---
title: "AP-1 zone in Smithers: Airport One"
place: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/smithers
zone: AP-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/ap-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/ap-1.json"
---

# AP-1 zone in Smithers: Airport One

To accommodate airport and aviation related uses that mainly use airside access.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate airport and aviation related uses that mainly use airside access.
- **Main uses:** Airport terminal building and terminal-related uses; Aviation fuel sales and storage; Aids for air navigation and safety; Air cargo facility; Aircraft operation and storage, including private storage hangars; Aircraft equipment sales, service, and storage; Airport maintenance and utility areas; Airport parking; Automobile rentals; Airport taxi facility; Aviation related document and parcel delivery depot; Flight training school; Aviation related trucking and freight depot; Aviation related warehouse use and wholesale sales; Weather observation station and airport-related research facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Fuel pumps for private use only; Office use; Outdoor storage
- **Minimum lot area:** 558 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 metres
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres
- **Front setback:** 3 metres (layout unclear)
- **Rear setback:** 3 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 metres (layout unclear)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 metres (layout unclear)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Principal and auxiliary buildings follow the same setbacks
- **Other rules:** Storage of equipment must be enclosed or screened; outdoor storage areas must be screened with an opaque fence; Parcels may be subject to the Smithers Airport Zoning Regulations under the Aeronautics Act (Canada); No side setback is required on an interior side line where a party wall between units sits on that line

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 8.1](https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=82) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Smithers: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/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/smithers/zoning/ap-1/_