---
title: "I-1 zone in Port Clements: Light Industrial"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: I-1
bylaw: Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/i-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/i-1.json"
---

# I-1 zone in Port Clements: Light Industrial

Light industrial activities, and commercial uses that are an integral part of the industrial operation, on an industrial parcel.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Light industrial activities, and commercial uses that are an integral part of the industrial operation, on an industrial parcel.
- **Main uses:** Automobile and recreation vehicle sales services and body shops (no auto wreckers and junk yards); Building supply and lumber yards; Contractor offices, shops, and yards; Fuel storage and wholesale distribution; Gasoline service stations; Industrial and agricultural equipment sales, rentals, and storage yards; Light manufacturing and assembly, including food processing, machine shops, woodworking shops; Mobile and prefabricated home manufacturing, display, and sales; Printing and other reproduction processes; Public utilities buildings, parking garages, storage yards, repair facilities; Restaurants; Transportation depots and facilities including airports; Veterinary hospital and kennel; Warehousing, moving and wholesale establishments
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Childcare program; Single family dwelling as an accessory use
- **Minimum lot area:** 10,000 m² (parcels created by subdivision), or 2,000 m² where municipal water is available, or 930 m² where municipal water and sewer are available. Site areas: 930 m² with water and sewer; 1,350 m² with water only; 2,000 m² with neither
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75 % of the site area, including all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 12 m for any building or structure
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 5.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 7.5 m where the abutting parcel is zoned residential
- **Interior side setback:** 5.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 7.5 m where the abutting parcel is zoned residential
- **Street side setback:** 5.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
- **Other rules:** Industrial activity and storage not inside a building must be enclosed by a wall or solid board fence at least 2.0 m high; A single family dwelling must be set back 7.5 m from the industrial uses and have a separate outside entrance; No use may become a nuisance to surrounding lands through unsightliness, odour, emission, liquid effluents, dust, noise, fumes or smoke; Bulk fuel, chemical, explosive or other hazardous storage must not be in close proximity to residential, commercial, institutional, recreational or sensitive environmental areas

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.10](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=103) (read 2026-11-08)

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