{"title":"M-2 zone in Northern Rockies: Heavy Industrial","code":"M-2","slug":"m-2","name":"Heavy Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"9.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Permit and regulate a wide range of heavy industrial activity and service industrial Uses and to reduce potential impacts on the surrounding area.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Permit and regulate a wide range of heavy industrial activity and service industrial Uses and to reduce potential impacts on the surrounding area.","quotes":["The intent of this Zone is to permit and regulate a wide range of heavy industrial activity and service","industrial Uses and to reduce potential impacts on the surrounding area."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Asphalt Manufacturing and Processing","Auction Sales","Auto Body Repairs","Bulk Fuel Plant","Car and/or Truck Wash","Card Lock Fuel Sales","Concrete Mixing","Equipment Rental including Industrial Equipment","Gravel Extraction and Processing","Heavy Equipment Sales, Repair and/or Storage","Industrial, Heavy","Industrial, Light","Oil and Gas Field Supplies and Service","Recreational Vehicle Sales","Salvage or Wrecking Yard","Tank Farm","Tire Sales or Repair","Trucking, Hauling, Moving and Storage","Vehicle Rental","Vehicle Storage","Warehouse and Storage","Vehicle Impound Facility","Recreational Vehicle Storage"],"quotes":["Asphalt Manufacturing and Processing;","Auction Sales;","Auto Body Repairs;","Bulk Fuel Plant (see Section 3.21);","Car and/or Truck Wash;","Card Lock Fuel Sales (see Section 3.21);","Concrete Mixing;","Equipment Rental including Industrial Equipment;","Gravel Extraction and Processing;","Heavy Equipment Sales, Repair and/or Storage;","Industrial, Heavy;","Industrial, Light;","Oil and Gas Field Supplies and Service;","Recreational Vehicle Sales;","Salvage or Wrecking Yard;","Tank Farm (see Section 3.21);","Tire Sales or Repair;","Trucking, Hauling, Moving and Storage;","Vehicle Rental;","Vehicle Storage;","Warehouse and Storage;","Vehicle Impound Facility;","Recreational Vehicle Storage."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Security Suite","Temporary Accommodation Dwelling"],"quotes":["A Security Suite (see Section 3.19); or","Temporary Accommodation Dwelling (see Section 3.12)."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,500 m²","quotes":["b. Minimum Parcel Area: ............................ 1,500sq.m"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"20.0 m","quotes":["a. Minimum Parcel Width:.......................... 20.0m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["c. Maximum Parcel Coverage:.................... 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"More than one (1) principal building may be sited on the Parcel.","quotes":["a. Maximum Density: .................................. More than one (1) Principal Building may be sited on","the Parcel."]},"max_height":{"value":"20.0 m","quotes":["f. Maximum Height: ................................... 20.0m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"20.0 m and not greater in height than the principal building","quotes":["f. Maximum Height: ................................... 20.0m","................................................................. AND not greater in Height than the Principal Building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["b. Minimum Front Yard Setback:................ 6.0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["e. Minimum Rear Yard Setback: ................. 6.0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m","quotes":["d. Minimum Interior Side Yard Setback: .... 1.5m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["c. Minimum Exterior Side Yard Setback:.... 4.5m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"exterior side 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, rear 3.0 m","quotes":["c. Minimum Exterior Side Yard Setback:.... 1.5m","d. Minimum Interior Side Yard Setback: .... 1.5m","e. Minimum Rear Yard Setback: ................. 3.0m"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings: Two (2) Accessory Buildings per Parcel; floor area No larger than principal building","All Salvage or Wrecking Yards shall be completely screened with an opaque fence to a Height of at least 3.0m. This Screening shall be maintained.","Loading areas and garbage containers shall be screened from the view of Highways and residential Parcels to a Height of at least 1.8m. This Screening shall be maintained.","Outdoor, open storage of goods is specifically prohibited between the front of the Principal Building and a Highway; and the Rear Yard and Side Yards shall be completely fenced to a Height of at least 1.8m by a fence."],"quotes":["a. Maximum Density: .................................. Two (2) Accessory Buildings per Parcel","b. Maximum Combined Floor Area: ........... No larger than Principal Building","All Salvage or Wrecking Yards shall be completely screened with an opaque fence to a Height of","at least 3.0m. This Screening shall be maintained.","Loading areas and garbage containers shall be screened from the view of Highways and","residential Parcels to a Height of at least 1.8m. This Screening shall be maintained.","Outdoor, open storage of goods is specifically prohibited between the front of the Principal","Building and a Highway; and the Rear Yard and Side Yards shall be completely fenced to a Height","of at least 1.8m by a fence."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 119, 2016 (Townsite), office consolidation May 2026","url":"https://nr.civicweb.net/document/56280/","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"The Regional Municipality has two zoning bylaws: this one for the Fort Nelson townsite, and Rural Zoning Bylaw No. 137, 2017 (office consolidation December 2024, https://nr.civicweb.net/document/125394/) for the Rural Official Community Plan area; the rural zones below carry that bylaw as source_url, and their pdf_page numbers are pages of that PDF. Both are office consolidations \"not the official version of the bylaw\". Codes C-1, C-2, RR-1, RR-2 and A-1/A-2 vs A exist in both bylaws with different meanings."},"source_url":"https://nr.civicweb.net/document/56280/#page=108","place":{"path":"ca/bc/northern-rockies","name":"Northern Rockies","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/m-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/northern-rockies/zoning/index.json"}}