RH1 zone, Burlington: High Density Residential RH1

What the RH1 zone permits

• Apartment Building
• Stacked Townhouse
• Back-to-Back Townhouse (subject to RM3 zone regulations, except maximum density is 65 units per hectare) [Table 2.13.1 note (a)]
• Street Townhouse
• Retirement Home
• Community Institution (per RM3 zone)
• Lodge, Fraternity, Private Club (per RM3 zone)
• Additional Residential Units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21, Subsection (u)) [Table 2.13.1 note (b)]

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Yard abutting an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5 or LN6 zone: 15 m minimum (Table 2.14.1).
• Amenity area (Apartment/Stacked Townhouse/Retirement Home): 25 m² per bedroom; 15 m² per efficiency unit (Table 2.14.1).
• Yard abutting a pipeline easement: 7 m; yard abutting a railway right-of-way: 30 m; building setback abutting a creek block: 7.5 m, or 4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer (Tables 2.14.1 and 2.15.2).
• Landscape area (s.14.2): 4.5 m abutting a street with a deemed width up to 26 m; 6 m abutting a street with a deemed width greater than 26 m.
• Landscape buffer (s.14.2): 6 m abutting R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6 zones; 3 m abutting R4, R5, LN3, LN7 zones; 3 m abutting RM1 to RM5, LN3, LN8 zones.
• Parking per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 'Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements' (s.14.3(a), s.15.4). Enclosed occupant parking in RH1: none required (s.14.3(b)).
• Parking lots shall be set back 4.5 m from a street line (s.1(h)).
• Townhouses, back-to-back/stacked townhouses, cluster homes and apartment buildings up to 3 storeys: driveways and parking lots set back 3 m from a building wall containing habitable-room windows (not applicable where the space/driveway is for the exclusive use of the unit occupant); parking spaces set back at least 6 m from an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6 zone (s.1(i)(i)).
• Apartment buildings 4 storeys or more: driveways set back 9 m and parking spaces 6 m from a habitable-room window of a ground-floor or basement unit; driveways and parking spaces set back 6 m from an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6 zone (s.1(i)(ii)).
• Enclosed parking structure extending more than 1.6 m above finished grade is subject to the same yard requirements as a principal building; one below grade and up to 1.6 m above grade shall be set back 3 m from a street line; no parking structure may encroach into a required landscape buffer abutting a residential zone (s.1(j)).
• Street Townhouse requiring vehicle access to a street with a deemed width of 26 m or greater: only indirect access via a common lane is permitted (s.15.3).
• Waste stored outside shall be kept within a solid screen enclosure (s.14.4).
• Holding 'H' prefix: uses per Part 11, Subsection 1.1; development deemed premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11, Subsection 1.2 (s.1(a)).
• Accessory buildings and structures, patios and decks, fencing and privacy screens, swimming pools, and lands adjacent to Lake Ontario/Burlington Bay: refer to Part 1, Subsections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.30 (s.1(b)-(f)).
• Prohibited (s.2): parking or storing a motor vehicle (other than a recreational vehicle) over 3000 kg registered GVW, 6 m length or 2.6 m height; any stake-body vehicle; a recreational vehicle or utility trailer with load exceeding 3.6 m combined height; and parking/storage of any vehicle, trailer, boat or similar within a landscaped open space area. Also subject to Part 1, Subsection 2.22.
• Also subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations).