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title: "M-2 zone in Nakusp: Heavy Industrial"
place: Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nakusp
zone: M-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/m-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/zoning/m-2.json"
---

# M-2 zone in Nakusp: Heavy Industrial

A range of general industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of general industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** Aggregate Extraction; Airport; Automotive Service and Equipment Repair; Automobile Service and Equipment Shop; Cannabis Processing Facility; Eating Establishment; Gasoline Service Station; Kennel; Manufacturing, Processing and Assembly goods or materials; Motor Vehicle Sales; Petroleum Distribution Installation; Retail sales of building supplies, chemicals, garden supplies, Industrial and Agricultural Equipment, mobile and manufactured homes; tools and small equipment; and other products manufactured or processed on site; Recycling Depot; Single Detached Dwelling; Transportation Depot; Veterinary Clinic; Warehouse; Wrecking yard (A single detached dwelling is permitted on lot 22, Plan 980, DL 397 only.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker Dwelling; Outdoor Storage
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Single Detached Dwelling permitted on lot 22, Plan 980, DL 397 only; Minimum parcel area is 0.4 ha for Lot 4 of Block D, DL 397, PID 025-142-348 (1500 Hot Springs Rd)
- **Minimum lot area:** 6,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 10% of the total perimeter of the parcel
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80%
- **Maximum height:** 10.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.3 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m; 9.0 m where separated by a road from residential zones
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m; 9.0 m where abutting residential zones
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m; 6.0 m where abutting residential zones
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m; 9.0 m where abutting residential zones
- **Other rules:** One caretaker dwelling per parcel, minimum floor area 50 m²; Outdoor storage for a wrecking yard must be fully screened by a fence at least 2.1 m high, with materials not piled higher than the fence

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 729, 2023 (consolidated November 2024), s. 6.14](https://nakusp.civicweb.net/document/15437#page=84) (read 2026-11-08)

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