RL10 zone, Oakville: Residential Low 10

What the RL10 zone permits

• Detached dwelling
• Duplex dwelling
• Attached or detached additional residential unit
• Bed and breakfast establishment (max one of the footnote-1 uses per lot)
• Day care (max one of the footnote-1 uses per lot; see s.6.7)
• Private home day care (max one of the footnote-1 uses per lot)
• Short-term accommodation (max one of the footnote-1 uses per lot)
• Home occupation
• Conservation use
• Emergency service facility
• Park, public
• Stormwater management facility

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Footnote 1 to Table 6.2.1: only one of bed and breakfast establishment, day care, private home day care or short-term accommodation is permitted on a lot (2023-024).
• -0 Suffix Zone (s.6.4) applies where shown on the Part 19 Maps; its regulations override the parent RL10 standards for RFA ratio, lot coverage, front yard, main wall proportion, balconies, height and storeys.
• s.6.4.1: in the -0 Suffix Zone, residential floor area on an attic level is measured from the exterior face of the knee wall; attic space sharing a wall with a permitted storey and exceeding 1.8 m headroom is counted in full; an attached garage 6.0 m or taller with less than 25% of its area as living space above is counted in residential floor area.
• s.6.4.1 d / Table 6.4.1: -0 Suffix Zone maximum residential floor area ratio for a detached dwelling by lot area: <557.5 m² 43%; 557.50-649.99 42%; 650.00-742.99 41%; 743.00-835.99 40%; 836.00-928.99 39%; 929.00-1,021.99 38%; 1,022.00-1,114.99 37%; 1,115.00-1,207.99 35%; 1,208.00-1,300.99 32%; 1,301.00 m² or greater 29%.
• s.6.4.2: -0 Suffix Zone lot coverage for a detached dwelling in RL10 greater than 7.0 m in height is 35% (Table 6.4.2); no additional lot coverage for accessory buildings and structures in a -0 Suffix Zone.
• s.6.4.3: -0 Suffix Zone minimum front yard = legally existing front yard less 1.0 m; vacant or newly created lots use the parent zone minimum (7.5 m); maximum front yard for new dwellings = minimum front yard + 5.5 m (2017-025).
• s.6.4.4: -0 Suffix Zone new buildings must have at least 50% of the length of main walls facing the front lot line within the area between the minimum and maximum front yards; does not apply to additions to legally existing buildings.
• s.6.4.5: -0 Suffix Zone prohibits balconies and uncovered platforms above the first-storey floor level.
• s.6.4.6: -0 Suffix Zone maximum 2 storeys, no floor area above the second storey, maximum height 9.0 m.
• s.6.5.1: accessory buildings must be on the same lot as the primary use and not used for human habitation or an occupation for gain unless otherwise permitted.
• s.6.5.2: accessory building yards same as the dwelling, except 0.6 m from any lot line when in a flankage or rear yard and at least 2.0 m from the dwelling; max height 4.0 m from grade, reduced to 2.5 m when less than 3.5 m from a flankage lot line; max accessory lot coverage the greater of 5% of lot area or 42.0 m², additional to the dwelling coverage (2021-068).
• s.6.6: minimum front yard for a dwelling built between legally existing dwellings on the same block whose averaged front yards are less than the zone minimum is the average of the nearest dwelling on each side (2015-079).
• s.6.7 day cares: only on a lot whose front or flankage lot line abuts an arterial or major collector road; min interior side yard 4.2 m; max driveway width in front/flankage yard 6.0 m plus 5.7 m additional continuous hard surface (notwithstanding s.5.8.2 b, c); playground equipment 1.8 m or taller set back 5.0 m from all lot lines, shorter equipment 2.0 m (2015-079).
• s.6.9 parking structures: no vehicle repair storage; no setbacks required for portions no more than 1.37 m above the nearest lot line, except 1.0 m where abutting a Residential Zone and 3.5 m for ventilator shafts.
• s.6.10 (2021-068): proposed rear lot lines in back-to-back townhouse blocks deemed rear lot lines until established; the whole lot/block is used for compliance for semi-detached, townhouse, back-to-back and stacked townhouse dwellings; common element condominium regulations apply to proposed parcels of tied land until established.
• s.6.8 (parking in the RUC Zone) does not apply to RL10.