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SECTION 10: COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
10.7-1
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
10.7 ARTERIAL COMMERCIAL (C7) ZONE
Explanatory Note: The C7 Zone permits large-format commercial uses catering to the
travelling public and in turn, the built form is reflective through the presence of large
buildings. The uses found within the C7 Zone are typically land intensive which may
require outdoor storage and sales areas.
No person shall erect, or use any building in whole or in part, or use any land in whole
or in part, within an Arterial Commercial (C7) Zone for any purpose other than one or
more of the following uses, or uses accessory thereto. Such erection or use shall also
comply with the prescribed regulations:
10.7.1
PERMITTED USES
Building or Contracting Supply
Establishment
Building and Lumber Supply Establishment
Commercial Entertainment
Commercial Motor Vehicle Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Commercial Parking Facility
Commercial Recreation
Community Garden
Conference or Convention Centre
Equipment and Machinery Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Farm Product Supply Dealer
Funeral Home
Garden Centre
Home Furnishing Retail Establishment
Home Improvement Supply Establishment
Hotel
Major Recreational Equipment Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Motor Vehicle Dealership
Motor Vehicle Gas Bar
Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessory Sales
Establishment
Motor Vehicle Rental Establishment
Motor Vehicle Service Station
Motor Vehicle Washing Establishment
Place of Assembly
Repair Service
Restaurant
Self Storage Facility
(By-law No. 26-016, January 21, 2026)
Surveying, Engineering, Planning or Design
SECTION 10: COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
10.7-2
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
Business
Transportation Depot
Warehouse
10.7.1.1 RESTRICTED USES
In addition to Section 10.7.1, the following
use shall be permitted in accordance with
the following restriction:
i) Notwithstanding
the
definition
of
Warehouse found in Section 3:
Definitions,
Warehouse
shall
be
defined as:
The use of a building or structure, or
part thereof, for the bulk storage or
distribution of goods to industrial,
commercial or institutional business
users or other wholesalers, but shall
not include the retailing of goods to
the general public. A Warehouse
shall
not
include
a
Waste
Management Facility, Salvage Yard
or Towing Establishment.
(By-law No. 26-016, January 21, 2026)
10.7.2
PROHIBITED USES
Notwithstanding
Section
10.7.1,
the
following uses are prohibited even as an
accessory use:
Dwelling Unit (By-law No. 25-075, April 16, 2025)
Performing Arts Theatre
Cinema
10.7.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Building
Setback to a Street
Line
18.0 metres.
b) Minimum Rear Yard
i)
6.0 metres; and,
ii)
7.5 metres abutting a Residential or
Institutional Zone or lot containing a
residential use.
SECTION 10: COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
10.7-3
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
c) Minimum Interior Side
Yard
i)
1.5 metres; and,
ii)
4.5 metres abutting a Residential or
Institutional Zone or lot containing a
residential use.
d) Maximum Height
14.0 metres.
e) Visual Barrier
Requirement
A visual barrier shall be required along any lot
line abutting a Residential Zone or Institutional
Zone property line in accordance with the
requirements of Section 4.19 of this By-law.
f) Planting Strip
Requirements
Where a property lot line abuts a property lot
line
within
a
Residential
Zone
or
an
Institutional Zone and not a Laneway, a
minimum 1.5 metre wide Planting Strip shall
be provided and maintained.
g) Outdoor Storage
i)
The display of goods or materials for
retail purposes accessory to a Retail
use shall only be permitted on the front,
side, and rear yard;
ii) Notwithstanding 10.7.3g)i), an outdoor
storage area shall not be located on a
planting strip, or required parking or
loading area;
iii)
An Outdoor storage area shall be
located 6.0 metres from a Residential
or Institutional Zone or lot containing a
residential use, or from a lot line
fronting onto a street, and shall be
screened or fenced from view; and,
iv)
An outdoor storage area attached to a
building shall not exceed 500 square
metres, or an area equivalent to 5% of
the Gross Floor Area, whichever is
lesser.
10.7.4
MOTOR VEHICLE
SECTION 10: COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
10.7-4
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
(By-law No. 17-240, November 8, 2017)
GAS BAR AND
MOTOR VEHICLE
SERVICE STATION
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Yard
Abutting a Street
Notwithstanding Section 10.7.3a), Minimum
4.5 metres.
(By-law No. 19-062, March 27 2019)
b) Minimum Yard for
Fuel Pump Islands,
Fuel Pumps and
Canopies
4.5 metres from any lot line.
c) Minimum Planting
Strip Requirements
Notwithstanding Section 10.7.3f), a minimum
3.0 metre planting strip shall be required
abutting any street line, or Residential Zone or
Institutional Zone lot line, except for points for
ingress and egress.
d) Maximum Gross Floor
Area for Accessory
Retail Uses to a Motor
Vehicle Gas Bar
175.0 square metres.
10.7.5
ACCESSORY
BUILDINGS
In accordance with the requirements of Section
4.8 of this By-law.
10.7.6
PARKING
In accordance with the requirements of Section
5 of this By-law.
10.7.7
DRIVE-THROUGH
FACILITY
REGULATIONS
In accordance with the requirements of Section
4.25 of this By-law.
10.7.8
URBAN FARM
In accordance with the requirements of
Subsection 4.26 of this By-law.
10.7.9
COMMUNITY
GARDEN
In accordance with the requirements of
Subsection 4.27 of this By-law.