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Town of Caledon Zoning By-law
Section 8 - Industrial Zones
8-1
Revised: November 11, 2024
SECTION 8
INDUSTRIAL ZONES
8.1
GENERAL PROHIBITION
No person shall, within any Industrial Zone, use any land, or erect, alter, enlarge, use
or maintain any building or structure for any use other than as permitted in Table 8.1 of
Subsection 8.2 and in accordance with the standards contained in Table 8.2 of
Subsection 8.3, the General Provisions contained in Section 4 and the Parking, Loading
& Delivery Standards contained in Section 5.
8.2
PERMITTED USES
Uses permitted in an Industrial Zone are noted by the symbol '' in the column
applicable to that Zone and corresponding with the row for a specific permitted use in
Table 8.1. A number(s) following the symbol '' , zone heading or identified permitted
use, indicates that one or more conditions apply to the use noted or, in some cases, to
the entire Zone. Conditions are listed below the Permitted Use Table, Table 8.1.
The Industrial Zones established by this By-law are as follows:
MP
Prestige Industrial
MS
Serviced Industrial
MU
Unserviced Industrial
MA
Airport Industrial
MX
Extractive Industrial
MD
Waste Management
TABLE 8.1
ZONE
USE
MP
MS
MU
MA
MX
MD
Adult Video Store
Airport
Bulk Storage Facility
Business Office
Cannabis-Related Use-Indoor
(3)
(3)
Contractor's Facility
Dry Cleaning or Laundry Plant
Equipment Storage Building
Factory Outlet
Farm
Financial Institution
(2)
Gasoline Pump Island, Accessory
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Gravel Pit
Industrial Hemp-Related Use-Indoor
(3)
(3)
Industrial Use
Light Equipment Rental Establishment
Maintenance Garage, Accessory
Merchandise Service Shop
Motor Vehicle Body Shop
Motor Vehicle Compound
Motor Vehicle Gas Bar
Motor Vehicle Repair Facility
Motor Vehicle Towing Facility
Open Storage Area, Accessory
Outside Display or Sales Area,
Accessory
Place of Assembly
Place of Worship
Quarry
Research Establishment
Restaurant
(2)
(2)
(2)
Retail Store, Accessory
(1)
(1)
Sanitary Landfill Site
Sewage Treatment Facility
Training Facility
Transportation Depot
Warehouse
Warehouse, Public Self-Storage
Warehouse, Wholesale
Waste Processing Facility
Waste Transfer Facility
Footnotes for Table 8.1
(1)
Must comply with Section 8.4.1
(2)
Must comply with Section 8.4.2
(3)
Must comply with Section 4.8 Cannabis or Industrial Hemp Uses.
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8.3
ZONE STANDARDS
No person shall, within any Industrial Zone, use any lot or erect, alter, use any building
or structure except in accordance with the following zone provisions. A number(s)
following the zone standard, zone heading or description of the standard, indicates an
additional Zone requirement. These additional standards are listed at the end of Table
8.2.
TABLE 8.2
ZONE
STANDARD
MP
MS
MU
MA
MX
MD
Lot Areas (Minima):
925
m2
925
m2
4,000
m2
Nil
1ha
Sanitary landfill site
4ha
Other Non-Residential uses
1ha
Lot Frontage (Minimum)
30m
30m
50m
30m
10m
10m
Building Area (Minimum)
For a Transportation Depot
10%
(22)
(23)
10%
(22)
(23)
Building Area (Maximum)
50%
50%
(22)
10%
(22)
(9)
900
m2
Sanitary landfill site
180m2
Sewage treatment facility
20%
Other Non-Residential uses
35%
Yards (Minima)
(14)
(14)
(24)
15m
(24)
(15)
From a lot line abutting a zone other
than an Industrial zone
30m
From any other lot line
21m
Front Yards (Minima)
30m
18m
From a front lot line abutting a
Residential zone
20m
From a front lot line abutting a
Residential zone or a lot containing a
Residential use
20m
From a front lot line abutting a
Provincial Highway
14m
From any other front lot line
9m
9m
Exterior Side Yards (Minima)
30m
18m
From an exterior side lot line abutting
a Residential zone
15m
From an exterior side lot line abutting
a Residential zone or a lot containing
a Residential use
15m
From an exterior side lot line abutting
a Provincial Highway
14m
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From any other exterior side lot line
7.5m
7.5m
Rear Yards (Minima)
From a rear lot line abutting a
Residential zone or a lot containing a
Residential use
15m
From a rear lot line abutting a
Residential zone
15m
90m
From a rear lot line abutting a
Provincial Highway
14m
From a rear lot line abutting a zone
other than an MD or MX Zone
15m
From any other rear lot line
7.5m
7.5m
30m
3m
Interior Side Yards (Minima)
From an interior side lot line abutting
a zone other than an MD or MX Zone
15m
From any other lot line
3m
From an interior side lot line abutting
a Residential zone
90m
From any other interior side lot line
(1)
(5)
30m
From an interior side lot line abutting
a Residential zone or a lot containing
a Residential use
15m
15m
Gasoline Pump Island, Accessory
Setbacks (Minima)
30m
(11)
(16)
From any street line
(21)
6m
(16)
6m
(16)
From any other lot line
4.5m
(16)
4.5m
(16)
4.5m
(16)
Excavation Setbacks (Minima)
From any lot line
15m
From any street line
30m
Accessory Open Storage Area
Setbacks (Minima)
(19)
(24)
(20)
(24)
From any lot line which abuts a
Residential zone
90m
From any other lot line
30m
Accessory Outside Sales or Display
Area Setback (Minimum)
From any street line
9m
Building Heights (Maxima)
18m
12.2m
12.2m
25m
12.2m
Residential buildings
10.5 m
Non-Residential Building
12.2 m
Landscaping Area (Minimum)
10%
(13)
10%
10%
5%
25%
Net Floor Area (Maxima)
Factory Outlet
20%
20%
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(3)
(6)
An indoor Sales Display Area
associated with a Wholesale
Warehouse
33%
(4)
Planting Strip Width (Minimum):
6 m
6 m
3 m
15 m
15 m
7.5 m
Planting Strip Location
(2)
(17)
(18)
(7)
(17)
(18)
(8)
(10)
(10)
(12)
Landfill Area Setbacks (Minima)
From any street line
30 m
From any lot line which abuts a zone
other than an MD or MX Zone
90 m
Driveway Setbacks (Minima)
(24)
(24)
From a lot line abutting a Residential
zone
4.5m
Where a driveway forms part of a
mutual driveway on an adjacent lot
Nil
From any other lot line
1.5m
1.5m
1.5m
3m
3m
3m
From a lot line abutting a Residential
zone or a lot containing a Residential
use
4.5m
4.5m
From a lot line abutting a zone other
than an Industrial zone
9m
From a lot line abutting a zone other
than an MX or MD zone
9m
9.5m
Parking Space Setbacks (Minima)
(24)
(24)
From any front lot line
6m
6m
From any other lot line
3m
3m
From any street line
1.5m
3m
3m
3m
From any lot line abutting a
Residential zone or a lot containing a
Residential use
4.5m
9m
From any lot line abutting a zone
other than an Industrial zone
9m
From any lot line abutting a zone
other than an MD or MX zone
9m
Footnotes For Table 8.2
(1)
MP Zone - Minimum interior side yard from any other interior side lot line shall be 3m on
one side, 6m on other side
(2)
MP Zone - A planting strip shall be required along each front lot line and each exterior
side lot line and along any portion of a rear lot line, which abuts a Residential zone line or
a lot containing a Residential use, and along any portion of an interior side lot line which
abuts a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use.
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(3)
MP Zone - The maximum net floor area of a factory outlet shall be 20% of the net floor
area of the industrial facility to which it is accessory.
(4)
MP Zone - The maximum net floor area of a sales display area associated with a
wholesale warehouse use shall be 33% of the total net floor area.
(5)
MS Zone - The minimum interior side yard from any other interior side lot line shall be 3m
on one side; 6m on other side.
(6)
MS Zone - The maximum net floor area of a factory outlet shall be 20% of the gross floor
area of the industrial use to which it is accessory.
(7)
MS Zone - A planting strip shall be required along each front lot line.
(8)
MU Zone - A planting strip shall be required along any portion of a rear lot line and any
portion of an interior side lot line which abuts a Residential zone or which abuts a lot
containing a Residential use.
(9)
MA Zone - The maximum building area shall be the lesser of 5%; or 0.4 hectares.
(10)
MA Zone, MX Zone - A planting strip shall be required along each front lot line. A planting
strip shall also be required along any portion of a rear lot line and any portion of an interior
side lot line which abut a Residential zone.
(11)
MA Zone - No accessory gasoline pump island shall be located closer to any lot line than
30m.
(12)
MD Zone - A planting strip shall be required along any portion of a rear lot line and any
portion of an interior side lot line which abut a zone other than an MD or MX zone.
(13)
MP Zone - The required minimum Landscaping Area for a corner lot shall be 12.5%
(14)
MP Zone, MS Zone - Notwithstanding any building setback provisions to the contrary, no
building setback shall be required from any portion of a lot line which abuts a railroad right-
of-way.
(15)
MX Zone - Notwithstanding any building setback provisions to the contrary, no building
setback shall be required from any portion of a lot line which abuts a railroad right-of-way
or abuts another lot in an MX Zone.
(16)
MP Zone, MS Zone, MU Zone, MA Zone - Accessory Gasoline Pump Island Setback -
Where an Accessory Gasoline Pump Island includes a canopy or roof structure, the
required setback shall be measured to the nearest part of the canopy or roof structure.
(17)
MP and MS Zone - In addition to the Planting Strip Widths and Locations noted in Table
8.2, the following provisions shall also apply:
(i)
Minimum width abutting an arterial road or Provincial Highway
9.0m
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(ii)
Minimum width where truck parking or loading spaces are provided
adjacent to an arterial road or Provincial Highway
12.0m
(iii)
Minimum width required on all interior side yards except where
there is a mutual driveway along an interior side lot line.
1.5m
(18)
MP and MS Zone - Tullamore Industrial Commercial Secondary Plan Area- A planting
strip along an arterial road shall be a minimum of 12m, and a planting strip for all internal
roads within the Tullamore Industrial Commercial Secondary Plan Area shall be a
minimum of 8 m.
(19)
No open storage area shall be located:
(i)
In a front yard or exterior side yard; or
(ii)
Closer than 6 metres to any lot line unless a chain-link fence, at least 1.8 metres
high, is constructed along that lot line.
(20)
No open storage area shall be located:
(i)
in a front yard or an exterior side yard; or
(ii)
in a rear yard adjacent to a rear lot line of such lot which abuts a Residential zone
or abuts a lot containing a Residential use; or
(iii)
in a side yard adjacent to an interior side lot line of such lot which abuts a
Residential zone or abuts a lot containing a Residential use; or
(iv)
closer than 6 metres to any lot line if combustible materials are stored there.
(21)
No accessory gasoline pump island shall be permitted in a front yard or in an exterior side
yard.
(22)
MS and MU Zones - Section 4.2.5 shall not apply to transportation depots.
(23)
MS and MU Zones - For the purpose of calculating the minimum building area, it shall
mean that portion of the lot area excluding any landscaping area permitted to be covered
by one or more building envelope.
(24)
MS and MU Zones - No parking, storing or staging for a transportation depot shall be
located:
i) in a front yard or an exterior side yard; or
ii) in a rear yard adjacent to a rear lot line of such lot which abuts a residential zone or
abuts a lot containing a Residential use; or
iii) in a side yard adjacent to an interior side lot line of such lot which abuts a Residential
zone or abuts a lot containing a Residential use.
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8.4
SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONES
8.4.1 Retail Store, Accessory shall comply with the following provisions:
a) An Accessory Retail Store shall only be permitted as accessory to a permitted
industrial use and for the retail sale and/or display of products manufactured or
assembled on the premises;
b) An Accessory Retail Store shall only be located on the ground floor of the
building in which the industrial use is located;
c) The area devoted to an accessory retail store shall not exceed 500 m2 or 15% of
the total gross floor area devoted to the industrial use, whichever is less; and
d) An Accessory Retail Store may be permitted in a free-standing building located
on the same lot as a permitted industrial use, provided that the total net floor area
of the Accessory Retail Store does not exceed 300 m2.
8.4.2 Financial Institution and/or Restaurant shall comply with the following provisions:
a) The area devoted to the Financial Institution or Restaurant shall not exceed 15%
of the total gross floor area of all buildings on a lot, to a maximum of 500 m2.