C zone, Caledon: General Commercial
Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 (permitted uses) and 7.2 (zone standards) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.
A general commercial zone for larger retail, office, restaurant, hotel and service businesses on lots of at least 0.8 hectares, with deep setbacks and planting strips where the lot backs onto homes.
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Check an addressWhat the C zone permits
- Animal Hospital
- Business Office
- Clinic
- Convenience Store (max 160 m² net floor area, footnote 4)
- Drive-Through Service Facility (footnote 13: only in specified settlement areas, subject to Section 4.9)
- Dry Cleaning or Laundry Outlet
- Financial Institution
- Fitness Centre
- Funeral Home
- Grocery Store (max 1100 m² net floor area, footnote 5)
- Hotel
- Laundromat
- Merchandise Service Shop
- Motel
- Parking Area, Commercial
- Personal Service Shop
- Place of Assembly
- Place of Entertainment
- Private Club
- Restaurant
- Retail Store
- Sales, Service and Repair Shop
- Training Facility
- Video Outlet/Rental Store (max 185 m² net floor area, footnote 3)
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 8000 m² |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 30 m |
| Minimum front yard | 15 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 7.5 m7.5 m from any other interior side lot line; 12 m from an interior side lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 15 m |
| Minimum rear yard | 15 m15 m from any other rear lot line; 19.5 m from a rear lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use |
| Maximum building height | 10.5 m |
| Maximum lot coverage | 25 % |
| Minimum landscaped open space | 10 % |
Other provisions in this section
- Lot area minimum is stated as 0.8 ha (= 8,000 m²).
- Building Area (maximum) 25% is the by-law's term for lot coverage.
- Maximum building height 10.5 m (Table 7.2 row label garbled in source text; read as Building Height maximum).
- Planting strip minimum width 4.5 m; per footnote (2), required along any rear lot line and any portion of an interior side lot line that abuts a Residential Zone or a lot containing a Residential use.
- Driveway setback minimum 4.5 m.
- Parking space setback minimum 1.5 m from any street line and 4.5 m from any lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use.
- Convenience store not to exceed 160 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 4).
- Grocery store not to exceed 1100 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 5).
- Video outlet/rental store not to exceed 185 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 3).
- Drive-through service facilities only permitted in the Settlement Areas of Bolton and Mayfield West, and in Tullamore, Victoria, Sandhill and Caledon Village only in existing commercial zones along Hurontario Street (Highway 10) and Charleston Sideroad (Regional Road 24), subject to Section 4.9 (Table 7.1 footnote 13).
- Uses must also comply with the General Provisions in Section 4 and the Parking, Loading and Delivery Standards in Section 5 (Section 7.1).
Source: Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 (permitted uses) and 7.2 (zone standards), By-law 2006-50 (Town of Caledon), 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 commercial zones in Caledon: CC, CCV, CH, CHB, CHV, CN, CT, CV