Edmonton Zoning Bylaw 12800

800     City-Wide Master Overlay

800.1      General Purpose

The purpose of this Overlay is to provide a means to alter or specify regulations for Permitted and Discretionary Uses in otherwise appropriate Zones, in order to achieve the local planning objectives in specially designated areas, throughout the City of Edmonton, as provided for in the Edmonton Municipal Development Plan.

800.2      Application

  1. This Master Overlay shall only be applied to Zones where specified through an amendment to the Zoning Bylaw in the form of an Overlay other than an Industrial Plan Overlay, which shall include:

  1. the name of any applicable Statutory Plan and its boundaries;

  2. a map of the location(s) or neighbourhood(s) affected by the Overlay at an appropriate scale, which may indicate the designation, location and boundaries of each underlying Zone; and

  3. every Regulation specified or changed by the Overlay.

  1. The Overlay shall not be used:

  1. in conjunction with a Direct Control Provision;

  2. to alter Permitted or Discretionary Uses, Floor Area Ratio or Density except in accordance with subsection 800.4;

  3. where the proposed regulations or changes to the regulations of an underlying Zone:

  1. are significant enough to be inconsistent with the general purpose of that Zone and the designation of another Zone would be more appropriate;

  2. are not merely related to local planning objectives but would have sufficient general application to warrant an amendment to the text of the underlying Zone itself; or

  3. are intended to provide such detailed or Site specific discretionary control over the design and siting of development that the use of a Direct Control Provision would be more appropriate;

  4. to allow more than one Single Detached Dwelling on a lot;

  5. to alter the following Sections of this Bylaw:

  1. Sections 1 through 10, inclusive;

  2. Sections 11 through 25, inclusive, except that new fees may be established for new Uses and new Zones, with respect to rezoning and Development Permit Applications;

  3. Section 41;

  4. Sections 56 and 57, inclusive;

  5. Sections 710 and 720, inclusive; and

  6. Section 900.

800.3      Uses

The Permitted Uses specified in the underlying Zones are permitted and the Discretionary Uses specified in the underlying Zone are discretionary, subject to the regulations concerning land Use, as specified in the Overlays.

800.4      Development Regulations

  1. The regulations provided in the Overlay shall be substituted for the specified regulations of the underlying Zone. Where there appears to be a conflict between the provisions of the Overlay and those of the underlying Zone, the provisions of the Overlay shall take precedence and effect.

Bylaw 16859

June 24, 2014

  1. Notwithstanding clause (1), above, the provisions of both the Floodplain Protection Overlay shall take precedence over the provisions of any other Overlay.

  2. The Overlay may change or specify regulations and submission requirements, as provided below, and may specify the conditions under which such changed or specified regulations would apply:

  1. the total residential Density;

  2. Site dimensions and Area;

  3. the building Height;

  4. the size and Floor Area Ratio for each Use;

Bylaw 15735

June 20, 2011

  1. Setback requirements;

  2. Separation Spaces;

  3. Amenity Area requirements;

  4. parking requirements for each Use;

  5. architectural and Site design requirements;

  6. performance criteria;

  7. Landscaping requirements;

  8. canopy and arcade requirements;

  9. regulations pertaining to Accessory structures;

  10. signage requirements;

  11. regulations pertaining to special environmental considerations, which may include such things as geotechnical, flood proofing, noise attenuation and servicing requirements; and

  12. regulations pertaining to special public consultation requirements for any Development Permit Application.