{"title":"M-2 zone in New Westminster: Heavy Industrial Districts","code":"M-2","slug":"m-2","name":"Heavy Industrial Districts","group":"Industrial","section":"720","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Allow heavy industrial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Allow heavy industrial uses.","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow heavy industrial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal hospitals and Veterinary Clinics","Automobile repair and service, including body shops","Automobile towing yards","Restaurants, not exceeding 140 square metres (1,505.00 square feet) in gross floor area, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants","Cannabis production facilities (fully enclosed, at least 60.9 metres (200 feet) from any school or residential site)","Child care in a non-residential building as an accessory use","Civic facilities including a public works yard, animal shelter, towing yard or offices ancillary to the permitted uses","Industrial laundries","Lounge endorsement area (occupant load not over 30 persons)","Manufacturing of chemical products, except explosives, fertilizers, or acids, glues, sizes, gelatines, or soaps","Manufacturing of electrical equipment","Manufacturing of fabricated metal products","Manufacturing of food and beverage products, except those involving the processing, canning, packing, cleaning, or smoking of fish and/or meat","Manufacturing of furniture and fixtures","Manufacturing of machinery and equipment","Manufacturing of miscellaneous products not elsewhere enumerated (with exceptions)","Manufacturing of non-metallic mineral products, except cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris","Manufacturing of paper and allied products","Manufacturing of printing products","Manufacturing of rubber products","Manufacturing of textiles and textile products","Manufacturing of transportation equipment","Manufacturing of wood products","Recycling, only within a fully enclosed building","Recycling Return Centre","Repair of industrial machinery and equipment","Sales, storage, rental, repair and parking of commercial trucks, industrial machinery and large vehicles, farm machinery, heavy construction machinery","Service stations","Transportation facilities including bus terminals, docks, heliports, marine towing and tugboats, railway stations, seaplane ports, shipping facilities, transit terminals, truck terminals","Used automotive parts businesses","Utilities including civil defence installations, electric generating plants, electric substations, public works yards, broadcasting masts and towers, railway yards, sewerage pumping stations, transmission lines","Vehicle inspection stations","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage"],"quotes":["Animal hospitals and Veterinary Clinics","Automobile repair and service, including body shops","Automobile towing yards","Restaurants, not exceeding 140 square metres (1,505.00 square feet) in gross floor area,","Cannabis productions facilities provided that:","Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building as an","Civic facilities including a public works yard, animal shelter, towing yard or offices","Industrial laundries","Lounge endorsement area for which the actual occupant load shall not exceed 30 persons;","Manufacturing of chemical products, except explosives, fertilizers, or acids, glues, sizes,","Manufacturing of electrical equipment","Manufacturing of fabricated metal products","Manufacturing of food and beverage products, except those involving the processing,","Manufacturing of furniture and fixtures","Manufacturing of machinery and equipment","Manufacturing of miscellaneous products not elsewhere enumerated, except for petroleum","Manufacturing of non-metallic mineral products, except cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of","Manufacturing of paper and allied products","Manufacturing of printing products","Manufacturing of rubber products","Manufacturing of textiles and textile products","Manufacturing of transportation equipment","Manufacturing of wood products","Recycling provided that all operations and storage are conducted only within a fully","Recycling Return Centre","Repair of industrial machinery and equipment","Sales, storage, rental, repair and parking of:","Service stations","Transportation facilities including bus terminals, docks, heliports, marine towing and","Used automotive parts businesses","Utilities including civil defence installations, electric generating plants, electric substations,","Vehicle inspection stations","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Outdoor storage, accessory to a permitted principal use","Shipping container storage, accessory to a permitted principal use"],"quotes":["Outdoor storage which is accessory to a permitted principal use;","Shipping container storage which is accessory to a permitted principal use;"]},"max_height":{"value":"No set limit; any height not in conflict with this or any other City bylaw","quotes":["Structures and buildings may be erected to any height not in conflict with this or any other"]},"setback_front":{"value":"No front yard required","quotes":["No front yard shall be required."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"No rear yard required","quotes":["No rear yard shall be required."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No side yard required","quotes":["No side yard shall be required."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"No side yard required","quotes":["No side yard shall be required."]}},"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=420","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-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}