UT zone, Toronto: Utility and Transportation Zone

Chapter 100, Section 100.10 (with category-wide rules in Section 100.5) of the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013.

Land set aside for public utilities, transit and transportation facilities, works yards and emergency services such as fire halls and police stations, not for homes or shops.

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What the UT zone permits

Ambulance Depot
Market Garden
Fire Hall
Park
Police Station
Public Utility
Transportation Use
Cogeneration Energy (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(1))
Open Storage (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(2))
Public Parking (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(3))
Public Works Yard (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(4))
Recreation Use (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(5))
Renewable Energy (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(1))
Vehicle Depot (with conditions, 100.10.20.100(6))

Other provisions in this section

Cogeneration or renewable energy production must be combined with another permitted use on the lot and comply with all municipal, provincial and federal laws (100.10.20.100(1)).
Open storage for a public utility or transportation use must be at least 100 m from a lot in the Residential, Residential Apartment or Commercial Residential Employment zone categories, or a CR zone lot with an 'r' value greater than 0.0 (100.10.20.100(2)).
Public parking is permitted only in association with a transportation use provided by or on behalf of the City of Toronto, Ontario or Canada, or with a park (100.10.20.100(3)).
A public works yard must be at least 100 m from a lot in the Residential, Residential Apartment or Commercial Residential Employment zone categories, or a CR zone lot with an 'r' value greater than 0.0 (100.10.20.100(4)).
A recreation use must not be in a building (100.10.20.100(5)).
A vehicle depot must be associated with a public utility or transportation use and be at least 100 m from a lot in the Residential, Residential Apartment or Commercial Residential Employment zone categories, or a CR zone lot with an 'r' value greater than 0.0 (100.10.20.100(6)).
A building or structure used for the treatment of sewage must be at least 100 m from a lot in the Residential, Residential Apartment or Commercial Residential Employment zone categories, or a CR zone lot with an 'r' value greater than 0.0 (100.10.40.80(1)).
Lawfully existing buildings with a smaller separation distance keep that lawful distance as their minimum; additions or extensions must meet the required minimum separation or obtain a Section 45 Planning Act minor variance (100.10.40.81).
A parking space not in a building or structure must be at least 0.5 m from a lot line (100.10.80.20(1)).
Category-wide (100.5.75): renewable/cogeneration energy devices must be set back from lot lines by the greater of 10 m, the required building setbacks, or the device height; solar devices on a building may be no more than 3.0 m above the permitted maximum building height and ground-mounted solar devices no more than 5.0 m above average grade; wind energy devices set back the greater of the building setbacks or 2x device height and no more than 15.0 m high; above-ground geo-energy parts set back at least 10.0 m from any lot line; a cogeneration device within 30 m of a Residential or Residential Apartment zone lot must be inside a permitted building.
Category-wide (100.5.80): required parking spaces must be on the same lot as the use and available for that use.
Minimum lot frontage, lot area, FSI, unit count, height and lot coverage, where they apply, are carried as zone-label suffixes and overlay maps on the zoning polygon, not in the Section 100.10 text.

Source: Chapter 100, Section 100.10 (with category-wide rules in Section 100.5), 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.