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title: "M-2 zone in Smithers: Medium Industrial"
place: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/smithers
zone: M-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-2.json"
---

# M-2 zone in Smithers: Medium Industrial

To accommodate industrial operations that are partially enclosed and need some outdoor storage.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate industrial operations that are partially enclosed and need some outdoor storage.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** 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)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,700 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 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:** 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
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 metres on at least one side yard
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 metres
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 6.2](https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=67) (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/m-2/_