MF4 – Transit Oriented Areas

FOOTNOTES (Section 13.3):
^.1 Group homes are only permitted within a single detached housing, semi-detached housing, or a duplex housing form.
^.2 These land uses are only permitted on transit supportive corridors and these land uses are not permitted above the first storey. Footnote .10 further restricts these land uses.
^.3 The lot must have a child care sub-zone ‘cc’ on the property for a child care centre, major to be permitted.
^.4 Townhouses and/or stacked townhouses are only permitted if the majority of the residential dwelling units are in the form of apartment housing.
^.5  The Health Services land use or the Retail land use is only permitted as a principal use when the lot contains the ‘hc’ Heritage Commercial sub-zone. The health services use shall not generate more than two (2) clients to the site from which the business is being operated at any given time. The retail use shall be limited to those uses related to arts, crafts, or cultural activities such as souvenir, craft, or gift shops, bookstores, art galleries, or photography studios. Individual general retail services are limited to a maximum net floor area of 100 m2.
^.6 Home-based business, major is only permitted within ground-oriented dwelling units fronting transit supportive corridors, ground-oriented dwelling units within urban centres, or ground-oriented dwelling units within village centres.
^.7 [Deleted]
^.8 Emergency and protective services are only permitted as a principal use only a lot that abuts a minor or major arterial road as determined by the OCP.
^.9 [Deleted]
^.10 These land uses are not permitted for lots identified in Figure 13.3 MF4 Commercial Restricted Area.

FOOTNOTES (Section 13.4):
^.1 Townhouse and semi-detached housing developments may be subdivided into smaller lots than the regulations listed above provided: the site is comprehensively developed under a single development permit, the lot is subdivided along a party wall, and a party wall agreement is registered on title.
^.2 Minimum lot width, lot depth, and lot area also apply to bareland strata lots.

70%

70%

For Developments with 1 to 10 Dwelling Units = n/a

For Developments with 11 to 20 Dwelling Units = 6.0 m² per bachelor dwelling unit 10.0 m² per 1-bedroom dwelling unit 15 m² per dwelling unit with more than 1-bedroom ^{.8 , .9}

For Developments with greater than 20 Dwelling Units = 7.5 m² per bachelor dwelling unit 15.0 m² per 1-bedroom dwelling unit

25 m² per dwelling unit with more than 1-bedroom ^{.8 ,.9}

1. The maximum height of the first storey floor above the adjacent curb level for ground-oriented residential units are 1.2 m. Height is measured from the grade at the sidewalk directly from a fronting publicly accessible street, walkway, open space, or applicable lot line. See example diagram Figure 5.12.
2. The minimum net floor area for ground-oriented residential units on the first floor is 11 m². See example diagram Figure 5.13.
3. The abutting boulevard must have an installed sidewalk and irrigated landscape boulevard with street trees.

^.4 For portions of a parkade with lane access which do not project more than 2.3 metres above finished grade, the rear yard setback for the parkade is 1.5 metres.
^.5 The setback for a garage, a carport, or a parkade door that has direct access to the street shall have a 6 metres setback measured from back-of-curb or edge of road pavement, or edge of sidewalk to the building or 3.0 metres from lot line to the building (whichever is greater).
^.6 Minimum building stepbacks apply only to buildings 5 storeys and taller. The stepback can occur on any floor above the second storey.
^.7 If the property is abutting a Rural – Agricultural and Resource, Rural – Residential, or Suburban – Residential future land use designation as defined in the Official Community Plan then a 1.5 metres additional setback needs to be added to the minimums.
^.8 Common and Private Amenity Space can be devoted to child care centres as long as the child care spaces have direct access to open space and play areas within the lot. The amount of Common and Private Amenity Space dedicated to child care spaces cannot be more than 50% of the total space required.
^.9 A minimum of 4.0 m² per dwelling unit of the common and private amenity space shall be configured as common area that is accessible to all residents and must not be located within the required setback areas. Common amenity space is not required for fee simple townhouses. For all apartment buildings, at least 75 m2 of the required portion of common area shall be configured indoors.
^.10 In the MF1 zone, the garage footprint area shall not be considered building site coverage but does count towards the overall impermeable surface maximum site coverage.
^.11 In the MF4 zone, if the development is 3 storeys or less then the MF1 Development Regulations apply and if the development is 4 storeys or greater than the MF3 Development Regulations apply.

22.0 m & 6 storeys ^.3
Or
44.0 m & 12 storeys .^{3 , .4}

70%

If development is 4 storeys or greater than this regulation does not apply

If development is 3 storeys or less then 70%