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title: "M1 zone in Langford: Light Industrial"
place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langford
zone: M1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Langford: Light Industrial

Provide a mix of light industry operations.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide a mix of light industry operations.
- **Main uses:** Accessory automobile parts and accessories sale, installation and repair facility; Accessory commercial composting; Automobile repair and service facility, major; Automobile repair and service facility, minor; Community care facility (adult care, where no one in care or providing care lives at the property); Equipment sales, service, repair and rental, minor; Film production studio; Home occupation (in conjunction with a caretaker dwelling unit); Household equipment and appliance service and repair; Industrial use, light; One caretaker dwelling unit; Recycling depot; Recycling facility; Restaurant; Warehouse (not exceeding 900 m² of gross floor area and not used for retail sales)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Accessory unenclosed storage; Uses permitted by Section 3.01 of this Bylaw
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Automobile towing and storage facility, on Lot 9, Block F, Sections 88 and 90, Esquimalt District, Plan 1139 (1245 Parksdale Drive); Skateboard school and related uses including manufacturing, retail sale and repair of skateboards, on Part 3 of Strata Lot 3, Section 79, Esquimalt District, Strata Plan VIS5358
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 16 m (52.5 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum height:** 12 m (39.4 ft) or three storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) for a rear lot line that does not abut a lot in a Commercial, Industrial or Business Park Zone, or a Comprehensive Development Zone area where the principal use is commercial, business park or industrial
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft) for an interior side lot line that does not abut a Business Park or Industrial Zone; the sum of setbacks from two side lot lines abutting a lot in a Business Park or Industrial Zone must be at least 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Other rules:** Prohibited: incineration for salvage, refuse and garbage dumps, sawmills, planer mills, fertilizer plants, asphalt plants, refineries and bulk oil storage plants.; Prohibited: uses that need a permit under the Environmental Management Act.; Automobile and recreational vehicle storage or towing and storage, and automobile recycling and salvage, are prohibited except for the existing facilities on the Dunford Avenue lands named in the bylaw.; A landscape and screening area at least 2 m (6.6 ft) wide is required where a lot abuts a highway.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 (consolidated 5 Oct 2026), s. 6.70](https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoning-Bylaw-20240415-1.pdf#page=298) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Langford: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langford/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/langford/zoning/m1/_