---
title: "I-1 zone in Hope: Heavy Industrial"
place: Hope, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/hope
zone: I-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012 (consolidated to March 20, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hope/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Hope: Heavy Industrial

Industrial uses for primary processing, transport and manufacture of natural resource products, materials handling, and uses needing ample outdoor storage space and buffers.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Industrial uses for primary processing, transport and manufacture of natural resource products, materials handling, and uses needing ample outdoor storage space and buffers.
- **Main uses:** Bulk oil, natural gas and fuel storage; Gravel and rock sorting, screening and crushing; Log booming, storage, sorting and debarking; Manufacture and storage of asphalt pavement and concrete products; Mineral processing; Municipal sewage treatment and disposal facility; Primary processing of forest products
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings or structures; Office accessory to the operation of any of the principal uses permitted in this zone; One family residence; Outdoor storage (Only 1 one family residence per parcel, located behind the principal use; an accessory office may be no more than 25% of the floor area of the principal uses.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 0.8 hectares (~2 acres) with community water and sewer; 2 hectares (~4.9 acres) with only one of the two; 4 hectares (~10 acres) with neither
- **Minimum lot width:** 10% of the parcel perimeter or 40 metres (~131 feet), whichever is greater
- **Maximum lot coverage:** No maximum
- **Maximum height:** 15 metres (~49.5 feet)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 15 metres (~49.5 feet)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 7.5 metres (~25 feet) from all lot lines
- **Other rules:** Buildings next to a Residential or Commercial Zone must be at least 15 metres (~49.5 feet) from the boundary of the adjoining parcel; Bulk oil, natural gas and fuel storage must be approved by the Fire Commissioner

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012 (consolidated to March 20, 2025), s. 12.1](https://hope.ca/uploads/dm/86919/Zoning_Bylaw_No._1324_2012_Consolidated_March_20_2025#page=88) (read 2026-11-07)

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