---
title: "M1 zone in Sidney: West Side Industrial"
place: Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sidney
zone: M1
bylaw: "Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw No. 2275 (in force July 1, 2024; consolidated for convenience July 21, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Sidney: West Side Industrial

A diversity of light and medium industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A diversity of light and medium industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Use, Building, or Structure; Home Occupation (conditional)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2000 m²
- **Maximum density:** 1 dwelling unit per lot
- **Maximum height:** Buildings 15.0 m; containers and outside storage 9.0 m; telecommunication towers 22.0 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m; where a lot has two interior side lot lines, one of them must be at least 6 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw No. 2275 (in force July 1, 2024; consolidated for convenience July 21, 2025), s. 4.5](https://www.sidney.ca/wp-content/uploads/2275-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=37) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sidney: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sidney/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/sidney/zoning/m1/_