Zoning · Burlington · Mixed use
UMXE zone, Burlington: Uptown Mixed-Use Corridor Employment
By-law 2020 Part 7, Sections 1-4 (Table 7.2.1, Table 7.4.1, Table 7.4.2) of the City of Burlington Zoning By-law 09-2026 / 2020, as amended by 2020.205.
An employment-focused mixed-use zone in Burlington's Uptown centre that allows offices, industrial uses, hotels, community and recreation uses and small-scale shops and restaurants, in buildings of at least 2 storeys and up to 24 m, with no residential dwellings permitted.
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- Convenience/Specialty Foods Store (a: ground floor and below-grade floors only, in buildings with a minimum floor area of 3000 m2)
- Other Retail Uses (a)
- Standard Restaurant (a)
- Standard Restaurant with Dance Floor (a)
- Fast Food Restaurant (a)
- Convenience Restaurant (a)
- Funeral Home (d: not permitted on a lot abutting a residential or URM zone)
- Veterinary Services (a, e: no outdoor animal-keeping facilities)
- Other Service Commercial Uses (a)
- Outdoor Patio (m: subject to Part 1, s.2.21(v))
- All Office Uses
- Community Institution
- Hotel
- Convention/Conference Centre
- Banquet Centre
- Caterer
- Industrial uses permitted in a GE2 zone, per Part 3, Table 3.2.1
- Recreational Establishment
- Entertainment Establishment
- Night Club (a, j: maximum capacity 500 persons)
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 500 m² |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 15 m |
| Minimum front yard | See noteTable 7.4.1 states no minimum; Front Yard is a MAXIMUM of 22 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | See noteSide Yard: none; but 6 m for a yard abutting a PC or P zone, 7 m abutting a pipeline easement, 3 m building setback abutting a creek block |
| Minimum exterior side yard | See noteTable 7.4.1 states no minimum; Street Side Yard is a MAXIMUM of 22 m |
| Minimum rear yard | 3 m |
| Maximum building height | 24 mMaximum 24 m; minimum 2 storeys (footnote e: second-storey floor area no less than 50% of first storey; buildings under 2 storeys legally existing at passage of By-law 2020.205, April 28, 2008, deemed to conform) |
| Minimum landscaped open space | 5 % |
| Maximum gross floor area | 300s.4.2 UMXE: maximum floor area per Retail or Service Commercial use 300 m2; retail and service commercial floor area shall not exceed 5% of total floor area |
| Maximum floor space index | 1 |
Other provisions in this section
- Table 7.4.1: Density (units/ha) and minimum Floor Area Ratio shown as '* * *' (not specified) for UMXE; maximum Floor Area Ratio 1:1
- Table 7.4.1: Separation distance of 30 m from a railway right-of-way for land uses sensitive to railway rights-of-way
- Table 7.4.1: yard abutting a PC or P zone 6 m; yard abutting a pipeline easement 7 m; building setback abutting a creek block 3 m
- s.4.2 (UMXE): maximum floor area per retail or service commercial use 300 m2; retail and service commercial floor area shall not exceed 5% of total floor area
- s.4.3 Landscape Area (other zones): 5%; 3 m abutting an O2 or O3 zone; 3 m abutting a PC or P zone; Landscape Buffer 4.5 m abutting a URM zone
- s.4.4: lots abutting O2 lands at Sheldon Creek top-of-bank may include that O2 land in Density, Lot Coverage and Landscape Area calculations, but not to increase maximum retail floor area
- s.4.5(a): parking per Part 1, s.2.25, except dwelling units at 1.25 spaces/1-bedroom, 1.50/2-bedroom, 1.75/3+ bedroom, no visitor parking (exemptions for Diagram 1D Appleby Line Corridor area and apartments in Growth Areas)
- s.4.5(b): enclosed occupant parking 1.25 spaces per unit where density exceeds 100 units/ha
- s.4.5(c): for apartment buildings, driveways and parking spaces set back 2 m from a habitable-room window on ground floor or below grade; driveways and parking spaces set back at least 6 m from URM zones
- s.4.5(d): parking of trucks and trailers prohibited except while loading/unloading, for customer use, belonging to owner/tenant, or for charitable purposes
- Table 7.4.2 (UMXE): parking lots set back minimum 3 m from any street line, reducible to 1 m where a decorative wall or fence not over 1.2 m high screens the lot from the street
- s.4.6 Outside storage: only merchandise displayed for retail sale, not in a vehicle; perishable waste refrigerated indoors or in a below-grade sealed deep collection system; non-perishable waste abutting a URM zone in a solid screen enclosure per Part 1, s.2.2.3
- s.4.7 Loading: no loading/unloading within 7.5 m of a URM zone; docks screened from adjoining URM zone
- s.4.8 Drive-throughs: landscaping to screen building elevations facing a street; external conveyor pick-up not permitted in a yard abutting a street and set back 15 m from a URM zone; intercom stations and freestanding facilities set back 15 m from a URM zone
- s.4.9 Retail sales: maximum 15% of an industrial use's total floor area for display/retail sale of products made on premises; 25% where total floor area is under 1000 m2
- s.4.10 Amenity area: 20 m2 per unit for apartment dwelling units and retirement homes
- s.4.11: balconies not permitted on building elevations facing Corporate Drive
- s.4.12 Fencing: minimum 1.8 m fence along common boundary with a URM zone (solid screen or chain-link with dense year-round planting)
- s.4.14: multiple contiguous lots developed under one comprehensive site plan are deemed one lot for zoning purposes
- s.3 Prohibited uses (in addition to Part 1, s.2.22): propane cylinder handling facility, bulk propane storage depot, parking structures/lots as a principal use, video game/pinball arcade, adult entertainment establishment
- s.1: Holding 'H' prefix per Part 11 s.1.1/1.2; accessory buildings Part 1 s.2.2; patios/decks s.2.3; fencing s.2.4; pools s.2.5; general parking s.2.26; parking spaces, driveways and structures Part 2 s.1; exceptions Part 14
Source: By-law 2020 Part 7, Sections 1-4 (Table 7.2.1, Table 7.4.1, Table 7.4.2), 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 mixed use zones in Burlington: DC, DL-A, DL-B, DL-C, DW, MXC, MXE, MXG, MXT, UC, UCR1, UCR2, UCR3, UE, UOP