{"title":"M-1 zone in New Westminster: Light Industrial Districts","code":"M-1","slug":"m-1","name":"Light Industrial Districts","group":"Industrial","section":"710","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Allow light industrial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Allow light industrial uses.","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow light industrial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Acetylene or electric welding","Animal grooming and Daycare facilities","Auctions","Bottling works","Broom manufacturing","Restaurants not exceeding 140 square metres (1505.00 square feet) in gross floor area, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants","Cannabis production facilities, only at 1135 Tanaka Court","Car washing establishments","Child care in a non-residential building as an accessory use","Cigar and cigarette manufacturing","Clay and clay products","Cleaning and dyeing works","Clothing garments and hat manufacturing","Cosmetic manufacturing","Delivery and express facilities","Electrical utilities (one specific parcel only)","Experimental laboratories","Frozen food lockers","House moving equipment and wrecking","Jewellery manufacturing","Knitting mills","Laboratories, scientific and research","Laundries","Lounge endorsement area (occupant load not over 30 persons)","Lumber yards enclosed with a closed fence at least 6 feet (1.83 metres) high","Machine shops","Mattress manufacturing","Milk distribution stations","Mini storage buildings, only at 1084 Tanaka Court","Novelty and toy manufacturing","Office, workshop and indoor storage uses for trade contractors","Ornamental iron works","Poultry storage (wholesale only)","Printing, publishing and bookbinding, blue printing and photostatting, lithographing, engraving, stereotyping and other reproduction processes","Manufacturing of food and beverage products","Public assembly and entertainment use, excluding bingo halls, clubs and lodges, community centre, curling rinks and trampoline centres","Public transportation depots","Radio and television broadcasting masts and towers, railway yards, sewerage pumping stations, transmission lines","Recycling Return Centre (not in the area bounded by Columbia Street, Quayside Drive, Third Avenue, Fourteenth Street, Fourth Avenue and Mc Bride Boulevard)","Retail building supply establishments","Riding academies","Rubber and metal stamp manufacturing","Sales, servicing and repairing of new or used automobiles, parts and accessories (excludes automobile wrecking or storage of damaged vehicles)","Sales, storage, rental, repair and parking of commercial truck parts and equipment; trailers, buses, moving vans, boats and unoccupied recreation vehicles; industrial machinery and small- to mid-sized vehicles such as forklifts; tools and small equipment","Shoe manufacturing","Sign painting and manufacturing","Stencil manufacturing","Stone monumental works","Art studios","Taxi offices","Tent and awning manufacturing","Textile manufacturing","Assembly, fabrication and finishing of materials and products within an enclosed building","Tinsmith shops","Tire vulcanizing","Trade schools","Used automotive parts businesses","Venetian blind and window shade manufacturing","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage","Wiping rags and cotton waste storage"],"note":"Some uses are limited to named locations, and several have conditions (see the bylaw).","quotes":["Acetylene or electric welding","Animal grooming and Daycare facilities","Auctions","Bottling works","Broom manufacturing","Restaurants not exceeding 140 square metres (1505.00 square feet) in gross floor area,","Cannabis productions facilities limited to the location at 1135 Tanaka Court (Legal","Car washing establishments","Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building as an","Cigar and cigarette manufacturing","Clay and clay products","Cleaning and dyeing works","Clothing garments and hat manufacturing","Cosmetic manufacturing","Delivery and express facilities","Electrical utilities limited to the following location being lands legally described as Parcel","Experimental laboratories","Frozen food lockers","House moving equipment and wrecking","Jewellery manufacturing","Knitting mills","Laboratories, scientific and research","Laundries","Lounge Endorsement Area for which the actual occupant load shall not exceed 30 persons;","Lumber yards to be enclosed with a closed fence at least 6 feet (1.83 metres) in height;","Machine shops","Mattress manufacturing","Milk distribution stations","Mini storage buildings limited to the location at 1084 Tanaka Court (Legal Description:","Novelty and toy manufacturing","Office, workshop and indoor storage uses for trade contractors","Ornamental iron works","Poultry storage (wholesale only)","Printing, publishing and bookbinding, blue printing and photostatting, lithographing,","Manufacturing of food and beverage products","Public assembly and entertainment use, excluding bingo halls, clubs and lodges, community","Public transportation depots","Radio and television broadcasting, relaying and receiving masts, aerials and towers","Recycling Return Centre in accordance with Section 170.14 of this Bylaw, except in the area","Retail building supply establishments","Riding academies","Rubber and metal stamp manufacturing","Sales, servicing and repairing of new or used automobiles, parts and accessories, but","Sales, storage, rental, repair and parking of:","Shoe manufacturing","Sign painting and manufacturing","Stencil manufacturing","Stone monumental works","Art studios","Taxi offices","Tent and awning manufacturing","Textile manufacturing","The assembly fabrication and finishing of materials and products within an enclosed","Tinsmith shops","Tire vulcanizing","Trade schools","Used automotive parts businesses","Venetian blind and window shade manufacturing","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage;","Wiping rags and cotton waste storage"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Shipping container storage, accessory to a permitted principal use"],"quotes":["Shipping container storage which is accessory to a permitted principal use;"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Cannabis production facility only at 1135 Tanaka Court (LOT 3, DISTRICT LOT 758, NEW WEST DISTRICT, PLAN BCP43340 GROUP 1; PID 028-124-073)","Electrical utilities only at PID 023-364-068 (LOT 1, DISTRICT LOT 757, NEW WEST DISTRICT, PLAN LMP27313 GROUP 1)","One lounge endorsement area (up to 100 persons) only at PID 006-639-453 (LOT 7 SUBURBAN BLOCK 6 PLAN 73589)","Mini storage buildings only at 1084 Tanaka Court (PID 030-691-893)","Housing units on LOT 31 SUBURBAN BLOCK 6 PLAN 25767 (380 Thirteenth Street) are limited to residential rental tenure"],"quotes":["Cannabis productions facilities limited to the location at 1135 Tanaka Court (Legal","GROUP 1; PID: 028-124-073) and provided that:","LMP27313 GROUP 1;","Identifier 023-364-068, LOT 1, DISTRICT LOT 757, NEW WEST DISTRICT, PLAN","persons (with the indoor area not exceeding 89 persons) limited to the following location","being lands legally described as: Parcel Identifier 006-639-453, LOT 7 SUBURBAN","Mini storage buildings limited to the location at 1084 Tanaka Court (Legal Description:","EPP88624; PID: 030-691-893);","The tenure of housing units on LOT 31 SUBURBAN BLOCK 6 PLAN 25767 (380 Thirteenth"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 5.0","quotes":["The floor space ratio shall not exceed 5.0"]},"max_height":{"value":"Six storeys or 85 feet (25.91 metres)","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed six storeys nor 85 feet (25.91 metres)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet)","quotes":["Front Setback 3.05 metres (10 feet) 7.62 metres (25 feet)","12.24 metres (50 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.05 metres (10 feet); 6.10 metres (20 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet)","quotes":["Rear Setback 3.05 metres (10 feet) 6.10 metres (20 feet)","12.24 metres (50 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet)","quotes":["Side Setback 3.05 metres (10 feet) 7.62 metres (25 feet)","12.24 metres (50 feet)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet)","quotes":["Side Setback 3.05 metres (10 feet) 7.62 metres (25 feet)","12.24 metres (50 feet)"]},"other":{"value":["Cannabis production must be fully enclosed and at least 60.9 metres (200 feet) from any school or residential site","Restaurants may not exceed 140 square metres (1505.00 square feet) and may not be drive-in or drive-through"],"quotes":["(a) all operations related to the production, storage and processing of cannabis must occur","(200 feet) from any site used for a school or for any residential use. This distance shall","excluding drive-in restaurants and drive-through restaurants;"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026)","url":"https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1).pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the complete bylaw as a single PDF, consolidated as of June 8, 2026; it also publishes each part separately. The saved text includes the list of amendments and appendices."},"source_url":"https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1).pdf#page=416","place":{"path":"ca/bc/new-westminster","name":"New Westminster","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}