--- title: "M-1 zone in New Westminster: Light Industrial Districts" place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster zone: M-1 bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026) bylaw_read: 2026-11-07 review: draft canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-1/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-1.json" --- # M-1 zone in New Westminster: Light Industrial Districts Allow light industrial uses. ## Zone rules - **Purpose:** Allow light industrial uses. - **Main uses:** 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 (Some uses are limited to named locations, and several have conditions (see the bylaw).) - **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Shipping container storage, accessory to a permitted principal use - **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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 - **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 5.0 - **Maximum height:** Six storeys or 85 feet (25.91 metres) - **Front setback:** 3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet) - **Rear setback:** 3.05 metres (10 feet); 6.10 metres (20 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet) - **Interior side setback:** 3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet) - **Street side setback:** 3.05 metres (10 feet); 7.62 metres (25 feet) for the part of the building above 12.24 metres (50 feet) - **Other rules:** 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 ## Source - [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 710](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=416) (read 2026-11-07) Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in New Westminster: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/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/new-westminster/zoning/m-1/_