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title: "I-1A zone in Ladysmith: Live/Work Industrial"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: I-1A
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-1a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/i-1a.json"
---

# I-1A zone in Ladysmith: Live/Work Industrial

Accommodate smaller scale business enterprises and low-impact light industrial uses with optional second storey residential use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate smaller scale business enterprises and low-impact light industrial uses with optional second storey residential use.
- **Main uses:** Office; Personal Service Establishment; Personal Repair Service; Media Production Studio; Artist Studio; Commercial School; Print Shop; Research and Development Facility; Machinery and Equipment Rental; Boat Building and Repair; Manufacturing; Trade Contractors Facilities; Home Improvement Service Industry; Warehouse; Wholesale Sales (Trade Contractors Facilities, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Boat Building and Repair, Wholesale Sales and Personal Repair Service may only be on the first storey.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Retail Sales; Dwelling Unit (second storey only); Home Based Business (A Dwelling Unit use shall only be located on the second storey.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 24.38 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75.0 percent
- **Maximum height:** 11.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.5 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Front setback:** 4.5 metres
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Other rules:** A dwelling unit may have a floor area up to 140.0 square metres; All permitted uses must be conducted entirely within a building; No uses that create external odours, fumes, dust, heat, glare or electrical interference are permitted; Parking: at least one space per dwelling unit and one per 100 square metres of business and industrial gross floor area

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 12.1](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=124) (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-1a/_