Village of Cumberland · zoning
The IMU-6 zone in Cumberland.
Interchange Mixed Use Six. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From the zoning bylaw. General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the Village of Cumberland reads it, is always the final word.
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IMU-6 at a glance
| What you can use it for | P: child care; community care; cultural & community services; dwelling units (integrated, as IMU-5); education; food services; health services; hotel; motel; professional services internal- and public-facing; retail sales. S: accessory; urban agriculture; licence-not-required care; home occupation minor and standard |
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| Dwelling units | max floor area 13,652.1 m² (146,950 sq ft) (dwellings ≤ 5,170.1 m² (55,650 sq ft)); no subdivision until density assigned (s.219) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | three or more attached 100.0 m² (1,076 sq ft) / 11.0 m (36 ft); all other uses 2,000.0 m² (21,528 sq ft) / 20.0 m (66 ft) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 7.5 / 4.5 / 0.0 / R 7.5 m (25 ft); detached residential and commercial-use exceptions as IMU-5; Inland Island Highway 30.0 m (98 ft) |
| Height | detached residential 15.0 m (49 ft); hotel/motel 15.0 m (49 ft); all other 12.0 m (39 ft) / 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Lot coverage | three or more attached 65%; all other 80% / not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | F 7.5 (3.0 detached residential; 0.0 commercial) / S 1.5 / ext. S 3.0 / R 1.5; Inland Island Highway 30.0 |
| Parking | Table 9.4.1(2) by use |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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