• Parking can be accommodated where required (e.g. core areas well served by transit and with smaller properties would not be required to provide parking).

• Zoning bylaw can regulate height, size, setbacks and other elements of ADUs.

• Must not alter building exterior of heritage properties that is visible from the street.

• Building permit is required.

• Units in accessory buildings must have direct pedestrian access from the street or alley (i.e. tenants must not be required to access the additional unit through the primary unit).

• Units in accessory buildings must have access to a paved public street, municipal sanitary sewer, municipal storm water outlet, electrical, and water services.

• There is a prohibition on the severance of additional residential units.

• The maximum height of accessory buildings may be increased to 8 metres (26 feet) through minor variance to permit a second unit above a garage.

• A single Private Drain Connection (PDC) per property.

Shared Rental Housing

• The addition of one or more dwelling units does not change the total number of lodgers (i.e. persons that may be provided with lodging for hire) within the entire residential dwelling (i.e. both primary and additional units). Currently, more than three lodgers requires a property to be zoned and licensed for use as a lodging house.

Details of Official Plan Amendment

Chapter 6 entitled Land Use is amended by deleting and replacing policies on second residential units, to read as follows: