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O. Reg. 156/22: ZONING ORDER - CITY OF VAUGHAN, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

under Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13

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current March 4, 2022 (e-Laws currency date)

 

Planning Act
Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire

ONTARIO REGULATION 156/22

ZONING ORDER - CITY OF VAUGHAN, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

Consolidation Period:  From March 4, 2022 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Definition

1. In this Order,

“zoning by-law” means Zoning By-law No. 1-88 of the City of Vaughan.

Application

2. (1) This Order applies to the lands in the City of Vaughan in the Regional Municipality of York, in the Province of Ontario, being the lands outlined in red on a map numbered 252 and filed at the Toronto office of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

(2) For the purposes of this Order, the lands described in subsection (1) are deemed to be a single lot.

Employment area zone

3. (1) This section applies to the lands located in the area shown as the Employment Area Zone on the map described in subsection 2 (1).

(2) Every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure is prohibited on the lands described in subsection (1), except for the following:

1.  A storage and distribution facility use that is defined as a building or part of a building used primarily for the storage and distribution of goods and materials.

2.  An outdoor storage area use that is defined as an outdoor area used for parking, placing, storing and maintaining commercial motor vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles and intermodal containers and that is,

i.  incidental to, subordinate to or exclusively devoted to the storage and distribution facility, and

ii.  on the same lot as the storage and distribution facility.

3.  The uses permitted under section 6.2 (EM1) — Prestige Employment Area Zone of the zoning by-law.

(3) The minimum setback of any building or structure from a provincial highway is 14 metres.

(4) The zoning requirements set out in section 6.1 General Provisions of the zoning by-law apply to any uses permitted under paragraph 3 of subsection (2) of this Order.

Open space environmental protection zone

4. Every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure is prohibited on the lands located in the area shown as the Open Space Environmental Protection Zone on the map described in subsection 2 (1), except for the uses permitted under section 7.4b (OS5) — Open Space Environmental Protection Zone of the zoning by law.

Terms of use

5. (1) Every use of land and every erection, location and use of any building or structure shall be in accordance with this Order.

(2) Nothing in this Order prevents the use of any land, building or structure for any use prohibited by this Order if the land, building or structure is lawfully so used on the day this Order comes into force.

(3) Nothing in this Order prevents the reconstruction of any building or structure that is damaged or destroyed by causes beyond the control of the owner if the dimensions of the original building or structure are not increased and its original use is not altered.

(4) Nothing in this Order prevents the strengthening or restoration to a safe condition of any building or structure.

Deemed by-law

6. This Order is deemed for all purposes, except the purposes of section 24 of the Act, to be and to always have been a by-law passed by the council of the City of Vaughan.

7. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).