Residential Apartment 5 (RA5) Zone
 4. (1) Every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure is prohibited on the lands identified as Residential Apartment 5 (RA5) Zone on Map 333 referred to in section 2, except, (a)  the uses set out in sections 2.1.9 and 4.1.15 and in Table 4.15.1 of zoning by-law no. 0225-2007; (b)  a stacked townhouse; (c)  a back-to-back townhouse; (d)  a townhouse; (e)  a back-to-back townhouse on a common element condominium road; (f)  a townhouse on a common element condominium road; (g)  a public school that is situated in an apartment building, retirement building or long-term care building; (h)  a restaurant, including a take-out restaurant, and any outdoor patio accessory to a restaurant; (i)  a recreational establishment; (j)  a medical office; and (k)  an animal care establishment. (2) The zoning requirements set out in sections 1, 2, 4.1 and 4.15 of zoning by-law no. 0225-2007 shall apply to the lands identified as Residential Apartment 5 (RA5) Zone on Map 333, except the following: 1.  The height of a townhouse or stacked townhouse that is attached to an apartment building or retirement building shall be measured from established grade. 2.  The minimum setback from a side wall or rear wall of an apartment building, long-term care building or retirement building to a side wall of any of a townhouse, back-to-back townhouse, stacked townhouse, back-to-back townhouse on a common element condominium road or townhouse on a common element condominium road is 4.5 metres. 3.  There is no minimum setback from a sight triangle. 4.  The minimum width of a condominium road is 6.0 metres. 5.  The maximum amount of required resident parking spaces that may be tandem is 20 per cent. 6.  Driveways, condominium roads, private roads, common element condominium roads, aisles and required parking areas, parking structures, amenity areas and landscaped areas are permitted to be shared with abutting lands identified as Residential Apartment 5 (RA5) Zone and Commercial 4 (C4) Zone as shown on Map 333. 7.  The maximum area for each accessory building and structure is 40 square metres. 8.  The maximum combined area for all accessory buildings and structures on each lot or block is 160 square metres. 9.  The maximum height of an accessory building or structure is 5.5 metres. 10.  Stairs with a maximum of six risers may encroach a maximum of 0.9 metres into a yard provided that the yard is a minimum of 1.2 metres. 11.  There is no minimum depth of a landscaped buffer abutting a lot line that is a street line or lands identified as Open Space 2 (OS2) Zone as shown on Map 333. 12.  No landscaped buffer to a maximum of 30.0 metres in length shall be required between a driveway, internal roadway, private road, common element condominium road, condominium road or lane, that is not a street, and an interior side yard starting from a front yard. 13.  The minimum interior amenity area is the lesser of 2.8 square metres per dwelling unit or five per cent of the lot. 14.  The minimum exterior amenity area to be provided either at grade or on a roof is 55 square metres. 15.  The minimum width of a sidewalk adjacent to a street, condominium road, private road or common element condominium road and a walkway is 1.5 metres. 16.  A landscape buffer may contain a walkway, sidewalk, stairwells, ventilation structures, acoustic wall, wind mitigation features and utilities such as electrical transformers and gas meters. (3) In addition to the zoning requirements set out in subsection (2), the following zoning requirements apply to apartment buildings, long-term care buildings and retirement buildings on the lands identified as Residential Apartment 5 (RA5) Zone on Map 333: 1.  The provisions of Line 3.1 of Table 2.1.9.4,
Line 6.2 of Table 4.1.2.2,
Lines 4.0, 5.0, 7.0, 10.1,
10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.3, 13.6, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.5 of Table 4.15.1 of zoning by-law no. 0225-2007 shall not apply. 2.  There is no maximum
height. 3.  The maximum gross floor area per storey for each storey
above 12 storeys
is 2,200 square metres with the exception of Block “A”, as shown on Map 334 referred to in section 2, which has no maximum gross floor area per storey. 4.  There are no minimum
front and exterior
side yards. 5.  The minimum interior side yard is 1.75 metres. 6.  The minimum rear yard is 7.5 metres. 7.  The minimum interior side or rear yard when abutting Open Space 2 (OS2) Zone as shown on Map 333 is 1.75 metres. 8.  There is no minimum
rear yard when abutting Commercial 4 (C4) Zone as shown on Map 333. 9.  The minimum setback from a parking
structure above or partially above finished grade to all lot lines is 4.0 metres. 10.  The minimum setback from a parking structure completely below finished grade, inclusive of external access stairwells, to any lot line is 1.0 metre. 11.  There is no minimum setback to an interior side lot line for accessory buildings and structures located in an interior side yard. 12.  The minimum setback of all buildings
and structures to all lands identified as Greenbelt 2-A (G2-A) Zone on Map 333 is
3.0 metres. 13.  The minimum depth of a landscaped buffer measured to lands identified as Greenbelt 2-A (G2-A) Zone on Map 333 is 2.0
metres. 14.  The minimum setback of parking areas, driveways, loading spaces and other paved areas to lands identified as Greenbelt 2-A (G2-A) Zone on Map 333 is 2.0 metres. 15.  The minimum setback from a parking structure completely below finished grade, inclusive of external access stairwells, to any lot line and to all lands identified as Open Space 2 (OS2) Zone or Greenbelt 2-A (G2-A) Zone on Map 333 is 1.0 metre. 16.  The maximum projection of an awning from the outermost face or faces of the building from which the awning projects, provided that each shall have a maximum width of 20.0 metres, is 3.8 metres. 17.  The maximum projection of a balcony located above the first storey measured from the outermost face or faces of the building from which the balcony projects is 4.0 metres. 18.  A balcony supported or partially supported by the storey
below shall not have a maximum projection provided it does not extend more than 3.0 metres beyond the outermost face or faces of the storey supporting the balcony. 19.  The minimum above grade
separation between buildings for the
portion of a dwelling with a
height greater than 12 storeys is 25.0 metres. 20.  The minimum landscaped area is 10 per cent of the lot area. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the calculation of height shall
be exclusive of, (a)  mechanical or architectural appurtenances, such as mechanical equipment, ventilation equipment, mechanical penthouse, elevator machine rooms, turrets, cupolas, stairs and covered stairs or stair enclosures, electrical, utility, roof access, maintenance equipment storage, chimneys and vents, structures that enclose, screen or cover the equipment, architectural features, parapets, elements associated with a green roof, guard rails, lightning rods, telecommunication equipment and enclosures and permanent window
washing equipment located on the roof of a dwelling provided that the maximum height of such element is no higher than 8.0 metres above the height limit otherwise applicable; and (b)  an
enclosed rooftop amenity
area provided that the enclosed
amenity area does not occupy
more than 40 per cent of the rooftop, and that the height of such element is no higher than 8.0 metres above the height limit otherwise applicable. (5) In addition to the zoning requirements set out in subsection (2), the following zoning requirements apply to the uses listed in clauses (1) (b) to (f): 1.  A front yard shall be a minimum of 2.0 metres. 2.  An exterior side yard shall be a minimum of 1.5 metres. 3.  An interior side yard shall be a minimum of, i.  4.5 metres to the front or rear wall of a building, and ii.  2.5 metres to the side wall of building. 4.  A rear yard shall be a minimum of 4.5 metres. 5.  An interior side or rear yard when abutting lands identified as Open Space 2 (OS2) Zone on Map 333 shall be 2.0 metres. 6.  A dwelling unit shall have a minimum width of 4.5 metres. 7.  The maximum height for a dwelling shall be 14.0 metres for a flat roof and 18.0 metres for the highest ridge of a sloped roof. 8.  The maximum projection of a balcony, awning, porch or deck, exclusive of stairs, from the outermost face of the front wall of the building is 3.0 metres. 9.  The maximum projection of an awning, porch or deck, located at and accessible from the first storey or below the first storey, inclusive of stairs, from the outermost face of the rear wall of the building is 5.5 metres. 10.  The maximum encroachment of an awning, porch or deck, located at and accessible from the first storey or below the first storey, inclusive of stairs, into the required rear yard is 4.5 metres. 11.  The maximum encroachment of a balcony, porch, awning or deck, inclusive of stairs, into the required front yard is 2.0 metres. 12.  The minimum setback from a garage face to a street, condominium road, common element condominium road or sidewalk is 5.5 metres. 13.  The minimum setback from the front wall of a building to a front wall of another building on the same lot is 12.0 metres. 14.  The minimum setback from the front wall of a building to an abutting rear lot line or interior side lot line is 4.0 metres. 15.  The minimum setback from the front wall of a building to a side wall of another building on the same lot is 7.5 metres. 16.  The minimum setback from a rear wall of a building to a side wall of another building on the same lot is 9.0 metres. 17.  The minimum setback from a side wall of a building to an abutting condominium rear lot line is 3.5 metres. 18.  The minimum setback from a side wall of a building to a condominium road, common element condominium road, common element condominium amenity area or parking space is 2.5 metres. 19.  The minimum setback from a side wall of a building to a side wall of another building on the same lot is 2.3 metres. 20.  The minimum setback from a side wall of a building to a sidewalk or walkway is 1.0 metre except there is no minimum setback up to a maximum of 50 per cent of one side wall where two side walls face each other, provided the opposing side wall maintains the required 1.0 metre setback from a side wall of a building to a sidewalk or walkway. 21.  The minimum setback from the front or rear wall of a building to lands identified as Open Space 2 (OS2) Zone on Map 333 is 2.5 metres. 22.  The minimum setback of a wing wall to any lot line is 1.5 metres. 23.  The minimum setback between a surface parking space and an interior side lot line or rear lot line is 2.0 metres. 24.  The minimum setback of a parking structure constructed above or partially above finished grade to any lot line is 4.0 metres. 25.  The minimum landscaped buffer abutting any interior or exterior side and rear lot line is 1.2 metres. 26.  The minimum landscaped area is 10 per cent of the lot area. 27.  Despite paragraph 26, the minimum landscaped area for a use under clause (1) (c) is 5 per cent of the lot area. 28.  Landscaped areas may include decks, walkways and patios. 29.  The minimum setback from an amenity area is, i.  0.0 metres to a side wall of a building, ii.  3.0 metres to a front or rear wall of a building, and iii.  1.5 metres to any type of road. (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the calculation of height shall
be exclusive of structures for rooftop access, mechanical or utility equipment, kitchens or washrooms, provided that the structure has a maximum floor area of 20 square metres and it is set back a minimum of 2.5 metres from the exterior front wall or rear wall of the building. (7) The zoning requirements set out in Table 2.1.9.1 of zoning by-law no. 0225-2007 shall apply to the use set out in clause (1) (g) except, (a)  the minimum front and exterior side yard is 0.0 metres; (b)  no maximum height applies; and (c)  the minimum amount of required parking to be located underground is 80 per cent.