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title: "I-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Light Industrial Business Park"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: I-3
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/i-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/i-3.json"
---

# I-3 zone in Pitt Meadows: Light Industrial Business Park

Light-impact industrial, office and service uses near the waterfront, acting as a transition between industry and nearby commercial, residential, institutional, recreational or agricultural uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Light-impact industrial, office and service uses near the waterfront, acting as a transition between industry and nearby commercial, residential, institutional, recreational or agricultural uses.
- **Main uses:** Light Industrial; Indoor Recreation; Commercial Schools; Vehicle body Repair; Micro-brewery; Restaurant; Child Daycare; Office; Retail; Personal Service; Dog Daycare; Government Service (Several of these uses are limited to 15% total of gross floor area per parcel; restaurants only on four named parcels; drive-throughs not permitted.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Office; Caretaker Unit; Restaurant; Retail Use; Child Daycare accessory to industrial and/or business park use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lots at Building 500 and Unit 110 Building 100 (PID 028-360-494) and Lot 2 Plan BCP9735 (PID 025-907-867): cannabis for medical purposes processing/storing, hemp, biotechnology and production studio uses as listed in the bylaw; Restaurants (up to nine in total) only at 19055, 19100, 19265 and 19300 Airport Way
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 sq m
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (minimum lot depth also 30 m)
- **Maximum density:** Floor-area ratio 1.0
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 6.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (may be 3 m where the side lot line abuts land designated commercial or industrial)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** Each retail use limited to 1,200 square metres of gross floor area; Drive-through restaurants and drive-through businesses are not permitted; Listed commercial/service uses together limited to 15 percent of gross floor area on each parcel; Micro-brewery limited to areas within 150 metres of Fraser Way and Harris Road corners or the eastern property line north of Airport Way

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 13.3](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=148) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Pitt Meadows: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/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/pitt-meadows/zoning/i-3/_