HamiltonZoningZoning By-law

City of Hamilton Zoning By-law No. 6593

Published by City of Hamilton

This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Type
By-law
Published by
City of Hamilton
Date
Aug 2026
Also called
City of Hamilton Zoning By-law 6593
For
any
Building types
All building types
Pages
471
Agencies
Ontario Municipal Board
Covers note
Listed from the by-law's own table of contents.

Overview

An office consolidation of Zoning By-law No. 6593, the zoning by-law of the former City of Hamilton, carrying amendments made by by-laws up to and including By-law No. 15-291 that the Ontario Municipal Board approved. It zones land by lettered district, from "A" conservation and open space through "K" heavy industry, adds supplementary requirements for outdoor patios, satellite dishes, billboard signs and urban farms, and tables parking and loading. Later sections cover residential conversions, signs, development control and schedules carried over from earlier by-laws.

What it covers

  • Important Note
  • Section One - Title
  • Section Two - Interpretation and Definitions
  • Section Three - Application of By-law
  • Section Five - Districts and Boundaries Thereof
  • Section Six - General Provisions
  • Section Eighteen - Supplementary Requirements and Modifications
  • Section Eighteen A - Parking and Loading Requirements
  • Section Nineteen - Residential Conversion Requirements
  • Section Nineteen A - Signs in Certain Areas
  • Section Nineteen C - Development Control
  • Section Twenty – Administration and Violation
  • Section Twenty-Two - Restricted Areas By-laws Repealed
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