---
title: "M1 zone in Port Moody: Light Industrial"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-moody
zone: M1
bylaw: City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Port Moody: Light Industrial

To allow for Light Industrial and limited compatible use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To allow for Light Industrial and limited compatible use.
- **Main uses:** Animal Daycare; Commercial Athletic and Recreation; Laboratory; Light Industrial; Recycling Return Centre; Trade School; Veterinary Clinic; Child Care
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Artist Studio – Type B; Office; Retail; Unenclosed Storage; Accessory Food Service (Office is limited to contracting, drafting, engineering, design and surveying; retail is limited to goods made, stored or wholesaled on site and 25% of the business floor area.)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** n/a (no limit)
- **Maximum density:** n/a
- **Maximum height:** 8.0m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5m (one Accessory Building)
- **Front setback:** 6.0m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0m, except 0.0m where the Rear Lot Line is contiguous to a railway right-of-way
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0m
- **Other rules:** One Accessory Building permitted, up to 10% of the Lot Area; Unenclosed storage or sales yard must be behind the front face of the principal Building, at least 6.0m from the Front Lot Line, and materials no higher than 2.4m; A Public Utility is not permitted on a Lot less than 61m from a Residential zoned Lot; Minimum lot size is set in the table in section 3.2

## Source

- [City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments to July 14, 2026), s. 12.1](https://api.ghdcdn.com/portmoody-edocs/v1/eDocs/Get?docnumber=461917#page=121) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Moody: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/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-moody/zoning/m1/_