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title: "I-2 zone in Ladysmith: Industrial"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: I-2
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-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/i-2.json"
---

# I-2 zone in Ladysmith: Industrial

Accommodate larger, heavy industrial operations and employment centres in an industrial park or working waterfront setting.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate larger, heavy industrial operations and employment centres in an industrial park or working waterfront setting.
- **Main uses:** Any Principal Use permitted in the I-1 Zone; Motor Vehicle Salvage and Wrecking Yard; Log Handling, Sorting and Storage Yard; Marshalling Yard; Storage Yard; Freight handling or Distribution; Sawmill, Shake and Shingle Mill; Primary Processing of Soil; Shipping Yard; Concrete Batch Plant; Fleet and Distribution services; Recycling Plant; Animal Shelter; Cannabis Cultivation; Cannabis Processing (Cannabis Cultivation and Processing are restricted to the I-2 locations shown in Figure 12.3.1.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Office; Food Truck; Sani-Dump Station; Caretaker Dwelling; Retail Sales, accessory to Sawmill, Shake and Shingle Mill (A Caretaker Dwelling is limited to one dwelling unit per parcel.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 4142 Thicke Road (Lot 3, District Lot 72, Oyster District, Plan 50979): composting of municipal generated bio-solids is a principal use
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,023 square metres (2.0 hectares where community water and/or sewer is unavailable)
- **Minimum lot width:** 36.57 metres or 10.0 percent of the perimeter of the parcel, whichever is greater (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75.0 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio 0.3
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.5 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Front setback:** 10.0 metres for buildings over 12.0 metres high; 6.0 metres for buildings 12.0 metres high or less
- **Rear setback:** 10.0 metres for buildings over 12.0 metres high; 3.0 metres for buildings 12.0 metres high or less
- **Interior side setback:** 10.0 metres for buildings over 12.0 metres high; 3.0 metres for buildings 12.0 metres high or less
- **Street side setback:** 10.0 metres for buildings over 12.0 metres high; 3.0 metres for buildings 12.0 metres high or less
- **Other rules:** A Motor Vehicle Salvage and Wrecking Yard must be fully enclosed in a building or a landscaped or fenced area so it is not visible from a highway

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 12.3](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=132) (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-2/_