Zoning · Burlington · Open space
PC zone, Burlington: Community Park
By-law 2020 Part 10, Section 3 (PC Zone), s.3.1–3.5; subject to Part 10 s.1, Part 1 and Part 14 of the City of Burlington Zoning By-law 09-2026 / 2020.
The PC zone is for larger community and city parks with recreation, cultural and heritage facilities, where buildings must sit well back from neighbouring homes and streets.
Is a property in the PC zone? Enter its address and the lookup returns the zone and these standards, including any site-specific exception.
Check an addressWhat the PC zone permits
- Community and City parks
- Community and recreation facilities
- Cultural Heritage resources and facilities
- Festive, cultural and ceremonial uses
- Buildings and structures for permitted uses
- Accessory buildings and structures for permitted uses
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum front yard | 15 mYard abutting a street: 15 m; 3 m in Beachway and Spencer Smith Parks. Yard abutting a residential zone: 15 m. Yard abutting any other lot line: 7.5 m. The by-law sets yards by what the lot line abuts, not by front/rear/side (s.3.5(a)). |
| Minimum interior side yard | 7.5 mYard abutting any other lot line: 7.5 m; 15 m if abutting a residential zone (s.3.5(a)). |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 15 mYard abutting a street: 15 m; 3 m in Beachway and Spencer Smith Parks (s.3.5(a)). |
| Minimum rear yard | 7.5 mYard abutting any other lot line: 7.5 m; 15 m if abutting a residential zone; 15 m if abutting a street (3 m in Beachway and Spencer Smith Parks) (s.3.5(a)). |
| Maximum gross floor area | 450Applies only to accessory commercial uses with direct public access from the building exterior: total floor area for those commercial uses shall be 450 m² (s.3.5(d)). Not a cap on all buildings. |
Other provisions in this section
- Landscape area abutting a street: 6 m (3 m in Beachway and Spencer Smith Parks) (s.3.5(b))
- Landscape area abutting a creek block: 6 m (s.3.5(b))
- Landscape buffer abutting a residential zone, excluding school properties: 9 m (s.3.5(c))
- Buildings and structures intended for public assembly must be set back 30 m from a railway right-of-way (s.3.3)
- Where multiple contiguous lots are developed under a single comprehensive site plan, all lots are deemed one lot for applying zoning regulations (s.3.4)
- Accessory commercial uses with direct public access from the building exterior: total commercial floor area shall be 450 m² (s.3.5(d))
- All uses subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations) (Part 10 s.1)
Source: By-law 2020 Part 10, Section 3 (PC Zone), s.3.1–3.5; subject to Part 10 s.1, Part 1 and Part 14, 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.