E2 zone, Mississauga: Employment

What the E2 zone permits

• Medical Office
• Office
• Broadcasting/Communication Facility
• Manufacturing Facility
• Science and Technology Facility
• Truck Terminal
• Warehouse/Distribution Facility
• Wholesaling Facility
• Waste Processing Station (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Waste Transfer Station (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Composting Facility (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Self Storage Facility
• Contractor Service Shop
• Medicinal Product Manufacturing Facility (note 14: see Article 8.1.1.1)
• Medicinal Product Manufacturing Facility - Restricted
• Plant-Based Manufacturing Facility (note 14: see Article 8.1.1.1)
• Restaurant
• Convenience Restaurant (note 13: see Subsection 2.1.29)
• Take-out Restaurant
• Commercial School
• Financial Institution (note 13: see Subsection 2.1.29)
• Veterinary Clinic
• Animal Care Establishment
• Motor Vehicle Repair Facility - Restricted
• Motor Vehicle Rental Facility
• Motor Vehicle Wash Facility - Restricted
• Gas Bar (notes 1, 2, 13: see Article 2.1.2.1, Table 2.1.2.2.3, Subsection 2.1.29)
• Motor Vehicle Service Station (note 13: see Subsection 2.1.29)
• Motor Vehicle Sales, Leasing and/or Rental Facility - Commercial Motor Vehicles (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Banquet Hall/Conference Centre/Convention Centre
• Night Club (notes 1, 3: see Article 2.1.2.1 and Table 2.1.2.2.1)
• Overnight Accommodation
• Adult Video Store (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Adult Entertainment Establishment (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Animal Boarding Establishment (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Active Recreational Use
• Body-Rub Establishment (note 1: see Article 2.1.2.1)
• Truck Fuel Dispensing Facility
• Entertainment Establishment
• Recreational Establishment
• Funeral Establishment (note 4: see Table 2.1.2.2.2)
• Private Club
• Repair Establishment
• Parking Lot
• University/College

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Minimum height: n/a (line 11.0). No maximum height, lot area, lot depth, lot coverage or landscaped open space percentage is stated in Table 8.2.1 for E2.
• Minimum landscaped buffer depth (line 12.0, note 11: see also Subsection 2.1.25): 7.0 m from a lot line abutting a Residential Zone; 4.5 m from a street line; 3.0 m from a lot line abutting an Institutional, Office, Commercial, Downtown Core, Parkway Belt or Buffer Zone (or any combination); 0.0 m from a lot line abutting an Employment, Utility or Airport Zone (or any combination); 4.5 m from any other lot line.
• Maximum setback rows 6.1-6.3 and rows 13.0 and 14.0 of the table are deleted (0121-2020/LPAT Order 2021 March 11); row 8.0 is deleted (0191-2009/OMB Order 2010 May 05); note (6) deleted (0121-2020/LPAT Order 2021 March 11).
• Uses NOT permitted in E2 (blank in the E2 column): Power Generating Facility, Outdoor Storage/Outdoor Display as a principal use, Contractor's Yard, Vehicle Pound Facility, Motor Vehicle Body Repair Facility, Motor Vehicle Body Repair Facility - Commercial Motor Vehicle. Transportation Facility (row 2.2.4) deleted by 0190-2014; Motor Vehicle Repair Facility - Commercial Motor Vehicle (2.4.3) and Motor Vehicle Wash Facility - Commercial Motor Vehicle (2.4.6) deleted by 0379-2009; row 2.6.6 deleted by 0111-2019/LPAT Order 2021 March 09; row 2.6.15 deleted by 0203-2023/OLT Order 2024 September 09.
• Subsection 8.1.10 / Table 8.1.10.1 - Regulations for Motor Vehicle Service Uses in an Employment Zone (notes 9 and 10; 0325-2008, 0379-2009, 0018-2021): a building used for a gas bar, motor vehicle service station, motor vehicle wash facility - restricted or motor vehicle wash facility - commercial motor vehicle must have a minimum lot frontage of 36.0 m (interior lot) or 48.0 m (corner lot); 45.0 m (interior) or 60.0 m (corner) where used for a motor vehicle wash facility; 60.0 m (interior) or 70.0 m (corner) where a motor vehicle wash facility is combined with any other permitted use; minimum setback from a lot line to a fuel pump 6.0 m; the minimum yard/setback to a fuel dispensing island weather canopy is measured to the face of the canopy.
• 8.1.1: Unless otherwise permitted, all uses in an E2 zone must be located wholly within a building or structure; all uses pertaining to cannabis production must be wholly within a building (8.1.1.1). A seasonal or permanent outdoor patio is permitted accessory to a restaurant, convenience restaurant or take-out restaurant, subject to Articles 2.1.9.14 and 2.1.9.16 (8.1.1.2, 0054-2026).
• 8.1.2.1: An accessory use under Subsection 8.1.2 is permitted only accessory to an office building or medical office building and must be contained wholly within that building. Permitted accessory uses (8.1.2.1.1) are laboratories and associated facilities for medical diagnostic and dental purposes, medical supply and equipment store, pharmacy, motor vehicle rental facility, retail store less than 600 m², service establishment and, in an E2 zone, a day care (subject to Subsection 2.1.23, 8.1.2.1.3). A maximum of 20% of the total gross floor area - non-residential of the office building or medical office building may be used for accessory uses (8.1.2.1.2). Restaurant/take-out restaurant as accessory uses apply to E1 only.
• 8.1.3.1: A maximum of 20% of the total gross floor area - non-residential of a Business Activity use may be used for accessory retail sales/leasing/rental, retail display and/or installation of products (other than motor vehicles), provided the products are manufactured, repaired, wholesaled or distributed on site by that facility, the area is wholly enclosed and within the same unit as the principal use, and it is separated from the rest of the facility by a permanent, solid floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall partition with closed doors (8.1.3.1.1). For recreational cannabis producers the on-site-product condition (1) does not apply, but accessory retail sales/display/installation is limited to products purchased from the Ontario Cannabis Store (8.1.3.1(4)).
• 8.1.4: One accessory dwelling unit for caretaking and/or security staff is permitted accessory to a Business Activity use, with a maximum gross floor area - residential of 70 m² (8.1.4.2).
• 8.1.5: Outdoor storage in an E2 zone is permitted only accessory to a Business Activity use; it may not exceed the lesser of 5% of the lot area or 10% of the building's gross floor area - non-residential, must be on the same lot, may not be closer to any street line than any part of a building, may not be in the front yard or exterior side yard, and must be screened around its perimeter by a fence at least 2.4 m high.
• 8.1.6: Outdoor display of new products produced or distributed on the lot by a Business Activity use is not prevented by 8.1.5, but may not exceed 5% of the lot area and may not be closer to any street line than any part of a building.
• 8.1.8.1: A drive-through is permitted accessory to a financial institution in an E2 zone (0018-2015).
• 8.2.1.3 applies to E1 only (no one-storey free-standing financial institution within 100.0 m of Hurontario Street), not E2.
• Use-specific notes: note 1 (Article 2.1.2.1, minimum separation distances from Residential Zones), note 2 (Table 2.1.2.2.3), note 3 (Table 2.1.2.2.1), note 4 (Table 2.1.2.2.2), note 13 (Subsection 2.1.29), note 14 (Article 8.1.1.1) impose additional conditions on the flagged uses.
• Site-specific exception zones E2-1 through E2-139 exist (Section 8.2.3); see Article 1.1.2.3 and the exception schedules for lots so zoned.
• All buildings and structures must also comply with Parts 1 to 3 and Section 8.1 of the by-law.