{"title":"M-2 zone in Smithers: Medium Industrial","code":"M-2","slug":"m-2","name":"Medium Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"6.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate industrial operations that are partially enclosed and need some outdoor storage.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate industrial operations that are partially enclosed and need some outdoor storage.","quotes":["The purpose of the M-2 zone is to accommodate those industrial operations which are partially","enclosed and require some outdoor storage."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automobile, motorcycle, boat, manufactured home, and recreational trailer and","Laundry, dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and institutional uses","Dispensing of fuel","Manufacturing use if totally contained in a building","Truck terminal and railway freight depot","Farm machinery, farm equipment sales, service; sale of farm, garden supplies","Trade shop and as auxiliary use, the sale and service of products manufactured","Indoor, outdoor storage including shipping containers, excluding auto wrecking or","Wholesale sales","Works yard","Asphalt, concrete plant, rock and gravel crushing","Dog pound","Sales and service of logging and construction materials and supplies","Animal hospital and veterinary facility when totally contained in a building","Processing, manufacturing dairy products","Laboratory, testing facility","Sales and service, rental, and repair of tools","Building materials supply, lumber yard","Auctions other than of livestock provided that the auction takes place only in a","Documents and parcel delivery depot","Fuel sales - wood","Vehicle washing establishment","Commercial cardlock facility"],"quotes":["automobile, motorcycle, boat, manufactured home, and recreational trailer and","laundry, dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and institutional uses","dispensing of fuel","manufacturing use if totally contained in a building","truck terminal and railway freight depot","farm machinery, farm equipment sales, service; sale of farm, garden supplies","trade shop and as auxiliary use, the sale and service of products manufactured","indoor, outdoor storage including shipping containers, excluding auto wrecking or","wholesale sales","works yard","asphalt, concrete plant, rock and gravel crushing","dog pound","sales and service of logging and construction materials and supplies","animal hospital and veterinary facility when totally contained in a building","processing, manufacturing dairy products","laboratory, testing facility","sales and service, rental, and repair of tools","building materials supply, lumber yard","auctions other than of livestock provided that the auction takes place only in a","documents and parcel delivery depot","fuel sales - wood","vehicle washing establishment","commercial cardlock facility"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office use","Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Auction of goods sold in respect of the principal use","Fuel pumps exclusively auxiliary to principal uses on a parcel","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","auction of goods sold in respect of the principal use","fuel pumps exclusively auxiliary to principal uses on a parcel","minor group home, provided that the portion of the ground floor"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 2, Plan PRP9533, Section 30, Township 4, Range 5, Coast Range 5 Land District, Except Plan PRP13908: heliport use permitted as a principal use, and only one principal building"],"quotes":["heliport use shall be permitted as a principal use on Lot 2, Plan PRP9533, Section 30,","Township 4, Range 5, Coast Range 5 Land District, Except Plan PRP13908.","shall contain only one principal building."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,700 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 1,700 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 30 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":"0 metres where the rear yard adjoins a dedicated railway right-of-way or a lane next to a parcel zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5; 4.5 metres for all other parcels","quotes":["where a rear yard adjoins a","R-4, or R-5","0 metres","for all other parcels 4.5 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 metres on at least one side yard","quotes":["4.5 metres minimum on at least one side yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 metres","quotes":["exterior 4.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Maximum 2 principal buildings","Asphalt plant and gravel crushing plant: at least 600 metres from a parcel zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5 or an area designated for residential use in the Official Community Plan","Outdoor storage must be screened with a 1.8 m hedge or landscaping if visible from Highway 16","Ground-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building"],"quotes":["No. of Principal Buildings 2 maximum","600 metres minimum from a parcel located in an R-1, R-2,","Outdoor storage must be screened with a 1.8 m hedge or landscaping if visible from the","abutting portion of Highway 16.","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=67","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-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}