{"title":"M-1 zone in Smithers: Light Industrial","code":"M-1","slug":"m-1","name":"Light Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"6.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate industrial operations that are mostly or fully enclosed and need no outdoor storage beyond what supports the permitted uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate industrial operations that are mostly or fully enclosed and need no outdoor storage beyond what supports the permitted uses.","quotes":["The purpose of the M-1 zone is to accommodate those industrial operations which are mostly or","fully enclosed and require no outdoor storage except as necessary to support the uses permitted."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile, motorcycle, boat, and recreational trailer and vehicle sales and rentals, repair shops, and auto body shops","Laundry, dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and institutional uses","Plant nursery and sales of farm and garden supplies","Manufacturing use if totally contained in a building","Trade shop if totally contained in a building","Warehouse use","Wholesale sales","Sales and service of logging and construction materials and supplies, when totally","Animal hospital and veterinary facility when totally contained in a building","Processing and manufacturing of dairy products, when totally contained in a","Laboratory, testing facility","Sales and service, rental and repair of tools, when totally contained in a building","Building materials supply, lumber yard","Auctions other than of livestock provided that the auction takes place only in a","Document and parcel delivery depot","Truck terminal and freight depot","Truck or heavy equipment sales, services, repair, excluding wreckage and salvage","Vehicle washing establishment","Towing truck business provided that the vehicle compound is fenced and","Food exchange"],"quotes":["automobile, motorcycle, boat, and recreational trailer and vehicle sales and","laundry, dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and institutional uses","plant nursery and sales of farm and garden supplies","manufacturing use if totally contained in a building","trade shop if totally contained in a building","warehouse use","wholesale sales","sales and service of logging and construction materials and supplies, when totally","animal hospital and veterinary facility when totally contained in a building","processing and manufacturing of dairy products, when totally contained in a","laboratory, testing facility","sales and service, rental and repair of tools, when totally contained in a building","building materials supply, lumber yard","auctions other than of livestock provided that the auction takes place only in a","document and parcel delivery depot","truck terminal and freight depot","truck or heavy equipment sales, services, repair, excluding wreckage and salvage","vehicle washing establishment","Towing truck business provided that the vehicle compound is fenced and","food exchange"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office use","Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Employee training facility","Dispensing of fuel for private use","Auction of goods sold in respect of the principal use","Retail sales of food exchange goods to a maximum of 10% of total gross floor area","Sale and service of products manufactured on the same parcel","Fuel pumps auxiliary to","Minor group home (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)"],"quotes":["office use","residential use, provided that the portion of the ground floor","employee training facility","dispensing of fuel for private use","auction of goods sold in respect of the principal use","retail sales of food exchange goods to a maximum of 10% of total gross floor area","sale and service of products manufactured on the same parcel","fuel pumps auxiliary to","minor group home, provided that the portion of the ground floor"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,050 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 1,050 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"27.5 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 27.5 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"75% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 75% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 metres","quotes":["Height 12 metres maximum"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"12 metres (auxiliary buildings)","quotes":["Auxiliary Buildings","Height 12 metres maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3 metres","quotes":["front yard 3 metres minimum"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 metres where the rear yard abuts a highway other than a lane; 0 for all other parcels, with unobstructed space for garbage pickup at least 3 metres wide, 2 metres deep and 3.5 metres high","quotes":["where a rear yard abuts a 3 metres minimum","0, subject to the provision of unobstructed space for","3.5 metres in vertical clearance"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 metres","quotes":["exterior 4.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Manufacturing use: no more than 50 m² or 10% of floor area (whichever is less) for retail sales or display of goods made on site","Wholesale or warehouse use: no more than 50 m² or 10% of floor area (whichever is less) for display of goods","Ground-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building"],"quotes":["No manufacturing use may include more than 50 m2 or 10% of the gross floor area,","No wholesale or warehouse use may include more than 50.0 m2 or 10% of the gross floor","shall be is limited to one."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)","url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Town posts the bylaw as adopted on 17 June 2025; no later amendments are folded into this PDF. Schedule A (the zoning map) is a separate PDF."},"source_url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=64","place":{"path":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}