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RG zone, Burlington: Rural Greenlands
Part 8, Sections 1-3, Tables 8.2.1 and 8.3.1 of the City of Burlington Zoning By-law 09-2026 / 2020.
A rural zone for farms, conservation lands and low-intensity outdoor recreation, where a single detached house is allowed on a large (10 hectare) lot with generous setbacks.
Is a property in the RG zone? Enter its address and the lookup returns the zone and these standards, including any site-specific exception.
Check an addressWhat the RG zone permits
- Agricultural uses
- Detached Dwelling
- Forest, Wildlife, Fisheries Management Projects
- Archaeological, Conservation Projects
- Transportation and Utility Facilities (essential facilities only, Table 8.2.1 note (b))
- Recreation Establishment (only non-intensive outdoor recreation such as walking trails, nature viewing, bird watching as the principal use, Table 8.2.1 note (e))
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 100000 m² |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 90 m |
| Minimum front yard | 10 mTable 8.3.1 'Yard abutting a street': 10 m. Applies to every yard that abuts a street, including a flankage yard on a corner lot. |
| Minimum interior side yard | 5 m |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 10 mNo separate flankage row; Table 8.3.1 'Yard abutting a street' 10 m applies to any yard abutting a street. |
| Minimum rear yard | 10 m |
| Maximum building height | 11 mMaximum dwelling height: 2 1/2 storeys to 11 m (Table 8.3.1). Applies to the dwelling; buildings accessory to agriculture have no maximum height (s.3.5). |
| Maximum lot coverage | 25 %s.3.2: Agricultural use no maximum; Recreational Establishment 5%; Other uses 25%. |
Other provisions in this section
- Lot area in Table 8.3.1 is stated as 10 ha (= 100,000 m2); lot width 90 m (Table 8.3.1, RA and RG column).
- Yard abutting a pipeline easement: minimum 7 m (Table 8.3.1).
- Lot coverage (s.3.2): no maximum for agricultural use; 5% for a recreational establishment; 25% for other uses.
- Buildings and structures accessory to agriculture (s.3.5): permitted in a side or rear yard only, subject to the Minimum Distance Separation Formula; no maximum height; no maximum floor area; setback from a street line 10 m; setback from a property line 3 m.
- Minimum Distance Separation (s.1.1): no new building on a lot adjacent to a property with livestock buildings except per MDS I (does not apply to a dwelling on the same property as the livestock use); no livestock building constructed or enlarged except per MDS II.
- Transportation and Utility Facilities: only essential facilities permitted (Table 8.2.1 note (b)).
- Recreation Establishment: only non-intensive outdoor recreational activities (walking trails, nature viewing, bird watching, etc.) as the principal use (Table 8.2.1 note (e)).
- Holding Zone (s.1(a)): where the zone is prefixed 'H', permitted uses per Part 11 s.1.1 and development is premature until the 'H' is removed per Part 11 s.1.2.
- All uses subject to Part 1 (General Conditions and Provisions) and Part 14 (Exceptions to Zone Designations) (s.1).
- Not permitted in RG (RA only): Veterinary Services, Riding Academy, Recycling Depot, Wayside Pit or Quarry, Portable Asphalt Plant, Accessory Farm Commercial, Accessory Farm Dwelling Unit; sections 3.3 (Accessory Farm Commercial, 250 m2) and 3.4 (Accessory Farm Dwelling Unit, max two units within 100 m of principal farm dwelling) therefore apply only to RA.
Source: Part 8, Sections 1-3, Tables 8.2.1 and 8.3.1, 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.
Other agricultural zones in Burlington: RA