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THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.5-1
9.5 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (M5) 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 (M5) 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:
9.5.1
PERMITTED USES
Alcohol Production Facility (By-law No. 18-
219, August 17, 2018)
Aquaponics (By-law No. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
Artist Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October 25,
2017)
Building and Lumber Supply
Establishment
Building or Contracting Supply
Establishment
Bulk Fuel and Oil Storage
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
Commercial Motor Vehicle Washing
Establishment
Commercial Parking Facility
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
Financial 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
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.5-2
Establishment
Motor Vehicle Service Station
Motor Vehicle Washing Establishment
Office
Private Power Generation Facility
Production Studio (By-law No. 17-220, October
25, 2017)
Repair Service
Research and Development
Establishment
Restaurant
Salvage Yard
Surveying, Engineering, Planning or
Design Business
Towing Establishment
Trade School
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)
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)
9.5.2
PROHIBITED USES
Notwithstanding
Section
9.5.1,
the
following uses are prohibited, even as
accessory uses:
Child Care Centre
Dwelling Unit
(By-law No. 25-155, August 06, 2025)
9.5.3
REGULATIONS
a) Minimum Lot Area
4000.0 square metres
b) Minimum Yard Abutting a
Street
3.0 metres
c) Planting Strip Abutting a
Street
Minimum 3.0 metre wide Planting Strip
shall
be
provided
and
maintained
abutting Burlington Street and Steel City
Court, except for points of ingress and
egress, and shall not include outdoor
display.
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.5-3
d) Limitation on Outdoor
Storage and Outdoor
Assembly
Outdoor Storage and Outdoor Assembly
shall not exceed 85% of the total lot
area.
e) 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.
f) 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.
g) Location Restriction of Waste
Processing Facility and
Waste Transfer Facility
In addition to the regulations of Section
9.5.3, 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.
h) 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.
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)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
i) Parking
In accordance with the requirements of
Section 5 of this By-law.
j) 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
THE CITY OF HAMILTON
SECTION 9: INDUSTRIAL ZONES ZONING BY-LAW
May 10, 2019
9.5-4
front yard or a flankage yard.
(By-law No. 12-132, June 13, 2012)
k) Additional Regulations for
Cannabis Growing and
Harvesting Facility
In addition to the regulations of Section
9.5.3,
the
following
additional
regulations shall apply:
i)
Notwithstanding Section 9.5.3 d), no
outdoor
storage
or
outdoor
assembly shall be permitted.
ii)
Retail sales shall be permitted in
accordance with Section 9.5.3 h)
(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 any portion of a
lot line abutting a Residential,
Institutional or Commercial and
Mixed Use Zone.
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)
(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. 14-163, June 25, 2014)
(By-law No. 18-219, August 17, 2018)
(By-law No. 18-266, September 12, 2018)