RL2 zone, Oakville: Residential Low 2

What the RL2 zone permits

• Detached dwelling
• Attached or detached additional residential unit
• Bed and breakfast establishment (footnote 1: max one footnote-1 use per lot)
• Conservation use
• Day care (footnote 1; subject to s.6.7)
• Emergency service facility
• Home occupation
• Lodging house (footnotes 1 and 2: max 3 lodging units)
• Park, public
• Private home day care (footnote 1)
• Short-term accommodation (footnote 1)
• Stormwater management facility

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Maximum dwelling depth: n/a (Table 6.3.1).
• -0 Suffix Zone: where lands are shown on the Part 19 Maps in the -0 Suffix Zone, s.6.4 governs front yard, height/storeys, lot coverage and residential floor area ratio (Table 6.3.1 note -0).
• -0 Suffix Zone residential floor area calculation (s.6.4.1): floor area on an attic level measured from exterior face of knee wall; attic space sharing a wall with a permitted storey and exceeding 1.8 m headroom is fully included; an attached garage is included where its height is 6.0 m or more (garage floor to highest point) and the floor area directly above it is less than 25% of the garage floor area.
• -0 Suffix Zone main wall proportionality (s.6.4.4): for new buildings, at least 50% of the length of main walls facing the front lot line must lie between the minimum and maximum front yards; does not apply to additions to legally existing buildings.
• -0 Suffix Zone (s.6.4.5): balconies and uncovered platforms prohibited above the first-storey floor level.
• Accessory buildings (s.6.5): must be on the same lot as the primary use; not for human habitation or occupation for gain unless otherwise permitted; minimum 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; maximum height 4.0 m from grade, reduced to 2.5 m if less than 3.5 m from a flankage lot line; maximum coverage the greater of 5% of lot area or 42.0 m2, additional to the dwelling's coverage (not in -0 Suffix Zone).
• Minimum setback from a daylight triangle: 0.7 m (Table 6.3.1 footnote 8, 2016-013).
• Day cares (s.6.7): only on lots whose front or flankage lot line abuts an arterial or major collector road; interior side yard 4.2 m; driveway in front/flankage yard max 6.0 m wide plus 5.7 m additional continuous hard surface; playground equipment 1.8 m or taller set back 5.0 m from all lot lines, shorter equipment 2.0 m.
• Parking structures (s.6.9): no vehicle-repair storage; portions no more than 1.37 m above the nearest lot line elevation need no setback except 1.0 m where abutting a Residential Zone; ventilator shafts set back 3.5 m from any lot line.
• Separation of dwelling units (s.6.10, 2021-068): proposed rear lot lines for back-to-back townhouse blocks deemed rear lot lines until established; whole lot/block used for semi-detached/townhouse compliance; common element condominium regulations apply to proposed parcels of tied land.
• Lodging house: maximum 3 lodging units (Table 6.2.1 footnote 2); only one of bed and breakfast, day care, lodging house, private home day care or short-term accommodation per lot (footnote 1).