Parking Lot: An open area, other than a street, used for
the temporary parking of more than four vehicles and
available for public or private use.
Parking Space: A space within a building or parking lot
for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle including
convenient access to a public lane or street and shall be
not less than 3.0 metres wide and 5.5 metres in length.
Pasture: A site that is used for the raising and feeding of
livestock by grazing.
Patio: Any hard surface or floor structure less than 0.3
metres above the average ground level upon which it is
constructed.
Permitted Use: The use of land, buildings, or other
structures that shall be permitted in a Zoning District
where all requirements of this Zoning Bylaw are met.
Person: A "person" shall apply to an individual,
association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, or agent,
and their heirs, executors, or other legal representatives of
a person to whom the same can apply according to the
law.
Personal Service Trades: A building or part of a building
in which persons are employed in furnishing services and
administering to customer's personal and or grooming
needs, though does not include the provision of health
related services.
Places of Worship: A building set aside by any religious
organization for public worship. Typical uses include
churches, chapels, mosques, temples, synagogues and
parish halls.
Pond: Any constructed containment of water for the
purpose of landscape enhancement, keeping ornamental
fish or aquatic plants, or for other similar purposes, though
not a swimming pool.
Principal Use: The main or primary activity, for which a
site or its buildings are designed, arranged, developed or
intended, or for which is occupied or maintained.
Public Work: : A facility as defined under The Planning
and Development Act, 2007 including a system, work,
plant, equipment, or service, whether owned or operated
by the Municipality, or by a corporation under Federal or
Provincial statute, that furnishes any of the following
services and facilities to, or for the use of, the inhabitants
of the Town of Macklin:
Communication by way of telephone lines, optical cable,
microwave, and cable;
Television services;
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Delivery of water, natural gas, and electricity;
Public transportation by bus, rail, or other vehicle production,
transmission;
Collection and disposal of sewage, garbage, and other
wastes; and
Fire and Police Services.
Real-Estate Signage: Signage directly associated with
the sale of a property on which it is located and which
maintains a gross surface area of less than 1.0m² (19.76
ft2).
Recreational Use: The use of land for parks,
playgrounds, tennis courts, lawn bowling greens, indoor
and outdoor skating rinks and curling rinks, athletic fields,
golf courses, picnic areas, swimming pools, day camps,
community centres and all similar uses, together with the
necessary and accessory building sand structures; though
does not include the racing of animals or motorized
vehicles.
Recycling and Collection Depot (Community): A
building or structure intended to accommodate the
collection, sorting, processing and temporary storage of
recyclable household materials such as bottles, cans,
plastic containers, paper and paint that would otherwise be
considered waste. These types of uses do not include any
outdoor processing or storage.
Redevelopment: (see infill development).
Residential Care Home: A licensed or approved group
care home governed by Provincial regulations that
provide, in a residential setting, 24 hour care of persons in
need of personal services, supervision or assistance
essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for
the protection of the individual.
Residential Use: The use of land, buildings, or structures
for human habitation.
Restaurant: A building or part of a building wherein food
is prepared and offered for sale to the public primarily for
consumption within the building. Limited facilities may be
permitted to provide for a take-out food function provided
that such a facility is clearly secondary to the primary
restaurant use.
Retail Store (Shop): A building or part thereof, or a
place, where goods, wares, merchandise, substances, or
articles are offered or kept for sale or rent, and may
include servicing and the manufacture of products on site
for sale on the site so long as the gross floor area used for
manufacturing does not exceed 25% of the gross floor
area of the retail store.
Right-Of-Way: The land set aside for use as a roadway
or utility corridor. Rights of way are purchased prior to the
construction of a new road or utility line, and usually
enough extra land is purchased for the purpose of
providing mitigative features. Sometimes road rights of
way are left vacant after the initial roadway facility is
constructed to allow for future expansion.
Rooming House: A building which contains a room or
rooms for accommodation other than a dwelling unit or
other form of accommodation defined elsewhere in this
Bylaw, with sleeping facilities though without private toilet
facilities.
RTM (Ready to Move) Home: A new single detached
dwelling constructed off-site to National Building Code or
CSA-A277 standards to be moved onto a new permanent
residential site building foundation.
RTM (Ready to Move) Home
Satellite Dish: A parabolic antenna utilized for the
reception of satellite transmitted television or radio waves.
Salvage Yard (Wrecking): A parcel of land where
second-hand, discarded or scrap materials are bought,
sold, exchanged, stored, processed or handled. Materials
include scrap iron, structural steel, rages, rubber tires,
discarded goods, equipment, appliances or machinery.
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School: An educational facility under the jurisdiction of a
Board of Education, a college, university, or any other
school established and maintained either wholly or
partially at public expense, whether or not the same is a
boarding school and includes any dormitory building
accessory to such school.
Sea Container: (See Shipping Container).
Secondary Suite: a self-contained dwelling unit which is
an accessory use to, and located within, a detached
building in which the principal use is a one unit dwelling.
Self-service storage facility: a commercial business
that rents or leases storage rooms, lockers, containers,
modular storage units and/or outdoor space, for
businesses and individuals to store and access their
goods.
Service Station: A site used for the retail sale of
lubricating oils and gasoline, automobile accessories, and
for the servicing and repairing of motor vehicles essential
to the operation of a motor vehicle; though does not
include an auto body or painting shop, car sales lot, or a
car washing establishment.
Setback: The distance required to obtain the front yard,
rear yard or side yard provisions of this Bylaw.
Location and measurement of setbacks
Shipping Container: An article of transportation
equipment, including one that is carried on a chassis, that
is strong enough to be suitable for repeated use and is
designed to facilitate the transportation of good by one or
more means of transportation and includes though is not
limited to, intermodal shopping containers, body of
transport trailer or straight truck box though does not
include a motor vehicle.
Shopping Centre/Strip Mall: A building or group of
buildings located on the same lot or site, in which four or
more of the uses allowed in the Zoning Districts are
located for their mutual benefit including the use of off-
street parking and other joint facilities.
Should, Shall or May;
Shall is an operative word which means the action is obligatory.
Should is an operative word which means that in order to achieve
plan objectives, it is strongly advised that the action be taken.
May is an operative word meaning a choice is available, with no
particular direction or guidance intended.
Sign: Any device, letter, symbol, emblem or picture, that is
affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a
building, structure, or a piece of land and that identifies or
advertises any object, product, place, activity, person,
organization, or business in such a way as to be visible to
the public on any street, thoroughfare, or any other public
place.
Sign, Billboard: A private free standing sign, including
supporting structure, which advertises goods, products,
services, organizations, of facilities that are available from,
located on, or refer to, a site other than the site on which
the sign is located.
Sign, Canopy: A sign attached to, or painted on an
awning, canopy or freestanding canopy.
Sign, Fascia: A sign fastened to, or painted on the wall of
a building or structure in such a manner that the wall
becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the
background surface of the sign and which does not project
more than 0.5 metres (1.64 ft) from such building or
structure.
Sign, Freestanding: sign, except a billboard,
independently supported and visibly separated from a
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building or other structure and permanently fixed to the
ground.
Sign, Height: The vertical distance measured from the
highest point of the sign to grade level at the centre of the
sign.
Sign, Projecting: A sign which is wholly or partially
dependent upon a building for support and which projects
more than 0.5 metres (1.64 ft) from such building.
Sign, Temporary: A sign which is not permanently
installed or affixed in position, advertising a product or
activity on a limited basis.
Site: An area of land, consisting of one or more lots
consolidated under a single certificate of title, considered
as a unit devoted to a certain use or occupied by a
building or a permitted group of buildings, and the
customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the
same.
Site Area: The total horizontal area within the site lines of
a site.
Site, Corner: A site at the intersection of two or more
public streets, or upon two parts of the same street, the
adjacent sides of which street or streets (or, in the case of
a curved corner, the tangents at the street extremities of
the side site lines) contain an angle of not more than one
hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees. In the case of a
curved corner, the corner of the site shall be that point on
the street at the point of intersection of the said tangents.
Site Coverage: The percentage of the site area covered
by all the buildings above the ground level.
Site Depth: The horizontal distance between the front
site and rear site lines, though where the front and rear
site lines are not parallel the site depth is the length of a
line joining the midpoint of such site lines.
Site, Through: A site other than a corner site, having
separate frontages on two streets. The front site line of a
through site shall be determined by predetermined building
lines.
Site, Width: The horizontal distance between the side
boundaries of the site measured at a distance from the
front lot line equal to the minimum front yard required for
the district in which the site is located.
Site Line: Any boundary of a site.
Site Line, Front: The line separating the site from the
street; for a corner site, the shorter line abutting a street;
though in the case of a corner site with two street lines of
equal length, the front site line shall be designated by
predetermined building lines.
Site Line, Rear: The site line at the rear of the site,
opposite the front site line.
Site Line, Side: A site line other than a front or rear site
line.
Site Plan: A plan showing the location of existing and
proposed buildings on a site in relationship to the site
lines.
Special Care Facility (Home): An institutionalized
nursing home, supervisory care home, sheltered care
home or other facility used for the purpose of providing
supervisory care, personal care, and nursing care.
Special Needs Housing: Multiple unit dwellings or
dwelling groups operated by a non-profit corporation or
public authority and used exclusively for the domestic
habitation of senior citizens, disabled persons, occupants
of subsidized housing, or the cohabitant spouse and
children of persons noted above.
Storey: That portion of a building, other than an attic or
basement, between the upper surface of any floor and the
upper surface of the floor next above.
Storey, One-Half: That portion of a building situated
wholly or in part within the roof and in which there is
sufficient space to provide a height between finished floor
and finished ceiling of between 1.6 metres (5.25 ft) and 2.3
metres (7.55 ft) over a floor area which is not less than
one-third nor more than two-thirds of the floor area of the
story next below.
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Stakeholders: Individuals, groups or organizations who
have a specific interest or "stake" in a particular need,
issue situation or project and may include members of the
local community residents, community groups or local,
provincial and federal governments.
Street: The whole and entire width of every highway,
public road, or road allowance vested in Her Majesty in the
right of the Province of Saskatchewan and shown as such
on a plan of survey registered at the Information Services
Corporation (ISC).
Strip Mall (Mini Mall): A building of not more than
604.0 m2 (6501.61 ft2) in gross floor area in which a
minimum of three (3) and a maximum of six (6) of the
permitted of discretionary uses of the Zoning District are
located together for their mutual benefit.
Structural Alteration: The construction or
reconstruction of supporting elements of a building or
other structure.
Structure: Anything that is built, constructed or erected
that is located on the ground or attached to something
located on, or in the ground.
Subdivision: A division of land, and includes a division of
a quarter section into legal subdivision as described in the
regulations made pursuant to The Land Surveys Act,
2000.
Swimming Pool: Any body of water permanently located
outdoors or indoors, contained by artificial means and
used and maintained for the purpose of swimming,
wading, or diving and having a depth of 0.61 metres (2 ft)
or more at any point.
Tavern: an establishment, or portion thereof, where the
primary business is the sale of beverage alcohol for
consumption on the premises, with or without food, and
where no live entertainment or dance floor is permitted.
(Tele)communication Facility: A structure situated on
a non-residential site that is intended for transmitting or
receiving television, radio or cellular communications,
excluding those used exclusively for dispatch
communications.
Tourist Campground: An area of land, managed as a
unit, providing short-term accommodation for tents,
camping trailers, motor homes and campers, including
accessory facilities such as administration offices and
laundry faculties.
Town: The Town of Macklin.
Town Administrator: The Administrator of the Town of
Macklin.
Trailer (Camping), Motor Home: Any vehicle
designed, constructed or reconstructed in such a manner
as will permit occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place
for one or more persons, notwithstanding that its running
gear is removed or jacked up, is used or constructed in
such a way as to enable it to be used as a conveyance
upon public streets or highways, and includes self-
propelled and non-self-propelled vehicles.
Motor Home - Camping Trailer
Trucking Firm Establishment: The use of land,
buildings or structures for the purpose of storing, servicing,
repairing, or loading trucks, transport trailers and/or buses,
though does not include an automobile service station,
transportation sales or rental outlets.
Use: The activity or purpose for which any land, building,
structure, or premises, or part thereof is arranged,
designed, or intended, occupied, or maintained.
Used For: Includes "arranged for", "designed for",
"intended for", "maintained for", and "occupied for".
Utility Shed: An accessory building or structure used for
the storage of goods with a maximum floor area of 9.29m²
(100 ft2).
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Warehouse: A building used for the storage and
distribution of wholesale goods and materials.
Waste Disposal Facility, Liquid: A facility to
accommodate any waste which contains animal, mineral
or vegetable matter in solution or suspension, though does
not include a septic system for a single residence or
farmstead, or a manure storage area for an intensive
livestock operation.
Waste Disposal Facility, Solid: A facility or a temporary
storage facility, to accommodate discarded materials,
substances or objects which originated from residential,
commercial, institutional and industrial sources which are
disposed of in municipal or private landfills, though not
including dangerous goods, hazardous waste or
biomedical waste.
Wind Energy Conversion System: A system
composed of a wind turbine, tower and associated control
electronics with a capacity of less than 100 kW for non-
residential use or 10 kW for residential use. It will be
considered an accessory use and is intended to provide
on-site power for a principal use.
Wind Energy Conversion System, Private Use:
Means a system consisting of a wind turbine, tower, and
associated control or conversion electronics for the
purpose of providing electrical power to a lawful principal
use. A system having a rated capacity of 10 kilowatts
(kW) or less for residential use or 100 kW or less for non-
residential uses shall be considered a private use system
for the purposes of the regulations. These systems are
considered accessory uses in all zoning districts.
Wind Turbine: The individual component of a Wind
Energy Conversion System that converts kinetic energy
from the wind into electrical energy, independent of the
electrical conductors, electrical storage system, electrical
metering, or electrical inverters.
Wind Turbine, Electrical: An individual component of a
Wind Energy Conversion System which converts kinetic
wind energy to electrical energy through electric currents.
Wind Turbine, Mechanical: An individual component of
a Wind Energy Conversion System which converts kinetic
wind energy to mechanical energy through motion.
Work Camp: A temporary Industrial or Construction
camp established for the purpose of providing
accommodation for employees, and without restricting
the generality of the above, the camp is usually made up
of a number of mobile units, clustered in such a fashion as
to provide sleeping, eating and other basic living facilities.
Yard: Open, uncovered space open to the sky on the
same site with a building or structure.
Yard, Front: The area between the side site lines and the
front site line to the front building line.
Yard, Rear: The area between the side site lines and the
front site line to the rear building line. (Corner and interior)
Yard, Required: The minimum yard required by a
provision of this Bylaw and within which, unless
specifically permitted, no building or structure, or part of a
building or structure shall be erected.
Yard, Side: The area between the front and rear yards
and between the side site line and the side building line.
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ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION
3.1
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
3.1.1 The Town Administrator of the Town of Macklin shall be the Development Officer responsible for the
administration of this Bylaw and in their absence by such other employee of the Municipality as the Council
designates from time to time.
3.1.2 The Development Officer shall:
a) Receive, record, and review Development Permit applications and issue decisions in consultation with
Council, particularly those decisions involving subdivision, discretionary uses, Development Permit
conditions, and development and servicing agreements;
b) Maintain, for inspection by the public during office hours, a copy of this Bylaw, zoning maps and
amendments, and ensure that copies are available to the public at a reasonable cost;
c)
Make available, for public inspection during office hours, a register of all Development Permits and
subdivision applications and decisions;
d) Collect development fees, according to the fee schedule established in this Bylaw or any other Development
Fee Bylaw adopted by the Town;
e) Perform other duties as determined by Council.
3.1.3 The Development Officer shall be empowered to make a decision regarding a Development Permit application
for a "Permitted use."
3.2
COUNCIL
3.2.1 Council shall make all decisions regarding Discretionary uses, Development and Servicing Agreements, and
Zoning Bylaw amendments.
3.2.2 Council shall make a recommendation regarding all subdivision applications circulated to it by Saskatchewan
Ministry of Government Relations, prior to a decision being made by the Minister.
3.2.3 Council shall act on discretionary use, rezoning, and subdivision applications in accordance with the
procedures established by The Planning and Development Act, 2007 and in accordance with the Official Community
Plan and District Plan.
3.3
APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
3.3.1 Unless the proposed development or use is exempt from Development Permit requirements, before
commencing any principal or accessory use development, including a public utility use, every developer shall:
a) Complete and submit a Development Permit application; and
b) Receive a Development Permit for the proposed development.
3.3.2 A Development Permit shall not be issued for any use in contravention of any of the provisions of this Bylaw,
the Official Community Plan and the District Plan.
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3.3.3 Except where a particular development is specifically exempted by Section 3.4 of this Bylaw, no development
or use shall commence without a Development Permit first being obtained.
3.4
DEVELOPMENT NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT
RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
a) Buildings and structures under 9.0 m² (97 ft2) in area, which are accessory to a principal, residential use
except where such dwelling is a discretionary use.
b) The erection of any fence, wall, gate, television antennae, or radio antennae.
c)
Relocation of any residential or accessory building provided development standards are still met on the site.
COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
a) Buildings and structures that are accessory to a permitted, principal, commercial use, except where such use
is discretionary.
b) The erection of any fence or gate.
c)
A temporary building, the sole purpose of which is incidental to the erection or alteration of a building for
which a building permit has been granted.
OFFICIAL USES
Uses and buildings undertaken, erected, or operated by the Town of Macklin.
INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
Residential Buildings
a) Internal alterations to a residential building, provided that such alterations do not result in a change of use or
an increase in the number of dwelling units within the building or on the site;
All Other Buildings
b) Internal alterations and maintenance to other buildings, including mechanical or electrical work, provided that
the use, or intensity of use of the building, does not change.
LANDSCAPING
Landscaped areas, driveways and parking lots, provided the natural or designed drainage pattern of the site and
adjacent sites are not adversely impacted.
3.5
INTERPRETATION
a) Where any provision of this Bylaw appears unclear, Council shall make the final Bylaw interpretation.
b) All Bylaw requirements shall be based on the stated metric units. The imperial units shown in this Bylaw shall be
approximate guidelines only.
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3.6
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
3.6.1 A Comprehensive Development Review may be completed prior to consideration of an application by Council
by any person proposing to rezone land for multi-parcel residential, commercial or industrial purposes. The purpose
of this review is to identify and address social, environmental, health and economic issues and to encourage the
development of high quality residential, recreational, commercial, and industrial developments. The scope and
required detail of the Comprehensive Development Review will be based on the scale and location of the proposed
development, and address such areas as the following:
a)
Proposed land use(s) for various parts of the area;
b)
The effect on adjacent land uses and integration of the natural landscape regarding the planning
and design of the area;
c)
The location of, and access to, major transportation routes and utility corridors;
d)
The provision of services respecting the planning for future infrastructure within the Municipality;
e)
Sustainable development and environmental management practices regarding surface and
groundwater resources, storm water management, flooding and protection of significant natural
areas;
f)
Appropriate information specific to the particular land use (residential, commercial or industrial).
3.6.2 The Comprehensive Development Review must be prepared in accordance with the overall goals and
objectives of the Official Community Plan and District Plan. Council shall not consider any development application
until all required information has been received. The responsibility for undertaking all technical investigations and
hosting public meetings as required shall be borne solely by the applicant.
3.7
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCEDURE
3.7.1
PERMITTED USE PERMIT PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a)
Where an application for a Development Permit is made for a permitted use in conformity with this
Bylaw, The Planning and Development Act, 2007, District Plan, and other relevant other Town Bylaws,
the Council shall hereby direct the Development Officer to issue a Development Permit;
b)
As soon as an application has been made for a development permit and prior to making a decision, the
Development Officer may refer the application to whichever government agencies or interested groups
Council may consider appropriate. The Development Officer may also require the application to be
reviewed by planning, engineering, legal, or other professionals, with the cost of this review to be borne
by the applicant;
c)
A copy of all approved development permit applications, involving the installation of water and sanitary
services, shall be sent to the Regional Health Authority;
d)
Upon approval of a permitted or accessory use, the Development Officer shall issue a development
permit for the use at the location and under such terms and development standards specified by the
Official Community Plan and this Bylaw;
e)
The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision of their application. The applicant shall be
advised of their right to appeal a decision to the Development Appeals Board on a permitted or
accessory use application and any terms and conditions attached to an application;
f)
A building permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a development permit has been issued, or
is issued concurrently.
3.8.1
DISCRETIONARY USE PERMIT PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a)
The following procedures shall apply to discretionary use applications:
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i. Applicants must file with the Development Officer the prescribed application form, a site plan, any other
plans and supplementary information as required by the Development Officer and pay the required
application and public hearing fees;
ii. Council may refer the application to whichever government agencies or interested groups, as Council may
consider appropriate. Council also may require the application to be reviewed by planning, engineering,
legal, or other professionals;
iii. The Development Officer will set a date for the public hearing at which time the application will be
considered by Council;
iv. The Development Officer will give notice by regular mail that the application has been filed to the all
assessed owners within 75 meters (246.06 ft.) from the property line in which the subject site is located
and provide notification of the public hearing and an opportunity for them to provide written comment on
the proposal;
v. The Development Officer will prepare a report concerning the application which may contain
recommendations, including recommendations that conditions of approval be applied in accordance with
Section 56(3) of The Planning and Development Act, 2007;
vi. Council shall consider the application together with the reports of the Development Officer and any written
or verbal submissions received by Council;
vii. Council may reject the application or approve the application with or without conditions, including a
condition limiting the length of time that the use may be conducted on the site; and
viii. The applicant shall be notified of Council's decision by regular mail addressed to the applicant at the
address shown on the application form.
b)
Discretionary uses, discretionary forms of development, and associated accessory uses shall conform
to the development standards and applicable provisions of the Zoning District in which they are located;
c)
Council may approve a discretionary use application for a limited time period where it is considered
important to monitor and re-evaluate the proposal and its conformance with the provisions of this Bylaw;
d)
Upon approval of a discretionary use by resolution of Council, the Development Officer shall issue a
development permit for the discretionary use at the location and under such terms and development
standards specified by Council in its resolution;
e)
Council's approval of a discretionary use application is valid for a period of 12 months from the date of
the approval. If the proposed use or proposed form of development has not commenced within that
time, the approval shall no longer be valid. The Development Officer shall advise the applicant and
Council when a prior approval is no longer valid;
f)
The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision of their application. The applicant shall be
advised of their right to appeal any terms and conditions attached to a discretionary use application to
the Development Appeals Board.
3.8
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: VALIDITY
3.8.1 A Development Permit is valid for a period of twelve months unless otherwise stipulated when the permit is
issued.
3.8.2 Where the Development Officer determines that a development is being carried out in contravention of any
condition of a Development Permit or any provision of this Bylaw, the Development Officer shall suspend or revoke
the Development Permit and notify the permit holder that the permit is no longer in force.
3.8.3 Where the Council is satisfied with a development, the permit for which has been suspended or revoked, will
be carried out in conformity with the conditions of the Permit and the requirements of this Bylaw the Council may
reinstate the Development Permit and notify the permit holder that the permit is valid and in force.
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3.9
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEES
3.9.1 An applicant seeking the approval of a Development Permit application shall pay the required fee or as set out
in a separate Development Fee Bylaw of the Town.
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3.9.2 There shall be no Development Permit application fee for accessory buildings to a residential use, sign
permits, licenses for home occupations or other forms of business licenses.
3.9.3 An applicant seeking a discretionary use approval shall pay the required fee or as set out in the separate
Development Fee Bylaw of the Town.
3.9.4 The Development Officer shall direct the applicant for a discretionary use, or carry out on behalf of the
applicant, the advertisement of the proposed use by posting a notice of the application at the entrance to the property
in question and by mailing a copy of the notice to the assessed owner of each abutting property and each assessed
owner of property within a 75.0 metre (246 ft) radius of the proposed development.
3.9.5 The Development Officer shall publish a notice of the application in accordance with the provisions of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007, whereby the applicant shall pay to the Municipality a fee equal to the costs
associated with the public advertisement.
3.10 FEE FOR ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION
When an application is made to Council for an amendment to this Bylaw, the applicant making the request shall bear
the actual cost of advertising such zoning amendment as permitted by The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
Council also may require the applicant to pay all costs incurred in a professional review of the application and in
carrying out a public hearing.
3.11 CONCURRENT PROCESSING OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, BUILDING PERMITS AND
BUSINESS LICENSES
A Building Permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a Development Permit has been issued, or is issued
concurrently. Nothing in this Bylaw shall exempt any person from complying with a building Bylaw, or any other
Bylaw in force within the Municipality, or from obtaining any permission required by this, or any other Bylaw of the
Municipality, the Province or the Federal Government.
3.12 REFERRAL UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
The Development Officer shall make available, in addition to plumbing permits and plan information, a copy of all
approved Development Permit applications involving installation of water and sanitary services, should such
information be requested by provincial officials under The Public Health Act and Regulations. The developer shall, at
their own expense, provide suitable water supply and sewage disposal facilities for that development acceptable to
Council that meets The Public Health Act and Regulations requirements.
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3.13 DEVELOPMENT APPEALS BOARD
3.13.1
Council shall appoint a Development Appeals Board consisting of five members, to hear and determine
appeals in accordance with Section 213 to 227 inclusive, of The Planning and Development Act 2007.
3.13.2
RIGHT OF APPEAL
3.14 MINOR VARIANCES
3.14.1 The Development Officer may vary the requirements of this Bylaw subject to the following requirements:
a) A minor variance may be granted for the following only:
i.
Minimum required distance of a building from a lot line; and
ii.
The minimum required distance of a building from any other building on the lot.
b) The maximum amount of a minor variance shall be 10% variation from the Requirements of this Bylaw.
c)
The development must conform to all other requirements of this Bylaw.
d) The relaxation of the Bylaw requirement must not injuriously affect a neighbouring property.
e) A minor variance must not be granted:
i.
for a discretionary use or form of development, or in connection with an agreement to rezone pursuant to
Section 69 respecting the rezoning of land; or
ii.
If it would be inconsistent with any provincial land use policies or statements of provincial interest.
3.14.2 An application for a minor variance shall be in a form prescribed by the Development Officer and shall be
accompanied by an application fee of $50.00.
a)
In addition to any other right of appeal provided by The Planning and Development Act, 2007, and any other Act, a
person affected may appeal to the Board if there is:
i.
Alleged misapplication of the Zoning Bylaw in the issuance of a development permit;
ii.
A refusal to issue a development permit because it would contravene the Zoning Bylaw;
iii.
An issuance of a written order from the Development Officer.
b)
There is no appeal pursuant to 3.13.2.a.ii if a development permit was refused on the basis that the use in the
Zoning District for which the development permit was sought:
i.
Is not a permitted use or a permitted intensity of use;
ii.
Is a discretionary use or discretionary use of intensity that has not been approved by resolution by Council; or
iii.
Is a prohibited use.
c)
Appellants may appeal where they are of the opinion that development standards prescribed by Council with
respect to a discretionary use exceed those necessary to secure the objectives of the Zoning Bylaw.
d)
An appellant shall make the appeal pursuant to 3.13.2.a within 30 days after the date of the decision.
e)
The Development Officer shall make available to all interested persons copies of the provisions of The Planning
and Development Act, 2007, respecting decisions of the Development Officer and right of appeal.
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3.14.3 Upon receipt of a minor variance application the Development Officer may:
a) Approve the minor variance;
b) Approve the minor variance and impose terms and conditions on the approval; or
c)
Refuse the minor variance.
3.14.4 Terms and conditions imposed by the Development Officer shall be consistent with the general development
standards in this Bylaw.
3.14.5 Where a minor variance is refused, the Development Officer shall notify the applicant in writing, providing
reasons for the refusal.
3.14.6 Where a minor variance is approved, with or without terms, the Development Officer shall provide written
notice to the applicant and to the assessed owners of the property having a common boundary with the applicant's
land that is the subject of the approval.
3.14.7 A decision to approve a minor variance, with or without terms and conditions, does not take effect:
a) In the case of a notice sent by regular mail, until 23 days from the date the notice was mailed;
b) In the case of a notice that is delivered by personal service, until 20 days from the date the notice was served.
3.14.8 If an assessed owner of a property having an adjoining property with the applicants land objects to the minor
variance in writing to the Development Officer within the prescribed 20 day time period, the approval is deemed to be
revoked and the Development officer shall notify the applicant in writing:
a) Of the revocation of the approval; and
b) Of the applicant's right to appeal the revocation to the Development Appeals Board within 30 days of receiving the
notice.
3.14.9 If an application for a minor variance is refused or approved with terms or conditions, the applicant may
appeal to the Development Appeals Board within 30 days of the date of that decision.
3.14.10 The Development Officer shall maintain a record of all minor variance applications.
3.15 NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS USES AND SITES
3.15.1 Any use of land or any building or structure lawfully existing at the time of passing this Bylaw that is rendered
non-conforming by the enactment of this Bylaw or any subsequent amendments, may be continued, transferred, or
sold in accordance with provisions of Section 88 to 93 inclusive, of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
3.15.2 No enlargement, additions, or reconstruction of a non-conforming use, building or structure shall be
undertaken, except in conformance with these provisions.
3.15.3 No existing use, building or structure shall be deemed to be nonconforming by reason only of the conversion
of this Bylaw from the Metric System of Measurement to the Imperial System of Measurement where such non-
conformity is resultant solely from such change and is reasonably equivalent to the metric standard herein
established.
3.15.4 Where a building has been erected on or before the effective date of this Bylaw on a site having less than the
minimum dimensions or area, or having less than minimum yards required by this Bylaw, the use may be continued
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and the building may be enlarged, reconstructed, repaired, or renovated pursuant to the rights granted by Section 91
to 93 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007. These rights are subject to the following:
a)
The enlargement, reconstruction, repair, or renovation does not further reduce the required yards that do not
conform to this Bylaw;
b)
All other applicable provisions of this Bylaw are satisfied; and
c)
Issuance of a development permit required by this Bylaw.
3.16 DEVELOPMENT PERMIT - INVALID
A Development Permit shall be automatically invalid and development shall cease, as the case may be:
a)
If the proposed development is not commenced within the period for which the Permit is valid;
b)
If the proposed development is legally suspended, or discontinued, for a period of six or more months,
unless otherwise indicated by Council or the Development Officer;
c)
When development is undertaken in contravention of this bylaw, the Development Permit and specified
development standards, and/or
d)
When a written appeal notice is received by the Development Appeals Board secretary regarding the
Development Permit.
3.17 CANCELLATION
Council or the Development Officer may cancel a Development Permit, and when cancelled, development shall
cease:
a)
Where the Development Officer or Council is satisfied that a Development Permit was issued based on false
or mistaken information;
b)
Where new information is identified pertaining to environmental protection, flood potential, or slope
instability; and/or
c)
When a developer requests a Development Permit modification.
3.18 STOP-WORK
The Development Officer may authorize action to stop any development which does not conform to this Bylaw, a
development or servicing agreement, a Development Permit or condition, or register an Interest with ISC under this
Bylaw.
3.19 BYLAW COMPLIANCE
Errors and/or omissions by any person administering or required to comply with the provisions of this Bylaw do not
relieve any person from liability for failure to comply with the provisions of this Bylaw.
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3.20 REGISTERING INTERESTS
As per Section 175 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the municipality may register an interest based on a
development levy agreement or servicing agreement in the land registry against the affected title.
On registration of an interest based on a development levy agreement or servicing agreement, the rights and
privileges in the development levy agreement:
a) Enure to the benefit of the municipality; and
b) Run with the land and are binding on the registered owner of the land, the registered owner's heirs, executors,
administrators, successor, and assigns.
3.21 MOVING OF BUILDINGS
No building shall be moved within or into or out of the area covered by this Bylaw without obtaining a Development
Permit from the Development Officer, unless such building is exempt under Section 3.4 of this Bylaw.
3.22 TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
The Development Officer may issue a temporary Development Permit, with specified conditions for a specified period
of time, to accommodate developments incidental to approved construction, temporary accommodation, oil and gas
sector activities, temporary gravel operations or asphalt plants. Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of land, or
the erection or use of any building or structure for a construction camp, work camp, tool shed, scaffold, or other
building or structure incidental to and necessary for construction work on the premises, though only for so long as
such use, building, or structure is necessary for such construction work as has not been finished or abandoned.
3.23 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
3.23.1 Council may pass a development levy bylaw pursuant to Sections 169 to 170 inclusive, The Planning and
Development Act, 2007, to establish development levies to recover the capital costs of services and facilities.
3.23.2 As per Section 171 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, if the Council deems it is necessary to do
so, the Council or Development Officer may require the development permit applicant to enter into a development
levy agreement with the municipality respecting the payment of the development levies.
3.24 SERVICING AGREEMENTS
3.24.1 Where a development proposal involves subdivision, Council may require a developer to enter into a
servicing agreement to ensure appropriate servicing pursuant to The Planning and Development Act, 2007. Council
may direct the Administration to vary the agreement on a case-by-case basis, or not require it.
3.24.2 In accordance with Sections 172 to 176 inclusive, The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the agreement
may provide for:
a) The undertaking and installation of storm sewers, sanitary sewers, drains, water mains and laterals, hydrants,
sidewalks, boulevards, curbs, gutters, street lights, graded, graveled or paved streets and lanes, connections to
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existing services, area grading and levelling of land, street name plates, connecting and boundary streets, landscaping
of parks and boulevards, public recreation facilities, or other works that Council may require, including both on-site and
off-site servicing;
b) The payment of fees that the Council may establish as payment, in whole or in part, for the capital cost of providing,
altering, expanding or upgrading sewage, water, drainage and other utility services, public highway facilities or park
and recreation space and facilities located within or outside the proposed subdivision and that directly or indirectly
serve the proposed subdivision.
3.25 GENERAL DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-
2016
Council will apply the following general criteria, and where applicable, the specific criteria found in the respective
Zoning District, in the assessment of the suitability of an application for a discretionary use or discretionary form of
development.
3.25.1
The proposal must be in conformance with all relevant sections of the District Plan, Official Community Plan,
and must demonstrate that it will maintain the character, density, and purpose of the Zoning District, where necessary
through the provision of buffer areas, separation and screening.
3.25.2
The proposal must be capable of being economically serviced by community infrastructure that may include
roadways, water and sewer services, solid waste disposal, parks, schools, and other utilities and community facilities.
3.25.3
It is not detrimental to the health, safety, convenience or general welfare of persons residing or working in
the vicinity or injurious to property, improvements or potential development in the vicinity.
3.25.4
The proposal must provide sufficient landscaping and screening, and, wherever possible, preserve existing
vegetation.
3.25.5
No new or expanded discretionary uses are to be located in the 1:500 flood elevations or on hazard lands
without appropriate studies completed by qualified professionals with accompanying mitigation measures.
3.25.6
The proposal must demonstrate that any additional traffic generated by the use, can be adequately provided
for in the existing parking and access arrangements. Where this is not possible further appropriate provisions shall be
made so as to ensure no adverse parking or access effects occur.
3.25.7
Consideration will be given to the presence of activities already located in the area and on the site, and their
effect on the surrounding residential environment, such as the cumulative effect of locating an activity on a site
adjacent to or already accommodating an activity that may currently generate traffic, noise, etc. not in keeping with
the character of the adjacent area.
3.25.8
Consideration will be given to addressing pedestrian safety and convenience both within the site, and in
terms of the relationship to the road network in and around the adjoining area.
3.25.9
All operations will comply with all regulations of Saskatchewan Environment and Saskatchewan Labour
which govern their operation and development.
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4
GENERAL REGULATIONS
The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this Bylaw.
4.1
LICENSES, PERMITS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER BYLAWS AND LEGISLATION
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Bylaw shall be held to be the minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare. Nothing in this Bylaw shall exempt any
person from complying with the requirements of a building regulation Bylaw or any other Bylaw in force within the
Town of Macklin or law within the Province of Saskatchewan or Canada; or from obtaining any license, permission,
permit, authority, or approval required by this or any other Bylaw of the Town of Macklin or any law of the Province of
Saskatchewan or Canada. Where requirements in this Bylaw conflict with those of any other municipal, provincial, or
federal requirements, the provincial or federal requirements shall prevail.
4.2
PRINCIPAL USE ESTABLISHED
In any Zoning District in this Bylaw, the principal use of the land must be established prior to any accessory buildings,
structures, or uses being permitted.
4.3
MULTIPLE USES
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any land, building, or structure is used for more than one
purpose, all provisions of this Bylaw relating to each use shall be complied with, though no dwelling shall be located
within 3.0 metres (10 ft) of any other building on the site except to a building accessory to such dwelling.
4.4
USES PERMITTED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS
4.4.1 Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land as a public street or public park.
4.4.2 Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the erection of any properly authorized traffic sign or signal, or any sign or
notice of any local or other government department or authority.
4.4.3 Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land for the erection of buildings or structures, or the
installation of other facilities, essential to the operation of public works provided that such use, building, or structure
shall be in substantial compliance with the relevant provisions of this Bylaw and shall not adversely affect the
character or amenity of the neighbourhood in which the same is located.
4.5
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS ON A SITE
4.5.1 Only one principal building shall be permitted on any one site except for the following: parks, schools,
hospitals, recreation facilities, special care homes, senior citizen homes, and approved dwelling groups and
condominium developments, shopping centres and mobile homes in mobile home courts.
4.5.2 Multiple unit residential buildings (e.g. duplex, fourplex) are considered to be one principal building under this
Bylaw, and all other uses and buildings on the site must be accessory.
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4.6
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, USES AND STRUCTURES
4.6.1 Subject to all other requirements of this Bylaw, an accessory building, use or structure is permitted in any
district when accessory to an established principal use which is permitted or discretionary use in that same district,
and for which a Development Permit has been issued.
4.6.2 No accessory building may be constructed, erected or moved on to any site prior to the time of construction of
the principal building to which it is accessory.
4.6.3 Where a building on a site is attached to a principal building by a solid roof or by structural rafters, and where
the solid roof or rafters extend at least one third of the length of the building wall that is common with the principal
building, the building is deemed to be part of the principal building.
4.6.4 No accessory building or structure shall exceed the height of the principal building and in no case shall such
accessory building or structure exceed the height limits provided for accessory buildings or structures in the Zoning
District in which it is located.
4.7
FRONT YARD REDUCTION
Notwithstanding the minimum depth of front yard required by this Bylaw, where a site is situated between two sites
each of which contains a principal building which projects beyond the standard required front yard depth, the front
yard required on said site may be reduced to an average of the two established front yards on the adjacent sites;
though not be less than 4.5 metres (15 ft) in a Residential district unless otherwise permitted in this Bylaw.
4.8
FRONTAGE FOR IRREGULAR SITES
Where the site frontage is along a cul-de-sac, curve or is irregular, the minimum site frontage shall be 11.0 metres
(36 ft) and the mean site width shall not be less than the minimum frontage for regular sites in the same Zoning
District.
4.9
PERMITTED YARD ENCROACHMENTS
4.9.1 Where minimum front, side or rear yards are required in any Zoning District, the following yard encroachments
shall be permitted.
a) Uncovered and open balconies, terraces, verandas, decks, and patios having a maximum projection from the main wall
of 1.8 metres (6 ft) into any required front or rear yard.
b) Window sills, roof overhangs, eaves, gutters, bay windows, chimneys, and similar alterations projecting a distance of
0.6 metres (2 ft) into any required yard.
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4.10 GRADING AND LEVELING OF SITES
4.10.1 Every development shall be graded and leveled at the owner's expense to provide for adequate surface
drainage that does not adversely affect adjacent property, or the stability of the land.
a) All excavations or filling shall be re-vegetated immediately after other construction activities conclude, with a suitable
ground cover as may be necessary to prevent erosion.
b) All vegetation and debris in an area to be re-graded or filled must be removed from the site prior to site grading and
leveling.
c)
All topsoil from an area that is to be re-graded must be stripped, stockpiled, and replaced on the re-graded area, or re-
located to a site approved by Council.
4.11 HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Where a maximum height of buildings is specified in any Zoning District, the maximum height shall be measured
from average grade level to the highest point on the building exclusive of any chimney , spires, belfries, cupolas,
television antenna, solar collectors, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level, and
not intended for human occupancy.
4.12 HERITAGE PROPERTIES
Provincial and Municipal heritage properties subject to preservation agreements are subject to development review
processes as defined by The Heritage Property Act. Provincial designations are afforded special protection, and any
alterations and development must be reviewed and approved by the Heritage Programs of the Province of
Saskatchewan.
4.13 SIGNAGE ON NATURAL AND HUMAN HERITAGE SITES
Small plaques, markers, and interpretation signs will be encouraged on properties that have significant natural or
human heritage resources, with the approval of the owner, and where the signage is appropriate in scale, design, and
placement with the site and surrounding area, and does not cause safety concerns or negatively impact the heritage
value of the site.
4.14 BUFFER STRIPS
4.14.1 Buffer strips are intended to improve land use compatibility and environmental quality by reducing noise,
lighting glare and other nuisances, or facilitating natural drainage. Buffer strips may be required to separate uses from
adjacent properties, in which the approving authority will determine the size and width of the buffer.
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4.15 CLOSINGS
In the event a dedicated street or lane shown on the Zoning District Map forming part of this Bylaw is closed, the
property formerly in such street or lane shall be included within the Zoning District of the adjoining property on either
side of such closed street or lane. If a closed street or lane is the boundary between two or more different Zoning
Districts, the new district boundaries shall be the former centre line of the closed street or lane.
4.16 RAILWAY CROSSINGS AND SIGHT DISTANCES
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any public street crosses a railway at the same grade, no
building or structure shall be erected within 46.0 metres (151 ft) of the point of intersection of the centre line of both
the railway and the street.
4.17 BARELAND CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS
4.17.1 Bareland Condominium Developments shall comply with the minimum site area, coverage, width, height and
yard setbacks as stated in the residential zones.
4.17.2 One primary dwelling unit is permitted per Bareland condominium lot. No individual detached accessory
buildings are permitted.
4.17.3 Bareland condominium developments may include private open space and one accessory building for joint
recreational or storage use by residents of the development shall be permitted, subject to all yard setback
requirements of the Residential District in which it is located.
4.18 SATELLITE DISHES
4.18.1 Satellite dishes in excess of 0.5 metre (1.6 ft) in diameter shall not be located in any front yard, side yard, or
and shall not be permitted to be erected on the roof of any principal building that is located within a Residential
District that is less than three (3) stories in height.
4.18.2 Satellite dishes located in Residential Districts, which exceed 0.5 metre (1.6 ft) in diameter shall only be
erected on the roof of an accessory building if said accessory building is located entirely within a rear yard; and
4.18.3 Satellite dishes may be erected in Commercial or Industrial Districts for communications purposes or re-
broadcasting of television signals and subsection 4.21.1 shall not apply.
4.19 PRIVATE GARAGES, SUNROOMS, SOLARIUMS, AND GREENHOUSES
Private garages, carports, sunrooms, solariums, and greenhouses attached to main buildings by a substantial roof
structure shall be considered as part of the main building and shall be subject to the regulations for the main building.
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4.20 TRAILERS, BOX CARS, SEA AND RAIL CONTAINERS
No person shall park or store on any part of a site, any unlicensed rail or sea container, truck, bus or coach body for
the purpose of advertising or warehousing within any Zoning District.
4.21 SWIMMING POOLS
4.21.1 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, a swimming pool is permitted as an accessory use to
permitted uses in any Residential District or a motel (motor hotel) in a Highway Commercial District, to be located in
the side yard or rear yard of any lot if:
a) No part of such pool is located closer to any lot or street line than the minimum distance required for the principal
building located on such lot; and
b) The maximum height of such pool is 1.2 metres (4 ft) above the average finished grade level of the ground adjoining
the pool and to within 4.5 metres (15 ft) of such pool; and
c)
Every swimming pool shall be enclosed by a non-climbable fence of at least 1.8 metres (6 ft) in height and not more
than 10 cm from the ground, and located at a distance of not less than 1.5 metres (5 ft) from the pool; and
d) Any deck attached to or abutting a swimming pool shall be considered as part of the swimming pool.
4.21.2 Any building or structure, other than a dwelling, required for changing clothing or for pumping or filtering
facilities, or other similar accessory uses, complies with the provisions in the applicable Zoning Districts in Section 5
of this Bylaw, respecting accessory buildings.
4.22 DISPOSAL OF WASTES
4.22.1 Subject to all Acts and Regulations pertaining in any way to the storage, handling, and disposal of any waste
material or used item, and except as permitted by these Acts and Regulations, no liquid, solid, or gaseous wastes
shall be allowed to be discharged into any steam, creek, river, lake, pond, slough, intermittent drainage channel or
other body of water, onto or beneath the surface of any land, or into the air.
4.22.2 No development or use of land which requires solid or liquid waste disposal facilities shall be permitted
unless those facilities are approved by Saskatchewan Health and the Water Security Agency. Disposal of liquid,
solid, or gaseous waste shall be governed by Acts administered by Saskatchewan Agriculture, Saskatchewan
Environment, Saskatchewan Health and the Water Security Agency.
4.23 SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Municipal and commercial solid or liquid waste disposal facilities are subject to the following conditions:
a) The facility will be located as near as practical to the source of waste;
b) The facility will have undergone satisfactory review as required by Provincial Authorities for environmental assessment
and operational design;
c)
The facilities will be located at least 300 metres (984 ft) for liquid waste, and 457 metres (1499 ft) for solid waste from
any residence or recreational use;
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d) The development of any new disposal sites shall take into consideration seasonal winds;
e) Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent pollution of ground water by disposal operations;
f)
Solid waste disposal facilities shall be located in proximity to an all- weather road; and
g) Council may apply special standards for screening, fencing and reclamation of the site.
4.24 LIGHTING
4.24.1 All outdoor lighting for any development shall be located and arranged so that no direct rays of light are
directed at any adjoining properties, interfere with the use and enjoyment of neighbouring lands, or interfere with the
effectiveness of any traffic control devices or the vision/safety of motorists.
4.24.2 Appropriate lighting of commercial and industrial development shall be undertaken to provide security and to
add visual interest. Lighting standards and fixtures shall be of consistent design and complimentary to the overall
architecture.
4.24.3 Public access areas shall be lit in keeping with the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design(CPTED) and require site lighting as is necessary to encourage pedestrian safety and allow casual
surveillance from adjacent buildings and roads of parking and walkways.
4.25 SIGNAGE
4.25.1 A Development Permit is required for the erection, display, alteration, relocation or replacement of any
temporary or permanent sign unless exempted as follows:
a) Regular maintenance including painting and repairs due to deterioration;
b) Municipal and Provincial agency signage;
c)
Traffic Control signage;
d) Incidental signs containing traffic and pedestrian controls;
e) Signage intended to regulate hunting or trespassing on private property;
f)
Real estate signage;
g) Residential name plates;
h) Works of art containing no advertising.
4.25.2 GENERAL SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS
Specific sign regulations are provided in each Zoning District which shall apply in addition to, and take
precedence over the General Sign regulations.
a) A sign which is made from part of or is attached to, a fence is prohibited.
b) Signs which are deemed to be in disrepair shall be properly maintained or removed at the discretion of the
Municipality.
c)
A Development Officer may require that a sign be enhanced with landscaping or architectural features to improve
aesthetics.
d) Offensive statements, words or pictures that do not conform to the amenities of the neighbourhood shall be
prohibited.
e) Signs identifying multi-parcel country residential developments may be permitted.
f)
Incidental signage shall not exceed 0.5 m2 (5 ft2) of gross surface area and shall not contain any advertising.
g) No permanent sign shall be placed on or over public property unless specifically permitted within this Bylaw.
h) All private signs shall be located so that the safety of the public is not jeopardized.
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i)
Signs shall be constructed in a permanent manner, of materials suitable for the purpose and life of the sign and
shall be maintained and mounted in a condition that is safe, neat, clean and not unsightly or dangerous.
j)
Signs or sign structures shall not be located where they may interfere with, distract from, obstruct the view of, or
be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device.
k)
Signs shall not be located in such a manner as to impede the view of any pedestrian or vehicular right of way, or
railway crossing.
l)
No intermittent flashing signs, neon or LED lighting shall be permitted in any Zoning District.
m) Illuminated signs shall have an internal light source or an external light source shielded so that the light casts
downward to the face of the sign and the sign shall be located appropriately to prevent the creation of a
hazardous situation related to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
n) Freestanding Electronic Message Signs which advertize off-site products and services may be located on
fairgrounds and on other lands in the FUD District subject to the following:
i.
No more than one (1) electronic variable message sign is permitted per site.
ii.
The sign may not locate within 90.0 metres (295 ft) of any Residential District, the height may not exceed
15.0 metres (49 ft) and the size of any single face area must not exceed 38 m² (409 ft2).
4.25.3 HIGHWAY CORRIDOR
a) Where a sign will be located adjacent to a Provincial highway, The Highways and Transportation Act will govern
placement requirements.
b) Billboard and other off-site advertising signs are prohibited, except in a highway sign corridor.
4.25.4 TEMPORARY SIGNAGE
Temporary signs may be placed in public right of ways for the purpose of advertising special events and will be
limited to the following:
a) Temporary signs and real-estate signs are permitted only as long as the temporary condition exists for the
property in Council's opinion;
b) The lesser of 12 hours prior to the start of the special event and 12 hours after conclusion or for a continuous
period of 72 hours for a private sale;
c)
The lesser of 24 hours prior to the start of the special event and 24 after conclusion or for a continuous period of
96 hours for a non-profit organization;
d) Signage will maintain a separation distance of 10.0 metres (33 ft) from another temporary or permanent sign, 3
metres (10 ft) from a site access point and 10.0 metres in an intersection;
e) Signage shall not exceed 1.o m2 (11 ft2) in gross surface area and 1.2 m (4 ft) in height;
f)
Election signage is permitted as temporary signage and is permitted only if it is erected no earlier than 30 days
prior to the date of the election, by-election, referendum or plebiscite and removed 24 hours following the close of
voting stations.
4.26 OIL AND GAS WELL ACTIVITIES AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
4.26.1
The Municipality may apply special standards as outlined in The Municipalities Act, 2005, to protect the
municipal interest when transportation, utility, and pipeline facilities cross Municipal roads, or when seismic activity is
proposed on roads or road allowance.
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4.26.2
To minimize conflict between natural resource extraction, or oil and gas operations and surrounding land
uses, no development shall be approved within 125 metres (410 ft) of an existing, proposed, abandoned, or
reclaimed well or facility as defined by the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012.
4.26.3
Permanent structures or other improvements (including all temporary structures) are to be placed at a
minimum of 45.7 metres (150 ft.) from the centerline of the road and the road allowance from a surveyed road and a
minimum of 91.4 metres (300 ft.) from the centre of the road at intersections.
4.27 DEVELOPMENT ALONG PIPELINES AND GAS TRANSMISSION LINES AMENDMENT
BYLAW 07-2016
4.27.1
Any development involving pipeline and/or power line transmission rights-of-way shall be sited to comply
with all relevant Federal and Provincial legislation. Setbacks from pipelines and other utility corridors shall be in
accordance with appropriate Provincial Regulations or Acts and any regulations or directives established by Crown
Corporations. Refer to "Land Use Planning for Pipelines publication by Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
PLUS663", which may be amended from time to time.
4.27.2
Setbacks from pipelines, for buildings or structures, shall be 12.0 metres (39 ft.) except for where there is
more stringent Federal and Provincial regulations I which those regulations apply.
4.27.3
The National Energy Board has designated a "no disturbance" review area of 30.0 metres (98 ft.) on either
side of a pipeline in which, subject to exceptions for such things as normal agricultural activities, anyone proposing to
conduct a ground disturbance/excavation must:
a) Ascertain whether a pipeline exists;
b) Notify the pipeline company of the nature and schedule of the excavation; and,
c)
Conduct the excavation in accordance with such regulations.
4.27.4
The following Figures provide the setbacks required by the Canadian Standards Association. Source: Land
Use Planning for Pipelines publication by Canadian Standards Association (CSA) PLUS663.
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Example Land Uses along a Pipeline Corridor
4.28 DEVELOPMENT ALONG ACTIVE RAILWAYS AMENDMENT BYLAW 07-2016
4.26.1 Setbacks from active railways, for buildings or structures, shall be 30.0 metres (98 ft.) except for where
provisions have been made in consultation with the operator of the railway, a lesser separation may be considered.
4.26.2 Setback distances will be measured from the mutual property line to the principal building face.
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DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR DISCRETIONARY USES
This Section addresses special provisions and specific development standards that apply to the following
developments. These standards apply in addition to any standards of the District.
5.1
HOME OCCUPATIONS
Home Occupations (Home Based Businesses) are subject to the following conditions:
Home based occupations and businesses will be accommodated provided that they are clearly secondary to the
principal residential use of the dwelling unit, compatible with the surrounding residential area, and not of a size that
provide services or products that would detrimentally affect the viability of the neighborhood.
One home occupation shall be allowed per dwelling unit. Home occupations shall be conducted entirely within the
dwelling or accessory building.
One advertising display sign shall be allowed on the site or premise from which the home occupation is conducted. No
LED or neon signs shall be allowed.
There shall be no exterior display or storage of any merchandise or material relating to the home occupation.
No equipment or process used in the home occupation shall create dust, noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odour or air
pollution that is detectable at or beyond the property lines of the lot where the home occupation or business is located.
Up to two (2) persons other than a resident of the dwelling unit may be engaged in any home occupation as an
employee or a volunteer.
Parking: The home occupation shall not cause or add to on-street parking congestion or cause an increase in traffic
through residential zones.
i.
No more than one business vehicle, for which off-street parking is provided, shall be operated in connection with
the home occupation.
ii.
Parking of vehicles of employees hired for off-site jobs shall not be allowed at or in the vicinity of the dwelling unit.
All Business Permits issued for home occupations shall expire on December 31 of the year issued. Home occupations
are subject to the condition that the permit may be revoked at any time if, in the opinion of Council, the use is or has
become detrimental to the amenities of adjoining properties and the neighborhood.
In approving any discretionary use to minimize land use conflict, Council may prescribe specific development
standards related to:
Site drainage of storm water;
The location of buildings with respect to buildings on adjacent properties;
Access to, number and location of parking and loading facilities;
Appropriate space for vehicle movement in order to reduce disruption of traffic flows on adjacent roadways;
Control of noise, glare, dust and odour;
Landscaping, screening and fencing to buffer adjacent properties;
The size, shape, and arrangement of buildings, and the arrangement of buildings, and the placement and
arrangement of lighting and signs;
Prescribed specified time limits for a use that is intended to be temporary or to allow Council to monitor the impact
of a use on surrounding development; and
Intensity of use.
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5.2
SECONDARY SUITES
Secondary Suites are subject to the following conditions:
Secondary suites may be constructed within a principal, single detached dwelling in a residential zone. Only one
secondary suite is permitted on each residential site
Secondary suites must be located within the principal dwelling and must have a separate entrance from the principal
dwelling either from a common indoor landing or directly from the exterior of the building. Secondary suites must
contain cooking, eating, living, sleeping, and sanitary facilities.
Secondary suites may not exceed 60 m² (646 ft2) or 35% of the total floor space, including basements, and may not
have more than two bedrooms.
5.3
GARDEN (GRANNY) SUITES
A single Garden Suite may be placed in the back yard of a single-detached residential development
under the following conditions:
There is no secondary suite in the primary residence.
The Garden Suite dwelling unit is a temporary use and shall be permitted for a five-year term, which may be renewed
at Council's discretion. The landowner shall enter into an agreement that the land shall not be considered for
subdivision.
The owner(s) of the host residence must live on the site, and at least one resident of the primary dwelling and one
resident of the Garden Suite shall be related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption.
Except for infant children (up to two years of age) of a resident of the Garden Suite dwelling, there shall be no more
than two residents.
The occupant(s) of the Garden Suite should be able to benefit from the informal care and support of relatives in the
primary residence, or provide care and support to family in the primary residence.
The floor area of the Garden Suite dwelling shall not be less than 35 m² (377 ft2) and not greater than 90 m² (969 ft2).
The Garden Suite shall not be located on a permanent foundation to allow the structure to be removed from the
property when it is no longer required by a relative of the permanent resident.
The maximum height of the Garden Suite shall not exceed 5.0 metres (16 ft) from grade level and shall have only one
story.
Garden Suite dwellings shall only be located on sites where the dwelling can be serviced by existing utilities and can
be hooked up to the services of the host residence.
Residents of the Garden Suite must have access to the rear yard amenities.
The combined site coverage of the single detached dwelling and Garden Suite dwelling shall not exceed the maximum
coverage permitted by this Zoning Bylaw, and the accessory dwelling shall be placed so that all other setback
requirement of the Zoning Bylaw are met;
A parking space shall be provided on site for the resident(s) of the Garden Suite dwelling.
There shall be direct and separate access to the Garden Suite dwelling by on-site driveway, or by public roadway or
alley.
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5.4
MODULAR HOMES
Modular Homes are subject to the following conditions:
All modular homes shall be place on a permanent foundation at a standard comparable to a single detached dwelling.
i.
All modular homes shall be multi-modular, with the width approximately equivalent to the length;
ii.
All modular homes shall complement adjacent and nearby dwellings;
Modular homes shall be permanently connected to water and sewer services provided by the Municipality and
permanently connected as available to other public utilities.
All other requirements of this Bylaw apply.
5.5
BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES
Bed and Breakfast Homes are subject to the following conditions:
A bed and breakfast home may be located in a detached one unit dwelling or in a semi-detached dwelling. No exterior
alterations shall be undertaken which would be inconsistent with the residential character of the building or property.
Bed and breakfast homes shall be located in a single detached dwelling used as the operator's principal residence
developed shall be licensed by the Ministry of Health.
Required parking spaces may be permitted in a required front yard.
One advertising display sign located on the site or premise advertising the bed and breakfast home is permitted. The
facial area of a sign shall not exceed 0.5 m² (5 ft2).
5.6
DAY CARE CENTRES AND PRE-SCHOOLS
Day-care Centres and Pre-schools are subject to the following conditions:
Day care centres and pre-schools may be approved as an accessory use or as a principal use.
In any Residential District, no exterior alterations shall be undertaken to a dwelling or former dwelling which would be
inconsistent with the residential character of the building or property.
Outdoor play areas shall comply with the Child Care Act, 2000.
5.7
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES
Residential Care Homes are subject to the following conditions:
Residential care homes may be approved as an accessory use or as a principal use.
In any Residential District, no exterior alterations shall be undertaken to a dwelling or former dwelling which would be
inconsistent with the residential character of the building or property.
No building or structure used for the purpose of a residential care home shall be used for the purpose of keeping
boarders or lodgers.
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5.8
CAMPGROUNDS
Campgrounds are subject to the following conditions:
The operator of a campground shall provide the Development Officer with a plan of the campground, identifying any
buildings, uses of land and the location of all roadways and trailer coach or tent campsites with dimensions. The
addition or rearrangement of campsites, the construction or moving of buildings, and material change in use of portions
of land, or the filling or clearing of land shall require a Development Permit, and the operator shall submit for approval
an amended plan incorporating the development.
A campground shall have within its boundaries, a buffer area abutting the boundary of not less than 4.5 metres (15 ft)
which shall contain no buildings.
The operator of a campground shall designate a campsite for each trailer coach or tent party, which shall be less than
150 m² (1615 ft2) in area with its corners clearly marked.
One permanent sign located on site advertising the campground is permitted per site;
i.
The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 0.5 m² (5 ft2) ;
ii.
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
iii.
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
No portion of any campsite shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area.
Each campsite shall have direct and convenient access to a developed roadway, which is not located in any required
buffer area. The space provided for roadways within a campground shall be at least 7.5 metres (25 ft) in width. No
portion of
any campsite, other use or structure shall be located in any roadway.
Each trailer coach shall be located at least 3.0 metres (10 ft) from any other trailer coach, and each campsite shall
have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches.
A campground may include as ancillary uses a laundromat or a confectionery designed to meet the needs of the
occupants of the campsites, and one single detached dwelling for the accommodation of the operator.
The Public Health Act shall be complied with in respect to all operations and development of the campground.
5.9
WIND ENERGY FACILITIES
Wind energy facilities are subject to the following conditions:
All buildings and structures shall be set back at least 90.0 metres (295 ft) from an intersection of any Municipal road
allowance, or Provincial highway or such greater distance as required by the Department of Highways.
The setback related to Municipal road allowances and the wind energy generator (turbine) shall be no less than the
length of the blade plus 10.0 metres (33 ft).
The minimum site size for the allowance of any Wind Energy Facility shall be 2.0 hectares (5 acres).
The setback from the property line of a non-participating landowner to a wind energy generator (turbine) shall be no
less than the length of the blade plus 10.0 metres (33 ft), or a minimum of 38.0 metres, unless otherwise agreed to by
the landowner, developer and the Municipality.
The separation distance from a wind energy generator (turbine) to a Residential Acreage or Residential subdivision
shall be a minimum distance of 550 (or 400) metres (1805 ft).
The maximum total tower height shall be:
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6.0 metres (20 ft) above grade level in a Residential Acreage or Industrial Zoning District and the maximum noise
standard shall not exceed 40 decibles.
ii.
45.0 metres (148 ft) above grade level in the Community Service or Future Urban Developmental Zoning District.
Approaches for access roads to the wind energy facilities must be perpendicular to established road allowances.
All infrastructure, roads and accesses required to facilitate the implementation of the wind energy facilities shall be
proposed by the developer as part of the Development Permit application.
Any proposed development within a municipal road allowance, i.e. underground lines or overhead poles/lines, must be
proposed by the developer as part of the Development Permit application and adhere to the Rural Municipality road
crossing policy.
The developer is required to enter into a road use agreement with the Municipality for the construction period to ensure
roads are maintained in condition agreeable by both parties.
The wind energy generator (turbine) shall have no restrictions on colour or height.
Substations are required to be fenced. All wind energy facilities shall be enclosed within a locked protective chain link
fence of a minimum height of 1.85 metres (6 ft) and the design shall be included in the Development Permit
application.
Development and Building Permit applications for a Wind Energy Facilities shall include either a manufacturer's
engineering certificate of structural safety or certification of structural safety via a Saskatchewan Professional
Engineer.
Sites having potentially dangerous or hazardous developments shall have visible signs stating any potential dangers.
No hazardous waste shall be stored on the site.
Council, at its discretion, may seek approval of this development from both internal and external referral agencies.
5.10 ADULT DAY CARES
Adult Day Care centres are subject to the following conditions:
Adult day care facilities may be approved as an accessory use or as a principal use.
In any residential district, no exterior alterations shall be undertaken to a dwelling or former dwelling which would be
inconsistent with the residential character of the building or property.
5.11 ABOVE GROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS
Above Ground Fuel Storage tanks are subject to the following conditions:
Above ground fuel storage tanks which meet the standards of the National Fire Code and which have a maximum
capacity of 50,000 litres may be permitted in association with service stations, gas bars and other permitted industrial
or commercial uses where the dispensing of fuel to vehicles is a standard aspect of the use.
The total storage capacity for above ground fuel storage tanks on any single service station or gas bar site shall not
exceed:
o
150,000 liters for flammable liquids (gasoline);
o
100,000 liters for combustible liquids (diesel fuel); and
o
100,000 liters of propane.
Above ground fuel storage tanks shall be:
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for uses other than service stations and gas bars, located at least 3.0 metres (10 ft) from any property line or
building, the 3.0 metre separation distance may be reduced to 1.0 metre (3 ft) for tanks with a capacity of 5,000
liters or less;
o
for service stations and gas bars, located at least 6.0 metres (20 ft) from any property line or building;
o
separated from each other and be accessible for firefighting purposes to the satisfaction of the Development
Officer; and
o
at least 15 metres (49 ft) from the boundary of any site within a Residential District.
For uses other than service stations and gas bars, the dispensing equipment associated with above-ground fuel
storage tanks shall be located at least 3.0 metres from any property line, at least 7.5 metres (25 ft) from any open
flame or other ignition source, and at least 4.5 metres (15 ft) from any door or window.
For service stations and gas bars, the dispensing equipment associated with above-ground fuel storage tanks shall be
located at least 6.0 metres from any property line, at least 7.5 metres from any open flame or other ignition source, and
at least 4.5 metres from any door or window.
Above ground fuel storage tanks shall be protected from vehicles with suitable posts, guardrails or other similar means.
At service stations and gas bars, above ground fuel storage tanks which are located in view of a front or flanking street
shall be landscaped or screened to the satisfaction of the Development Officer.
The maximum height of an above-ground fuel storage tank shall be limited to the maximum permitted height of a free-
standing sign in the Zoning District.
Painted lettering or other forms of signage may be located on above-ground fuel storage tanks subject to the sign
regulations in the Zoning District.
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ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS
6.1
ZONING DISTRICTS
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the Town of Macklin is divided into several Zoning Districts that may be referred to by
the appropriate symbols. The uses or forms of development allowed within a Zoning District, along with regulations or
standards which apply, are provided in the District schedules in this Section.
R1
Residential Single Dwelling
C1
Town Centre Commercial
R2
Residential Multiple Dwelling
C2
Profile Highway
Commercial
RMH
Residential Mobile Home
IND
General Industrial
RA
Live/Work Residential Acreage
CS
Community Service
FUD
Future Urban Development
6.2
THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP
The map, bearing the statement "This is the Zoning District Map referred to in Bylaw No. 03/14 adopted by the Town
of Macklin, signed by the Mayor and by the Town Administrator under the seal of the Town, shall be known as the
"Zoning District Map", and such map is hereby declared to be an integral part of this Bylaw.
6.3
BOUNDARIES OF ZONING DISTRICTS
6.3.1 The boundaries of the Districts referred to in this Bylaw, together with an explanatory legend, notations and
reference to this Bylaw, are shown on the map entitled, "Zoning District Map."
6.3.2 Unless otherwise shown, the boundaries of zoning Districts are site lines, centre lines of streets, lanes, road
allowances, or such lines extended and the boundaries of the Municipality.
6.3.3 Where a boundary of a District crosses a parcel, the boundaries of the Districts shall be determined by the use
of the scale shown on the map.
6.3.4 Where the boundary of a District is also a parcel boundary and the parcel boundary moves by the process of
subdivision, the District boundary shall move with that parcel boundary, unless the boundary is otherwise located by
amendment to the Bylaw.
6.4
HOLDING DESIGNATION
a) Where on the Zoning District Map the symbol for a Zoning District has suffixed to it the holding symbol "H"; any
lands so designated on the map shall be subject to a holding provision in accordance with Section 71 of The Planning
and Development Act, 2007.
b) Any lands subject to a holding provision shall only be used for the following uses:
i.
Those uses existing on the land when the "H" is applied; and
ii.
Public works.
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RESIDENTIAL SINGLE DWELLING DISTRICT - R1
The purpose of the Residential Single Dwelling District (R1) is to accommodate primarily
single family detached residential dwellings.
No person shall within any R1-Residential Single Dwelling District use any land or erect, alter or use any
building or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions:
7.1
PERMITTED USES
a) One single detached dwelling, which includes a RTM;
b) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the foregoing permitted uses and located on the same site with
the main use;
c)
Playgrounds and swimming pools;
d) Public works, buildings and structures excluding offices, warehouses, storage yards and waste management
or sewage facilities.
7.2
DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the R1-Residential Single Dwelling District only by resolution of
Council and only in locations specified by Council.
a) Modular homes (refer to Section 54);
b) Duplex dwellings;
c)
Home occupations, home based businesses (refer to Section5.1);
d) One secondary suite (refer to Section 5.2);
e) One garden suite (refer to Section 5.3);
f)
Child day care (refer to Section 5.6);
g) Adult day care (refer to Section 5.10);
h) Bed and breakfast homes (refer to Section 5.5);
i)
Residential care homes (refer to Section 5.7).
7.3
SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Single Detached, RTM and Modular Homes
Minimum site area
460 m² (4951 ft2)
Minimum floor area
75 m² (700 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
12 metres (49 ft)
Height
9.0 metres (30 ft) for Principal Buildings
Maximum site coverage
40% and 50% on a corner site
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Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres
All Other Discretionary Uses
Minimum site area
460 m² (4951 ft2)
Minimum floor area
75 m² (700 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
12 metres (49 ft), 15 metres without a lane
Height
9.0 metres (30 ft) for Principal Buildings
Maximum site coverage
50%
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft) to the Principal Dwelling Living Space
4.0 metres to a rear facing a garage unit
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres
7.4
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Minimum Yard setbacks
a minimum of 6.0 metres (20 ft) from the front site line, 1.2 metres (4 ft) from
the principal building, and 0.8 metres (3 ft) from the side site line unless the
side site line is an abutting street then the side yard shall be 3.6 metres (12
ft).
Maximum floor area
All accessory buildings shall not exceed 83.6 m² (900 ft²) in area.
Height
The height of the accessory building or structure shall not exceed 4.0 metres
(13 ft) in height from grade level to the underside of the eaves and the vertical
distance of the height must be less than 5 metres (16 ft).
Minimum rear yard
All accessory buildings shall be located a minimum of 0.8 metres (3 ft)
from the rear site line except where an accessory building has a door or
doors opening onto a lane then it shall not be located less than 2.0 metres
(7 ft) from the site line abutting the lane. In the case of a rear-facing
attached garage: minimum - 4 metres (13 ft).
a) Garages, carports, and accessory buildings attached to a principal building by a substantial roof structure shall be
considered as part of the principal building and subject to the regulations of the principal building and shall not
exceed the square footage of the main floor of the principal dwelling in size.
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b) A carport, consisting of a roof and supporting columns or structures which are not permanent walls, is permitted to
encroach into any required side yard as long as the supporting structures are set back a minimum of 0.3 metres (1
ft) from the side lot line and the roof does not project past the side lot line.
c) One detached private garage is permitted in any side yard or rear yard, provided there is sufficient available space
to comply with all other requirements in this Section.
d) All activities related to artisan studios, crafts and workshops shall be conducted within an enclosed building. No
exterior storage of materials, goods, or waste products is permitted, except within a waste disposal bin for
collection.
e) No attached structure (i.e. deck) shall have a total floor area greater than the main floor area of the principal
building. In calculating the main floor area of a principal building, the area of an attached garage shall be
excluded.
f)
Temporary, fabric covered structures consisting of wood, metal or plastic framing covered on the roof and one or
more sides with fabric, plastic, vinyl or other sheet material may be permitted to locate in a rear yard.
7.5
FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
Subject to traffic sight lines, the following height limitations shall apply to fences, walls, chain-link fences and hedges:
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
b) In a required front yard, to a height no greater than 1.0 metre (3 ft) above grade level.
c)
In a required rear yard, to a height no greater than 2.0 metres (7 ft) above grade level.
d) Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be erected to a height of more than 2.0
metres (7 ft).
7.6
SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 0.5 m² (5 ft2).
a) In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in a window of a dwelling;
b) No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
c)
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
7.7
OUTSIDE STORAGE
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any residential site.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval regarding the location of
areas used for storage for that use.
c)
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or displayed in any required
yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor
storage of vehicles in operating condition with equipment and machinery normally used for the maintenance of the
residential property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum of either one (1) vehicle
or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at any given point in time.
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7.8
DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in Section
3.25 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for duplex dwellings:
i.
Council shall favourably consider the location of the proposed use for sites on major streets and that the
development will not cause excessive traffic through existing low density residential area.
c)
Off-street parking spaces for adult day care, day care centres, pre-school nurseries, residential care facilities shall be
located in a side or rear yard and be screened if they are adjacent to a site used for residential purposes.
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RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT - R2
The purpose of the Residential Multiple Dwelling District (R2) is to accommodate a variety
of high density residential development including single detached residences, semi-detached residences,
townhouses and multi-unit dwellings.
No person shall within any R2 - Residential Multiple Dwelling District use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
8.1
PERMITTED USES
a) Semi-detached, duplex dwelling, fourplex, or townhouses and other multiple unit dwellings;
b) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the foregoing permitted uses and located on the same site with the
main use;
c)
Playgrounds and swimming pools;
d) Public works, buildings and structures excluding offices, warehouses, storage yards and waste management or
sewage facilities.
8.2
DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the R2 - Residential Multiple Dwelling District though only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified in such resolution of Council.
a) One single detached dwelling, including a RTM;
b) Modular homes (refer to Section 5.4);
c)
One secondary suite (refer to Section 5.2);
d) One garden Suite (refer to Section 5.3)
e) Apartment buildings;
f)
Home occupations, home based businesses (refer to Section 5.1);
g) Child day care (refer to Section 5.6);
h) Adult day care (refer to Section 5.10);
i)
Bed and breakfast homes (refer to Section 5.5);
j)
Residential care home (refer to Section 5.7).
8.3
SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Single Detached, RTM and Modular Homes
Minimum site area
460 m² (4951 ft2)
Minimum floor area
75m² (700 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
12 metres (39 ft)
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Height
9.0 metres (30 ft) for Principal Buildings
Maximum site coverage
40% and 50% on a corner site
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres (8
ft)
Semi-Detached and Duplex (per dwelling unit)
Minimum site area
275 m² (2960 ft2)
Minimum floor area
55 m² (592 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
9.0 metres (30 ft)
Height
9.0 metres (30 ft) for Principal Buildings and 4.0 metres for accessory
Maximum site coverage
40% and 50% on a corner site
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres (8 ft)
Townhouse, Fourplex, and other Multiple Unit Dwellings
Minimum site area
560 m² (4951 ft2) plus 93 m² (1001 ft2) for each unit more than three(3) on the
ground floor
Minimum floor area
30 m² ( 323 ft2) per unit
Minimum site frontage
20.0 metres (66 ft)
Height
9.0 metres (2 ½ Stories)
Maximum site coverage
50%
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres (8 ft)
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Apartment Buildings
Minimum site area
930 m² (10010 ft2)
Minimum floor area
46.5 m² (501 ft2) per dwelling unit
Minimum site frontage
25.0 metres (82 ft)
Maximum site coverage
50% interior site, 60% corner site
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres (8
ft)
Other Discretionary Uses:
Child day care, Adult day care; Bed and breakfast homes; Residential care homes
Minimum site area
360 m2 (3875 ft2) with a lane, 450 m2 (4844 ft2) without a lane
Minimum floor area
70 m² (753 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
12 metres (39 ft) with a lane, 15 metres (49 ft) without a lane
Height
9.0 metres (30 ft) for Principal Buildings
Maximum site coverage
40% and 50% on a corner site
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres
Minimum side yard
1.0 metres (3 ft)
8.4
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Minimum Yard setbacks
a minimum of 6.0 metres (20 ft) from the front site line, 1.2 metres (4 ft) from
the principal building, and 0.8 metres (3 ft) from the side site line unless the
side site line is an abutting street then the side yard shall be 3.6 metres (12
ft).
Maximum floor area
All accessory buildings shall not exceed 83.6 m² (900 ft²) in area.
Height
The height of the accessory building or structure shall not exceed 4.0 metres
(13 ft) in height from grade level to the underside of the eaves and the vertical
distance of the height must be less than 5 metres (16 ft).
Minimum rear yard
All accessory buildings shall be located a minimum of 0.8 metres ( 3 ft) from
the rear site line except where an accessory building has a door or doors
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opening onto a lane then it shall not be located less than 2.0 metres ( 7 ft)
from the site line abutting the lane.
a) Garages, carports, and accessory buildings attached to a principal building by a substantial roof structure shall be
considered as part of the principal building and subject to the regulations of the principal building and shall not
exceed the square footage of the main floor of the principal dwelling in size.
b) A carport, consisting of a roof and supporting columns or structures which are not permanent walls, is permitted to
encroach into any required side yard as long as the supporting structures are set back a minimum of 0.3 metres (1
ft) from the side lot line and the roof does not project past the side lot line.
c) One detached private garage is permitted in any side yard or rear yard, provided there is sufficient available space
to comply with all other requirements in this Section.
d) All activities related to artisan studios, crafts and workshops shall be conducted within an enclosed building. No
exterior storage of materials, goods, or waste products is permitted, except within a waste disposal bin.
e) No attached structure (i.e. deck) shall have a total floor area greater than the main floor area of the principal
building. In calculating the main floor area of a principal building, the area of an attached garage shall be
excluded.
f)
Temporary, fabric covered structures consisting of wood, metal or plastic framing covered on the roof and one or
more sides with fabric, plastic, vinyl or other sheet material shall be permitted to locate in a rear yard.
8.5
FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
Subject to traffic sight lines, the following height limitations shall apply to fences, walls, chain-link fences and hedges
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
b) In a required front yard, to a height no greater than 1.0 metre (3 ft) above grade level.
c)
In a required rear yard, to a height no greater than 2.0 metres above grade level.
d) Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be erected to a height of more than 2.0
metres (7 ft).
8.6
SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 1.0 m² (11 ft2) ;
b) In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in a window of a dwelling;
c)
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
d) Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
8.7
PARKING
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Single detached, RTM and
modular homes
2 spaces per dwelling
Semi-detached, duplex,
multi-unit dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling
Public works
No requirement
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Playgrounds and
swimming pools
No requirement
Apartment buildings
1.25 spaces per dwelling
Townhouse, fourplex and
other multiple unit
dwellings
1.5 spaces per dwelling
Bed and breakfast homes
1 space plus 1 space for each guest room
Residential care homes
1 space plus 1 space for each non-resident staff member
Child day cares and pre-
schools
1 space plus 1 additional space for every 10 persons enrolled in the facility
Adult day cares
2 space plus 1 space per 5 persons enrolled in the facility
8.8
OUTSIDE STORAGE
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any residential site.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval regarding the location of
areas used for storage for that use.
c)
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or displayed in any required
yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor
storage of vehicles in operating condition with equipment and machinery normally used for the maintenance of the
residential property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum of either one (1) vehicle
or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at any given point in time.
8.9
DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that are specific in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Residential Care Homes:
i.
Council will consider if the proposed use maintains the existing residential character of the neighbourhood.
c)
Off-street parking spaces for adult day care, day care centres, pre-school nurseries, residential care facilities shall
be located in a side or rear yard and be screened if they are adjacent to a site used for residential purposes.
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RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME DISTRICT - RMH
The purpose of the Residential Mobile Home District shall be to accommodate mobile
home park development in a concentrated manner.
No person shall within any RMH - Residential Mobile Home District use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
9.1
PERMITTED USES
a) Mobile home parks;
b) One mobile home,(not older than 15 years), following the placement thereof on a permanent foundation;
c)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the foregoing permitted uses and located on the same site with the
main use;
d) Playgrounds and swimming pools;
e) Public works, buildings and structures excluding offices, warehouses, storage yards and waste management or
sewage facilities.
9.2
DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the RMH - Residential Mobile Home District though only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified in such resolution of Council.
a) Home occupations, home based businesses (refer to Section 5.1);
b) Multi-unit dwellings;
c)
Laundromat.
9.3
SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Mobile Home Parks
Minimum site area
2 hectares (5 acres)
Minimum site frontage
30.0 metres (98 ft)
Maximum site coverage
40% including 10% of the area shall be designated communal open space and
the Road allowance shall be 15.0 metres (49 ft) in width.
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metre (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres
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Mobile Home Sites
Minimum site area
465 m² (5005 ft2)
Minimum floor area
50 m² (538 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
12 metres (39 ft)
Maximum site coverage
40%
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.0 metres (3 ft), unless on a corner site the side yard shall be 2.5 metres (9 ft)
9.4
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MOBILE HOMES
a) All mobile homes must meet the standards set out in CSA Z240 Procedure for Certification of Factory Built
Houses, and amendments thereto. All mobile homes must bear a label of a credible certification agency indicating
that compliance with the National Building Codes has been certified using the Z240 procedure.
b) All attached and accessory structures shall require a building permit and shall comply with the requirements of the
National Building Code of Canada and the Building Bylaw of the Town of Macklin.
c)
All attached or accessory structures such as porches, sun room additions, skirting and storage facilities must be
factory prefabricated units, or of an equivalent quality, and shall be painted or prefinished so the design and
construction will complement the main structure.
d) In order to protect the residential character of the community, wheels, hitches, and running gear must be removed
within thirty (30) days of arrival, and skirting must be installed in such a manner as to compensate for vertical
movements and to prevent the entrance of rodents and other small animals.
e) All mobile homes shall be connected to water and sewer services provided by the Municipality and connected as
available to other public utilities.
9.5
ACCESSORY USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Minimum Yard setbacks
Accessory buildings shall comply with the yard requirements for a principal
building. Any building located less than 1.0 metre (3 ft) from a principal
building shall comply with all the minimum yard requirements of the principal
building. An accessory building shall not be located in a required front yard.
Maximum floor area
All accessory buildings shall not exceed 83.6 m² (900 ft²) in area.
Height
The height of the accessory building or structure shall not exceed 4.0 metres
(13 ft) in height from grade level to the underside of the eaves and the vertical
distance of the height must be less than 5 metres (16 ft).
Minimum rear yard
All accessory buildings shall be located a minimum of 0.8 metres from the
rear site line except where an accessory building has a door or doors opening
onto a lane then it shall not be located less than 2.0 metres (7 ft) from the site
line abutting the lane.
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a) Private garages and accessory buildings if less than 10m² (108 ft2), shall have a minimum side or rear yard of
0.75 metres (2 ft) and a maximum projection of 0.5 metres (2 ft) into the required yard for any eaves, gutters, or
drain spouts.
b) Uncovered outdoor swimming pools and other yard recreation equipment shall have a minimum side or rear yard
of 0.75 m. In rear yards, laundry drying equipment and garbage stands are permitted.
c)
Garages, carports, and accessory buildings attached to a principal building by a substantial roof structure shall be
considered as part of the principal building and subject to the regulations of the principal building and shall not
exceed the square footage of the main floor of the principal dwelling in size.
d) Temporary, fabric covered structures consisting of wood, metal or plastic framing covered on the roof and one or
more sides with fabric, plastic, vinyl or other sheet material shall be permitted to locate in a rear yard.
9.6
FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
Subject to traffic sight lines, the following height limitations shall apply to fences, walls, chain-link fence and hedges
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
b) In a required front yard, to a height no greater than 1.0 metre (3 ft) above grade level.
c)
In a required rear yard, to a height no greater than 2.0 metres (7 ft) above grade level.
d) Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be erected to a height of more than 2.0
metres (7 ft).
9.7
SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 0.5 m² (5 ft2);
b) In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in a window of a dwelling;
c)
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
d) Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
9.8
PARKING
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Mobile homes
2 spaces per dwelling
Public works
No requirement
Playgrounds and
swimming pools
No requirement
Laundromats
1 space per 28 m2 (301 ft2) of gross floor area
9.9
OUTSIDE STORAGE
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any residential site.
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b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval regarding the location of
areas used for storage for that use.
c)
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or displayed in any required
yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor
storage of vehicles in operating condition, equipment and machinery normally used for the maintenance of the
residential property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum of either one (1) vehicle
or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at any given point in time.
9.10 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Multiple Unit Dwellings:
i.
The suitability of a proposal will be considered with respect to:
i)
Adherence to any concept plan prepared for the proposed development area, including proposed
location of all forms of multiple unit dwellings;
ii)
The convenience of parking; and,
iii) Appropriate size and quality or proposed dwelling units.
c)
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Laundromats:
i.
The location of laundromats will only be favourably considered where it can be demonstrated that the use
and intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent
areas;
ii.
Consideration shall be given to the area's municipal servicing capacity.
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10 LIVE/WORK RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE DISTRICT-RA
The purpose of the Live/Work Residential Acreage District (RA) is to accommodate clustered
acreage residential development and subdivision proposals on a multi-site basis within the Town.
No person shall within any RA- Live/Work Residential Acreage District, use any land or erect, alter, or use
any building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions.
10.1 PERMITTED USES
a) One single detached dwelling and uses, buildings, and structures accessory thereto;
b) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the foregoing permitted uses and located on the same site with the
main use;
c)
Home occupations (Home Based Businesses);
d) Public works, buildings, and structures, warehouses and storage yards.
10.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the RA-Live/Work Residential Acreage District only by resolution of
Council and only in locations specified by Council.
a) Child day cares (refer to Section 5.6);
b) Adult day cares (refer to Section 5.10)
c)
Residential care homes (refer to Section 5.7);
d) Keeping of Livestock;
e) Equestrian facilities;
f)
Bed and breakfast homes (refer to Section 5.5);
g) Public sports fields and parks;
h) Animal kennels;
i)
Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.9);
j)
Public works waste management or sewage facilities.
10.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted and Discretionary Uses
Minimum site area
1 hectare (2.5 acres)
Minimum site frontage
25.0 metres (82 ft)
Minimum front yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 60 metres (197 ft) from the centre
line of any municipal road allowance or Provincial highway and/or a minimum of
90 metres from the intersection of the centre lines of any municipal roads or
Provincial highway.
RA
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Minimum rear yard
15.0 metres (49 ft) or 25% of the depth of the site whichever is the lesser.
Minimum side yard
15.0 metres (49 ft) except where a side yard abuts a municipal road allowance
or a provincial highway, the front yard requirements shall apply.
Minimum side yard
15.0 metres (49 ft) except where a side yard abuts a municipal road allowance
or a provincial highway, the front yard requirements shall apply.
Minimum setback for
trees, shelterbelts and
fences
55.0 metres (180 ft) from the centre line of a Provincial Highway.
5.0 metres (16 ft) from Highway frontage road property line.
46.0 metres (151 ft) from the center line of a municipal road.
8.0 metres (26 ft) from the property line of an internal subdivision road.
Residential parcels may be exempted from these requirements:
a) In the case of a parcel physically severed as a result of road right-of-way or railway plans, drainage ditch, pipeline
or transmission line, development, or natural features such as watercourses, water bodies there shall be no
maximum site area. Existing residential parcels may be enlarged to include adjoining land physically severed as a
result of the above noted barriers;
b) In the case of a parcel that existed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there shall be no minimum or maximum site
area.
10.4 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
a) No accessory building shall be located within 3.0 metres (10 ft) of a side or rear site line except where the
minimum yard abuts a public street, in which case the minimum side or rear yard shall be 7.6 metres.
b) The Building Floor Area for large accessory buildings on residential acreage sites may not exceed 150m² (1615
ft2).
10.5 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
a) Where a residential development is proposed at a location at which a standard connection to the Town's existing
sewer and water system is not feasible, the developer shall, at their own expense, provide suitable water supply
and sewage disposal facilities for that development acceptable to Council and meets The Public Health Act and
Regulations requirements.
b) Domestic waste disposal systems located on the site and serving only the principal use will be a permitted use to
that principal use.
c)
No outside storage shall be permitted in a yard abutting a road. Outside storage located in a side or rear yard
shall be screened by landscaping or vegetation so as not to be visible from the road.
d) The keeping of domestic animals and livestock will be accommodated by an application to Council and approved
at their discretion.
e) Any building or structure used for the habitation or shelter of animals permitted in this Zoning District shall be
located a minimum distance of 76.0 metres (249 ft) from an occupied dwelling situated on an adjoining site.
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10.6 TEMPORARY USES
a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this bylaw, the Official Community Plan and the District Plan, a mobile home or
trailer coach may be permitted for a period of up to one (1) year on an existing non-farm or farmstead residential
site within this zoning district, subject to a resolution of Council, provided that the following criteria is met.
b) Adherence to any permit or building bylaw or licensing requirement in effect in the Municipality:
i.
Issuance of a Development Permit to the landowner, where the said trailer is located, to be issued on an
annual basis.
ii.
The entering into of a development agreement between all affected parties, where considered necessary, to
assure applicable development standards are adhered to.
iii.
Compliance with any requirement of the Ministry of Health or government agencies respecting water and
waste connections, and disposal concerns.
10.7 SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 1.0 m² (11 ft2).
b) In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted on a door or wall surface or in a
window.
c)
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public.
d) Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
10.8 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Residential Care Homes:
i.
Council will consider if the proposed use maintains the existing residential character of the neighbourhood.
10.9 EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in Section 5 of this Bylaw,
the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for an Equestrian Facility:
a) The Development Permit shall set the maximum number of horses and cattle, if applicable, that may be kept on
the site.
b) An animal is kept, for purposes of this section, when it is on the site overnight.
c)
That the number of animals allowed as a condition of the permit to participate in an event are in addition to the
number that are allowed to be kept on the site.
d) The Development Permit shall set out conditions that address garbage and manure control, pasture management,
on site stock trailer parking, participant and spectator parking.
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e) The application shall include a Storm Water Management Plan for all areas of the parcel of land disturbed during
or as a result of the development of the Equestrian Centre and supporting facilities.
f)
The application shall include a traffic impact analysis that includes current and projected traffic for the next ten
years in the vicinity.
g) A condition of the Development Permit may require there be a contribution towards upgrading of access roads
should the road network require upgrading because of the impact of the facility.
h) Details of water supply and sewage disposal shall be included with the application.
i)
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a specific application.
10.10 ANIMAL KENNELS
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in Section 5 of this Bylaw, the
following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for an Animal Kennel:
a) The maximum number of animals not normally attributed to the host site to be kept on-site shall be at the
discretion of Council.
b) No building or exterior exercise area(s), to be used to accommodate the animals shall be allowed within 300.0
metres (984 ft) of any dwelling located on adjacent lots.
c)
All facilities, including buildings and exterior exercise areas, shall be sited behind the principal building unless
otherwise approved by Council.
d) Pens, rooms, exercise runs and holding stalls may be soundproofed to the satisfaction of Council.
e) All dog facilities shall be visually screened from existing dwellings on adjoining lots.
f)
No animals shall be allowed outdoors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. During this time period,
all animals shall be kept indoors.
g) A boarding use shall at no time unduly interfere with the character of the neighbourhood or the general enjoyment
of adjoining sites.
h) There shall be no external advertising other than a sign of not more than 1.0 m2 erected in accordance with the
Sign Regulations contained herein.
i)
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a specific application.
j)
Animal kennels shall be subject to relevant Bylaws and legislation governing noise and public health.
k)
All permits issued shall be valid for a two (2) year period from the date of issuance and shall be subject to
cancellation by the Municipality for due cause.
l)
Failure to comply with any of the above regulations or the conditions of a Development Permit may result in the
revoking of the permit by the Municipality.
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11 TOWN CENTRE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT -C1
The purpose of the Town Centre Commercial District (C1) is to continue to encourage a
"downtown" experience by providing pedestrian oriented commercial activities and services.
No person shall within any C1-Town Centre Commercial District, use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions.
11.1 PERMITTED USES
a) Banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions;
b) Administrative offices;
c)
Barbers, hairdressers, and other similar personal services establishments;
d) Medical, dental, and other health care offices and clinics or health services;
e) Restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, and other similar fast food services; Confectionaries and delicatessens;
f)
Storefront retail stores and outlets;
g) Storefront bakeries, butcher shops, and similar food processing with on-site retail sales;
h) Theatres, assembly halls, places of worship, service clubs;
i)
Commercial and public recreational establishments such as bowling alleys, arcades and fitness centres;
j)
Licensed premises for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages;
k)
Libraries, galleries, museums, and other similar cultural institutions;
l)
Public Transportation depots;
m) Outdoor markets and concessions (permanent, seasonal, or occasional);
n) Small-scale repair trades such as tailors, jewelers, art and hand craft shops and studios, craftspeople and similar
trades, including retail sales of art and craft products;
o) Storefront Construction trades without yards;
p) Buildings, structures or uses accessory to and located on the same site as the principal building or permitted use.
q) Public works buildings, offices and structures excluding warehouses, storage yards, and waste management or
sewage facilities.
11.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the C1-Town Centre Commercial District though only by resolution of
Council and only in locations specified by such resolution of Council.
a) Dwellings attached to and behind, or above, commercial establishments;
b) Lumber and building supply establishments;
c)
Mid-size box stores (e.g. Grocery);
d) Animal hospitals, or clinics and offices of veterinary surgeons;
e) Rooming houses;
f)
Commercial Child Day Care Centres;
g) Shops of plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades manufacturing and sales.
h) Newspaper offices and printing plants and services;
i)
Funeral homes;
j)
Other innovative commercial uses consistent with street level retail and services.
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11.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Commercial Uses
Minimum site area
225 m² (2422 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Maximum site coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
No requirement
Minimum rear & side yard
No requirement except when the side site line directly abuts any Residential or
Community Service District or abuts a public street, then the minimum side yard shall
be 1.5 metres (5 ft). When the rear site line abuts a railway right-of-way no rear yard
need be provided. Doors located in side yards shall not be used for delivery
purposes.
Other Discretionary Uses:
Lumber and building supply establishments; Mid-size box stores; Animal hospitals, or clinics and
offices of veterinary surgeons; Rooming houses; Commercial child day care centres; Shops of
plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades manufacturing and sales; Newspaper
offices and printing plant services; Funeral homes; and Other innovative commercial uses consistent
with street level retail services.
Minimum site area
235 m² (2530 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Maximum site coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
No requirement
Minimum rear & side yard
No requirement except when the side site line directly abuts any Residential or
Community Service District or abuts a public street, then the minimum side yard shall
be 1.5 metres (5 ft). When the rear site line abuts a railway right-of-way no rear yard
need be provided. Doors located in side yards shall not be used for delivery
purposes.
Height
15 metres (49 ft)
11.4 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
Setbacks for accessory buildings shall meet the same requirements as the principal use or building.
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11.5 SIGNAGE
Signs and billboards shall be prohibited in the C1 - Town Centre Commercial District except for signs advertising the
principal use of the premises or the principal products offered for sale on the premises. Permitted signs shall be
subject to the following requirements:
a) No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
b) The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 4.0 m² (43 ft2);
c)
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property, or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property, are permitted.
d) Temporary signs advertising product prices or sales, special events related to retail and service activities, or
advertising community or charity activities or events are permitted.
11.6 PARKING
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Shopping Centre/Strip Mall
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of floor area
Places of assembly, institutional buildings
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of floor area
Lumber and building supply
establishments
1 space per 50 m2 (538 ft2) of gross floor or 1 space per 3
employees, whichever is greater.
All other uses
No requirement
11.7 LANDSCAPING
Where a site abuts any Residential District without an intervening lane, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to the
abutting site line of not less than 1.5 metres (5 ft) in width throughout which shall not be used for any purpose except
landscaping.
11.8 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Accessory dwellings attached to and behind, or above,
commercial establishments:
i.
A maximum of one accessory dwelling unit attached to and behind, or above, a commercial establishment
will be allowed;
ii.
Council will favourably consider an accessory dwelling where it is located in the principal building with the
front of the building at grade level always remaining a commercial use; and
iii.
Council will only consider accessory dwellings that have a main entrance that is separate from that of the
commercial establishment.
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c)
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Lumber and building supply establishments, shops of
plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades manufacturing and sales:
i.
The location of the use will only be favourably considered where it can be demonstrated that the use and
intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have minimal impact on surrounding adjacent areas.
Consideration may be given, but is not limited to, the following effects:
i)
Municipal servicing capacity;
ii)
Anticipated levels of noise, odour, smoke, fumes, dust, lighting, glare, vibration and other emissions
emanating from the operation;
iii) Anticipated increased levels or types of vehicle traffic, unsafe conditions or situations for vehicles,
cyclists, or pedestrians; and,
iv) Utilization of hazardous substances.
ii.
Consideration shall be given to the location of entry and exit points to the site and their interrelation with
existing intersections or land constraints.
d) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Funeral Homes:
i.
Council shall favorably consider the location of the proposed use on a lot that abuts a major (Primary or
Secondary) street, as identified in the Official Community Plan "Transportation Hierarchy" Reference Map.
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12 PROFILE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT-C2
The purpose of the Profile Commercial District (C2) is to facilitate a wide range of
commercial, industrial and related activities located along Provincial Highways requiring high visibility.
No person shall within a C2 - Profile Highway Commercial District use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions.
12.1 PERMITTED USES
a) Business and/or professional offices;
a) Motels or motor hotels, including a dwelling for caretakers, owners, or managers;
b) Restaurants, confectionaries, including drive-thru;
c)
Licensed premises for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages;
d) Strip Malls, Shopping Centres;
e) Public transportation depots;
f)
Service stations and other establishments for the servicing, storage and sale of motor vehicles, trailers, recreation,
or farm machinery and equipment;
g) Commercial card lock operations;
h) Commercial and public recreational establishments such as bowling alleys, arcades and fitness centres;
i)
Garden centres or commercial greenhouses;
j)
Lumber and building supply establishments;
k)
Tourism oriented commercial recreation activities;
l)
Police, ambulance stations;
m) Accessory uses, including integrated or complementary uses, buildings or structures accessory to and located on
the same site as the principal building or use;
n) Public works offices, buildings, structures and warehouses excluding waste management or sewage facilities.
12.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the C2-Profile Highway Commercial District though only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified in such resolution of Council.
a) Car wash;
b) Oilfield supply and services establishments;
c)
Animal hospitals, or clinics and offices of veterinary surgeons;
d) Construction trades and contractors' yards;
e) Shops of plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades manufacturing and sales;
f)
Campground including recreational vehicle park (refer to Section 5.8);
g) Rooming house;
h) Auto body shops;
i)
Motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, and/or mobile home sales and servicing and/or storage compound;
j)
Semi-trailer and container parking lot including sea containers.
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12.3 PROHIBITED USES
a) Aggregate materials; storage or handling operations.
b) Abattoirs.
12.4 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted Uses (other than Motels and Service Stations)
Minimum site area
900 m² (9688 ft2). There shall be no minimum site development requirements for public
works buildings.
Minimum site frontage
30.0 metres (98 ft)
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum side yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
Minimum rear yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Motels
Service Stations
Minimum site area
1600 m² (17222 ft2)
900 m² (9688 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
30.0 metres (98 ft)
30.0 metres (98 ft)
Minimum front yard
15 metres (49 ft)
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
3.0 metres (10 ft)
Minimum rear yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Shopping Centre/Strip Malls
Minimum site area
3,700 m2 (39,826 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
75 metres (246 ft)
Height
15 metres (49 ft)
Maximum site coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum rear yard
9 metres (30 ft)
Minimum side yard
3 metres (10 ft)
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Other Discretionary Uses:
Oilfield supply and services
establishments; Construction
Trades and Contractors' yards;
Motor Vehicle, recreational vehicle,
and/or mobile home sales storage
compound; Semi-trailer and
Container Parking lot
Car wash; Shops of plumbers, pipe fitters,
metal workers and other industrial trades
manufacturing and sales; Autobody shop;
Rooming houses; Animal hospitals or clinics
and office of veterinary surgeons
Minimum site area
930 m² (10,010 ft2). There shall be no
minimum site development
requirements for public works
buildings.
730 m2 (7858 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
30.0 metres (98 ft)
20.0 metres (66 ft)
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
6.0 metres
Minimum side yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
3.0 metres
Minimum rear yard
6.0 metres
6.0 metres
12.5 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
a) Setbacks for accessory buildings shall meet the same requirements as the principal use or building.
b) Temporary, fabric covered structures consisting of wood, metal or plastic framing covered on the roof and one or
more sides with fabric, plastic, vinyl or other sheet material shall be permitted in a required rear yard.
12.6 FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
a) Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design and materials of the primary
building. Screening shall be provided where a lot used for commercial or industrial purposes abuts a residential
district without an intervening street or lane. Such screening shall consist of a solid fence, hedge, or wall over 1.5
metres (3 ft) in height in a side or rear yard and over 0.75 metres (2 ft) in a front yard.
b) No fence in a commercial or industrial zone shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 ft).
c)
No barbed wire or razor wire fences shall be allowed in a Commercial District.
12.7 LANDSCAPING
a) A landscaped strip of not less than 3.0 metres (10 ft) in width throughout lying parallel and abutting the front site
line shall be provided on every site.
b) On corner lots, in addition to the landscaping required in the front yard, the whole of any required side yard
abutting the flanking street shall be landscaped.
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c)
Where a site abuts any Residential or Community Service District without an intervening lane, there shall be a
strip of land adjacent to the abutting site line of not less than 3.0 metres (10 ft) in width throughout which shall not
be used for any purpose except landscaping.
12.8 PARKING REQUIREMENTS
Strip malls or retail plazas
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of floor area
Stores and offices
1 parking space for every 50 m² (538 ft2) of gross floor area
Restaurants, other eating places
1 parking space for every 10 seats provided for patrons
Theatres, places of assembly
1 parking space for every 10 seats provided for patrons.
Motels, motor hotels or hotels
1 parking space for each unit
Service stations
1 ½ parking spaces for each service bay
All other uses
1 parking space for each 75 m² (807 ft2) of building floor area
12.9 LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Where the use of a building or site involves the receipt, distribution or dispatch by vehicles of materials, goods or
merchandise, adequate space for such vehicles to stand for loading and unloading shall be provided on the site. The
minimum area of an individual loading space shall be 17.0 m² (183 ft2). Doors located in side yards shall not be used
for delivery purposes.
Gross Floor Area
Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
93 m² to 1300 m²
1 space
1300 m² to 2800 m²
2 spaces
<2800 m²
2 spaces +1 space for each 5600 m² (60278 ft2)
12.10 SIGNAGE
Signs and billboards shall be prohibited in the C2 - Highway Commercial District except for signs advertising the
principal use of the premises or the principal products offered for sale on the premises. Permitted signs shall be
subject to the following requirements:
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 4.0 m² (43 ft2);
b) No sign shall be located in any manner that may jeopardize public safety;
c)
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m ² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
d) Temporary signs advertising product prices or sales, special events related to retail and service activities, or
advertising community or charity activities or events are permitted.
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12.11 OUTSIDE STORAGE
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any commercial or industrial site.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval regarding the location of
areas used for storage for that use.
c)
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or displayed in any required
yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor
storage of vehicles in operating condition with equipment and machinery normally used for the maintenance of the
property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
12.12 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general the discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Mid-Size Box Stores:
i.
Council will favorably consider the proposed use where it can be demonstrated that it is primarily for
pedestrian use and accessible to the public from both the street and from the development;
ii.
Council will consider the appropriate separation to other uses that may be incompatible with Shopping
Centre/Strip Mall retail and service activities;
iii. Council will consider the potential uses and street access to the site when making a discretionary use
decision on a proposed shopping centre/strip mall. Ingress and egress points shall be designed to
minimize conflict with adjacent land uses and not pose a safety hazard; and
iv. Other criteria may include the street façade, main street entrance, windows along the street and the
relaxation of on-site parking requirements.
c)
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for construction trades and contractors' yards, shops of
plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades manufacturing and sales, auto body
shops:
i.
The location of the use will only be favourably considered where it can be demonstrated that the use and
intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have minimal impact on surrounding adjacent areas.
Consideration may be given, but is not limited to, the following effects:
i)
Municipal servicing capacity; and
ii) Anticipated levels of noise, odour, smoke, fumes, dust, lighting, glare, vibration and other emissions
emanating from the operation;
iii) Anticipated increased levels or types of vehicle traffic, unsafe conditions or situations for vehicles,
cyclists, or pedestrians; and,
iv) Utilization of hazardous substances.
ii.
Consideration shall be given to the location of entry and exit points to the site and their interrelation with
existing intersections or land constraints,
d) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Rooming House:
i.
Council will favourably consider a rooming house that is contained within a single-detached or semi-detached
(both halves must be a rooming house) dwelling; and
ii.
Council will consider if the proposed use maintains the existing residential character of the neighbourhood.
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e) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Oilfield equipment parking lot and staging area:
i.
The designated truck access routes will not be primarily through residential areas.
f)
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, and/or mobile home
sales storage compound; Semi-trailer and container parking lots including sea containers:
i.
Council will favourably consider the proposed use where it is located in an area of low-visibility, and screened
to avoid any adverse visual impact.
g) Sites used for discretionary uses which may result in heavy truck traffic shall be located to ensure that such traffic
takes access to or from major streets or designated truck routes.
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13 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - IND
The purpose of the General Industrial District (IND) is to provide areas for Industrial
activities which have moderate potential for conflict with adjacent land uses and rely on access to prime
traffic routes.
No person shall within any IND-General Industrial District use any land, or erect, alter, or use any building or
structure except in accordance with the following provisions.
13.1 PERMITTED USES
a) Business and/or professional offices;
b) Industrial parks containing a combination of permitted uses;
c)
Buildings, structures, and uses accessory to, and located on the same site as, the principal building or use
excepting any building or structure used for human habitation;
d) Indoor repair, rental, servicing, storage, wholesale of any commodity and/or retail sales of any goods, materials
and/or commodities excluding any hazardous materials;
e) Manufacturing, fabricating, processing, assembly, finishing, production or packaging of materials, goods or
products that are not noxious;
f)
Service stations and commercial card lock operations;
g) Oilfield supply and service establishments;
h) Auto body shops;
i)
Construction and other contractors, industrial trades, workshops, yards, plants, and/or offices;
j)
Warehousing and supply depots;
k)
Farm and Industrial machinery equipment and vehicle sales and service;
l)
Trucking operations;
m) Semi-trailer and container parking lot including sea containers;
n) Lumber and building supply establishments;
o) Construction of RTM homes or agricultural building assembly area;
p) Motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, and/or mobile home sales and servicing and/or storage compound;
q) Commercial recycling depots;
r)
Public works buildings and structures including offices, warehouses, storage, yards, and waste management or
sewage facilities.
13.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the IND- Industrial District though only by resolution of Council and
only in locations specified in such resolution of Council.
a) Bulk petroleum sales and storage (refer to Section 5.11);
b) Stockyards and auction marts;
c)
Salvage yards and auto wreckers;
d) Meat processing plants/abattoirs;
e) Seed cleaning plants, feed mills and flour mills;
f)
Fertilizer sales and storage;
g) Cement manufacturing;
h) Aggregate material storage or handling operations;
i)
Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.9);
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j)
Agricultural based business including processing and packaging of product. Amendment Bylaw No. XX-2016.
13.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted Uses
Minimum site area
580 m² (6243 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
15.0 metres (49 ft)
Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
Minimum side yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
Service Stations and Discretionary Uses
Minimum site area
929 m2 (10,000 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
30 metres (98 ft)
Minimum front yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum rear yard
10% of the depth of the lot
Minimum side yard
3.0 metres (10 ft)
Height
15 metres (49 ft)
13.4 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
a) Setbacks for accessory buildings shall meet the same requirements as the principal use or building.
b) Temporary, fabric covered structures consisting of wood, metal or plastic framing covered on the roof and one or
more sides with fabric, plastic, vinyl or other sheet material shall be permitted in a required rear yard.
13.5 FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
a) Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design and materials of the primary
building. Screening shall be provided where a lot used for commercial or industrial purposes abuts a Residential
District without an intervening street or lane. Such screening shall consist of a solid fence, hedge, or wall over 1.5
metres (5 ft) in height in a side or rear yard and over 0.75 metres (2 ft) in a front yard.
b) No fence in a commercial or industrial zone shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 ft).
c)
No barbed wire, or razor wire fences shall be allowed in an Industrial District.
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13.6 LANDSCAPING
a) A landscaped strip of not less than 3.0 metres (10 ft) in width throughout lying parallel and abutting the front site
line shall be provided on every site.
b) On corner lots, in addition to the landscaping required in the front yard, the whole of any required side yard
abutting the flanking street shall be landscaped.
c)
Where a site abuts any Residential District without an intervening lane, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to
the abutting site line of not less than 3.0 metres (10 ft) in width throughout which shall not be used for any purpose
except landscaping.
13.7 PARKING
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Warehouses or
manufacturing activities
1 parking space for each 90 m² (969 ft2) of gross floor area
Principal buildings
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of gross floor area, or 1 parking space for
each 1.5 employees, whichever is greater.
13.8 LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Where the use of a building or site involves the receipt, distribution, or dispatch by vehicles of materials, goods, or
merchandise, adequate space for such vehicles to stand for loading and unloading without restricting access to all
parts of the site shall be provided on the site. The minimum area of an individual loading space shall be 17m² (183
ft2).
Gross Floor Area
Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
93 m² to 1300 m²
1 space
1300 m² to 2800 m²
2 spaces
<2800 m²
2+1 for each 5600 m² (60278 ft2)
13.9 SIGNAGE
Signs and billboards are prohibited in the IND-Industrial District except for signs advertising the principal use of the
premises or the names of the occupants of the premises. Permitted signs shall be subject to the following regulations:
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 4.0 m² (43 ft2);
b) No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
c)
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted;
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d) Temporary signs advertising product prices or sales, special events related to retail and service activities, or
advertising community or charity activities or events are permitted.
13.10 OUTSIDE STORAGE
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any commercial or industrial site.
b) No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of hazardous material.
c)
Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval regarding the location of
areas used for storage for that use.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor
storage of vehicles in operating condition, equipment and machinery normally used for the maintenance of the
property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) All outside storage shall be fenced and where the area abuts a residential area. All junk yards or auto wrecking
yards shall be totally enclosed by a sturdy fence built to a minimum height of 2.0 metres (7 ft) and constructed of
material suitable to conceal from view the materials stored on site. No materials shall be stacked above the height
of the fence.
f)
All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles, storage drums and crates, stockpiled material, and similar articles and
materials shall be stored within a building or suitably screened from public view.
13.11 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general the discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.25 and others that may be specified.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Salvage Yards and Auto Wrecker Operations:
i.
All salvage yards will be favourably considered where it can be demonstrated that is can be totally hidden
from the view of the travelling public, provincial highways ,any public road and adjacent residential
development by utilizing any of the following measures:
i)
Distance and careful location,
ii)
Natural or planted vegetation,
iii) An earth berm,
iv) An opaque fence,
v)
A building,
vi) Other appropriate methods approved by council.
c)
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Seed cleaning plants, feed mills and flour mills;
fertilizer sales and storage; cement manufacturing; and aggregate material storage or handling
operations:
i.
The location of the use will only be favorably considered where it can be demonstrated that the use and
intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have a minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent
areas. Consideration may be given:
i)
Municipal servicing capacity;
ii)
Anticipated levels of noise, odour, smoke, fumes, dust, lighting, glare, vibration and other emissions
emanating from the operation
iii) Anticipated increased levels or types of vehicle traffic, unsafe conditions or situations for vehicles,
cyclists, or pedestrians; and
iv) Utilization of hazardous substances.
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ii.
The designated truck access routes will not be primarily through residential areas.
13.12 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
An industrial operation including production, processing, cleaning, testing, repairing, storage or distribution of any
material shall conform to the following standards:
a) Noise - emit no noise of industrial production audible beyond the boundary of the lot on which the operation takes
place;
b) Smoke - no process involving the use of solid fuel is permitted;
c)
Dust or ash - no process involving the emission of dust, fly ash or other particulate matter is permitted;
d) Odour - the emission of any odorous gas or other odorous matter is prohibited;
e) Toxic gases - the emission of any toxic gases or other toxic substances is prohibited;
f)
Glare or heat - no industrial operation shall be carried out that would produce glare or heat noticed beyond the
property line of the lot;
g) External storage - external storage of goods or material is permitted if kept in a neat and orderly manner or
suitably enclosed by a fence or wall to the satisfaction of the authority having jurisdiction. No storage shall be
permitted in the front yard;
h) Industrial wastes - waste which does not conform to the standards established from time to time by Town Bylaws
shall not be discharged into any Town sewers.
i)
The onus of proving to Council's satisfaction that a proposed development does and will comply with these
requirements rests with the developer.
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14 COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT - CS
The purpose of the Community Service District (CS) is to provide areas for a wide range
of community service related activities including social, recreational, institutional, parks and public
service.
No person shall, within any CS - Community Service District, use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions.
14.1 PERMITTED USES
a) Buildings, structures, or uses secondary or subordinate to, and located on the same site as, the principal use,
shall be considered accessory uses and, may include commercial uses;
b) Elementary, high schools and other educational facilities;
c)
Lodges, social clubs, service clubs;
d) Municipal offices, libraries, historic and cultural institutions, community halls;
e) Places of worship and assembly halls;
f)
Child and adult daycare;
g) Health facilities and special care homes;
h) Recreational - sports fields, parks, playgrounds, curling rinks, skating rinks, tennis courts, lawn bowling greens,
swimming pools, and other similar uses. More than one recreational use may be permitted per site;
i)
Golf courses;
j)
Natural and nature-like open areas;
k)
Community gardens;
l)
Pedestrian trails and bicycle pathways;
m) Skateboard parks or bmx bike-terrain;
n) Scenic lookout and interpretation facilities, rest stops, and other public trail facilities;
o) Public works buildings and structures excluding storage yards, warehouses, drainage ditches, culverts, and other
drainage works, and shall include water reservoirs, waste management sites, and sewage treatment facilities.
14.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the Community Service District though only by resolution of Council
and only in locations specified in such resolution of Council.
a) Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.9).
14.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted Uses (other than educational facilities, rinks and swimming pools)
Minimum site area
450 m² (4844 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
15 metres (49 ft)
CS
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Minimum front yard
6.0 metres (20 ft)
Minimum rear yard
6.0 metres except where the rear site line abuts a Residential District without
an intervening street or lane, at least 7.5 metres (25 ft) shall be provided.
Minimum side yard
50% of the height of the building or 3.0 metres (10 ft), whichever is greater
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Minimum site area
No minimum requirement
Minimum site frontage
60.0 metres (197 ft)
Maximum site coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
15 .0 metres (49 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Skating, Curling Rinks and Swimming Pools
Minimum site area
1200 m² (12917 ft2)
Minimum site frontage
20.0 metres (66 ft)
Minimum front yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum rear yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Minimum side yard
1.5 metres (5 ft) except on a corner site abutting a street then 3.6
metres (12 ft) shall be provided
Accessory Buildings
Minimum front yard
7.5 metres (25 ft)
Principal building
All accessory buildings shall be set back 1.2 metres (4 ft) from the principal
building.
Minimum side yard
0.8 metres (3 ft) unless the side site line is an abutting a street then the side
yard shall be 3.6 metres (12 ft)
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Minimum rear yard
All accessory buildings with a door or doors opening onto a lane shall not
be located less than 2.0 metres (7 ft) from the site line abutting the lane.
14.4 SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 4.0 m² (43 ft2).
b) Billboards are prohibited except for one information sign for each building or use and those bearing notices of
special events and activities, or other information, relating to a temporary condition affecting the site and shall not
exceed 1.0 m² (11 ft2) in size.
c)
Temporary signs advertising product prices or sales, special events related to retail and service activities, or
advertising community or charity activities or events are permitted.
14.5 PARKING
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the following:
Elementary school
1 parking space for each staff member
High school
1 parking space for each staff member, plus 1 parking space
for every 10 students
Churches and places of assembly
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of floor area
Special care homes
1 parking space for each bed.
Institutional buildings, private clubs and
lodges
1 parking space for each 50 m² (538 ft2) of floor area
Recreational buildings, sports facilities and
fields
1 parking space for each of every ten patrons or seats.
14.6 LANDSCAPING
a) A landscaped strip of not less than 3.0 metres (10 ft) in width throughout lying parallel and abutting the front site
line shall be provided on every site.
b) On corner lots, in addition to the landscaping required in the front yard, the whole of any required side yard
abutting the flanking street shall be landscaped.
c)
Where a site abuts any Residential District without an intervening lane, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to
the abutting site line of not less than 1.5 metres (5 ft) in width throughout which shall not be used for any purpose
except landscaping.
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15 FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT - FUD
The purpose of the Future Urban Development District (FUD) is to limit development that
may affect future growth of the Town by providing for temporary and transitional uses and activities.
No person shall within any FUD - Future Urban Development District use any land, or erect, alter or use any
building or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions:
15.1 PERMITTED USES
a) Agricultural crop production and horticultural uses and buildings and structures customarily accessory to the
use;
b) Keeping of livestock, though excluding intensive livestock operations, poultry farms, hatcheries, or
commercial kennels;
c)
Commercial greenhouses, market gardens, and sod farms;
d) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to the principal building or use;
e) Recreational uses and sports grounds;
f)
Recreational Vehicle Storage yards;
g) Public works buildings and structures including offices, warehouses, storage, yards, and waste management
or sewage facilities;
h) Uses in existence when this Bylaw comes into force.
15.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses may be permitted in the FUD- Future Urban Development District only by resolution of
Council and only in locations specified by Council.
a) One single detached dwelling and buildings accessory to the principal use and occupied by the owner,
manager or caretaker of the principal use;
b) Home occupations, home based businesses (refer to Section 5.1);
c)
Cemeteries;
d) Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.9).
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15.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Minimum site area
Existing, no subdivision
Minimum site frontage
60.0 metres (197 ft) abutting a highway or 6.0 metres (20 ft) abutting a street
Front yard
15.0 metres (49 ft) unless the property abuts a municipal road, then the setback is
60.0 metres from the centerline of the municipal road.
Side yard
7.5 metres (25 ft) for dwelling and buildings accessory thereto, except the minimum
side yard abutting a public street shall be 10.0 metres (33 ft).
FUD
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Rear yard
10.0 metres (33 ft) for dwellings and buildings accessory thereto except that the
minimum rear yard abutting a public street shall be 30.0 metres (98 ft).
15.4 SIGNAGE
a) One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 1.0 m² (11 ft2).
b) In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted;
c)
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the safety of the public;
d) Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of the property or other information
relating to a temporary condition affecting the property are permitted.
15.5 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
a) Council will consider the applications for discretionary use with respect to the following criteria:
i.
The infrastructure servicing capacity is available to service the development without excessive impact on
other uses being served by the system.
ii.
The proposed development will be consistent with any concept plans in force in the area and will not be
inconsistent with the future use and development plans of the Official Community Plan and the District
Plan.
iii.
The development will not require the development of new streets and utility lines except as may be provide
for in existing plans under the Official Community Plan and the District Plan and that the proposal is not
premature.
b) Where a development is proposed at a location at which standard connection to the Town's existing sewer and
water system is not feasible, the developer shall, at their own expense, provide suitable water supply and sewage
disposal facilities for that development acceptable to Council and meets The Public Health Act and Regulations
requirements. Domestic waste disposal systems located on the site and serving only the principal use will be a
permitted use to that principal use.
c)
Any building or structure used for the habitation or shelter of animals permitted in this Zoning District shall be
located a minimum distance of 76.0 metres (249 ft) from an occupied dwelling situated on an adjoining site.
15.6 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 07-2016
a) All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as outlined in
Section 3.9 and others that may be specified.
b) Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Cemeteries:
i.
The location of cemeteries will only be favourably considered where it can be demonstrated that the use
and intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent
areas.