Zoning · Brampton · Industrial
M4 zone, Brampton: Industrial Four
Section 34.1 of the City of Brampton Zoning By-law 270-2004, as amended by 204-2010.
A general industrial zone for manufacturing, warehousing and printing inside enclosed buildings, with some non-industrial uses like recreation facilities and animal hospitals, and no outside storage allowed.
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Check an addressWhat the M4 zone permits
- Manufacturing, cleaning, packaging, processing, repairing or assembly of goods, foods or materials within an enclosed building, excluding a motor vehicle repair shop and a motor vehicle body shop as a principal or accessory use
- Printing establishment
- Warehouse
- Parking lot
- Radio or television broadcasting and transmission establishment
- Recreational facility or structure
- Community club
- Animal hospital
- Place of worship, only when located in a Business Corridor Area as shown on Schedule G
- Associated educational use (accessory)
- Associated office (accessory)
- Retail outlet operated in connection with a permitted industrial use under (a)(1) or (a)(2), limited to 15% of the total gross industrial floor area of that use (accessory)
- Purposes accessory to the other permitted purposes
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 30 m |
| Minimum front yard | 9 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 4 m4 m; no requirement where it abuts a rail line; 9 m where it abuts a property zoned Residential or Institutional |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 6 m6 m; 12 m where it abuts a 0.3 metre reserve |
| Minimum rear yard | 7 m7 m; no requirement where it abuts a rail line; 12 m where it abuts a 0.3 metre reserve or a Residential or Institutional Zone |
| Maximum building height | See noteNo restriction, but maximum 2 storeys on a lot which abuts a residential zone |
| Minimum landscaped open space | See noteStated as strips, not a percentage: (i) minimum 3 m wide strip along any lot line abutting a street or an Institutional Zone, except at approved driveway locations; (ii) minimum 6 m wide strip along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone |
Other provisions in this section
- 34.1.2(h): Outside storage is not permitted.
- 34.1.1(a)(1): Motor vehicle repair shops and motor vehicle body shops are excluded as principal or accessory uses.
- 34.1.1(b)(5): A place of worship is permitted only when located in a Business Corridor Area shown on Schedule G.
- 34.1.1(c)(3): An accessory retail outlet tied to a manufacturing or printing use may not exceed 15% of the total gross industrial floor area of that use.
- 34.1.2(f): Maximum 2 storeys on a lot which abuts a residential zone; otherwise no height restriction.
- 34.1.2(g)(i): Minimum 3 m wide landscaped strip along any lot line abutting a street or an Institutional Zone, except at approved driveway locations.
- 34.1.2(g)(ii): Minimum 6 m wide landscaped strip along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone.
Source: Section 34.1, 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, M1A, M2, M3, M3A, M4A