OS3 (By-law 150-85) zone, Cambridge: Open Space OS3 (Cemetery)

What the OS3 zone permits

• Cemetery (s.3.5.1.1(m))
• Mausoleum or necropolis (s.3.5.1.1(n))
• Crematorium (s.3.5.1.1(o))
• Place of worship or meditation (s.3.5.1.1(p))
• Arboretum (s.3.5.1.1(q))
• A use permitted in any zone under s.2.1.1 (s.3.5.1.1(s))
• Accessory use, building or structure (s.3.5.1.1(t))

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Site development specifications (s.3.5.1.2, PDF p.153): the N-class specifications of s.3.2.1.2 apply to every open space zone: lot frontage 15 m, lot area 450 m2, front yard 6.0 m, rear yard 7.5 m, interior side yard 3.0 m, exterior side yard 6.0 m, 7.5 m yard abutting any R-class or RS-class zone, lot coverage max 40%, landscaped open space min 30%, planting strips and fencing per s.2.4.
• Residential uses (summary): none listed.
• 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.