{"title":"M 2 zone in Wells: General Industrial","code":"M 2","slug":"m-2","name":"General Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"4.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: uses permitted in the C/M zone, Fuel storage and supply yard, including a motor vehicle service station as an ancillary use, machine shop and parts manufacturing, machining and assembly, electrical and electronic equipment manufacture and assembly, heavy equipment sales, repairs or storage, and 6 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["uses permitted in the C/M zone","Fuel storage and supply yard, including a motor vehicle service station as an ancillary use","machine shop and parts manufacturing, machining and assembly","electrical and electronic equipment manufacture and assembly","heavy equipment sales, repairs or storage","sheet metal workshop, electroplating, welding shop, industrial repair","Automotive repair garage including auto body work and painting, muffler shop, transmission shop, tire sales and service, and ancillary retail sales of used automobiles","a transport terminal or depot","an assembly, fabricating or processing plant","a public use, a public garage, or a public storage yard","Office, wholesale and retail sales ancillary to the above permitted non-residential uses"],"quotes":["uses permitted in the C/M zone","fuel storage and supply yard, including a motor vehicle service station as","machine shop and parts manufacturing, machining and assembly","electrical and electronic equipment manufacture and assembly","heavy equipment sales, repairs or storage","sheet metal workshop, electroplating, welding shop, industrial repair","automotive repair garage including but not limited to auto body work and","a transport terminal or depot","an assembly, fabricating or processing plant","a public use, a public garage, or a public storage yard","office, wholesale and retail sales ancillary to the above permitted"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["accessory dwelling unit","ancillary buildings"],"quotes":["accessory dwelling unit","ancillary buildings"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"Non-residential use: 600 m² (community water and sewer), 1,200 m² (community water or sewer), 4,000 m² (no community services). Combined residential and non-residential use: 1,200 m², 1,500 m², 4,000 m²","quotes":["Non-Residential Use 600 square metres 1,200 square metres 4,000 square metres","and Non-Residential 1,200 square metres 1,500 square metres 4,000 square metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["LOT COVERAGE (maximum): = 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m","quotes":["HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS (maximum): = 12.5 metres (41 feet)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["Rear Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m (0 m when abutting another permitted non-residential use in a multi-tenant complex or adjacent to another commercial or industrial zone)","quotes":["Interior Side Yard - Setback = 3 metres (9.84 feet)","as part of a multi-tenant complex in the M 2 zone or where adjacent to another","commercial or industrial zone, an interior side yard setback of zero metres may be"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Exterior Side Yard - Setback = 4.5 metres (14.76 feet)"]},"other":{"value":["Open storage must be fully enclosed behind a screened and fenced area at least 2 m high and meet the yard setbacks"],"quotes":["screened and fenced area a minimum height of 2 metres (6.56 feet)."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of Wells Zoning and Tree Protection Bylaw No. 26, 2000 (with Amending Bylaws No. 123 and 125, 2013 not consolidated)","url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This is the original 2000 bylaw text. The District posts amending bylaws separately and not folded in: No. 6 1998 (an older CRD bylaw), No. 123, 2013 (adds single family dwelling as permitted use in CW, s. 4.1.A.1(a)iii) and No. 125, 2013 (adds RV seasonal temporary dwelling rules, s. 3.13(g),(h)). Neither adds a zone."},"source_url":"https://www.wells.ca/download_file/view/176/379#page=48","place":{"path":"ca/bc/wells","name":"Wells","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/m-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/m-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/m-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/wells/zoning/index.json"}}