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title: "M1A zone in Summerland: Business Industrial Zone"
place: Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/summerland
zone: M1A
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw 2000-450 (Schedule \"A\" to Bylaw 2000-450, adopted September 12, 2011; consolidated copy: file named consolidated to March 3, 2026, cover text says Consolidated Up to March 3, 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/zoning/m1a/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/zoning/m1a.json"
---

# M1A zone in Summerland: Business Industrial Zone

Business industrial development with clean industrial uses and businesses that support industry, with limited outdoor storage, and a transition to clean industrial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Business industrial development with clean industrial uses and businesses that support industry, with limited outdoor storage, and a transition to clean industrial uses.
- **Main uses:** Animal Shelter, Minor; Automotive & Equipment Repair Shop; Craft Brewing & Distilling; Broadcasting Studios; Business support service; Club; Cannabis, Licensed Production; Contractor Services, Limited; Eating & Drinking Establishment; Equipment Rental; Farm Equipment, Supplies, and Sales; Greenhouse and Plant Nurseries; General Industrial Uses; Industrial High Technology Research and Product Design; Primary & secondary processing of Agriculture Products, excluding abattoir; Protective & Emergency Services; Recreational Service, Indoor; Recycling Depot; Research Centre and Laboratory; Warehouse Sales Establishment; Winery & Cidery
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Education Service; Indoor display areas, retail sales areas and/or Office areas; Employee Housing; Recycle Drop-Off Centre
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,800 m² with sewer service; 1.0 ha without sewer service
- **Minimum lot width:** 30.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60 percent
- **Maximum height:** 14.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Same as principal buildings (14.0 m)
- **Front setback:** 7.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0.0 m (7.5 m where the rear yard abuts any zone other than an industrial zone)
- **Interior side setback:** 5.0 m (the other interior side setback may be 0.0 m if one side setback is at least 5.0 m and it abuts an industrial zone)
- **Street side setback:** 5.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Same as principal buildings: front 7.0 m, rear 0.0 m, interior side 5.0 m, exterior side 5.0 m
- **Other rules:** Eating & Drinking Establishments limited to 100 m² gross floor area and may not include premises licensed under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act; Indoor display, retail sales and office areas may occupy no more than 25 percent of the gross floor area of the principal use; Employee Housing limited to one dwelling unit per lot or development site (one apartment in the principal building, or one manufactured home on a site greater than 2.0 ha); No industrial uses with excessive noise, odour or other emissions outside an enclosed building

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw 2000-450 (Schedule "A" to Bylaw 2000-450, adopted September 12, 2011; consolidated copy: file named consolidated to March 3, 2026, cover text says Consolidated Up to March 3, 2025), s. 12.5](https://www.summerland.ca/docs/default-source/your-city-hall/bylaws---policies/district-bylaws/schedule-'a'---consolidated-to-march-3-2026e705a85cf68d6e33909cff00007e7f94.pdf?sfvrsn=ee88c6fb_0#page=125) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Summerland: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/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/summerland/zoning/m1a/_