General Road and Highway Discussion

[GtwoK]

Genuinely not sure where to ask this so I'll ask it here:

I haven't been able to find any sort of bylaw that regulates this, but I can't shake the feeling that it exists. I'm look at buying a house in Kitchener, and it's a corner lot. The parking is currently accessed from the side of the house, and extends into the backyard. I don't like how little backyard that leaves the house with. However, the front yard has ample space for 2 cars.

I know I can apply for a permit to have the curb cut to move the driveway to the front of the house, but given that it's a. corner lot, I'm worried theres something regulating the distance the driveway needs to be from an intersection that would prevent me from doing this.

The yellow line here shows that it would be ~7m from the street-abutting edge of the property to the start of the driveway (and a bit more to the actual street). Does anyone know if this is allowed, or is this the reason that most corner properties have their parking around the side?

This is covered in section 6 of the zoning by-law: Section 6 - Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading.pdf

IANAL but I think 6.1.1.1 c) iii) on p5 prohibits what you are asking for.

Thank for this! Seems to cover exactly what I was looking for.

The clause mentions "[...] a corner lot an access driveway shall not be located closer than 9.0 metres to the intersection of the street lines abutting the lot." Would anyone happen to know what "street lines" are defined as? Is the the lot line? The edge of the driveable street (not including sidewalk)? Or is it the centerline of the street?

The short line is the minimum width of a driveway (2.6m), the medium line to the lot edge is under the minimum distance (7.8m), and the long line to the street edge is acceptable (9.8m)