EPA2 zone, Caledon: Environmental Policy Area 2
Section 11 – Environmental Policy Area Zones, Tables 11.1 and 11.2 (with Section 6.4, Tables 6.3 and 6.4 for Additional Residential Units) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.
An environmental protection zone where a detached house, an existing farm, home occupations, bed and breakfasts and low-impact recreation are allowed on large lots with wide setbacks and strict limits on how much of the lot can be built on.
Is a property in the EPA2 zone? Enter its address and the lookup returns the zone and these standards, including any site-specific exception.
Check an addressWhat the EPA2 zone permits
- Additional Residential Unit (must comply with Section 6.4, footnote 6)
- Dwelling, Detached
- Bed and Breakfast Establishment (must comply with Section 4.5 and Section 5.2.2, footnote 5)
- Environmental Management
- Farm, Existing
- Forest Management
- Home Occupation (footnotes 1, 2: max 6 students per lesson for craft/skill instruction; in a detached or semi-detached dwelling only)
- Recreation, Non-Intensive
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 2000 m²Unserviced lot: 2,000 m2; partly serviced lot: 1,390 m2 |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 30 mUnserviced lot: 30 m; partly serviced lot: 21 m |
| Minimum front yard | 9 mNon-agricultural use: 9 m; agricultural use: 18 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 3 mNon-agricultural use: main building on driveway side 3 m, on other side 1.5 m; agricultural use: existing lots under 8 ha 3 m, other lots 15 m |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 9 mNon-agricultural use: 9 m; agricultural use: 18 m |
| Minimum rear yard | 9 mNon-agricultural use: 9 m; agricultural use: 10 m |
| Maximum building height | 10.5 mNon-agricultural use: 10.5 m; agricultural use: 12.2 m |
| Maximum lot coverage | 25 %Stated as maximum building area. Non-agricultural use: lesser of 25% or 500 m2 (footnote 2); agricultural use: lesser of 5% or 0.4 ha (footnote 1). Table 6.3 footnote 3: for a fully serviced EPA2 lot in an urban settlement area containing at least one additional residential unit, max building area shall be no less than 45% |
Other provisions in this section
- Maximum building area, non-agricultural use: the lesser of 25% of the lot or 500 m2 (Table 11.2 footnote 2)
- Maximum building area, agricultural use: the lesser of 5% of the lot or 0.4 ha (Table 11.2 footnote 1)
- Minimum driveway setback: 0.5 m for non-agricultural use; 3 m for agricultural use (Table 11.2)
- Minimum parking space setback from any street line, agricultural use: 3 m (Table 11.2)
- All uses must also comply with the General Provisions of Section 4 and the Parking, Loading & Delivery Standards of Section 5 (Section 11.1)
- Home occupation: no more than 6 students in any one lesson for instruction of a craft or skill; permitted in a detached or semi-detached dwelling only (Table 11.1 footnotes 1, 2)
- Bed and breakfast establishment must comply with Section 4.5 and Section 5.2.2 residential parking requirements (Table 11.1 footnote 5)
- Additional residential units (ARUs) must comply with Section 6.4; only permitted on the same lot as a detached, linked, semi-detached or townhouse dwelling (6.4.1)
- ARUs: maximum 3 additional residential units per lot in EPA2, but the number may be limited by the 2024 Provincial Planning Statement, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Greenbelt Plan, Niagara Escarpment Plan and/or Bolton Special Policy Area policies (Table 6.3, 6.4.2)
- ARUs: minimum 1 parking space per additional residential unit; none required where the by-law requires no parking for the main dwelling (Table 6.3 footnote 2)
- ARUs: maximum building area is the existing zone requirement; where an EPA2 lot is within an urban settlement area and fully serviced, max building area shall be no less than 45% if the lot contains at least one ARU (Table 6.3 footnote 3)
- ARUs: minimum 1.2 m wide unobstructed path from street to ARU entrance; covered window wells/retaining walls within the path are not encroachments (Table 6.3, footnote 4)
- Detached additional residential units are not permitted in the EPA2 zone (Table 6.4)
- ARUs must comply with Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) Formulae (6.4.3) and, in a conservation authority regulated area, with Section 2.9 (6.4.4)
Source: Section 11 – Environmental Policy Area Zones, Tables 11.1 and 11.2 (with Section 6.4, Tables 6.3 and 6.4 for Additional Residential Units), By-law 2006-50 (Town of Caledon), checked 2026-09-12. General provisions elsewhere in the by-law (parking, driveways, accessory buildings) also apply, and a numbered exception on the parcel can change any value here. Treat this as a pre-check, not a sign-off.