500 C5H

560 CITY CENTRE HIGHRISE COMMERCIAL ZONE (C5H)

Permitted Uses

560.01 The following uses and no others shall be permitted in the C5H zone:

Assembly Use

Civic Use

Commercial Use

Community Service Use

Indoor Sports Use

Information Technology Use (B/L 1047-2001)

Mobile Food Vending Cart

Office Use

Off Street Parking Use

Residential Use, limited to a residential use in conjunction with another permitted use

Restaurant Use (B/L 1232-2003)

Second Hand Goods Use

Shopping Centre Use

Tourist Accommodation (Type A) Use (B/L 1232-2003)

Video Game Arcade Use, limited to taking place in conjunction with a shopping centre use and customer access restricted to the enclosed pedestrian mall.

Conditions of Use

560.02 A residential use, other than lobbies or entrance areas, shall:

(1) not be located on the first storey;

(2) not be located on the same storey as another permitted use unless the residential use is separated by a firewall with no circulation shared with other permitted uses;

(3) only be permitted where each dwelling unit is provided with a private, indoor storage area having a minimum capacity of 3.0 m³ and no dimension less than 1.2 m; and

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(4) only be permitted where all required residential off street parking is separate from commercial parking.

560.03 A second hand goods use shall not be located within a 300 m radius of another second hand goods use.

560.04 Storage shall take place entirely within a wholly enclosed building, except storage related to seasonal garden centres subject to the following regulations: (B/L 438-97)

(1) shall not exceed 3.0 m in height;

(2) shall be sited in accordance with the setbacks as specified for non-residential uses when located below the fifth storey in Section 560.08;

(3) shall be limited to that part of the lot surfaced with asphalt or concrete;

(4) shall not include storage of material or goods likely to produce or give off dust or other particulate matter that may become wind-borne; and

(5) where fenced, shall be limited to decorative fencing, a landscape screen with a minimum width of 1.5 m or a combination thereof.

Density

560.05 The maximum floor space ratio shall be 2 provided that this may be increased to a maximum of 4.5 as follows:

(1) 0.05 times each 1% of the lot area constructed as a pedestrian landscaped area, not to exceed 0.5;

(2) 1.0 times the ratio of underground parking to required off street parking, not to exceed 1.0;

(3) 1.0 provided the building mass is reduced by 35% in the top 25% of the building.

560.06 The maximum floor area permitted for a commercial use or an office use, or any combination thereof, for the property indicated below shall be 1,850 m²: (B/L 848-99)

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Strata Lots 1 to 112 Section 19 Township 16 NWD Strata Plan LMS2974 Together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the Strata Lot as shown on Form 1. (2825 Clearbrook Road)

Lot Coverage

560.07 The maximum lot coverage shall be 95%; except it shall be reduced to 70% for that portion of a building or structure above the fourth storey used for a residential use or tourist accommodation use. (B/L 848-99)

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Height of a Building or Structure

560.08 The maximum height of any building or structure shall be 15.0 m or four storeys, whichever is less; except that the maximum height may be increased to 50.0 m where the building or structure is fully sprinklered. (B/L 848-99)

Setbacks

560.09 Buildings and structures shall be sited in accordance with the following minimum setbacks: (B/L 848-99)

Buildings and Structures for	Exterior Lot Line	Interior Lot Line
Residential uses when located below the fifth storey	0.0 m	7.5 m
Non-residential uses when located below the fifth storey	0.0 m	3.0 m, except (a) 0.0 m where abutting a C or I zone (b) 6.0 m where adjacent to a lane
All uses above the fourth storey	7.5 m	7.5 m

 

Setbacks Between Buildings

560.10 Where an exterior wall of a dwelling unit faces another wall or corner of the same building or of another building on the same lot, the horizontal separation distance between such walls shall be the greater of 7.5 m or, (B/L 848-99)

(1) 4.5 m plus the distance equal to 45% of the combined relevant building heights for that portion of a building five storeys or higher; and

(2) 40% of the distance in subsection (1) hereof for that portion of a building four storeys or less.

Building Width and Length

560.11 No storey of a building or structure that contains a residential use shall have a building face exceeding a width or length of 30.0 m without an architectural break in any one continuous vertical plane. For the purposes of this Section, an architectural break means a feature or features altering the appearance of a building face in either the horizontal or vertical direction, in at least one of the following ways: (B/L 848-99)

(1) an outward extension of the building face by at least 1.2 m;

(2) walls recessed at least 1.2 m or angled not less than 30º; or

(3) balconies or walls stepped back at least 1.0 m.