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By-law 05-200 · Industrial Zones

M5 · General Industrial

M5 is the General Industrial zone under the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law 05-200. It is drawn on 22 zone polygons covering about 1,020 hectares, mostly in Industrial Sector K, Nashdale and Industrial Sector C. 16 carry a special exception; 1 carries 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 9.5, 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
M5
Name in the by-law
General Industrial
By-law
Zoning By-law 05-200
Zone group
Industrial Zones
Polygons
22
Hectares
1,020
With a special exception
16
With a holding provision
1
Neighbourhoods
10
M5 zones under By-law 05-20022 of 22 zone polygons drawn, largest first.M5 · Industrial Sector K · 560.573 haM5 · special exception 433 · holding provision H123 · Industrial Sector K · 287.474 haM5 · Nashdale · 41.662 haM5 · special exception 433 · Industrial Sector K · 31.356 haM5 · special exception 433 · Industrial Sector K · 23.573 haM5 · special exception 433 · Industrial Sector K · 21.453 haM5 · special exception 419 · Industrial Sector F · 10.602 haM5 · special exception 375 · Industrial Sector K · 6.354 haM5 · special exception 362 · Nashdale · 5.416 haM5 · special exception 436 · Industrial Sector A And Keith · 5.036 haM5 · special exception 351 · Industrial Sector G · 4.652 haM5 · special exception 375 · Industrial Sector C · 4.339 haM5 · special exception 351 · Industrial Sector C · 4.067 haM5 · Industrial Sector K · 3.706 haM5 · special exception 641 · Nashdale · 2.409 haM5 · special exception 358 · Industrial Sector C · 2.372 haM5 · Industrial Sector · 1.708 haM5 · special exception 358 · Industrial Sector B · 1.184 haM5 · special exception 351 · Industrial Sector B · 0.714 haM5 · Industrial Sector C · 0.609 haM5 · special exception 375 · Industrial Sector D · 0.596 haM5 · Industrial Sector J · 0.065 ha
M5 zone polygons (By-law 05-200)The outline is the City of Hamilton boundary.

Where M5 applies

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

  • Industrial Sector K7 · 934 hectares
  • Nashdale3 · 49 hectares
  • Industrial Sector C4 · 11 hectares
  • Industrial Sector F1 · 11 hectares
  • Industrial Sector A And Keith1 · 5 hectares
  • Industrial Sector G1 · 4.7 hectares
  • Industrial Sector B2 · 1.9 hectares
  • Industrial Sector1 · 1.7 hectares
  • Industrial Sector D1 · 0.6 hectares
  • Industrial Sector J1 · 0.1 hectares

Wards: Ward 3 (15), Ward 4 (4), Ward 5 (3).

Exceptions, holding and other markers

The markers the layer records on M5 polygons. Their terms are written only in the by-law; each line says where.

Special exception (16 polygons)
433 (×4), 351 (×3), 375 (×3), 358 (×2), 362, 419, 436, 641The City's guide to the by-law: a special exception's terms are in Schedule C – Special Exceptions. Read it
Holding provision (1 polygons)
H123Schedule D – Holding Provisions. Read it

What the zone permits

The permitted uses and regulations for M5 are set out in Section 9.5, 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 9.5, 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

    Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 05-200, by section (City of Hamilton)

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  4. 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.