---
title: "M-4 zone in New Westminster: Limited Industrial Districts"
place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster
zone: M-4
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-4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/m-4.json"
---

# M-4 zone in New Westminster: Limited Industrial Districts

Allow industrial uses that are generally compatible with adjoining residential uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allow industrial uses that are generally compatible with adjoining residential uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 30 feet (9.14 metres) and two storeys
- **Front setback:** 20 feet (6.10 metres)
- **Rear setback:** 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
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Street side setback:** 5 feet (1.52 metres) where the site abuts an (R) District lot or is separated from it by a street or lane
- **Other rules:** All uses must be reasonably compatible with adjoining residential uses

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 740](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=423) (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-4/_