O3 zone, Mississauga: General Office

What the O3 zone permits

• Medical Office
• Office
• Broadcasting/Communication Facility
• Science and Technology Facility
• Banquet Hall/Conference Centre/Convention Centre
• Overnight Accommodation
• University/College

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• All buildings and structures must also comply with Parts 1 to 3 and Section 5.1 of the By-law.
• Maximum exterior side yard: 7.0 m (Line 11.0; note (1) see also Subsection 2.1.17).
• Minimum floor space index - non-residential: 0.5 (Line 13.0); maximum FSI - non-residential: n/a (Line 14.0).
• Minimum building height: 8.0 m and 2 storeys (Line 15.1); maximum height: n/a (Line 16.0).
• Minimum height of the first storey of a building with frontage on streets identified on Schedule 5.2.1(1): 4.5 m (Line 15.2).
• Minimum setback of a first storey streetwall on a lot abutting a street identified on Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2): 3.0 m (Line 17.1).
• Maximum setback of a first storey streetwall to a street identified on Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2): 5.0 m (Line 18.1), subject to Line 19.3; once Lines 19.1 and 19.2 are met, Line 18.1 does not apply (Line 19.3).
• Maximum 25% of the length of a first storey streetwall may be set back beyond 5.0 m from a street identified on Schedule 5.2.1(2) (Line 18.2).
• Minimum 66% of the front lot line, front lot line - corner lot, or exterior side lot line abutting a Schedule 5.2.1(1) street must be occupied by a first storey streetwall (Line 19.1); no requirement for Schedule 5.2.1(2) streets (Line 19.2).
• Minimum glazing of the first storey streetwall: 75% facing a Schedule 5.2.1(1) street (Line 19.4); 50% facing a Schedule 5.2.1(2) street (Line 19.5).
• Where a lot abuts a street identified on Schedule 5.2.1(1), that street is deemed the front lot line and the main front entrance must face it (Line 19.6).
• Minimum landscaped buffer depth of 4.5 m from a lot line that is a street line for all streets not identified on Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2) (Line 20.1; note (2) see also Subsection 2.1.25 - may be reduced to 0.0 m abutting a sight triangle; not required along a shared driveway/aisle/parking area property line).
• Minimum distance from a loading space to a street identified on Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2): 10.0 m (Line 21.1).
• Minimum distance from a surface parking space/parking area to a Schedule 5.2.1(1) street: n/a (Line 21.2).
• Driveways and internal roads may be shared with abutting lands (Line 21.3).
• Minimum distance from an above grade parking structure to a street identified on Schedule 5.2.1(1): 30.0 m (Line 21.4).
• Line 21.5 (parking/loading not between streetwall and street line): n/a in O3.
• Uses permitted only as accessory to a permitted use (5.1.3.1): retail store, outdoor market, manufacturing facility, motor vehicle rental facility, restaurant, take-out restaurant, service establishment, commercial school, financial institution, veterinary clinic, animal care establishment, entertainment establishment, recreational establishment, private club, day care. Commercial school, financial institution and veterinary clinic (Lines 3.1-3.3) are not marked as primary permitted uses in the O3 column.
• Accessory uses must be located within a building or structure used for a Section 5.2.1 permitted use, unless otherwise permitted (5.1.3.2).
• Maximum 20% of the total gross floor area - non-residential of each building in an O3 zone may be used for accessory uses (5.1.3.4).
• On a lot at an intersection where both streets are on Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2), a building set back 5.0 m or less from either street line may have a maximum of 90% of the first storey GFA - non-residential used for office/medical office (Lines 2.1 and 2.2) (5.1.3.5).
• A manufacturing facility is not permitted in a building within 100.0 m of a street identified on Schedule 5.2.1(1) (5.1.3.6), and may occupy a maximum of 20% of the total GFA - non-residential of each building (5.1.3.7).
• FSI calculation (5.1.4): where the lot area is greater than 0.70 ha, the lands in a complete site plan application (excluding private roads) are deemed a lot for calculating the Line 13.0 minimum FSI.
• Schedules 5.2.1(1) and 5.2.1(2) cover Maps 36W, 37E, 43W, 44E, 51W, 52E.
• Site-specific exception zones O3-1 to O3-13 exist (Section 5.2.4); refer to Article 1.1.2.3 and the applicable exception text.