Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Zoning By-law No. 2012-35 June 25, 2012 JLR 25114 Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Zoning By-law 2012-35 - Table of Contents - Section 1.0 Administration .................................................................................................1-1 Section 2.0 Conformity Requirements ..............................................................................2-1 Section 3.0 Definitions.........................................................................................................3-1 Section 4.0 General Provisions...........................................................................................4-1 4.1 Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses ..........................................4-1 4.2 Automobile Service Station, Gasoline Bar, Car Washing Establishment .....................................................................................4-3 4.3 Boathouse ...........................................................................................4-4 4.4 Buildings to be Moved .........................................................................4-4 4.5 Canals .................................................................................................4-5 4.6 Change of Use.....................................................................................4-5 4.7 Cumulative Standards .........................................................................4-5 4.8 Day Nurseries .....................................................................................4-5 4.9 Double Zoning .....................................................................................4-5 4.10 Established Building Line in Built-up Area ..........................................4-5 4.11 Exception Zone ...................................................................................4-5 4.12 Fences.................................................................................................4-6 4.13 Flood Plain...........................................................................................4-6 4.14 Flood Proof Zone ................................................................................4-7 4.15 Frontage on a Public Street ................................................................4-7 4.16 Group Homes ......................................................................................4-8 4.17 Hobby Farms .......................................................................................4-8 4.18 Holding Zones .....................................................................................4-8 4.19 Home Industries, Home-based Businesses and Rural Home Occupations ....................................................................4-8 4.20 Illumination...........................................................................................4-9 4.21 Keeping of Animals and Kennels.......................................................4-10 4.22 Land Suitability for Use......................................................................4-10 4.23 Licenses, Permits and Other By-laws................................................4-10 4.24 Loading Requirements.......................................................................4-10 4.25 Mobile Homes ...................................................................................4-11 4.26 Non-Conforming Uses .......................................................................4-11 4.27 Outside Storage, Sales and Display .................................................4-13 4.28 Parking and Storage of Vehicles .......................................................4-14 Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal i - Table of Contents - (Continued) 4.29 Parking Requirements .......................................................................4-17 4.30 Parts of Buildings or Structures Permitted Above Height Level.........4-18 4.31 Permitted Projections.........................................................................4-19 4.32 Prohibited Uses .................................................................................4-19 4.33 Railway Crossing and Sight Distances ..............................................4-20 4.34 Rooming Houses ..............................................................................4-20 4.35 Sight Triangle.....................................................................................4-21 4.36 Signs..................................................................................................4-21 4.37 Special Setbacks ...............................................................................4-22 4.38 Streets and Parks ..............................................................................4-23 4.39 Temporary Buildings or Structures During Construction ...................4-23 4.40 Temporary Zones “-t”.........................................................................4-24 4.41 Through Lots......................................................................................4-24 4.42 Truck, Bus, Coach and Streetcar Bodies and Marine Vessels .........4-24 4.43 Use by Public Authority or Public Utility ............................................4-24 4.44 Water and Sewage Disposal (Private or on-site services) ................4-25 4.45 Wayside Pits or Wayside Quarries ....................................................4-25 4.46 Wetlands (Development Adjacent to) ...............................................4-25 4.47 Yard Requirements when Waterways are Involved ..........................4-25 Section 5.0 Zones.................................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Zone Classification ..............................................................................5-1 5.2 Zones...................................................................................................5-1 5.3 Interpretation of Zone Categories ........................................................5-1 Section 6.0 Residential Zones.............................................................................................6-1 6.1 Residential First Density (R1) .............................................................6-1 6.2 Residential Second Density (R2) ........................................................6-3 6.3 Residential Third Density (R3) ............................................................6-5 6.4 Limited Services Residential (RLS) .....................................................6-9 6.5 Hamlet Residential (HR) ...................................................................6-12 Section 7.0 Commercial Zones ...........................................................................................7-1 7.1 Main Street Commercial/Residential (MCR) .......................................7-1 7.2 Community Commercial (CC) .............................................................7-3 7.3 Highway Commercial (HC) .................................................................7-6 7.4 Rural Commercial (RC) ....................................................................7-10 Section 8.0 Industrial Zones................................................................................................8-1 8.1 General Industrial (MG) ......................................................................8-1 8.2 Industrial Park (MP) ............................................................................8-3 8.3 Rural Industrial (MR) ...........................................................................8-6 8.4 Mineral Extraction (MX) ......................................................................8-8 8.5 Waste Disposal (WD) .........................................................................8-9 Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal ii - Table of Contents - (Continued) Section 9.0 Institutional Zone .............................................................................................9-1 9.1 Institutional (In) ...................................................................................9-1 Section 10.0 Rural Zones.....................................................................................................10-1 10.1 Rural (RU) .........................................................................................10-1 10.2 Agricultural Resource (A) ..................................................................10-5 10.3 Open Space (OS) .............................................................................10-8 10.4 Environmental Protection (EP) .......................................................10-10 Zoning Schedules ......................................................................................................................... Schedule A - Township Interior (North of Highway 401) Schedule B - Cardinal and Area Schedule C - Spencerville and Area Schedule D - Waterfront West Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal iii Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Zoning By-law No. 2012-35 Approved June 25, 2012 Section 1.0 ADMINISTRATION Explanatory Note Section 1 identifies the administrative controls and requirements of the By- law. It names the By-law, states its relationship with other by-laws, defines the area to which it applies, how it is to be enforced, etc. In essence, it identifies the legal parameters within which the By-law functions. 1.1 Title This By-law shall be known as the Zoning By-law or By-law Nº 2012-35 of the Corporation of the Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal. 1.2 Applications and Plans In addition to the requirements of any Building