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By-law 05-200 · Downtown Zones

D1 · Downtown Central Business District

D1 is the Downtown Central Business District zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 37 zone polygons covering about 72 hectares, mostly in Beasley, Corktown and Central. 9 carry a special exception; 18 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 6.1, 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
D1
Name in the by-law
Downtown Central Business District
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Downtown Zones
Polygons
37
Hectares
72
With a special exception
9
With a holding provision
18
Neighbourhoods
6
D1 zones under By-law 05-20037 of 37 zone polygons drawn, largest first.D1 · Beasley · 12.156 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 11.899 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 11.899 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 11.899 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Corktown · 8.454 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Durand · 5.935 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Durand · 5.87 haD1 · Corktown · 5.405 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Beasley · 3.985 haD1 · holding provision H21 · Corktown · 1.833 haD1 · Stinson · 1.771 haD1 · Beasley · 1.614 haD1 · holding provision H21 · Landsdale · 1.397 haD1 · special exception 901 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 0.982 haD1 · Central · 0.943 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 0.893 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20 · Landsdale · 0.793 haD1 · Corktown · 0.69 haD1 · Beasley · 0.689 haD1 · special exception 927 · Corktown · 0.679 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20, H21 · Durand · 0.464 haD1 · special exception 820 · holding provision H132, H141 · Central · 0.457 haD1 · special exception 702 · holding provision H17 · Corktown · 0.442 haD1 · special exception 701 · Beasley · 0.44 haD1 · special exception 688 · holding provision H17, H20 · Central · 0.423 haD1 · special exception 702 · holding provision H17 · Corktown · 0.356 haD1 · Corktown · 0.347 haD1 · Landsdale · 0.334 haD1 · Beasley · 0.277 haD1 · Corktown · 0.268 haD1 · Corktown · 0.267 haD1 · holding provision H21 · Central · 0.261 haD1 · special exception 846 · holding provision H146 · Corktown · 0.26 haD1 · special exception 470 · Beasley · 0.236 haD1 · holding provision H17, H20, H21 · Beasley · 0.223 haD1 · Landsdale · 0.176 haD1 · Beasley · 0.156 haD1 · Landsdale · 0.156 haD1 · Beasley · 0.153 ha
D1 zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

Where D1 applies

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

Wards: Ward 2 (31), Ward 3 (6).


Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on D1 polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (9 polygons)
702 (×2), 470, 688, 701, 820, 846, 901, 927The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (18 polygons)
H17 (×13), H20 (×11), H21 (×5), H132, H141, H146Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for D1 are set out in Section 6.1, 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 6.1, 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.