CN1 zone, Burlington: Neighbourhood Commercial CN1

What the CN1 zone permits

• Supermarket/Grocery Store (footnote e: floor area maximum per use does not apply)
• Convenience/Specialty Food Store
• Farmers' Market
• Other Retail Stores
• Standard Restaurant
• Standard Restaurant with Dance Floor (footnote j: in buildings with dwelling units, only at grade where office or residential-accessory uses are on the second storey)
• Fast Food Restaurant
• Convenience Restaurant
• Veterinary Services (footnote a: no keeping of animals outside)
• Other Service Commercial Uses
• Banks, Trust Companies, Credit Unions
• Outdoor Patio (footnote k: subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(v))
• All Office Uses
• Community Institution
• Motor Vehicle Service Station per Part 1, 2.10
• Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessory Sales
• Retail Propane Facility per Part 1, 2.7
• Recreational Establishment
• Entertainment Establishment
• Dwelling Units on second & third floors

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Table 4.7.1: any yard abutting a residential zone must be at least 12 m.
• Table 4.7.1: building setback abutting a creek block 7.5 m, reduced to 4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer.
• Table 4.7.1: yard abutting a pipeline easement 7 m; yard abutting a PC or P zone 6 m.
• Table 4.7.1: no yard required abutting a railway right-of-way, but a 30 m separation distance from the railway right-of-way applies to land uses sensitive to railway rights-of-way.
• s.7.3 Loading: loading/unloading not permitted within 7.5 m of a residential zone; loading docks must be screened from view from an adjoining residential zone.
• s.7.4 Landscape area: 3 m abutting a street, 3 m abutting an O2 or O3 zone, 3 m abutting a PC or P zone; landscape buffer 6 m abutting a residential zone.
• s.7.5 Separation distance: standard restaurant 15 m from a residential zone; fast food restaurant 30 m from a residential zone.
• s.7.6 Outdoor storage: only merchandise displayed for retail sale may be stored outside (not in a truck, trailer or vehicle); perishable waste must be refrigerated inside a building or in a sealed below-grade deep collection container; non-perishable waste stored outside on lands abutting a residential zone must be in a solid screen enclosure per Part 1, s.2.2.3.
• s.7.7 Restaurant drive-throughs: landscaping must screen drive-through elevations facing a street; external conveyor pick-up systems not permitted in a yard abutting a street and must be set back 15 m from a residential zone; intercom ordering stations set back 15 m from a residential zone.
• s.7.8 Parking per Part 1, s.2.25 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements); parking of trucks and trailers prohibited except while loading/unloading, for customer use, belonging to the owner/tenant, or used for charitable purposes.
• s.7.9 Contiguous lots developed under a single comprehensive site plan are deemed one lot for applying zoning regulations.
• s.7.10 Amenity area: where dwelling units are on the second or third floors, minimum 20 m² amenity area per unit.
• s.7.11 Fencing: on lands abutting a residential zone, a fence at least 1.8 m high along the common boundary (solid screen, or chain-link plus landscape planting forming a dense year-round screen).
• s.3 Prohibited uses (in addition to Part 1, s.2.22): parking lot, taxi cab garage, recreational vehicle / utility trailer sales & service, adult entertainment establishment.
• s.1(a) Holding zone: where the designation is prefixed 'H', permitted uses are per Part 11, s.1.1 and development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11, s.1.2.
• s.1: all uses subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations).
• Table 4.2.1 not permitted in CN1: department store, flea market, large building supplies/garden store, large furniture and appliance store, large home and auto supplies store, warehouse club, elevated parking facility, funeral home, hotel, convention/conference centre, banquet centre, caterer, car wash, motor vehicle sales/leasing/rental/service, motor vehicle repair garage, video game/pinball arcade, night club, apartment building per RH4 zone, GE2 industrial uses.