3.183 ECB - Ellerslie Business Commercial Zone

To allow for commercial business Uses and limited light industrial Uses adjacent to major Streets that provide good visibility and accessibility. Light industrial Uses are intended to operate in such a manner that no Nuisance factor is created or apparent outside an enclosed building.

Commercial Uses #
2.1. Bar
2.2. Body Rub Centre
2.3. Cannabis Retail Store
2.4. Custom Manufacturing
2.5. Food and Drink Service
2.6. Health Service
2.7. Hotel
2.8. Indoor Sales and Service, limited to:
 
2.8.1. Business Support Services
2.8.2. Convenience Retail Stores
2.8.3. General Retail Stores
2.8.4. Market
2.8.5. Media Studios
2.8.6. Personal Service Shops
2.8.7. Veterinary Services
2.8.8. Warehouse Sales
2.9. Liquor Store
2.10. Major Indoor Entertainment, limited to Casinos and Other Gaming Establishments
2.11. Office
2.12. Vehicle Support Service
Industrial Uses #
2.13. Minor Industrial, limited to Special Industrial Uses
2.14. Indoor Self Storage
Community Uses #
2.15. Community Services, limited to Indoor Participant Recreation Services
2.16. Special Event
Sign Uses
2.17. Fascia Sign, limited to On-premises Advertising
2.18. Freestanding Sign, limited to On-premises Advertising
2.19. Projecting Sign, limited to On-premises Advertising
2.20. Portable Sign, limited to On-premises Advertising

 

Commercial Uses #
3.1. Indoor Sales and Service, limited to:
 
3.1.1. Auctioneering Establishments
3.1.2. Commercial Schools
3.1.3. Equipment Rentals
3.1.4. Limited Contractor Services
3.1.5. Mobile Catering Food Services
3.2. Major Indoor Entertainment, limited to Nightclubs
3.3. Minor Indoor Entertainment
3.4. Outdoor Sales and Service
3.5. Residential Sales Centre
Industrial Uses #
3.6. Minor Industrial, limited to:
 
3.6.1. Fleet Services
3.6.2. Recycling Depots
Community Uses
3.7. Child Care Service
3.8. Community Service, limited to Religious Assembly
Basic Services Uses
3.9. Recycling Drop-off Centre
Agricultural Uses
3.10. Urban Agriculture
Sign Uses
3.11. Minor Digital Sign

 

Commercial Uses
4.1. Bars must comply with the following:
 
4.1.1. The maximum Public Space is 240 m2 for each individual establishment.
4.1.2. The maximum capacity is 200 occupants for each individual establishment. 
4.2. Body Rub Centres must comply with Section 6.20.
4.3. Cannabis Retail Stores must comply with Section 6.30.
4.4. Liquor Stores must comply with Section 6.70.
4.5. Nightclubs must comply with the following, where adjacent to or across an Alley from a Site zoned residential:
 
4.5.1. The maximum Public Space is 240 m2 for each individual establishment.
4.6. Outdoor display areas are limited to Outdoor Sales and Services and Urban Agriculture.
 
4.6.1. The size, location, screening, and Landscaping of an outdoor vehicle display area is subject to the approval of the Development Planner, who must ensure that development of the Site is compatible with the appearance of Site design of surrounding developments.
4.7. Vehicle Support Services and Uses with Drive-through Services must comply with Section 6.110.
4.8. Vehicle Support Services must be located within an enclosed building.
Industrial Uses
4.9. Minor Industrial in the form of Fleet Services and Recycling Depots must be located within an enclosed building.
Community Uses
4.10. Child Care Services must comply with Section 6.40.
4.11. Special Events must comply with Section 6.100.
4.12. Religious Assemblies must not include rectories, manses, dormitories, convents, monasteries, and other associated residential buildings.
Basic Services Uses
4.13. Recycling Drop-off Centres must be located within an enclosed building.
Agricultural Uses
4.14. Urban Agriculture
 
4.14.1. With the exception of outdoor display areas of products for sale, Urban Agriculture Uses must be located within or on a building.
4.14.2. The Development Planner may consider a variance to Subsection 4.14.1 based on the recommendations provided in an Environmental Site Assessment in compliance with Section 7.140.
Sign Uses
4.15. Signs must comply with Subsections 3 and 7 of Section 6.90.
Public Space and Capacity Exceptions
4.16. The Development Planner may consider a variance to the maximum Public Space or capacity of a Use if adequate mitigation measures are used to reduce negative impacts to on-Site or Abutting Uses, including:
 
4.16.1. measures specified in Subsection 2 of Section 5.120; 
4.16.2. modification of Site plans to locate Uses or activities in a location to minimize noise, lighting, odour or other similar Nuisances; or
4.16.3. other similar measures.

 

5.1. Development must comply with Table 5.1:
Table 5.1. Site and Building Regulations
Subsection Regulation Value
Floor Area Ratio
5.1.1. Maximum Floor Area Ratio 1.4
5.1.2. Maximum Floor Area Ratio where parking is provided within an underground Parkade 2.0
Height
5.1.3. Maximum Height for flat, mansard, and gambrel roofs or any other roof type with a pitch of less than 4/12 (18.4 degrees) 14.5 m
5.1.4. Maximum Height for a roof type with a pitch of 4/12 (18.4 degrees) or greater 16.0 m
5.1.5. Maximum Height for Hotels 16.0 m
Setbacks
5.1.6. Minimum Setback where any Lot line of a Site Abuts:  6.0 m
5.1.7. Minimum Setback Abutting all other Sites 0 m
5.2. Despite Subsection 6 of Section 7.100, the Development Planner may vary the maximum Height of a Hotel by increasing it up to 30.0 m.

 

6.1. Any business premises or multiple occupancy building having a Floor Area greater than 3,000 m2 or a single wall length greater than 25.0 m visible from a Street, must comply with the following:
 
6.1.1. The roof line and building Facade must include design elements that reduce the perceived mass of the building and add architectural interest; and
6.1.2. Landscaping adjacent to exterior walls must be used to minimize the perceived mass of the building and to create visual interest.

 

Building Design Regulations
7.1. All mechanical and electrical equipment, transformers, ducts, cooling towers, materials handling equipment or other similar exposed projections must be screened from view from Abutting Streets and Sites in non-industrial Zones.
Parking, Loading, Storage and Access
7.2. No storage of equipment or materials is permitted except within an enclosed building.
7.3. Surface Parking Lots, and loading, waste collection, storage, service, and display areas must not be located within a Setback.
7.4. Despite Subsection 7.3, parking and display areas may project into a Setback Abutting a Site in a residential Zone where a minimum 3.0 m Landscape Buffer is provided within the Setback.
7.5. Any waste collection area, open storage area, or outdoor service area including any loading, unloading, or vehicle service area that is visible from an adjoining Site, must be screened from view from the adjoining Site. Landscaping, planting, berming, masonry walls, wood Fencing, or other artificial features must be provided from the ground to a Height of 1.8 m to block the view from the adjoining Site.
7.6. Lighting for the display, storage, and Parking Areas must be mounted on lamp standards or building walls and no exposed bulbs or strings of lights may be used.
7.7. Outdoor display areas visible from an Abutting Site in a residential Zone must be located, screened and Landscaped to be compatible with surrounding developments.