DRL zone, Burlington: Downtown Residential Low-Density Zone

What the DRL zone permits

• Detached dwelling (subject to R3.2 zone regulations and Table 2.3.1 footnote (a)) [Table 6.2.2 fn (c)]
• Additional residential units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(u)) [Table 6.2.2 fn (f)]
• Offices in an existing building (only on lots south of Ontario Street, and lots abutting the north side of Ontario Street between Hager Avenue and Locust Street; subject to Table 6.2.2 fn (e) regulations)
• Offices on the ground floor of a residential building (same location and fn (e) conditions as above)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• All Part 6 zones are subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations) (Part 6 s.1).
• Holding 'H' prefix: permitted uses per Part 11 s.1.1; development deemed premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11 s.1.2 (Part 6 s.1(a)).
• Lands adjacent to Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay: refer to Part 1 s.2.30 (Part 6 s.1(b)).
• Side yard for 'L' shape dwellings, parking spaces and driveways, and parking structures: refer to Part 2 Subsection 1 (Part 6 s.1(c)-(e)).
• All residential uses in Table 6.2.2 are subject to Part 2 Subsection 2 'Prohibited Uses' (Table 6.2.2 fn (a)).
• Office uses (Table 6.2.2 fn (e)): permitted only within an existing building on lots south of Ontario Street and on lots abutting the north side of Ontario Street between Hager Avenue and Locust Street; parking per Part 1 s.2.25 and 2.26; 3 m landscape buffer abutting DRL or residential zoned lands; 50% of the front yard and street side yard must be landscaped including a 3 m landscape area abutting a street; 1.8 m minimum height fence (solid screen, or chain-link plus dense planting) along any common boundary with a residential or DRL zone; outdoor storage/display of merchandise, material or equipment prohibited.
• Additional residential units subject to Part 1 s.2.21(u) (Table 6.2.2 fn (f); Table 2.3.1 fn (a)).
• Prohibited uses in Part 6 zones in addition to Part 1 s.2.22: warehouse club; lumber sales; swimming pool sales and service; recreational vehicle and utility trailer sales and service; boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles sales and service; heavy machinery and equipment sales and service; car wash; video game/pinball arcade; propane cylinder handling facility; bulk propane storage depot; adult entertainment establishment (Part 6 s.3).
• Other yards (Table 2.4.2): building setback abutting a creek block 7.5 m (4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer); yard abutting a pipeline easement 7 m; yard abutting a railway right-of-way 30 m.
• Parking per Part 1 s.2.25 'Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements' (Part 2 s.4.3).
• Maximum dwelling depth 18 m measured from the building wall closest to the front lot line to the wall closest to the rear lot line; lots abutting/south of Lakeshore Rd and North Shore Blvd (excluding Indian Point) exempt; for through lots the front elevation determines the front (Part 2 s.4.6).
• On street-facing elevations, first-storey columns may not exceed the height of the first-storey ceiling (Part 2 s.4.7).
• Front-loading attached garage width may not exceed 50% of the width of its building elevation; an attached garage with a street-facing door may not project beyond the longest street-facing wall containing residential floor area on the first storey. Dwellings legally existing as of Dec 19, 2016 (By-law 2020.374) are deemed to conform for the life of the dwelling (Part 2 s.4.8).
• Character Area maps (Roseland, Indian Point, Shoreacres) in Part 2 s.4.9 modify certain regulations; the Roseland/Indian Point side yard percentages in Table 2.4.1 fn (d) do not attach to the R3.2 row.