{"title":"M1 zone in Sidney: West Side Industrial","code":"M1","slug":"m1","name":"West Side Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"4.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A diversity of light and medium industrial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A diversity of light and medium industrial uses.","quotes":["To provide for a diversity of light and medium industrial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Aircraft Storage","Airline Operation","Assembly Hall","Boat Repair and Manufacturing","Boat Sales and Rental","Brew Pub","Cannabis Processing (conditional)","Car Wash","Class 1 Restaurant","Class 2 Restaurant","Commercial Laundry or Dry-Cleaning","Commercial Printer or Publisher","Convenience Store","Dwelling Unit (conditional)","Education Facility","Film Studio","Fitness Centre","Funeral Service Facility (conditional)","Gas Bar","Impound Yard","Indoor Amusement","Industrial Fueling Station","Laboratory or Research Establishment","Landscape Supply, Plant Nursery and/or Greenhouse","Mail Sorting","Major Vehicle Repair","Manufacturing","Motor Vehicle Sales and/or Rental","Office (conditional)","Outdoor Retail (conditional)","Outside Storage (conditional)","Parking Lots","Parkade","Public Utility","Recycling Depot (conditional)","Retail Sales (conditional)","Sale or Rental of Machinery, Heavy Equipment or Shipping Containers","Sale, Rental or Repair of Tools or Small Equipment","Service Station","Storage Building, Workshop and/or Yard (conditional)","Taxi Dispatch Centre","Telecommunications Tower (conditional)","Truck Terminal","Warehousing, Closed Storage, or Distribution","Wholesale Sales"],"quotes":["Aircraft Storage P","Airline Operation P","Assembly Hall P P P","Boat Repair and Manufacturing P","Boat Sales and Rental P","Brew Pub P C (4.5.15) C (4.5.15)","Cannabis Processing C (4.5.11)","Car Wash P","Class 1 Restaurant P C (4.5.15) C (4.5.15)","Class 2 Restaurant P C (4.5.15) C (4.5.15)","Commercial Laundry or Dry-Cleaning P","Commercial Printer or Publisher P P P","Convenience Store P P P","Dwelling Unit C (4.5.2) C (4.5.2) C (4.5.2)","Education Facility P P P","Film Studio P P P","Fitness Centre P P P","Funeral Service Facility C (4.5.3)","Gas Bar P","Impound Yard P","Indoor Amusement P C (4.5.15) C (4.5.15)","Industrial Fueling Station P","Laboratory or Research Establishment P P P","Landscape Supply, Plant Nursery and/or","Mail Sorting P P P","Major Vehicle Repair P","Manufacturing P","Motor Vehicle Sales and/or Rental P","Office C (4.5.5) P P","Outdoor Retail C (4.5.10)","Outside Storage (1) C (4.5.6) C (4.5.6)","Parking Lots P","Parkade P P","Public Utility P","Recycling Depot C (4.5.7)","Retail Sales C (4.5.4) C (4.5.4) C (4.5.4)","Sale or Rental of Machinery, Heavy","Sale, Rental or Repair of Tools or Small","Service Station P","Storage Building, Workshop and/or Yard C (4.5.8)","Taxi Dispatch Centre P","Telecommunications Tower C (4.5.9)","Truck Terminal P","Warehousing, Closed Storage, or","Wholesale Sales P"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Use, Building, or Structure","Home Occupation (conditional)"],"quotes":["Accessory Use, Building, or Structure P P P","Home Occupation C (4.5.16) C (4.5.16) C (4.5.16)"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2000 m²","quotes":["M1 2000m2 15.0m 9.0m 22.0m"]},"max_density":{"value":"1 dwelling unit per lot","quotes":["1 dwelling unit per"]},"max_height":{"value":"Buildings 15.0 m; containers and outside storage 9.0 m; telecommunication towers 22.0 m","quotes":["M1 2000m2 15.0m 9.0m 22.0m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["M1 7.5m 6.0m (1) 7.5m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m; where a lot has two interior side lot lines, one of them must be at least 6 m","quotes":["M1 7.5m 6.0m (1) 7.5m","b. In the M1 Zone, where a lot has two interior side lot lines, one interior side setback shall be a"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["M1 7.5m 6.0m (1) 7.5m"]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling units are only allowed as an accessory use, not in the first storey, and need a covenant about nearby industrial, airport and commercial uses","Outside Storage is only allowed as an accessory use, in rear and interior side yards (and exterior side yard if it abuts Highway 17)","Retail Sales limited to certain items (e.g. pet food, vehicle parts, items made on-site, building supply)","Funeral Service Facility cannot include a crematorium"],"quotes":["b. Dwelling units in the M1 and M2 zone shall only be permitted as an accessory use.","ii. not be located within the first storey of a building.","i. permitted only as an accessory use;","ii. limited to rear and interior side yards; and","directly abuts Highway 17.","a. Shall be limited to the sale of:","a. Funeral service facilities shall not include the use of crematoriums, or any such process"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw No. 2275 (in force July 1, 2024; consolidated for convenience July 21, 2025)","url":"https://www.sidney.ca/wp-content/uploads/2275-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town says the consolidation is for convenience only and is not admissible in court under the Evidence Act; certified copies come from the Corporate Administrator. The consolidation lists amendments to 2025 only."},"source_url":"https://www.sidney.ca/wp-content/uploads/2275-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=37","place":{"path":"ca/bc/sidney","name":"Sidney","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/m1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/m1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/m1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/index.json"}}