---
title: "I-H zone in Gold River: Heavy Industrial"
place: Gold River, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/gold-river
zone: I-H
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/zoning/i-h/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/zoning/i-h.json"
---

# I-H zone in Gold River: Heavy Industrial

Main uses: Auto wrecking yards and scrap metal dealers, Bitcoin mining, Commercial fishing facilities, including fish hatchery, fish farming, processing and packaging of seafood, Data center, Dry land log sorting and storage; and forest product processing and storage, and 10 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Auto wrecking yards and scrap metal dealers; Bitcoin mining; Commercial fishing facilities, including fish hatchery, fish farming, processing and packaging of seafood; Data center; Dry land log sorting and storage; and forest product processing and storage; Fish product industry including off-loading, processing and packaging; Fuel storage depots and fuel storage and wholesale distribution; Heavy duty vehicle repair and maintenance; Manufacturing, assembly and processing; Power plants; Processing and manufacturing plants; Ready-mix concrete batch plants; Rock extraction, mineral or aggregate operations; Sawmills; Storage of material and equipment (excluding hazardous wastes and/or hazardous chemicals), battery manufacturing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Offices accessory to a use permitted in this zone
- **Minimum lot area:** 5,000 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 65% of lot area
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m (principal and accessory)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 15.0 m (principal and accessory)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 7.6 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m
- **Other rules:** 15.0 m setback from all other zones

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, s. 17.0](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Bylaw-No-761-2025-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=67) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Gold River: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/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/gold-river/zoning/i-h/_