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CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
9.13-1
April 2018
9.13 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION (PORT LANDS) (M13) ZONE
Explanatory Note: The M13 Zone located primarily at Piers 11 - 12, 14, 15, and
22-24 permits specific industrial uses that are integral to the functioning of the
Hamilton Port Authority and uses supporting shipping and navigation activities.
This Zone is found primarily on lands owned by the Hamilton Port Authority and
located north of Burlington Street and along Hamilton Harbour.
No person shall erect, or use any building in whole or in part, or use any land in
whole or in part, within an Shipping and Navigation (Port Lands) (M13) 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:
9.13.1
PERMITTED USES
Bulk Fuel and Oil Storage Establishment
Catering Service
Commercial Parking Facility
Courier Establishment
Equipment and Machinery Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Industrial Administrative Office
Laboratory
Labour Association Hall
Manufacturing
Marina
Marine Service
Office
Private Power Generation Facility
Repair Service
Research
and
Development
Establishment
Restaurant
Salt Storage Facility
Transport Terminal
Warehouse
Waste Processing Facility
Waste Transfer Facility
9.13.2
PROHIBITED USES
Notwithstanding Section 9.13.1, the
following uses are prohibited, even as an
accessory use:
Child Care Centre
Dwelling Unit
(By-law No. 25-155, August 06, 2025)
CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
9.13-2
April 2018
9.13.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
4000.0 square metres
b) Minimum Yard Abutting
Street
Minimum 3.0 metre.
c) Planting Strip Abutting a
Street
Minimum 3.0 metre wide Planting Strip
shall be provided and maintained abutting
Burlington Street except for points of
ingress and egress and shall not permit
outdoor display.
d) Limitation on Outdoor
Storage and Outdoor
Assembly
Outdoor Storage and Outdoor Assembly
shall not exceed 85% of the total lot area.
e) Maximum Gross Floor
Area for Office Use
Maximum Gross floor area for Office use
within an individual building, shall be
limited to 3,000 square metres
f) Maximum Gross Floor
Area for Industrial
Administrative Office
Maximum Gross
floor area for an
Industrial Administrative Office shall be
limited to 10,000 square metres on a lot.
g) Maximum Combined
Gross Floor Area for
Accessory Retail and
Showroom Area
Maximum 25% of the gross floor area of
the principal Use or 500.0 square metres
whichever is the lesser.
h) Location Restriction of
a Waste Processing
Facility and Waste
Transfer Facility
In addition to regulations of Section
9.13.3, any building, structure, or land
used for a Waste Processing Facility or a
Waste Transfer Facility, shall be located a
minimum
of
300.0
metres
from
a
Residentially
Zoned
or
Institutionally
Zoned property lot line.
i) Restriction on Location
and Covering of
Stockpiles of Salt and
Soils
In addition to Clause d) above, the
following regulations shall also apply for
stockpiles of salt and soils:
i)
All stockpiles shall not be located
within 250 metres of a lot line
CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
9.13-3
April 2018
ii)
abutting a Residential Zone or an
Institutional Zone; and,
All stockpiles shall be secured and
protected with a roofed structure
with a minimum of three walls.
j)
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 5 of this By-law.
k) Accessory Buildings
i)
In
accordance
with
the
requirements of Sections 9.13.3 of
this By-law.
ii)
In addition to i) above, no accessory
building shall be permitted within a
front yard or a flankage yard.
(By-law No. 18-092, April 11, 2018)