2017-012 Amend zoning by-law 97-95, as amended (General Amendment)The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte
By-law No. 2017-012
A By-law to Amend Zoning By-law 97-95, as amended (General Amendment)
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte is empowered
to pass By-laws to regulate the use of land pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13.
And Whereas Council deems it appropriate to amend the zoning provisions of By-law
97-95, in accordance with the policies of the Official Plan;
Now Therefore the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte hereby enacts as follows:
1. Section 5.1.6 — MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA - ACCESSORY BUILDINGS — is hereby
amended by deleting in its entirety and replacing with the following: "The maximum
floor area of any one detached accessory building or structure, excluding boathouses,
is 70 square metres (753.5 square feet). However, on lots in the Agricultural/Rural
(A/RU) Zone, the maximum floor area of any one detached accessory building or
structure is 100 square metres (1076.4 square feet)."
2. New Section 5.1.7— DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS LESS THAN 10
SQUARE METRES (107.6 SQUARE FEET) IN ALL ZONES— is hereby amended by
adding the following new subsection as follows:
"5.1.7 - DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS LESS THAN 10 SQUARE METRES
(107.6 SQUARE FEET) IN ALL ZONES - Detached accessory building or structures
which are less than 10 square metres (107.6 square feet) in floor area shall:
(a) not be located in the required front yard or required exterior side yard,-
(b)
ard,(b) shall be setback a minimum of 1.0 metres (3.2 feet) from the rear lot line
(c) shall be setback a minimum of 1.0 metres (3.2 feet) from the interior side lot line"
3. Section 5.1.1 — ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND USES — is hereby
amended to add the following at the end of the paragraph: "For the purposes of this
by-law a retaining wall with a height of 1.0 metre (3.2 feet) or more is considered an
accessory structure and is subject to the provisions of Section 5.1."
4. Section 5.1.3 a) — is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of the
paragraph: "Notwithstanding this provisions, a retaining wall with a height of 1.0
metres or more is permitted in the front yard in all Residential zones provided it is not
within the required front yard."
5. Section 5.6 BOATHOUSES — is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (i) as
follows: "They are setback a minimum of 0 metres (0 feet) from the average high water
mark of Lake Simcoe or Bass Lake"
6. Section 5.7 (b) DECKS — is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety and replacing
with the following: "Decks which are either attached to a boathouse or are stand alone
are permitted to be located at the water's edge provided the total footprint of the deck
and the boathouse combined does not exceed 70 square metres (753 square feet)."
7. Section 5.34 — SWIMMING POOLS — is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety
and replacing with the following: "5.34 Swimming pools — Swimming pools are
permitted in any Zone provided:
(a) They are not located in the minimum required front yard or minimum required
exterior side yard.
(b) They are not closer to a rear lot line or interior side lot line than the minimum
setback required from such lot lines for an accessory building or structure on the
lot; and
(c) They are not located within 20 metres (65.6 feet) of the average high water mark
of Lake Simcoe or 15 metres (49.2 feet) of the average high water mark of Bass
Lake."
8. Section 5.9.1 ENCROACHMENTS IN REQUIRED YARDS — is hereby amended by
deleting in its entirety and replacing with the following:
"5.9.1 Architectural features, balconies, porches — Architectural features such as sills,
belt courses, cornices, eaves or gutters, chimney breasts, pilasters, roof overhangs,
stairs, landings and ramps, cantilevered window bays, unenclosed porches,
balconies, and decks, may encroach into any required yard a distance of not more
than 1.0 metre (3.2 feet). Notwithstanding this, no unenclosed porches, balconies, or
decks are permitted to encroach into the interior side yard, exterior side yard or
setback area from the average high water mark of 15 metres (49.2 feet) from Bass
Lake or 20 metres (65.5 feet) from Lake Simcoe."
9. Section 5.9.1 ENCROACHMENTS IN REQUIRED YARDS — is hereby amended by
adding a new subsection as follows:
"5.9.3 Carports and leantos — Carports and leantos which are attached to the main
building or dwelling may encroach into any required yard a distance of not more than
1.0 metre (3.2 feet)."
10. Section 3.0 Permitted Uses - is hereby amended by deleting Note 1 in Table A2 —
Commercial Zones and replacing with the following:
"That no more than one Motor Vehicle Storage Yard is permitted on a property in a
General Commercial (GC) Zone. That a Motor Vehicle Storage Yard shall not occupy
more than 20% of the total area of the lot."
11. Section 3.0 Permitted Uses - is hereby amended by deleting Note 6 in Table A3 —
Industrial Zones and replacing with the following:
"That no more than one Motor Vehicle Storage Yard is permitted on a property in a
Economic Development (ED) Zone. That a Motor Vehicle Storage Yard shall not
occupy more than 20% of the total area of the lot."
12. Section 3.0 Permitted Uses - is hereby amended by adding the following uses to Table
A5 — Environmental Protection, Open Space, Private Recreation, Institutional and
Future Development Zones: Infrastructure, Sewage Treatment Facility, Public Storm
Sewer System, Stormwater Management Facilities and adding these as uses
permitted in the Open Space (OS) Zone.
13. Section 5.10 FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET- is hereby amended by adding the
following at the beginning of the sentence: "Notwithstanding Section 5.17 of this By-
law,"
14.Section 6.0 — DEFINITIONS - is hereby amended by adding the following new
definitions:
Fence
Infrastructure
Public Storm Sewer System
Retaining Wall
Setback
Sewage Treatment Facility
Stormwater Management Facilities
"FENCE — means a construction which forms a barrier for enclosing, bounding,
delineating, or protecting land. For the purposes of this By-law, a Fence is not a
structure."
"INFRASTRUCTURE — means physical structures (facilities and corridors) that form
the foundation for development. Infrastructure includes storm and sanitary sewage
and water systems, septage treatment systems, waste management systems, electric
power generation and transmission facilities, communications/telecommunications
facilities, transit and transportation corridors and facilities, oil and gas pipelines and
associated facilities."
"PUBLIC STORM SEWER SYSTEM — means a system of conduits, ditches and
related appurtenances, under the jurisdiction of the Township of Oro-Medonte or other
public authority, which carries storm surface water and storm drainage but not sanitary
sewage or industrial waste."
"RETAINING WALL — means a wall built serving the function of grade separation."
"SETBACK means the shortest distant between a Lot Line or High Water Mark and
the nearest main wall of any building or structure as indicated in the context in which
the term is used. For the purposes of a carport or leanto means the shortest distance
between a lot line and the closest part of the structure."
"SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY — means lands and/or premises used for the
storage, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage."
"STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES — means facilities that are used to
improve the quality of stormwater and may include ditches, or ponds that temporarily
store collected stormwater runoff and release it at a controlled rate."
15. Section 6.0 DEFINITIONS — is hereby amended by deleting the definitions of
"Carport", "Yard" and "Minimum Required Yard" in their entirety and replacing with
the following:
"CARPORT — means a building, attached or not, to a dwelling or main building which
is a roofed enclosure open at each end and atleast one side except for any structural
roof supports, designed for the storage or parking of a motor vehicle."
"YARD — means an area of land which:
a) is appurtunent to, and located on the same lot as, a main building or structure;
and
b) is open, uncovered and unoccupied from the ground to the sky, except for those
uses specifically permitted thereon elsewhere in this By-law."
"MINIMUM REQUIRED YARD — means the minimum distance of a yard from a lot
line. In calculating the Minimum Required Yard, the minimum horizontal distance
from the respective lot lines shall be used."
16. Section 6.0 — DEFINITIONS for "AVERAGE HIGH WATER MARK is hereby
amended by adding the following new sentence at the end as follows: "For the
purposes of this By-law, the elevation for the High Water Mark of Bass Lake is
252.26 metres above sea level."
17. Section 1.0 Administration — is hereby amended by adding the following new section
as follows:
"Section 1.9 TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE ZONING BY-LAW
Revisions may be made to this By-law without the need for a zoning by-law
amendment in the following cases:
(a) Correction of grammar or typographical errors or revisions to format in a manner
that does not change the intent of a provision.
(b) Adding or revising technical information on maps or schedules that does not affect
the zoning of lands, including, but not limited to, matters such as updated and
correcting infrastructure information, keys, legends or title blocks.
(c) Changes to appendices, headings, indices, marginal notes, table of contents,
illustrations, historical or reference information, page numbering, footers and
headers, which do not form a part of this By-law and are editorially inserted for
convenience of reference only.
18.This By-law shall take effect on the final passing thereof, subject to the provisions of
the Planning Act, as amended.
By-law read a First, Second and Third time, and Passed this 1St day of February,
2017.
The Cor oration of he Township of Oro-Medonte
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Dep ty Clerk, Janette Teeter