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title: "I3 zone in Abbotsford: High Impact Industrial Zone"
place: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/abbotsford
zone: I3
bylaw: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/i3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/i3.json"
---

# I3 zone in Abbotsford: High Impact Industrial Zone

High impact industrial uses, plus a limited number of light industrial uses compatible with them

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High impact industrial uses, plus a limited number of light industrial uses compatible with them
- **Main uses:** Animal Stockyard; Automobile Body Shop; Batching Plant; Brewing and Vinting Outlet; Commercial Composting Facility; Commercial Vehicle Parking; Commercial Vehicle Repair; Commercial Vehicle Sales/Leasing; Dangerous Goods Manufacturing/Warehousing; Feedlot; Freight Handling Facility; Manufacturing; Mobile Food Vendor; Motor Vehicle Recycling and Salvage Yard; Recreational Vehicle Sales/Leasing/Repair/Rental; Recycling Depot; Slaughterhouse; Warehousing; Waste Transfer Station
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential Use
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,850 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Not set (n/a)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Not set (n/a)
- **Maximum height:** 12.2 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum 1.5 m between buildings; Office, retail sale or display areas must be inside the same building and no more than 25% of the Gross Floor Area of the business; Accessory Residential Use limited to 90 m² inside the Principal Building; Motor Vehicle Recycling and Salvage Yard needs a solid fence or wall at least 2.4 m high; Waste Transfer Station also fenced at 2.4 m

## Source

- [Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 630](https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400630#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Abbotsford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/i3/_