Bylaw test

Building Setback from Side Property Line

485 1 For a laned parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is 1.2 metres.

2 For a laneless parcel, the minimum building setback from any side property line is:

a 1.2 metres; or

b 3.0 metres on one side of the parcel, when no provision is made for a private garage on the front or side of a building.

3 For a parcel containing a Semi-detached Dwelling, there is no requirement for a building setback from the property line upon which the party wall is located.

71P2008

4 For a corner parcel, the minimum building setback from a side property line shared with a street is 1.2 metres, provided there is no portion of a building, except for a projection allowed in 337(3), located within 3.0 metres of:

a the back of the public sidewalk; or

b the curb where there is no public sidewalk.

5 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 registers, 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

b provides unrestricted vehicle access to the rear of the parcel.

6 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 2.4 metre private maintenance easement that provides for a 0.60 metre eave and footing encroachment easement; and

b all roof drainage from the building is discharged through eavestroughs and downspouts onto the parcel on which the building is located.