A1 (By-law 150-85) zone, Cambridge: Agricultural A1

What the A1 zone permits

• Farming; no land may be used for sod farming unless a site-specific provision in s.4.1.51 allows it (s.3.6.1.1(a))
• Facilities for sorting, grading, packaging, wholesale distribution and sale of farm products grown or raised on the property, including a roadside stand, but not sale of products not grown or raised on the property (s.3.6.1.1(b))
• Detached one-family farm-related dwelling (s.3.6.1.1(c))
• Day nursery or day care centre (s.3.6.1.1(d))
• Class 2 group home not within 200 m of an existing class 1, 2, 3 or 4 group home (s.3.6.1.1(e))
• Riding stable, with or without facilities for boarding or training horses (s.3.6.1.1(f); see s.3.3.1.5)
• Kennel (s.3.6.1.1(g); see s.3.3.1.5)
• A use permitted in all zones under s.2.1.1 (s.3.6.1.1(h))
• Accessory use, building or structure (s.3.6.1.1(i))
• Bed-and-breakfast hostel in a detached one-family dwelling that is the proprietor's principal residence, max three guest bedrooms (s.2.1.20, PDF p.80)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Prefix (E) mineral aggregate resource area (s.2.1.5, PDF pp.64-65; on the map as (E)A1 and A1(E)): only farming, forestry, open space/recreation without permanent buildings, A1 or s.2.1.1 uses without permanent buildings, existing uses and licensed pits or quarries; pit/quarry buildings and stockpiles at least 15 m from a public street, 30 m from other site boundaries, 90 m from a residential zone and 30 m from an OS1 zone; excavation at least 30 m from a street, 15 m from other boundaries and 90 m from a residential or OS1 zone.
• Riding stables and kennels (s.3.3.1.5, PDF p.124): may be established only in an A1 zone (or C2 by site-specific exception).
• Commercial vehicles (s.3.6.3, PDF p.155): no bus, commercial vehicle over 5,600 kg GVW, commercial trailer or transport trailer may be parked or stored in an agricultural zone, except that a resident who operates one may keep one in a wholly enclosed private garage on the lot.
• Minimum Distance Separation (s.2.1.21, PDF p.80): new buildings next to a livestock barn or manure storage must meet the provincial MDS formula.
• Residential uses (summary): one detached farm-related dwelling, a class 2 group home (200 m spacing), and a bed-and-breakfast hostel in a detached dwelling.
• Prefix (H) holding zone (s.2.1.4, PDF p.63): until the (H) is removed by amendment, only farming (no intensive animal, fur or fish farming), market gardening, landscape gardening and s.2.1.1 uses are allowed.
• Prefix (F) floodplain (s.1.1.2.2(b)(iii) PDF p.51; s.2.1.8, PDF pp.66-67): land below the regulatory flood line; no new habitable room below the flood line, no hospital/home for the aged/group home/domiciliary hostel more than 1 m below it or with access below it, no bulk storage of dangerous, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive or buoyant materials below it; Grand River Conservation Authority approval also required. s.2.1.8.2 applies the same rules to land below the flood line outside the Special Policy Area (Map Z3) and to all OS1 land. (The text layer of PDF p.67 is missing s.2.1.8.2; read from the page image.)
• Compound zones (s.2.1.3, PDF pp.62-63): where two zone symbols apply (e.g. C1RM1), land may be used for any use permitted in either zone or a combination; where C5 is combined with another zone, the C5 yard and frontage/area rules (s.3.3.3.2(b), (c)(ii)-(iii), (f)(ii)-(iii)) apply to the service station/gas bar; in a commercial/residential mixed-use building the residential site rules of s.3.1.2 apply if residential gross floor area exceeds two-thirds of the building, otherwise the commercial rules of s.3.3.3.2/3.3.3.3 apply; parking and loading must be provided for every use.
• Uses permitted in all zones (s.2.1.1, PDF p.61): public uses and public/private utilities (subject to the zone's coverage, setback, yard, parking, loading and landscaping rules), private home day care in a dwelling unit, a bachelor or one-bedroom caretaker unit in a non-residential building in an N-class or M-class zone (not on the ground floor of a building in a commercial zone), wayside pits/quarries, and crisis intervention homes.
• Setbacks from specified roads (s.2.1.19, PDF pp.75-79): on roads in the Table of Designated Road Allowances, no building may be closer to the original centreline than the required front, exterior side or rear yard plus half the designated road allowance (e.g. 20.117 m to 70.841-122.968 m allowances); s.2.1.19.2 adds fixed extra distances on parts of Adam St. and Cooper St.
• Corner lot sight triangle (s.2.1.14, PDF p.72): nothing over 0.75 m high within the 15 m x 15 m triangle at street intersections, except in the shaded core areas of Maps Z4-Z6.
• Yard encroachments (s.2.1.15, PDF pp.72-73): required yards must be open to the sky except listed projections (e.g. eaves, sills, chimneys 0.5 m into any yard; fire escapes 1.6 m into rear yards; wheelchair ramps 5.0 m into front, exterior side and rear yards).
• Propane facilities (s.2.5.1, PDF p.102): no propane storage, handling or transfer within 30 m of a residential zone, none in a required front, exterior side or interior side yard (except the C5 dispenser-island allowances), none within 5 m of a hydro transmission line.
• Airport height limits (s.2.1.10, PDF pp.67-68) and Minimum Distance Separation from livestock barns/manure storage (s.2.1.21, PDF p.80) apply in all zones.