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By-law 2014-014 · Residential zones

RL9 · Residential Low (RL9)

RL9 is the Town of Oakville's Residential Low (RL9) zone under Zoning By-law 2014-014. It applies to 163 zone polygons covering about 73 hectares, mostly in West Oak Trails, River Oaks, Iroquois Ridge (North). 45 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
RL9
The Town's name
Residential Low (RL9)
By-law
Zoning By-law 2014-014
By-law part
Residential zones
Polygons
163
Hectares
73
With special provisions
45
With holding symbols
0
Communities
7
RL9 zones under By-law 2014-014163 of 163 RL9 polygons drawn, largest first, over the Town's Official Plan communities.RL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 2.628 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.71 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.533 haRL9 sp:173 · West Oak Trails · 1.343 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.274 haRL9 · River Oaks · 1.203 haRL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 1.181 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.176 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.129 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.103 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.098 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.088 haRL9 sp:277 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.991 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.951 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.932 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.897 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.895 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.891 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.869 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.866 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.851 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.851 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.834 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.809 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.808 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.786 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.774 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.752 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.738 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.737 haRL9 sp:239 · West Oak Trails · 0.705 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.693 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.675 haRL9 sp:110 · Old Oakville · 0.674 haRL9 sp:147 · Glen Abbey · 0.669 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.665 haRL9 sp:210 · River Oaks · 0.656 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.638 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.623 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.613 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.613 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.606 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.605 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.593 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.593 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.587 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.585 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.58 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.571 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.554 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.553 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.542 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.542 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.534 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.526 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.523 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.517 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.516 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.504 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.503 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.494 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.487 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.483 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.459 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.452 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.449 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.445 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.445 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.443 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.437 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.431 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.415 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.409 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.401 haRL9 sp:277 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.397 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.372 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.371 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.367 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.357 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.357 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.353 haRL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 0.347 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.343 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.331 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.321 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.316 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.31 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.303 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.296 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.291 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.283 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.282 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.276 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.269 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.265 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.264 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.262 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.26 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.26 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.256 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.256 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.253 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.251 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.241 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.238 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.235 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.229 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.225 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.219 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.216 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.197 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.197 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.195 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.19 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.186 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.185 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.183 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.178 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.175 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.172 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.168 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.167 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.166 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.166 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.165 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.161 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.158 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.158 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.156 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.154 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.153 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.152 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.149 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.146 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.145 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.145 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.145 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.129 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.125 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.119 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.11 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.109 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.105 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.099 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.094 haRL9 · Uptown Core · 0.094 haRL9 sp:292 · Old Oakville · 0.094 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.094 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.085 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.082 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.079 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.079 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.071 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.066 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.064 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.063 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.054 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.052 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.037 ha
RL9 zone polygons (By-law 2014-014)Outlines are the Town’s Official Plan communities.

Where RL9 applies

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

Wards: Ward 4 (100), Ward 5 (31), Ward 6 (15), Ward 1 (12), Ward 2 (4), Ward 3 (1).


Special provisions 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 RL9 land

sp:193 (×16), sp:57 (×5), sp:113 (×4), sp:46 (×3), sp:58 (×3), sp:117 (×3), sp:205 (×3), sp:277 (×2), sp:110, sp:147, sp:173, sp:210, sp:239, sp:292

In a growth area

Bronte (4), Kerr (1)


What the zone permits

The permitted uses, setbacks, lot coverage and heights for RL9 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.