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title: "EZ-LI zone in District of North Vancouver: Employment Zone - Light Industrial"
place: District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/north-vancouver-district
zone: EZ-LI
bylaw: District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/ez-li/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/ez-li.json"
---

# EZ-LI zone in District of North Vancouver: Employment Zone - Light Industrial

Mix of manufacturing and service businesses, with possible office use on upper floors, where conditions of use limit impacts on adjacent residential and commercial areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Mix of manufacturing and service businesses, with possible office use on upper floors, where conditions of use limit impacts on adjacent residential and commercial areas.
- **Main uses:** manufacturing use; office use; recreation / community centre use; residential use; restaurant use; retail use; personal service use; service use; social-gathering use; warehouse use (All principal uses are conditional: they are permitted only when the conditions in section 770.03 are met.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses (together less than 25% of the floor area of the building or of the tenant's space); Outdoor Customer Service Areas (if Section 413 is complied with); Retail use as an accessory use
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,100 sq. m (11,840 sq ft) minimum lot size for subdivision
- **Minimum lot width:** 24 m (79 ft); also 24 m (79 ft) on a corner lot (subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Building coverage 90% maximum; site coverage 100% maximum
- **Maximum density:** Not applicable
- **Maximum height:** 4 storeys and 15.2 metres (50 feet); within 15 metres (49 feet) of a single family residential (RS) or Marine Drive Commercial (C9) zoned property: 9.14 metres (30 feet); buildings on the west side of the 100 and 200 block of Pemberton Avenue: 13.1 metres (43 feet)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Same as the principal building
- **Front setback:** Minimum 0 m; maximum 3 m (10 feet)
- **Rear setback:** Minimum 0 m; minimum 1.5 m (5 feet) where the rear is on a lane
- **Interior side setback:** Minimum 0 m
- **Street side setback:** Minimum 0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 0 m, rear 0 m (1.5 m on a lane), side 0 m, side facing a street 0 m
- **Other rules:** Retail use is limited to 2,500 m2 (26,910 sq. ft.) including interior floor area and exterior display or storage, and to certain classes of retail only.; Residential use: one dwelling unit per parcel, not over 100 m2 (1,076 square feet).; Maximum building width is 45.5 metres (150 feet).; At least 50% of the lot width must be occupied by a building that faces the street.

## Source

- [District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026, s. 770](https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf#page=897) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in District of North Vancouver: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/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/north-vancouver-district/zoning/ez-li/_