nesday, June 15, 1966

Page 17°

Seepritish Columbia,

Co wise provides,

DISTRICT OF TERRACE
BY-LAW. No. 401

“A Bylaw to regulate the use of land and the
locations and use and height of buildings -
and other structures in the District/of 'Ter-
_Tace 80 as to provide for the ‘amenity. of -
the town, and the health, safety and general
welfare of the. inhabitants.” oo

Council of the District of Terrace,

in open meeting assembled hereby
SHORT TITLE

as follows: ,

This bylaw may be cited as the “Zoning bylaw No,
401 - 1966." .

Zoning bylaw No. 229 - 1961 and all additions and
amendments thereto are hereby repealed,
PURPOSE ;
The principal purpase of this bylaw is ta guide th
natural growth of the District in a systematic and
orderly way for the ultimate benefit of the com-
munity as a whole by ensuring that the yarlous uses
made of land and structures in the District develop
in proper relationship ta ore another: and every
section of the bylaw shall be so interpreted.
DEFINITIONS
Whenever in this bylaw the following words or
terms are used they shall, unless the context other-
be held to have the following
meaning:

Accessory use — shall mean a use customarily inel-
dental and subordinate to the principal use o¢

building and located on the same site with such ’

principal use or building.

Alferation or altered — shall mean a building or
structure to which an addition ig made or in
which any structural change is made.

Apartment House -- shal] mean a type of multiple
dwelling for the purpose of providing 3 or
more separate dwelling units with shared en-
frances and other essential facilities and serv-
ces, ;

Auto Court — shall mean 4 series of units, intended
for the use of automobile transients, and con-
taining at least a bedroom, bathroom, and hav-

ing convenient access to a Parking space for -

the use of the occupants. .

Building — shall mean a structure used for the
shelter or accommodation of persons, animals,
goods or chattels.

Building, accessory — shall mean a subordinate de-
tached building appurtenant to a main building
or main use and located on the same site, the
purpose of which is to provide better and more
convenient enjoyment of the main building or

main use. . ; .
Building line, established (in a block) — shall mean
the average distance from the street line to the
main wall of existing buildings in any block
Where more. than half of the frontage has
been built wpon,
Council — shall mean the Councll of the District of

Terrace. .
District — shall mean the District of Terrace.
Dwelling Unit — ‘shall mean two or more rooms
used or intended for the domestic use of one

or more individuals living as a single house- .

keeping unit, with cooking, living, sleeping and
sanitary facilities, ‘ ; 7
Dwelling, otte-family or single family. — shall mean

a detached building consisting of one dwelling -

unit as herein defined, and occupied or. intend:

in the Province |

ag an accommodation for clients and customers.
Parking space, motor véhicle — shall mean a
within a building or parking lot for the parking

. of one (1) motor vehicle.

Reeve — shall mean the Reeve of the District of |

Terrace.

- Service stition — shall mean a business for the

. Vard — shall

ed to be occupied as the permanent home or = -

residence of-one family.
Dwelling, twe-family — shall mean a building divid-
ed Into two dwelling units as herein defined,

each of which is occupied or intended to be Q

occupied as the permanent home or residence
of one family.

Dwelling, multipte-family — shall mean a building -

divided into three or more dwelling units as
herein defined, each of which is occupied. or
intended to be occupied as the permanent home
or residence of one family, and shall include
terrace or row houses and apartments,

Floor Area — shall mean the maximum habitable.

area contained within the outside walls of a
building. . .
Garage, private ~ shall mean a building or part of

’ a building used or intended to be used for the
storage of private. passenger motor vehicles
and having a capacity of not-more than two

vehicle spaces for each dwelling unit.

Gerage, public — shall mean a building or part of
a building other.than a private garage used for
the storage, care, repair, servicing or equipping
of motor vehicles or where such vehicles are
kept for remuneration, hire, sale or display,

Home Occupation — shall mean any trade, busl-

‘ ness, profession, or other accupation carried on
for remuneration or gain in a dwelling unit
which use ig secondary to the primary use of
the dwelling as a residence. .

Hotel — shall mean a bullding or part thereof
wherein accommodation is provided for transi-

ent lodgers, and having a public dining room:

or cafe,

Lane — shall mean a secondary public thoroughfare
intended primarily te give access to the rear
or side of abutting property. mc

edging House — shall mean any building or part
thereof other than a hotel or motel wherein
lodging without cooking facilities is provided

for compensation pursuant to previous arrange- .

ment and not necessarily to anyone who may

i but shall not include a single dwelling

ap

unit within which not more than two sleeping

rooms are provided for com: tion.
Minister — shall mean the Minister of Municipal
- Affairs for the Province of British Columbia.
a 6Motel — shall mean a bullding or part thereof

wherein accommodation is provided for .tran-

7 sient lodgers.
S Non-conforming use-— shall mean any use of land,
building or structure lawfully existing at. the
time of the passing of this bylaw, the use of
which does not comply with all the ations
of this bylaw governing the zoning district in
which it is located. ,

i Parking lot — shall mean an open area, other than

a streat, used for temporary parking of more
than four (4) motor vehicles and available for
. public use whether free, for compensation, or

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~ Boundaries of Zoning Districts i |
The boundaries of such districts referred to above,

‘(ly

retail sale of motor fuels or lubricating oils, In-
eluding the servicing or repair of motor vehi-
cles, the-sale of automobile accessories and the
‘rental of trailers and motor vehicles — shall
._ not include any other sales and services.
Site — shall mean an area of land considered as
_& unit devoted to a certain use, or occupied by
& building or a group of buildings that are
_ unlted by a common interest or use, and the
customary accessories and open spaces belong-
' ing to the same,
Site line, front — shall mean the boundary that
‘divides the site from the street. In the case of
a corner location, the site boundary that abuts
the street to the front of the main building
shall be deemed to be the front site Eine,
Site line, rear — shall mean the boundary at the
rear of the site and opposite the front site

a, .
Site line, side — shall mean a site boundary other -

.than a dront or rear site line.
Street — shall mean a public thoroughfare which
afford the principal means of. access to abut-
ting property. a og
Streat line — shall mean the boundary line between
a site and a street. - . -
Structure — shall mean anything that is built, con-
structed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground, or attachment to some-
thing having a location on the ground, - .
Terrace hovse or row house — shail mean a uild-
ing divided into three or more dwelling units
located side by aide under one roof with pri-
vate exits or entrances and not. more than
two stories high, and sharing common walls.
Trailer coach — shall mean any vehicle having no
motive power of its own but drawn or designed
to be drawn on any public road by a moter yehi-

ele and used or designed to be used for occu- .

ancy by one or more persons, Such a convey.

ance shall be deemed to be a trailer coach, -

- Whether mounted on wheels or dismounted
~ from wheels and detached from its conveying
. vehicle, .

Tratler Court — shall mean any land designed for
the panicing of two or more trailer coaches;
and shall in
enclosures used or intended to be used as part
of the operation of a trailer court. ;

mean any part of a site unoccupied
and unobstructed: from the ground to the sky.

Yard, front — shall mean a yard extending across
the full width of a site between the front site
line and the nearest wall of any building or
structure on the site. .

Yard, rear — shall mean a yard extending across
the full width of the site between the rear site
line and the nearest wall of any building or
structure on the site, .-° . *

-Yerd, side — shall mean a yard extending from
_ the. front yard to the rear yard between tho

side site line and the nearest wall of any build.
ing or structure, exclusive of any chimney
reast. wy .,
National Building Code definitions will apply to
“all words or Phrases not defined above..

No building or structure. shall hereafter be erected

‘or structurally altered, nor shall any building, strue-

lure, land or premises hereafter be used in whole
or in
in conformity: with the provisions of this bylaw.
. PART F ;
- ZONING DISTRICTS

" Classification af Zoning Districts
In order to carry. out the purpose and regulations:

of. this bylaw the District ig hereby divided into
six (6) classes of zoning districts to wit:

(a) Rural , Al . 0

(b) Residential Rl Single family residential
Single and two family
residential oo
Multifamily residentlal
Central commercial
_ Local commercial

Light Industrial

Heavy industrial
Administrative and <
assembly ;

Park and public use
Cemetery ms
Service stations

Service stations |
including ear sales —

(c) Commercial .
@) Industrial

(e) Public and
Institutional

(f) Service Stations

together with explanatory legend, notation and ref-
erehee, are shown on the map entitled the “Zoning
Map." Where shown along streets and lanes the
boundaries, unless otherwise indicated on the map,
shall be interpreted to be the boundaries of the
allowances of the streets and lanes; where zoning
district boundaries are not shown along streets and
lanes and where the property has been subdivided
into blocks of lots, the boundaries shall be con-
strued to be the lot lines: in unsubdivided land ‘the

ace

elude any building, structure or -

part within the limits of the District, except

TERRACE “Omineca” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

a pagriiturt iry tara » i 1 and poultry
trops, dairy ig, atimal and pout
raising, {excluding pigs or goats), ranching, graz-
- ing, tree nurseries, and any other similar use
customarily y carried on in the field of agricul:
, é. r

b. Recreational

Sports fields, parks, golf courses, and other
, Similar uses with approval of Council,

c, Accessory
Buildings, structures or uses accessory to and
located on the same site’ with the main build-
ing or use. - ;

d, Single family dwelling

(2) Regulations : :

a. Site area — minimum holding — 2 acres.

b, A maximum of one. single-family dwelling is

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permitted on any one agricultural land holding.
c. AH buildings shall be set back at least 25 feat
from the edge of any road allowance or any
proposed road atlowance, .
RI Residential District (one-family dwelling}
(1) Uses Permitted
Subject to all other provisions of this bylaw, on any
site, in any zone defined, designated or described
in this bylaw as an Ri Residential District (one-
family dwelling), cniy the following. uses shall be
permitted: .
a. Residential
Onefamily dwellings,
b. Institutional :
- i) Schools
Gi) Churches
¢. Recreational
Sports fields, parks
approval of Council.
d. Accessory
Buildings,
located on

and other similar uses with

structures or uses atcessory to and

the same site'with the main building

or use. ;

Regulations ~

Site area — minimum — 8,000 sa, ft.

Site frontage —-. minimum 40 feet.

Site width — minimum 60 feet at 25 foot set:

back from front site line.

. Yard, front — minimum 25 feet.

Yard, side — minimum 5 feet on each side,
Institutional uses however shal] have a side
yard on each side of the main building of
a width not less than half of the height of
the building, bat such side yard shall not be

. less than 10 feet.

f.- Yard, rear — minimum — 25 feet or 25% of
- the depth of the site, whichever is the greater.
g. Floor-area — minimum — 1,000 sq, ft. °
h. Signs and billboards are prohibited except ‘those
showing the names of occupants, and signs
bearing notices of sale or lease or other Infor-
mation relating.to a temporary condition affect-

_ dng the premises. _ :

i. Off-street parking shall be provided in accord:
ance with the schedule set out in Section 20 of
this bylaw. - ot ; .

R2 Stngle and Two-Family Residential

(1) Uses Permitted

(2)

;, Subject to all other provislons of ‘this bylaw on.

any site, in any. district. defined, designated or de-

' -seribed in this bylaw as an R2 Residential Zone

(single and’ two family) only the following uses shall

be permitted: . te

a. Residential -

(i) One family dwellings.
(ii). Two family dwellings,

. iii) Lodging Houses,

b. Home Occupations :
Offices of physicians, dentists, drugless practi-
tioners and other customary home occupations,

c. Institutional
(i) Schools, Educational Institutions
(il) Churches, Religious Institutions
(ili). Hospitals, Sanatoria, Convalescent Homes

(iv) Fraternal Lodges and organizations,
Social Clubs . .
{v) Libraries, Cultural Institutions __.-

d. Recreational
- Sports fields, parks, & similar uses with appro-
val of Council,
e. Accessory Lo :
Buildings, structures of ‘uses accessory to and
located on the same site with the main building

or use.
(2)" Regulations
a. Site area — minimum —

One family dwelling 6,000 sq. ft.

_. ‘Iwo éamily dwelling 8,000 eq, ft.
bh. Site Frontage — minimum

boundaries shall be determined by the scale shown . -

on the map.

The Zoning Map.

The map, dearin

ing -Map referred
1065 of the District of Terrace,” and sj

Reeve and Clerk under the seal of the District, shall.

be known as the “Zoning Map” and such map Is

hereby declared to be an integral part of this bylaw,

as it embodied herein. ‘ _
ul

the statement “This is the Zon-
to in the Zoning Bylaw No. an :
ed by the

~ One family dwelling — 40 feet |

ah - Two family dwelling — 60 feet
... @& Site width at 25

foot set back from front site
cline — minimum — = -

One family dwelling 60 feet

Two family dwelling -- 80 feet  °
d. Yard front — minimum — 25 feet .

@. Yard side —- minimum — 5 feet on each side

Institutional uses however shall have a side
yard on each side of the main building of
.. & Width not less than half the height of the
building but such gide yard shall not be less

-than 10 feet, oe oo,
f, Yard, rear — minimum — ‘25 feet or 25% of
the depth of the ‘site whichever is the greater.

gE. Floor area — minimum - 750 sq. dt.

ng unit, So, me, ;
h. Signs and billboards are prohibited exeept un-
. ituminated signs not exceeding 3 square feet
- In area relating’to home occupations or lodg-
ing houses, or signs bearing notices of sale or
._ , lease or other information relating to a tem-

" Porary condition affecting the occupancy.

per dwel-

oh ‘Offstreet parking shall be provided in accord-

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The following are the schedules of uses and regula- «|.

tions
bylaw:
Al Rural’

) Uses Parmitted
Subject to all other provisi

ms of this bylaw, on any

* site, in any district defined, dealgnated, or fenribed ‘
acreage), ¢

in this bylaw as an -Al Rural (ar,

@
the following uses shalt be permitted: _

Pertaining to the various cones under this |

any opie: i ‘any

- ance with the schedule set out in Section 20 of
this bylaw. ;

RI Residential District (multifamily dwelling)
(1). Uses Permitted — So

Subject’to ‘all’ other provisions of this bylaw, on
district. defined, designate

described'tn this bylaw as an RS Residential District
«multiple-fa dwelling), only the following wses -
‘be’ permitted: =~ ee
a. Hesldential ‘ ily ‘dwellings. : :
oo ne-fam: we
a _ Twotamily dwellings,
. + (Continued on Pago 20 |

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