Zoning Dictionary

Category: Residential Uses

Servants Quarters

Space in a principal or accessory building used exclusively for the housing of bona fide servants employed on the premises, and for members of the servant’s immediate family.

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Shop Top Housing

Means one or more dwellings located above the ground floor of a building, where at least the ground floor is used for commercial premises or health services facilities.

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Short Term Rental, Residential Partial, Small and Large

Partial-Unit Residential Short Term Rental. Rental of a portion of an owner-occupied dwelling unit with a principal use as a permanent dwelling unit with no more than five (5) guest bedrooms and ten (10) total guests, for overnight paid occupancy as an accessory use. Small Residential Short Term Rental. An owner-occupied lot with no more […]

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Short Term Rental, Residential

A short term rental where the owner has their permanent primary residential dwelling unit onsite and is present during the guest’s stay.

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Sleeping Cabin

An accessory building used for human habitation that does not contain an area or facilities for the preparation or serving of food.

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Sleeping Unit

One or more rooms used for the lodging of one family when such unit contains no cooking facilities.

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Social Housing

Non-market, rental housing which is aimed at low and moderate income households, provided under a variety of government programs. Housing operated on a non-profit basis, primarily by municipal and provincial corporations, private non-profit corporations, or co-operative housing groups which contains some proportion of units with rents reduced below the market level and/or on a geared-to-income […]

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Student Residence

A building for the purpose of accommodating students in dwelling units or other separate quarters and erected under the provisions of the appropriate legislation provided that such building may include common areas and cooking and dining facilities.

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Subdivision

The process (and the result) of dividing a parcel of raw land into smaller buildable sites, blocks, streets, open space and public areas and the designation of the location of utilities and other improvements.

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Summer Occupancy (see Also Seasonal Dwelling/Res.)

The living in and use of a building for a dwelling for the period from June 1 to November 1. From November 1st to June 1st no person or persons may reside therein for a total of more than 30 days.

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