Part 5 - Land Use Districts / Special Districts
PPI
This part outlines specific regulation that applies to the City’s Land Use Districts.
5.22 PPI - Public, Private, and Institutional Service District
- Application
This section applies to the areas designated as Public, Private, and Institutional Service (PPI) District on the Land Use District Map, Schedule A of this Bylaw. - Purpose
The purpose of the PPI District is to provide areas for the location and establishment of facilities which, under public franchise, ownership, or private enterprises – operating for the public convenience and necessity – provide public services such as education, community services, health care, recreation, and utilities. - Permitted and Discretionary Uses
| Permitted Uses | Discretionary Uses | |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | a) Community Garden means an area on a whole site or part of a site where flowers, vegetables, or fruit are cultivated for consumption or distribution on a not-for-profit basis. | b) Cemetery means a development where the entombment of the deceased occurs and may include such facilities as a columbarium, mausoleum, memorial park or garden, or interment ground. |
| (ii) | a) Government Service means a development where municipal, provincial, or federal government services are provided directly to the public, and includes development required for the public protection of persons or property. Typical development includes a police station, fire station, courthouse, post office, transit service, public museum, library, school board or social services office. | b) Conference and Banquet Facility means a development that provides auditorium, banquet, exhibition, gymnasium, meeting, or seminar facilities. This use does not include establishment (gaming). |
| (iii) | a) Park means land that is intended to be used by the public for active and passive recreation, or general enjoyment. | b) Daycare Facility means a development used to provide care and supervision to seven or more children or adults. Typical development includes daycare centres, preschools, kindergartens, and adult support programs. |
| (iv) | a) Public Market means a temporary market, set up indoors or outdoors, comprising a variety of small-scale and local vendors. | b) Dwelling (Dormitory) means an accessory building containing a dwelling for more than 10 staff or students, located on the same site or campus as a school (elementary or secondary) or school (post-secondary). A dwelling (dormitory) may have common cooking, washroom, and living facilities. |
| (v) | a) School (Elementary or Secondary) means a development used for public or private elementary or secondary education, or both, and includes its administrative offices on the same site. This use does not include school (post-secondary), school (commercial), or daycare facility. | b) Health Service means a development used for the provision of physical and mental out-patient health care, and social or counselling services. Services may be of a preventative, diagnostic, treatment, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or counselling nature. Typical development includes medical and dental offices, health and physiotherapy clinics, or massage therapy clinics. |
| (vi) | a) School (Post-Secondary) means a development offering public or private education or instruction to individuals beyond a secondary school. Typical development includes colleges and universities, not including school (commercial). | b) Hospital means an institutional development used to provide inpatient and outpatient health care to the public, which is recognized, authorized, licensed, or certified by a public authority. Typical development includes a provincial health care facility, a community health centre, a hospital, palliative care, long-term care, an auxiliary hospital, a mental health facility, detoxification, or addictions treatment. |
| (vii) | a) Supportive Living Accommodation means a development, in a multiple-dwelling or sleeping-unit form, that provides residents with access to on-site professional care and daily living support, and is recognized, authorized, licensed, or certified by a public authority. | b) Parking means leaving a vehicle temporarily on a lot or site. lot, for off-site parking only |
| (viii) | a) Transitional Accommodation means a development, in a multiple-dwelling or sleeping-unit form, that provides residents with temporary accommodation and access to individualized programs and services. This does not include group homes. | b) Parking Structure means a building or portion thereof used for the parking of vehicles, and may be located either below, at, or above finished grade. |
| (ix) | b) Public Utility Building means a development in which the owner or operator of a public utility maintains or houses any operation in connection with the distribution of a public utility, but does not include any development for the production of electric power or gas. | |
| (x) | b) Recreation (Indoor) means a development used for sports or recreation within an enclosed building. Typical development includes a health and fitness club, swimming pool, bowling alley, amusement arcade, athletic field, rink, or court, not including conference and banquet facility or establishment (gaming). | |
| (xi) | b) Recreation (Outdoor) means a development used for outdoor sports or recreation. Typical development includes a picnic area, playground, pedestrian and bicycle trail, boating facility, swimming pool, spray park, golf course, athletic field, rink, or court. | |
| (xii) | b) Religious Assembly means a development used for worship and related religious, philanthropic, or social activities, and includes accessory rectories, manses, meeting rooms, and food preparation and service facilities. Typical uses include churches, chapels, mosques, temples, synagogues, parish halls, convents, or monasteries. | |
| (xiii) | b) Accessory means subordinate, incidental to, and exclusively devoted to a principal use or principal building. Development to any Permitted Use or Discretionary Use |
- Building Height
- The maximum building height is 49.21 ft..
- For an Accessory means subordinate, incidental to, and exclusively devoted to a principal use or principal building. building, the minimum building height shall be determined by the Development Authority has the same meaning as set out in the MGA..
- Building Setbacks
- The minimum
Principal Building means a building that accommodates the principal use of a lot or site.
Setback means the distance from the foundation wall of a building to the property line at right angles or radially to it. Where there is no foundation wall, the distance shall be measured from the exterior wall at grade, not including cantilevered wall sections or architectural projections. is
19.65 ft. from any
Property Line means a line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot, a public roadway, or any other public space..
- Notwithstanding section (a), all developments must provide a minimum building setback of 32.81 ft. from any property line which adjoins a residential use or Residential District.
- For an accessory building, the minimum setback shall be determined by the Development Authority.
- The minimum
Principal Building means a building that accommodates the principal use of a lot or site.
Setback means the distance from the foundation wall of a building to the property line at right angles or radially to it. Where there is no foundation wall, the distance shall be measured from the exterior wall at grade, not including cantilevered wall sections or architectural projections. is
19.65 ft. from any
Property Line means a line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot, a public roadway, or any other public space..
- Design, Character, and Appearance
- In addition to the requirements in sections 3.12 ‘Design, Character, and Appearance of a Building’ and 3.80 ‘Design, Character, and Appearance of Non-Residential Buildings,’ all buildings in this district must be finished as follows to the satisfaction of the Development Authority:
- Building exteriors shall be concrete, cementitious boards or panels, exposed aggregate, stucco, glass, brick, brick veneer, natural stone, wood, or metal accents.
- Notwithstanding section (i), alternative building materials may be considered if, in the opinion of the Development Authority, the proposed materials meet the overall character of the District.
- Building exteriors shall be concrete, cementitious boards or panels, exposed aggregate, stucco, glass, brick, brick veneer, natural stone, wood, or metal accents.
- In addition to the requirements in sections 3.12 ‘Design, Character, and Appearance of a Building’ and 3.80 ‘Design, Character, and Appearance of Non-Residential Buildings,’ all buildings in this district must be finished as follows to the satisfaction of the Development Authority:
Last edited: February 12, 2026