Bedford Land Use By-law - Halifax Regional Municipality

k) the approaches or driveways shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet from the limits of the
right-of-way at a street intersection;
l) entrance and exit ramps to parking areas shall not exceed two (2) in number and each
such ramp shall be a maximum width of twenty-five (25) feet at the street line and edge
of pavement; said ramps shall not be contiguous;
m) the width of a driveway leading to a parking or loading area, or aisle in a parking area,
shall be a minimum width of ten (10) feet for one-way traffic and twenty (20) feet for
two-way traffic, unless the driveway is fulfilling the function of a fire access in which
case the driveway shall be a minimum width of twenty (20) feet.
n) in all parking lots with twenty (20) or more parking spaces, such parking lots shall have
ten (10) percent of their area landscaped with vegetation such that the parking lots do
not have groups of parking stalls greater than twenty (20) in an uninterrupted area,
except for parking lots in CGB and CMC zones where all parking is located in rear
yards and/or side yards.
o) in all commercial zones except Mainstreet Commercial (CMC) Zones and the
Shopping Centre (CSC) Zones parking shall be in the rear yard and side yards,
however, not more than 25% of the parking shall occur in the side yard. All rear
parking lots shall be illuminated with lighting directed away from abutting residential
properties. All side yard parking lots shall be screened with a natural vegetative buffer
along the front property line adjacent the road way. Commercial parking lots are
subject to this landscaping requirement. These requirements are not exclusive of any
other requirements containing this by-law, including the abutting zone requirements on
Part 5, Section 24.
36. Commercial Motor Vehicles In Residential Zones
a) For the purpose of this Part, "Commercial Motor Vehicles" shall mean any motor
vehicle which is used for a commercial purpose, including but not limited to,
ambulances, hearses, motor buses, tractors, panel vans, transport and dump trucks,
whether or not it displays commercial licenses or signage.
b) Not more than one commercial motor vehicle shall be kept in a Residential Zone and
this vehicle shall be owned or operated by the occupant of the lot, and parked on the lot.
37. Loading Spaces
a) In any zone, no person shall erect or use any building or structure for manufacturing,
storage, warehouse, department store, retail store, wholesale store, market, freight or
passenger terminal, hotel, hospital, or other uses involving the frequent shipping,
loading or unloading of animals or goods, unless there is maintained on the same
premises with every such building, structure or use:
Gross Floor Area
No. of Spaces
Less than 4999 sq. ft. 0
5000-14,999 sq. ft. 1
15,000-34,999 sq. ft. 2
More than 35,000 sq. ft. 3
b) Each loading space shall be at least twelve (12) feet by forty (40) feet with a minimum
of fourteen (14) feet height clearance. No such loading spaces shall be located within
any required front yard or be located within any required yard which abuts a
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