{"title":"I3 zone in Nanaimo: High Tech Industrial","code":"I3","slug":"i3","name":"High Tech Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"Part 13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Clean, high-tech industrial uses and supporting commercial uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Clean, high-tech industrial uses and supporting commercial uses","quotes":["This zone provides for clean, high-tech industrial uses and"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Commercial School","Custom Workshop","Daycare","Food and Beverage Processing","Laboratory","Light Industry","Manufacturing / Contractor Office","Mini Storage","Pet Day Care","Printing and Publishing Facility","Production Bakery","Production Studio","Railway and Railway Station","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Repair Shop","Recreational Facility","Research Facility","Restaurant","Service Industry","Sign Shop","Social Service Resource Centre","Tools / Equipment Rentals and Sales","Veterinary Clinic","Warehouse","Wholesale"],"quotes":["Commercial -- -- P --","Custom P P P --","Daycare -- -- P --","Food and P P P P","Laboratory P P P --","Light Industry P P P P","Manufacturing / P P P","Mini Storage P P P --","Pet Day Care P -- P --","Printing and P P P --","Production P P P --","Production P P P --","Railway and P P P P","Refund -- P P --","Repair Shop P P P --","Recreational -- -- P --","Research P P P --","Restaurant -- -- P --","Service Industry P P P --","Sign Shop P P P --","Social Service P P P --","Tools / P -- P --","Veterinary Clinic P -- P P","Warehouse P P P P","Wholesale P P P P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Daycare","Dwelling Unit","Office","Retail"],"quotes":["Daycare A A A A","Dwelling A A A A","Office A A A A","Retail A A A --"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Data Centre: 2086 and 2090 East Wellington Road","Helicopter Landing Pad: 1985 Boxwood Road","Office: 2100 and 2080 Labieux Road; 1605 Fielding Road (office limited to 12,077 m² there)","Personal Care Facility: 1850 Boxwood Road"],"quotes":["Data Centre -- -- SS --","Helicopter -- -- SS --","Office SS SS SS --","Personal Care -- -- SS --","Data Centre 2086 and 2090 East","Helicopter Landing Pad 1985 Boxwood Road","Office 2100 and 2080 Labieux","1605 Fielding Road*","Personal Care Facility 1850 Boxwood Road","13.2.3 Notwithstanding Subsection 13.2.1, the following uses shall be permitted on a site specific"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"900 m²","quotes":["I3 900m 2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["15m 30m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% (an additional 15% where the development meets the Schedule D amenity points)","quotes":["I3 50% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 14m","An additional 15% lot coverage shall be permitted, where the"]},"max_height":{"value":"14 m","quotes":["I3 50% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 14m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 m (3 m where the area between the building and the front property line is landscaped and not used for parking)","quotes":["I3 6m 3m 3m 0m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["I3 6m 3m 3m 0m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m on one side; 0 m on the other","quotes":["I3 6m 3m 3m 0m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["I3 6m 3m 3m 0m 4.5m 6m"]},"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/i3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}