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title: "M-2 zone in Maple Ridge: General Industrial"
place: Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/maple-ridge
zone: M-2
bylaw: Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/m-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/zoning/m-2.json"
---

# M-2 zone in Maple Ridge: General Industrial

General industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** General industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** cement plant; Indoor Commercial Recreation, specific to the following Lot; Industrial, not including; Industrial Repair Services; Industrial Trade Schools; Media Production Studio; Off-Street Parking, specific to the following Lot; Recycling Plant; refueling and washing of Commercial, Industrial and fleet Vehicles; Restaurant limited to one per Lot; Retail sale and rental of Industrial Vehicles, Trailers, and heavy equipment; towing yard; Unenclosed Storage; Vehicle and Equipment Repair Services; waste transfer station; wrecking and salvaging of goods; Off-Street Parking of unoccupied passenger, Commercial Vehicles and (Industrial excludes asphalt, rubber and tar production, chemical plants, hydrocarbon refining and bulk storage, Extraction Industrial, sand and gravel plants, septic tank services, stockyards and abattoirs, waste reduction plant, and wrecking or storing of wrecked vehicles.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker Residential; Office, provided that; refueling facilities, limited to Vehicles used for a business on the Lot; Retail, provided that:
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Indoor Commercial Recreation: Lot 14 Section 25 Township 12 New Westminster District Plan BCP 42202; PID 028-047-711. 13065 Katonien Street; Storage and minor processing of hydrocarbons: Lot 2 District Lot 5326 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan 41830. PID 024-500-283. 14160 256 Street.; Off-Street Parking: Lots 2 and 3 District Lot 405 New Westminster District Plan 7324. PID 011-122-595 and 011-122-609. 23782 and 23810 River Road.
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000.0 m² (community water and sewer); 0.4 hectares (water only); 0.8 hectares (neither)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 1.0 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 18.0 m
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (0.0 m where a railroad track or spur abuts the rear lot line)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** 9.0 m setback from a lot line that abuts a lot designated in the Official Community Plan or zoned for a non-industrial use; Caretaker Residential is not permitted on lots smaller than 0.4 hectares

## Source

- [Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 7600-2019 (consolidated to July 28, 2026), s. 802](https://www.mapleridge.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-7600-2019#page=249) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Maple Ridge: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/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/maple-ridge/zoning/m-2/_