Definitions
 1. In this Order, “accessory”, when used to describe a use, building or structure, means a use, building or structure that is normally incidental or subordinate to the principal use, building or structure located on the same lot; “agricultural related businesses” means those farm-related commercial and industrial uses that are small scale and directly related to farm operations and are generally in close proximity to farm operations, and includes but is not limited to, (a)  stables, (b)  riding academies, (c)  animal hospitals (d)  veterinary establishments, and (e)  the sale by a farmer of his or her produce; “agricultural uses” means such uses as are customarily carried out in the field of general agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture or silviculture and in accordance with normal farm practices and includes but is not limited to, (a)  forestry and reforestation, (b)  conservation uses and uses connected with the conservation of wildlife, (c)  field crops, (d)  market gardening, (e)  greenhouses, (f)  orchards, (g)  aviaries, (h)  apiaries, (i)  mushroom farms, (j)  production of eggs, cream and milk, and (k)  farms for breeding, raising or training of livestock; “dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms capable of being occupied as an independent and separate housekeeping establishment in which separate kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of the occupants; “floor area” means the total area of all floors contained within the outside walls of a building, excluding in the case of a dwelling unit, the floor area of a private garage, porch, veranda, unfinished attic, basement or cellar; “front lot line” means the lot line that divides a lot from a street, private right of way, Crown shoreline reserve or high-water mark of a river or lake, and (a)  in the case of a corner lot, the shorter line that abuts a street, private right of way, Crown shoreline reserve or high-water mark of a river or lake shall be the front lot line, and (b)  in the case of a lot that abuts both a street or private right of way and a Crown shoreline reserve or the high-water mark of a river or lake, the lot line abutting the Crown shoreline reserve or the high-water mark of a river or lake shall be the front lot line; “front yard” means a yard extending across the full width of a lot between the front lot line and the nearest main wall of the principal building or structure on the lot; “green-belt conservation uses” means forestry, reforestation, conservation and flood and erosion control uses; “ground floor area” means the area of the lowest storey of a building or structure above grade, measured between the exterior faces of the exterior walls of the floor level of that storey; “home occupation uses” means any occupation for gain or support conducted entirely within a dwelling unit by members of the household residing in the dwelling unit, if, (a)  there is no external display or advertising other than a sign having a total display area not exceeding 0.2 square metres, (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 unit except, (i)  the members of the household residing in the dwelling unit, or (ii)  in the case of a dentist, physician or veterinarian, a staff of one person; “household” means one or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit in one dwelling unit; “lot” means a parcel of land, (a)  described in a deed or other document legally capable of conveying land, or (b)  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; “lot coverage” means the portion of the lot area covered by the ground floor area of all buildings and structures on a lot, and expressed as a percentage of the lot area; “lot frontage” means, (a)  the horizontal distance between parallel side lot lines of a lot, or (b)  the distance between not parallel side lot lines of a lot measured on a line parallel to and 7.5 metres distant from the front lot line; “minimum distance separation formulae” means formulae developed by the Province to separate uses so as to reduce incompatibility concerns about odour from livestock facilities and set out in the 1995 guidelines entitled “Minimum Distance Separation I (MDS I)” and “Minimum Distance Separation II (MDS II)” available from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food; “public utilities” include the land, buildings, structures and equipment required to administer and operate the utilities; “rear lot line” means the lot line opposite the lot’s front lot line; “rear yard” means a yard extending across the full width of a lot between the rear lot line and the nearest main wall of the principal building or structure on the lot; “side lot line” means a lot line other than a front or rear lot line; “side yard” means a yard between the nearest main wall of the principal building or structure on a lot and the side lot line extending from the front yard to the rear yard; “single dwelling” means a building containing only one dwelling unit capable of being occupied as a permanent residence; “street” means a public highway that is under the jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Durham or the City of Pickering, or a street within a registered plan of subdivision; “yard” means a space open from the ground to the sky unoccupied except for accessory buildings and structures, on a lot on which a principal building or structure is situated, and includes a front yard, side yard or rear yard.  O. Reg. 154/03, s. 1.