{"title":"I1 zone in Nelson: Institutional Zone","code":"I1","slug":"i1","name":"Institutional Zone","group":"Public","section":"14.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Institutional uses and mixed-use development.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Institutional uses and mixed-use development.","quotes":["1. The purpose of this zone is to allow for institutional uses and mixed-use"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Art Gallery and Museum","Care Services","Early Childhood Development Centre","Extended Medical Treatment Services","Hospital","Market","Mobile Vendor","Parking Lot","Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","Participant Recreation Services, Outdoor","Public Administration","Public Assembly","School","Social Services Centre"],"quotes":["a. Art Gallery and Museum","b. Care Services","c. Early Childhood Development Centre","d. Extended Medical Treatment Services","e. Hospital","f. Market","g. Mobile Vendor","h. Parking Lot","i. Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","j. Participant Recreation Services, Outdoor","k. Public Administration","l. Public Assembly","m. School","n. Social Services Centre"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Multi-Unit Residential"],"note":"Only when one or more permitted uses are present on the lot; electric railway, community garden or public park under 1,000 m², market, mobile vendor, parking lot, public trail and public utility do not count.","quotes":["a. Multi-Unit Residential","use: electric railway, a community garden or public park less than 1,000 sq."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"463 m²","quotes":["7. The minimum lot area shall be 463 sq. m."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Not less than one-tenth of the perimeter of the lot","quotes":["6. The minimum lot width shall be not less than one-tenth of the perimeter of"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"80%; if coverage is below 80%, at least 20% of the lot must be permeable surface","quotes":["8. The maximum permitted lot coverage on a lot is 80%.","a. if lot coverage is below 80%, the minimum coverage of permeable","surfaces on a lot shall be 20%."]},"max_height":{"value":"11 m and no more than 3 storeys if in Lower Uphill (as identified in the Official Community Plan); otherwise 16 m and no more than 5 storeys","quotes":["Principal Building if located in Lower Uphill,","11 m and no more than 3 storeys","Principal Building in all other cases 16 m and no more than 5 storeys"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front lot line 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m; 6 m next to a lot with residential zoning","quotes":["Rear lot line 4.5 m","Rear lot line adjacent to a lot with residential","zoning","6m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m; 6 m next to a lot with residential zoning","quotes":["Interior side lot line 4.5 m","Interior side lot line adjacent to a lot with","residential zoning","6m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Exterior side lot line 4.5 m"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026)","url":"https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":null},"source_url":"https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=119","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nelson","name":"Nelson","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/index.json"}}