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CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
9.14-1
April 2018
9.14 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION (EAST PORT) (M14) ZONE
Explanatory Note: The M14 Zone located primarily at Piers 25 to 27 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 (East Port) (M14) 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:
9.14.1
PERMITTED USES
Catering Service
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
Transport Terminal
Warehouse
9.14.2
PROHIBITED USES
i)
Notwithstanding Section 9.14.1, the
following types of manufacturing
uses are prohibited, even as an
accessory use:
Beverage Distillation
Breweries
Concrete Crushing
Manufacturing of Asbestos,
Phosphate or Sulphur Products
Primary Production of Chemicals,
Synthetic Rubber, Plastic,
Asphalt or Cement, not
including mixing, blending,
treatment or similar process
CITY OF HAMILTON
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9.14-2
April 2018
Processing or Refining of Petroleum
or Coal
Processing, Milling or Packaging of
Animal Feed
Rock Crushing
Salvage Yard
Slaughtering, Eviscerating,
Rendering or Cleaning of Meat,
Poultry or Fish or by-products
thereof
Smelting of Ore or Metal
Tanning or Chemical Processing of
Pelts or Leather
Vulcanizing of Rubber or Rubber
Products
Explosive Manufacturing
Pulp and Paper Mills
Waste Processing Facility
Waste Transfer Facility
ii)
Notwithstanding Section 9.14.1, the
following uses are prohibited, even
as an accessory use:
Child Care Centre
Dwelling Unit
(By-law No. 25-155, August 06, 2025)
9.14.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
4000.0 square metres
b) Minimum Yard Abutting
Street
i)
Minimum 6.0 metre;
ii)
Maximum 27.0 metres; and,
iii)
Where a building(s) exists on a lot
in conformity with i) and ii) above,
with a ground floor façade being
equal to 25% or more of the
measurement of any street line,
section ii) above shall not apply to
any additional building(s).
iv)
Where a building(s) is located on a
corner lot, Section 9.14.3 b) ii) shall
CITY OF HAMILTON
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9.14-3
April 2018
only apply to one of the lot lines
abutting a street.
(By-law No. 24-137, July 12, 2024)
c) Gross Floor Area for
Office Use
Maximum Gross floor area for an Office
use within an individual building, shall be
limited to 3,000 square metres.
d) 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.
e) 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.
f) Landscaped Area and
Planting Strip
Requirements
i)
Minimum
6.0
metre
wide
Landscaped Area shall be provided
and maintained abutting a street,
except for points of ingress and
egress;
ii)
In addition to i) above, within the 6.0
metre Landscaped Area, a minimum
3.0 metre wide Planting Strip shall
be
required
and
maintained
between parking spaces, aisles or
driveways and a street, except for
points of ingress and egress;
g) Location and
Screening of Outdoor
Storage and Outdoor
Assembly
Outdoor Storage and Outdoor Assembly
of goods, materials or equipment shall be
permitted in conjunction with a building
and the following regulations shall apply:
i)
Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall not be permitted in a
Front Yard or a required Flankage
Yard.
ii)
Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall not exceed 85% of
the total lot area.
iii)
Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall be set back a
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9.14-4
April 2018
minimum of 20.0 metres from any
portion of a property lot line abutting
a
property
lot
line
within
a
Residential Zone or an Institutional
Zone, and shall be screened by a
Visual Barrier in accordance with
Section 4.19 of this By-law
iv)
Outdoor Storage shall be screened
from view from any abutting street
by a Visual Barrier in accordance
with Section 4.19 of this By-law.
v)
Notwithstanding Clause iv) above
and Section 4.19, an Outdoor
Storage shall be screened from view
from the Queen Elizabeth Way
(QEW) by a Visual Barrier located
not less than 3.0 metres from the
street line of the QEW through a
continuous planting of suitable trees
or shrubs, together with a reserved
width of planting area appropriate
for healthy plant growth, earth berm,
or a combination thereof, with no
maximum height of the visual barrier
h) Location and Size of
Outdoor Display
Outdoor Display of goods, materials or
equipment shall be permitted only as an
accessory
use
and
the
following
regulations shall apply:
i)
Outdoor Display shall be permitted
in a yard abutting a street, but shall
be no closer than 3.0 metres to the
lot line;
ii)
In addition to i) above, the area
devoted to Outdoor Display shall be
limited to a combined maximum of
25% the Landscaped Area required
by Section 9.14.3 f) i) above.
i) Restriction on Location
and
Covering
of
Stockpiles of Salt and
Soils
In addition to Clause g) above, the
following regulations shall also apply for
stockpiles of salt and soils:
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i)
All stockpiles shall not be located
within 250 metres of a lot line
abutting a Residential Zone or an
Institutional Zone; and,
ii)
All stockpiles shall be secured and
protected with a roofed structure
with a minimum of three walls.
j) Parking
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 5 of this By-law.
k) Accessory Buildings
i)
In
accordance
with
the
requirements of Section 4.8.
(By-law No. 21-189, October 13, 2021)
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)