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DI zone, Burlington: Downtown Institutional (DI)

Zoning By-law 2020, Part 6, Section 8 (8.1 Permitted Uses, 8.2 Regulations); general provisions Part 6 Sections 1 and 3 of the City of Burlington Zoning By-law 09-2026 / 2020.

A downtown Burlington zone for public, park, community, recreation, cultural heritage and ceremonial uses, with a 6 m landscaped strip required along any street.

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What the DI zone permits

  • Public Uses
  • Community and City Parks and Open Space
  • Community and Recreation Facilities
  • Cultural Heritage Resources and Facilities
  • Festive, Cultural, and Ceremonial Uses

Other provisions in this section

  • Landscape area abutting a street: minimum 6 m (s.8.2) — the only dimensional regulation the DI zone states; no lot area, frontage, yard, height, coverage or density standards are given.
  • All Part 6 zones are subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations) (s.1).
  • Holding 'H' prefix: where the zone is preceded by 'H', permitted uses are per Part 11 s.1.1 and development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11 s.1.2 (s.1(a)).
  • Lands adjacent to Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay: refer to Part 1 s.2.30 (s.1(b)).
  • Side yard for 'L'-shaped dwellings, parking spaces and driveways, and parking structures: refer to Part 2 Subsection 1 (s.1(c)-(e)).
  • Prohibited in all Part 6 zones, in addition to Part 1 s.2.22: warehouse club; lumber sales; swimming pool sales and service; recreational vehicle and utility trailer sales and service; boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles sales and service; heavy machinery and equipment sales and service; car wash; video game/pinball machine arcade; propane cylinder handling facility; bulk propane storage depot; adult entertainment establishment (s.3).
  • Use tables 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 (s.2) apply to the DC/DW/DL and DRH/DRM/DRL zones respectively, not to DI; DI uses are listed separately in s.8.1.

Source: Zoning By-law 2020, Part 6, Section 8 (8.1 Permitted Uses, 8.2 Regulations); general provisions Part 6 Sections 1 and 3, By-law 09-2026 / 2020 (City of Burlington), checked 2026-09-12. 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.