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title: "M2 zone in Prince Rupert: General Industrial Zone"
place: Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/prince-rupert
zone: M2
bylaw: Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 3462, 2021 (consolidated as of June 24, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-rupert/zoning/m2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-rupert/zoning/m2.json"
---

# M2 zone in Prince Rupert: General Industrial Zone

Main uses: Automobile body and repair shops, sales and rentals, Light industrial use, Service commercial use, Key lock fuel installation, Office, and 16 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Automobile body and repair shops, sales and rentals; Light industrial use; Service commercial use; Key lock fuel installation; Office; Contractor offices, shops, works and storage use; Retail use with a floor area not exceeding 1000 m²; Shipping Container; Marine commercial use; Fuel products storage, loading and unloading; General industrial use; Log Booming and sorting; Impoundment yard; Accessory buildings and structures; Fish processing; Net loft; Unenclosed Storage; Marine service station; Freight and truck terminal; Commercial Cannabis Operations; Animal Hospital or Clinic (Primary processing of forest products, fuel products storage and impoundment yards with a minimum area of 7,500 m² may not be on a parcel next to Residential zoned land.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** A single residence for the purpose of security
- **Maximum height:** 19 metres
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 metres
- **Other rules:** Yard of 3 metres from any property zoned Residential; All storage yards must be screened by fences, building walls or other approved means to at least 2.4 metres above grade; Screen planting or a solid fence at least 1.5 metres high is required along property lines separating the developed site from residential zoned land

## Source

- [Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 3462, 2021 (consolidated as of June 24, 2024), s. 8.2](https://www.princerupert.ca/sites/7/files/2024-07/USE_THIS_Consolidated%20Zoning%20Bylaw_Draft07152024.pdf#page=30) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Prince Rupert: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-rupert/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/prince-rupert/zoning/m2/_