V4 zone, Vaughan: Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Employment Zone

What the V4 zone permits

• Clinic
• Commercial school
• Financial institution (ground floor frontage only; total GFA of this use not to exceed 10% of GFA of all uses on the lot - note 5)
• Hotel (only on a lot abutting Highway 7, 400 or 407 - note 6)
• Place of assembly (only on a lot abutting Highway 7, 400 or 407 - note 6)
• Place of entertainment (ground floor frontage only; max 10% of lot GFA - note 5)
• Personal service (ground floor frontage only; max 10% of lot GFA - note 5)
• Restaurant (ground floor frontage only; max 10% of lot GFA - note 5)
• Retail (ground floor frontage only; max 10% of lot GFA - note 5)
• Retail, convenience (ground floor frontage only; max 10% of lot GFA - note 5)
• Office
• Research and development
• Community garden (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Day care centre
• Emergency service
• Place of worship (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Public parking
• Urban square
• Outdoor patio (accessory; subject to Part 5)
• Temporary sales office (accessory; subject to Part 5)
• Existing uses, buildings and structures that do not otherwise conform (E - only if legally existing on the effective date; GFA capped at that existing on the effective date - note 2)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Required build-to zone: 3 m to 5 m from the street line (Table 10-3, notes 3 and 6).
• Build-to zone applies to a minimum of 60% of the street frontage; on any other portion of the lot only the minimum setback applies; on a corner lot a minimum of 60% applies (Table 10-3 note 6).
• 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 10-3 note 3).
• Minimum ground floor height 3.5 m; where lands are subject to active use frontage (required or convertible) on Schedule B-1, the minimum ground floor height is per Section 4.2 (Table 10-3 note 7).
• Minimum street wall height 8 m.
• Minimum height and maximum height as shown on Schedule A; this requirement does not apply to an above-grade parking structure (Table 10-3 note 1).
• Minimum and maximum floor space index as shown on Schedule A.
• Podium and tower requirements apply to any building with a height greater than 14.0 m in the V4 Zone: minimum podium height 10.5 m; maximum podium height 14 m; minimum tower separation for office towers 20 m; minimum office tower setback from a rear lot line or interior side lot line 10 m. No requirement stated for tower step-back, residential tower separation, residential tower setback or residential tower floor plate.
• Active Use Frontage (Required) and Active Use Frontage (Convertible) apply where shown on Schedule B-1, in accordance with Section 4.2.
• Minimum 3 m landscape strip on any interior side lot line or rear lot line abutting the V3 Zone.
• Minimum 3 m landscape strip along an interior side lot line or rear lot line abutting an Open Space Zone.
• Minimum 3 m landscape strip abutting a street line.
• Financial institution, place of entertainment, personal service, restaurant, retail and convenience retail are permitted only in the ground floor frontage and their total gross floor area shall not exceed 10% of the gross floor area of all uses on the lot (Table 10-2 note 5).
• Hotel and place of assembly are permitted only on a lot that abuts Highway 7, 400 or 407 (Table 10-2 note 6).
• Existing non-conforming uses (E): maximum permitted gross floor area is the GFA existing at the effective date of the By-law (Table 10-2 note 2).
• Community garden, place of worship, outdoor patio and temporary sales office are subject to specific use provisions in Part 5 (Table 10-2 note 1).
• No residential uses (apartment, townhouse, live-work, retirement residence, supportive/independent living) are permitted in V4.