I3 zone in Nanaimo: High Tech Industrial

Nanaimo, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Clean, high-tech industrial uses and supporting commercial uses

Zone rules

Purpose	Clean, high-tech industrial uses and supporting commercial uses
Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Daycare Dwelling Unit Office Retail
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	900 m²
Minimum lot width	15 m
Maximum lot coverage	50% (an additional 15% where the development meets the Schedule D amenity points)
Maximum height	14 m
Front setback	6 m (3 m where the area between the building and the front property line is landscaped and not used for parking)
Rear setback	6 m
Interior side setback	3 m on one side; 0 m on the other
Street side setback	4.5 m
Other rules	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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23), s. Part 13 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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