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title: "I2 zone in District of North Vancouver: General Industrial Zone"
place: District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/north-vancouver-district
zone: I2
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/i2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/i2.json"
---

# I2 zone in District of North Vancouver: General Industrial Zone

General manufacturing and industrial activities

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** General manufacturing and industrial activities
- **Main uses:** Animal shelter; Auction room; Automotive body shops; Automotive repair shops; Construction services; Contractor services; Custom manufacturing; Delivery services; Equipment rental establishments; Gun shop; Heavy manufacturing; Hobby beer and wine-making establishments; Light manufacturing; Mini-warehousing; Parking lot; Pet care establishment; Research and development establishments; School, trade; Specialized light industrial and technological establishments; Transportation purposes; Veterinarian; Warehousing; Wholesaling; Works yard (Manufacture of hazardous substances is expressly prohibited; animal shelter, pet care establishment and veterinarian need an outside public entrance and are restricted within 50 metres (164 ft.) of a residential lot if uses or noise are not fully contained.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Administrative offices; Caretaker unit; Display, sales and reception areas (Caretaker unit only with certain uses (animal shelter, auction room, custom manufacturing, gun shop, mini-warehousing, pet care, research and development, specialized light industrial, veterinarian, works yard); 47m2 to 65m2, one per lot. Accessory floor space limited to 15% of gross floor area.)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Building coverage 60%; site coverage 95% (includes exterior storage areas)
- **Maximum height:** 12m (40 ft.) except where exempted under Section 407
- **Other rules:** Retail sales are only an accessory use, except auction room, contractor services, gun shop and hobby beer and wine-making establishments; Landscape screen required where the lot abuts or is across a road or lane from a residential, commercial or public assembly zone

## Source

- [District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026, s. 710](https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf#page=878) (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/i2/_