O. Reg. 327/24: ZONING ORDER - CITY OF VAUGHAN, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

 

Planning Act
Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire

ONTARIO REGULATION 327/24

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. 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 360 and filed at the Toronto office of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

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 section 2 of this Order.

Public park block

4. (1) A public park block shall be included in the lands described in section 2.

(2) The permitted uses for the public park block are the uses in Table 12-2, Public Open Space Zone of the zoning by-law other than use for a cemetery, conservation use and use for decommissioning activities and stormwater management facilities.

(3) The zoning requirements for the public park block are those set out in section 6 and the following:

1.  The public park block shall cover 1,750 square metres of area within the lands described in section 2.

2.  The public park block shall have a minimum width of 25 metres.

3.  The public park block shall be free of encumbrances, including underground parking, underground stormwater management infrastructure, utility services, transformer boxes, temporary or permanent building structural elements, building overhangs, Canada Post mailboxes and access, buffers and Natural Heritage Network core features and associated buffers.

4.  The minimum setbacks for the public park block are as follows:

i.  The minimum front yard setback to Talman Court is 9 metres.

ii.  There is no minimum exterior side yard setback.

iii.  There is no minimum interior side yard setback.

iv.  There is no minimum rear yard setback.

Permitted uses

5. With respect to the lands described in section 2, other than the lands in the public park block, every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure is prohibited, except for the following uses:

1.  The uses permitted in Table 8-2, High-Rise Mixed-Use Zone of the zoning by-law.

2.  The uses permitted in Table 12-2, Public Open Space Zone of the zoning by-law other than use for a cemetery, conservation use and use for decommissioning activities.

Zoning requirements

6. (1) The zoning requirements for the uses permitted under section 5 are the following:

1.  The zoning requirements for the High-Rise Mixed-Use Zone set out in Table 8-2, other than the requirements in note 4.

2.  The zoning requirements for the High-Rise Mixed-Use Zone set out in Table 8-3 of the zoning by-law, other than the requirements in note 2.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the following requirements apply to the uses permitted under section 5:

1.  The front yard shall abut Jane Street, except for the public park block where the front yard shall abut Talmar Court.

2.  The minimum tower separation is 25 metres.

3.  The minimum front yard setback to Jane Street is 5 metres.

4.  The minimum exterior side yard setback to MacIntosh Boulevard is 3 metres.

5.  The minimum rear yard setback to Talman Court is 3 metres.

6.  Encroachments are permitted in accordance with Section 4.13 and Table 4-1 of the zoning by-law if they are at least 7.5 metres above ground level and make up less than 50 per cent of the building elevation.

7.  The maximum height is 194 metres or 60 storeys.

8.  The maximum podium height is 27 metres or 6 storeys.

9.  The minimum tower setback from a rear lot line is 5 metres.

10.  The minimum tower setback from an interior side lot line is 5 metres.

11.  The minimum landscape strip abutting a street line, interior side yard lot line, rear lot line and public park block is 3 metres.

12.  The maximum gross floor area for all uses on the lands described in section 2 is 145,000 square metres.

13.  The maximum gross floor area for residential uses on the lands described in section 2 is 94,000 square metres.

14.  The maximum number of dwelling units is 1,269.

15.  The minimum gross floor area for office uses on the lands described in section 2 is 5,142 square metres.

16.  The minimum gross floor area for community facility uses on the lands described in section 2 is 1,589 square metres.

17.  The minimum gross floor area for place of assembly uses on the lands described in section 2 is 6,081 square metres.

18.  The minimum gross floor area for retail uses on the lands described in section 2 is 1,835 square metres.

19.  The maximum gross floor area for non-residential uses, with the exception of urban square uses, on the lands described in section 2 is 37,000 square metres.

20.  The minimum setbacks for a below-grade parking structure are as follows:

i.  There is no minimum setback from a street line.

ii.  There is no minimum setback from a front lot line, exterior side lot line, interior side lot line and rear lot line.

21.  The required parking space length is 5.6 metres.

22.  The minimum required resident parking spaces per dwelling unit is 0.7.

23.  Where a required long-term or short-term bicycle parking space is wholly located within a building or a structure, it shall be subject to the following:

i.  A required bicycle parking space shall have access via a ramp or elevator from an interior communal area of a building or structure.

ii.  A required bicycle parking space located within the ground floor area of a building or structure shall have access to the exterior of that building or structure.

24.  The minimum width of a horizontal bicycle parking space is 0.6 metres or 0.45 metres staggered.

25.  The minimum short-term bicycle parking space rate for residential uses is 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit.

26.  The minimum short-term bicycle parking space rate for office uses is 0.4 spaces per 100 square metres of gross floor area or 6 spaces.

27.  The minimum short-term bicycle parking space rate for non-residential uses, other than office uses, is 0.2 spaces per 100 square metres of gross floor area.

28.  Long-term bicycle parking spaces are not required other than for residential uses.

29.  A long-term bicycle parking space required for a dwelling unit is required to be located within the following areas of a building:

i.  Within the ground floor area.

ii.  On the second floor or mezzanine within the ground floor area.

iii.  On the first or second storey located below grade.

iv.  Bicycle parking may be provided in one level increments below grade commencing with the third level below grade and moving down, provided that a combined minimum of 50 per cent of the parking area for the first and second parking levels below grade are dedicated to long-term bicycle parking spaces.

30.  The minimum loading spaces shall be provided as follows on the lands described in section 2:

i.  5 Type A loading spaces.

ii.  3 Type C loading spaces.

iii.  3 Type D loading spaces.

31.  There is no maximum percentage of the required outdoor amenity area that can be located on a rooftop or terrace.

Terms of use

7. (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

8. 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.

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