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)