TOC4 zone, Hamilton: Transit Oriented Corridor Mixed Use High Density (TOC4) Zone

What the TOC4 zone permits

• Artist Studio
• Beverage Making Establishment
• Catering Service
• Child Care Centre
• Commercial Entertainment
• Commercial Recreation
• Commercial School
• Communications Establishment
• Craftsperson Shop
• Dwelling Unit, Mixed Use (only above the ground floor)
• Financial Establishment
• Hotel
• Laboratory
• Long Term Care Facility
• Medical Clinic
• Microbrewery
• Office
• Performing Arts Theatre
• Personal Service
• Place of Assembly
• Place of Worship
• Repair Service
• Restaurant
• Retail
• Retirement Home
• Social Services Establishment
• Tradesperson's Shop
• Urban Farmers Market
• Veterinary Service

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Dwelling Unit, Mixed Use permitted only above the ground floor (11.4.1.1).
• Prohibited even as accessory uses: Drive-Through Facility, Motor Vehicle Dealership, Motor Vehicle Gas Bar, Motor Vehicle Rental Establishment, Motor Vehicle Service Station, Motor Vehicle Washing Establishment (11.4.2 i).
• Garden Centre prohibited except as an accessory use to another permitted use (11.4.2 ii).
• Rooftop amenity enclosures / rooftop access structures may project above the building's uppermost point if: floor area not more than 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 higher than the uppermost point of the building (11.4.3 d) v).
• Built form for new development: rooftop mechanical equipment located and/or screened from view of any abutting street (11.4.3 g) i).
• Interior or through lot: minimum width of ground floor facade facing the front lot line at least 75% of the front lot line length; corner lot: combined ground floor facade width facing street lines at least 75% of all lot lines abutting the street; facade width excludes access driveways and required yards along a street lot line (11.4.3 g) ii-iv).
• No parking, stacking lanes or aisles between the required building facade and the front or flankage lot line (11.4.3 g) v).
• At least one principal entrance within the ground floor facade closest to the street, accessible directly from the public sidewalk; a sidewalk is permitted within a planting strip for this purpose (11.4.3 g) vi-vii).
• For commercial development existing at passing of the by-law, new commercial buildings are exempt from facade-width rules ii) and iii) if each building is max 650 m² GFA and minimum building height is 4.5 m instead of 11.0 m (11.4.3 g) viii).
• Properties designated under the Ontario Heritage Act: alternative design or materials approved via a Heritage Permit deemed to comply (11.4.3 g) ix).
• First storey minimum height 3.6 m, maximum height 4.5 m (11.4.3 g) x).
• Minimum amenity area for dwelling units with a commercial use on a lot with more than 10 dwelling units: 4.0 m² per unit under 50 m², 6.0 m² per unit over 50 m²; outdoor amenity area must be unobstructed, at or above grade, exposed to light and air (may include balconies and patios); amenity area reserved exclusively for the residential component and functionally separated from commercial public areas (11.4.3 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 (11.4.3 i).
• Visual barrier required along any lot line abutting an Institutional or Residential Zone per Section 4.19; no visual barrier permitted between the building facade and the street (11.4.3 j).
• No outdoor storage of goods, materials or equipment; retail display accessory to a retail use permitted only in a front yard or flankage yard (11.4.3 k).
• Parking per Section 5 of the By-law (11.4.4).
• Accessory buildings per Section 4.8; accessory buildings and structures are not subject to the street-line setback rules of 11.4.3 a) (11.4.5).
• Urban Farmers Market per Section 4.28 (11.4.6).