---
title: "M1 zone in Ashcroft: Industrial 1"
place: Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ashcroft
zone: M1
bylaw: Village of Ashcroft Zoning Bylaw No. 890, 2026
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/zoning/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Ashcroft: Industrial 1

Main uses: Animal hospital and animal beauty parlours, Auction houses excluding livestock, Automobile sales and repair, Bakery, Boat building, boat showrooms and display yards, and 31 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Animal hospital and animal beauty parlours; Auction houses excluding livestock; Automobile sales and repair; Bakery; Boat building, boat showrooms and display yards; Bottling and distribution plant; Building supply and lumber yards; Car wash; Cardlock fuel installation; Cargo container storage, rentals, and sales; Cartage, delivery and express facilities including truck terminals; Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, including related retail outlets; Commercial recreation; Funeral services; Garage and parking lot for the storage of water vehicles and recreational vehicles; Heavy equipment sales and repair; Laundromats and dry cleaning; Machine shop and parts manufacturer, machinery and assembly not involving forging, casting, punch presses or drop forges; Manufacturing and processing plants; Mini-storage, including facilities utilizing cargo containers for storage lockers; Motor vehicle service stations; Outdoor garden shops; Plumbing and sheet metal workshop; Printing and other reproduction processes; Propane sales; Public work yards; Publishing and allied trades; Recycling Centre; Rental and repair of small equipment and tools; Restaurants; Sash and door and other woodworking shops; Septic tank service; Storage, excluding auto wreckers and junk yards; Tire shops, re-treading and rebuilding, sales and service; Trailer manufacture, repairs, sales and display yards; Warehousing and wholesale establishments
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Offices in conjunction with storage buildings for trade contractors; Caretaker suite; Accessory buildings and uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 560 m² (new subdivisions)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum height:** 15 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 2.0 m; where M1 abuts a Residential zone: 3.0 m (one storey building), 7.5 m (more than one storey)
- **Street side setback:** 2.0 m; corner parcel flanking a highway: 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Setbacks do not apply to a fence, landscaped area or parking area; Motor vehicle service station pumps or pump islands: 4.5 m to any property line; All businesses must be inside a completely enclosed building, except open storage areas, parking and loading facilities; No storage areas in any required front yard

## Source

- [Village of Ashcroft Zoning Bylaw No. 890, 2026, s. 11](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Bylaw-No.-890-2026-Village-of-Ashcroft-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=51) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Ashcroft: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/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/ashcroft/zoning/m1/_