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title: "I2 zone in Princeton: Heavy Industrial"
place: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/princeton
zone: I2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/i2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/i2.json"
---

# I2 zone in Princeton: Heavy Industrial

Accommodate heavy industrial uses, in combination with compatible uses such as retail sales and storage.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate heavy industrial uses, in combination with compatible uses such as retail sales and storage.
- **Main uses:** Auction service; Automobile repair shops including body repairs, painting, body manufacturing, engine rebuilding, tire retreading or rebuilding brake, muffler, and shock absorber service and gasoline sales; Bottling and distribution plants; Bottle collection and recycling depots; Bulk oil storage; Caretaker or security dwelling unit in conjunction with an industrial use; Cartage, freighting and trucking yards; Construction material sales and storage, including concrete mixing plant, lumber yard and construction office; Convenience store; Crematoriums; Dry cleaning plants; Kennel and pound; Lawn and garden shop; Nursery and greenhouse; Offices, storage facilities and shops for building, developing, general and trade contracting industry; Off-street parking and loading facilities; Processing and manufacturing plants for food, soft drinks, ornamental and arts and crafts products, sign painting, printing and publishing, clothing and high technology industry; Restaurant; Retail sale or products associated with one of the permitted uses for this zone; Sale, rental and repair of light equipment and appliances; Sales and service, rental and repair of automobiles, boats, recreation vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and manufactured homes; Sanitary landfill site; Sawmills; Service industries; Service stations in conjunction with automobile repair shop; Sewage treatment plant; Storage facilities; Taxidermy shop; Training facility for trade related occupations, including training for heavy equipment operation and other heavy industrial uses; Warehouse; Value added manufacturing plants; Veterinary clinic
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 930 m² (10,010 ft²)
- **Maximum height:** 15 m (48 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (20 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 0 m (0 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m (0 ft) on a lane; 3 m (10 ft) on one side when not on a lane
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (15 ft)
- **Other rules:** Where I2 abuts any other zone other than FG: setback is 3 m (10 ft) if the zone abuts the side of the parcel and 7.5 m (24 ft) if the adjacent use abuts the rear; Outside storage abutting or facing a zone where residential use is permitted must be hidden by a fence or screen-planting; The fence or planting must not detract from adjacent uses and must be free of advertising

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022), s. 25](https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=81) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Princeton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/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/princeton/zoning/i2/_