CE zone, Burlington: Employment Commercial (CE)

What the CE zone permits

• Large Building Supplies/Garden Store
• Large Furniture and Appliance Store
• Large Home and Auto Supplies Store
• Other Retail Stores (only the list in footnote (c): office supplies; office furniture and equipment; computer hardware and software; electrical equipment supplies and services; industrial equipment supplies and services; heating and ventilation supplies and services; tool sales and service; automobile parts and upholsterer; lumber yard and home improvement centre; paint, glass and wallpaper; kitchen and bathroom centre; antique refinishing and sales; floor coverings; swimming pool sales and service; hot tubs/whirlpools; window and door sales and installation; hardware; blinds, draperies, curtains and wall coverings; linens, bedding and sheets; decorating centre; house wares; lighting; electronics; art shop and gallery)
• Standard Restaurant (subject to footnote (d))
• Standard Restaurant with Dance Floor (subject to footnotes (d) and (j))
• Fast Food Restaurant (subject to footnote (d))
• Convenience Restaurant (subject to footnote (d))
• Elevated Parking Facility
• Veterinary Services (no keeping of animals outside, footnote (a))
• Other Service Commercial Uses (subject to footnote (h))
• Banks, Trust Companies, Credit Unions (subject to footnote (h))
• Outdoor Patio (subject to Part 1, Section 2.21(v), footnote (k))
• All Office Uses
• Car Wash per Part 1, 2.9 (not permitted abutting a residential zone, footnote (i))
• Motor Vehicle Service Station per Part 1, 2.10 (not permitted abutting a residential zone, footnote (i))
• Motor Vehicle Sales, Leasing, Rental, and Service
• Motor Vehicle Repair Garage (not permitted abutting a residential zone, footnote (i))
• Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessory Sales
• Retail Propane Facility per Part 1, 2.7
• Recreational Establishment
• Entertainment Establishment
• Video Game/Pinball Machine Arcade
• Night Club (maximum capacity 1000 persons, footnote (b))
• Industrial Uses permitted in a GE2 zone

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Section 1(a): where the zone is prefixed with the Holding Symbol 'H', permitted uses are per Part 11, Section 1.1 and development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11, Section 1.2; Part 1 (General Conditions) and Part 14 (Exceptions) also apply.
• Section 3 prohibited uses (in addition to Part 1, s.2.22): parking lot; taxi cab garage; recreational vehicle, utility trailer sales and service; adult entertainment establishment.
• Table 4.5.1: separation distance of 30 m from a railway right-of-way for land uses sensitive to railway rights-of-way.
• Section 5.3 separation distances from a residential zone: Standard Restaurant 15 m; Fast Food Restaurant 30 m; Night Club 45 m.
• Section 5.5 floor area: 1000 m² minimum for each individual retail use.
• Section 5.6 landscape area: 6 m abutting a street; 3 m abutting a creek block, PC, P or O3 zone. Landscape buffer: 9 m abutting a residential zone.
• Section 5.7 loading: docks not permitted on building elevations facing a street; loading activities not permitted in a yard abutting a street; minimum 60 m setback from a residential zone (20 m if fully enclosed by a permanent structure); docks screened from adjoining residential zones; exception: three docks permitted facing Guelph Line on the existing building at 3050 Davidson Court.
• Section 5.8: contiguous lots developed under a single comprehensive site plan are deemed one lot for applying zoning regulations.
• Section 5.9 outdoor storage: only merchandise displayed for retail sale may be stored outside (not in a truck, trailer or vehicle); perishable waste kept refrigerated indoors or in a sealed below-grade deep collection container; non-perishable waste outside on lands abutting a residential zone must be in a solid screen enclosure per Part 1, s.2.2.3; GE2 industrial uses follow Part 3, Section 6.8.
• Section 5.10 parking: per Part 1, s.2.25; notwithstanding s.2.25.1, up to 112 parking spaces may be on a contiguous property with fully integrated access and use granted in perpetuity; on-site truck/trailer parking prohibited except while loading/unloading, for customer use, belonging to owner/tenant, or for charitable purposes; parking areas limited to 245 spaces each, separated by a 3 m landscape area (may contain a 2.0 m walkway if the landscape area is at least 4.5 m wide); where more than one parking area is required the average size shall be 150 spaces; connecting driveways may cross a landscape area.
• Section 5.11 fencing: on lands abutting a residential zone, fencing at least 1.8 m high along the common boundary (solid screen fence or chain-link plus landscape planting forming a dense year-round screen).
• Table 4.2.1 footnote (d): a restaurant may occupy up to 100% of a single building's floor area where the total existing building floor area on the lot is 3000 m² or more and the lot abuts an arterial, multi-purpose arterial or minor arterial road; otherwise total restaurant floor area may not exceed 15% of the floor area of each building it is in; contiguous lots under one comprehensive site plan are deemed one lot.
• Table 4.2.1 footnote (h): other service commercial uses and banks/trust companies/credit unions are permitted on a lot having a total building floor area of 3000 m², and their total floor area may not exceed 15% of the floor area of each building within which another use is located.
• Table 4.2.1 footnote (j): in buildings containing residential dwelling units, a Standard Restaurant with Dance Floor is only permitted at grade where office uses or uses accessory to residential are on the second storey.