---
title: "I-1 zone in Grand Forks: Light Industrial"
place: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/grand-forks
zone: I-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Grand Forks: Light Industrial

Main uses: auction markets, excluding the sales of animals, contractors shop and storage yard for trade, trucking and construction service, warehousing, cartage, express, freight facilities, indoor storage, building supply establishments, transportation depots, including taxi dispatch office, and 11 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** auction markets, excluding the sales of animals; contractors shop and storage yard for trade, trucking and construction service; warehousing, cartage, express, freight facilities, indoor storage; building supply establishments; transportation depots, including taxi dispatch office; public utility offices, including works yard and substations; bulk fuel sales; wholesale establishments; machine shop, welding shop or a woodworking shop; manufacturing facilities; recycling depots; tool and equipment rental establishments; watchperson’s quarters; community events centre; professional services; animal hospitals
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Buildings or structures accessory to any of the permitted uses
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 18 metres
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 1.5 metres from a rear parcel line
- **Other rules:** Watchperson's quarters may be a single detached dwelling, manufactured home, Tiny House on Wheels or private apartment with its own separate entrance; Accessory building floor area not more than 50% of the principal structure; Outdoor storage or manufacturing next to a residential area or highway must be screened by a solid fence or landscaped berm at least 2.4 metres high; No building, structure or illuminated sign within 4.6 metres of a lot in a Residential zone

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 50](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=44) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Grand Forks: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/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/grand-forks/zoning/i-1/_