Zoning Dictionary

Letter: C

Consulting Room

The office and ancillary facilities commonly used by an individual, qualified medical practitioner for out-patient treatment.

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Contaminated Site

Property or lands that, for reasons of public health and safety are unsafe for development as a result of past human activities, particularly those activities that have left a chemical or radioactive residue. A site which has been identified as a former industrial or waste disposal site, where the presence of toxic chemicals and/or gas […]

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Contamination

The introduction of materials including, but not limited to pesticides, herbicides, septic leaks, or other toxic substances into a natural system.

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Context

Relation of artifacts and other cultural remains to their environmental setting (including climate, hydrology, ecology, geology, etc.) to their culture, and to other time periods and cultures. The recording, analysis, and interpretation of contextual information is a primary component of archaeological research.

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Contiguous

Next to, abutting, or touching and having a boundary, or portion thereof, which is coterminous.

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Contiguous Vegetation

Vegetation with a continuous or near continuous canopy, or sub canopy or ground cover and any adjacent individual plants or groups of plants that connect to the continuous area in terms of species, structure or ecological gradient. It does not include vegetation planted as a crop, garden or pasture or the understorey in forests.

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Contract Zoning

The establishment of conditions in connection with a rezoning which bind the developer and the community to its terms.

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Contractor

Any person, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, realtor, or corporation engaged in the business of accepting orders or contracts, either as a general contractor or subcontractor, for construction of model homes and other residential dwellings for sale to the public.

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Contractor’s Yard

A yard of any general contractor or builder where equipment and materials are stored or where a contractor performs shop or assembly work but does not include any other yard or establishment otherwise defined or classified herein.

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Convenience Store

A retail commercial establishment, not exceeding 140 square metres of gross floor area, supplying groceries and other daily household necessities to the immediate surrounding area. An establishment where food, tobacco, drugs, periodicals, or similar items of household convenience are kept for retail sale to residents of the immediate neighbourhood. Any retail establishment with a gross […]

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