---
title: "I-1 zone in Ladysmith: Light Industrial"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: I-1
bylaw: Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Ladysmith: Light Industrial

Accommodate light industrial uses and employment centres in an industrial park setting.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate light industrial uses and employment centres in an industrial park setting.
- **Main uses:** Gas Bar; Service Station; Motor Vehicle Body Shop; Motor Vehicle Sales or Rental; Boat and Personal Watercraft Sales or Rental; Machinery and Equipment Sales or Rental; Building Supply Sales; Re-Store; Boat Building and Repair; Servicing and repair of machinery, equipment, and appliances; Restaurant; Commercial Indoor Storage; Print Shop; Auction; Laboratory; Research and Development Facility; Media Production Studio; Refund Container Recycling Depot; Manufacturing, within an enclosed Building; Welding shop, machine shop and metal fabrication; Home Improvement Service Industry; Trade Contractor Facilities; Commercial Plant Nursery; Garden Centre; Warehouse; Wholesale Sales; Cottage Industry; Brewery, Distillery, Bottling and Distribution; Tow-Truck Dispatch; Animal Day Care; Marine Sales and Service; Cannabis Micro-Cultivation; Cannabis Micro-Processing; Cannabis Research and Development; Cannabis Retail Sales (only in the shaded area of Figure 12.2.1)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Office; Food Truck; Sani-Dump Station; Caretaker Dwelling (Caretaker Dwelling is limited to one dwelling unit per parcel, on the second storey (entrance may be on the first storey).)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 1030 Oyster Bay Drive (Lot 1, District Lot 24, Oyster District, Plan VIP72824 except part in Plan VIP81529): additional principal uses Retail Sales, Office, Coffee Shop, Personal Service Establishment, Commercial School, Indoor Recreation Facility, Visitor Centre, Veterinary Clinic, Animal Grooming, up to 1,460.0 square metres total gross floor area (units up to 465.0 square metres, or 700.0 square metres for Retail Sales); 1251 Rocky Creek Road (I-1 zoned portion of the parcel in Figure 12.1.1): Storage for Boats and Boathouses, and Boathouse Construction as principal uses; Retail Sales as accessory use; 1280 Rocky Creek Road (Lot 7, District Lot 38, Oyster District, Plan VIP73070): Marshalling Yard is a permitted accessory use with a hard-surfaced, graded area and an oil/water separator; 1148 Rocky Creek Road (Parcel E, District Lot 38 Oyster District PLN EPP36585), 1152 Rocky Creek Road (Lot 1 District Lot 38 Oyster District Plan VIP86027) and 1144 Rocky Creek Road (Lot D District Lot 38 Oyster District Plan EPP36585): Cannabis Cultivation and Cannabis Processing are permitted principal uses, entirely within an enclosed building
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 square metres (0.8 hectares for a parcel without community water and sewer services)
- **Minimum lot width:** 24.38 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75.0 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio 0.7
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.5 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Front setback:** 6.0 metres
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 12.2](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=127) (read 2026-11-07)

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