C4 zone, Hamilton: Mixed Use High Density (C4) Zone

What the C4 zone permits

• Artist Studio
• Beverage Making Establishment
• Catering Service
• Child Care Centre
• Commercial Entertainment
• Commercial Parking Facility
• Commercial Recreation
• Commercial School
• Communications Establishment
• Conference or Convention Centre
• Craftsperson Shop
• Dwelling Unit, Mixed Use
• Educational Establishment
• Emergency Shelter
• Financial Establishment
• Funeral Home
• Hotel
• Laboratory
• Lodging House
• Medical Clinic
• Microbrewery
• Motor Vehicle Gas Bar
• Multiple Dwelling
• Office
• Performing Arts Theatre
• Personal Service
• Place of Assembly
• Place of Worship
• Repair Service
• Residential Care Facility
• Restaurant
• Retail
• Retirement Home
• Social Services Establishment
• Transportation Depot
• Urban Farmer's Market
• Veterinary Service

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Maximum building setback from a street line 4.5 m, except where a visibility triangle is required for a driveway access; minimum 6.0 m setback for the portion of a building providing an access driveway to a garage (10.4.3 a).
• Corner lot where the rear lot line abuts a street: the street-line setback rule of 10.4.3 a) applies to the rear yard instead of the 7.5 m minimum (10.4.3 b ii).
• Minimum 11.0 m facade height along the street (10.4.3 d i).
• Building height above 11.0 m may be increased equivalently as the rear or interior side yard increases beyond the minimum when abutting a Residential or Institutional Zone, with a maximum 20.0 m setback to any yard (10.4.3 d ii).
• Rooftop amenity areas or rooftop-access structures may project above the uppermost point of the building if: floor area does not exceed 10% of the storey directly beneath; set back at least 3.0 m from the exterior walls of the storey beneath; and not more than 3.0 m in vertical distance above the uppermost point of the building (10.4.3 d iv).
• Maximum gross floor area for an Office building: 4,000.0 m² per individual building (10.4.3 e, By-law 24-137).
• Maximum gross floor area for a Microbrewery: 700.0 m² (10.4.3 f).
• Built form for new buildings/additions: rooftop mechanical equipment must be screened from any abutting street; no parking, stacking lanes or aisles between the required building facade and the front or flankage lot line; at least one principal entrance within the ground-floor facade closest to a street with direct access from the public sidewalk; a walkway is permitted in a required Planting Strip (10.4.3 g).
• Minimum Amenity Area on a lot with 10 or more dwelling units: 4.0 m² per dwelling unit of 50 m² GFA or less, 6.0 m² per dwelling unit over 50 m² GFA; outdoor amenity area must be unobstructed, at or above the surface, and exposed to light and air (10.4.3 h).
• Minimum 1.5 m wide Planting Strip where a lot line abuts a lot in a Residential or Institutional Zone (and not a Laneway) (10.4.3 i).
• Visual barrier required along any lot line abutting a Residential Zone, Institutional Zone or Downtown (D5) Zone per Section 4.19 (10.4.3 j).
• No outdoor storage of goods, materials or equipment; display of goods accessory to a Retail use is permitted only in a front or flankage yard (10.4.3 k).
• Restricted use - Residential Care Facility: maximum capacity 50 residents (10.4.1.1 i 1).
• Restricted use - Emergency Shelter or Residential Care Facility must be on a lot with a minimum 300 m radial separation (lot line to lot line) from any other lot occupied by a Residential Care Facility, Emergency Shelter, Corrections Residence or Correctional Facility; an existing facility closer than 300 m may be expanded or redeveloped up to the number of residents permitted by the zone (10.4.1.1 i 2-3).
• Restricted use - finished floor elevation of any dwelling unit must be at least 0.9 m above grade, but dwelling units are permitted in a basement or cellar (10.4.1.1 ii).
• Prohibited except as an accessory use to another permitted use: Community Garden, Garden Centre, Urban Farm (10.4.2 i).
• Motor Vehicle Dealership is prohibited, even as an accessory use (10.4.2 ii).
• Emergency Shelter, Lodging House, Place of Worship, Residential Care Facility, Retirement Home and Social Services Establishment: minimum side and rear yard 7.5 m; maximum building height 22.0 m; minimum landscaped area 10% of lot area (10.4.4).
• Motor Vehicle Gas Bar: minimum 4.5 m yard abutting a street; minimum 4.5 m from any lot line for fuel pump islands, fuel pumps and canopies; minimum 3.0 m planting strip abutting any street line or Residential/Institutional Zone lot line except at ingress/egress points; maximum 175.0 m² gross floor area for accessory retail uses (10.4.5).
• Accessory buildings per Section 4.8 (10.4.6).
• Parking per Section 5 (10.4.7).
• Urban Farm (accessory only) permitted only in the rear yard or on the roof-top of the principal building, in addition to Section 4.26 (10.4.8).
• Community Garden (accessory only) permitted only in the rear yard or on the roof-top of the principal building, in addition to Section 4.27 (10.4.9).
• Urban Farmers Market per Section 4.28 (10.4.10).