{"title":"I3 zone in District of North Vancouver: Light Industrial Zone","code":"I3","slug":"i3","name":"Light Industrial Zone","group":"Industrial","section":"720","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A mix of clean, environmentally safe industrial activities and servicing uses, plus a limited range of office-type uses that can buffer commercial/residential zones from other industrial zones","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A mix of clean, environmentally safe industrial activities and servicing uses, plus a limited range of office-type uses that can buffer commercial/residential zones from other industrial zones","quotes":["accommodate a mix of clean,","environmentally safe industrial activities and servicing uses, as well as a limited range of"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal shelter","Artist’s studio","Auction room","Automotive body shops","Automotive repair shops","Billiard hall","Building supply establishment","Business/office support services","Clubs","Contractor services","Custom manufacturing","Delivery services","Equipment rental establishments","Fitness centre","Gun shop","Hobby beer and wine-making establishments","Household repair services","Industrial product sales establishments","Light manufacturing","Media-related establishments","Mini-warehousing","Parking structure","Pet care establishment","Recreation vehicle sales/rental/leasing establishments","Research and development establishments","Retail food services","School, trade","Specialized light industrial and technological establishments","Veterinarian","Warehousing","Wholesaling","Works yard"],"note":"Several uses (e.g. automotive repair, contractor services with manufacturing, delivery services, gun shops) are not permitted within 50m (164 ft.) of a residential lot.","quotes":["animal shelter","artist’s studio","auction room","automotive body shops","automotive repair shops","billiard hall","building supply establishment","business/office support services","clubs","contractor services","custom manufacturing","delivery services","equipment rental establishments","fitness centre","gun shop","hobby beer and wine-making establishments","household repair services","industrial product sales establishments","light manufacturing","media-related establishments","mini-warehousing","parking structure","pet care establishment","recreation vehicle sales/rental/leasing establishments","research and development establishments","retail food services","school, trade","specialized light industrial and technological establishments","veterinarian","warehousing","wholesaling","works yard"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Administrative offices","Caretaker unit","Display, sales and reception areas","Outdoor customer service areas","Storage"],"note":"Accessory floor space limited to 25% of gross floor area; caretaker unit only with certain uses, 47m2 to 65m2, one per lot.","quotes":["administrative offices","caretaker unit","display, sales and reception areas","outdoor customer service areas","storage","shall not exceed 25% of","(x) works yard."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Building coverage 60%; site coverage 90% (includes exterior storage areas)","quotes":["shall not occupy more than 60% of","90% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.2, exclusive of a caretaker unit","quotes":["The floor space ratio in the I3 Zone is 1.2 exclusive of a caretaker unit."]},"max_height":{"value":"12m (40 ft.) except where exempted under Section 407","quotes":["shall not exceed a height of 12m (40","ft.) except where exempted under Section 407 of this Bylaw;"]},"setback_front":{"value":"Minimum 1.5m (5 ft.) from a front property line","quotes":["shall be setback a minimum of 1.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Retail sales are only an accessory use, except auction room, building supply establishment, gun shops and recreation vehicle sales/rental/leasing","Building supply establishment not more than 3,716 sq. m. (40,000 sq. ft.) gross floor area","Exterior storage allowed only for certain uses and must be screened and hard surfaced"],"quotes":["The retail sale of goods is limited to an accessory use except in the case of","vehicle sales/rental/leasing establishments for which the sale of goods may","gross floor area greater than 3,716 sq. m. (40,000 sq. ft.) on any one","723.2 Exterior Storage"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026","url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; certified copies of the original bylaws prevail. The R1 and R2 zones (Section 525, Bylaw 8799) are listed in the consolidation's zone table but their regulations are published in a separate District document, so those two zones carry their own source_url. The zoning guide for Section 525 is saved after the main bylaw in text.txt. Comprehensive Development zones that are repealed, abandoned or defeated are not listed."},"source_url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf#page=882","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-vancouver-district","name":"District of North Vancouver","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/i3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/i3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/i3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/index.json"}}