IR2 zone in Richmond: Industrial Retail

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

In short

A range of general industrial uses, stand-alone offices and a limited range of retail uses, with a few other compatible uses (IR1); IR2 is used for rezoning applications to implement the City Centre Area Plan.

Zone rules

Purpose	A range of general industrial uses, stand-alone offices and a limited range of retail uses, with a few other compatible uses (IR1); IR2 is used for rezoning applications to implement the City Centre Area Plan.
Main uses	auction, minor building or garden supply child care commercial storage commercial vehicle parking and storage contractor service education, commercial equipment, minor emergency service government service greenhouse & plant nursery health service, minor industrial, general industrial, manufacturing industrial, warehouse library and exhibit manufacturing, custom indoor microbrewery, winery and distillery office parking, non-accessory recreation, indoor recycling depot recycling drop-off restaurant restaurant, drive-through retail, second hand retail, showroom service, business support studio utility, minor vehicle body repair or paint shop vehicle repair warehouse sales
Also allowed (secondary uses)	residential security/operator unit
Extra uses on specific lots	Retail, general (automotive parts and accessories only): only at 2760 Sweden Way (P.I.D. 024-886-271) Vehicle sale/rental: only at 4331 Vanguard Road (P.I.D. 001-404-008) and 4431 Vanguard Road (P.I.D. 001-403-991), limited to 10% of gross floor area Microbrewery, winery and distillery: only at 5800 Cedarbridge Way (P.I.D. 002-161-583), one establishment Hotel, religious assembly and retail, general (additional uses): only on IR2 sites in the City Centre within 50.0 m of listed roads such as Bridgeport Road
Minimum lot area	No minimum, except in the City Centre: 8,000.0 m² west of Brown Road, 4,000.0 m² elsewhere for buildings over 25.0 m high, and 2,400.0 m² elsewhere for buildings 25.0 m high or less
Minimum lot width	No minimum, except in the City Centre
Maximum lot coverage	75% for buildings; in the City Centre 90% for buildings, and the building envelope may not exceed 650.0 m² if the building is taller than 25.0 m
Maximum density	1.0 floor area ratio (1.2 in the City Centre), plus 0.1 more if used entirely for community amenity space; no maximum for non-accessory parking as a principal use
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; in the City Centre 25.0 m (up to 35.0 m with a permit); within 50.0 m of Bridgeport Road 35.0 m
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	Warehouse sales are for household furnishings only (furniture, carpet, major appliances, building materials) In the City Centre, buildings taller than 25.0 m must have a minimum building separation space of 35.0 m; buildings taller than the Oak Street Bridge must be set back 30.0 m to the drip line of the bridge A restaurant may not be closer than 20.0 m to the high water mark Sale of products to the public is a secondary use for industrial manufacturing, limited to 15% of the gross floor area and up to 500 m²

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 12.4 (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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