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Residential zones (Part 6)

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 layer; a weekly check warns when the record is more than 90 days old.
RL9 zones in Oakville163 of 163 RL9 polygons drawn, largest first, over the Town's Official Plan communities.RL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 2.63 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.71 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.53 haRL9 sp:173 · West Oak Trails · 1.34 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.27 haRL9 · River Oaks · 1.2 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.18 haRL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 1.18 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.13 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.1 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 1.1 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 1.09 haRL9 sp:277 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.99 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.95 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.93 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.9 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.89 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.89 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.87 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.87 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.85 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.85 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.83 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.81 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.81 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.79 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.77 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.75 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.74 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.74 haRL9 sp:239 · West Oak Trails · 0.71 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.69 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.68 haRL9 sp:110 · Old Oakville · 0.67 haRL9 sp:147 · Glen Abbey · 0.67 haRL9 sp:210 · River Oaks · 0.66 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.66 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.64 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.62 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.61 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.61 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.61 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.61 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.59 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.59 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.59 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.58 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.58 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.57 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.55 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.55 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.54 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.54 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.53 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.53 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.52 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.52 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.52 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.5 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.5 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.49 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.49 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.48 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.46 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.45 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.45 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.45 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.44 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.44 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.44 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.43 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.41 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.41 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.4 haRL9 sp:277 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.4 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.37 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.37 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.37 haRL9 sp:58 · Bronte · 0.36 haRL9 sp:205 · River Oaks · 0.36 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.35 haRL9 sp:117 · Glen Abbey · 0.35 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.34 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.33 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.32 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.32 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.31 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.3 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.3 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.29 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.28 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.28 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.28 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.27 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.27 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.26 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.26 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.26 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.26 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.26 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.26 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.25 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.25 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.24 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.24 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.24 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.23 haRL9 sp:46 · River Oaks · 0.23 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.22 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.22 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.2 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.19 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.19 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.19 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.18 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.18 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.18 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.17 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.17 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.17 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.17 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.17 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.17 haRL9 · Iroquois Ridge (North) · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.16 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.15 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.14 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.14 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.14 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.13 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.12 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.12 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.11 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.11 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.11 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.1 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.09 haRL9 · Uptown Core · 0.09 haRL9 sp:292 · Old Oakville · 0.09 haRL9 sp:57 · Bronte · 0.09 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.08 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.08 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.08 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.08 haRL9 sp:113 · Bronte · 0.07 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.07 haRL9 sp:193 · West Oak Trails · 0.06 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.06 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.05 haRL9 · West Oak Trails · 0.05 haRL9 · River Oaks · 0.04 ha
RL9 zone polygonsOutlines 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, 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 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

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