{"title":"M5 zone in Prince George: Heavy Industrial","code":"M5","slug":"m5","name":"Heavy Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"12.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Heavy industries and other uses that may have an impact beyond site boundaries.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Heavy industries and other uses that may have an impact beyond site boundaries.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for heavy industries and other uses","that may have an impact beyond site boundaries."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["auction, major","brewery & distillery, major","cannabis production facility (only in M5n)","concrete & asphalt plant","consulting, scientific and technical","contractor service, major","contractor service, minor","equipment, major","equipment, minor","industry, heavy","industry, light","manufacturing, custom indoor","outdoor storage","railway","recycling centre, intermediate","recycling centre, major","recycling centre, minor","self-storage facility","truck or rail terminal, major","truck or rail terminal, minor","utility, major","utility, minor","vehicle repair, major","vehicle repair, minor","vehicle sale, major","warehousing","wrecking yard"],"quotes":["• auction, major","• brewery & distillery,","• cannabis production","• concrete & asphalt plant","• consulting, scientific","• contractor service,","• contractor service, minor","• equipment, major","• equipment, minor","• industry, heavy","• industry, light","• manufacturing, custom","• outdoor storage","• railway","• recycling centre,","• recycling centre, major","• recycling centre, minor","• self-storage facility","• truck or rail terminal,","• utility, major","• utility, minor","• vehicle repair, major","• vehicle repair, minor","• vehicle sale, major","• warehousing","• wrecking yard"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["residential security/operator unit"],"quotes":["• residential"]},"site_specific":{"value":["office, only on Lot 2, District Lot 2061, Cariboo District, Plan BCP41101"],"quotes":["• office, only on Lot 2,","Plan BCP41101"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"0.4 ha","quotes":["The minimum lot area is 0.4 ha."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"35.0 m","quotes":["The minimum lot width is 35.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75%","quotes":["The maximum site coverage is 75%."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m","quotes":["The maximum height is 15.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front, side, and rear yards are 6.0 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front, side, and rear yards are 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front, side, and rear yards are 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m (side yard)","quotes":["The minimum front, side, and rear yards are 6.0 m."]},"other":{"value":["A residential security/operator unit is only permitted in a principal building, or in single detached or manufactured housing.","An unenclosed wrecking yard may be no higher than its solid screen, and never more than 3 m above natural grade."],"quotes":["A residential security/operator unit is only permitted in a principal","building, or in a single detached or manufactured housing.","The maximum height for any wrecking yard use, not enclosed within a","grade."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)","url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City says this version is consolidated for convenience. Zone sections that share a heading cover variant codes (AR3m, RS1m, RS2m, RM9r, C1c/C1l, C2c, C4c/C4l/C4lc, C6c/C6l/C6lc, M1n, M2n, M3n, M5n). Sections 10.5 (deleted), 15.13 (Z13 not in the bylaw) and 15.18 (Z18, deleted by Bylaw 9466) are not zones. Schedule A, the zoning map, is the zoning layer in PGMap."},"source_url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=182","place":{"path":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/m5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/m5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/m5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}