LN8 zone, Burlington: Low-Rise Neighbourhood 8

What the LN8 zone permits

• Detached dwelling (existing dwellings; new detached dwellings only if they contain at least one additional residential unit - attached) (Table 7 notes 1, 2)
• Semi-detached dwelling
• Block townhouse
• Street townhouse
• Rear lane townhouse
• Back-to-back townhouse
• Stacked townhouse
• Stacked back-to-back townhouse
• Apartment building (only on lots with a front lot line abutting a Major Arterial, Multi-Purpose Arterial, Urban Avenue, Main Street or Neighbourhood Connector on Schedule B, Part 10) (Table 7 note 5)
• Personal service (ground floor of a street townhouse or apartment building adjacent to a Major Arterial, Multi-Purpose Arterial, Urban Avenue or Main Street on Schedule B; max 300 m2 GFA) (Table 7 note 6)
• Restaurant standard (same conditions as note 6; max 300 m2 GFA)
• Restaurant take-out (same conditions as note 6; max 300 m2 GFA)
• Retail store (same conditions as note 6; max 300 m2 GFA)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Detached dwellings in LN8 use the LN1 requirements of Section 7.3 (Table 8) (s.7.7 a); semi-detached dwellings use the LN1 requirements of Section 7.4 (Table 9) except max building height is 14 m peaked roof / 10 m flat roof (s.7.7 b).
• Detached/semi-detached lot coverage stays 50% in LN8: the 45% coverage allowance for lots with additional residential units (Table 8 note 2 / Table 9 note 2) is marked only on the LN3-LN6 columns, not LN1.
• Detached: minimum interior side yard leading to a detached private garage in the rear yard is 3 m (Table 8 note 4).
• Detached and semi-detached: total width of private garage door openings facing a street shall not exceed 50% of the building elevation/building width (s.7.3 b i, s.7.4 b i).
• Detached: an attached garage with a street-facing door may not project beyond the longest street-facing wall with residential floor area on the first storey, or beyond an attached porch (s.7.3 b ii).
• All dwelling types: maximum height above grade of any pedestrian entrance facing a front or exterior side yard is 7 stair risers (s.7.3 b iii, 7.4 b iii, 7.7 d ii, e vi, f i, h i).
• Accessory buildings and structures for detached and semi-detached dwellings are regulated by Section 5.2.
• Street and back-to-back townhouses: total width of private garage door openings facing a street shall not exceed 50% of its building elevation (s.7.7 d i).
• Back-to-back townhouse: minimum lot depth or unit depth 13 m (s.7.7 d iii); for multiple back-to-back townhouses on one lot, the lot area, lot frontage and amenity area regulations apply to each unit (Table 12 note 9).
• Common amenity area: block townhouse 10 m2/unit; stacked townhouse and stacked back-to-back townhouse 10 m2/unit; apartment building 5 m2/unit; must include at least one contiguous outdoor area of 55 m2 at ground level (or on a podium/tower/building roof for Table 13 forms).
• Private amenity area: rear lane townhouse with detached rear garage 20 m2/unit; rear lane townhouse with integral rear garage 15 m2/unit; back-to-back townhouse 15 m2/unit (Table 12).
• Block townhouses (s.7.7 e): minimum separation between buildings on the same lot 2.4 m side wall to side wall, 12 m rear-to-rear, 12 m front-to-front, 12 m front-to-rear, 7.5 m side wall to front or rear wall; side wall to internal roadway/parking 1.5 m; other walls to internal roadway/parking 3 m; integral garage to internal roadway 5.5 m.
• Stacked townhouse, stacked back-to-back townhouse and apartment building: maximum building length 60 m (Table 13); same building separation and roadway/parking distances as block townhouses (s.7.7 h iii-v); fourth storey must step back at least 3 m when abutting a detached/semi-detached dwelling in an LN4, LN5 or LN6 zone (s.7.7 h ii).
• Townhouses (Table 12 note 7) and Table 13 forms (note 2): where abutting a detached or semi-detached dwelling in an LN4, LN5 or LN6 zone the abutting interior side yard is minimum 4 m (and rear yard 7.5 m for Table 13 forms).
• Non-residential uses combined in an integrated planned development with common parking and driveways use the Retail Centre off-street parking standard in Table 3 (s.7.7 i).
• Apartment buildings only on lots fronting a Major Arterial, Multi-Purpose Arterial, Urban Avenue, Main Street or Neighbourhood Connector (Schedule B, Part 10); personal service, restaurants and retail only on the ground floor of a street townhouse or apartment building adjacent to a Major Arterial, Multi-Purpose Arterial, Urban Avenue or Main Street, max 300 m2 GFA (Table 7 notes 5, 6).