Zoning · Oakville · Commercial
C4 zone, Oakville: Service Station
Part 9: Table 9.2, Table 9.3, s.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 gas stations and their accessory uses such as car washes, convenience retail stores and restaurants, with low buildings (maximum 6.0 m height) set back from all lot lines.
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- Conservation use
- Drive-through facility (only on a lot abutting a major arterial road; maximum one per lot)
- Motor vehicle service station
- Motor vehicle washing facility (only accessory to a motor vehicle service station)
- Outside display and sales area
- Park, public
- Restaurant (only accessory to a motor vehicle service station)
- Retail propane and transfer facility (not permitted on a lot abutting any Residential Zone)
- Retail store (only accessory to a motor vehicle service station)
- Stormwater management facility
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot area (interior lot) | No requirement |
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 30 m |
| Minimum lot depth | 30 m |
| Minimum front yard | 3 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 3 m3.0 m; 7.5 m where the side lot line 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 | 7.5 m |
| Maximum building height | 6 m |
| Minimum landscaped open space | 10 % |
Other provisions in this section
- Maximum front yard and maximum flankage yard: n/a (Table 9.3), except Additional Standard 1: on a corner lot at the intersection of two arterial roads, two collector roads, or an arterial and a collector road, a new building or floor-area addition in the front or flankage yard is subject to a maximum front/flankage yard of 10.0 m for the first 33% of the length of the front and flankage lot lines measured from their point of intersection (or the intersection of their projections) (2015-018, 2017-025).
- Minimum rear yard abutting a lot in any Residential, Institutional (I) or Community Use (CU) Zone, or any railway corridor: 7.5 m (same as the general rear yard).
- Maximum number of storeys: n/a.
- Maximum percentage of net floor area occupied by a single premises: n/a; maximum total net floor area for uses other than retail stores: n/a; maximum net floor area for retail and service commercial uses: n/a.
- Table 9.2 note 1: drive-through facility permitted only on a lot abutting a major arterial road; note 2: maximum one drive-through facility per lot.
- Table 9.2 note 3: retail propane and transfer facility not permitted on a lot abutting any Residential Zone.
- Table 9.2 note 5: motor vehicle washing facility, restaurant and retail store permitted only accessory to a motor vehicle service station.
- Section 9.4 main wall proportion requirements (35% of main walls within the min/max front and flankage yard band) apply only to C1, C2 and C3 zones, not C4.
Source: Part 9: Table 9.2, Table 9.3, s.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.