---
title: "I-3 zone in Grand Forks: Value Added Industrial"
place: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/grand-forks
zone: I-3
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-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/i-3.json"
---

# I-3 zone in Grand Forks: Value Added Industrial

Main uses: value added wood processing activities, storage yards and warehouses, building supply establishments, manufacturing facilities and retail sales of the products produced on-site, watchperson’s quarters, and 2 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** value added wood processing activities; storage yards and warehouses; building supply establishments; manufacturing facilities and retail sales of the products produced on-site; watchperson’s quarters; repairs, maintenance and storage of heavy equipment; animal hospitals
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Buildings or structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% for the principal building with all accessory buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 18 metres
- **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. 52](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=46) (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-3/_