RM3 zone, Vaughan: Multiple Unit Residential Zone

What the RM3 zone permits

• Apartment dwelling
• Independent living facility
• Podium townhouse dwelling
• Retirement residence
• Supportive living facility
• Community garden (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Urban square
• Temporary sales office (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Home occupation (accessory; subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Short-term rental (accessory; subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Not permitted in RM3 (Table 7-6): block townhouse dwelling, multiple-unit townhouse dwelling, street townhouse dwelling, model home, secondary suite.
• Community garden, temporary sales office, home occupation and short-term rental are subject to the specific use provisions of Part 5 (Table 7-6 note 2).
• Minimum separation between buildings containing dwelling units: no requirement (Table 7-8).
• Maximum width of the front main wall of a block of multiple-unit townhouse dwellings: no requirement (Table 7-8).
• 45-degree angular plane applies (Table 7-8 note 3): required in the RM3 Zone, applied from the rear lot line, where the RM3 Zone abuts any other Residential Zone except another RM2 or RM3 Zone.
• Podium and tower requirements apply to any building with a height greater than 20.0 m (Table 7-8).
• Minimum podium height 10.5 m; maximum podium height 20 m (Table 7-8).
• Minimum tower step-back 3 m (Table 7-8).
• Maximum tower floor plate 850 m² (Table 7-8).
• Minimum tower separation 30 m (Table 7-8 note 4): a balcony may encroach into the required tower separation by the same amount a balcony may encroach into a required yard under Part 4.
• Minimum tower setback from any rear lot line and interior side lot line 12.5 m (Table 7-8).
• Minimum landscaped strip 3 m wide on any interior side lot line or rear lot line abutting any other Residential Zone, except an RT or RM Zone (Table 7-8).
• Minimum landscaped strip 3 m wide abutting a street line (Table 7-8).
• Table 7-8 note 1: minimum rear yard for a back-to-back townhouse dwelling is 0.0 m where the dwelling units share a common wall (general RM note; townhouse forms other than podium townhouse are not permitted in RM3).
• Table 7-8 note 2 (7.5 m interior side yard where an RM1 or RM2 Zone abuts another Residential Zone) is specific to RM1/RM2 and does not alter the RM3 value.