---
title: "M-2 zone in New Westminster: Heavy Industrial Districts"
place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster
zone: M-2
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-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-2.json"
---

# M-2 zone in New Westminster: Heavy Industrial Districts

Allow heavy industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allow heavy industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Outdoor storage, accessory to a permitted principal use; Shipping container storage, accessory to a permitted principal use
- **Maximum height:** No set limit; any height not in conflict with this or any other City bylaw
- **Front setback:** No front yard required
- **Rear setback:** No rear yard required
- **Interior side setback:** No side yard required
- **Street side setback:** No side yard required

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 720](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=420) (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-2/_