E4 zone, Oakville: Business Commercial

What the E4 zone permits

• Art gallery
• Business office
• Commercial school
• Commercial self-storage
• Community centre
• Conservation use
• Contractors establishment
• Day care (not within 120.0 m of an Industrial (E3) Zone; footnote 17)
• Drive-through facility (not on a lot abutting any Residential Zone; footnote 8)
• Dry cleaning depot
• Emergency service facility
• Financial institution
• Food bank
• Food production
• Funeral home
• Hotel
• Medical office
• Motor vehicle body shop (footnotes 8, 13)
• Motor vehicle dealership (footnotes 8, 14)
• Motor vehicle rental facility (footnotes 13, 14)
• Motor vehicle repair facility (footnote 13)
• Motor vehicle service station (must comply with Service Station (C4) Zone regulations; footnote 15)
• Motor vehicle washing facility (footnotes 8, 16)
• Outside display and sales area (max 2,500.0 m² net floor area with retail store; footnote 11)
• Park, public
• Pet care establishment
• Place of entertainment
• Place of worship (footnote 12)
• Public hall
• Rental establishment
• Repair shop
• Restaurant
• Retail propane and transfer facility
• Retail store (max 2,500.0 m² net floor area on a lot for all uses subject to footnote 11)
• School, private
• Service commercial establishment
• Sports facility (max 1,000.0 m² net floor area on a lot within 100.0 m of a Residential Zone; footnote 9)
• Stormwater management facility
• Taxi dispatch
• Training facility
• Veterinary clinic

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Minimum lot area is stated as 6.0 ha (60,000 m²) in Table 10.3.
• Maximum front yard and maximum flankage yard: n/a (Table 10.3).
• Table 10.3 footnote 1: on a corner lot at the intersection of two arterial/collector roads, for a new building or a front/flankage-yard addition, the maximum front or flankage yard is 10.0 m for the first 33% of the length of the front and flankage lot lines measured from the intersection (2017-025).
• Table 10.3 footnote 3(b): rooftop mechanical equipment and mechanical penthouses greater than 2.0 m in height are not permitted within the 23.0 m setback from a Residential Low, Institutional (I) or Community Use (CU) Zone boundary.
• s.10.4: a gatehouse may be permitted in any required yard if it does not exceed 3.0 m in height and 5.0 m² in floor area.
• s.10.5 main wall proportions apply only to the Office Employment (E1) Zone, not E4.
• s.10.6 outside processing, outside storage and heavy vehicle parking areas are not permitted uses in E4 (Table 10.2); the s.10.6 regulations (3.5 m setback from any lot line, interior side/rear yard only, etc.) apply only where those uses are permitted.
• Table 10.2 footnote 8: drive-through facility, motor vehicle body shop, motor vehicle dealership and motor vehicle washing facility are not permitted on a lot abutting any Residential Zone.
• Table 10.2 footnote 9: sports facility max net floor area 1,000.0 m² on any lot within 100.0 m of a Residential Zone.
• Table 10.2 footnote 11: retail store and outside display and sales area combined max net floor area 2,500.0 m² on a lot.
• Table 10.2 footnote 12: place of worship max lot area 2.5 ha; in E4 a place of worship may occupy max 50% of the total net floor area on the lot (PL140317).
• Table 10.2 footnote 13: if the lot abuts the highway corridor, motor vehicle body shop, rental facility and repair facility are permitted only in conjunction with a motor vehicle dealership.
• Table 10.2 footnote 14: for motor vehicle dealership and rental facility, an outside display and sales area is additionally permitted as an accessory use; inventory in any yard abutting the highway corridor is limited to cars, vans and light passenger trucks.
• Table 10.2 footnote 15: motor vehicle service station must comply with the Service Station (C4) Zone regulations.
• Table 10.2 footnote 16: motor vehicle washing facility must comply with the Service Station (C4) Zone regulations when used in conjunction with a motor vehicle service station.
• Table 10.2 footnote 17: day care not permitted within 120.0 m of an Industrial (E3) Zone (PL140317).
• Not permitted in E4: adult entertainment establishment, bulk storage facility, dry cleaning/laundry establishment, manufacturing, motor vehicle storage compound, outside processing, outside storage, heavy vehicle parking area, public works yard, accessory retail store and showroom, transportation terminal, warehousing, waste processing station, waste transfer station, wholesaling.