Definitions
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In this Order, “accessory use” means a permitted use that is incidental to the principal or main use on a site; “ancillary housing” means dwelling units for short or long-term accommodation that is incidental to institutional uses, health and wellness uses and other employment uses on the lot, and which can include workforce support housing or supportive health related housing; “commercial parking lot” means temporary parking spaces for motor vehicles, usually rented or leased on an hourly, daily or monthly basis, including in at-grade, above-grade and below-grade parking structures; “community amenity centre, private” means a building or structure, or a portion thereof, used for the purposes of social and recreational community activities and amenities including but not limited to a teaching and demonstration kitchen, senior’s activity centre and other community-based programs and activities, exclusive to community residents and operated privately; “coworking space” means a facilitated work environment which may contain desks or other workspaces and facilities and is used by a recognized membership who share the site; “cultural centre” means a premises used for social, cultural and educational events and activities, including cultural incubation space and space to support programs that may include arts, theatre and dance, and which may be operated for commercial purposes, through governmental or non-governmental organizations; “data centre” means a networked computer server facility primarily used for the remote storage, processing and distribution of data; “diagnostic and imaging centre” means a building or part of a building used for healthcare or sports care related testing, screening, imaging or therapy; “discovery centre” means a premises where information pertaining to a development project, information regarding future land uses and other community information can be publicly accessed and disseminated, and which may include temporary sales offices or leasing and property management offices for rental buildings; “dwelling, stacked, back-to-back townhouse” means a building containing three or more dwelling units in which each dwelling unit, (a)  is divided both vertically and horizontally from another dwelling unit by a common wall, (b)  has independent external access, and (c)  shares a common rear exterior wall; “dwelling, stacked townhouse” means a building containing three or more dwelling units in which each dwelling unit is divided both horizontally and vertically from another dwelling unit by a common wall and in which each dwelling unit has an independent external access; “electric vehicle infrastructure” means equipment for an energized outlet that is clearly marked and identified for electric vehicle charging; “emergency services” means the conducting of routine or emergency operations, other than emergency housing, by a federal, provincial or municipal department in a building or structure, or part thereof; “high performance sports centre” means a premises offering athletic uses and services that may include physical conditioning, testing, rehabilitation, nutrition, physiology, medicine, sports therapy, osteopathy, kinesiology, sports simulators and facilities, education and life skills as well as office space in support of the centre; “institutional use” means a use that will serve the community’s social, transportation, education, health, cultural and recreational needs, whether owned and operated by the government or privately; “live-work unit” means a dwelling unit that may also be used for work purposes by the resident or others; “major retail” means a large-format stand-alone retail store of over 6,000 square metres operated by a single-use operator; “maker space” means a community workshop or community studio that is dedicated to collaboration and hands-on learning where individuals can gather and interact to create, invent and learn; “mixed-use building” means a building containing residential and non-residential uses, with non-residential uses permitted on any level of the building including the first and second floors and on the rooftop; “post-secondary school” means a premises used for educational purposes by a degree-granting college or university under Ontario legislation, including medical schools and nursing schools; “private school” means a building, structure or part thereof, where academic instruction in a full range of the subjects of elementary or secondary school courses of study and any other educational activity is provided, and may include a nursery school, Montessori school, health or wellness school or cultural school, but does not include a school within the meaning of the Education Act; “public use” means a use carried on by any government authority or their appointed Board or Commission, any public-sector utility provider or any railway; “purpose-built athletes housing” means a mixed-use or residential building, structure or part thereof for providing either temporary or permanent living accommodations for athletes operating out of local athletic facilities; “research and development establishment” means a premises for scientific research, product development and technology development which may include biosciences, biotechnology, sports medicine, mental health and wellness, aging in place, neurosciences, orthopaedics, engineering, general medicine, food sciences, urban agriculture and life sciences as well as office space in support of the uses; “rooftop agriculture” means the use of a building’s roof to permit cultivation, farming and growing of food for personal consumption or commercial use; “site” means a portion of the lot for a development area to be covered by one or more buildings; “transit station hub” means premises or facilities used for the operation of transportation or mobility systems that are provided by, on behalf of or in conjunction with the Town of Collingwood, Simcoe County, the Province of Ontario or the Government of Canada, or that are privately owned or operated; “vehicle rental establishment” means a premises used for the rental of vehicles including motor vehicles, scooters, bicycles and e-bikes and repair of the vehicles; “vehicle share” means the practice of a number of persons sharing the use of one or more motorized or electric vehicles, including but not limited to cars, bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters and scooters, that are owned by a for-profit or non-profit vehicle sharing organization and that are made available for short-term rental, including hourly rental; “vehicle wash establishment” means part of a building or parking structure used for mechanical or hand washing or cleaning of vehicles; “wellness centre” means a premises providing services for therapeutic and wellness purposes, including a spa with outdoor pools and saunas, but does not include an adult entertainment establishment; “workforce support housing” means a mixed-use or residential building, structure or part thereof for providing either temporary or permanent living accommodations for workers operating out of local employment uses; “Zoning By-Law” means the Town of Collingwood Zoning By-law No. 2010-040.