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V2 zone, Vaughan: Vaughan Metropolitan Centre South Zone

Part 10, Section 10.2: Table 10-2 (Permitted Uses), Table 10-3 (Lot and Building Requirements) of the City of Vaughan Zoning By-law 001-2021.

A high-density downtown zone south of the VMC subway station where tall mixed-use buildings with shops, offices, hotels and apartments must be built close to the street with a podium and stepped-back tower.

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What the V2 zone permits

  • Art studio
  • Business service
  • Clinic
  • Commercial school
  • Financial institution
  • Health and fitness centre
  • Hotel
  • Micro-manufacturing (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
  • Pet services establishment
  • Place of assembly
  • Place of entertainment
  • Personal service
  • Restaurant
  • Restaurant, take-out
  • Retail
  • Retail, convenience
  • Shopping centre
  • Supermarket
  • Theatre
  • Office
  • Apartment dwelling (not permitted in ground floor frontage except max 15% for lobby/common areas; Table 10-2 note 4)
  • Block townhouse dwelling
  • Independent living facility (subject to Part 5)
  • Live-work dwelling
  • Podium townhouse dwelling
  • Retirement residence
  • Street townhouse dwelling
  • 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)
  • Post-secondary school
  • Public parking
  • School
  • Urban square
  • Home occupation (accessory; subject to Part 5)
  • Outdoor display area (accessory; subject to Part 5)
  • Outdoor patio (accessory; subject to Part 5)
  • Temporary sales office (accessory; subject to Part 5)
  • Short-term rental (accessory; subject to Part 5)
  • Existing uses, buildings and structures that do not otherwise conform (only if legally existing on the effective date; GFA capped at existing GFA, Table 10-2 note 2)

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot area (interior lot)4000 m²
Minimum lot width (interior lot)50 m
Minimum front yard3 mMinimum front yard 3 m; a required build-to zone of 3–5 m from the street line also applies to at least 75% of the street frontage (80% on a corner lot) per Table 10-3 notes 3 and 4; elsewhere only the minimum setback applies.
Minimum interior side yard1 m
Minimum exterior side yard3 m3 m; 3.5 m where the exterior side yard abuts a walkway, greenway or stormwater management facility (Table 10-3 note 2). Build-to zone of 3–5 m also applies along street frontages.
Minimum rear yard1 m
Maximum building heightSee noteMaximum height as shown on Schedule A; minimum height also as shown on Schedule A. Does not apply to an above grade parking structure (Table 10-3 note 1).
Maximum floor space indexSee noteMaximum floor space index as shown on Schedule A; a minimum floor space index as shown on Schedule A also applies.

Other provisions in this section

  • Required build-to zone: 3–5 m (Table 10-3). Urban squares, driveways and walkways are permitted within the build-to zone provided their cumulative total does not exceed 25% of the total build-to zone requirement (note 3).
  • Build-to zone applies to a minimum of 75% of the street frontage; on any other portion of the lot only the minimum setback applies; on a corner lot a minimum of 80% applies (Table 10-3 note 4).
  • Minimum height: as shown on Schedule A (not applicable to an above grade parking structure, note 1).
  • Minimum ground floor height: 3.5 m; where lands are subject to active use frontage (required or convertible) on Schedule B-1, the minimum ground floor height is per Section 4.2 (note 7).
  • Minimum street wall: 9 m.
  • Minimum floor space index: as shown on Schedule A.
  • Podium and tower requirements apply to any building with a height greater than 14.0 m in the V2 Zone: minimum podium height 10.5 m; maximum podium height 14 m; minimum tower step-back 3 m; minimum tower separation for residential towers 25 m; minimum residential tower setback from any rear lot line and interior side lot line 12.5 m; minimum tower separation for office towers 20 m; minimum office tower setback from a rear or interior side lot line 10 m; maximum residential tower floor plate 750 m2.
  • Active use frontage (required) and active use frontage (convertible) apply where shown on Schedule B-1, in accordance with Section 4.2.
  • Minimum landscape strip along an interior side or rear lot line abutting an Open Space Zone: 3 m; minimum landscape strip abutting a street line: 3 m; no landscape strip requirement on an interior side or rear lot line abutting the V3 Zone.
  • Apartment dwellings are not permitted within the ground floor frontage, except that a maximum of 15% of the ground floor frontage may be used for lobby or other common areas associated with the apartment dwelling (Table 10-2 note 4).
  • Existing non-conforming uses, buildings and structures are permitted only if legally existing on the effective date of the By-law; their maximum gross floor area is the gross floor area existing at the effective date (Table 10-2 note 2).
  • Uses marked (1) in Table 10-2 (micro-manufacturing, independent living facility, community garden, place of worship, home occupation, outdoor display area, outdoor patio, temporary sales office, short-term rental) are subject to specific use provisions in Part 5.
  • Research and development and multiple-unit townhouse dwellings are not permitted in V2.

Source: Part 10, Section 10.2: Table 10-2 (Permitted Uses), Table 10-3 (Lot and Building Requirements), 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, MMS, MMU, V1, V3, V4, WMS