{"title":"M1 zone in Colwood: Light Industrial","code":"M1","slug":"m1","name":"Light Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"8.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Coffee shops, Light Industrial uses which are not noxious or offensive (including trade contractors: building, electrical, heating and air conditioning, painting, plumbing, refrigeration, roofing, septic tank and signs), Repair of household furnishings, Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment, Repair of automobiles, trucks, boats, camper vehicles, mobile homes and farm machinery and parts and accessories, and 2 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Coffee shops","Light Industrial uses which are not noxious or offensive (including trade contractors: building, electrical, heating and air conditioning, painting, plumbing, refrigeration, roofing, septic tank and signs)","Repair of household furnishings","Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment","Repair of automobiles, trucks, boats, camper vehicles, mobile homes and farm machinery and parts and accessories","Wholesale and storage buildings, not exceeding a total of 900 m² of floor area","One dwelling unit for a caretaker"],"note":"Uses are in addition to those permitted by Section 2.1.10 of the bylaw.","quotes":["In addition to the uses permitted by Section 2.1.10 of this Bylaw, the following uses and no others shall be","1. Coffee shops;","2. Light Industrial uses which are not noxious or offensive by reason of permitting odours, dust, smoke,","4. Repair of household furnishings;","5. Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment such as chain saw, hand and edge tools,","6. Repair of automobiles, trucks, boats, camper vehicles, mobile homes and farm machinery and parts","7. Wholesale and storage buildings, not exceeding a total of 900 m2 of floor area;","8. One dwelling unit for a caretaker;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Unenclosed storage accessory to a principal use","Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["9. Unenclosed storage accessory to a principal use; and","10. Accessory buildings and structures."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"695 m²","quotes":["1. The minimum lot area that may be created by subdivision shall be 695 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"16 m","quotes":["2. The minimum highway frontage and lot width that may be created by subdivision shall be 16 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50 percent of the lot","quotes":["The maximum coverage shall be 50 percent of the lot."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 12 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.5 m for accessory unenclosed storage use","quotes":["The maximum height of any accessory unenclosed storage use shall be 3.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["1. A front yard shall be provided of not less than 7.5 m in depth."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["3. A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 7.5 m in depth."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m; a side yard next to a Commercial Zone or Industrial Zone may be reduced to nil if the other side yard is at least 6 m","quotes":["2. Side yards shall be provided of not less than 6 m in width, except that a side yard flanked by a","Commercial Zone or Industrial Zone may be reduced to nil, provided that the other side yard has a"]},"other":{"value":["Excluded uses: any use considered offensive under the Health Act; refuse and garbage dumps; burning of motor vehicles and other things for salvage purposes","Landscaping must cover at least 5 percent of the developed lot area","Panhandle lots are not permitted"],"quotes":["3. The following uses are specifically excluded:","a. any use considered offensive under the Health Act;","b. refuse and garbage dumps; and","1. Landscaping shall cover not less than 5 percent of the developed lot area.","3. Panhandle lots are not permitted."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)","url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; the original bylaws should be consulted for interpretation and application. Colwood's zoning bylaw is called the Land Use Bylaw. Zone sections for CD zones from 10.5 onward are numbered with roman-numeral page footers in the document; pdf_page is the PDF page. No Section 10.28 exists in the consolidation."},"source_url":"https://colwood.civicweb.net/document/1999#page=150","place":{"path":"ca/bc/colwood","name":"Colwood","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/m1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/m1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/m1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}