RM4 zone, Burlington: Medium Density Residential RM4

What the RM4 zone permits

• Detached dwelling
• Semi-detached dwelling
• Additional residential units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21, Subsection (u))

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Table 2.11.2: building setback abutting a creek block 7.5 m, or 4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer.
• Table 2.11.2: yard abutting a pipeline easement 7 m.
• Table 2.11.2: yard abutting a railway right-of-way 30 m.
• s.11.4: parking per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements).
• s.11.2(a): residential building height measured per Part 1, Subsection 2.31.
• s.1(g): an 'L'-shaped detached dwelling without attached garage/carport, whose front elevation forms one side and one end of a 4.5 m x 6.5 m parking space, uses the side yard required for a dwelling with an attached garage/carport.
• s.1(h): parking lots set back 4.5 m from a street line.
• s.1(j): an enclosed parking structure more than 1.6 m above finished grade is subject to principal building yard requirements; below grade and up to 1.6 m above grade it is set back 3 m from a street line; must not encroach into a required landscape buffer abutting a residential zone.
• s.1(a): 'H' holding prefix — uses per Part 11 s.1.1; development premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11 s.1.2.
• s.1(b)-(f): accessory buildings (Part 1 s.2.2), patios and decks (s.2.3), fencing and privacy screens (s.2.4), swimming pools (s.2.5), lands adjacent to Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay (s.2.30).
• s.2 prohibited uses: parking/storing a motor vehicle (other than a recreational vehicle) over 3000 kg registered GVW, 6 m long or 2.6 m high; any stake-body vehicle; a recreational vehicle or utility trailer with load over 3.6 m combined height; and any vehicle, trailer, boat etc. within a landscaped open space area. Also Part 1 s.2.22 prohibited uses.
• Exceptions to zone designations: Part 14.