RL9 zone, Oakville: Residential Low 9

What the RL9 zone permits

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

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Table 6.2.1 fn 1: only one of bed and breakfast, day care, private home day care, short-term accommodation is permitted on a lot (2023-024).
• Table 6.3.4 fn 5: minimum 2.4 m separation between detached dwellings on abutting lots in the same zone; aggregate interior side yards on a lot must equal 2.4 m.
• Table 6.3.4 fn 6: minimum rear yard reduced to 3.5 m on a corner lot where a 3.0 m interior side yard is provided.
• Table 6.3.4 fn 7: residential floor area above the second storey permitted only if it does not exceed 35% of the residential floor area of the second storey below.
• Table 6.3.4 fn 8: minimum setback from a daylight triangle 0.7 m (2016-013).
• Maximum lot coverage for the dwelling: n/a (not regulated) in RL9.
• s.6.4 -0 Suffix Zone (where applied): residential floor area ratio for detached dwellings per Table 6.4.1 (43% for lots under 557.5 m2 down to 29% for 1,301 m2 or greater); attic/garage floor area inclusion rules (s.6.4.1 a-c); no additional lot coverage for accessory buildings (6.4.2 b); minimum front yard = existing yard less 1.0 m, or the parent zone minimum for vacant/new lots; maximum front yard = minimum + 5.5 m (6.4.3); 50% of front main walls within the min/max front yard band for new buildings (6.4.4); balconies and uncovered platforms prohibited above the first storey (6.4.5); maximum 2 storeys, no floor area above the second storey, maximum height 9.0 m (6.4.6). Note: Table 6.4.2 (-0 lot coverage) lists no RL9 row.
• s.6.5 Accessory buildings/structures: same yards 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 where less than 3.5 m from a flankage lot line; maximum lot coverage the greater of 5% of lot area or 42.0 m2, additional to the dwelling's coverage; not for human habitation or occupation for gain (2021-068).
• s.6.6: minimum front yard may be reduced to the average of the front yards of the nearest legally existing dwelling on each side in the same block where that average is less than the zone minimum (2015-079).
• s.6.7 Day cares: only on a lot whose front or flankage lot line abuts an arterial or major collector road; minimum interior side yard 4.2 m; maximum driveway width in front/flankage yard 6.0 m plus 5.7 m of 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.
• s.6.9 Parking structures: vehicle storage for repair prohibited; no setback required for portions no more than 1.37 m above the nearest lot line elevation, except 1.0 m where abutting a Residential Zone and 3.5 m for ventilator shafts.
• s.6.10 (2021-068): for semi-detached (and townhouse) developments the entire lot or block is used to determine compliance until lot lines are formally established; common element condominium regulations apply to proposed parcels of tied land.
• s.6.8 (RUC parking rules) does not apply to RL9.