RO2 zone, Burlington: Orchard Community Residential RO2

What the RO2 zone permits

• Detached Dwelling
• Semi-Detached Dwelling
• Duplex Dwelling
• Triplex Dwelling
• Fourplex Dwelling
• Townhouse Dwelling
• Street Townhouse Dwelling
• Stacked Townhouse Dwelling
• Day Care Centre (only on a street with a deemed width of 20 m or greater; subject to RO1 zone regulations for a detached dwelling, Table 2.16.1 note (a))
• Additional Residential Units (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(u), Table 2.16.1 note (c))
• Office (alternate use under s.18.3; subject to RO2 detached dwelling regulations)
• Convenience Store (alternate use under s.18.3; corner lot or lot abutting an RO4, LN8 or P zone only; 15 m lot width, 200 m² max floor area, 50% max coverage, 3 m landscape buffer abutting a residential use)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Other yards (Table 2.18.2): building setback abutting a creek block 7.5 m, or 4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer; yard abutting a pipeline easement 6 m; yard abutting a railway right-of-way 30 m.
• Front yard note (a): yard abutting a street with a deemed width of 26 m or more has a 6 m maximum setback.
• Front yard note (b): the front elevation of a garage shall be set back 5.5 m from a street line notwithstanding the yard requirements.
• Street Townhouse on lots less than 30 m deep: minimum lot area 115 m² (note c) and minimum lot width 5.2 m (note d).
• Detached dwelling side yard (note e): 1.2 m abutting a dwelling; 0.6 m abutting an attached or detached garage.
• Density (s.18.2), Townhouses and Stacked Townhouses only: minimum 26 units/hectare, maximum 50 units/hectare.
• Alternate uses (s.18.3): Office or Convenience Store permitted, subject to RO2 detached dwelling regulations; Convenience Store only on a corner lot or a lot abutting an RO4, LN8 or P zone, with 15 m lot width, 200 m² maximum floor area, 50% maximum lot coverage, 3 m landscape buffer abutting a residential use; outdoor storage or display of merchandise, material or equipment prohibited.
• Building height (s.18.4): stacked townhouse 2 storey minimum, 3 storey maximum; Day Care buildings 2 storeys maximum; other permitted uses 2 storeys maximum; per Part 1, Subsection 2.31.
• Lot coverage (s.18.5): 50% maximum; Townhouse, Street Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse 60% maximum.
• Parking (s.18.6): per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 as amended: 2 spaces per dwelling unit; Office 2 spaces per 100 m² GFA; Convenience Store no parking required; no loading space required for Office and Convenience Store uses.
• Privacy area (s.18.7): Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse 20 m² per unit.
• Built form (s.18.8(a)): an attached garage on a lot abutting a street with deemed width 26 m or greater must maintain the same or greater setback from the street line as the dwelling, or may match the setback of an attached porch, but shall not encroach into the required yard.
• Built form (s.18.8(b)): a detached garage in a rear yard abutting a public or private lane may be built to the rear lot line, set back 90 cm from a side lot line and 3 m from a side lot line abutting a street; must be 6 m from a dwelling on the same lot; must be accessed from a lane only.
• Built form (s.18.8(c)): minimum 4.5 m between exterior walls of two townhouse or stacked townhouse buildings where facing walls contain habitable-room windows; 2 m where they do not.
• Built form (s.18.8(d)): Street Townhouse buildings shall not exceed 62 m in length.
• Built form (s.18.8(e)): grade level access between front and rear yards not required for street townhouse units less than 7.65 m wide.
• Landscape buffer (s.18.9): Townhouse and Stacked Townhouse abutting any other residential use, 3 m.
• Encroachments (s.18.10, notwithstanding Part 1 s.2.13): porches, stairs and canopies may encroach into a required yard abutting a street of deemed width 26 m or greater provided a 2 m setback from the street line is kept; may encroach 3 m maximum into a required rear yard; where the side yard is less than 1.2 m the encroachment shall be no closer than 60 cm to the lot line.
• Day Care Centre permitted 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) (note c).
• General (Part 2 s.1): Holding 'H' prefix per Part 11 s.1.1-1.2; accessory buildings Part 1 s.2.2; patios/decks s.2.3; fences and privacy screens s.2.4; pools s.2.5; lands adjacent to Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay s.2.30.
• General (Part 2 s.1(g)), 'L' shape dwellings: where the front elevation of a detached dwelling without an attached garage or carport is designed in an 'L' shape forming one side and one end of a parking space 4.5 m wide by 6.5 m long, the required side yard is the same as for a detached dwelling with an attached garage or carport.
• General (Part 2 s.1(h)-(i)): parking lots set back 4.5 m from a street line; for townhouses, back-to-back and 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 and driveway are for the exclusive use of the unit occupant); parking spaces set back at least 6 m from an R1, R2, R3, LN3, LN4, LN5 or LN6 zone.
• General (Part 2 s.1(j)): an enclosed parking structure extending more than 1.6 m above finished grade is subject to the principal building's yard requirements; one below grade and up to 1.6 m above grade is set back 3 m from a street line; no parking structure, below or above grade, may encroach into a required landscape buffer abutting a residential zone.
• Prohibited (Part 2 s.2, in addition to Part 1 s.2.22): parking/storing motor vehicles over 3000 kg registered GVW, 6 m overall length or 2.6 m overall height (except recreational vehicles); stake-body vehicles; recreational vehicles on or off a trailer, or utility trailers including load, over 3.6 m combined height; any motor vehicle, motorcycle, snowmobile, jetski, trailer, recreational vehicle, boat or similar conveyance within a landscaped open space area.