---
title: "I3 zone in Fort St James: Industrial Intermediate"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: I3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/i3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/i3.json"
---

# I3 zone in Fort St James: Industrial Intermediate

A mix of service and light industrial uses that are not connected to municipal services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A mix of service and light industrial uses that are not connected to municipal services.
- **Main uses:** Animal hospital; Automobile dealership; Automobile repair shop; Building material supply; Car wash or truck wash; Commercial nursery and greenhouse including related retail outlet; Commercial parking facility; Farm implement dealership; Gasoline service station; Gravel pits, and quarry pits which meet the approval of the authority having jurisdiction; Heavy equipment dealership and repair; Industry, light; Key-lock fuel installation; Light manufacturing; Municipal works yard; Offices, storage buildings, workshops, warehouse, and yards for trade contractors; Septic tank service; Wood processing; Wrecking yard
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings
- **Minimum lot area:** 16,000 m² (1.6 hectares); may be reduced to 4,500 m² (0.45 hectares) where a community sewer system with adequate capacity exists
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m; 10 m where the parcel size is reduced to 4,500 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum height:** 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less (residential buildings: 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m on any lot that abuts a highway, landscaped to its full width and depth
- **Rear setback:** None required, except 6 m where the lot abuts a Residential or Rural Residential district
- **Interior side setback:** None required, except 6 m where the lot abuts a Residential or Rural Residential district (no eaves or overhangs in the side yard)
- **Other rules:** Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m; Wrecking yards are prohibited within 100 m of Tachie Road and Highway 27; Industrial activity and storage outside a building must be enclosed by a wall or tight board fence at least 2 m high

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 6.3](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=49) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/i3/_