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Municipality of Hastings Highlands Draft Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw Municipality of Hastings Highlands Draft Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw Prepared by Municipality of Hastings Highlands Building & Planning Department Adopted by Council of the Municipality of Hastings Highlands on XXX XX, 2021 Bylaw enacted by the Council of the Municipality of Hastings Highlands on XXXX XX, 2021. Municipality of Hastings Highlands This page is intentionally left blank. Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw ii Municipality of Hastings Highlands Municipality of Hastings Highlands Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw As Amended By: Date Passed Bylaw Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw iii Municipality of Hastings Highlands Table of Contents Municipality of Hastings Highlands Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw Part 1 – Administration, Interpretation and Definitions ............................................. 1 Section 1 – Purpose ................................................................................................... 1 Section 2 – Title .......................................................................................................... 1 Section 3 – Definitions .............................................................................................. 2 Section 4 – Administration ...................................................................................... 49 4.1 Zoning Administration ..................................................................................... 49 4.2 Issuance of Building Permits .......................................................................... 49 4.3 Applications for Building Permits .................................................................... 49 4.4 Inspection of Land or Buildings ...................................................................... 50 4.5 Violations and Penalties ................................................................................. 50 4.6 Occupation of Buildings .................................................................................. 50 4.7 Certificate of Conversion ................................................................................ 51 4.8 Validity, Effective Date and Existing Bylaws ................................................... 51 Part 2 – General Provisions ........................................................................................ 53 Section 5 – General Provisions .............................................................................. 53 5.1 Application ...................................................................................................... 53 5.2 Interpretation .................................................................................................. 53 5.3 Zones ............................................................................................................. 53 5.4 Holding Zones ................................................................................................ 56 5.5 Prohibitions .................................................................................................... 56 5.6 Prohibited Uses .............................................................................................. 58 5.7 Obnoxious Uses ............................................................................................. 59 5.8 Non-Conforming Uses .................................................................................... 59 5.9 Non-Compliance of Existing Uses .................................................................. 60 5.10 Replacement of Buildings or Structures ......................................................... 60 5.11 Multiple Uses on One Lot ............................................................................... 61 5.12 Existing Undersized Lots ................................................................................ 61 Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw iv Municipality of Hastings Highlands 5.13 Yard Encroachments Permitted ..................................................................... 61 5.14 Planned Width of Road .................................................................................. 63 5.15 Environmental Protection (EP) and Environmental Protection Wetland (EPW) Zones ............................................................................................................. 63 5.16 Environmentally Sensitive Lands ................................................................... 65 5.17 Lands Adjacent to Waterbodies, Watercourses, Embankments, Slopes, Floodplains and Environmentally Sensitive Lands ......................................... 65 5.18 Lands Severed by Public Utility Lines ............................................................ 68 5.19 Temporary Uses ............................................................................................. 68 5.20 Special Occasion Uses .................................................................................. 69 5.21 Public Uses and Utilities and Community Facilities ........................................ 69 5.22 Dwelling or Dwelling Unit as an Accessory Use in a Non-Residential Setting 70 5.23 Truck, Bus and Coach Bodies ........................................................................ 71 5.24 Swimming Pools ............................................................................................. 71 5.25 Accessory Buildings ....................................................................................... 72 5.26 Shipping Containers ....................................................................................... 73 5.27 Frontage on a Street ...................................................................................... 73 Residential Exterior Side Yards .............................................................................. 73 5.28 Sight Triangles ............................................................................................... 73 5.29 Home Occupations ......................................................................................... 74 5.30 Home Industry ................................................................................................ 75 5.31 Garden Suites ................................................................................................ 76 5.32 Areas of Influence .......................................................................................... 77 5.33 Abandoned Mines .......................................................................................... 78 5.34 Cannabis ........................................................................................................ 79 5.35 Agriculture – Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) ....................................... 80 5.36 Secondary Farm Occupation .......................................................................... 81 5.37 Secondary Agri-Tourism Use ......................................................................... 82 5.38 Watertaking Permits ....................................................................................... 82 5.39 Open Storage ................................................................................................. 83 External Design ...................................................................................................... 83 5.40 Height Exceptions .......................................................................................... 83 5.41 Abandoned Equipment ................................................................................... 83 Bylaw 2021-021 Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw v Municipality of Hastings Highlands 5.42 Storage and Parking of Motor Vehicles and Tractor Trailer Trucks ................ 83 5.43 Side Yard – Marine Facilities, Private and Communal Docks ........................ 84 5.44 Travel Trailers, Motorized Mobile Homes/Recreational Vehicles, Camper Trailers, Truck Campers ................................................................................. 85 5.45 Modular Homes .............................................................................................. 85 5.46 Fences ........................................................................................................... 86 5.47 Kennels .......................................................................................................... 86 5.48 Group Home ................................................................................................... 86 5.49 Limited Service Residential Development ...................................................... 86 5.50 Minimum Gross Floor Area in a Dwelling Unit ................................................ 87 5.51 Additional Second “Dwelling Units” ................................................................ 87 Section 6 – Parking, Driveways and Loading Provisions ..................................... 89 6.1 Off-Street Parking Provision ........................................................................... 89 6.2 Loading Space Requirements ........................................................................ 95 Part 3 – Agriculture Zones .......................................................................................... 97 Section 7 – Marginal Agriculture (MA) Zone .......................................................... 97 7.1 General Purpose ............................................................................................ 97 7.2 Permitted Uses ............................................................................................... 97 7.3 Zone Regulations
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