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title: "I-2 zone in Port Clements: Heavy Industrial"
place: Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-clements
zone: I-2
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-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/zoning/i-2.json"
---

# I-2 zone in Port Clements: Heavy Industrial

Industries which may have a significant impact on other land uses, on industrial parcels.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Industries which may have a significant impact on other land uses, on industrial parcels.
- **Main uses:** All uses permitted in the Light Industrial Zone (I-1); All manufacturing, processing and assembly industries which are not offensive within the meaning of the Health Act, including gravel extraction, storage, and processing; junk yards, auto wreckers; sawmills and shake mills, lumber processing; storage yard; Clean electrical energy projects such as tidal, geothermal, wind, biomass, and solar
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and structures; Single family dwelling as an accessory use
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m² (parcels created by subdivision; site area also 2,000 m²)
- **Minimum lot width:** Frontage of 1/10 of the perimeter of the parcel that fronts on the highway
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80 % of the site area, including all buildings, structures, storage areas and outdoor operations
- **Maximum height:** 12 m for any building or structure
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 10 m where the abutting parcel is not zoned industrial
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road); 10 m where the abutting parcel is not zoned industrial
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m (from an adjacent parcel or road)
- **Other rules:** Where the use abuts a non-industrial zone, a wall or tight board fence giving a complete visual screen at least 2.0 m high is required; Junk yards or auto wreckers: activity not in a building must be enclosed by a screening wall or fence at least 2.0 m high, and material cannot be piled higher than it; A single family dwelling must be set back 7.5 m from the industrial use and have a separate outside entrance

## Source

- [Village of Port Clements Zoning Bylaw No. 444, 2024 (adopted February 17, 2026), s. 7.3.11](https://portclements.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/February-17-2026-Regular-Council-Meeting-Agenda-Package.pdf#page=106) (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-2/_