BYLAW - Regulate Use of Land and buildings - 19761004 - 210776THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF AURORA
BY-LAW NUMBER 2107-76
A By-law to regulate the use of lands and the character, location
and use of buildings and structures within the defined area.
The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora enacts as
follows:
1. AREA RESTRICTED
The provisions of this By-law shall apply to the lands shown
in hatching on Schedule "A" attached hereto.
Where boundaries shown approximate a property line, that
property line shall govern.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 "Dwelling, Apartment" shall mean a separate building contain-
ing more than four (4) dwelling units.
2.2 "Motel" shall mean a building consisting of a number of indi-
vidual dwelling units intended to be occupied by the travelling
public for the purpose of temporary sleeping accommodation.
2.3 "Parking Space" shall mean an area of three hundred (300)
square feet for the parking of one (1) vehicle including areas
necessary for driveways, entrances and exits.
2. 4 "Restaurant" Shall mean a building or structure or part !;-hereof
where food is prepared and served to the public for cons~ption
within the building but does not include a drive-in restaurant.
2.5 "Tavern" shall mean a tavern as defined by "The Liquor License
Act" but does not include a motel or restaurant,
3.. PROVISIONS
3.1 Application of the By-law
No buildings or structure shall hereafter be erected or
altered and the use of any building, structure or lot shall
hereafter not be changed except in conformity with the provi-
sions of this By-law.
3.2 uses Permitted
(a) An apartment building containing not more than three
hundred and twenty-seven (327) units
Comprised of a maximum of:
40%
10%
No four (4) bedroom units.
2 bedroom units
3 bedroom units
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(b) A motel containing not more than one hundred and twenty
(120) units and not less than forty (40) units.
(c) A restaurant and tavern with seating capacity for two
hundred and twenty (220) patrons.
Requirements
(a} Lot Specifications
In accordance with Schedule "B".
(b) Siting Specifications
The location of buildings, parking areas, driveways
and landscaping shall be in accordance with Schedule "B".
(c) Building Specifications
Lot Coverage (maximum) 20%
Residential Floor Area (minimum)
Bachelor 450 square feet
1 bedroom 575 square feet
2 bedroom 700 square feet
3 bedroom 825 square feet
(d) Parking Specifications (minimum)
Residential 409 spaces
Commercial 155 spaces
(e) No openings shall be permitted below an elevation of
eight hundred and thirty (830) feet geodetic datum as
determined by the South Lake Simcoe Conservation
Authority.
3.4 Council may prohibit the issuance of a building permit until
the owner of any land within the Town that is to be developed
or redeveloped has entered into one (1) or more agreements
with Council relating to the following facilities and matters,
or until the drawings and plans as required by items (k) and
(1) of this paragraph have been approved. Council may require
that the facilities be provided and maintained by the owner of
the land at his sole risk and expense and to the satisfaction
of the Council, in default thereof the provisions of Section
469 of The Municipal Act applying. Council may further require
that the owner post a bond in form satisfactory to Council to
ensure the performance of the obligations of the owner under the
said agreements.
(a) Widenings of highways that abut on the land that is being
developed or redeveloped.
(b) Subject to The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement
Act, facilities to provide access to and from the land such
as access ramps and curbings including the number, location
and size of such facilities and the direction of traffic
thereon.
(c) Off-street vehicular parking and loading areas and access
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driveways including the surfacing of such areas and
driveways.
(d) Walkways and all other means of pedestrian access.
(e) Removal of snow from access ramps, driveways, parking
areas and walkways.
(f) Grading or change in elevation or contour of the land
and the disposal of storm surface and waste water from
the land and from any buildings or structures thereon.
(g) Conveyance to the municipality, without cost of easements
required for the construction, maintenance or improvement
of any existing or newly required watercourses, ditches,
land drainage works and sanitary sewerage facilities on
and in the land.
(h) Lighting of the land or of any exterior portions of any
buildings or structures thereon.
(i) Walls, fences, hedges, trees, shrubs or other suitable
groundcover to provide adequate landscaping of the land
or protection to adjoining lands.
(j) Vaults, central storage and collection areas and other
facilities and enclosures as may be required for the
storage of garbage and other waste material, and the
removal of such garbage and other waste material at the
charge and expense of the owner.
(k) Plans showing the location of all buildings and structures
to be erected on the land and the location of the other
facilities required by this by-law.
(1) Perspective drawings and plans showing building elevations
and cross sections of industrial and commercial buildings,
and residential buildings containing twenty-five (25) or
more dwelling units.
Any agreement entered into, as referred to in paragraph 3.4
above, may be registered against the land to which it applies
and the Council may enforce the provisions thereof against
the owner and, subject to the provisions of The Registry Act
and The Land Titles Act, any and all subsequent owners of the
land.
INCONS[STENCY
Any by-law or by-laws previously passed by the Town of Aurora
which are in conflict with this by-law are hereby declared
repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.
VALIDITY
Should any section or part of a section of this by-law be
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declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
the same shall not affect the provisions of this By-law, as
a whole or any part thereof, other section or part thereof
so declared to be invalid.
PENALTY
Every person who contravenes this By-law is guilty of an
offence and liable upon summary conviction to a penalty
not exceeding One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars exclusive
of costs for each offence.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This By-law shall take effect from the date of passage by
Council and shall come into force upon approval by the
Ontario Municipal Board.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS .'\'l;lt. DAY OF ••• ~. , , , •••• , • 1976
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS '\i;l1, DAY OF •• , ,Qqt.q~:r:;,, •••• 1976
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