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CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 12: RURAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
12.5-1
May 12, 2021
12.5 SETTLEMENT INSTITUTIONAL (S3) ZONE
No person shall erect, or use any building in whole or in part, or use any land in
whole or in part, within a Settlement Institutional (S3) 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:
12.5.1
PERMITTED USES
Agriculture (By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
Child Care Centre (By-law No. 25-155, August
06, 2025)
Community Garden
(By-law
No.
21-189,
October 13, 2021)
Educational Establishment
Library
Place of Worship
12.5.1.1 RESTRICTED USES
Notwithstanding
Section
12.5.1,
Agricultural uses shall be limited to:
Growing of crops
Apiaries
Agro-forestry
Maple syrup production
(By-law No. 21-189, October 13, 2021)
12.5.2
PROHIBITED USES
The following uses are prohibited:
a)
For lands located within Vulnerable
Area 1 as delineated in Figures
5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of Schedule
"F"-Special Figures:
i)
Waste Disposal sites under
Part
V
of
Environmental
Protection Act that include the
following activities:
1. storage,
treatment
and
discharge of mine tailings;
2. land farming of petroleum
refining waste;
3. storage of polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) waste;
CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 12: RURAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
12.5-2
May 12, 2021
4. application
of
untreated
septage to land;
5. injection of liquid waste
into a well;
6. storage
of
hazardous
waste;
ii)
Snow storage facility greater
than 1 ha in size;
iii) Motor Vehicle Service Station;
iv) Motor vehicle collision repair
establishment.
b)
For lands located within Vulnerable
Area 2, as delineated in Figures
5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of Schedule
"F"-Special Figures:
i)
Waste Disposal sites under
Part
V
of
Environmental
Protection Act that include the
injection of liquid waste into a
well;
ii)
Waste disposal facility.
c)
For lands located within Vulnerable
Area 3 as delineated on Figure 5.0
of Schedule "F"-Special Figures:
i)
Waste Disposal sites under
Part
V
of
Environmental
Protection Act that include the
application
of
untreated
septage to land.
(By-law No. 21-189, October 13, 2021)
12.5.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
0.4 hectares
CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 12: RURAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
12.5-3
May 12, 2021
b) Maximum Lot Area for
a Place of Worship
2.0 hectares
c) Minimum Lot Width
30.0 metres
d) Minimum Front Yard
6.0 metres
e) Minimum Side Yard
3.0 metres
f) Minimum Rear Yard
7.0 metres
g) Maximum Building
Height
10.5 metres
h) Accessory Buildings
In accordance with the requirements of
Sections 4.8 of this By-law.
(By-law No. 21-070, May 12, 2021)
i) Parking
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 5 of this By-law.
j) Community Garden
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 4.27 of this By-law
(By-law No. 21-189, October 13, 2021)
(By-law No. 15-173, July 10, 2015)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)