Zoning · Oakville · Commercial
C2 zone, Oakville: Community Commercial
Part 9, Table 9.2, Table 9.3, Section 9.4 of the Town of Oakville Zoning By-law 2014-014, as amended by 2015-018, 2016-023, 2017-025, PL140317, PL240317.
A commercial zone for larger shopping and service centres (minimum 2 hectare sites) with stores, restaurants, offices and community uses, where buildings are kept close to the street.
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Check an addressWhat the C2 zone permits
- Art gallery
- Business office
- Commercial school
- Community centre
- Conservation use
- Day care
- Drive-through facility (only on a lot abutting a major arterial road, Table 9.2 note 1)
- Dry cleaning depot
- Dry cleaning/laundry establishment
- Emergency service facility
- Financial institution
- Food bank
- Food production
- Funeral home
- Library
- Medical office
- Museum
- Outside display and sales area
- Outside miniature golf
- Park, public
- Pet care establishment
- Place of entertainment
- Place of worship (subject to Table 9.2 note 4)
- Rental establishment
- Restaurant
- Retail store
- School, private
- Service commercial establishment
- Sports facility
- Stormwater management facility
- Veterinary clinic
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | 20000 m² |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | No requirement |
| Minimum lot depth | No requirement |
| Minimum front yard | 3 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 0 m0.0 m; 7.5 m where the interior side yard abuts a lot in any Residential Zone, Institutional (I) Zone, Community Use (CU) Zone, or any railway corridor |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 3 m |
| Minimum rear yard | 0 m0.0 m; 7.5 m where the rear yard abuts a lot in any Residential Zone, Institutional (I) Zone, Community Use (CU) Zone, or any railway corridor |
| Maximum building height | 12 m12.0 m; maximum number of storeys n/a |
| Minimum landscaped open space | 10 % |
Other provisions in this section
- Maximum front yard 17.5 m and maximum flankage yard 17.5 m (Table 9.3).
- Table 9.3 note 1: for a new building, or floor area added in a front or flankage yard to a building legally existing on the effective date of the By-law, on a corner lot at the intersection of two arterial roads, two collector roads, or an arterial and a collector road, the maximum front/flankage yard is 10.0 m for the first 33% of the length of the front and flankage lot lines measured from their point of intersection (or projected intersection) (2015-018, 2017-025).
- Maximum total net floor area for all uses other than retail stores on a lot: 67% (Table 9.3).
- Maximum percentage of net floor area on a lot occupied by a single premises: n/a; maximum net floor area for all retail and service commercial uses on a lot: n/a (Table 9.3).
- Section 9.4 Main Wall Proportions (new buildings only, not additions to buildings legally existing on the effective date): a minimum 35% of the length of all main walls oriented toward the front lot line must be within the area between the minimum and maximum front yards; a minimum 35% of main walls oriented toward the flankage lot line must be within the area between the minimum and maximum flankage yards.
- Drive-through facility permitted only on a lot abutting a major arterial road (Table 9.2 note 1).
- Place of worship: maximum lot area 2.5 hectares; a place of worship may occupy at most 50% of the total net floor area on the lot (Table 9.2 note 4).
- Not permitted in C2: commercial parking area, emergency shelter, motor vehicle repair facility, motor vehicle service station, motor vehicle washing facility, retail propane and transfer facility (Table 9.2).
Source: Part 9, Table 9.2, Table 9.3, Section 9.4, By-law 2014-014 (Town of Oakville), checked 2026-09-12. General provisions elsewhere in the by-law (parking, driveways, accessory buildings) also apply, and a numbered exception on the parcel can change any value here. Treat this as a pre-check, not a sign-off.