---
title: "IM zone in Bowen Island: Industrial Medium"
place: Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/bowen-island
zone: IM
bylaw: Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/im/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/zoning/im.json"
---

# IM zone in Bowen Island: Industrial Medium

Regulate land used for community industrial needs.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Regulate land used for community industrial needs.
- **Main uses:** Public Works Yard; Transfer Station; Recycling Depot; Compost Facility; Artisan Industry
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Uses accessory to principal uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 1 ha without community water system; 0.4 ha with community water system (new lots by subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30%
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Front setback:** 10 m from a highway; 0 m when the lot abuts an Industrial zoned lot; same setbacks as the zone of the abutting property when it abuts a non-Industrial zoned lot
- **Rear setback:** 10 m from a highway; 0 m when the lot abuts an Industrial zoned lot; same setbacks as the zone of the abutting property when it abuts a non-Industrial zoned lot
- **Interior side setback:** 10 m from a highway; 0 m when the lot abuts an Industrial zoned lot; same setbacks as the zone of the abutting property when it abuts a non-Industrial zoned lot
- **Street side setback:** 10 m from a highway; 0 m when the lot abuts an Industrial zoned lot; same setbacks as the zone of the abutting property when it abuts a non-Industrial zoned lot
- **Other rules:** Minimum setback of 50 m from a watercourse; Storm water run-off from paved areas must pass through an oil/water separator; Storage of hazardous materials needs a Spill Management Plan; a 3 m high landscape screen is required along lot lines adjacent to a highway

## Source

- [Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 (consolidated for convenience, November 2025), s. 4.9](https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/190971#page=65) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Bowen Island: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bowen-island/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/bowen-island/zoning/im/_