Residential zones (Part 6)

RL5 · Residential Low (RL5)

RL5 is the Town of Oakville's Residential Low (RL5) zone under Zoning By-law 2014-014. It applies to 608 zone polygons covering about 657 hectares, mostly in River Oaks, Glen Abbey, Iroquois Ridge (North). 217 of them carry a special provision and none carry a holding symbol. The rules for the zone are in the by-law's Residential zones (Part 6).

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: Residential zones (Part 6), 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 layer; a weekly check warns when the record is more than 90 days old.

RL5 zone polygonsOutlines are the Town’s Official Plan communities.

The 208 smallest polygons are not drawn.

Where RL5 applies

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

River Oaks · River Oaks162
Glen Abbey · Glen Abbey153
Iroquois Ridge (North) · Iroquois Ridge132
Clearview · Southeast Oakville61
West Oak Trails · West Oak Trails41
Iroquois Ridge (South) · Falgarwood29
Bronte · Bronte20
College Park · College Park6
Old Oakville · Old Oakville2

Wards: Ward 5 (168), Ward 6 (161), Ward 4 (147), Ward 3 (63), Ward 2 (49), Ward 1 (20).

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 RL5 land

sp:45 (×56), sp:32 (×38), sp:47 (×21), sp:31 (×20), sp:116 (×19), sp:46 (×11), sp:215 (×10), sp:242 (×8), sp:233 (×7), sp:115 (×6), sp:219 (×5), sp:313 (×3), sp:48 (×2), sp:1, sp:11, sp:152, sp:166, sp:184, sp:200, sp:206, sp:228, sp:230, sp:380, sp:402

In a growth area

Bronte (1)

What the zone permits

The permitted uses, setbacks, lot coverage and heights for RL5 are set out in Residential zones (Part 6) 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
Residential zones (Part 6), 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.

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