(1) Zoning by-laws may be passed by the councils of local municipalities:
Restricting use of land
1. For prohibiting the use of land, for or except for such purposes as may be set out in the by-law within the municipality or within any defined area or areas or abutting on any defined highway or part of a highway.
Restricting erecting, locating or using of buildings
2. For prohibiting the erecting, locating or using of buildings or structures for or except for such purposes as may be set out in the by-law within the municipality or within any defined area or areas or upon land abutting on any defined highway or part of a highway.
Marshy lands, etc.
3. For prohibiting the erection of any class or classes of buildings or structures on land that is subject to flooding or on land with steep slopes, or that is rocky, low-lying, marshy, unstable, hazardous, subject to erosion or to natural or artificial perils.
Contaminated lands; sensitive or vulnerable areas
3.1 For prohibiting any use of land and the erecting, locating or using of any class or classes of buildings or structures on land,
i. that is contaminated,
ii. that contains a sensitive groundwater feature or a sensitive surface water feature, or
iii. that is within an area identified as a vulnerable area in a drinking water source protection plan that has taken effect under the Clean Water Act, 2006.
Natural features and areas
3.2 For prohibiting any use of land and the erecting, locating or using of any class or classes of buildings or structures within any defined area or areas,
i. that is a significant wildlife habitat, wetland, woodland, ravine, valley or area of natural and scientific interest,
ii. that is a significant corridor or shoreline of a lake, river or stream, or
iii. that is a significant natural corridor, feature or area.
Significant archaeological resources
3.3 For prohibiting any use of land and the erecting, locating or using of any class or classes of buildings or structures on land that is the site of a significant archaeological resource.
Construction of buildings or structures
4. For regulating the type of construction and the height, bulk, location, size, floor area, spacing, character and use of buildings or structures to be erected or located within the municipality or within any defined area or areas or upon land abutting on any defined highway or part of a highway, and the minimum frontage and depth of the parcel of land and the proportion of the area thereof that any building or structure may occupy.
Minimum elevation of doors, etc.
5. For regulating the minimum elevation of doors, windows or other openings in buildings or structures or in any class or classes of buildings or structures to be erected or located within the municipality or within any defined area or areas of the municipality.
Loading or parking facilities
6. For requiring the owners or occupants of buildings or structures to be erected or used for a purpose named in the by-law to provide and maintain loading or parking facilities on land that is not part of a highway. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 34 (1); 1994, c. 23, s. 21 (1, 2); 1996, c. 4, s. 20 (1-3); 2006, c. 22, s. 115.