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Chapter 600 Regulations for Overlay Zones
600.60 Sixplex Overlay Map
| (1) | Sixplex Overlay Map |
| The areas within the heavy lines on the Sixplex Overlay Map identified as Toronto and East York Community Council and Scarborough North (23) in Diagrams 1 and 2 of By-law 654-2025 are subject to the following regulations.
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| (1) | Defined Terms Applying to Section 600.60 |
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| (A) | For the purposes of Section 600.60:
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| (i) | In the Residential Zone Category, apartment building means a building that has seven or more dwelling units, with at least one dwelling unit entirely or partially above another, and each dwelling unit has a separate entrance directly from outside or through a common inside area. A building that was originally constructed as a detached house, semi-detached house or townhouse and has one or more secondary suites or has been constructed as a semi-detached houseplex is not an apartment building.
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| (ii) | Detached houseplex means a building that has multiple dwelling units, and where:
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| (a) | the building has no more than six dwelling units;
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| (b) | the building is situated entirely on one lot;
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| (c) | the building is not attached to a building on an abutting lot; and
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| (d) | at least one dwelling unit is entirely or partially above another.
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| (e) | Detached houseplex includes the following types of building: a duplex, triplex, fourplex, fiveplex or sixplex that complies with (a) to (d) above.
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| (f) | A detached house, semi-detached house or townhouse that has one or more secondary suites is not a detached houseplex.
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| (iii) | Fiveplex means a building located on a single lot, that has five dwelling units, with at least one dwelling unit entirely or partially above another. A detached house or semi-detached house that has one or more secondary suites is not a fiveplex. A fiveplex is not an apartment building. A fiveplex is a type of detached houseplex.
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| (iv) | Sixplex means a building located on a single lot, that has six dwelling units, with at least one dwelling unit entirely or partially above another. A detached house or semi-detached house that has one or more secondary suites is not a sixplex. A sixplex is not an apartment building. A sixplex is a type of detached houseplex.
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| (1) | Apartment Buildings |
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| (A) | For purposes of Section 600.60, an apartment building in accordance with the definition in regulation 600.60.20(1)(A)(i) must:
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| (i) | in the R Zone, comply with regulations 10.10.20.40(1)(G), 10.10.30.10(1), 10.10.30.20(1), 10.10.40.70(1) to (4), 10.10.40.80(1), and all other regulations in this By-law; and
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| (ii) | in the RM Zone, comply with regulations 10.80.20.40(1)(F), 10.80.30.10(1) and (2), 10.80.30.20(1), 10.80.40.70(1) to (3), 10.80.40.80(1), and all other regulations in this By-law. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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| (2) | Lawfully Existing Apartment Buildings |
| A lawfully existing apartment building with five or six dwelling units, in accordance with the definition provided in Regulation 800.50(55), is not a fiveplex or sixplex, is not subject to the regulations of Section 600.60, and must comply with all other regulations in this By-law or be authorized by a Section 45 Planning Act minor variance. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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| (3) | Detached Houseplex with Five or Six Dwelling Units |
| In addition to the regulations in Article 600.60.40, and in cases other than those set out in regulation 600.60.40(3)(D), a detached houseplex with five or six dwelling units must comply with all other regulations in this By-law or be authorized by a Section 45 Planning Act minor variance. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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| (1) | Permitted Building Types |
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| (A) | Despite regulations 10.10.40.1(3)(A), 10.60.40.1(2)(A) and 10.80.40.1(2)(A), if a zone label contains the letter "u" with a numerical value less than 6, the maximum number of dwelling units on the lot is 6; and
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| (B) | Despite regulations 900.1.10(3) and 900.1.10(4)(A), a detached houseplex with five or six dwelling units is a permitted residential building type if it complies with the regulations of the Residential Zone category and all other requirements of this By-law, or is authorized by a Section 45 Planning Act minor variance. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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| (2) | Height |
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| (A) | Despite regulations 10.10.40.10(1)(C)(ii), 10.20.40.10(1)(C)(ii), 10.40.40.10(1)(C)(ii), 10.60.40.10(1)(C)(ii), and 10.80.40.10(1)(C)(ii), the permitted maximum height for a detached houseplex with five or six dwelling units may be increased to 10.5 metres if:
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| (i) | the bottom of the ceiling joists of the lowest level of the detached houseplex are between 1.0 to 1.5 metres above established grade, for at least 80 percent of the interior floor area of the lowest level;
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| (ii) | the lowest level of the detached houseplex has a minimum floor-to- ceiling height of 2.4 metres, measured from the floor of the lowest level to the bottom of the lowest level ceiling joists, for at least 80 percent of the interior floor area of the lowest level; and
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| (iii) | the lowest level of the detached houseplex wholly or partially contains a dwelling unit. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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| (3) | Conversion of Lawfully Existing Buildings |
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| (A) | Despite regulation 10.5.20.40(1), in the Residential Zone category, a detached house may be converted to a detached houseplex with five or six dwelling units, and the building may continue to be considered as a lawfully existing building, provided the additional dwelling units are contained entirely within the building as it lawfully existed on the day prior to the issuance of a building permit for the additional dwelling units, subject to regulations 600.60.40(3)(B) and (©
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| (B) | Despite regulation 10.5.20.40(4), any addition or extension to a lawfully existing building or structure on a lot referred to in regulation 600.60.40(3)(A) must comply with all other regulations in this By-law or be authorized by a Section 45 Planning Act minor variance.
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| (C) | Despite regulation 10.5.20.40(5), the words lawful, lawfully and lawfully existing, highlighted in bold type, in addition to the definitions provided in Zoning By-law 569-2013, Chapter 800 Definitions, include:
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| (D) | Despite regulations 10.5.20.40(2) and 10.5.20.40(3), in the Residential Zone category, no portion of a semi-detached houseplex, a semi-detached house or a townhouse may be converted to a fiveplex or sixplex through the construction of additional dwelling units. [ By-law: 654-2025 ]
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