CITY OF WATERLOO

BY-LAW NO. 05-052

A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NO. 1108, BEING A ZONING BY-LAW FOR THE
CITY OF WATERLOO.

WHEREAS the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo deems it desirable
to amend its said By-law No. 1108 as hereinafter provided.

THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

2. That By-law No. 1108 is hereby amended by repealing Section 17 of the said by-law and replacing it
with:

17 GENERAL BUSINESS `GB'

17.1 No Person shall Erect, alter, enlarge, or use any Building or Structure in whole or in part
or use any land in whole or in part within the `GB' Zone for any purpose other than one or more of the following Uses and then only if municipal water and sanitary sewers are
available to service such Use:

17.1.1 The Uses permitted in the `GB' Zone are as follows:

• Antique Shops
• Automotive Supplies but not an automobile or motor sales
• Bakery or Confectionery
• Banks and Trust Companies
• Barber Shops
• Bed and Breakfast Establishment
• Billiards and Bowling
• Book Stores
• Brewer's Retail Store
• All Classes, or an Office or a Coal Company, or similar business where the materials are stored or processed in another zone
• Candy Stores
• China and Glassware Stores
• Clothing Stores
• Commercial School
• Curling Rinks provided the Use is below Street level
• An Office for receiving and delivery of Dry Cleaning or Laundry
• Dairy Bar or Stores but not a dairy
• Department Stores
• Drapery Stores
• Domestic Appliances
• Drug Stores
• Dry Cleaning Class IV provided that the entire Frontage is used as a receiving Office with a show window or windows
• Dry Goods
• Fish Market
• Florist Shop
• Fruit Store
• Furniture Stores
• Fur Store
• Gift Shops
• Grocery Stores
• Hairdressers
• Hardware Stores
• Hat Cleaning & Blocking
• Hotel
• Insurance Office
• Interior Decorating
• Jewellery
• Ladies Wear
• Liquor Stores
  
• Meat Markets
• Men's Furnishings
• Millinery
• Motion Pictures Theatres
• Music Shops
• Nut Shops
• Offices, Business and Professional
• Opticians and Optometrists
• Paint and Wallpaper Stores
• Pet Shops
• Photography Studio
• Picture Framing
• Plumbing and Heating
• Private Clubs and Private Lodges
• Parking Facility
• Store or Repair Shop
• Service Station
• Seed Stores
• Shoe Repair Stores
• Shoe Stores
• Shoe Shine Stores
• Sporting Goods
• Stationery and Office Equipment
• Steam Baths and Massage Establishment
• Taxi Stands
• Tailor Shops
• Theatres
• Tobacco Stores
• Variety Store
• Video/Pinball Game Amusement Centre
• Wallpaper Stores
• Wine Sales Stores or Retail outlets of a similar nature

17.1.2 The following additional Uses shall be permitted:

17.1.2.1 Beauty Salons and Barber Shops provided only one operator is employed and not more
than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Ground Floor Area of the Building is used for this
purpose.

17.1.2.2 Institutions, private Schools, hospitals, private hospitals under the meaning of The Private
Hospitals Acts, Public School, Separate School, Nursery School, Churches, Church
halls, Sunday Schools, parks and playgrounds operated by the City of Waterloo, golf
courses but not including driving tees or ranges, miniature courses and similar Uses
operated for commercial purposes.

17.1.2.3 Offices and Clinics for a physician, dentist, osteopath or chiropractor provided that such
Office is situated within a Dwelling used by such Person as a private residence and that
not more than three such Persons practice in such Office and use a floor area not to
exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Ground Floor Area.

17.1.2.4 "Recreation" ­ parks, playgrounds operated by the City of Waterloo, golf courses but not
including driving tees or ranges, miniature courses and similar uses operated for
commercial purposes.

17.1.2.5 Section 18.4 of the General Residence Zone shall apply to every single detached dwelling
and Section 18.5 of the General Residence Zone shall apply to every semi-detached and
duplex dwelling.

17.1.2.6 Apartment Dwellings and Lodging House Class Ones subject to the provisions of the
Multiple Residence `MR' zone as amended. For the purposes of determining the
numerical suffix referred to in 18A.3 for Apartment Dwelling Buildings constructed on
lands zoned General Business `GB', the numerical suffix applied to the General Business
"GB" designation shown on the Zoning Map attached as Appendix "A" to the said By-
law shall apply. Where no numerical suffix is provided, the maximum height of any
Apartment Dwelling Building shall be six (6) Storeys and the maximum number of units
will be 150 units per hectare .

17.1.3 Undertakers

Motel

Clinics Charitable
Organizations

Taxi Stands

Animal Hospitals

17.2 Deleted

B/L No. 76-92, S.1, O.M.B. Sept. 14/76

17.3 The following regulations shall apply to every Lot, Building and Structure as the case
may be in the General Business `GB' Zone.

17.3.1 Lot Area

There shall be a minimum Lot Area of five hundred and sixty square metres (560 sq.m).

17.3.2 Lot Frontage

There shall be a minimum Lot Frontage of fifteen metres (15 m).

17.3.3 Yard Requirements

17.3.3.1 Front Yard - No Building or Structure or part thereof is permitted within three metres
(3.0 m) of any Street Line in this zone.

17.3.3.2 Flankage Yard - No part of any Building or Structure is permitted within five metres
(5.0 m) of the Street Line Flankage.

17.3.3.3 Side Yards - There shall be a minimum Side Yard of three-point-five metres (3.5 m) on
one side and a minimum of one-point-five metres (1.5 m) on the opposite side. Where
access is available from a public Lane, then a Side Yard of one-point-five metres (1.5 m)
on both sides is permitted.

17.3.3.5 Rear Yard - Each Lot shall have a Rear Yard with a minimum depth of seven-point-five
metres (7.5 m).

17.3.3.6 "Low Rise Residential Area Yard Setback" ­ There shall be a minimum Low Rise
Residential Area Yard Setback of ½ the height of the building and in no case less than 7.5
m. to any Lot Line Abutting a Low Rise Residential Area.

17.3.3.6.1 Within the Low Rise Residential Area Yard Setback there shall be a minimum three metre
(3.0 m) Landscaped Buffer adjacent to any Lot line Abutting a Low Rise Residential
Area which shall be maintained in healthy condition and good repair by the owner.

17.3.3.6.2 The Landscaped Buffer shall be an average depth of 3.0 metres and at no point less than
1.5 metres.

17.3.3.6.3 The Landscaped Buffer shall contain plant materials that form a visual screen and are not
less than 1.5 metres in height.

17.3.3.6.4 Buildings, Structures, enclosures, parking areas, driveways, retaining walls and
Impervious Areas shall be prohibited within the Landscaped Buffer.

17.3.4 Deleted by By-law No. 93-32.

17.3.5 Height


17.3.5.1 Building Height ­ The following height regulations shall apply:

17.3.5.1.1 The maximum height in metres of any Building within the General Business `GB' zone
shall be defined as three (3) times the numerical suffix shown on the Zoning Map attached
as Appendix "A" to the said By-law.. Where no numerical suffix is provided, the
maximum height of any Building shall be twelve metes (12.0 m) and shall not exceed
four (4) Storeys.

17.3.5.1.2 The number of Storeys within a Building shall not exceed the number of the numerical
suffix.

17.3.5.1.3 A roof may be permitted to exceed the maximum height requirement so long as it is not
habitable room or Building Floor Area.

17.3.6 Deleted, By-law No. 80-158, S.7.

17.3.7 Parking Provisions

17.3.7.1 For each Use which is not a residential Use, there shall be provided a minimum of 4
parking spaces for every one hundred square metres (100sq.m) of Building Floor Area.
Notwithstanding the above, where the letter "P" followed by a number is shown on the
Zoning Map as a suffix to the identification of the zoning of the site, parking shall be
provided for each Dwelling Unit at the rate prescribed by such number.

17.3.7.2 Parking structures shall be permitted on the ground floor provided that:

• 25% of the ground floor area is useable space;
• ground floor useable space is located at the front of the building for the entire length of the building frontage; and
• for the purposes of this by-law useable space shall include lobbies, sitting areas, hallways and any of the permitted uses listed in section 17.1 except for a parking facility.

17.3.8 Deleted

17.3.9 Deleted, By-law No. 81-65.

17.3.10 Deleted, By-law No. 81-65.

17.3.11 Notwithstanding any other provisions in this by-law, more than one main Building or
Accessory Buildings shall be permitted on any Lot in this zone.

17.3.12 off-Street Loading

Section 8.11 of the General Provisions of this By-law shall apply.

2. This By-law shall come into force and effect on the date of final passing thereof by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo, subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 24(2) and 34(19) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended.

Enacted this 11th day of April 2005.

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Mayor

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Clerk