Smithers, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
To accommodate industrial operations that are mostly or fully enclosed and need no outdoor storage beyond what supports the permitted uses.
Zone rules
Purpose
To accommodate industrial operations that are mostly or fully enclosed and need no outdoor storage beyond what supports the permitted uses.
Main uses
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
Also allowed (secondary uses)
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)
Minimum lot area
1,050 m²
Minimum lot width
27.5 metres
Maximum lot coverage
75% for all buildings and structures
Maximum height
12 metres
Maximum height, accessory buildings
12 metres (auxiliary buildings)
Front setback
3 metres
Rear setback
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
Street side setback
4.5 metres
Other rules
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
Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. 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.