RM3 zone, Burlington: Medium Density Residential RM3

What the RM3 zone permits

• Detached Dwelling (subject to R3.4 Zone regulations)
• Semi-Detached Dwelling (subject to RM1 Zone regulations)
• Duplex Building (subject to RM1 Zone regulations)
• Triplex Building (subject to RM1 Zone regulations)
• Fourplex Building (subject to RM2 Zone regulations)
• Townhouse Building (subject to RM2 Zone regulations)
• Street Townhouse Building (subject to RM5 Zone regulations)
• Back-to-Back Townhouse Building
• Stacked Townhouse Building
• Apartment Building
• Retirement Home (subject to RM2 Zone regulations)
• Lodge, Fraternity, Private Club (subject to RM3 Zone regulations; only on lands abutting a street with a deemed width of 26 m or greater)
• Community Institution (subject to RM3 Zone regulations; only on lands abutting a street with a deemed width of 26 m or greater)
• Additional Residential Units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21, Subsection (u))

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Table 2.10.1: yard abutting an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5 or LN6 zone: 12 m (all building types).
• Table 2.10.1 amenity area: stacked townhouse / apartment building 25 m² for each bedroom in a unit and 15 m² for each efficiency unit; back-to-back townhouse 25 m² per unit (footnote b); not applicable to community institution / lodge.
• Footnote (b): each back-to-back townhouse development must have at least one common amenity area of minimum 100 m², or a total common amenity area of 6 m² per back-to-back unit, whichever is greater; may include decorative accessory structures (gazebo, arbor, pergola) and playground equipment, but not other accessory buildings, unitary equipment, mailboxes or above-ground utility boxes.
• Table 2.10.1 privacy area: 10 m² per unit for stacked townhouse / apartment building; back-to-back townhouse per footnote (c); not applicable to community institution / lodge.
• Footnote (c): each back-to-back townhouse unit must have an individual balcony of 5.5 m², separated from adjoining units by a wall or privacy screen, with a maximum projection of 1.8 m from the front wall of the building.
• Table 2.10.2 other yards: 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.
• Subsection 10.2 landscape area: 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.
• Subsection 10.2 landscape buffer: 6 m abutting R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6 zones.
• Subsection 10.3: parking per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 'Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements'.
• Section 1(a): where the zone is prefixed by Holding Symbol 'H', permitted uses per Part 11, Subsection 1.1; development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11, Subsection 1.2.
• Section 1(b)-(f): accessory buildings/structures per Part 1 s.2.2; patios and decks per Part 1 s.2.3; fencing and privacy screens per Part 1 s.2.4; swimming pools per Part 1 s.2.5; lands adjacent to Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay per Part 1 s.2.30.
• Section 1(g): a detached dwelling without an attached garage/carport built in an 'L' shape forming one side and one end of a 4.5 m x 6.5 m parking space uses the side yard required for a detached dwelling with an attached garage or carport.
• Section 1(h): parking lots set back 4.5 m from a street line.
• Section 1(i)(i): for townhouses, back-to-back townhouses, 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 unit occupant's exclusive use); parking spaces set back at least 6 m from an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6 zone.
• Section 1(i)(ii): for 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.
• Section 1(j): an 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 must be set back 3 m from a street line; no parking structure may encroach into a required landscape buffer abutting a residential zone.
• Section 2 prohibited uses (in addition to Part 1 s.2.22): parking/storing a motor vehicle (other than a recreational vehicle) exceeding 3000 kg registered gross vehicle weight, 6 m overall length or 2.6 m overall height; parking/storing a stake-body vehicle; parking/storing a recreational vehicle or utility trailer (including load) exceeding a combined height of 3.6 m; parking/storing any vehicle, trailer, boat or similar conveyance within a landscaped open space area.
• Table 2.7.1 footnote (f): lodge/fraternity/private club and community institution permitted only on lands abutting a street having a deemed width of 26 m or greater.