{"title":"I2 zone in Nanaimo: Light Industrial","code":"I2","slug":"i2","name":"Light Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"Part 13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Industrial uses that do not cause excessive noise, waste or noxious fumes","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Industrial uses that do not cause excessive noise, waste or noxious fumes","quotes":["This zone provides for uses which are industrial in nature but do"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automotive Repair","Boat Construction and Repair","Custom Workshop","Food and Beverage Processing","Laboratory","Light Industry","Lumber Yard","Manufacturing / Contractor Office","Micro Cannabis Production and Processing","Mini Storage","Prefab Home Sales and Manufacturing","Printing and Publishing Facility","Production Bakery","Production Studio","Railway and Railway Station","Railway Yard","Recycling Depot","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Repair Shop","Research Facility","Service Industry","Sign Shop","Social Service Resource Centre","Storage Yard","Tow Truck Dispatch and Storage Yard","Truck, Trailer and Heavy Equipment Sales","Warehouse","Wholesale"],"quotes":["Automotive P P -- --","Boat -- P -- P","Custom P P P --","Food and P P P P","Laboratory P P P --","Light Industry P P P P","Lumber Yard P P -- --","Manufacturing / P P P","Micro Cannabis P P -- --","Mini Storage P P P --","Prefab Home P P -- --","Printing and P P P --","Production P P P --","Production P P P --","Railway and P P P P","Railway Yard -- P -- P","Recycling Depot -- P -- P","Refund -- P P --","Repair Shop P P P --","Research P P P --","Service Industry P P P --","Sign Shop P P P --","Social Service P P P --","Storage Yard -- P -- P","Tow Truck P P -- P","Truck, Trailer P P -- --","Warehouse P P P P","Wholesale P P P P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Daycare","Dwelling Unit","Office","Restaurant","Retail"],"quotes":["Daycare A A A A","Dwelling A A A A","Office A A A A","Restaurant A A -- --","Retail A A A --"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Office: 2100 and 2080 Labieux Road; 1605 Fielding Road (office limited to 12,077 m² there)","Seafood Processing: 232, 242, 248, and 262 Southside Drive"],"quotes":["Office SS SS SS --","Seafood -- SS -- P","Office 2100 and 2080 Labieux","1605 Fielding Road*","Seafood Processing 232, 242, 248, and 262","13.2.3 Notwithstanding Subsection 13.2.1, the following uses shall be permitted on a site specific"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,200 m²","quotes":["I2 1,200m 2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["15m 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% (an additional 15% where the development meets the Schedule D amenity points)","quotes":["I2 40% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 12m","An additional 15% lot coverage shall be permitted, where the"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m","quotes":["I2 40% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 12m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (4.5 m where the area between the building and the front property line is landscaped and not used for parking)","quotes":["I2 7.5m 4.5m 6m 0m 4.5m 4.5m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["I2 7.5m 4.5m 6m 0m 4.5m 4.5m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m on one side; 0 m on the other","quotes":["I2 7.5m 4.5m 6m 0m 4.5m 4.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["I2 7.5m 4.5m 6m 0m 4.5m 4.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth 30 m","Buildings must be at least 7.5 m from any property line that abuts residential or corridor zoned property","Buildings and industrial uses must be at least 15 m from the Agricultural Land Reserve boundary"],"quotes":["15m 30m","all buildings must be setback at least 7.5m from all","all buildings and industrial uses must be setback at least 15m"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=115","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}