{"title":"I4 zone in Nanaimo: Industrial","code":"I4","slug":"i4","name":"Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"Part 13","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Heavy industrial development that is not compatible with residential uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Heavy industrial development that is not compatible with residential uses","quotes":["This zone provides for heavy industrial development that is not"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile Salvage and Wrecking Yard","Boat Construction and Repair","Cannabis Production and Processing","Chemical Plant","Composting Facility","Concrete Asphalt Plant","Crematorium","Food and Beverage Processing","Industry","Light Industry","Livestock Processing","Log Sorting and Storage","Petroleum Processing","Railway and Railway Station","Railway Yard","Recycling Depot","Recycling Plant","Seafood Processing","Storage Yard","Storage of Flammable and Combustible Liquids","Topsoil Processing","Truck Terminal","Tow Truck Dispatch and Storage Yard","Veterinary Clinic","Warehouse","Waste Transfer","Wholesale","Wood and Paper Processing"],"quotes":["Automobile -- -- -- P","Boat -- P -- P","Cannabis -- -- -- P","Chemical Plant -- -- -- P","Composting -- -- -- P","Concrete -- -- -- P","Crematorium -- -- -- P","Food and P P P P","Industry -- -- -- P","Light Industry P P P P","Livestock -- -- -- P","Log Sorting and -- -- -- P","Petroleum -- -- -- P","Railway and P P P P","Railway Yard -- P -- P","Recycling Depot -- P -- P","Recycling Plant -- -- -- P","Seafood -- SS -- P","Storage Yard -- P -- P","Storage of -- -- -- P","Topsoil -- -- -- P","Truck Terminal -- -- -- P","Tow Truck P P -- P","Veterinary Clinic P -- P P","Warehouse P P P P","Waste Transfer -- -- -- P","Wholesale P P P P","Wood and Paper -- -- -- P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Daycare","Dwelling Unit","Office"],"quotes":["Daycare A A A A","Dwelling A A A A","Office A A A A"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,800 m²","quotes":["I4 1,800m 2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["15m 45m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% (an additional 15% where the development meets the Schedule D amenity points)","quotes":["I4 50% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 18m","An additional 15% lot coverage shall be permitted, where the"]},"max_height":{"value":"18 m","quotes":["I4 50% proposed development provides sufficient amenity to meet the 18m"]},"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":["I4 7.5m 4.5m 6m 3m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["I4 7.5m 4.5m 6m 3m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m on one side; 3 m on the other","quotes":["I4 7.5m 4.5m 6m 3m 4.5m 6m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["I4 7.5m 4.5m 6m 3m 4.5m 6m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth 45 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 45m","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/i4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/i4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}