SECTION 5 – GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.99 ADDITIONAL USE PROVISIONS

5.99.97 T RANSPORT T ERMINAL

For a transport terminal, the following additional provisions shall apply:

• .1 A transport storage area shall be:

  1. Setback from an exterior lot line a minimum of 11.30 m, said setback shall consist of a berm with a minimum width of 11.30 m and a minimum height of 1.80 m, and shall be maintained exclusively as a landscaped open space yard;

  2. Setback from an interior lot line a minimum of 0.90 m, and the setback shall be maintained exclusively as a landscaped open space yard;

  3. Graded and drained into a municipal sewer system to prevent the runoff of surface water onto a street, alley, or abutting property; and

  4. Paved with asphalt, concrete or any combination thereof, for that portion of the transport storage area used to load, manoeuvre, repair, service or unload a motor vehicle, transport truck or transport trailer. The remainder of the transport storage area shall be paved with asphalt or concrete, or covered in gravel or similar aggregate, or any combination thereof; and

  5. Maintained in good condition.

• .3 The parking, repairing, servicing, or storing of a motor vehicle, transport truck or transport trailer within a required yard or a landscaped open space yard is prohibited.

• .5 A curb shall bound the perimeter of the paved portion of the transport storage area. Any curb shall be constructed of poured in place concrete, shall be continuous and shall have a minimum width and height of 15.0 cm. Precast concrete, rubber, plastic or other curbing or a parking stop that is not continuous is prohibited. A curb cut or ramp for pedestrian or vehicular access, a curb cut for drainage, or a curb with a height of less than 15.0 cm as a transition between the paved and unpaved portions of a transport storage area, is permitted.

• .10 Vehicular access shall be to/from a street by way of an access area. Sections 25.5.30.2, 25.5.30.3, 25.5.30.5 and 25.5.30.6 shall apply to such access area and any reference to a loading space or building shall include a transport storage area.

• .15 A parking area may be located within a transport storage area and the provisions of Section 25.5 shall apply, with necessary modifications for the safe and efficient operation of the transport storage area and parking area.

• .20 A refuse bin may be located within a transport storage area and shall be fully screened by a screening fence having a minimum height of 1.80 m.

• .25 Where an abutting lot is zoned Development Reserve District, Green District, Residential District or Institutional District, or occupied by a dwelling or dwelling unit a screening fence with a minimum height of 1.80 m shall be provided along that part of the lot line for the lot on which the transport terminal is located.

• .30 Any lighting used to illuminate the transport terminal shall be full cut-off lighting.

[ZNG/5364]                                                            (ADDED B/L 169-2018 Dec 19/2018)