SECTION 3 – DEFINITIONS

3.10 DEFINITIONS [Applicable Definitions are shown below]

BUSINESS OFFICE means an office of any one or more of the following: commercial business; financial services including a bank, credit union, payday lender, savings and loan office and trust company; government; industrial business; non-profit or charitable organization; professional person. A financial office is a business office. A medical office or veterinary office is not a business office.

CHILD CARE CENTRE means a child care centre as defined in the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, S.O. 2014, c.11 Sched.1. A day nursery or day care is a child care centre.

COMMERCIAL SCHOOL means a building where instruction is given for hire and includes a private career college as defined by the Private Careers Colleges Act, S.O. 2005, Ch. 28.

DENSITY means a ratio expressed as the number of dwelling units per hectare and indicates the number of dwelling units that may be erected or maintained per hectare on a lot.

DWELLING means a building or structure that is occupied for the purpose of human habitation.

A correctional institution, hotel, motor home, recreational vehicle, tent, tent trailer, or travel trailer is not a dwelling.

DOUBLE DUPLEX DWELLING means one dwelling divided into four dwelling units by vertically attaching two duplex dwellings with no direct internal connection between the dwelling units. A multiple dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, stacked dwelling, or townhome dwelling is not a double duplex dwelling.

DUPLEX DWELLING means one dwelling divided horizontally into two dwelling units with no direct internal connection between the dwelling units. A single unit dwelling with two dwelling units is not a duplex dwelling.

SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING means one dwelling divided vertically into two dwelling units by a common interior wall having a minimum area above grade of 10.0 sq. m., and may include, where permitted by Section 5.99.80, up to two additional dwelling units.