Zoning Dictionary

Category: Institutional Uses

Detoxification Centre

The use of premises for drug or alcohol detoxification or rehabilitation.

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Dog Pound

The use of land or buildings for the purposes of impounding dogs pursuant to a By-law of the Municipality and where such dogs are kept for a minimum redemption period as defined in the appropriate statute.

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Dump

A waste disposal site where waste is deposited without cover material being applied at regular intervals.

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Educational Use

A place of instruction under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority and a place of instruction (excepting a commercially operated trade or vocational school) offering courses equivalent to those customarily offered in a place of instruction under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority, and includes a day nursery and residence buildings for staff and students, […]

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Eldercare Facility

One functionally operated facility, which provides residential housing for persons 62 years of age and older, and which combines in one facility, two or more of the following housing types: Senior Independent Housing, Assisted Living Care Housing, Skilled Nursing Care Housing, and/or Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care Housing.

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Electric Power Distribution Station

The use of land building or structure for the purpose of reducing electric power from one distribution level to another.

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Electric Power Main Transformer Station

The use of land, building or structure for the purpose of reducing electric power from 115 kilowatts or greater to a distribution voltage.

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Eleemosynary Institution

Any building or group of buildings devoted to and supported by charity.

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Essential Services

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar […]

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