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MX zone, Caledon: Extractive Industrial

Section 8 – Industrial Zones, Tables 8.1 and 8.2 (Sections 8.2, 8.3) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.

The MX zone is for gravel pits and quarries (plus farms and accessory open storage), with large setbacks from neighbouring residential land and buffer planting strips.

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What the MX zone permits

  • Farm
  • Gravel Pit
  • Open Storage Area, Accessory
  • Quarry

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot area (interior lot)10000 m²
Minimum lot width (interior lot)10 m
Minimum front yard30 m
Minimum interior side yard30 m30 m from any other interior side lot line; 90 m from an interior side lot line abutting a Residential zone. Footnote (15): no building setback required from a lot line abutting a railroad right-of-way or another lot in an MX Zone.
Minimum exterior side yard30 m
Minimum rear yard30 m30 m from any other rear lot line; 90 m from a rear lot line abutting a Residential zone. Footnote (15): no building setback required from a lot line abutting a railroad right-of-way or another lot in an MX Zone.
Maximum building height25 m
Minimum landscaped open space5 %

Other provisions in this section

  • Minimum lot area stated as 1 ha (recorded as 10,000 m²).
  • Maximum building area: 900 m² (Table 8.2).
  • All yards subject to footnote (15): notwithstanding any building setback provisions, no building setback is required from any portion of a lot line abutting a railroad right-of-way or abutting another lot in an MX Zone.
  • Excavation setbacks (minimum): 15 m from any lot line; 30 m from any street line.
  • Accessory open storage area setbacks (minimum): 90 m from any lot line abutting a Residential zone; 30 m from any other lot line.
  • Planting strip width (minimum): 15 m; location per footnote (10): required along each front lot line, and along any portion of a rear lot line and interior side lot line that abuts a Residential zone.
  • Driveway setbacks (minimum): 3 m from any other lot line; 9 m from a lot line abutting a zone other than an MX or MD zone.
  • Parking space setbacks (minimum): 3 m from any street line; 9 m from any lot line abutting a Residential zone or a lot containing a Residential use.
  • Uses and standards also subject to the General Provisions in Section 4 and the Parking, Loading & Delivery Standards in Section 5 (Section 8.1).

Source: Section 8 – Industrial Zones, Tables 8.1 and 8.2 (Sections 8.2, 8.3), 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 industrial zones in Caledon: MA, MD, MP, MS, MU