{"title":"M-2 zone in Cranbrook: Light Industrial Zone","code":"M-2","slug":"m-2","name":"Light Industrial Zone","group":"Industrial","section":"7.21","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Light Industrial Zone: manufacturing, trade, storage and service industries.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Light Industrial Zone: manufacturing, trade, storage and service industries.","quotes":["LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE: M-2"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automotive sales and rental, automotive service, parts and accessories","Building supply, lawn and garden shop","Mobile home or manufactured home sales","Recreational vehicle sales, service, parts and accessories","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food service and excluding a nightclub","Manufacturing, including incidental packaging, wholesaling, retailing, rental and storage (food and beverage; tire; carpentry and furniture; monument; welding shop; clay and concrete; petroleum and chemical; leather tannery; equipment and machinery; electrical, electronic and communication products)","Building, developing and general contracting industry","Trade contracting industry","Engineering service","Refrigerated warehousing industry","Storage and warehousing industry including the storage of recreational vehicles","Printing and publishing industry","Wholesale trade industry","Services to buildings and dwellings","Taxidermy shop","Auction sales","Veterinary clinic","Animal grooming service","Kennel and dog pound","Poultry hatchery","Government office","Public works, vehicle storage and equipment storage yard","Limited recycling depot","Sports and Fitness Facility","Courier service","Auto body shop","Trucking and Freight Terminal","Tattoo studio","Barber and beauty shop","Cannabis Standard Cultivation Operation, Cannabis Standard Processing Operation, Cannabis Sale for Medical Purposes Operation (subject to Section 4.20)","Cannabis Micro Cultivation Operation (subject to Section 4.20)","Cannabis Nursery (subject to Section 4.20)"],"quotes":["Automotive sales and rental, automotive service, parts and","Building supply, lawn and garden shop","Mobile home or manufactured home sales including the","Recreational vehicle sales, service, parts and accessories","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in","Manufacturing, including the incidental packaging, wholesaling,","Welding shop","Clay and concrete","Petroleum and chemical manufacturing, including storage and","Leather tannery","Equipment and machinery","Building, developing and general contracting industry","Trade contracting industry","Engineering service","Refrigerated warehousing industry","Storage and warehousing industry including the storage of recreational","Printing and publishing industry","Wholesale trade industry","Services to buildings and dwellings, including but not limited to:","Taxidermy shop","Auction sales","Veterinary clinic","Animal grooming service","Kennel and dog pound","Poultry hatchery","Government office","Public works, vehicle storage and equipment storage yard","Limited recycling depot","Sports and Fitness Facility","Courier service","Auto body shop","Trucking and Freight Terminal","Tattoo studio","Barber and beauty shop","Cannabis Standard Cultivation Operation, Cannabis Standard","Cannabis Micro Cultivation Operation subject to Section 4.20","Cannabis Nursery, subject to Section 4.20"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Retail sales accessory to a permitted use","Office accessory to a permitted use","Security suite","Outdoor storage yard accessory to a permitted use","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Retail sales accessory to a permitted use","Office accessory to a permitted use","Security suite subject to Section 7.21.4(a)","Outdoor storage yard accessory to a permitted use","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Thrift Store: Lot 1, District Lots 4 and 29, Kootenay District, Plan 7191 Except Part Included in Plan 8005, only","Amusement Park: Lot 1, District Lot 28 & 2871, Kootenay District, Plan 8133, Except Plan NEP 68546, only"],"quotes":["Thrift Store on Lot 1, District Lots 4 and 29, Kootenay District,","Plan 7191 Except Part Included in Plan 8005, only.","Amusement Park on Lot 1, District Lot 28 & 2871, Kootenay District,","Plan 8133, Except Plan NEP 68546, only"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1858.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the M-2 Zone shall be 1858.0 m² in area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 15.0 m","quotes":["less than 15.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70% of the parcel","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 70% of the area of a parcel in the M-2"]},"max_density":{"value":"One security suite per parcel","quotes":["No person shall locate more than one (1) security suite as an accessory"]},"max_height":{"value":"18.5 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 18.5 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m; 15.0 m where the rear yard abuts a Residential Zone; no rear yard required where it abuts a rail right-of-way","quotes":["A rear yard less than 4.5 m, nor less than 15.0 m in the case of","no rear yard shall be required."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m; 15.0 m where the side yard abuts a Residential Zone","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 4.5 m, nor less than 15.0 m in the","case of an interior side yard which abuts a parcel in a Residential"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 7.6 m"]},"other":{"value":["Business must be conducted inside a completely enclosed building, except for parking and loading, screened storage yards, display areas and the Amusement Park","Outdoor storage, display and outdoor operations at least 15.0 m from a parcel line abutting a Residential Zone","Parking and loading spaces at least 15.0 m from a parcel line abutting a Residential Zone","Mobile homes are prohibited"],"quotes":["the business or undertaking within a completely enclosed building,","Amusement Park","being carried out outdoors on a parcel in the M-2 Zone shall be","than 15.0 m from a parcel line abutting a Residential Zone.","Prohibited Uses"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2025/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/m-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}