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By-law 05-200 · Commercial and Mixed Use Zones

C3 · Community Commercial

C3 is the Community Commercial zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 83 zone polygons covering about 108 hectares, mostly in Glanbrook planning unit 4200, Albion and Riverdale East. 34 carry a special exception; 6 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 10.3, 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
C3
Name in the by-law
Community Commercial
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Commercial and Mixed Use Zones
Polygons
83
Hectares
108
With a special exception
34
With a holding provision
6
Neighbourhoods
52
C3 zones under By-law 05-2005 of 83 zone polygons drawn, largest first.C3 · special exception 579 · Riverdale East · 4.921 haC3 · special exception 579 · Albion · 4.47 haC3 · Westcliffe East · 4.222 haC3 · Normanhurst · 3.802 haC3 · special exception 579 · Winona North · 3.753 ha
C3 zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

The 78 smallest polygons are too small to see at this scale and are not drawn; every polygon is counted.


Where C3 applies

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

And 32 more neighbourhoods.

Wards: Ward 10 (12), Ward 9 (11), Ward 7 (10), Ward 14 (10), Ward 4 (8), Ward 3 (6), Ward 5 (6), Ward 6 (6), Ward 13 (4), Ward 8 (3), Ward 11 (2), Ward 12 (2), Ward 15 (2), Ward 1 (1).


Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on C3 polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (34 polygons)
579 (×14), 304 (×5), 581 (×2), 830 (×2), 300, 314, 321, 334, 335, 340, 343, 575, 576, 598, 639, 654, 665, 906, 907, 922The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (6 polygons)
H134 (×2), H33, H80, H82, H99Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for C3 are set out in Section 10.3, 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.

  1. City of Hamilton

    Section 10.3, Zoning By-law 05-200

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  2. City of Hamilton

    Zoning By-law Boundary (open data layer)

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  3. 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.