Belleville Zoning Bylaw

As the Zoning By-law is updated regularly, it is important to ensure you are consulting the most current version. You can request the most up-to-date version of the Consolidated Zoning Zoning By-law 2024-100 (2025.07.03). Zoning-Bylaw Visual Guides illustrate size and positioning requirements.

See how properties are zoned across the City using Belleville’s Find Your Zoning Map:

Residential

Residential homes and long-term care homes

• R1 – Residential Type 1
• R2 – Residential Type 2
• R3 – Residential Type 3
• RR – Rural Residential
• RMH – Residential Mobile Home

• MX1 – Mixed-Use Type 1
• MX2 – Mixed-Use Type 2

R1 – Residential Type 1

Up to 4 unit fourplex residential units.

• 1-4 unit dwellings
• Long-term Care Home
• Max height: 11 m

R2 – Residential Type 2

Up to 4 storey apartments.

All of the types in R1, plus:

• Stacked Townhouse Dwelling
• Back-to-back Townhouse Dwelling
• Low-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (4 or fewer storeys), Max height: 13.5 m

R2-6 stacked townhouse dwellings: Building Height (maximum): 3 storeys or 14.0 metres, whichever is less

R3 – Residential Type 3

Up to 10+ storey apartments.

All of the types in R2, plus:

• Low-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (4 or fewer storeys), Max height: 13.5 m
• Mid-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (5-9 storeys), Max height: 27 m
• High-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (10+ storeys), Max height: 58 m

Low-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (4 or fewer storeys), Max height: 13.5 m

Mid-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (5-9 storeys), Max height: 27 m

High-rise Multi-unit Dwelling (10+ storeys), Max height: 58 m

Commercial

• C1 – Neighbourhood Commercial
• C2 – Community Commercial
• C3 – Regional Commercial
• C4 – Rural Commercial
• C5 – Water-oriented Commercial
• C6 – Recreation Commercial (arena, campground)

Mixed-use

• Mixed-Use Type 1 Zone – MX1
• Mixed-Use Type 2 Zone – MX2

Industrial

• N1 – General Industrial
• N2 – Service Industrial
• IN3 – Rural Industrial
• IN4 – Aggregate and Extractive Industrial
• IN5 – Waste Disposal

Rural/agricultural

• AG – Agriculture
• RU – Rural

Agricultural zone

• Agriculture
• One-unit detached dwelling

Rural

• Uses permitted in the Agriculture Zone, see Section 8.1
• One-unit detached dwelling
• Cemetery
• Day care centre
• Equestrian centre or riding arena
• Forestry
• Garden centre
• Kennel
• Place of worship

Other

• CF – Community Facility
• OS – Open Space
• EP – Environmental Protection
• LC – Loyalist College
• DC – Development Control

Community Facility

• Arena
• Cemetery
• Community centre
• Day care centre
• Event space
• Fairgrounds
• Residential care facility
• Long term care home
• Hospital
• Library
• Museum
• Place of worship
• Office for government administration
• School
• Recreational facility and/or recreational use
• Theatre
• Accessory uses, buildings, or structures:
  • Any accessory use and accessory building or structure, which is dependent and related to the main use(s), see Section 15.1
  • Commercial use where accessory and complementary to the community facility use, up to 5% of the gross floor area or 100.0 square metres, whichever is less
  • Accessory dwelling unit accessory to a place of worship, subject to servicing requirements, see Section 15.13
  • Food truck, see Section 15.22 (7)
  • Student residences accessory to and operated by a school

Open Space

• Park
• Golf course
• Recreational facility or recreational use
• Marina
• Accessory uses, buildings, or structures:
  • Any accessory use and accessory building or structure, which is dependent and related to the main use(s), see Section 15.1
  • Food truck, see Section 15.22 (7)

Environmental Protection

• Conservation
• Existing agricultural uses
• Accessory uses, buildings, or structures:
  • Only buildings and structures which are necessary for preservation and conservation of the natural features such as floodplains, erosion hazards, wetlands, watercourses, and karst, or for stormwater management within a floodplain shall be permitted, provided those buildings or structures are erected by, or on behalf of, the appropriate public authority

Loyalist College

• Post-secondary educational institution
• Accessory uses, buildings, or structures:
  • Any accessory use and accessory building or structure, which is dependent and related to the main use, see Section 15.1

Development Control

• Existing uses
• Agriculture, but limited to the growing of crops
• Accessory uses, buildings, or structures:
  • Any accessory use, or existing building or structure, which is dependent and related to the main use(s), see Section 15.1
  • Urban home occupation accessory to a residential use, see Section 15.9
  • Accessory dwelling unit, see Section 15.13