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Edmonton’s new Zoning Bylaw (Charter Bylaw 20001) and city-wide rezoning (Charter Bylaw 21001) were approved by City Council at the Statutory Public Hearing on October 23, 2023. View the Public Hearing recording, access the agenda, and see comments submitted as part of the public record.
The and Zoning Map will come into effect on January 1, 2024.
Renewing Edmonton’s Zoning Bylaw is an opportunity to align city-building tools to ensure all Edmontonians and property owners have the necessary tools to build and experience the city envisioned in The City Plan.
Learn what the zoning changes mean for your property, Edmonton’s neighbourhoods and businesses and the environment.
Zoning is everywhere—from parks and playgrounds to garden suites and the downtown core. Zoning determines what can be built where. It sets the rules for where new buildings should go, what types of buildings they can be and what types of businesses and activities can happen on a property.
The City of Edmonton has been hosting conversations on the Zoning Bylaw Renewal Initiative since 2018. Thank you to all Edmontonians who have dedicated their time and efforts to participate in this key city-building initiative over the last 5 years.
Read summaries of engagement activities with residents, businesses, industry, community organizations and more in our document library.
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Zoning is everywhere—from parks and playgrounds to garden suites and the downtown core. Zoning determines what can be built where. It sets the rules for where new buildings should go, what types of buildings they can be and what types of businesses and activities can happen on a property.
Zoning guides growth in an orderly way to minimize conflicts between different activities and can improve the safety, public health and welfare of its citizens and the environment.
The Zoning Bylaw does not provide the rules for how a building is constructed, in terms of safety and construction materials—that is the role of the Alberta Building Code. It also does not determine the rules for business licensing—that is the role of the Business Licence Bylaw.
The City has a number of other bylaws aimed at ensuring the health, safety and wellness of Edmontonians.
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The City Plan guides how land use, growth patterns and transportation and mobility systems can support an additional 1 million people in Edmonton. It was approved by City Council on December 9, 2020, after years of technical studies and engagements with Edmontonians, industry and stakeholders.
While The City Plan is a big-picture-vision for the city, District Planning and the Zoning Bylaw Renewal Initiative are about implementation.
The City Plan identifies districts as diverse, accessible collections of neighbourhoods that contain most of the services and amenities that Edmontonians rely on. District plans set the policy context (the geography, systems and networks) for the Zoning Bylaw Renewal Initiative’s regulatory changes.
Visit the City Building page to explore the projects helping bring The City Plan’s vision to life.
Edmonton’s new Zoning Bylaw introduces new zones city-wide. Get familiar with the zones that apply to you by typing in the address of your residence, business, or favourite coffee shop, using the map.
Have a question about your zone? Contact us at zoningbylawrenewal@edmonton.ca.
An explanation of the steps the Zoning Bylaw Renewal Initiative is taking to make The City Plan’s big-picture vision of 2 million residents a reality.
The City is making the development process more balanced, accessible, consistent and equitable so more of those great ideas can become a reality.
The City Plan is Edmonton’s big-picture vision for the future, the steps we need to take to plan a healthy, urban and climate-resilient city of 2 million people.
