O. Reg. 367/24: ZONING ORDER - TOWN OF AJAX, REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM

 

ontario regulation 367/24

made under the

Planning Act

Made: September 20, 2024
Filed: September 20, 2024
Published on e-Laws: September 20, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: October 5, 2024

Zoning Order — Town of Ajax, Regional Municipality of Durham

Definitions

1. In this Order,

“base building” means the lower, above-grade portion of a segmented, multi-floor building with a larger footprint and lesser setback to the street than the upper portions of the building that measures between two and eight storeys in height and that is used to define an appropriate scale for a building in relation to adjacent streets and buildings;

“building tower” means the portion of a segmented tall building that is located above the base building;

“indoor amenity space” means common areas that are provided for recreational or social purposes for the exclusive use of the occupants of a building;

“long-term bicycle parking space” means a secured and weather-protected bicycle parking space equipped with a rack or stand designed to lock the wheel and frame of a bicycle that is for the exclusive use of parking bicycles and is available exclusively for the long-term use of a group of users, such as residents or employees, but excludes private storage lockers in multi-unit dwellings;

“short-term bicycle parking space” means a bicycle parking space within or outside a building equipped with a rack or stand designed to lock the wheel and frame of a bicycle that is for the exclusive use of parking bicycles and that is available for short-term use by the general public;

“zoning by-law” means Zoning By-law 95-2003 of the Town of Ajax.

Application

2. This Order applies to lands in the Town of Ajax, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Province of Ontario, being the lands outlined in red on a map numbered 358 and filed at the Toronto office of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing located at 777 Bay Street.

Permitted uses

3. Every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure is prohibited on the lands described in section 2 except for apartment dwellings.

Zoning requirements

4. The zoning requirements for the use permitted under section 3 are the zoning requirements for the Residential Multiple Four Zone set out in section 6.2.2 of the zoning by-law with the following exceptions:

1. A maximum of 198 apartment dwelling units shall be built.

2. The minimum setback from the front lot line is 3 metres.

3. The maximum setback from the front lot line is 6 metres.

4. The minimum setback from the north interior side lot line is 3 metres.

5. The maximum setback from the north interior side lot line is 6 metres.

6. The minimum setback from the south interior side lot line is 15 metres.

7. The minimum setback from the rear lot line is 9 metres.

8. The minimum setback from a railway right-of-way is 30 metres.

9. The minimum height of a building or structure is 11 metres.

10. The maximum height of a building or structure is 10 storeys.

11. Elevator enclosures and mechanical penthouses may exceed the maximum height set out in paragraph 10 if the aggregate floor area does not exceed 15 per cent of the area of the roof of the building on which they are located.

12. The minimum floor-to-finished ceiling height for the ground floor is 4 metres.

13. The minimum building tower stepback from the edge of a base building is 2.5 metres.

14. A minimum of one parking space per dwelling unit for the exclusive use of occupants shall be provided.

15. A minimum of 0.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit for the exclusive use of visitors shall be provided.

16. Parking spaces or drive aisles, with the exception of a drive aisle providing access to the lands described in section 2 from a public street, are prohibited within the front yard.

17. No loading door shall face a public street.

18. A minimum of 0.8 long-term bicycle parking spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided.

19. A minimum of 0.2 short-term bicycle parking spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided.

20. Landscape buffers shall be provided in accordance with the following rules:

i. The minimum distance between a base building and a public street is 3 metres.

ii. The minimum distance between a parking area or drive aisle and a public street is 8 metres.

iii. The minimum distance between a parking area or drive aisle and an interior side lot line or rear lot line is 3 metres.

21. A minimum of 2 square metres of indoor amenity space and a minimum of 2 square metres of outdoor amenity space per dwelling unit shall be provided.

Terms of Use

5. (1) Every use of land and every erection, location and use of buildings or structures 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

6. 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 Town of Ajax.

Commencement

7. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Paul Calandra

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Date made: September 20, 2024