By-law 05-200 · Rural Zones

A2 · Rural

A2 is the Rural zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 347 zone polygons covering about 15,688 hectares, mostly in Flamborough planning unit 1300, Flamborough planning unit 1100 and Glanbrook planning unit 4100. 148 carry a special exception; 5 carry a holding provision.

Last checked October 8, 2026City of HamiltonHow we know

Publisher: City of Hamilton
Source dataset: Zoning By-law Boundary (open data layer)
Official record: Section 12.2, Zoning By-law 05-200
Retrieved: October 8, 2026
Licence: City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (version 1.1, January 2017) Terms
From the source: the zone code on each polygon · the zone's name, from Zoning By-law 05-200, sections by zone (City of Hamilton) · the exception and holding markers on each polygon
Derived by HamiltonIQ: polygon count and hectares, from each polygon's outline · neighbourhoods and wards, by the point inside each polygon · the simplified outlines on the map
HamiltonIQ’s words: the summary sentence
Kept current: Rebuilt from the City of Hamilton's layer by the site's data pipeline; every count on this page is from the record checked October 8, 2026.

At a glance

Zone code: A2
Name in the by-law: Rural
By-law: Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group: Rural Zones
Polygons: 347
Hectares: 15,688
With a special exception: 148
With a holding provision: 5
Neighbourhoods: 25

A2 zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

The 197 smallest polygons are too small to see at this scale and are not drawn; every polygon is counted.

Where A2 applies

Polygons and hectares by the City of Hamilton’s neighbourhood outlines, each polygon placed by a point inside it.

Flamborough planning unit 130054 · 5,617 hectares
Flamborough planning unit 110093 · 4,355 hectares
Glanbrook planning unit 410028 · 1,520 hectares
Flamborough planning unit 120054 · 1,473 hectares
Flamborough planning unit 150037 · 881 hectares
Skunk's Misery3 · 745 hectares
Kelly5 · 194 hectares
Carluke2 · 190 hectares
East Mountain Area2 · 86 hectares
Alberton North6 · 83 hectares
Simcoe2 · 78 hectares
Book5 · 72 hectares
Bowman6 · 71 hectares
Guelph9 · 60 hectares
Desjardin's6 · 47 hectares
Duff's Corner1 · 46 hectares
Pleasant View11 · 43 hectares
Alberton South1 · 41 hectares
Hrca_B1 · 33 hectares
Flamborough planning unit 140014 · 24 hectares

And 5 more neighbourhoods.

Wards: Ward 13 (199), Ward 15 (74), Ward 12 (42), Ward 11 (30), Ward 9 (2).

Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on A2 polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (148 polygons): 253 (×23), 800 (×12), 801 (×11), 99 (×10), 103 (×8), 102 (×5), 100 (×3), 101 (×3), 104 (×3), 82 (×2), 118 (×2), 258 (×2), 284 (×2), 691 (×2), 809 (×2), H10, 68, 69, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 105, 110, 112, 115, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 132, 133, 135, 140, 143, 145 and 35 moreThe City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (5 polygons): H13 (×2), H111, H121, H9Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it
Drawn over another polygon: 36 zone polygons sit inside another polygon on the layer (the map draws one zone over another without cutting a hole). Their hectares are counted here and in the other zone; the by-law map decides which applies.

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for A2 are set out in Section 12.2, Zoning By-law 05-200. HamiltonIQ does not paraphrase them: an exception, a holding provision or a later amendment can change what applies to one lot. The City of Hamilton’s Zoning Verification Report Application is the City of Hamilton’s own answer for a property. The interactive zoning map shows the zone on a single lot.

Sources

Every factual claim above traces to one of these documents.

City of Hamilton
Section 12.2, Zoning By-law 05-200
Retrieved October 8, 2026
City of Hamilton
Zoning By-law Boundary (open data layer)
Retrieved October 8, 2026
City of Hamilton
Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 05-200, by section (City of Hamilton)
Retrieved October 8, 2026
City of Hamilton
Zoning By-law 05-200: where it applies
Retrieved October 8, 2026

City of Hamilton Open Data Licence (version 1.1, January 2017). Terms. Records checked October 8, 2026.

At a glance

Zone code: A2
Name in the by-law: Rural
By-law: Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group: Rural Zones
Polygons: 347
Hectares: 15,688
With a special exception: 148
With a holding provision: 5
Neighbourhoods: 25

Other Rural Zones

A1 · Agriculture · 292
S1 · Settlement Residential · 127
E2 · Existing Rural Industrial · 49
E1 · Existing Rural Commercial · 60
S3 · Settlement Institutional · 38
S2 · Settlement Commercial · 52

Planning applications in this zone

11 Parkside DriveStatus not published
Twenty Road West – Multiple AddressesStatus not published
574 Northcliffe AveStatus not published
49 Inksetter RdStatus not published
9285, 9445 and 9511 TWENTY RD WStatus not published
9625 and 9751 TWENTY RD WStatus not published

Showing 6 of 13. Applications whose recorded point falls in a A2 polygon; an application may seek to change the zone.