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6 McCowan Rd, Toronto

Zoning RD

Residential Detached with a site-specific exception.

Height limit: 9 m, 2 storeys

Lot coverage: 33%

An exception can change what’s allowed here; read it in the by-law before relying on this. Zoning By-law 569-2013

Homes allowed

  • ✅ Up to 4 homes in a house-form building
  • ✅ Plus a garden suite, or a laneway suite if the lot is on a public lane
  • — Sixplexes aren’t allowed as of right in ward 20 yet (only in 9 wards); a variance would be needed

Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest. Development charges are waived for multiplexes of up to 6 homes in Toronto.

Limits None mapped

  • Heritage: not on the register
  • Flood and conservation: none mapped

Applications at this address

Rulings within 400 m

No Committee of Adjustment rulings on 3+ unit projects nearby since 2017.

All rulings

Building permits here

  • New Building · 2026 · Inspection
    EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED. A LOT SEVERANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOUSES IS PROPOSED.
  • DCs DeferredFees · 2025 · Open
    Deferred Fees from folder 23 138281 (RSN-5259609) ZoningProcess RSN 78690170
  • Demolition · 2024 · Closed
    EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED. A LOT SEVERANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOUSES IS PROPOSED.
  • New Building · 2023 · Inspection
    EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED. A LOT SEVERANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOUSES IS PROPOSED.

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A reading of the City’s public zoning maps, not a zoning opinion or legal advice. Site-specific exceptions, lot size, trees, heritage and servicing decide what a lot can really take: confirm with a zoning review or a planner before you buy. Sources: City of Toronto open data (zoning, wards, heritage register, building permits, Committee of Adjustment), conservation authorities’ open data.

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