{"title":"M2 zone in Colwood: General Industrial","code":"M2","slug":"m2","name":"General Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"8.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Industrial uses (excluding any use considered offensive under the Health Act, refuse and garbage dumps, and burning of motor vehicles and other things for salvage purposes), Gasoline service stations, Coffee shops, Gravel processing, Retail sale, rental of boats, trailers, mobile homes, fuel, things at auction, lumber and building supplies, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Industrial uses (excluding any use considered offensive under the Health Act, refuse and garbage dumps, and burning of motor vehicles and other things for salvage purposes)","Gasoline service stations","Coffee shops","Gravel processing","Retail sale, rental of boats, trailers, mobile homes, fuel, things at auction, lumber and building supplies","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. Industrial uses provided, however, that the following uses are specifically excluded:","2. Gasoline service stations;","3. Coffee shops;","4. Gravel processing;","5. Retail sale, rental of boats, trailers, mobile homes, fuel, things at auction, lumber and building","6. One dwelling unit for a caretaker;"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Unenclosed storage","Accessory buildings and structures"],"quotes":["7. Unenclosed storage; and","8. Accessory buildings and structures."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1500 m²","quotes":["1. The minimum lot area that may be created by subdivision shall be 1500 m2."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["2. The minimum highway frontage and lot width that may be created by subdivision shall be 18 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50 percent of the lot","quotes":["The maximum coverage shall be 50 percent of the lot."]},"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":"10 m","quotes":["3. A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 10 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":["Buildings must be at least 60 m from the natural boundary of the sea","Unenclosed storage is limited to 3.5 m high within 30 m of a Residential, Multiple Family Residential, Commercial or Institutional Zone","Landscaping must cover at least 5 percent of the developed lot area","Panhandle lots are not permitted"],"quotes":["60 m from the natural boundary of the sea.","The maximum height of any unenclosed storage use shall be 3.5 m within 30 m of a Residential Zone, Multiple","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=152","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/m2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/m2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/m2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/colwood/zoning/index.json"}}