{"title":"I3 zone in Nelson: Institutional (Medical) Zone","code":"I3","slug":"i3","name":"Institutional (Medical) Zone","group":"Public","section":"14.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Health care and commercial uses on View Street lands across from the Kootenay Lake Hospital.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Health care and commercial uses on View Street lands across from the Kootenay Lake Hospital.","quotes":["1. The purpose of this zone is to allow for health care and commercial uses","on lands on View Street across from the Kootenay Lake Hospital. This zone"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Health Services","Restaurant"],"quotes":["a. Health Services","b. Restaurant"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Health Services accessory use limited to dispensing and retail sales of prescriptions and medications, and other types of health services goods and equipment"],"note":"Limited to a maximum gross floor area of 75 m².","quotes":["7. Health Services may have an accessory use limited to dispensing and retail","sales of prescriptions and medications, and other types of health services","of 75 sq. m."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"3,659 m² (also the maximum lot area)","quotes":["11. The minimum lot area shall be 3,659 sq. m.","12. The maximum lot area shall be 3,659 sq. m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["13. The maximum permitted lot coverage on a lot is 40%."]},"max_height":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["15. The maximum permitted height of a building is 10 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Front lot line 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Rear lot line 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (the side yard is for landscaping only)","quotes":["Interior side lot line","(the yard, side shall be used for 3m"]},"other":{"value":["Restaurant is limited to a maximum gross floor area of 50 m².","Commercial uses must front the street; no exterior, unenclosed storage of goods.","A landscape plan by a registered Landscape Architect or an architect is required for any development.","Vegetative screening is required where the lot adjoins a residential zone."],"quotes":["6. The restaurant use is restricted to a maximum gross floor area of 50 sq. m.","4. Commercial uses shall front the street.","5. No commercial uses shall involve the exterior, unenclosed storage of goods.","9. A landscape plan, prepared by a registered Landscape Architect or an architect,","c. Vegetative screening is required on all sides of the lot where there is an"]}},"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=123","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/i3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/index.json"}}