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Land Use Bylaw1P2007

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Building Setbacks

583 1 Where the contextual multi-residential building setback is less than 3.0 metres and greater than zero metres, the minimum building setback from a property line shared with a street is equal to the contextual multi-residential building setback.
2 Where the contextual multi-residential building setback is 3.0 metres or greater, the minimum building setback from a property line shared with a street is the greater of:
3 Where the contextual multi-residential building setback is zero metres, the minimum building setback from a property line shared with a street is 3.0 metres.
4 The minimum building setback from a property line shared with a lane is 1.2 metres.
5 The minimum building setback from a property line shared with another parcel is 1.2 metres.

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