---
title: "I3 zone in Nelson: Institutional (Medical) Zone"
place: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nelson
zone: I3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i3.json"
---

# I3 zone in Nelson: Institutional (Medical) Zone

Health care and commercial uses on View Street lands across from the Kootenay Lake Hospital.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Health care and commercial uses on View Street lands across from the Kootenay Lake Hospital.
- **Main uses:** Health Services; Restaurant
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Health Services accessory use limited to dispensing and retail sales of prescriptions and medications, and other types of health services goods and equipment (Limited to a maximum gross floor area of 75 m².)
- **Minimum lot area:** 3,659 m² (also the maximum lot area)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum height:** 10 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m (the side yard is for landscaping only)
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026), s. 14.3](https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=123) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nelson: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/i3/_