ZONING BY-LAW REVIEW CITY OF WATERLOO SECOND DRAFT. April 24, 2017

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1 ZONING BY-LAW REVIEW CITY OF WATERLOO SECOND DRAFT April 24, 2017

2 City-Wide Zoning By-law Review implement the Official Plan

3 OBJECTIVES Consolidation: By-law No. 878A enacted in 1947 By-law No enacted in 1959 By-law No enacted in ,000+ site specific amendments simplified zoning regulations alignment with best practices facilitate urban design objectives appropriate regard for economic development objectives

4 CONSULTATION 9 Notices in the Waterloo Chronicle 9 Reports with Presentations to Council 7 Drop-Ins at Waterloo City Hall Engage Waterloo Secondary Residential Units: 76 responses Parking: 161 responses 296 written comments received consultation with various committees and external agencies

5 USER FRIENDLY Written Regulations Tables Definitions Alphabetized General Regulations Alphabetized Coding

6 DEFINITIONS NEW Tower Indirect Sales Warehouse Membership Club Guest Suite Outdoor Patios Waterloo Home Health Practitioner Tech Office Home Commercial Wellness Nanobrewery Swimming Pool Sensitive Use Training Facility Private Club Podium Educational Institution Short Term Rental Housing Personal Brewing Establishment Pharmaceutical Dispensary Cannabis Dispensary Driveway

7 DEFINITIONS MODIFIED Amenity Space (added rooftop amenity space - max. 22 metres) Bed & Breakfast Establishment (including one or more meals) Café (formerly Coffee Shop) Food & Beverage Manufacturing Industry (expanded to include dairy, vegetables, cereals, grains, pastas, confectionary, dehydrated fruits, etc.) Government Uses (added Ambulance Station) Low Rise Residential Area (added School S zone) Nightclub (clarified open floor area for dancing or viewing entertainment) Outdoor Storage (exempt seasonal garden centres)

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS Regulations in Definitions General Provisions Bake Shop permit the incidental retailing of beverages Bed & Breakfast Establishment max. 28 day stay (consecutive days) Bedrooms max. 5 per dwelling (exemptions for low density residential) Cannabis Dispensaries prohibited

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS Conventions & Trade Shows temporarily in vacant industrial buildings Drive Through no intercom ordering stations with 60 m of sensitive use Dual Zoning and Split Zoning continue to refine Educational Institution 10% BFA: ancillary restaurant / cafe Floodplains simplified zoning regulations

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS HOME OCCUPATIONS expanded range of home occupations home commercial wellness home health practitioner two (2) home occupations permitted, excluding home health practitioners, home commercial wellness, and home personal service allow for indirect sales (sale of goods via mail order, telephone, fax or website) tailored parking requirements maximum 25% of the dwelling

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS Microbreweries 2,325 square metres Nanobreweries 235 square metres Outdoor Patios not permitted with a yard abutting a Low Rise Residential Area Secondary Dwelling Units simplified; aligned with Provincial direction Servicing under reviewed (e.g. nonserviced areas, source water protection) Swimming Pools aligned with Pool Enclosure By-law

12 PARKING

13 PARKING OVERLAY

14 Parking Area (Refer to Schedule A1) Area A Area B Area C Area D Area E Area F Parking Rate Adjustment (Refer to a property s zone for the minimum required parking rate) Parking Area Includes 50% of the min parking spaces Station Areas from 0-400m 60% of the min parking spaces Uptown Waterloo from m 70% of the min parking spaces Station Areas from m 80% of the min parking spaces Station Areas beyond 800m 80% of the min parking spaces Major and Minor Nodes 90% of the min parking spaces Major and Minor Corridors

15 RESIDENTIAL R1 R5 Low RC1 Heritage District Residential R7 R9 Medium RN Northdale RMU High

16 COMMERCIAL Uptown The Boardwalk Conestoga Mall Community Commercial Commercial Designations Corridor Commercial Neighbourhood Commercial Mixed - Use Office

17 HIGHLIGHTS Commercial Zones Refined range of permitted uses Retail Stores (broadly permitted) Nanobreweries (in conjunction with a restaurant) Patios (recognized) Personal Brewing Establishments Nightclubs and Payday Loan Stores (limited locations)

18 HIGHLIGHTS Commercial Zones TECH OFFICE in intensification areas (e.g. Uptown)

19 EMPLOYMENT Business Employment Employment Designations Flexible Industrial Academic

20 HIGHLIGHTS Employment Zones Refined range of permitted uses Academic retitled University / College ADVANCED TECH Food & Beverage Manufacturing Microbreweries Makerspace (Class B) Artist Studio (Class B) continue to review ancillary commercial

21 OTHER ZONES Institutional School (S) zone expanded range of ancillary uses HUBS concepts Parks & Open Space minimal changes expanded range of permitted uses associated with a municipal cemetery regulations added to reflect utility corridors Environmentally Sensitive Landscape Specialty Zones Future Determ ination (FD)

22 SCHEDULES MAPPING OVERLAYS ROAD WIDENINGS SITE SPECIFICS

23 Schedule A

24 PARKING OVERLAY Schedule A1

25 Schedule C SITE SPECIFICS Current Zoning By-law Second Draft Zoning By-law ~1000 site specifics <200 site specifics Site Specifics can be searched by current address, zone, or by current site specific by-law number Mapping Pending

26 OTHER Station Area Planning (coordination) Colonial Acres (Site Specific Zoning Provision) Maintaining streetscapes and greenspace (5 metre setback)

27 OTHER Building Heights revised for better transitioning (lowered in many instances) building heights and spatial separation for every 1 m of height you require 0.5 m of separation more height categories than base range established in Official Plan (10, 16, 20, 30, 40, 60, 81) tower and podium built form regulations 20m ROW 30 metres 40 metres

28 NEXT STEPS Consultation (July) Agency Consultation Official Plan Amendment Graphics Modify Draft (summer) Project Report (late 2017) Project Website

29 Thank You!