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By-law 2014-014 · Residential zones

RL8 · Residential Low (RL8)

RL8 is the Town of Oakville's Residential Low (RL8) zone under Zoning By-law 2014-014. It applies to 337 zone polygons covering about 236 hectares, mostly in West Oak Trails, River Oaks, Iroquois Ridge (North). 89 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 By-law 2014-014 layer; a weekly check warns when the record is more than 90 days old.
At a glance
Zone code
RL8
The Town's name
Residential Low (RL8)
By-law
Zoning By-law 2014-014
By-law part
Residential zones
Polygons
337
Hectares
236
With special provisions
89
With holding symbols
0
Communities
9
RL8 zones under By-law 2014-014337 of 337 RL8 polygons drawn, largest first, over the Town's Official Plan communities.RL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 4.537 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 3.822 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.65 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (South) · 2.55 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 2.364 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 2.211 haRL8 · River Oaks · 2.169 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 2.129 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.127 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.117 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 2.114 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.107 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.091 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 2.03 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 2.01 haRL8 · Bronte · 1.971 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.962 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.946 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.915 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.892 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.871 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.867 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.854 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.742 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.738 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.667 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.619 haRL8 sp:344 · College Park · 1.595 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.591 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.579 haRL8 · Bronte · 1.578 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.575 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.537 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.527 haRL8 sp:388 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.481 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.479 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.47 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.452 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.434 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.395 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.369 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.364 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.36 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.346 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.346 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.345 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.316 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.293 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.293 haRL8 · Clearview · 1.271 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.256 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.255 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.244 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.242 haRL8 sp:45 · River Oaks · 1.231 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.225 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.221 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.182 haRL8 sp:344 · College Park · 1.165 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.163 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.161 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.153 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.147 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.142 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.134 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.119 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 1.111 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.099 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.09 haRL8 sp:45 · River Oaks · 1.085 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.076 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.076 haRL8 sp:111 · Bronte · 1.063 haRL8 · River Oaks · 1.053 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.045 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.044 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.031 haRL8 sp:167 · River Oaks · 1.023 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 1.013 haRL8 sp:45 · River Oaks · 1.004 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.986 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.952 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.932 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.922 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.907 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.902 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.886 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.878 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.865 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.857 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.857 haRL8 · College Park · 0.851 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.851 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.849 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.847 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.841 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.836 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.831 haRL8 sp:344 · College Park · 0.825 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.812 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.811 haRL8 sp:109 · Bronte · 0.81 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.807 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.805 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.803 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.795 haRL8 sp:318 · Old Oakville · 0.794 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.794 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.788 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.785 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.782 haRL8 · College Park · 0.779 haRL8 sp:45 · River Oaks · 0.772 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.768 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.749 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.745 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.745 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.737 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.734 haRL8 · Clearview · 0.733 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.723 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.721 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.692 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.684 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.684 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.684 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.68 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.678 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.672 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.671 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.668 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.667 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.666 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.646 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.64 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.633 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.633 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.628 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.621 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.616 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.614 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.611 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.61 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.607 haRL8 sp:216 · River Oaks · 0.604 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.602 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.602 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.601 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.6 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.588 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.588 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.586 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.585 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.581 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.575 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.575 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.573 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.569 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.567 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.565 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.565 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.564 haRL8 sp:318 · Old Oakville · 0.562 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.562 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.561 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.559 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.552 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.551 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.55 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.534 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.53 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.528 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.521 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.513 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.512 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.508 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.501 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.498 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.497 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.496 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.491 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.489 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.484 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.478 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.477 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.473 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.473 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.473 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.468 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.468 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.466 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.464 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.46 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.46 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.459 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.459 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.458 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.457 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.444 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.443 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.443 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.443 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.441 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.439 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.43 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.423 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.409 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.399 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.392 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.391 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.391 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.391 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.384 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.384 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.384 haRL8 sp:209 · Bronte · 0.38 haRL8 sp:388 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.379 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.376 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.374 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.373 haRL8 sp:111 · Bronte · 0.373 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.372 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.363 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.357 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.35 haRL8 sp:45 · River Oaks · 0.348 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.34 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.34 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.338 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.338 haRL8 sp:166 · River Oaks · 0.336 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.333 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.329 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.321 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.319 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.317 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.315 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.31 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.308 haRL8 · Bronte · 0.306 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.303 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.302 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.302 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.3 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.3 haRL8 sp:216 · River Oaks · 0.295 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.292 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.291 haRL8 sp:109 · Bronte · 0.29 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.288 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.287 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.284 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.281 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.279 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.278 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.277 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.276 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.273 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.273 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.27 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.27 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.269 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.263 haRL8 sp:423 · Bronte · 0.262 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.261 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.261 haRL8 sp:189 · River Oaks · 0.258 haRL8 sp:388 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.258 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.255 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.248 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.247 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.241 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.233 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.23 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.221 haRL8 · Glen Abbey · 0.217 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.216 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.214 haRL8 sp:276 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.211 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.211 haRL8 sp:240 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.21 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.209 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.201 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL8 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.197 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.196 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.192 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.184 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.183 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.181 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.18 haRL8 sp:166 · River Oaks · 0.171 haRL8 sp:103 · Bronte · 0.164 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.16 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.158 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.137 haRL8 sp:124 · Old Oakville · 0.133 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.13 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.128 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.128 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.128 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.128 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.127 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.127 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.126 haRL8 sp:216 · River Oaks · 0.125 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.124 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.123 haRL8 sp:166 · River Oaks · 0.12 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.117 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.117 haRL8 sp:216 · River Oaks · 0.115 haRL8 sp:123 · Bronte · 0.114 haRL8 · Clearview · 0.114 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.108 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.104 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.097 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.097 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.087 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.087 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.078 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.077 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.072 haRL8 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.063 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.063 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.06 haRL8 sp:236 · West Oak Trails · 0.049 haRL8 sp:33 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.048 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.047 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.046 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.044 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.044 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.044 haRL8 · River Oaks · 0.043 haRL8 sp:216 · River Oaks · 0.041 haRL8 sp:129 · Old Oakville · 0.038 haRL8 · West Oak Trails · 0.029 ha
RL8 zone polygons (By-law 2014-014)Outlines are the Town’s Official Plan communities.

Where RL8 applies

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

Wards: Ward 4 (146), Ward 5 (85), Ward 6 (63), Ward 1 (29), Ward 2 (10), Ward 3 (4).


Special provisions

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 RL8 land

sp:33 (×28), sp:103 (×14), sp:46 (×7), sp:129 (×6), sp:45 (×5), sp:216 (×5), sp:166 (×3), sp:344 (×3), sp:388 (×3), sp:109 (×2), sp:111 (×2), sp:318 (×2), sp:123, sp:124, sp:167, sp:189, sp:209, sp:236, sp:240, sp:276, sp:423


What the zone permits

The permitted uses, setbacks, lot coverage and heights for RL8 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

Sources

Every factual claim above traces to one of these documents.

  1. Town of Oakville

    Residential zones (Part 6), Zoning By-law 2014-014 (PDF)

    Retrieved September 24, 2026

  2. Town of Oakville

    Zoning By-law 2014-014 (open data layer)

    Retrieved September 24, 2026

  3. Town of Oakville

    Zoning By-law 2014-014

    Retrieved September 24, 2026

  4. 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.