By-law 2014-014 · Mixed use zones

CBD · Central Business District

CBD is the Town of Oakville's Central Business District zone under Zoning By-law 2014-014. It applies to 65 zone polygons covering about 24 hectares, mostly in Old Oakville. 23 of them carry a special provision and 1 carry a holding symbol. The rules for the zone are in the by-law's Mixed use zones (Part 8).

Last checked September 24, 2026Town of OakvilleHow we know

Publisher: Town of Oakville
Source dataset: Zoning By-law 2014-014 (open data layer)
Official record: Mixed use zones (Part 8), Zoning By-law 2014-014 (PDF)
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
Licence: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence — Town of Oakville. Terms
From the source: the zone code and the Town's name for it · special provision and holding symbols on each polygon · growth areas
Derived by OakvilleIQ: polygon count and hectares · communities and wards, by polygon location · the simplified outlines on the map
OakvilleIQ’s words: the summary sentence
Kept current: Rebuilt from the Town's By-law 2014-014 layer; a weekly check warns when the record is more than 90 days old.

At a glance

Zone code: CBD
The Town's name: Central Business District
By-law: Zoning By-law 2014-014
By-law part: Mixed use zones
Polygons: 65
Hectares: 24
With special provisions: 23
With holding symbols: 1
Communities: 1

At a glance

Zone code: CBD
The Town's name: Central Business District
By-law: Zoning By-law 2014-014
By-law part: Mixed use zones
Polygons: 65
Hectares: 24
With special provisions: 23
With holding symbols: 1
Communities: 1

CBD zone polygons (By-law 2014-014)Outlines are the Town’s Official Plan communities.

Where CBD applies

Polygons by the Town’s Official Plan community, with the OakvilleIQ neighbourhood page where one covers it.

Old Oakville · Old Oakville65

Wards: Ward 3 (38), Ward 2 (27).

Special provisions, holding symbols and growth areas

A special provision (sp) changes the zone’s rules for that site; a holding symbol (H) keeps development from proceeding until the Town lifts it. Both are set out in the by-law, which is the only place their terms are written.

Special provisions on CBD land

sp:9 (×6), sp:7, sp:17, sp:21, sp:26, sp:27, sp:28, sp:67, sp:96, sp:145, sp:149, sp:278, sp:304, sp:322, sp:349, sp:362, sp:366, sp:398

Holding symbols

In a growth area

Downtown (38), Kerr (25)

What the zone permits

The permitted uses, setbacks, lot coverage and heights for CBD are set out in Mixed use zones (Part 8) of Zoning By-law 2014-014. OakvilleIQ does not paraphrase them: a site-specific special provision, a holding symbol or a later amendment can change what applies to one lot, and only the Town’s zoning certificate is binding.

Sources

Every factual claim above traces to one of these documents.

Town of Oakville
Mixed use zones (Part 8), Zoning By-law 2014-014 (PDF)
Retrieved September 24, 2026
Town of Oakville
Zoning By-law 2014-014 (open data layer)
Retrieved September 24, 2026
Town of Oakville
Zoning By-law 2014-014
Retrieved September 24, 2026
Town of Oakville
Zoning and the zoning certificate of occupancy
Retrieved September 24, 2026

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence — Town of Oakville. Licence. Records checked September 24, 2026.