Zoning · Brampton · Commercial

SC zone, Brampton: Service Commercial

Section 23.1 of the City of Brampton Zoning By-law 270-2004, as amended by 204-2010, 253-2021.

A commercial zone for shops, offices, restaurants and personal services, with a few other uses such as places of worship, day nurseries and lodging houses.

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What the SC zone permits

  • A retail establishment having no outside storage
  • A service shop
  • A personal service shop
  • A bank, trust company and finance company
  • An office
  • A dry cleaning and laundry distribution station
  • A laundromat
  • A parking lot
  • A dining room restaurant, a convenience restaurant, a take-out restaurant
  • A printing or copying establishment
  • A garden centre sales establishment
  • A community club
  • A health or fitness centre
  • A tavern
  • A custom workshop
  • An animal hospital
  • A place of worship
  • A day nursery
  • Supportive Housing Residence Type 2
  • A lodging house
  • Purposes accessory to the other permitted purposes

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot width (interior lot)38 m
Minimum front yard5 m
Minimum interior side yard3 m3 metres, except 5 metres where the interior side yard abuts a Residential or Institutional Zone
Minimum exterior side yard5 m
Minimum rear yard6 m6 metres, except 9 metres where the rear yard abuts a Residential or Institutional Zone
Maximum building heightSee note3 storeys (stated in storeys, not metres)
Minimum landscaped open spaceSee note60% of the required front yard and the required exterior side yard (not a percentage of the lot)

Other provisions in this section

  • 23.1.2(c): interior side yard increases from 3 m to 5 m where it abuts a Residential or Institutional Zone
  • 23.1.2(e): rear yard increases from 6 m to 9 m where it abuts a Residential or Institutional Zone
  • 23.1.2(f): maximum building height is 3 storeys
  • 23.1.2(g): minimum landscaped open space is 60% of the required front yard and of the required exterior side yard
  • 23.1.1(a)(1): retail establishments are permitted only with no outside storage

Source: Section 23.1, 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 commercial zones in Brampton: RC, C1, C2, C3, CA, HC1, HC2, OC, DC, DC1, MBU