---
title: "I-1 zone in Parksville: Industrial"
place: Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/parksville
zone: I-1
bylaw: Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Parksville: Industrial

Light and medium industry uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Light and medium industry uses.
- **Main uses:** Food Catering Facility; Food Concession vehicle; Heavy Equipment Display; Independent Office uses; Light Industry; Medical Marihuana Production and Research Facility; Medium Industry; Neighbourhood Pub; Outdoor Sales; Recreation Facility; Seafood Processing; Shipping Yard; Transportation Terminal; Wood Processing (Seafood processing must be fully contained in a building; Medical Marihuana facility must be fully contained in a building with a research component.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential; Accessory Retail Sales and Offices (Accessory retail sales and offices limited to 30% of gross floor area in the same tenancy.)
- **Minimum lot area:** Varies by use: 2,000 m² (light industry, medium industry, neighbourhood pub, outdoor sales, recreation facility, food catering, seafood processing); 4,000 m² (heavy equipment display, medical marihuana facility); 5,000 m² (transportation terminal); 10,000 m² (shipping yard); 20,000 m² (wood processing)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio .60; accessory residential 1 unit per lot
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 9.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m; 7.5 m next to a residential zone or railway right of way
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 9.0 m, rear 1.2 m, exterior side 7.5 m, interior side 0.6 m
- **Other rules:** Principal building must have a gross floor area of at least 280 square metres.; No seafood processing that creates noxious or offensive odours.; Shipping containers must be set back 7.5 m from all lot lines and 30 m from Highway 19A or the railway, and stacked no more than three high.

## Source

- [Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026), s. 206](https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161#page=34) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Parksville: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/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/parksville/zoning/i-1/_