REM 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Floor Area Ratio, Single-Family Detached Home, Site Plan

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Real Estate Management
• Course: REM 300
• Professor: Cynthia Holmes

Document Summary

Cities manage their land use and implement their official plan through use of zoning by laws. Zoning by laws include: classification of every parcel of land by use, rules/restrictions related to particular zoning classifications, rules applicable across all land in the city (building codes, fire codes, watercourse control, exceptions and definitions. Planning act outlines the process of the zoning by laws. Property owners can petition for a zoning amendment to change a zoning by law. Determined by the planning authority, at the adjustment committee. Site with detached house is zoned r, but property owner wants to demolish and build apartment (would ask to change zoning classifications changed to rm, allowing apartment buildings. Zoning bylaws create rules about: building size or density, setbacks, far (floor area ratio, location of buildings and other structures on a lot, minimum lot sizes and dimensions, parking requirements, building height.