RA5 zone, Mississauga: RA5 (Apartments)

What the RA5 zone permits

• Apartment (see also Articles 4.1.15.1 and 4.1.15.2)
• Long-Term Care Building (see also Articles 4.1.15.1 and 4.1.15.2)
• Retirement Building (see also Articles 4.1.15.1 and 4.1.15.2)
• Additional uses within an apartment building, first storey only: retail store, service establishment, financial institution, office, medical office - restricted (Article 4.1.15.1)
• Guest units (max 5, max 30 m² each, no kitchen) in an apartment with 75+ dwelling units, long-term care building with 75+ beds, or retirement building with 75+ retirement dwelling units (Article 4.1.15.5)
• Accessory buildings and structures per Table 4.1.2.2 (Subsection 4.1.2)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Minimum floor space index (apartment zone): 1.9 (row 4.0).
• Maximum encroachment into a required yard of a balcony above the first storey, sunroom, window, chimney, pilaster, cornice, balustrade or roof eaves: 1.0 m (row 11.1).
• Maximum encroachment into a required yard of a porch, first-storey balcony, staircase, landing or awning: 1.8 m, each with a maximum width of 6.0 m (row 11.2).
• Maximum projection of a balcony above the first storey from the outermost face of the building: 1.0 m (row 11.3).
• Minimum above-grade separation between buildings, by height of that portion of the dwelling: <=13.0 m: 3.0 m; >13.0 to <=20.0 m: 9.0 m; >20.0 to <=26.0 m: 12.0 m; >26.0 m: 15.0 m (row 12.0).
• Minimum setback from surface parking spaces or aisles to a street line: 4.5 m; to any other lot line: 3.0 m (rows 13.2, 13.3).
• Minimum setback from a parking structure above or partially above finished grade to any lot line: 7.5 m; completely below grade (including external access stairwells): 3.0 m (rows 13.4, 13.5).
• Minimum setback from a waste enclosure/loading area to a street line: 10.0 m; to a zone permitting detached and/or semi-detached dwellings: 10.0 m (rows 13.6, 13.7).
• Condominium roads and aisles may be shared with abutting lands zoned for back-to-back and stacked townhouses, townhouses or apartments (row 14.1).
• Minimum landscaped buffer depth: 4.5 m abutting a street line and/or lands in an Open Space, Greenlands or Residential Zone other than an Apartment Zone; 3.0 m along any other lot line (rows 15.2, 15.3; see 4.1.15.4 and 2.1.25).
• Minimum amenity area for dwelling units existing before April 29, 2026: the greater of 5.6 m² per dwelling unit or 10% of the site area (row 15.4).
• Minimum amenity area for new dwelling units constructed on or after April 29, 2026: 3.0 m² per dwelling unit (row 15.4.1; see 4.1.15.7).
• At least 50% of the total required amenity area must be in one contiguous area; minimum 55.0 m² of amenity area must be outside at grade (rows 15.5, 15.6).
• Accessory buildings and structures permitted per Table 4.1.2.2 (Subsection 4.1.2, Article 4.1.2.1).
• Additional uses (retail store, service establishment, financial institution, office, medical office - restricted) must be contained within an apartment building, not above the first storey; no additional on-site parking required (Article 4.1.15.1).
• Guest units: only in an apartment with 75+ dwelling units, long-term care building with 75+ beds or retirement building with 75+ retirement dwelling units; maximum 5 guest units; maximum 30 m² each; no kitchen; no additional parking required (Article 4.1.15.5).
• Tandem parking on a driveway is not permitted in RA1 to RA7 zones (Article 4.1.9.3); Article 4.1.9A.1 does not apply to RA1 to RA7 lands (Article 4.1.9A.2).
• Maximum height also subject to Subsection 4.1.21; yard setbacks also subject to Subsections 4.1.7 and 4.1.8.
• 78 site-specific exception zones RA5-1 to RA5-78 exist (Section 4.15.6); check the exception schedule for a specific property.