SECTION 18: NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL NC ZONE 18.1 Permitted Uses The following uses are permitted in the Neighbourhood Commercial NC Zone: (1) amusement machine, subject to Section 6.11; (2) financial institution; (3) office; (4) bake shop; (5) convenience store; (6) dance, health or fitness club or studio; (7) day nursery; (8) dry cleaning distribution station; (9) laundromat; (10) dwelling units in accordance with Section 18.3; (11) existing residential dwelling unit; (12) restaurant; (13) service shop, merchandise; (14) service shop, personal; (15) veterinary hospital; (16) accessory buildings and structures to the foregoing permitted uses and in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.5. 18.2 Zone Provisions No person shall use any land or erect or use any building or structure in a Neighbourhood Commercial Zone, except in accordance with Section 6 General Provisions and with the following: (a) Maximum Lot Area (square metres) 3,500 (b) Minimum Lot Frontage (metres) 20 141
(c) Front Yard Setback (metres) 7.5 (d) Rear Setback (metres) 1.5, except that: (i) where the rear lot line abuts a Residential Zone the rear setback shall be 4.5 metres; and (ii) where a loading space or access thereto is in a rear yard, the rear setback shall be 4.5m; (e) Interior Side Yard Setback (metres) 1.5, except that: (i) where the interior side lot line abuts a Residential Zone interior side setback be 4.5 metres; and (ii) where a loading space or access thereto is an interior side yard, interior side setback shall be 4.5 metres; (f) Exterior Side Yard Setback (metres) 6 (g) Minimum Landscaped Open Space - 10 percent of lot area to include buffering along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone; (h) Maximum Floor Area for each storey (square metres) 750 (i) Maximum Floor Area for each permitted 250 commercial use (square metres) (j) Maximum Total Floor Area for all permitted 750 commercial uses (square metres) (k) Maximum Building Height (storeys) 2 (l) Open Storage not permitted 18.3 Provisions for Residential Uses in a NC Zone A portion of a building in a NC Zone may be used for one (1) or more dwelling units in accordance with the following provisions: (a) Dwelling units shall be located only above a commercial use 18.4 Provisions for Loading Spaces in a NC Zone Where required in accordance with Section 6.14, loading spaces in a NC Zone shall not be permitted within a front yard or an exterior side yard. 18.5 Provisions for Accessory Buildings and Structures in a NC Zone Accessory buildings and structures in a Neighbourhood Commercial NC Zone are permitted in accordance with the following provisions: 142
(a) (b) (c) (d) No accessory building or structure shall be used for human habitation; Not be established until or unless the main building or use to which it is accessory is established; Not be used for gain or profit; The maximum height of an accessory building or structure shall be 4.5 metres; (e) Rear Yard Setback (metres) 1.5 (f) Interior Side Yard Setback (metres) 1.5 (g) Exterior Side Yard Setback (metres) 6.0 (h) Where a rear or interior side lot line abuts a Residential or Institutional Zone the setback shall be 3 metres; (I) Maximum Permitted Coverage (square metres) 25 18.6 Special Provisions In accordance with Section 5.1.3 the following special provisions shall apply to those lands shown on the zoning schedules as having reference to the corresponding special provision number: NC-1 Neighbourhood Commercial (Restricted) Notwithstanding the permitted uses of the Neighbourhood Commercial NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-1 on Schedules A7 and A9 may be only used for the following uses: convenience store day nursery dry cleaning distribution station service shop, personal dwelling units: 34 2 Sullivan Avenue A7 29-29 2 Queen Street North A7 71 Sullivan Avenue A7 53 Chapel Street South A7 186 Pine Street South A7 128 Clara Street A9 66 Pine Street North A7 238 Allanburg Road A9 106 Niagara Falls Road A9 120-122 Niagara Falls Road A9 236 Allanburg Road A9 143
NC-2 60 Albert Street West permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-2 on Schedule A7 may be used as a Clinic. NC-3 South East Corner of Whyte Avenue and Albert Street permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-3 on Schedule A7 may be used as a parking lot in conjunction with the lands identified as NC-2 on Schedule A7. NC-4 141 Pine Street South permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-4 on Schedule A7 may be used as a Hotel/Motel. NC-5 South East Corner of Pine Street South and Hwy. 58 Ramp permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-5 on Schedule A7 may be used as a parking lot in conjunction with the lands identified as NC-4 on Schedule A7. NC-6 103 Pine Street South permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-6 on Schedule A7 may be used as a store for equipment sales and service in conjunction with seven (7) dwelling units. NC-7 54 Ormond Street South permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-7 on Schedule A7 may be used an automobile service and repair establishment. NC-8 64 St. David Street West permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-8 on Schedule A7 may be used as a gasoline bar and convenience store. NC-9 111 Ormond Street North permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-9 on Schedule A7 may be used as a gasoline bar and an automobile service and repair establishment. 144
NC-10 13 Richmond Street permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-10 on Schedule A7 may be used as a duplex dwelling and automobile service and repair establishment. NC-11 70 Pine Street South permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicted as NC-11 on Schedule A7 may be used as a video store and associated parking. NC-12 204 Richmond Street Notwithstanding the provisions of the Neighbourhood Commercial NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-12 on Schedule A6 shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) Maximum Lot Coverage by all buildings and structures: 25% of lot area; (b) Minimum Front Yard Setback (metres) 9 (c) Maximum Building Height (storey) 1 (d) (e) Required parking area: ten (10) parking spaces; Fencing: a five foot privacy fence shall be erected and maintained along the entire length of rear and side lot lines. NC-13 228 Allanburg Road permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-13 on Schedule A9 may be used as an automobile service and repair establishment. NC-14 Richmond Street Plaza permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-14 on Schedule A6 may be used as a clinic and retail establishment. NC-15 56 Ormond Street North permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC-15 on Schedule A7 may be used as a hotel/motel. NC (H)-16 2008 Port Robinson Road permitted uses of the NC Zone, the lands indicated as NC (H)-16 on Schedule A3 may be used for an automobile service and repair facility. 145
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