CMU zone, Vaughan: Community Commercial Mixed-Use Zone

What the CMU zone permits

• Art studio
• Business service (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot for all such uses, note 5; only as part of a mixed-use development, combined max 30% of lot GFA, note 2)
• Clinic (only as part of a mixed-use development, combined max 30% of lot GFA, note 2)
• Commercial school
• Financial institution (note 5; note 2)
• Fueling station (only if legally existing on the effective date of the By-law; subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Funeral services (note 5; not permitted abutting a freight rail facility, note 6)
• Health and fitness centre (note 5; note 2)
• Hotel (note 5; note 6)
• Hotel (small scale) (note 5; note 6)
• Micro-manufacturing (subject to Part 5)
• Office
• Personal service (note 5; note 2)
• Pet care establishment (note 5; note 2)
• Pet services establishment (note 5; note 2)
• Place of assembly (note 6)
• Place of entertainment (note 5)
• Restaurant (note 5; note 2)
• Restaurant, take-out (note 5; note 2)
• Retail (note 5; note 2)
• Retail, convenience (note 5; note 2)
• Service or repair shop (note 5; note 2)
• Shopping centre (note 5)
• Supermarket (note 5; note 2)
• Theatre (note 5)
• Veterinary clinic (note 2)
• Community facility (note 6)
• Community garden (subject to Part 5)
• Day care centre (note 6)
• Emergency service
• Place of worship (subject to Part 5; note 6)
• Public parking
• Urban square
• Outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5; note 2)
• Outdoor patio (accessory; subject to Part 5; note 2)
• Seasonal outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5)
• Temporary sales office (subject to Part 5)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Required build-to zone: 3.5-7 m from the front lot line, applying to a minimum of 50% of the street frontage (55% on a corner lot); on the rest of the lot only the minimum setback applies (Table 8-3 note 5).
• Minimum building height 11.0 m; minimum street wall 8 m; minimum ground floor height 4.5 m.
• Podium and tower requirements apply to any building taller than 20.0 m: minimum podium height 10.5 m, maximum podium height 20 m, minimum tower step-back 3 m, maximum tower floor plate - no requirement, minimum tower separation 15 m, minimum tower setback from any rear or interior side lot line 7.5 m.
• 45-degree angular plane applies from the rear lot line and interior side lot line where the CMU Zone abuts any Residential Zone except RM2 and RM3 (Table 8-3 note 6).
• Surface parking lots permitted, but no part of a surface parking area may be in the front yard or exterior side yard (driveways excepted) (Table 8-3 note 7); above-grade parking structures not permitted; below-grade parking structures permitted.
• Minimum landscape strip abutting a street line: 3.5 m wide.
• Minimum landscape strip on any interior side or rear lot line abutting a Residential Zone or Open Space Zone: 3 m wide.
• Minimum landscaped area: 10% of the lot.
• Table 8-2 note 2: uses so marked (business service, clinic, financial institution, health and fitness centre, personal service, pet care/pet services establishments, restaurant, take-out restaurant, retail, convenience retail, service or repair shop, supermarket, veterinary clinic, outdoor display area, outdoor patio) are only permitted as part of a mixed-use development and together are limited to a maximum of 30% of the gross floor area of all uses on the lot.
• Table 8-2 note 5: maximum gross floor area on each lot for all uses so marked is 10,000.0 m2.
• Table 8-2 note 6: uses so marked (funeral services, hotel, small-scale hotel, place of assembly, community facility, day care centre, place of worship) are not permitted abutting a freight rail facility.
• Table 8-2 note 1: fueling station, micro-manufacturing, community garden, place of worship, outdoor display area, outdoor patio, seasonal outdoor display area and temporary sales office are subject to specific use provisions in Part 5.
• Fueling station is permitted only if legally existing and used on the lot on the effective date of the By-law ('E').
• No residential uses (apartment, block/multiple-unit/podium/street townhouse, live-work, retirement residence, supportive or independent living facility), no long term care facility, school, post-secondary school, car wash, automotive detailing, commercial storage, motor vehicle body repair/rental/repair/sales, drive-through, home occupation, secondary suite or short-term rental are permitted in the CMU Zone.
• Table 8-3 notes 1 (requirements do not apply to existing buildings and structures), 2, 3 (urban squares, driveways and walkways permitted within the build-to zone up to 25% of the build-to zone requirement), 4 and 8 appear in the Part 8 'Additional requirements to Table 8-3' list but are NOT flagged anywhere in the CMU column, so they do not apply to this zone.