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O. Reg. 326/24: ZONING ORDER - CITY OF VAUGHAN, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

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

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current August 16, 2024 (e-Laws currency date)

 

Planning Act
Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire

ONTARIO REGULATION 326/24

ZONING ORDER - CITY OF VAUGHAN, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

Consolidation Period: From August 16, 2024 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. 001-2021 of the City of Vaughan.

Application

2. (1) This Order applies to lands in the City of Vaughan, in the Regional Municipality of York, in the Province of Ontario, being lands outlined in red on a map numbered 359 and filed at the Toronto office of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

(2) Despite any existing or future severance, partition or division of the lands described in subsection (1), the provisions of this Order apply to all of those lands as if no severance, partition or division had occurred.

Non-application of policy statements, etc.

3. Policy statements issued under subsection 3 (1) of the Act, provincial plans and official plans do not apply in respect of a licence, permit, approval, permission or other matter required before a use permitted by this Order may be established on the lands described in subsection 2 (1) of this Order.

Permitted uses

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

1.  Uses permitted under Table 8-2, High Rise Mixed-Use Zone of the zoning by-law.

2.  A park.

Zoning requirements

5. (1) The zoning requirements for High-Rise Mixed-Use Zone set out in Table 8-2, other than the requirements in note 4, and in Table 8-3 of the zoning by-law apply to the uses permitted under section 4.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the following requirements apply to the uses permitted under section 4:

1.  The maximum number of dwelling units is 1,488.

2.  The minimum setback to Silmar Drive is 3 metres.

3.  The minimum setback to Chrislea Road is 3 metres.

4.  The minimum rear yard is 0 metres.

5.  The minimum setback to Langstaff Road and Highway Corridor is 14 metres.

6.  That maximum height is 112 metres.

7.  The minimum ground floor height is 3 metres.

8.  The minimum tower separation is 25 metres.

9.  Where an interior or rear lot line is internal to the lands described in subsection 2(1), the minimum tower setback is 9 metres.

10.  The minimum build-to-zone shall not apply.

11.  The minimum landscape strip abutting Silmar Drive is 3 metres.

12.  The minimum landscape strip abutting Chrislea Road is 3 metres.

13.  The minimum gross floor area for commercial uses on the lands described in subsection 2 (1) is 304 square metres.

14.  The maximum gross floor area for the lands described in subsection 2 (1) is 104,044 square metres.

15.  There is no minimum setback of a below-grade parking structure from a lot line.

16.  A short-term bicycle parking space may be located within a required landscape strip.

17.  The minimum required resident parking spaces per dwelling unit is 0.8.

18.  Surface parking in the form of a parallel parking space is permitted in an interior side yard and exterior side yard.

Terms of use

6. (1) Every use of land and every erection, location or 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 or 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

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

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