Urban Hamilton Official Plan
The Urban Hamilton Official Plan applies to the lands in the urban area of the City.
Adopted by Council: July 9, 2009 | MMAH Approved: March 16, 2011 | Effective Date: August 16, 2013 except for policies, schedules, maps and appendices that are still under appeal by the OMB.
The Official Plan is divided into three volumes:
Volume 1 - Parent Policies
Describes the context of the Plan, a vision for our community, citywide designations and policies, rural designations and policies, urban designations and policies, infrastructure and community service policies, as well as policies dealing with environmental issues (i.e. water/air quality, noise and vibration), natural systems and implementation policies.
Policies
Parent plan for land uses on an urban wide basis; supporting policies on natural and cultural heritage, transportation, infrastructure, community services.
Chapter A - Introduction (PDF, 312 KB)
Chapter B - Communities (PDF, 516 KB)
Chapter C - City Wide Systems and Designations (PDF, 623 KB)
Chapter D - Rural Systems, Designations and Resources (PDF, 18 KB) (see the Rural Official Official Plan)
Chapter E - Urban Systems and Designations (PDF, 560 KB)
Chapter F - Implementation (PDF, 448 KB)
Chapter G - Glossary (PDF, 226 KB)
Schedules
Schedule A - Provincial Plans (PDF, 1.12 MB)
Schedule B - Natural Heritage System (PDF, 1.15 MB)
Schedule B-1 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Life Science ANSI (PDF, 352 KB)
Schedule B-2 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Significant Woodlands (PDF, 1.42 MB)
Schedule B-3 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Alvar and Tallgrass Prairie (see the Rural Official Official Plan)
Schedule B-4 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Wetlands (PDF, 346 KB)
Schedule B-5 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Lakes and Littoral Zones (PDF, 560 KB)
Schedule B-6 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Environmentally Significant Areas (PDF, 332 KB)
Schedule B-7 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Earth Science ANSI (PDF, 354 KB)
Schedule B-8 - Detailed Natural Heritage Features Streams (PDF, 356 KB)
Schedule C - Functional Road Classification (PDF, 638 KB)
Schedule C-2 - Future Right-of-Way Dedications (PDF, 172 KB)
Schedule D - Rural Land Use Designations (see the Rural Official Official Plan)
Schedule E - Urban Structure (PDF, 418 KB)
Schedule E-1 - Urban Land Use Designations (PDF, 862 KB)
Schedule F - Airport Influence Area (PDF, 566 KB)
Schedule G - Local Housing Market Zones (PDF, 525 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A - Parks Classification (outside of secondary plan areas) (PDF, 432 KB)
Appendix B - Major Transportation Facilities and Routes (PDF, 810 KB)
Appendix C - Non-Renewable Resources (read more about the Rural Official Official Plan)
Appendix D - Noise Exposure Forecast Contours and Primary Airport Zoning Regulations (PDF, 697 KB)
Appendix E - Contaminated sites (PDF, 497 KB)
Appendix F - Cultural Heritage Resources (PDF, 494 KB)
Appendix F-1 - Specific Cultural Heritage Resources (PDF, 438 KB)
Appendix F-2 - Specific Cultural Heritage Resources (PDF, 321 KB)
Appendix F-3 - Specific Cultural Heritage Resources (PDF, 178 KB)
Appendix F-4 - Archaeological Potential (PDF, 3.11 MB)
Appendix G - Boundaries Map (Built Boundary and Central Area Boundary) (PDF, 502 KB)
Volume 2 - Secondary Plans & Rural Settlement Areas
Contains the Secondary Plans policies and mapping which provide detailed and community specific guidance to growth and change in smaller geographic areas of the City. They identify more detailed land uses densities, design requirements, infrastructure requirements and other implementing actions appropriate for the community.
Policies
Secondary Plans which are more detailed land use plans for 25 smaller geographic areas.
Chapter A - Rural Settlement Area Plans (PDF, 132 KB) (read more about the Rural Official Official Plan)
Chapter B - Secondary Plans (PDF, 119 KB)
Chapter B-2 - Ancaster Secondary Plans (PDF, 241 KB)
Chapter B-3 - No existing secondary plans for Dundas
Chapter B-4 - Flamborough Secondary Plans (PDF, 248 KB)
Chapter B-5 - Glanbrook Secondary Plans (PDF, 401 KB)
Chapter B-6 - Hamilton Secondary Plans (PDF, 828 KB)
Chapter B-7 - Stoney Creek Secondary Plans (PDF, 497 KB)
Chapter B-8 - Airport Employment Growth District Secondary Plan (PDF, 207 KB)
Secondary Plan Mapping
Ancaster
- Map B.2.1-1 - Meadowbrook West - Land Use Plan (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Map B.2.2-1 - Shaver Neighbourhood - Land Use Plan (PDF, 461 KB)
- Map B.2.3-1 - Garner Neighbourhood - Land Use Plan (PDF, 329 KB)
- Map B.2.4-1 - Meadowlands Mixed Use - Land Use Plan (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Map B.2.5-1 - Meadowlands Neighbourhood III - Land Use Plan (PDF, 140 KB)
- Map B.2.6-1 - Meadowlands Neighbourhood IV - Land Use Plan (PDF, 2.9 MB)
- Map B.2.7-1 - Meadowlands Neighbourhood V - Land Use Plan (PDF, 792 KB)
- Map B.2.8-1, Appendix A, Appendix B - Ancaster Wilson Street - Land Use Plan, Character Areas and Heritage Features, Potential Connections (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Dundas
- No existing secondary plans
Flamborough
- Map B.4.1-1 - West Waterdown - Land Use Plan (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Map B.4.2-1, Map B.4.2-2, Appendix A - Waterdown North - Land Use Plan, Road Classification Plan, Community Structure Plan (PDF, 1.09 MB)
- Map B.4.3-1, Map B.4.3-2 - Waterdown South - Land Use Plan, Natural Heritage System (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Glanbrook
- Map B.5.1-1, Map B.5.1-2 - Binbrook Village - Land Use Plan, Open Space Linkages (PDF, 839 KB)
- Map B.5.2-1 - Rymal Road - Land Use Plan (PDF, 113 KB)
- Map B.5.3-1 - North-West Glanbrook - Land Use Plan (PDF, 91 KB)
- Map B.5.4-1 - Mount Hope - Land Use Plan (PDF, 97 KB)
Hamilton
- Map B.6.1-1 to Map B.6.1-6 - Downtown Hamilton - Land Use Plan, Downtown Commercial Areas, Special Downtown Residential Policy Areas, Building Heights, Streets, Gateways and Public Spaces, Development Permit Sub-Areas (PDF, 826 KB)
- Map B.6.1-1 to Appendix D - Downtown Hamilton - Land Use Plan, Maximum Building Heights, Higher Order Transit, Cultural Heritage Resources, Cultural Heritage Landscapes, Viewshed Analysis, Niagara Escarpment Height (PDF, 5 MB) - UNDER APPEAL
- Map B.6.2-1, Map B.6.2-2 - Ainslie Wood Westdale - Land Use Plan, Cultural Heritage Landscapes (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Map B.6.3-1, Map B.6.3-2 - Chedmac - Land Use Plan, Cultural Heritage Landscapes (PDF, 205 KB)
- Map B.6.4-1, Map B.6.4-2 - West Hamilton Innovation District - Land Use Plan, Development (PDF, 597 KB)
- To access the West Harbour Secondary Plan Mapping visit hamilton.ca/settingsail
- Map B.6.6-1, Map B.6.6-2, Appendix A, Appendix B - Strathcona - Land Use Plan, Transportation Classification Plan, Views and Vistas, Cultural Heritage Resources (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Map B.6.7-1 to Appendix B - Centennial Neighbourhood - Land Use Plan, Maximum Building Heights in the Node, Transportation and Connections, Site Specific Policy Areas, Transition Areas (PDF, 3 MB) - UNDER APPEAL
Stoney Creek
- Map B.7.1-1 - Western Development - Land Use Plan (PDF, 2.73 MB)
- Map B.7.2-1 - Old Town - Land Use Plan (PDF, 465 KB)
- Map B.7.3-1 - Urban Lakeshore Area - Land Use Plan (PDF, 200 KB)
- Map B.7.4-1 to Map B.7.4-4 - Fruitland-Winona - Land Use Plan, Natural Heritage System, Transportation Classification Plan, Block Servicing Strategy (PDF, 2 MB)
- Map B.7.5-1 - Nash Neighbourhood - Land Use Plan (PDF, 1.64 MB)
- Map B.7.6-1 - West Mountain/Heritage Green - Land Use Plan (PDF, 768 KB)
- Map B.7.7-1 to Map B.7.7-3 - Trinity West - Land Use Plan, Natural Heritage System, Road Classification Plan (PDF, 814 KB)
Airport Employment Growth District
- Map B.8-1 - Airport Employment Growth District Land Use Plan (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Map B.8-2 - Airport Employment Growth District Natural Heritage System (PDF, 601 KB)
- Map B.8-3 - Airport Employment Growth District Road Classification Map (PDF, 674 KB)
- Map B.8-4 - Airport Employment Growth District Phasing Plan (PDF, 614 KB)
- Appendix A - Airport Employment Growth District Transit Routes and Trails Maps (PDF, 613 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A - Secondary Plan Index Map (PDF, 397 KB)
Appendix B - Secondary Plan Residential Density Chart (PDF, 104 KB)
Appendix C - Binbrook Village Secondary Plan (PDF, 92 KB)
Appendix D - Rymal Secondary Plan (PDF, 91 KB)
Volume 3 - Special Policy Areas, Area Specific Policies, and Site Specific Policies
Contains the special policy areas, area and site specific policies which incorporate special conditions.
Special Policy Areas are geographic areas where either additional studies are required to determine ultimate land uses or where more detailed and specific policies are required and these lands are not contained within a Secondary Plan.
Area and site specific policy areas provide detailed direction for individual properties or geographic areas of the City where more detailed direction for land use, infrastructure, transportation, environment, urban design or similar issues are required beyond the general framework provided by this Plan due to unique local circumstances not capable of being addressed by the parent Official Plan or Secondary Plans.
Policies
Area specific and site specific policies for certain properties or geographic area.
Chapter A - Special Policy Areas (read more about the Rural Official Official Plan)
Chapter B - Urban Area Specific Policies (PDF, 79 KB)
Chapter B - Ancaster (PDF, 22 KB)
Chapter B - Dundas (PDF, 55 KB)
Chapter B - Flamborough (PDF, 105 KB)
Chapter B - No current policies for Glanbrook
Chapter B - Hamilton (PDF, 58 KB)
Chapter B - Stoney Creek (PDF, 102 KB)
Chapter C - Urban Site Specific Policies (PDF, 562 KB)
Mapping
Map 1 - Area Specific Policies Key Map (PDF, 483 KB)
Map A-2 - Ancaster Area Specific Policies (PDF, 137 KB)
Map D-1 - Dundas Area Specific Policies (PDF, 650 KB)
Map D-2 - Dundas Area Specific Policies (PDF, 433 KB)
Map F-1 - Flamborough Area Specific Policies (PDF, 408 KB)
Map H-1 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 66 KB)
Map H-2 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 333 KB)
Map H-3 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 108 KB)
Map H-4 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 152 KB)
Map H-5 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 77 KB)
Map H-6 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 499 KB)
Map H-7 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 135 KB)
Map H-8 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 72 KB)
Map H-9 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 675 KB)
Map H-10 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 651 KB)
Map H-11 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 584 KB)
Map H-12 - Hamilton Area Specific Policies (PDF, 194 KB)
Map SC-1 - Stoney Creek Area Specific Policies (PDF, 487 KB)
Map SC-3 - Stoney Creek Area Specific Policies (PDF, 125 KB)
Maps 2 & 2a - Site Specific Policies Key Map (PDF, 527 KB)
As of December 31, 2018 - Policies, Schedules and Appendices that remain under appeal
References to 313 Stone Church Road East includes lands bounded by Stone Church Road East, Upper Wellington Street, Lincoln Alexander Parkway and Upper Wentworth Street.
Volume 1 – Parent Plan Policies, Schedules and Appendices
Parent Plan Policies
Policy number as modified by MMAH or Approved by OMB
| Section | Remaining under Appeal |
|---|---|
| Section A.1.0 - Hamilton’s Official Plan |
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| Section A.2.0 - Strategic Directions |
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| Section B.2.0 - Defining Our Communities |
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| Section C.2.0 - Natural Heritage System |
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| Section C.3.0 - General Land Use Provisions and Designations |
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| Section F.1.0 - Planning Act Implementation Tools |
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Section F.3.0 - Other Implementation Mechanisms |
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| Chapter G - Glossary |
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Schedules and Appendices
| Schedule or Appendix | Remaining under Appeal as it applies to: |
|---|---|
| Schedule B – Natural Heritage System |
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| Schedule B-2 – Detailed Natural Heritage Features Significant Woodlands |
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Lands subject to Non-Decision (for information purposes only)
| Address | Policies or Schedules | Non-Decision Number |
|---|---|---|
| Setting Sail Secondary Plan |
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113 |
| 353 James Street North |
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117a |
Amendments
- Amendments to the Urban Official Plan (PDF, 285 KB)
Contact us
For general questions concerning the Urban Hamilton Official Plan, contact:
Delia McPhail
City Hall, 4th Floor
Phone: 905-546-2424 ext. 6663
Email: delia.mcphail@hamilton.ca
For zoning or building permit information, contact:
Building Division
City Hall, 3rd Floor
Phone: 905-546-2720
Email: building@hamilton.ca
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