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

# I-L zone in Gold River: Light Industrial

Main uses: Barge loading/off-loading and bulk facilities, Building supply and lumber yard, Bulk materials storage, Car wash, Cold storage plant and frozen food lockers, and 29 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Barge loading/off-loading and bulk facilities; Building supply and lumber yard; Bulk materials storage; Car wash; Cold storage plant and frozen food lockers; Commercial mooring facilities or marinas; Contractor’s offices, shops and yards including related retail sales; Docks, wharves and floats for the use of water taxis, ferries and recreation vessels; Fin fish aquaculture; Fish hatchery; Fish product industry including offloading, processing and packaging; Forest product processing including milling, packaging and storage; Fuel storage depots and fuel storage and wholesale distribution; Heavy duty and automotive vehicle repair and maintenance; Helicopter landing pad operations; Industrial wharves and docks; Laundries, dry cleaning and dyeing establishments; Light manufacturing and packaging; Marine and bulk fuelling operations; New and used automobile and truck sales; Offices and facilities for tour, charter and freight boats or barges; Offshore anchorage and mooring; Processing, packaging, loading and offloading of land based farmed fish and/or seafood product; Radio and television broadcasting, repairs and sales; Retail sale of fishing supplies, live or fresh bait and other marine equipment; Seafood processing; Sea plane bases; Shellfish aquaculture; Shipyards and related marine industries; Storage, warehousing and wholesale establishments; Trailer and boat sales; Veterinary clinics and kennels; Woodworking, welding and machine shops, excluding forging, casting, punch presses or drop forges; Automotive repair, including body repairs, painting, engine rebuilding, tire re-treading or rebuilding and gasoline sales
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker suite; Offices accessory to a permitted use in this zone; Uses of accessory buildings ancillary to the helicopter landing pad operation; Uses of buildings ancillary to the helicopter; Warehouses, works yards, storage and loading facilities ancillary to industrial use
- **Minimum lot area:** 700.0 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75% of lot area
- **Maximum height:** 11.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.1 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.6 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** accessory buildings or structures and gasoline pump islands: no closer than 4.6 m to property lines
- **Other rules:** 10.0 m setback from other zones (0.0 m for water lease area); Helicopter landing pad: rotor sweep area at least 15.0 m from any area with uncontrolled public access or any building; Helicopter pad area buildings: at least 4.6 m from any property line; Helicopter pad area building height: 6.1 m principal, 3.0 m accessory

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 761, 2025, s. 18.0](https://goldriver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Bylaw-No-761-2025-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=69) (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-l/_