---
title: "M1 zone in Valemount: Light Industrial"
place: Valemount, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/valemount
zone: M1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 847, 2021 (consolidated through Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 927, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/zoning/m1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/zoning/m1.json"
---

# M1 zone in Valemount: Light Industrial

To facilitate economic development on larger parcels of land that are suitably located in the Village so any offsite impacts are minimized.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To facilitate economic development on larger parcels of land that are suitably located in the Village so any offsite impacts are minimized.
- **Main uses:** Business and Professional Office; Education Facility; Food Processing, Storage and Sales; Food and Beverage Service – Food Primary (including catering); Greenhouse Operation; Manufacturing, Light; Microbrewery & Craft Distillery; Outdoor Recreation Facility; Recycling Depot; Self-Storage Facility; Service Station; Towing Service; Vehicle Sales and Service (Service Stations are also subject to conditional-use rules.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Retail Store accessory to a permitted use; Accessory uses, buildings and structures to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** No water or sewer services or partial services: 0.4 ha (1 acre); full water and sewer services: 0.2 ha (0.5 acre)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% (all buildings and structures combined)
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m (39.37 ft.) (all buildings or structures)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 12.0 m (39.37 ft.) (all buildings or structures)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m minimum
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m minimum
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m minimum; 6.0 m minimum where the parcel is adjacent to a non-M1 parcel
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m minimum
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front equal to or greater than principal building, rear 6.0 m, interior side 3.0 m (6.0 m adjacent to non-M1 parcel), exterior side 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Service Stations: gasoline pumps not closer than 4.5 m to any parcel line; screening at least 1.00 m high along boundaries with Residential zones

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 847, 2021 (consolidated through Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 927, 2026), s. 5.13](https://valemount.civicweb.net/document/98099#page=82) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Valemount: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/valemount/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/valemount/zoning/m1/_