Edmonton Zoning Bylaw 12800

57.       General Performance Standards

Bylaw 14127

January 11, 2006

57.1       General Performance Standards for Industrial Developments

Bylaw 17643

May 25, 2016

  1. Any Use or activity in the IB or IL Zones shall comply with the following standards:

  1. all Uses and activities, except those noted in clauses (b) and (c) below, shall be located and carried on within an enclosed building and there shall be no outdoor display areas, except for Automotive and Minor Recreational Vehicle Sales/Rentals and Convenience Vehicle Rentals;

Bylaw 17727

August 22, 2016

Bylaw 18169

September 11, 2017

  1. all loading, service, trash collection and Accessory storage areas, and trucking yards shall be located to the rear or sides of the principal building, and shall be screened from view from any public roadway other than a Lane, and from adjacent Sites, by building walls, freestanding walls, landscape materials, berms, wood Fences or a combination of these, to the satisfaction of the Development Officer;

Bylaw 18169

September 11, 2017

  1. Except for landscape materials, screening shall have a maximum height of 3.7 m;

  2. the Development Officer may require that exposed projections outside the building such as mechanical and electrical equipment, transformer ducts, cooling towers and materials handling equipment be screened from view from any public roadway other than a Lane, and from adjacent Sites if such projections are inconsistent with the character and appearance of surrounding development or the intended visual qualities of this Zone; and

  3. all buildings shall be constructed and finished with durable materials designed to maintain the initial appearance of the development throughout the life of the project. The Development Officer may require that the appearance of metal, or concrete block walls exposed to public view from beyond the Site be improved where such walls are inconsistent with the finishing materials or appearance characteristic of surrounding development.

  4. for Child Care Services uses, the applicant shall provide a Site plan that mitigates the risk of interference between pedestrian and vehicular traffic, to the satisfaction of the Development Officer.

Bylaw 17422

November 16, 2015

Effective Date:  December 1, 2015

Bylaw 18169

September 11, 2017

  1. Any Use or activity in the IM or IH Zones, or any Use other than Rural Farms in the AGI Zone, shall comply with the following standards:

  1. all outdoor service, assembly, trash collection and storage areas including the trucking yards associated with such activities shall be located to the rear or sides of the principal building;

  2. loading and trash collection facilities serving office, warehouse and similar developments, where the handling or assembly of goods is carried on within a building, shall be allowed to the rear, sides or front of the principal building;

  3. all outdoor service, assembly, trash collection and storage areas including the trucking yards associated with such activities shall be screened from view from any public roadway other than a Lane, and from adjacent Sites, by building walls, freestanding walls, landscape materials, berms, wood Fences or a combination of these, to the satisfaction of the Development Officer, unless the public roadway is a local road serving only Sites in an AGI, IM or IH Zone, or the adjacent Site is Zoned AGI, IM or IH;

  4. except for landscape materials, screening shall have a maximum height of 3.7 m;

  5. notwithstanding the above, trash collection areas located to the front of the principal building shall be screened from view from any public roadway, including a Lane, and from any adjacent Site; and

  6. outside display areas are allowed to be located to the side or front of the principal building, provided that such displays are limited to examples of equipment or material related to the industry or business located on the Site.

57.2.     General Performance Standards for Temporary Storage  

  1. Any Temporary Storage Use shall be screened from view from any public roadway other than a Lane, and from adjacent Sites, by building walls, freestanding walls, landscape materials, berms, wood Fences or a combination of these.

  2. Except for landscape materials, screening materials shall have a maximum height of 3.7 m.

57.3.     General Performance Standards for Non-industrial Developments

Charter Bylaw 19087

December 9, 2019

  1. In all non-industrial developments, the design and use of exterior finishing materials shall be to the satisfaction of the Development Officer who shall ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, proposed buildings and structures shall use materials similar to, or better than, the standard of surrounding development.

  2. For any Dwelling contained within a structure that is designed to be movable, the undercarriage of the structure shall be screened from view by the foundation or skirting.