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CHB zone, Caledon: Bolton Highway Commercial

Section 7 (Commercial Zones), Subsections 7.2 and 7.3, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (CHB column) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.

A highway-oriented commercial zone in Bolton for car-related businesses, hotels, restaurants, offices, warehouses and light industrial uses, with large setbacks, landscaping strips and lot sizes that depend on the use and on whether the lot has municipal services.

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What the CHB zone permits

  • Animal Hospital
  • Business Office
  • Drive-Through Service Facility (condition 13: subject to Section 4.9; only in the Bolton and Mayfield West settlement areas, and in Tullamore, Victoria, Sandhill and Caledon Village only in existing commercial zones along Hurontario Street (Hwy 10) and Charleston Sideroad (Regional Road 24))
  • Factory Outlet
  • Farmers' Market
  • Financial Institution
  • Fitness Centre
  • Hotel
  • Industrial Use
  • Merchandise Service Shop
  • Motel
  • Motor Vehicle Gas Bar
  • Motor Vehicle Rental Establishment
  • Motor Vehicle Repair Facility
  • Motor Vehicle Sales Establishment
  • Motor Vehicle Service Centre
  • Motor Vehicle Used Sales Establishment
  • Open Storage Area, Accessory (condition 14: not permitted with an Industrial Use)
  • Outside Display or Sales Area, Accessory
  • Parking Area, Commercial
  • Place of Assembly
  • Place of Entertainment
  • Private Club
  • Research Establishment
  • Restaurant
  • Retail Store, Accessory (condition 2: max 93 m² net floor area)
  • Training Facility
  • Warehouse
  • Warehouse, Public Self-Storage
  • Warehouse, Wholesale

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot area (interior lot)460 m²Depends on use and servicing: Motor Vehicle Service Centre 2,000 m²; Hotel or Motel 2,750 m²; other uses on unserviced lot 2,040 m²; partially serviced lot 1,390 m²; fully serviced lot 460 m². Footnote (7): Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse: 925 m².
Minimum lot width (interior lot)9 mMotor Vehicle Service Centre, Hotel or Motel: 40 m; other uses on fully serviced lot: 9 m; other uses on any other lot: 30 m. Footnote (7): Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse: 30 m.
Minimum front yard18 m18 m. Footnote (7) for Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse: 20 m from a front lot line abutting a Residential zone, 18 m from any other front lot line.
Minimum interior side yard7.5 m10.5 m from an interior side lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use; 7.5 m from any other interior side lot line. Footnote (7) for Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse: 15 m abutting a Residential zone or lot with Residential use, 7.5 m otherwise.
Minimum exterior side yard18 m
Minimum rear yard7.5 m10.5 m from a rear lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use; 7.5 m from any other rear lot line. Footnote (7) for Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse: 15 m abutting Residential zone, 18 m abutting a provincial highway, 7.5 m otherwise.
Maximum building height10.5 mTable row reads 'Maximum: 10.5m' under a garbled heading in the source text (heading text lost in PDF extraction); read as the Building Height (Maximum) row of Table 7.2. Verify against the PDF.
Maximum lot coverage30 %Building Area (maximum) 30%. Footnote (7): 50% for Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse.
Minimum landscaped open space20 %
Maximum gross floor areaSee noteOnly stated for Retail Store, Accessory: 93 m² (Table 7.2; footnote (2) to Table 7.1 states 93 m² net floor area). Footnote (7): a Factory Outlet's net floor area is capped at 20% of the net floor area of the permitted industrial use to which it is accessory.

Other provisions in this section

  • Column heading condition (7) applies to the entire zone: special performance standards for Factory Outlet, Industrial Use, Merchandise Service Shop and Warehouse — min lot area 925 m², min lot frontage 30 m, max building area 50%, front yard 20 m abutting Residential zone / 18 m otherwise, rear yard 15 m abutting Residential zone / 18 m abutting provincial highway / 7.5 m otherwise, interior side yard 15 m abutting Residential zone or lot with Residential use / 7.5 m otherwise; Factory Outlet net floor area max 20% of the net floor area of the accessory-to industrial use.
  • Motor Vehicle Gas Bar setback (minimum): 6 m from any lot line and 3 m from any sight triangle; footnote (6): where the gas bar has a canopy or roof structure, the setback is measured to the nearest part of the canopy or roof.
  • Planting strip minimum width 6 m; footnote (3): required along any front lot line and any exterior lot line, and along any portion of a rear lot line and interior side lot line abutting a Residential Zone or a lot containing a Residential use.
  • Driveway setbacks (minimum): 6 m from a lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use; 1.5 m from any other lot line.
  • Parking space setbacks (minimum): 6 m from any street line; 1.5 m from any other lot line.
  • Accessory retail store max 93 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 2; Table 7.2 gross floor area row).
  • Drive-through service facilities only per Table 7.1 footnote (13): subject to Section 4.9 and limited to the Bolton and Mayfield West settlement areas (and specific existing commercial zones in Tullamore, Victoria, Sandhill and Caledon Village along Hurontario Street/Charleston Sideroad).
  • Accessory open storage area is not permitted together with an Industrial Use (Table 7.1 footnote 14).
  • Section 7.1: all uses also subject to the General Provisions of Section 4 and the Parking, Loading and Delivery Standards of Section 5.

Source: Section 7 (Commercial Zones), Subsections 7.2 and 7.3, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (CHB column), 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: C, CC, CCV, CH, CHV, CN, CT, CV