As of Right Setback Variation

This layer shows setback variations buffers: 300 m from railways, 120 m from wetlands and major shorelines.

This layer supports the implementation of the provincial legislation (ERO #025-0463) passed in November 2025, which permits as-of-right variations from setback requirements (within 10%) on urban residential lands. Certain properties are excepted from these variations, specifically those located:

• Within 300 metres of a railway corridor
• Within 120 metres of wetlands
• Within 120 metres of major water features (Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, Great Cataraqui River)

The layer includes screening buffers for these exceptions:

• CNR Railway Line Buffer – 300m
• Wetland Buffer – 120m (from Schedule 7 OP Wetland features)
• Shoreline Buffer – 120m inland from Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, and Great Cataraqui River 

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• 2025
• Application
• As of Right
• Development
• Kingston
• Kingston Zoning...
• Minor Variance
• Ontario
• Planning
• Planning and Development
• Provincial Legislation
• Setback
• Variance
• Zoning
• Zoning Bylaw

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (54%)
• Maturity Level 2 (69%)
• Maturity Level 3 (44%)
• Maturity Level 4 (10%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (38%)

Field	Value
Last Updated	June 16, 2026, 20:11 (UTC)
Created	March 24, 2026, 22:30 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	As of Right Setback Variation
Description A description of the dataset.	This layer shows setback variations buffers: 300 m from railways, 120 m from wetlands and major shorelines. This layer supports the implementation of the provincial legislation (ERO #025-0463) passed in November 2025, which permits as-of-right variations from setback requirements (within 10%) on urban residential lands. Certain properties are excepted from these variations, specifically those located: Within 300 metres of a railway corridor Within 120 metres of wetlands Within 120 metres of major water features (Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, Great Cataraqui River) The layer includes screening buffers for these exceptions: CNR Railway Line Buffer – 300m Wetland Buffer – 120m (from Schedule 7 OP Wetland features) Shoreline Buffer – 120m inland from Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, and Great Cataraqui River
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	2025 Application As of Right Development Kingston Kingston Zoning... Minor Variance Ontario Planning Planning and Development Provincial Legislation Setback Variance Zoning Zoning Bylaw
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.	2152.0
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2025-12-10
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).	public
License License used to access the dataset.	By downloading or accessing the data in this dataset, you agree to the City of Kingston's Open Data License and the following additional terms and conditions:The Corporation of the City of Kingston assumes no responsibility for inaccurate or inconsistent data set out in this map product. The City does not accept any responsibility for reliance thereon. The City does not make any representations or warranty, express or implied, in relation to the website including without limitations, as to the quality, merchantability and fitness for any use. Further, the City does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy of this information, nor is it responsible for any expenses or damages incurred, directly or indirectly, resulting from the use of this information.
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://opendatakingston.cityofkingston.ca/datasets/cityofkingston::as-of-right-setback-variation
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	kingstonarcgisadmin
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	The City of Kingston
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	https://mycity.cityofkingston.ca/app/ask
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.	The City of Kingston
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.	kingstonarcgisadmin
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.	2026-06-09

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.	52d36dea11bd45a09c68f4c1f586b709
Language Language(s) of the dataset	English
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.	https://opendatakingston.cityofkingston.ca/datasets/cityofkingston::as-of-right-setback-variation
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

Field	Value
Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	None
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.	The City of Kingston
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.	3
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.	7
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.	21
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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