IL zone in Richmond: Light Industrial

Richmond, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

A range of general industrial uses, with a limited range of compatible uses.

Zone rules

Purpose	A range of general industrial uses, with a limited range of compatible uses.
Main uses	animal daycare animal grooming animal shelter auction, minor car or truck wash child care commercial storage commercial vehicle parking and storage contractor service fleet service industrial, general industrial, manufacturing industrial, warehouse manufacturing, custom indoor recreation, indoor recycling depot recycling drop-off restaurant utility, minor vehicle repair vehicle body repair or paint shop
Also allowed (secondary uses)	residential security/operator unit
Extra uses on specific lots	Outdoor storage (additional use): only at 16360 River Road (PID 023-325-178) and 16540 River Road (PID 028-709-632) Parking, non-accessory (additional use): only at 9920 River Drive (PID 017-483-166) Maximum floor area ratio 0.12 at 16540 River Road (PID 005-480-884); 0.06 at 16360 River Road (PID 023-325-178) Maximum building height 9.0 m at 3540 Bayview Street, 3880 Bayview Street and 12551 No.1 Road Residential security/operator unit not permitted at 3540 Bayview Street, 3880 Bayview Street and 12551 No. 1 Road Animal shelter, auction (minor), car or truck wash, fleet service and recycling depot not permitted at 3540 Bayview Street, 3880 Bayview Street and 12551 No.1 Road
Minimum lot area	No minimum
Minimum lot width	No minimum
Maximum lot coverage	75% for buildings; 80% in the City Centre
Maximum density	1.0 floor area ratio (1.2 in the City Centre), plus 0.1 more if used entirely for community amenity space
Maximum height	16.0 m (12.0 m for buildings less than 50.0 m from a residentially zoned lot); up to 35.0 m with a development permit or development variance permit; buildings within 30.0 m of the Oak Street Bridge may not exceed the bridge deck height
Maximum height, accessory buildings	20.0 m
Front setback	3.0 m
Rear setback	No minimum (3.0 m adjacent to existing residential uses or zones in the City Centre)
Interior side setback	No minimum (3.0 m adjacent to existing residential uses or zones in the City Centre)
Street side setback	3.0 m
Other rules	A restaurant may not be closer than 20.0 m to the high water mark In the City Centre, buildings taller than the Oak Street Bridge deck must be set back 30.0 m to the drip line of the bridge Commercial vehicle parking and storage and outdoor storage may not be stacked or piled higher than 4.5 m Outdoor storage sites: no storage of wrecked or salvaged goods or food products, and no servicing of vehicles or equipment

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 12.2 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per zone or group of zones (each zone's source_url; pdf_page counts within that PDF, and lines point into the saved combined text). The City says the office consolidation has no Council sanction, is for convenience of reference only, is not the official version and is not admissible in a court of law; certified copies come from the City Clerk. Zones listed as "in progress" by the City (for example ZR5, ZC30, ZA4) are not part of the consolidation and are not listed here. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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