Ontario Planning and Development Act, 1994
Loi de 1994 sur la planification et l’aménagement du territoire de l’Ontario

ONTARIO REGULATION 481/73

formerly under The Parkway Belt Planning and Development Act, 1973
formerly under The Parkway Belt Planning and Development Act
formerly under Parkway Belt Planning and Development Act

County of Halton (now part of The Regional Municipalities of Halton and peel), town of oakville(NOW PART OF THE TOWNS OF HALTON HILLS, MILTON, OAKVILLEand the city of mississauga)

Consolidation Period: From August 22, 2018 to the e-Laws currency date.

Note:This Regulation was consolidated under subsection 99 (3) of the Legislation Act, 2006 on October 12, 2011.

Last amendment: 413/18.

Legislative History: 595/73, 637/73, 776/73, 792/73, 382/74, 456/74, 614/74, 832/74, 26/75, 184/75, 413/75, 450/75, 627/75, 753/75, 892/75, 1026/75, 134/76, 167/76, 402/76, 403/76, 547/76, 548/76, 603/76, 645/76, 984/76, 190/77, 228/77, 229/77, 282/77, 481/77, 516/77, 683/77, 773/77, 849/77, 850/77, 312/78, 313/78, 388/78, 427/78, 752/78, 760/78, 761/78, 886/78, 10/79, 11/79, 85/79, 98/79, 244/79, 263/79, 281/79, 374/79, 392/79, 462/79, 463/79, 559/79, 653/79, 654/79, 655/79, 763/79, 764/79, 825/79, 377/80, 551/80, 588/80, 705/80, 784/80, 15/81, 146/81, 184/81, 192/81, 258/81, 265/81, 317/81, 386/81, 419/81, 449/81, 598/81, 709/81, 362/82, 377/82, 505/82, 704/82, 705/82, 706/82, 707/82, 817/82, 818/82, 88/83, 116/83, 136/83, 356/83, 363/83, 444/83, 471/83, 635/83, 715/83, 232/84, 305/84, 306/84, 586/84, 643/84, 690/84, 341/85, 461/85, 615/85, 15/86, 27/86, 199/86, 356/86, 408/86, 377/88, 659/88, 188/89, 20/90, 79/93, 68/97, 45/04, 1/08, 279/08, 307/08, 231/09, 135/10, 254/10, 531/10, 11/11, 25/12, 287/12, 291/12, 292/12, 387/12, 142/13, 241/13, 276/13, 8/14, 135/14, CTR 14 SE 12 - 1, CTR 14 SE 12 - 2, CTR 14 SE 12 - 3,413/18.

This Regulation is made in English only.

CONTENTS

Sections
1
Application / 2
General / 3
Permitted Uses / 4-7
Building Line / 8-9
Rebuilding and Repairs / 10
Building to Front on Street / 11
Home Occupation / 12-13
Site Specific Requirements / 14-91
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
Schedule 6
Schedule 7
Schedule 8
Schedule 9
Schedule 10
Schedule 11
Schedule 12
Schedule 13
Schedule 14
Schedule 15
Schedule 16
Schedule 17
Schedule 18
Schedule 19
Schedule 20
Schedule 21
Schedule 22
Schedule 23
Schedule 24
Schedule 25
Schedule 26
Schedule 27
Schedule 28
Schedule 29
Schedule 30
Schedule 31
Schedule 32
Schedule 33
Schedule 34
Schedule 35
Schedule 36
Schedule 37
Schedule 38
Schedule 39
Schedule 40
Schedule 41
Schedule 42
Schedule 43
Schedule 44
Schedule 45
Schedule 46
Schedule 47
Schedule 48
Schedule 49
Schedule 50
Schedule 51
Schedule 52
Schedule 53
Schedule 54
Schedule 55
Schedule 56
Schedule 58
Schedule 59
Schedule 61
Schedule 62
Schedule 63
Schedule 64
Schedule 65
Schedule 66

1.In this Regulation,

“accessory”, when used to describe a use, building or structure, means a use, building or structure normally incidental or subordinate to the principal use, building or structure located on the same lot;

“agricultural use” includes a use of land, buildings or structures for the purpose of forestry, field crops, fruit farming, market gardening, dairying, animal husbandry, poultry or beekeeping;

“automobile service station” means a place where,

(a) gasoline and oil are kept for retail sale and sold by retail,

(b)only minor emergency repairs and services may be performed, and

(c) grease, anti-freeze, tires and automobile parts may be sold as incidental to the above operations;

“dwelling” means one or more habitable rooms designed for use by, and occupied by not more than one family and in which separate kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of such family, with a private entrance from the outside the building or from a common hallway or stairway inside the building;

“family” means,

(a)a person,

(b)two or more persons interrelated by bonds of consanguinity, legal adoption or marriage, or

(c)not more than five persons not related by bonds of consanguinity, legal adoption or marriage, living as a single housekeeping unit in one dwelling;

“floor area” means the total area of all floors contained within the outside walls of a building, excluding in the case of a single-family dwelling, the floor area of a private garage, porch, verandah, unfinished attic, basement or cellar;

“frontage” means the width of a lot measured along a line twenty-five feet back from the street and parallel to the lot line abutting the street;

“front yard” means a yard extending across the full width of a lot on which a building is situate, and extending from the front lot line to the main wall of the building for which such front yard is required that is nearest to the front lot line.

“home occupation” means any occupation for gain or support conducted entirely within a single-family or semi-detached dwelling by one or more member of the family residing in the dwelling, provided that,

(a)there is no external display or advertising other than a sign having a total display area not exceeding two square feet,

(b)there is no external storage of goods or materials, and not more than 25 per cent of the total floor area is used for the home occupation use, and

(c)there are no persons employed in the dwelling except,

(i)the members of the family residing in the dwelling, or

(ii)in the case of a dentist, physician or veterinarian, a staff of one person;

“lot” means a parcel of land, described in a deed or other document legally capable of conveying title to or interest in land, or shown as a lot or block on a registered plan of subdivision;

“lot area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot;

“rear yard” means a yard extending across the full width of a lot on which a building is situate, and extending from the rear lot line to the main wall of the building for which such rear yard is required that is nearest to the rear lot line;

“side yard” means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and from the side lot line to the main wall of the building for which such side yard is required that is nearest to the side lot line;

“single-family dwelling” means a separate building containing only one dwelling;

“street” means a public highway that is the principal means of access to abutting lots that is under the jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario or a municipality, including a regional municipality, or is a road within a registered plan of subdivision or is a road the maintenance of which has been assumed by a municipality;

“yard” means a space open from the ground to the sky on a lot on which a building is situate which space is unoccupied except for such accessory buildings as are permitted in this Regulation. O.Reg. 481/73, s.1; O.Reg. 146/81, s.1; O.Reg. 598/81, s.1.

Application

2.(1)In this section,

“designated lands” means any land designated on a map as a Public Use Area or as a Complementary Use Area and includes the lands designated by the following symbol ░░░ notwithstanding that such lands are not within a Public Use Area or a Complementary Use Area;

“map” means a map that is included in The Parkway Belt West Plan that was approved by the Lieutenant Governor by Order-in-Council 2188/78 on July 19, 1978. O.Reg. 146/81, s.2.

(2)This Regulation applies to the following lands:

1.Those lands formerly in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, now in the Town of Halton Hills and the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton and in the City of Mississauga in The Regional Municipality of Peel, being the designated lands shown on maps 3, 4, 6 and 7 in:

i.Lots 13, 14 and 15 in Concession X, New Survey.

ii.Lots 13, 14 and 15 in Concession XI, New Survey.

iii.Lots 6 and 7 and Lots 27 to 35 inclusive, in Concession I, North of Dundas Street, excepting:

1.Those lands being part of Lot 32 in Concession I (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street, designated as Parts 1, 2 and 3 on Reference Plan 20R-15300 and identified as Property Identifier Number 24927-0142 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

2.Those lands being part of Lot 6 in Concession I, North of Dundas Street, designated as Parts 2 and 4 on Reference Plan 20R-6774, save and except Part 1 on Reference Plan 20R-14461 and identified as whole of Property Identifier Number 24930-0048 (LT), and part of Property Identifier Number 24930-0119 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

3.Those lands being part of Lots 33 and 34 in Concession I (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street, and identified as Property Identifier Number 24927-0150 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

4.Those lands being part of Lot 6 in Concession I (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street, and identified as Property Identifier Number 24930-0027 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

iv.Lots 6 to 30, inclusive, in Concession II, North of Dundas Street, excepting:

A.the northerly half of Lots 6 to 20, inclusive,

B.those portions of Lots 21 and 22 lying north of the centre line of Fourth Line Road,

C.those portions of Lots 29 and 30 lying northwest of the centre line of the King’s Highway No. 25.

D.those lands being part of Lot 9 in Concession II (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street and identified as Property Identifier Number 24930-0052 (LT), registered in the Lands Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

E.Those lands being part of Lot 12, in Concession II (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street identified as Property Identifier Number 24930-0064 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20) and further described as follows:

Commencing at an iron pipe planted in the southeasterly limit of said Lot Number 12, being the northwesterly limit of the road allowance between Concessions I and II, distant 223.05 feet measured south 38° west therealong from the most easterly angle of said Lot 12;

Thence south 38° west continuing along said southeasterly limit of Lot 12, 430 feet to an iron pipe planted;

Thence north 44° 47' 30" west 743.40 feet along a post and wire fence to an iron pipe planted;

Thence north 37° 20' east along a post and wire fence 430.65 feet to an iron post planted;

Thence south 44° 47' 30" east 748.40 feet to the place of beginning, containing by admeasurement 7.305 acres being the same more or less.

F.Those lands being part of Lot 21 in Concession II (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street and identified as Property Identifier Number 24928-0039 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

G.Those lands being part of Lot 21 in Concession II (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street, and identified as Property Identifier Number 24928-0044 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

H.Those lands being part of Lots 6 and 7 in Concession II (Trafalgar), North of Dundas Street, being Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on Reference Plan 20R-21007 and identified as part of Property Identifier Number 24930-0656 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

v.Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Concession 1, South of Dundas Street and Property Identifier Number 24926-0009 (LT), located at the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20), being that Part of Lots 31, 32 and 33 in Concession I, South of Dundas Street, save and except:

A.That parcel of land in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, being Part of Lots 4 and 5 in Concession I, South of Dundas Street, further described as:

Firstly: PIN 24902-0174 (LT), being Part of Lot 4 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville described as Parts 19 to 27, both inclusive. on Plan 20R-17936.

Secondly: PIN 24902-0175 (LT), being Part of Lot 4 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville, described as Parts 16, 17 and 18 on Plan 20R-17936.

Thirdly: PIN 24902-0176 (LT), being Part of Lot 4 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville, described as described as Parts 1 to 15, both inclusive, on Plan 20R-17936.

Fourthly: PIN 24902-0171 (LT), being Part of Lot 5 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville, as described in Instrument 609155.

Fifthly: PIN 24902-00170 (LT), being Part of Lot 5 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville, designated as Part 9 on Plan 20R-10385.

Sixthly: PIN 24902-0178 (LT), being Part of Lots 4 and 5 in Concession I Trafalgar, SDS, now in the Town of Oakville, registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

vi.Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and Lots 26 to 35, inclusive, in Concession II, South of Dundas Street, save and except those lands in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton further described as follows:

A.Part of Lot 30 in Concession II, Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, being Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 on Reference Plan 20R-13700, save and except Parts 2 and 3 on Reference Plan 20R-18517 and identified as Property Identification Number 25069-0155 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

B.Part of Lot 30 in Concession II, Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, being Parts 1 and 2 on Reference Plan 20R-2531 and Part 5 on Reference Plan 20R-6034, save and except Parts 1, 2 and 3 on Reference Plan 20R-17101 and Part 1 on Reference Plan 20R-18517 and identified as Property Identification Number 25069-0157 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

C.Part of Lot 30 in Concession II, Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, more particularly described as in Instruments 147455, 147820 and 146535 lying southeast of Part 8 on Reference Plan 20R-6034 and identified as Property Identification Number 25069-0009, (LT) registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

D.Parts of Lots 29 and 30 in Concession II, Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, being Parts 14, 16, 18 and 19 on Reference Plan 20R-16565 and identified as part of Property Identification Number 25069-0106 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

E.Parts of Lots 29 and 30 in Concession II, Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, being Parts 13, 15, 17 and 20 on Reference Plan 20R-16565 and identified as part of Property Identification Number 25069-0003 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

vii.Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Lots 26 to 32 inclusive, in Concession III, South of Dundas Street, save and except:

1.Those parts of Lots 2 and 3 in Concession III, South of Dundas Street described as follows:

Premising that all bearings contained herein are astronomic and premising that the northeasterly limit of Part 1 on a Plan deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Registry Division of Halton (No. 20) as Number 20R-2830 has a bearing of north 46° 01' 10" west and relating all bearings herein thereto;

Commencing at the most easterly angle of Block C on a Plan of Sub-division registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20) as Number M-168;

Thence north 41° 31' 40" east on a production of Constance Drive on the said Plan M-168 a distance of 36.61 metres to the place of beginning;

Thence north 46° 01' 10" west a distance of 239.19 metres to a point;

Thence on a curve to the right having a radius of 500 metres, an arc distance of 154.78 metres, the chord equivalent being 154.16 metres measured on a course of north 37° 09' west to a point;

Thence north 28° 17' west a distance of 103.77 metres to a point;

Thence north 38° 55' 30" east a distance of 361.39 metres to a point;

Thence north 38° 57' 30" east a distance of 10.31 metres to a point;

Thence north 87° 23' 30" east a distance of 121.49 metres to a point;

Thence south 44° 37' 50" east a distance of 591.79 metres to a point;

Thence north 73° 59' 40" east a distance of 93.76 metres to a point;

Thence south 44° 36' 50" east a distance of 143.37 metres to a point;

Thence south 44° 27' 10" east a distance of 47.22 metres to a point;

Thence south 76° 02' 40" west a distance of 23.60 metres to a point;

Thence north 67° 37' 20" west a distance of 49.53 metres to a point;

Thence south 80° 18' 40" west a distance of 37.52 metres to a point;

Thence south 49° 08' 20" west a distance of 83.91 metres to a point;

Thence south 82° 15' 50" west a distance of 64.92 metres to a point;

Thence south 31° 22' 30" west a distance of 43.22 metres to a point;

Thence south 64° 19' 20" west a distance of 58.76 metres to a point;

Thence south 64° 34' 20" west a distance of 35.52 metres to a point;

Thence north 67° 25' 20" west a distance of 40.42 metres to a point;

Thence north 67° 57' 50" west a distance of 54.68 metres to a point;

Thence north 81° 48' 40" west a distance of 30.04 metres to a point;

Thence south 38° 04' 10" west a distance of 52.07 metres to a point;

Thence south 78° 47' west a distance of 49.70 metres to a point;

Thence north 27° 05' 20" west a distance of 8.56 metres to a point;

Thence south 50° 54' 30" west a distance of 12.36 metres to a point;

Thence south 89° 15' 40" west a distance of 29.89 metres to a point;

Thence north 55° 59' 40" west a distance of 35.62 metres to a point;

Thence south 79° 13' 20" west a distance of 43.01 metres to a point;

Thence south 72° 03' 50" west a distance of 15.85 metres to a point;

Thence south 2° 51' east a distance of 16.01 metres to a point;

Thence north 47° 13' west a distance of 15.13 metres, more or less, to the place of beginning.

2.That parcel of land in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, being part of Lot 1 in Concession III Trafalgar, South of Dundas Street, described as Part 1 on Reference Plan 20R-9647 and identified as Property Identifier Number 24784-0434(LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

3.Those lands being part of Lot 1 in Concession III (Trafalgar), South of Dundas Street, described as Part 1 on Reference Plan 20R-10402, save and except Parts 1 and 3 on Reference Plan 20R-12540, and identified as Property Identifier Number 24784-0486(LT), and registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20).

viii.The town plot of Bronte known as Lots 29, 30 and 31 in Concession IV, South of Dundas Street, excepting:

A.Those lands being part of Lot 30, in Concession IV laid out as part of Lots 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60 on Registered Plan M-10 registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20) and further described as Part 1 on Reference Plan 20R-18339, identified as part of Property Identified Number 24757-0364 (LT).

2.All original road allowances between or fronting on the lands described in this subsection.

3.Revoked: O.Reg. 199/86, s.1(2).

4.Revoked: O.Reg. 643/84, s.1(1).

5.Those lands formerly in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, now in the City of Mississauga in The Regional Municipality of Peel described as follows:

i.Those parts of the southerly half of Lots 4 and 5 in Concession II, North of Dundas Street, that are not included in the designated lands.

ii.Those parts of Lots 13 and 14 in Concessions X and XI, New Survey, that are not included in the designated lands. O.Reg. 146/81, s.2; O.Reg. 265/81, s.1; O.Reg. 643/84, s.1(1); O.Reg. 341/85, s.1; O.Reg. 199/86, s.1; O.Reg. 408/86, s.1; O.Reg. 45/04, s.1; O.Reg. 279/08, s.1; O.Reg. 307/08, s.1; O.Reg. 231/09, s.1; O.Reg. 135/10, s.1; O.Reg. 254/10, s.1; O.Reg. 531/10, s.1; O.Reg. 11/11, s.1; O.Reg. 25/12, s.1; O.Reg. 291/12, s.1; O.Reg. 387/12, s.1; O. Reg. 276/13, s.1; O. Reg. 8/14, s. 1; O. Reg. 413/18, s. 1.

(3)This Regulation does not apply to the following land:

Those parcels of land situate in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, being designated lands shown on maps 3, 6 and 7 and shown in the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Oakville as follows:

Zoning By-law / Zone / Map Schedules
1983 - 170 / 05 / A - 1
05 / A - 2
05 / A - 3
05 / A - 4
05 / A - 5
05 / A - 6
05 / A - 7
1983 - 169 / 05 / A
05 / B
1983 - 180 / 05 / A
1983 - 178 / 05 / A
1983 - 177 / 05 / A
1983 - 173 / 05 / A
1983 - 175 / 05 / A
1983 - 171 / 05 / A - 1
05 / A - 2
05 / A - 3
1984 - 55 / 05 / A
1983 - 170 / G / A - 6
1983 - 171 / RUC / A - 1
1983 - 172 / 05 / A
1985 - 137 / 05 / A - 1
05 / A - 2
1985 - 138 / 05 / A - 1
05 / A - 2
1984 - 239 / M-5 / A
M-5 / B

Excepting therefrom that part of Lot 52, Plan M-10, in the Town of Oakville in The Regional Municipality of Halton, registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Halton (No. 20) designated as Part 1 on a Reference Plan deposited in the said Land Registry Office as Plan 20R-6288. O.Reg. 643/84, s.1 (2); O.Reg. 615/85, s.1; O.Reg. 15/86, s.1.

General

3.No land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or used except in accordance with the terms of this Regulation, but nothing in this Regulation prevents the use of any land, building or structure for a purpose prohibited by this Regulation if such land, building or structure was lawfully used for such purpose on the day this Regulation comes into force, or prevents the erection or use of any building or structure the plans for which have, prior to the day this Regulation comes into force, been approved by the municipal building inspector. O.Reg. 481/73, s.3.

Permitted Uses

4.Every use of land and every erection or use of buildings or structures to which this Regulation applies within the lands to which this Regulation applies is prohibited, except agricultural uses, and buildings and structures accessory thereto, including one single-family dwelling used in connection with each agricultural operation. O.Reg. 481/73, s.4; O.Reg. 146/81, s.3.

5.Requirements for agricultural uses and buildings and structures accessory thereto, including one single-family dwelling used in connection with the agricultural operation, are established as follows: