1. New Draft Comprehensive Zoning By-law

2. Highlights Utilizes charts and tables Reorganized into new categories
Drawings and text boxes
Undated based on new legislation, guidelines and resource material, conform to and not conflict with Provincial policy and plans.
The Countryside Area
The permitted uses in each zone classification have been revised
Site specific by-law consolidated
On-Farm Diversified Uses, Backyard Hens, kennel permissions
To the provisions applying to accessory structures
Definitions
Overlay zones
Summary tables

3. Zoning By-law Structure
SECTION 1: ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 2: ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 4: ZONE PROVISIONS
SECTION 5: DEFINITIONS
SECTION 6: ENACTMENT

4. Section 3: General Provisions
3.1        APPLICATION..
3.2        ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND USES. (permitted Uses, Regulations, Temporary Use, Signs, Pools, Fences)
3.3        DWELLING UNITS, ADDITIONAL SINGLE DWELLINGS AND ATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (2nd dwellings, apartments,  garden suits, mobile homes, camping trailers, minimum floor areas)
3.4        Encroachments and Height Exceptions.
3.5        ENVIRONMENTAL AND HAZARD SETBACKS. (watercourses, slopes, wetlands)
3.6        HOME INDUSTRY.
3.7        HOME OCCUPATION..
3.8        LIVESTOCK AND MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION.. (livestock facilities, hobby farms, backyard hens, on-farm diversified use)
3.9        LOT PROVISIONS AND APPLICATIONS. (frontage on maintained road , application and guidance on interpreting setbacks, multiple zones, reduction of requirements, irregular lot)
3.10      LEGAL NON-CONFORMING AND NON-COMPLYING..
3.11      USES PERMITTED IN ALL ZONES.
3.12      PROHIBITED USES AND USE-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS. ( FILL OPERATIONS, HIGH IMPACT RECREATIONAL USES , NOXIOUS TRADE  AND DANDEROUS USES, OUTDOOR STORAGE, PEAT EXTRACTION, PITS AND QUARRIES, PROPANE STORAGE AND HANDLING)
3.13      SPECIAL EVENTS.
3.14      SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS. (loading spaces, parking spaces, landscaping strips, sight triangles)
3.15      TAX EXEMPT LANDS.
3.16      VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE. (maximum numbers, storage of unlicensed, commercial parking, RVs)

5. List of Zones A - Countryside Area (“NEW”) RR - Rural Residential
RC - Rural Commercial
ER - Estate Residential
HR - Hamlet Residential
CG - General Commercial
CH - Highway Commercial
BPG - Business Park Gateway
BPC - Business Park Core
BPT - Business Park Transition
RE - Recreational
I - Institutional
MX - Extractive Industrial
MD - Waste Disposal
OS - Open Space
EP - Environmental Protection

6. Comparison of Agricultural and Rural (Countryside Area)
Rural >8
A>8
A<8
Rural <8
Single Detached Dwelling x
Additional Single dwelling ASD (1)
One Accessory dwelling unit  (1)
Agricultural Use 
Agriculture-Related Use
Bed and Breakfast
Crisis Centre
Garden Center
Group Home
On-Farm Diversified Use
Home Industry
Home Occupation
Kennel (see Canine By-law)
Portable Sawmill
Public Open Space or Park
Resource Management
Veterinary Clinic
Wayside Pit or Wayside Quarry
Wind generator – small scale
Medicinal Marijuana Facility

7. Comparison of Commercial and Industrial ZonesGC HC
BP-G
BP-C
BPT
one Single Detached Dwelling or Accessory attached dwelling unit, accessory to a permitted use x
one accessory dwelling unit/lot
abattoir
activity center
ancillary outdoor storage within a fully enclosed, screened and gated area
building supply and lumber outlet
bulk fuel depot
business, professional and administrative office
child care facility
concrete product manufacturing
contractor’s yard
convenience store
emergency services facility
farmer’s market
feed mill
garden center
gas station
hotels and motels
light manufacturing, processing or assembly
motor vehicle body shop
motor vehicle dealership
motor vehicle repair garage
park and trail access facility.
Parking lot
personal service shop
post office
Practitioner’s clinic
private club
public storage facilities
recreational and entertainment facility
research and development establishment
repair shop (non-vehicle)
restaurant
retail sales accessory to a permitted use not exceeding 35 per cent of the total floor area
retail store
sales, service and rental establishment
sawmill
self-storage facility
service shop
tavern
telecommunications tower
tourist information centre
transmission towers and hydro-electric substations
transportation depot
veterinary clinic
warehouse
workshop

8. Comparison of Residential ZonesRR ER HR
Single Detached Dwelling x
additional single dwelling (ASD)  or attached accessory dwelling unit or habitable pool house
attached accessory dwelling unit having a maximum floor area of 80 m2
home industry
home occupation
bed and breakfast
the keeping of not more than 50 chickens on a lot of not less than 0.5 ha. and at a location not less  than 60 m. from any dwelling on an adjacent lot.
Note: RC zone permits all RU or RR uses depending on lot size.

9. Comparison of Natural Zones
REC OS EP
One accessory dwelling unit x
One additional single dwelling (ASD) or attached accessory dwelling
golf course
outdoor recreation area
open space or park
recreational park
resource management
existing agricultural use
passive public recreation such as hiking and bird watching
existing buildings and structures
Note: existing legal buildings and structures are permitted in all zones in accordance with general provisions.

10. Summary of Extractive, Waste and Institutional Zones
Extractive(MX) Zone MX
agricultural use x
pits
peat extraction
asphalt or concrete batching plant
aggregate processing operations
quarries
resource management
wayside pits and wayside quarries
Institutional
INST
business, professional and administrative office x
cemetery
child care facility
emergency services facility
library
municipal, district or provincial maintenance and/or public works yard
place of worship
post office
recreational and entertainment facility
school
school library
Waste Disposal (MD) Zone WD
recycling facility x
salvage or wrecking yard

11. Schedule A

12. Schedule F

13. Review written and oral comments
Public Process
Approval Process
Appeal Process
Review written and oral comments
April 11 – Formal circulation to commenting agencies
Appeal Period (20 days)
Address concerns raised by the Public and Circulation
May 2 – Formal Public Meeting under the Planning Act
Update mapping to reflect and Provincial legislation (Natural Heritage Map)
Finalize Draft Zoning By-law
If appeal, it goes to the Local planning Appeal Tribunal
Zoning in effect if no appeal  
Present Final Draft Zoning By-law to Council
Council Decision

14. Provide Input
Provide a letter or to Council prior to the decision:
Mailing Address: nd Line E, Mulmur, L9V 0G8
Contact our Planner Tracey to discuss concerns
Download a copy of the draft by-law at:
Come to the Formal Public Meeting on May 02, 2018

15. Natural Heritage System

16. Agricultural System