Edmonton Zoning Bylaw 12800

230     (RA9) High Rise Apartment Zone

230.1     General Purpose

The purpose of this Zone is to provide for High Rise Apartment Buildings.

230.2      Permitted Uses

  1. Apartment Housing on a Site of 1.0 ha or less, that does not isolate another Site within this Zone of less than 800 m2

  2. Boarding and Lodging Houses, on a Site which does not isolate another Site within this Zone of less than 800 m2

  3. Limited Group Homes

  4. Minor Home Based Business

  5. Stacked Row Housing including Row Housing but excluding Semi-detached and Duplex Housing, on a Site of 1.0 ha or less, which does not isolate another Site within this Zone of less than 800 m2

  6. Fascia On-premises Signs

  7. Projecting On-premises Signs

230.3       Discretionary Uses

  1. Apartment Housing, on a Site larger than 1.0 ha

  2. Apartment Hotels

  3. A Permitted Use listed in this Zone, the Site of which isolates another Site within this Zone of less than 800 m2

  4. Child Care Services

  5. Conversion of Single Detached, Semi-detached or Duplex Dwellings to Professional, Financial and Office Support Services

  6. Convenience Retail Stores

  1. Fraternity and Sorority Housing

Bylaw 14750

December 12, 2007

  1. Garage Suites

Bylaw 15036

February 2, 2009

  1. Garden Suites

  1. Group Homes

  2. Health Services

  3. Major Home Based Business

  4. Personal Service Shops

  5. Private Clubs

Bylaw 13228

December 5, 2002

  1. Professional, Financial and Office Support Services

  2. Religious Assembly

  3. Residential Sales Centre

  4. Secondary Suites, where developed within a Single Detached Housing form

  5. Single Detached Housing, Semi-detached and Duplex Housing

  6. Specialty Food Services, for less than maximum seating of 40 occupants and 48 m2 of Public Space, within developments containing 150 Dwellings or more

  7. Stacked Row Housing, including Row Housing, on a Site larger than 1.0 ha

  8. Freestanding On-premises Signs

  9. Temporary On-premises Signs

230.4     Development Regulations for Permitted and Discretionary Uses

  1. The maximum Density shall be:

  1. 225 Dwellings/ha for any Site less than 1 350 m2; or

  2. 325 Dwellings/ha for any Site of 1 350 m2 or greater; and

  3. 125 Dwellings/ha for any Site less than 885 m2.

  1. The minimum Site Area shall be 800 m2.

  2. The maximum Floor Area Ratio shall be 3.0, except that the Development Officer may use his variance power to increase this maximum for developments with larger individual unit floor plates and additional indoor Amenity Areas and facilities, and which comply with the density provisions of this Section. Any application for a development proposed to exceed 3.0 F.A.R. shall be a Class B Development.

  3. The maximum Building Height shall be 45.0 m, except that the Development Officer may use his variance power to increase this maximum for developments with individual Dwellings ceiling heights over 2.75 m, and that comply with the density provisions of this Section. Any application for a development proposed to exceed 45.0 m in Height shall be processed as a Class B Development.

Bylaw 15735

June 20, 2011

  1. The minimum Front Setback shall be 6.0 m.

Bylaw 15735

June 20, 2011

  1. The minimum Rear Setback shall be 7.5 m.

Bylaw 15735

June 20, 2011

  1. The minimum Side Setback shall be 1.0 m for each Storey or partial Storey, up to a maximum of 7.5 m, 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

  1. 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.

  2. A minimum Amenity Area of 7.5 m2 per Dwelling shall be provided.

  3. Signs shall comply with the regulations found in Schedule 59B.

230.5      Additional Development Regulations for Discretionary Uses

Bylaw 14750

December 12, 2007

Bylaw 15036

February 2, 2009

  1. Notwithstanding subsection 230.4, Single Detached, Semi-detached and Duplex Housing, Secondary Suites, Garage Suites and Garden Suites in this Zone shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of the RF4 Zone.

  2. Personal Service Shops, Convenience Retail Stores, Professional Financial and Office Support Services, Health Services and Specialty Food Services shall not be in any freestanding structure separate from a structure containing Residential Uses, and shall not be developed above the lowest Storey, except in the case of the Conversion of Dwellings.

  3. The Development Officer may exercise his discretion in considering Apartment Housing or Boarding and Lodging Houses, which would isolate another Site within this Zone of less than 800 m2 having regard to the location, age, and nature of the Use or Uses on the Site that would be isolated.