---
title: "M-3 zone in Quesnel: Airport"
place: Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/quesnel
zone: M-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1980
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/m-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/m-3.json"
---

# M-3 zone in Quesnel: Airport

Airport use and related commercial and light industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Airport use and related commercial and light industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** Aircraft runways; Aircraft sales, maintenance and repairs; Aircraft terminal buildings and aircraft storage hangars; Aircraft support services; Airport operations; Commercial off-street pay parking; Convenience retail store; Crop and crop removal; Light industrial use
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings or structures; Caretaker dwelling unit; Eating and drinking establishments accessory to aircraft terminal buildings; Retail stores, accessory to aircraft terminal buildings
- **Minimum lot area:** 557 m² (5,996 ft²) with community sewer and water; 1600 m² (17,222 ft²) with community sewer but no community water; 1 ha (2.47 ac) with no community sewer
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m (66 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum height:** Determined by Transport Canada regulations
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Interior side setback:** 5.0 m (16 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Other rules:** Maximum height is set by Transport Canada regulations.; Setback requirements are subject to approval of Transport Canada.; No limit to the number of accessory buildings, or of principal buildings if each conforms to the zone.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1980, s. 32](https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=125) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Quesnel: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/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/quesnel/zoning/m-3/_