Zoning Dictionary

Letter: C

Convent or Monastery

A building used as a residence, operated as a single housekeeping unit, solely by and for a group of people who have professed vows in a religious order and who live together as a community under the direction of a local supervisor designated by the order, without more than two persons occupying any one bedroom. […]

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Convention Facility

A building or part thereof in which facilities are provided for such purposes as meeting for groups of civic, educational, political, religious or social purposes. A building or portion thereof designed to accommodate three hundred or more people in assembly.

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Conversion

Changing the original purpose of a building to a different use with or without structural alteration requiring a building permit. Alteration of the use of an existing structure while retaining without substantial alteration the exterior portion of the structure. A change of the architectural style or scale of the structure shall be deemed to be […]

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Converted Building

A building originally constructed as a single detached dwelling unit of at least 225 square metres of gross floor area which, because of size or design, has been converted by partition or the addition of sanitary and cooking facilities or both, into more than one dwelling unit but less than five dwelling units.

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Cooperative Housing Project

A multiple unit residential building, the owners of which jointly administer and maintain all dwelling units and building services, facilities and amenities.

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Correction Home

A federal, state, provincial, municipal, religious, or charitable institution in which minors are detained or treated when requiring special care because of a delinquency, physical or mental deficiency, physical handicap or other cause requiring special care or supervision and may include an emergency receiving home or special treatment center.

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Correctional Group Home

A building which is used to house three to ten persons exclusive of staff requiring residential, sheltered, specialized or group care, which is maintained and operated primarily for persons who have been placed on probation, released on parole, or admitted for correctional purposes and which is licensed, approved or supervised by any government under any […]

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Corrections Facility

The use of land for the confinement or safe custody of persons so confined as the result of legal process and includes attendance centres established for persons sentenced to serve periods of community service.

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Corridor

A strip of land containing at least one transportation axis.

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Cottage

A building within a cottage establishment to accommodate one or more guests which contains at least two rooms, which is at least partially furnished and, which provides facilities to permit the guest to prepare and cook food. A building or structure designed and built as an independent and separate housekeeping establishment with separate culinary and […]

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