Development Agreement: means a legal agreement between the developer and Town setting out their respective rights, obligations, and fiscal commitments in respect to a proposed development.
Development Grant: Financial assistance provided by the Town of Watson Lake to support property owners in the construction of missing middle housing units, which includes living suites, garden suites, multi-unit housing.
Garden Suite: means a secondary dwelling unit located on a lot where the principal use is a single detached dwelling unit.
Gentle Density: means creating additional housing that has a minimal impact on a neighbourhood's-built form and character. Some benefits of this housing approach include inter generational living spaces, aging in place and additional income for property owners.
Examples include: Living suites, garden suites
Living Suite: means a self-contained, accessory dwelling unit located within a single detached dwelling
Lottery: A randomized selection process used to allocate Development Grant funds among eligible applicants who have met the necessary application criteria.
Missing Middle Housing: means diverse housing types, such as living suites, garden suites, duplexes and multi-unit housing, which can help meet the growing demand for affordable housing in urban areas.
Multi-Unit Housing: means duplexes, and multiple housing, as they are defined by the Town of Watson Lake Zoning Bylaw. Multiple housing means any physical arrangement of three or more dwelling units intended to be occupied by separate households. Multiple housing includes apartments, triplex, fourplex, townhouse and apartment housing types and does not include mobile home parks
Single Family Dwelling: a single detached dwelling as defined by the Town of Watson Lake Zoning Bylaw. Single Detached Dwelling means a detached building containing only one dwelling unit, designed exclusively for occupancy by one household. This may also include modular homes that are a minimum of 12 metres wide with a pitched roof but excludes mobile homes.
Town: means the Town of Watson Lake.
Please see the definitions section of the Watson Lake Zoning Bylaw for more terms.