3.83 ORA - Orchards Rear Attached Row Housing Zone

To allow for medium density residential development with Dwellings attached at the sides and/or rear with individual access at the ground level.

Residential Uses
4.1. Home Based Businesses must comply with Section 6.60.
4.2. Residential
 
4.2.1 The maximum number of Dwellings in a building containing Multi-unit Housing is 4.
Commercial Uses
4.3. Residential Sales Centres
 
4.3.1 May be approved to remain for a period of up to 8 years; and
4.3.2 Where a Residential Sales Centre is located on a Site, a Hard Surfaced Parking Area may be provided on the same or an Abutting Site.
Community Uses
4.4. Child Care Services must comply with Section 6.40, except that the Child Care Services Use is only permitted in a building containing a Residential Use. 
Agricultural Uses
4.5. Urban Agriculture is not permitted in a standalone principal building.  
Sign Uses
4.6. Sign Uses must comply with Subsections 3 and 4 of Section 6.90.

 

5.1. Development must comply with Table 5.1:
Table 5.1. Site Area and Dimensions Regulations
Subsection Regulation Value
Row Housing Internal Dwelling
5.1.1. Minimum Site area 137.5 m2
5.1.2. Minimum Site Width 5.0 m
5.1.3. Minimum Site Depth 18.5 m
Row Housing End Dwelling
5.1.4. Minimum Site area 170.5 m2
5.1.5. Minimum Site Width 6.2 m
5.1.6. Minimum Site Depth 18.5 m
Semi-detached Housing
5.1.7. Minimum Site area 184.2 m2
5.1.8. Minimum Site Width 6.7 m
5.1.9. Minimum Site Depth 18.5 m
Multi-unit Housing
5.1.10. Minimum Site area 670.0 m2
5.1.11. Minimum Site Width 20.0 m
5.1.12. Minimum Site Depth 18.5 m
5.2. Development must comply with Table 5.2:
Table 5.2. Building Regulations
Subsection Regulation Value
Height
5.2.1. Maximum Height 13.5 m
Unless the following applies: 
5.2.2. Maximum Height for Semi-detached Housing 12.0 m
Site Coverage
5.2.3. Maximum total Site Coverage 73%
5.3. Setbacks must comply with Table 5.3:
Table 5.3. Setback Regulations
Subsection Regulation Value
Front Setback
5.3.1. Minimum Front Setback 4.0 m
Unless 1 or more of the following applies: 
5.3.2. Minimum Front Setback for a front attached Garage 5.5 m
5.3.3. Minimum Front Setback for Reverse Housing 3.0 m
5.3.4. Minimum Front Setback where a Treed Boulevard is provided and vehicle access is from an Alley 3.0 m
Rear Setback
5.3.5. Minimum Rear Setback 6.0 m
Unless the following applies: 
5.3.6. Minimum Rear Setback where vehicle access is from an Alley 3.0 m
Side Setbacks
5.3.7. Minimum Interior Side Setback 1.2 m
5.3.8. Minimum Flanking Side Setback 2.4 m
5.4. Except where modified through the regulations in this Zone, Row Housing and Semi-detached Housing must be developed in accordance with the provisions of the (ORH) Orchards Row Housing Zone.
5.5. The minimum Setback to the corner cut for Corner Lots is 0.3 m, as specified in the following illustration:
 
Diagram for Subsection 5.5
Diagram for 3.81.5.3
 

 

6.1. On Corner Sites, the Facades of a principal building that face the Front Lot Line and the Flanking Side Lot Line must use consistent building materials and Architectural Elements, and must include features such as windows, doors, or porches.
6.2. For Multi-unit Housing and Row Housing, where a Dwelling faces the Alley, the Facades that face the Front Lot Line and the Rear Lot Line must use consistent building materials and Architectural Elements, and must include features such as windows, doors, or porches. 

 

Landscaping
7.1. Despite Section 5.60:
 
7.1.1. There is no minimum Soft Landscaping area; and
7.1.2. the area covered by Impermeable Material must not exceed 90% of the total Lot area.
7.2. All storm drainage must be directed away from buildings and towards a Street, an Alley, or to a drainage system. Applications for a Development Permit must include a detailed drainage plan specifying the proposed drainage of the Site.
7.3. For Row Housing and Multi-unit Housing, all roof leaders from Dwellings must be connected to the individual storm sewer service or common low impact development (LID).
7.4. All roof leaders from buildings Accessory to Row Housing and Multi-unit Housing must be connected to the individual storm sewer service for each Lot or drain directly to an adjacent Alley.
7.5. For all Multi-unit Housing developments where one or more Dwellings face a rear Alley, the following regulations must apply:
 
7.5.1. a restrictive covenant and easement must be registered on all titles within the Site and all titles on impacted Abutting Sites to ensure adequate drainage and utility maintenance. The restrictive covenant and easement must provide for:
 
7.5.1.1. a minimum 1.5 m wide drainage swale located along the Interior Side Lot Line constructed to City of Edmonton Design and Construction Standards; and
7.5.1.2. the protection of drainage of the Site, including the right for water to flow across Lots and the requirement not to inhibit the flow of water across Lots.
7.5.2. all roof leaders from the Dwellings must be connected to the individual storm sewer services for each Lot or common low impact development (LID), and no roof leader discharge shall be directed to the required drainage swale.
Other Regulations
7.6. Despite Section 5.90, an unenclosed front porch or Platform Structure may project into the required Front Setback a maximum of 1.5 m and may project into the Flanking Side Setback a maximum of 1.5 m. Steps and eaves may project beyond the front porch provided they are at least 0.4 m from the Lot line and do not extend over a registered utility easement. Eaves may project to the Lot line in a corner cut as specified in Subsection 5.5 provided they do not extend over a registered utility easement.