B - Garden Suite GUIDE

Summary

6 1.1 Single Family Residential - Allowable Lot Sizes LEGEND LEGEND GARDEN SUITE AREA GARDEN SUITE AREA !! ! !! ! !!! !! ! ! !! LOCAL AREAS ! ! LOCAL AREAS ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !! !!!! ! ! !!! !! !! ! !!!!! !!! !!!!!! ! !! ! !! !!!! !! ! !!!!!!! ! !!!! ! ! ! !! !!!!! !! ! !!! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!! !! ! ! !! ! ! !!!! ! ! ! !! ! !! ! !!!! ! !! !! ! ! ! !! ! ! !! !! !! !! !! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! ! ! !!! ! !! !! ! !!. [...] • Where the distance from a floor to the floor above, or where there is no floor above, to • Grade shall be calculated by taking the aver- the top of the roof joists, exceeds 3.75 m, an age elevation - at existing natural grade or amount equal to the area of the floor below finished grade, whichever is the lesser – of the excess height shall be included in the cal- the points of the polygon having. [...] been placed on top of the natural grade, grade shall mean the plane of elevation of the origi- • Cantilevered balconies are not permitted on nal natural grade directly below the location the front, interior side, or rear yard elevations of the smallest polygon prescribed in Section of a garden suite. [...] • A garden suite is only permitted where the owner of the lot has registered a covenant under section 219 of the Land Title Act (italics) providing that the garden suite must not be subdivided from the lot containing the principal building. [...] Gross Floor Area (GS) – the sum of the total floor area of all storeys, including basement, of a garden suite measured to the outside face of the exterior walls and, in the case of an attached carport, measured to the outermost face of the supporting columns.