Zoning · Brampton · Industrial

M1A zone, Brampton: Industrial One A

Section 31.2 of the City of Brampton Zoning By-law 270-2004, as amended by 204-2010.

A light industrial zone for manufacturing, warehousing and similar enclosed-building industrial uses, with some non-industrial uses allowed, and no outside storage.

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What the M1A zone permits

  • Manufacturing, cleaning, packaging, processing, repairing or assembly of goods, foods or materials within an enclosed building, excluding a motor vehicle repair and a motor vehicle body shop as a principal or accessory use
  • A printing establishment
  • A warehouse
  • A parking lot
  • A radio or television broadcasting and transmission establishment
  • A furniture and appliance store
  • A recreational facility or structure
  • A community club
  • An animal hospital
  • A place of worship, only within areas shown on Schedules G, H and I
  • An associated educational use (accessory)
  • An associated office (accessory)
  • A retail outlet operated in connection with a permitted industrial purpose, provided its total gross commercial floor area is not more than 15% of the total gross industrial floor area of that industrial use (accessory)
  • Purposes accessory to the other permitted purposes

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot width (interior lot)30 m
Minimum front yard24 m
Minimum interior side yard6 m6 m; no requirement where it abuts a rail line; 9 m where it abuts a property zoned Residential or Institutional
Minimum exterior side yard6 m
Minimum rear yard12 m12 m; no requirement where it abuts a rail line
Maximum building heightSee noteNo restriction, but maximum 2 storeys on a lot which abuts a residential zone
Minimum landscaped open spaceSee noteNot a percentage: (i) except at approved driveway locations, a minimum 3 m wide strip along any lot line abutting a street or an Institutional Zone; (ii) a minimum 6 m wide strip along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone

Other provisions in this section

  • 31.2.1(a)(1): motor vehicle repair and motor vehicle body shop are excluded as a principal or accessory use
  • 31.2.1(b)(6): a place of worship is permitted only within areas shown on Schedules G, H and I
  • 31.2.1(c)(3): accessory retail outlet limited to 15% of the total gross industrial floor area of the particular industrial use
  • 31.2.2(c): interior side yard has no requirement where abutting a rail line; 9 m where abutting property zoned Residential or Institutional
  • 31.2.2(e): rear yard has no requirement where abutting a rail line
  • 31.2.2(f): building height not restricted, but maximum 2 storeys on a lot abutting a residential zone
  • 31.2.2(g)(i): minimum 3 m wide landscaped strip along any lot line abutting a street or an Institutional Zone, except at approved driveway locations
  • 31.2.2(g)(ii): minimum 6 m wide landscaped strip along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone
  • 31.2.2(h): outside storage is not permitted
  • Header amending by-law: 204-2010

Source: Section 31.2, By-law 270-2004 (City of Brampton), checked 2026-09-10. General provisions elsewhere in the by-law (parking, driveways, accessory buildings) also apply, and a numbered exception on the parcel can change any value here. Treat this as a pre-check, not a sign-off.

Other industrial zones in Brampton: M1, M2, M3, M3A, M4, M4A