LMU zone, Vaughan: Low-Rise Mixed-Use Zone

What the LMU zone permits

• Business service (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Clinic (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2)
• Commercial school
• Financial institution (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Health and fitness centre (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Hotel (small scale) (note 5; not permitted abutting a freight rail facility, note 6)
• Office
• Personal service (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Pet services establishment (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Restaurant (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Restaurant, take-out (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Retail (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Retail, convenience (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Service or repair shop (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Shopping centre (note 5)
• Supermarket (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2; note 5)
• Veterinary clinic (only as part of a mixed-use development; note 2)
• Apartment dwelling (ground floor frontage max 40%, note 4; not permitted abutting a freight rail facility, note 6)
• Block townhouse dwelling
• Independent living facility (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions, note 1; note 6)
• Live-work dwelling
• Retirement residence (note 6)
• Street townhouse dwelling
• Supportive living facility
• Community facility (note 6)
• Community garden (subject to Part 5, note 1)
• Day care centre (note 6)
• Emergency service
• Long term care facility (note 6)
• Place of worship (subject to Part 5, note 1; note 6)
• Urban square
• Home occupation (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1)
• Outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1; only as part of a mixed-use development, note 2)
• Outdoor patio (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1; only as part of a mixed-use development, note 2)
• Seasonal outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1)
• Secondary suite (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1)
• Short-term rental (accessory; subject to Part 5, note 1)
• Temporary sales office (subject to Part 5, note 1)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Minimum building height 8.0 m; minimum street wall 8 m; minimum ground floor height 4.5 m (Table 8-3).
• Required build-to zone 3.5-7 m from the street line, applying to at least 60% of the street frontage (at least 50% on a corner lot); on the rest of the lot only the minimum setback applies (Table 8-3 note 2).
• Urban squares, driveways and walkways are permitted within the build-to zone provided their cumulative total does not exceed 25% of the total build-to zone requirement (Table 8-3 note 3).
• 45-degree angular plane applies, measured from the rear lot line and interior side lot line, only where the LMU Zone abuts any Residential Zone except RM2 and RM3 (Table 8-3 note 6).
• Podium and tower requirements of the applicable zone apply to any building higher than 20.0 m; for LMU all podium/tower standards (podium height, tower step-back, tower floor plate, tower separation, tower setback) are shown as '-' (no requirement).
• Parking: surface parking lot permitted (any part of a surface parking area is prohibited in the front yard and exterior side yard, but driveways may be located in any yard - note 7); above-grade parking structure not permitted; below-grade parking structure permitted.
• Minimum landscape strip abutting a street line: 3.5 m wide.
• Minimum landscape strip on any interior side lot line or rear lot line abutting a Residential Zone or Open Space Zone: 3 m wide.
• Minimum landscape area: 10% of the lot.
• Table 8-2 note 2: uses marked (2) are permitted only as part of a mixed-use development, and the total gross floor area of all such uses is limited to a maximum of 30% of the gross floor area of all uses on the lot.
• Table 8-2 note 4 (apartment dwelling): the ground floor frontage shall consist of a maximum of 40% of all uses subject to this provision.
• Table 8-2 note 5: maximum gross floor area on each lot for all uses marked (5) is 10,000.0 m2.
• Table 8-2 note 6: uses marked (6) are not permitted abutting a freight rail facility.
• Table 8-2 note 1: uses marked (1) are subject to specific use provisions in Part 5 of the By-law.
• Table 8-3 note 1: the requirement shall not apply to existing buildings and structures (not attached to any LMU value in the table as transcribed).
• Not permitted in LMU: art studio, car wash, automotive detailing, commercial storage, fueling station, funeral services, hotel (full scale), micro-manufacturing, motor vehicle body repair/rental/repair/sales, pet care establishment, place of assembly, place of entertainment, theatre, multiple-unit townhouse dwelling, podium townhouse dwelling, public parking, school, post-secondary school, drive-through.