Proposed Regulations

Pedestrian-oriented design prioritizes the pedestrian experience and safety with a variety of measures:

• No parking allowed in the front yard or corner side yard of a site (ensures entrances are safe and easily accessible to pedestrians).
• Locate dwelling units above the ground floor (ensures the streetscape remains active).
• Incorporate awnings and canopies into entrance design (creates a protected pedestrian environment).
• Require buildings over three stories to incorporate a step back (creates a more open street).
• Require pedestrian connections from the public sidewalk to building entrance (allows pedestrians easy access to developments).

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A temporary commercial service involves the retail sale of goods, services, food and/or beverage to the public for fewer than six months a year. These uses will be permitted in most commercial districts without a development permit, but will require a review by administration and must adhere to all district regulations.

• New definitions: Temporary Commercial Service, Temporary Building
• Allow seasonal uses: fruit and vegetable stands, tree lots, windshield chip repair
• Allow temporary pop-up businesses on existing developments.

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Current Bylaw: The existing landscaping section contains little direction on buffering between districts and landscaping in parking areas, and does not require pedestrian connections and walkways.

Proposed Bylaw

• Buffering: A minimum 3m wide buffer will be required between residential and non-residential (commercial, industrial, urban service) districts.
  • Any industrial district adjacent to a residential district must also be screened to a minimum height of 1.8m by fences, privacy walls, earth berm, gates, or landscaping
  • Additional buffering and screening may be required by the Development Authority if deemed necessary.
• Parking Areas: Landscaped islands required in parking areas with 30 or more stalls, with no more than 15 contiguous stalls between islands.
  • a landscaped public walkway connecting the parking area to all building entrances, with an unobstructed width of 1.5m and barrier-free ramps leading to the sidewalk also required in at-grade parking areas with a capacity of 50 or more vehicles
• Pedestrian Connections: All buildings on a parcel will be required to have at least one sidewalk connecting every public entrance to a public sidewalk, or in the case where there is no public sidewalk, to the nearest street.

All development within the Town requires a Development Permit unless it is specifically exempted in the Land Use Bylaw. The Town wants to support and promote certain types of development, so these do not require a development permit in the proposed Land Use Bylaw:

• Community Gardens: The use of a site, or a portion of a site, for a community garden
• Change of Use: Change of use of a building or a portion of a building to a permitted use if there is no increase to gross floor area.
• Markets, Special Function Tents, Outdoor Amusement Parks: These temporary uses must obtain an event permit.
• Temporary Commercial Services: A maximum of two temporary commercial services, if they are a permitted use in the relevant district; approval must be received for a Temporary Commercial Service application.
• Temporary Commercial Building: Erection, placement and/or construction of a temporary commercial building with a maximum gross floor area of 30m² that is associated with a temporary commercial service.

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In order to simplify processes and streamline the Land Use Bylaw document, a number of standard land uses will be permitted in all districts:

• Community Gardens
• Protective Services
• Parks
• Public Utilities
• Solar Collectors (Roof Mounted)
• Sales Lot/ Information Centre and Show Homes (only in Residential and Commercial districts)