EH zone, Toronto: Employment Heavy Industrial Zone
Chapter 60, Section 60.30 of the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended by OMB PL130592, 0403-2014, 1124-2018, 607-2015, 420-2023, 103-2016, 1031-2014, 1268-2023.
A heavy industrial zone for manufacturing, warehousing, storage, repair and similar operations, where buildings must sit back from the street and much farther from any neighbouring residential land.
Is a property in the EH zone? Enter its address and the lookup returns the zone and these standards, including any site-specific exception.
Check an addressWhat the EH zone permits
- Ambulance Depot
- Animal Shelter
- Bindery
- Building Supply Yards
- Carpenter's Shop
- Chemical Materials Storage
- Cold Storage
- Contractors Establishment
- Custom Workshop
- Dry Cleaning or Laundry Plant
- Fire Hall
- Fuel Storage
- Industrial Sales and Service Use
- Laboratory
- All Manufacturing Uses (except Ammunition, Firearms or Fireworks Factory; Crude Petroleum Oil or Coal Refinery; Explosives Factory; Tannery)
- Police Station
- Public Utility
- Public Works Yard
- Recovery Facility
- Service Shop
- Shipping Terminal
- Vehicle Depot
- Vehicle Repair Shop
- Warehouse
- Waste Transfer Station
- Cogeneration Energy (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(10))
- Crematorium (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(14))
- Marihuana production facility (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(3))
- Open Storage (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(1))
- Outside Operations (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(2))
- Propane Transfer, Handling and Storage Facility (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(9))
- Renewable Energy (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(10))
- Transportation Use (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(12))
- Vehicle Service Shop (with conditions, 60.30.20.100(5),(13))
- Lawfully existing place of worship on a lot abutting a major street on the Policy Area Overlay Map (60.30.20.1(1); under appeal, not in full force)
Standards
| Requirement | By-law |
|---|---|
| Minimum lot width (interior lot) | 30 m |
| Minimum front yard | 3 m |
| Minimum interior side yard | 3 mMinimum side yard setback 3.0 m (60.30.40.70(2)); 15.0 m from any lot line abutting a lot in the Residential or Residential Apartment Zone category (60.30.40.70(4)); no setback for a building used for loading/unloading railway cars from a side lot line abutting the railway right-of-way (60.30.40.70(5)) |
| Minimum exterior side yard | 3 mBy-law states a single minimum side yard setback of 3.0 m for all side lot lines (60.30.40.70(2)); 15.0 m where the lot line abuts a Residential or Residential Apartment zone lot |
| Minimum rear yard | 7.5 mMinimum rear yard setback 7.5 m (60.30.40.70(3)); 15.0 m from any lot line abutting a lot in the Residential or Residential Apartment Zone category (60.30.40.70(4)); no setback for a building used for loading/unloading railway cars from a rear lot line abutting the railway right-of-way (60.30.40.70(5)) |
| Maximum building height | See noteIf the lot has a numerical value following 'HT' on the Height Overlay Map, that value in metres is the maximum height; if no HT value, no height requirement applies (60.30.40.10(1)). A parapet wall for a green roof may exceed the maximum height by 2.0 m (60.30.40.10(2)) |
| Maximum floor space index | See noteThe numerical value following the zone symbol in the zone label on the Zoning By-law Map is the permitted maximum floor space index of all land uses on the lot (60.30.1.10(3)) |
Other provisions in this section
- Minimum building setback of 15.0 m from a lot line abutting a lot in the Residential Zone category or Residential Apartment Zone category; a structure that is not a building may also be no closer than 15.0 m to such a lot line (60.30.40.70(4))
- A building or structure used for loading or unloading railway cars at railway tracks has no required minimum setback from a side or rear lot line abutting the railway right-of-way (60.30.40.70(5))
- Lawfully existing lots with less than 30.0 m frontage: the lawful frontage is the minimum for that lot; additions must comply with all other regulations or obtain a Section 45 minor variance (60.30.30.21)
- Lawfully existing buildings taller than the permitted maximum keep their lawful height as the maximum; additions must comply with the maximum height or obtain a Section 45 minor variance (60.30.40.11)
- Lawfully existing buildings with setbacks less than required keep their lawful front, rear or side setback as the minimum; additions may match the existing main walls or be authorized by a Section 45 minor variance (60.30.40.71(1)-(2); By-law 420-2023)
- Setback regulations 60.30.40.70(1)-(4) do not apply to a transportation use along Eglinton Avenue West and Eglinton Avenue East, provided setbacks are between 0 and 300 m (60.30.40.71(3))
- Ancillary buildings and structures must comply with the building and structure regulations of the EH zone (60.30.60.1)
- A loading space may not be in a yard that abuts a lot in the Residential Zone category or Residential Apartment Zone category (60.30.90.10)
- Open storage must not encroach into a required minimum building setback and must be enclosed by a fence; it may be for recyclable material or waste (60.30.20.100(1); under appeal, not in full force)
- Outside operations must be combined with a permitted manufacturing use, may not encroach into a required minimum building setback, and must be enclosed by a fence (60.30.20.100(2); under appeal, not in full force)
- A marihuana production facility must comply with the specific use regulations in Section 150.60 (60.30.20.100(3))
- A vehicle service shop must comply with Section 150.94; it may have open storage only if it is less than 20% of the lot area not covered by wholly enclosed buildings and is enclosed by a fence (60.30.20.100(5),(13))
- A propane transfer, handling and storage facility (5,000 USWG or more on the lot) may only be on a lot at least 500 m from a lot in the Residential, Residential Apartment, Commercial, Commercial Residential, Commercial Residential Employment, Institutional or Open Space Zone categories (60.30.20.100(9); under appeal, not in full force)
- Renewable energy or cogeneration energy production must be in combination with another permitted use on the lot and comply with all municipal, provincial and federal requirements (60.30.20.100(10))
- A building or structure used as a transportation use must comply with all requirements for a building on that lot (60.30.20.100(12))
- A crematorium must be at least 300 m from a lot that is not in the EL, E, EH or UT zone (60.30.20.100(14))
- A lawfully existing place of worship is permitted only on a lot with a front or side lot line abutting a major street on the Policy Area Overlay Map; expansions or replacements must comply with Section 150.50 and the EH zone requirements (60.30.20.1(1); under appeal, not in full force)
- Category-wide regulations in Section 60.5 and Chapter 5, and definitions in Chapter 800, also apply
Source: Chapter 60, Section 60.30, By-law 569-2013 (City of Toronto), 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.