BC1 zone, Burlington: Business Corridor BC1

What the BC1 zone permits

• Transportation, Communication, and Utilities (footnote b: transmitting towers set back from a street or residential zone 1 m per 1 m of height above grade)
• Transportation Equipment Industries
• Non-Metallic Mineral Production Industries
• Food Processing and Manufacturing
• Metal Rolling, Casting, and Extruding
• Petro Chemical Laboratories
• Bulk Propane Storage Depot (per Part 1, 2.7)
• Metal, Wood, Paper, Plastic, Machine, and Chemical Industries
• Wholesale Trade
• Private Propane Facility (per Part 1, 2.7)
• Construction and Trade Contractors
• Wholesale Building and Construction Materials
• Machinery and Equipment
• Cannabis Production Facility (footnote j: not permitted in a building where food to be sold is produced, packaged, labelled or stored)
• Leather and Textile Industries
• Furniture and Fixture Industries
• Clothing Industries
• Electrical Products Industries
• Warehouse and Logistics
• Storage Locker Facility
• Training Centre
• Research and Development
• Information and Data Processing
• Knowledge-Based & High Technology
• Pharmaceuticals & Medicines
• Parking Lot
• Accessory Dwelling Unit for security or maintenance (footnote d: within a principal building, max 75 m2 floor area)
• Crematory (footnote i: not within 70 m of a Residential, Downtown, Uptown, MXG or MXC Zone boundary)
• Other Industrial Operations - general manufacturing, processing, fabricating and/or assembly facility
• All Office Uses
• Hotel (footnote e: in addition to complementary uses, max 1400 m2 floor area may be used for retail uses)
• Convention/Conference Centre
• Banquet Centre
• Caterer
• Car Wash (per Part 1, 2.9)
• Motor Vehicle Service Station (per Part 1, 2.10)
• Motor Vehicle Repair Garage
• Convenience Store (footnote f)
• Machinery & Equipment retail (footnote f)
• Computer Hardware & Software retail (footnote f)
• Office Furniture & Equipment retail (footnote f)
• Standard Restaurant (footnote f)
• Standard Restaurant with Dance Floor (footnote f)
• Fast Food Restaurant (footnote f)
• Convenience Restaurant (footnote f)
• Night Club (footnotes f, h: only in conjunction with a standard restaurant, max capacity 500 persons)
• Banks, Trust Companies, Credit Unions (footnote f)
• Retail Brewery (footnote f)
• Other Service Commercial Uses (footnote f)
• Outdoor Patio (footnote k: subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(v))
• Recreational Establishment (footnote f)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Holding Zone: where the zone is prefixed 'H', permitted uses follow Part 11, Section 1.1 and development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11, Section 1.2 (s.1(a))
• Footnote (f) for retail, service commercial and recreation uses: permitted only on a lot with total building floor area of 3000 m2; total floor area of all retail, service commercial and recreation uses shall not exceed 15% of the floor area of each building in which such a use is located; a restaurant may occupy up to 100% of a single building if total existing building floor area on the lot is at least 3000 m2 and the lot abuts an arterial, multi-purpose arterial or minor arterial road; contiguous lots under one comprehensive development/site plan are deemed one lot
• Prohibited uses (s.3, in addition to Part 1, 2.22): motor vehicle wrecking yard; bone/blood boiling, blood drying, rendering, tankhouse products; abattoir; fish products processing and oil extraction from fish/animal matter; animal/fish matter fertilizer manufacturing and storage; sugar refinery; vegetable oil mills; hide processing; pulp and paper mills; asbestos products manufacturing; petroleum refining; explosives manufacturing; primary metals industries; medical waste storage and disposal; animal research; R&D related to any prohibited use; video game/pinball arcade; energy from waste facility
• Yard abutting a residential zone: 15 m (Table 3.4.2)
• Building setback abutting a creek block or O3 zone: 7.5 m, or 4.5 m if the block includes a 3 m buffer (Table 3.4.2)
• Yard abutting a pipeline easement: 7 m (Table 3.4.2)
• Yard abutting a railway right-of-way: none required; separation distance of 30 m from a railway right-of-way for uses sensitive to railway rights-of-way (Table 3.4.2)
• Yard abutting a PC or P zone: 6 m (Table 3.4.2)
• Restaurant drive-throughs (s.4.5): landscaping must screen building elevations facing a street where drive-through facilities are in or adjacent to them; external conveyor pick-up systems not permitted in a yard abutting a street and must be set back 15 m from a residential zone; intercom ordering stations set back 15 m from a residential zone
• Accessory retail sales (s.4.6): max 15% total floor area, only with manufacturing, fabricating, processing, assembling or warehousing uses; accessory retail/showroom area is the lesser of 15% of the main use or 250 m2; must be within the same premises as the permitted use and separated from the rest of the facility by a permanent solid floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall partition with closed doors
• Built form (s.4.7): decorative exterior finish required on elevations facing a street, facing a residential zone, within 7.5 m of a wall facing a street with deemed width of 26 m or less, or within 15 m of a wall facing a street with deemed width greater than 26 m; exterior walls facing a residential zone max 36 m long; mechanical equipment/machinery not within 20 m of a residential zone
• Landscape area (s.4.8): 15 m abutting Highway 407, a street adjacent to the QEW or Highway 403, or Burloak Drive north of the QEW; 3 m abutting Heritage Road; 3 m abutting a street with deemed width less than 26 m; 6 m abutting a street with deemed width of 26 m or greater; 3 m abutting a creek block or O3 zone; 3 m abutting a PC or P zone
• Landscape buffer abutting a residential zone: 9 m (s.4.8)
• Parking per Part 1, Subsection 2.25 Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements (s.4.9(a))
• Parking of trucks/vehicles exceeding 3000 kg registered gross vehicle weight, 6 m length or 2.6 m height is not permitted within 15 m of a residential zone (s.4.9(b))
• Parking areas max 150 spaces each, separated from adjoining parking areas by a 3 m landscape area (may contain a 2.0 m walkway if the landscape area is at least 4.5 m wide within a comprehensive development); where more than one parking area is required the average size shall be 100 spaces; connecting driveways may cross a landscape area (s.4.9(c))
• Outdoor storage (s.4.10): not permitted in any yard abutting a Major Arterial, Multi-Purpose Arterial, Minor Arterial or Collector Road, nor within 9 m of a residential zone; refuse/waste and containers screened from any street or residential zone; retail merchandise may be stored outdoors where principal use is retail but not in a required yard or landscaping strip abutting a street; all outdoor storage and outdoor processing prohibited at a Waste Transfer Station except a permitted Waste Container Facility; Recycling Facility outdoor storage max 6 m high, enclosed by a 3 m high solid screen fence; perishable waste kept in refrigerated storage inside a building or in a sealed, lockable, primarily below-grade deep collection container
• Outdoor manufacturing prohibited in any yard abutting a street and on lands abutting a residential zone (s.4.11)
• Loading/unloading docks not permitted in building elevations facing a street; loading/unloading activities not permitted in a yard abutting a street (s.4.12)
• Fencing on lands abutting a residential zone: min 1.8 m high along the common boundary, solid screen fence or chain-link plus landscape planting forming a dense year-round screen (s.4.13)
• Caretaker/watchman dwelling unit must be within a principal building and not exceed 75 m2 (s.4.14)
• Contiguous lots developed under a single comprehensive site plan are deemed one lot for applying zoning regulations; each lot must comply with regulations for itself and for the entire development (s.4.15)