MMS zone, Vaughan: Main Street Mixed-Use – Maple Zone

Part 8, Section 8.3 (s.8.3.1 Table 8-4; s.8.3.2 Table 8-5) of the City of Vaughan Zoning By-law 001-2021.

The historic main-street zone in Maple, allowing shops, restaurants, offices and apartments in mixed-use buildings between 8 m and 12 m in height, close to the street with surface parking at the rear.

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What the MMS zone permits

Business service (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Clinic (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA)
Commercial school
Financial institution (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Health and fitness centre (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Hotel (small scale)
Micro-manufacturing (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
Office
Personal service (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Pet services establishment (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Restaurant (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Restaurant, take-out (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Retail (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Retail, convenience (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Service or repair shop (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA; max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Supermarket (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot)
Veterinary clinic (mixed-use only, max 30% GFA)
Apartment dwelling (max 40% of ground floor frontage)
Block townhouse dwelling (max 40% of ground floor frontage; RM1 Zone standards apply)
Independent living facility (subject to Part 5)
Live-work dwelling (max 40% of ground floor frontage)
Multiple-unit townhouse dwelling (max 40% of ground floor frontage; RM1 Zone standards apply)
Single detached dwelling (only if legally existing on the lot on the effective date of the By-law)
Street townhouse dwelling (max 40% of ground floor frontage; RT1 or RT2 Zone standards apply)
Supportive living facility
Community facility
Community garden (subject to Part 5)
Day care centre
Emergency service
Long term care facility
Place of worship (subject to Part 5)
Urban square
Home occupation (accessory; subject to Part 5)
Outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5; mixed-use only, max 30% GFA)
Outdoor patio (accessory; subject to Part 5; mixed-use only, max 30% GFA)
Seasonal outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5)
Secondary suite (accessory; subject to Part 5)
Short-term rental (accessory; subject to Part 5)
Temporary sales office (subject to Part 5)
Agriculture (only if legally existing on the lot on the effective date of the By-law)

Standards

Requirement	By-law
Minimum lot area (interior lot)	See noteThe existing lot area (Table 8-5)
Minimum lot width (interior lot)	See noteThe existing lot frontage (Table 8-5)
Minimum front yard	1 m
Minimum interior side yard	4.5 m
Minimum rear yard	7.5 m
Maximum building height	12 mMaximum height 12 m; minimum height 8 m also required (Table 8-5). Storeys not stated.
Maximum lot coverage	50 %
Minimum landscaped open space	10 %
Maximum floor space index	1.8Maximum FSI 1.8; minimum FSI 0.5 also required (Table 8-5)

Other provisions in this section

Table 8-5 standards apply to all uses other than townhouses: block townhouse and multiple-unit townhouse dwellings in the MMS Zone follow the RM1 Zone lot and building requirements (s.8.3.2(1)); street townhouse dwellings follow the RT1 or RT2 Zone requirements, as applicable (s.8.3.2(2)).
Maximum front yard: no requirement (Table 8-5, '-').
Maximum exterior side yard: 7.5 m (Table 8-5, as printed; no minimum exterior side yard is stated).
Minimum building height 8 m and minimum floor space index 0.5 (Table 8-5).
Surface parking is permitted in the rear yard only (Table 8-5, Specified Parking Area Requirements).
Minimum 3 m wide landscape strip along an interior side lot line or rear lot line that abuts a Residential Zone or an Open Space Zone (Table 8-5).
Minimum landscaped area 10% of the lot (Table 8-5).
Table 8-5 note 1: where flagged, the requirement is the lesser of the requirement shown or the existing condition as of the effective date of the By-law.
Table 8-4 note 2: business service, clinic, financial institution, personal service, restaurant, take-out restaurant, retail, convenience retail, service or repair shop, veterinary clinic, outdoor display area and outdoor patio are permitted only as part of a mixed-use development, and together are limited to a maximum of 30% of the gross floor area of all uses on the lot.
Table 8-4 note 3: apartment, block townhouse, live-work, multiple-unit townhouse and street townhouse dwellings may occupy a maximum of 40% of the ground floor frontage.
Table 8-4 note 5: business service, financial institution, health and fitness centre, personal service, pet services establishment, restaurant, take-out restaurant, retail, convenience retail, service or repair shop and supermarket are each limited to a maximum of 10,000.0 m2 gross floor area per lot for all such uses combined.
Table 8-4 note 1: micro-manufacturing, independent living facility, community garden, place of worship, home occupation, outdoor display area, outdoor patio, seasonal outdoor display area, secondary suite, short-term rental and temporary sales office are subject to the specific use provisions of Part 5.
Single detached dwelling and agriculture are permitted only where legally existing and used on the lot on the effective date of the By-law ('E').
Not permitted in MMS: art studio, funeral services, place of assembly, theatre, public parking, bed and breakfast.

Source: Part 8, Section 8.3 (s.8.3.1 Table 8-4; s.8.3.2 Table 8-5), By-law 001-2021 (City of Vaughan), 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.

Other mixed use zones in Vaughan: CMU, EMU, GMU, HMU, KMS, LMU, MMU, V1, V2, V3, V4, WMS