Zoning Dictionary

Letter: R

Rooming House

A building containing more than one rooming unit. A dwelling in which the proprietor supplies either room or room and board for monetary gain, to more than two but not more than six people exclusive of the lessee or owner thereof or members of his family and which is not open to the general public. […]

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Rooming Unit

A room or rooms for accommodation other than a dwelling unit or other form of accommodation defined elsewhere in this By-law with sleeping facilities but without private toilet facilities. A room or suite of rooms rented as sleeping and living quarters, but without cooking facilities and with or without an individual bathroom.

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Row House

A residential structure which is built as and continues to represent one of a group of three or more houses, and is separated from one or more of the other units by a common wall, either above or below grade, which does not provide access between the units.

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Running At Large

As applied to an animal, that it is not under the direct and continuous charge and effective control of a person competent to control it.

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Runoff

Water flows resulting from precipitation. Water from rain or snow melt that flows over the ground surface and returns to streams, rivers or lakes. That portion of the precipitation from a drainage area or watershed that is discharged from the area in stream channels or by overland flow, types include surface runoff, groundwater runoff or […]

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Rural Industries

Industries that have, as their principal function, a clear connection to, or provide services to rural production activities or aquaculture activities; or use raw materials derived from rural production activities, aquaculture activities, or the natural resources on the site other than topsoil or aggregate. Such industries may have some form of processing facility, accessory depot or base or storage area, from which the activity […]

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Rural Residential Cluster

Four or more adjacent rural residential lots, generally 1 hectare or less in size, sharing a common boundary. Lots located directly across a road from one another shall be considered as having a common boundary.

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Rural Tourist and Visitor Activities

Recreation activities or pursuits derived from and interacting with the rural environment or communities, including their history, and functionally dependent on the natural or rural environment.

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