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Building Setback from Side Property Line
547.11
1
Unless otherwise referenced in subsections (4), (5), (5.1) and (6), for a laned parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is 1.2 metres.
2
Unless otherwise referenced in subsections (3), (4), (5), (5.1) and (6), for a laneless parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is:
b
3.0 metres on one side of the parcel, when no provision has been made for a private garage on the front or side of a building.
3
The building setback required in subsection 2(b) may be reduced where the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, an exclusive private access easement:
a
where the width of the easement, in combination with the reduced building setback, must be at least 3.0 metres; and
4
For a corner parcel, the minimum building setback from a side property line shared with a street is 1.0 metre.
5
For a parcel containing a Single Detached Dwelling one building setback from a side property line may be reduced to zero metres where:
a
the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, a minimum 1.5 metre private maintenance easement that provides for:
i
a 0.30 metre eave encroachment easement with the requirement that the eaves must not be closer than 0.90 metres to the eaves on a building on an adjacent parcel; and
5.1
For a parcel containing a Single Detached Dwelling one building setback from a side property line may be reduced to 0.6 metres where:
a
the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, private maintenance easements with a minimum combined width of 1.5 metres;
6
For a Backyard Suite, Rowhouse Building or Semi-detached Dwelling there is no requirement for a building setback from the property line on which a party wall is located that separates two or more Dwelling Units or Backyard Suites.