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THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-1
9.4 BUSINESS PARK SUPPORT (M4) 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 (M4) 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:
9.4.1
PERMITTED USES
Artist Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October 25,
2017)
Building and Lumber Supply
Establishment
Building or Contracting Supply
Establishment
Commercial Motor Vehicle Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Communications Establishment
Conference or Convention Centre
Contractor's Establishment (By-law No. 18-
219, August 17, 2018)
Courier Establishment
Craftsperson Shop (By-law No. 17-220, October
25, 2017)
Equipment and Machinery Sales, Rental
and Service Establishment
Financial Establishment
Hotel
Industrial Administrative Office
Laboratory
Labour Association Hall
Manufacturing
Medical Clinic
Motor Vehicle Collision Repair
Establishment
Motor Vehicle Service Station
Office
Personal Service
(By-law No. 24-137: July 12, 2024)
Private Power Generation Facility
Production Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October
25, 2017)
Repair Service
Research and Development
Establishment
Restaurant
Retail
Surveying, Engineering, Planning or
Design Business
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-2
Trade School
Tradesperson's Shop
Transport Terminal
Transportation Depot
Warehouse
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 17-220, October 25, 2017)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
9.4.2
PROHIBITED USES
i)
Notwithstanding Section 9.4.1, 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
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
Explosives Manufacturing
Pulp and Paper Mills
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
ii) Notwithstanding Section 9.4.1, the
following uses are prohibited, even
as accessory uses:
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-3
Child Care Centre
Dry Cleaning Plant
Dwelling Unit
Place of Worship
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 25-155, August 06, 2025)
iii) Notwithstanding Section 9.4.1, the
following use is permitted only as an
accessory use to a Motor Vehicle
Service Station:
Motor Vehicle Washing
Establishment
(By-law No. 19-062, March 27, 2019)
9.4.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
4000.0 square metres
b) Yard Abutting a Street
i) Minimum 6.0 metres;
ii)
Maximum 27.0 metres.
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 9.4.3 b) ii) shall
only apply to one of the lot lines
abutting a street.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
(By-law No. 24-137, July 12, 2024)
c) Minimum Yard Abutting a
Residential Zone or an
Institutional Zone
6.0 metres from any portion of a property
lot line abutting a property lot line within
a Residential Zone or an Institutional
Zone.
d) Maximum Building Height
Abutting a Residential Zone
or an Institutional Zone
i)
11.0 metres;
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-4
ii)
In addition to i) above, maximum
building height may be equivalently
increased
as
yard
increases
beyond
minimum
yard
requirements established in 9.4.3
c) above.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
e) Location Restriction of
Manufacturing Uses
Any building or structure used for
Manufacturing
shall
be
setback
a
minimum 20.0 metres from any portion of
a property lot line abutting a property lot
line within a Residential Zone or an
Institutional Zone.
f) Restriction of Outdoor
Training Facilities
associated with a Trade
School
Any outdoor training facilities shall be
prohibited.
g) Maximum Combined Gross
Floor Area for Medical Clinic
Shall be limited to a combined total of
3,000 square metres gross floor area on
a lot.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
h) Gross Floor Area for Office
Use
Maximum gross floor area for Office use
within an individual building, excluding
accessory office, shall be limited to 3,000
square metres.
i)
Maximum Gross Floor Area
for Industrial Administrative
Office or Surveying,
Engineering, Planning or
Design Business
An Industrial Administrative Office or a
Surveying,
Engineering,
Planning
or
Design Business shall be limited to a
gross floor area of less than 10,000
square metres on a lot.
i) Maximum Gross Floor Area
for Office, Industrial
Administrative Office or
Surveying, Engineering,
Planning or Design
Business
The total combined gross floor area of
any
Office,
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)
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-5
j) Size and Location
Restriction for Supportive
Commercial Uses
i) The following uses shall only be
permitted on the ground floor of a
building or be located at grade on
any lot:
Financial Establishment
Personal Service
Restaurant
Retail
(By-law No. 24-137, July 12, 2024)
ii)
An individual Retail Establishment
shall be restricted to a maximum
gross floor area of 500.0 square
metres.
k) Landscaped Area and
Planting Strip Requirements
i)L 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;
iii)
Where a property lot line abuts a
property lot line within a Residential
Zone or an Institutional Zone, a
minimum 3.0 metre wide Planting
Strip
shall
be
provided
and
maintained.
l) Visual Barrier
Shall be provided along that portion of a
property lot line abutting a property lot
line within a Residential Zone or an
Institutional Zone, in accordance with
Section 4.19 of this By-law.
m) 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
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-6
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)
In addition to i) above, Outdoor
Storage and Outdoor Assembly
shall not be permitted in a Flankage
Yard along the following streets:
Barton Street/Barton Street East
Dickenson Road East
Fruitland Road
Garner Road West
Highway No. 5 West
Highway No. 6
Rymal Road East
Shaver Road
South Service Road
Stone Church Road East
Trinity
Church
Road
Extension
Trinity Road
Upper Ottawa Street
Wilson Street West
iii)
Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall not exceed 85% of
the total lot area;
iv)i Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall be set back a
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;
v)
Outdoor
Storage
and
Outdoor
Assembly shall be screened from
view from any abutting street by a
Visual Barrier in accordance with
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-7
Section 4.19 of this By-law.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
n) 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 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% of the Landscaped Area.
o) Maximum Combined Gross
Floor Area for Accessory
Retail and Showroom Area
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
area of 280 square metres.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
p) Parking
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 5 of this By-law.
q) Accessory Buildings
i) In
accordance
with
the
requirements of Section 4.8; and,
(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 flankage yard, except
where the structure is for security
purposes.
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 12-132, June 13, 2012)
(By-law No. 10-128, May 26, 2010)
(By-law No. 11-276, November 16, 2011)
(By-law No. 12-132, June 13, 2012)
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
September 25, 2018
9.4-8
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)