1. [Repealed, SOR/2004-35, s. 2]

2. In these Regulations,

“accessory building”

“accessory building” means a building or structure on a cottage lot that does not form part of the cottage; (dépendance)

“accessory use”

“accessory use”, with respect to land, an addition or a subordinate building or structure or part thereof, means a use that is subordinate or incidental to the principal permitted use of that land, addition, building or other structure; (usage secondaire)

“addition”

“addition”[Repealed, SOR/94-577, s. 1]

“cottage”

“cottage” means a building with facilities for sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation; (chalet)

“cottage lot”

“cottage lot”[Repealed, SOR/94-577, s. 1]

“development”

“development” means the erection, alteration, reconstruction, structural repair, enlarging, demolition, removal or relocation of, or the addition to, a cottage or accessory building; (aménagement)

“development permit”

“development permit” means a permit issued pursuant to section 7; (permis d’aménagement)

“Director”

“Director”[Repealed, SOR/94-577, s. 1]

“erect”

“erect” includes to construct, excavate ground for a foundation, lay a foundation or remove or change the location or orientation of a cottage or accessory building or any part thereof; (construire)

“floor area”

“floor area” means the total horizontal area, measured between exterior faces of walls, of an accessory building and of each habitable storey of a cottage and includes the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces; (aire de plancher)

“front lot line”

“front lot line” means,

• (a) in the case of an interior lot, an imaginary line drawn between the front lot corner survey posts that usually corresponds with the line delineating the public road right-of-way, and

• (b) in the case of a corner lot

  • (i) with equal frontage, the front boundary line of the lot, and

  • (ii) with unequal frontage, the boundary line of the lot along the narrowest street frontage of the lot

  as designated by the superintendent; (limite avant du terrain)

“front yard”

“front yard” means that area of a lot that fronts on the public road right-of-way on which the majority of cottages have vehicular access and is usually the narrowest portion of the lot fronting on the road and includes an area of land extending across the full width of the lot and back from the front lot line to a cottage; (cour avant)

“front yard depth”

“front yard depth” means the minimum perpendicular distance from the front lot line to a cottage, clear of projections; (profondeur de la cour avant)

“height”

“height” means the vertical distance of a building measured from the lowest level of the surrounding grade to

• (a) the parapet, in the case of an existing flat roof,

• (b) the deck line, in the case of a mansard roof, or

• (c) the mean height level between eaves and ridge, in the case of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; (hauteur)

“lessee”

“lessee” means the lessee of a cottage lot; (locataire)

“major alterations”

“major alterations” means alterations to an existing cottage or accessory building that increase its floor area by more than 10 per cent; (réparation majeure)

“minor alterations”

“minor alterations” means alterations to an existing cottage or accessory building that increase its floor area by 10 per cent or less; (réparation mineure)

“National Building Code”

“National Building Code” means the National Building Code of Canada, 1995, published by the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Research in Construction in 1995, as amended from time to time; (Code national du bâtiment)

“National Fire Code”

“National Fire Code” means the National Fire Code of Canada 1995 as amended from time to time; (Code national de prévention des incendies)

“one-half storey”

“one-half storey” means a storey that is under a roof and has at least two top wall plates located not more than 0.6 m above the floor of the storey; (demi)

“rear lot line”

“rear lot line” means

• (a) in the case of a regular shaped lot, the boundary line connecting the rear lot pins, and

• (b) in the case of an irregular shaped lot, an imaginary line drawn parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line; (limite arrière du terrain)

“rear yard”

“rear yard” means that area of a lot that extends across the full width of the lot between the cottage or an accessory building and the rear lot line; (cour arrière)

“rear yard depth”

“rear yard depth” means the distance measured horizontally from the rear lot line to the nearest part of a cottage or main accessory building, clear of projections; (profondeur de la cour arrière)

“side lot line”

“side lot line” means the boundary line of a lot that connects the front lot corner pins to the corresponding rear lot corner pins; (limite latérale du terrain)

“side yard”

“side yard” means that area of a lot between the side lot line and the nearest part of a cottage or main accessory building, clear of projections; (cour latérale)

“side yard width”

“side yard width” means the distance measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of a cottage or main accessory building, clear of projections; (largeur de la cour latérale)

“storey”

“storey” means that portion of a cottage or accessory building that comprises the space between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling above it; (étage)

“structural alteration”

“structural alteration”[Repealed, SOR/94-577, s. 1]

“Superintendent”

“Superintendent”[Repealed, SOR/94-577, s. 1]

“trailer”

“trailer” means a vehicle or portable structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirtings and constructed to permit occupancy for dwelling purposes or for the carrying of goods; (remorque)

“yard”

“yard” means the land contained within the property lines of a cottage lot that is not covered by a building or other structure. (cour)