RO1 zone, Burlington: Orchard Community Residential RO1

What the RO1 zone permits

• Detached Dwelling
• Semi-Detached Dwelling
• Duplex Dwelling
• Day Care Centre (only on a street with a deemed width of 20 m or greater; subject to RO1 detached dwelling regulations) (Table 2.16.1 note a)
• Additional Residential Units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(u)) (Table 2.16.1 note c)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Lot coverage maximum of 50% includes detached garages, accessory buildings and accessory structures (s.17.2).
• Yard abutting a pipeline easement: 6 m; yard abutting a railway right-of-way: 30 m (Table 2.17.2).
• Building setback abutting a creek block: rear yard 7.5 m (4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer); side yard 1.5 m (Table 2.17.2).
• Parking per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 'Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements' (s.17.3).
• Built form within a section of a plan of subdivision (three or more contiguous lots fronting the same street): at least one third of dwelling units must have attached garages projecting no more than 1.5 m beyond the second storey; one third may have garages projecting up to 6.5 m beyond the second storey; all others up to 3.5 m beyond the second storey (s.17.4 i-iii).
• Not more than 8 contiguous lots shall be 9 m or less in width (s.17.4 iv).
• Encroachments (in addition to Part 1 s.2.13): porches, stairs and canopies may encroach up to 3 m into the minimum rear yard; porches may encroach up to 1.5 m into the front yard and side yard abutting a street (s.17.5a).
• Where the side yard is less than 1.2 m, an encroachment shall be no closer than 60 cm to the lot line (s.17.5b).
• Building height per Part 1, Subsection 2.31 'Residential Building Height' (s.17.6).
• Day Care Centre permitted only on a street with a deemed width of 20 m or greater and subject to the RO1 detached dwelling regulations (Table 2.16.1 note a).
• Additional Residential Units subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(u) (Table 2.16.1 note c).
• 'H' Holding symbol: uses per Part 11 s.1.1; development or redevelopment deemed premature until the 'H' prefix is removed per Part 11 s.1.2 (Part 2 s.1a).
• Accessory buildings and structures (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/Burlington Bay (s.2.30) apply (Part 2 s.1b-f).
• 'L' shape detached dwelling without an attached garage or carport forming one side and one end of a 4.5 m x 6.5 m parking space: required side yard is the same as for a detached dwelling with an attached garage or carport (Part 2 s.1g).
• Parking lots shall be set back 4.5 m from a street line (Part 2 s.1h).
• Enclosed parking structure extending more than 1.6 m above finished grade is subject to the same yard requirements as a principal building; below grade and up to 1.6 m above grade it shall be set back 3 m from a street line; it may not encroach into a required landscape buffer abutting a residential zone (Part 2 s.1j).
• Prohibited (Part 2 s.2, in addition to Part 1 s.2.22): parking or 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; a motor vehicle with a stake body; a recreational vehicle or utility trailer including load exceeding a combined height of 3.6 m; parking or storage of any vehicle, motorcycle, snowmobile, jetski, trailer, boat or similar conveyance within a landscaped open space area.