{"title":"M-4 zone in New Westminster: Limited Industrial Districts","code":"M-4","slug":"m-4","name":"Limited Industrial Districts","group":"Industrial","section":"740","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Allow industrial uses that are generally compatible with adjoining residential uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Allow industrial uses that are generally compatible with adjoining residential uses.","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow industrial uses that are generally compatible with","adjoining residential uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal grooming and Daycare Facilities","Animal hospitals and Veterinary Clinics","Assembly and finishing of business and office equipment, electronic instruments, household appliances, radios and televisions, and small electrical equipment","Auction rooms","Automotive repair within a fully enclosed building (no auto wrecking)","Clay and clay products","Dyeing, cleaning and laundries","Frozen food lockers","Health service centre, reducing salons, steam baths","Laboratories, scientific and research","Manufacturing of food and beverage products","Office buildings, storage buildings and storage yards for trade contractors","Printing, publishing and bookbinding, blueprinting and photostatting, lithography, engraving, stereotyping and other similar reproduction processes","Processing and light manufacturing within a fully enclosed building","Professional offices","Retail building supply establishments","Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment such as chainsaws, hand and edge tools, lawn mowers, rototillers and auto parts and accessories","Saw sharpening and filing","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage"],"quotes":["Animal grooming and Daycare Facilities","Animal hospitals and Veterinary Clinics","Assembly and finishing of business and office equipment, electronic instruments, household","Auction rooms","Automotive repair within a fully enclosed building with the exclusion of auto wrecking;","Clay and clay products","Dyeing, cleaning and laundries","Frozen food lockers","Health service centre, reducing salons, steam baths","Laboratories, scientific and research","Manufacturing of food and beverage products","Office buildings, storage buildings and storage yards for trade contractors","Printing, publishing and bookbinding, blueprinting and photostatting, lithography,","Processing and light manufacturing within a fully enclosed building;","Professional offices","Retail building supply establishments","Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment such as chainsaws, hand and","Saw sharpening and filing","Warehousing, wholesaling and indoor storage"]},"max_height":{"value":"30 feet (9.14 metres) and two storeys","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 30 feet (9.14 metres) nor two storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"20 feet (6.10 metres)","quotes":["A front yard shall be provided of not less than 20 feet (6.10 metres) in depth."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"None required, except where the site abuts an (R) District lot or is separated from it by a street or lane: 20% of site depth but not more than 25 feet (7.62 metres), plus an 8 foot (2.44 metre) fence or solid evergreen hedge on the rear property line","quotes":["No rear yard shall be required except where a site abuts a lot in an (R) District or is separated","such rear yard shall be not less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the site but need","not exceed 25 feet (7.62 metres), and","an 8 foot (2.44 metre) fence or solid evergreen hedge shall be constructed and maintained on"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"None required, except 5 feet (1.52 metres) where the site abuts an (R) District lot or is separated from it by a street or lane, plus an 8 foot (2.44 metre) fence or solid evergreen hedge on the side property line","quotes":["No side yard shall be required except where a site abuts a lot in an (R) District or is","a side yard shall be provided of not less than 5 feet (1.52 metres);","an 8 foot (2.44 metre) fence or solid evergreen hedge shall be constructed and maintained on"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5 feet (1.52 metres) where the site abuts an (R) District lot or is separated from it by a street or lane","quotes":["No side yard shall be required except where a site abuts a lot in an (R) District or is","a side yard shall be provided of not less than 5 feet (1.52 metres);"]},"other":{"value":["All uses must be reasonably compatible with adjoining residential uses"],"quotes":["All uses shall be reasonably compatible with adjoining residential uses."]}},"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=423","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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}