The purpose of this Zone is to provide for medium density housing, where some units may not be at grade.
Stacked Row Housing, including Row Housing, Semi-detached Housing and Duplex Housing, on a Site 1.4 ha or less
Fraternity and Sorority Housing, where lawfully existing on a site within the Garneau Area Redevelopment Plan area at the effective date of Bylaw 6220
Bylaw 14750
December 12, 2007
Bylaw 15036
February 2, 2009
Garden Suites
Personal Service Shops and Convenience Retail Stores, when designed as an integral and secondary component of a residential development consisting of 150 Dwellings or more
Secondary Suites, where developed within a Single Detached House
Stacked Row Housing including Row Housing, Semi-detached Housing and Duplex Housing on a Site larger than 1.4 ha
Bylaw 15735
June 20, 2011
The maximum Density shall be 80 Dwellings/ha; provided that this shall be increased by one Dwelling/ha for every six required resident parking spaces and associated manoeuvring aisles which are provided underground, up to a maximum density of 105 Dwellings/ha. For the purpose of this clause, underground parking shall be covered so as to provide useful Site area that would not otherwise be available. Any projection above grade of the surface covering such parking shall be less than 1.0 m; shall not be located in a Front Yard; and shall be integrated with the design of buildings and landscaping so as to be unobtrusive.
The maximum Height shall not exceed 14.0 m nor four Storeys.
The maximum total Site Coverage shall be 40%, with a maximum of 28% for a principal building and a maximum of 12% for Accessory Buildings. Where parking is provided underground or Garages are attached or designed as an integral part of Dwellings, the maximum for principal buildings shall be 40%.
Bylaw 15735
June 20, 2011
The minimum Front Setback shall be 6.0 m.
Bylaw 15735
June 20, 2011
The minimum Rear Setback shall be 7.5 m.
Bylaw 15735
June 20, 2011
Minimum Side Setbacks of 1.0 m for each Storey or partial Storey shall be provided, except that a total of at least 2.0 m shall be provided in all cases. A Side Setback shall be not less than 4.5 m where it abuts a flanking public roadway, other than a Lane.
Bylaw 14750
December 12, 2007
Bylaw 15036
February 2, 2009
Separation Space shall be provided in accordance with Section 48 of this Bylaw, except that it shall not be required between a Garage Suite or a Garden Suite and the associated principal Dwelling on the same Site.
Minimum Private Outdoor Amenity Area of 30 m2 per Dwelling for Dwellings any part of which is contained in the lowest Storey, and 15 m2 per Dwelling for Dwellings no part of which is contained in the lowest Storey shall be provided.
Except for developments where all Dwellings have Frontage on a public roadway, or those that contain less than 20 Dwellings, a minimum of 2.5 m2 of Amenity Area per Dwelling shall be provided and be developed as communal recreational space and be aggregated into areas of not less than 50 m2.
Dwellings shall be Family Oriented, in accordance with the requirements of subsection 6.1(23) of this Bylaw.
Bylaw 15359
March 23, 2010
Notwithstanding the other regulations of this Zone, where any building exceeds 10.0 m or 2 ½ Storeys in height, or is a Multi-unit Project Development, and abuts a Site zoned to allow Single Detached Housing as a Permitted Use, or the RF5 Row Housing Zone, the following regulations shall apply along the said property line:
Bylaw 15735
June 20, 2011
a minimum Setback of 7.5 m shall be required. The Development Officer may reduce this Setback to a minimum of 3.0 m only where the proposed façade is a flanking wall and an acceptable landscaped buffer is provided;
no outdoor parking, garbage collection, common amenity areas, or outdoor storage areas shall be developed within 3.0 m;
a solid screen fence, 1.83 m in height, shall be installed along all shared property lines, except along common flanking Front Yard boundaries;
design techniques including, but not limited to, the use of sloped roofs, variations in building setbacks and articulation of building façades, shall be employed in order to minimize the perception of massing of the building when viewed from adjacent residential areas and roadways;
building finishes shall be compatible with the exterior finishing materials and colours typical of adjacent development; and
The Development Officer may require information regarding the location of windows and Amenity Areas on adjacent properties to ensure the windows or Amenity Areas of the proposed development are placed to minimize overlook into adjacent properties..
Signs shall comply with the regulations found in Schedule 59A.
Bylaw 15359
March 23, 2010
Notwithstanding the other regulations in this Zone, Single Detached Housing in this Zone shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of the RF1 Zone, and Duplex and Semi-detached Housing, Secondary Suites, Garage Suites and Garden Suites in this Zone shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of the RF4 Zone.
Bylaw 14750
December 12, 2007
Bylaw 15036
February 2, 2009
Bylaw 15359
March 23, 2010
The following regulations shall apply to Personal Service Shops and Convenience Retail Stores developments:
the total Floor Area of these Uses on any Site shall not exceed 275 m2; and
these Uses shall not be permitted in any freestanding structure separate from a structure containing Residential Uses. Their principal entrance shall be a separate, outside entrance.