I-1: Vehicle Wrecking

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One caretaker home

Main uses

Vehicle wrecking; vehicle repair and painting, caretaker home

Smallest lot for a subdivision

1 ha

Lot coverage

No maximum

Height limit

10 m

Setbacks

7.5 m from every lot line; next to another industrial lot, none from the rear and interior sides

One caretaker home: a house, a manufactured home or a unit in the main building, for the owner, operator or caretaker (s. 2.2).

Vehicle wrecking is allowed in no other zone (s. 10.1.1). The yard is kept dust free, vehicles stay 30 m from streams, graded so no oil or fuel drains to water, with battery acid neutralisation and waste oil storage (s. 10.1.3).

The bylaw doesn't mention short-term rental and lists no bed and breakfast in this zone; a use the bylaw doesn't list isn't permitted (s. 5.1.1). Ask the District before renting a home short term.

Next to a residential lot, the setbacks along the shared lot line are landscaped or screened at least 1.5 m tall on this lot (s. 5.12.4).

Land for derelict vehicles, parts or wrecking is enclosed by a solid fence 2.5 to 4 m tall (not needed along a lot also zoned C-2, I-1, I-2 or I-3), with nothing stacked above it; barbed wire only above 2.1 m (s. 5.11.3).

Shipping containers (s. 5.26) as accessory buildings: allowed, none over 40 ft; the bylaw sets no number for this zone, screened, at accessory building setbacks.

Nothing but a sign within 4.5 m of a provincial controlled access highway (s. 5.8.1).

Development within a riparian assessment area of a stream follows the provincial Riparian Areas Regulation's setbacks (s. 5.8.3).

On ALR land, the Agricultural Land Commission's rules come first: no extra home, duplex, carriage suite or garden suite without its approval, and agri-tourism lodging of up to four rooms (s. 4.4). Licensed cannabis production is allowed on ALR land in any zone, on a lot of 8 ha or more (s. 5.23.1).

Every zone also allows community gardens, municipal parks, utilities, rooftop solar and accessory uses of the zone's main uses, off ALR land (s. 5.2); beekeeping under the Animal Control Bylaw (s. 5.28).

Height is measured from the average finished grade to the highest point, leaving out chimneys, antennas and rooftop equipment (s. 2.2).

Minimum lot sizes apply to new lots. A lot for a relative's home under s. 514 of the Local Government Act is 8,000 m² (s. 5.3(e)).

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the District of Clearwater's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: District of Clearwater Zoning Bylaw No. 133, 2016 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Thompson-Nicola Regional District.