HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-09-19, Page 23ZURICH ZONING BY-LAW
REGULATIONS FOR REQUIRED OFF-STREET
PARKING AND DRIVEWAYS
3.13 1) All off-street parking shall be located
on the same lot in the same Zone as the
use, building or structure requiring the
parking. Where the provision of the
required parking on the same lot is
impossible or impractical, such off-
street parking facilities may be located
on another lot in the same Zone, within
500 feet of the use, building or structure
requiring such parking.
2) Each parking space shall have an area
of not less than 180 sq. ft. with a min-
imum width of 9 feet.
3) Every parking space shall be provided
with unobstructed access to a street by
a driveway, aisle or lane, having a
width of at least 10 feet and in one and
two family residential zones, a width
not greater than 20 feet measured at the
street line.
4) The minimum distance between a drive-
way and an intersection of street lines
measured along the street line intersect-
ed by such driveway shall be 25 feet.
Where more than one driveway is requir-
ed in any zone the distance between
driveways shall be a minimum of 25
feet.
5) All off-street parking facilities shall be
located to the rear of the building line
or lines.
6) In all Residential Zones, required off-
street parking, not provided within a
garage or carport, is prohibited between
the front of the main building and the
building line.
7) In the Industrial Zone, required off-
street parking for employees shall not be
located between the main front walls of
the building and building line.
8) The parking area and approaches shall
be surfaced with concrete, asphalt,
crushed stone, gravel, or a combination
thereof with a stable surface treated to
prevent the raising of dust or loose part-
icles with the exception of non-resident-
ial parking areas and approaches adjac-
ent to residential areas and multiple
dwelling parking areas which shall be
surfaced with concrete or asphalt.
9) Provision for drainage facilities shall be
made in compliance with the require-
ments of a competent Engineer.
10) No driveway or parking area shall be
located within 20 feet of a window to a
habitable room of a multiple dwelling,
which is below or at grade.
11) A driveway or parking lot for any use
other than a one or two family dwelling
shall be located not closer than 5 feet
to a lot line abutting a one or two fam-
ily residential zone.
12) Off-street parking spaces and areas req-
uired in residential zones shall be used
only for the parking of operative passen-
ger vehicles and commercial motor
vehicles not exceeding 6, 000 pounds.
Gross Vehicle Weight.
Provided further than notwithstanding
the foregoing the owner or occupant
of any lot, building or structure in any
residential zone may use any private
garage of which he is the owner or occ-
upant, erected upon any such lot for
the housing or storage of one commerc-
ial motor vehicle, not exceeding
12,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight and
operated by himself.
Provided further, however, that not-
withstanding the foregoing no person
shall in any residential zone use any
lot, building or structure for the park-
ing or storage of more than one comm-
ercial motor vehicle.
PLANTING STRIP REQUIREMENTS
3.14 1) Planting Strips shall be provided:
a) On lands zoned or used for multiple
dwellings where they abut ]ands zoned
or used for one or two family dwellings.
b) On lands zoned or used for any com-
mercial or industrial purpose where
they abut lands zoned or used for resid-
ential or institutional purposes. Parks
shall be deemed to be a residential
use for the purposes of this sub -section.
c) On lands upon which a residential use
or institutional use is being newly est-
ablished where such lands abut an exist-
ing non-residential use, which is not
maintaining a planting strip in accord-
ance with Section 1 b) above.
d) Around the perimeter of outside storage
areas that may be established in the
Industrial Zone, where such areas are
adjacent to a building line or can be
viewed from a public street.
2) Such planting strip shall have a width
throughout of not less than five (5) feet
and shall be in addition to any other req-
uired yard.
3) Such planting strip shall be contained with -
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in the zone or on the lands for which it
is a requirement, and shall run the entire
length of the zone or property line or
lines separating it from the abutting zone
or use except that no planting strip shall
be located between the street line and
the building line in such a mariner or of
such a height as to obscure the vision of
the operator of a motor vehicle travell-
ing on a public street.
4) Such planting strip shall consist of a
continuous unpirced planting of trees or
shrubs, and shall be maintained at an
ultimate height of not less than.six (6)
feet.
5) Such planting stip shall be planted and
maintained by the owner or owners of the
land on which the planting strips are
required.
PROJECTIONS
3.15 Every part of any minimum required
yard shall be open and unobstructed
from the ground to the sky by any struct-
ure other than an accessory building per-
mitted in this By-law except where indic-
ated as follows:
MIN. REIQUIRED
YARDS IN WHICH
PROJECTION IS
PERMITTED
MAX. PROJECTION
PERMITTED INTO
MIN. REQ'D YARD
Sills, belt course, cornices, eaves ,
gutters, chimneys or pilasters
All
18 inches
Fire escapes and Exterior staircases Rear
5 feet
Window Bays Front and Rear
3 feet including eaves and
cornices over a maximum
width of 10 feet
Balconies on single family, Semi -
Detached and Duplex Dwellings Front and Rear
2 feet
Balconies on Apartment buildings All
2 feet
Open, roofed porches not
exceeding one storey in height Front and Rear
8 feet, including eaves
and cornices Maximum
length 10 feet
Uncovered paved patios All
8 feet front yard other yards
unlimited
Facia Signs All
1 Foot
THROUGH LOT
3.16 On any through lot, the street upon which
the use is municipally numbered and ass-
essed shall be deemed for the purposes of
the regulations of this By-law to be the
front.
In any rear yard the provisions of Section
3.3 and 3.14 shall also apply.
USES - EXISTING
3.17 Where a building has been erected prior
to the day of passing of the By-law on a
lot and is deficient in any respect to the
provisions of this 13y -law then, the exist-
ing structure establishes the provisions
of this By-law then, the existing struct-
ure establishes the provisions for that lot.
The existing structure may be enlarged,
reconstructed or renovated provided that:
1) the alteration does not reduce any of
the provisions of the site having less
than the minimum provisions required
by this By-law and
2) all other'provisions of this By-law are
met with except that:
3) where an existing structure establishes
site provisions less than the minimum
required by this By-law, then no Proj-
ections established by alteration as
described in Section 3.15 are permit-
ted.
USES - PROHIBITED
3.18 The following uses are generally prohibit-
ed in all Zones:
a) Dwelling Units in a cellar
b) The use of tents, trailers, truck, bus,
coach or street car bodies, for perman-
ent habitation, business or other purpos-
es.
c) Obnoxious uses as defined in this By-
law.
d) The making or establishing of pits and
quarries.
e) A track for the racing of motor vehicles
or motor cycles.
1) Blood boiling, bone boiling, extracting
oil from fish or animal matter, manuf-
acture or storage of fertilizers from dead
animals or animal waste, and the re -
refining of waste oils.