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THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-1
9.2 GENERAL BUSINESS PARK (M2) ZONE
No person shall erect, or use any building in whole or in part, or use any land in
whole or in part, within an Industrial (M2) 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:
9.2.1 PERMITTED USES
Alcohol Production Facility (By-law No. 18-219,
August 17, 2018)
Artist Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October 25, 2017)
Animal Shelter
Aquaponics (By-law No. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
Building and Lumber Supply
Establishment
Building or Contracting Supply
Establishment
Cannabis Growing and Harvesting Facility
(By-law No. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)
Commercial Motor Vehicle Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Communications Establishment
Contractor's Establishment (By-law No. 18-219,
August 17, 2018)
Courier Establishment
Craftsperson Shop (By-law No. 17-220, October
25, 2017)
Dry Cleaning Plant (By-law No. 15-072, March 11,
2015)
Equipment and Machinery Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Greenhouse (By-law No. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
Industrial Administrative Office
Laboratory
Labour Association Hall
Landscape Contracting Establishment
Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Collision Repair
Establishment
Private Power Generation Facility
Production Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October
25, 2017)
Repair Service
Research and Development
Establishment
Surveying, Engineering, Planning or
Design Business
Trade School
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-2
Tradesperson's Shop
Transport Terminal
Warehouse
Waste Processing Facility
Waste Transfer Facility
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 17-220, October 25, 2017)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
9.2.2 PROHIBITED USES
i) Notwithstanding Section 9.2.1, the
following types of manufacturing
uses are prohibited, except if these
uses are considered only as an
accessory use to another permitted
manufacturing use:
Manufacturing of Asbestos,
Phosphate or Sulphur Products
Primary Production of Chemicals,
Synthetic Rubber or Plastic
Processing or Refining of
Petroleum or Coal
Processing, Milling or Packaging of
Animal Feed
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
Explosives Manufacturing
Pulp and Paper Mills
ii) Notwithstanding Section 9.2.1, the
following uses are prohibited, even
as accessory uses:
Child Care Centre
Dwelling Unit
(By-law No. 25-155, August 06, 2025)
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-3
9.2.3 REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
4000.0 square metres
b) Minimum Yard Abutting a
Street
3.0 metres
c) Landscaped Area and
Planting Strip
Requirements
i)
Minimum
3.0
metre
wide
Landscaped Area shall be provided
and maintained abutting a street,
except for points of ingress and
egress;
ii)
Notwithstanding i) above, where a
parking space, aisle or driveway is
located in a Yard abutting a Street,
a
minimum
6.0
metre
wide
Landscaped Area, which includes a
3.0 metre wide Planting Strip, shall
be
required
and
maintained
between the said parking space,
aisle, or driveway and a street,
except for points of ingress and
egress.
(By-law No. 14-238, September 10, 2014)
d) 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 screened from
view from any abutting street by a
Visual Barrier in accordance with
Section 4.19 of this By-law.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-4
e) Location of Outdoor Display
Outdoor Display of goods, materials or
equipment shall be permitted only as an
accessory use and shall be permitted in a
yard abutting a street, but shall be no
closer than 3.0 metres to the lot line.
f) Location Restriction of
Waste Processing Facility
and Waste Transfer Facility
i)
In addition to the Regulations of
Section 9.2.3, 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.
ii)
Notwithstanding Section 9.2.1, on
those lots delineated within the
boundaries shown on Figure 4 of
Schedule "F" - Special Figures,
Waste
Processing
Facility
and
Waste Transfer Facility shall not be
permitted.
g) Maximum Gross Floor Area
for Industrial Administrative
Office or Surveying,
Engineering, Planning or
Design Business
The total combined gross floor area of any
Industrial
Administrative
Office
and
Surveying,
Engineering,
Planning
or
Design Business uses shall not exceed
4,000.0 square metres per individual
building.
(By-law No. 24-137, July 12, 2024)
h) Maximum Gross Floor Area
for an Alcohol Production
Facility
5,000 square metres.
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
i) Maximum Combined Gross
Floor Area for Accessory
Retail, Showroom Area and
Tasting Room
i)
25% of the gross floor area of the
principal
use
or
500.0
square
metres gross floor area, whichever
is the lesser; and
ii)
Notwithstanding i) above, retail or
accessory retail associated with a
motor vehicle service station shall
be limited to a maximum gross floor
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-5
area of 280 square metres.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
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. 12-132, June 13, 2012)
l) Additional Regulations for a
Cannabis Growing and
Harvesting Facility
In addition to the regulations of Section
9.2.3, the following additional regulations
shall apply:
i)
Notwithstanding Section 9.2.3 d), no
outdoor
storage
or
outdoor
assembly shall be permitted.
ii)
Retail sales shall be permitted in
accordance with Section 9.2.3 i)
(By-law No. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)
(By-law No. 21-189, October 13, 2021)
iii)
Notwithstanding Section 4.12 c),
any building or structure used for a
Cannabis Growing and Harvesting
Facility shall be setback a minimum
of 150 metres from:
a)
Any portion of a lot line
abutting
a
Residential,
Institutional or Commercial and
Mixed Use Zone; and,
b)
Any residential dwelling unit
existing at the date of passing
of the by-law, any building
used for farm labour residence,
mobile
home,
educational
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.2-6
establishment, residential care
facility, place of worship, day
care
or park in a
Rural
Classification Zone.
(By-law No. 10-128, May 26, 2010)
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 12-132, June 13, 2012)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)