M1 zone, Hamilton: Research and Development (M1) Zone

What the M1 zone permits

• Alcohol Production Facility
• Artist Studio
• Biotechnological Establishment
• Commercial Parking Facility
• Communications Establishment
• Computer, Electronic and Data Processing Establishment
• Conference or Convention Centre
• Craftsperson Shop
• Financial Establishment
• Hotel
• Laboratory
• Manufacturing
• Medical Clinic
• Motor Vehicle Service Station
• Office
• Personal Service
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Establishment
• Printing Establishment
• Production Studio
• Repair Service
• Research and Development Establishment
• Restaurant
• Retail
• Science and Technology Establishment
• Warehouse
• Motor Vehicle Washing Establishment (only as accessory to a Motor Vehicle Service Station, 9.1.2 iii)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Maximum yard abutting a street: 2.0 m for the ground floor of a building, except where a visibility triangle is required for a driveway access (9.1.3 a i).
• Where a building already exists on the lot in conformity with the 2.0 m maximum yard and its ground-floor facade equals 25% or more of the length of any street line, the maximum yard does not apply to additional buildings (9.1.3 a ii).
• Lots abutting existing Frid Street and Chatham Street: no minimum or maximum yard applies (9.1.3 a iii).
• On a corner lot the 2.0 m maximum yard applies to only one of the lot lines abutting a street (9.1.3 a iv).
• No minimum front, rear, side or flankage yard, minimum lot area, lot width or lot coverage is stated in Section 9.1.
• Parking per Section 5 of the By-law; notwithstanding Section 5.6 c) iv, no parking is required for Financial Establishment, Personal Service, Restaurant or Retail (9.1.3 e).
• Outdoor storage and outdoor assembly permitted only in conjunction with a building; not permitted in a front yard or required flankage yard; may not exceed 85% of total lot area; must be screened from any abutting street by a Visual Barrier per Section 4.19 (9.1.3 f).
• Child Care Centre, Financial Establishment, Personal Service, Restaurant and Retail are permitted only on the ground floor of a building with minimum GFA of 2,000 m² and minimum 2 storeys, unless within an existing Planned Business Centre; the second storey must be at least 75% of the ground-floor GFA; an individual retail establishment is limited to 500 m² GFA (9.1.3 g).
• Alcohol Production Facility, Manufacturing, Motor Vehicle Service Station, Repair Service and Warehouse are permitted only within an existing building (9.1.3 h).
• No Hotel within 300 m of 501 Main Street West (9.1.3 i).
• Maximum GFA for an Alcohol Production Facility: 5,000 m² (9.1.3 j).
• Combined accessory retail showroom area and tasting room: maximum 25% of the principal use GFA or 500.0 m², whichever is less; retail or accessory retail at a motor vehicle service station limited to 280 m² GFA (9.1.3 k).
• Accessory buildings per Section 4.8; no accessory building permitted in a front yard or flankage yard (9.1.3 l).
• Prohibited manufacturing uses (except as accessory to another permitted manufacturing use): concrete crushing; manufacturing of asbestos, phosphate or sulphur products; primary production of chemicals, synthetic rubber, plastic, asphalt or cement (mixing/blending/treatment excluded); processing or refining of petroleum or coal; processing, milling or packaging of animal feed; rock crushing; salvage, recycling or scrap yard; slaughtering, eviscerating, rendering or cleaning of meat, poultry or fish or by-products; smelting, refining, rolling, forging or extruding of ore or metal; stamping, blanking or punch-pressing of metal; tanning or chemical processing of pelts or leather; vulcanizing of rubber; explosives manufacturing; pulp and paper mills (9.1.2 i).
• Prohibited even as accessory uses: Child Care Centre, Drive Through Facility, Dwelling Unit, Place of Worship (9.1.2 ii).
• Motor Vehicle Washing Establishment permitted only as an accessory use to a Motor Vehicle Service Station (9.1.2 iii).