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I1 zoning in BC
I1 (also written I-1, I.1) means whatever the bylaw that zones the lot says: there is no provincial I1 zone. 21 bylaws we've summarised use it, from 18 local governments. It goes by 13 names: Light Industrial (8 bylaws), Industrial (2 bylaws), Auto Wrecking, Business Industrial and 9 more. What it allows is below, bylaw by bylaw.
I1 in each bylaw
| Local government | Homes allowed | Smallest lot for a subdivision | Lot coverage | Height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Shuswap Regional District Industrial-1 · Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Zoning Bylaw No. 825 | One owner/operator dwelling | 1 ha (20 m wide) | 50% | Main buildings 11.5 m, accessory buildings 10 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Light Industrial · South Country Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2320, 2011 | One dwelling, accessory to a business on the lot: a manufactured home on a non-permanent foundation, or a self-contained unit built into the main building above the first storey or behind the main use, with its own outside door (the zone; s. 1.18(3)) | 1 ha | 50% | 12 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Industrial · Electoral Area E Zoning and Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2502, 2014 | None: the zone lists no dwelling | 4 ha | 70% | 70 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Light Industrial · Electoral Area C South Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2913, 2019 | One dwelling, accessory to a business on the lot: a manufactured home on a non-permanent foundation, or a self-contained unit built into the main building above the first storey or behind the business, with its own outside door (s. 1.18(4)) | 1 ha | 50% | 15 m |
| Regional District of East Kootenay Light Industrial · Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 3255, 2023 | None: the zone lists no dwelling | 0.4 ha | Not set | 12 m |
| Regional District of Nanaimo Institutional 1 · Regional District of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, 2024 | No house: one home a lot, as an accessory use (s. 4.13(b), (c)) | Set by the lot's subdivision district on the RDN's map, from 400 m² to 50 ha by district and servicing (Part 5); a report on a lot names its district and size. | 50% (s. 4.13(c)) | 9.0 m (s. 4.13(c)) |
| Regional District of North Okanagan Light Industrial · Regional District of North Okanagan Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 2023 | One home for the owner, operator or an employee | 560 m² with community water and community sewer (15 m frontage); 1 ha without them | 60% | 12 m |
| Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen General Industrial · Okanagan Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 2800, 2022 | No house: one accessory dwelling, alongside the industrial use (ss. 21.1.1, 21.1.4)Exceptions (1)
Listed in s. 21.1.8(c) of the bylaw. | 0.1 ha on community water and sewer, otherwise 1 ha (ss. 21.1.2, 8.1.4); every new lot needs 200 m² of usable area (s. 8.3) | 60% (s. 21.1.7) | 15 m; accessory buildings 7 m (s. 21.1.6) |
| Thompson-Nicola Regional District Auto Wrecking · TNRD Zoning Bylaw No. 2400, 2012 | A caretaker's home | 1 ha | Not set | 10 m |
| City of Abbotsford Residential Industrial Zone · City of Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw No. 2400-2014 | One single detached house (with a secondary suite, as anywhere) | 1,000 m², 25 m wide, 40 m deep | 40% | 9.8 m or two storeys, whichever is less; accessory buildings 5.5 m |
| City of Burnaby Industrial · Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026, No. 14815 | None: the district lists no homes (s. 4.1.2) | None set in the district; subdivision goes to the City's Approving Officer (our reading) | None set in the district; at least 10% of the lot left permeable, shown on a landscape architect's plan (Part 4-4.3) | 4 storeys (s. 4.1.4) |
| District of Clearwater Vehicle Wrecking · District of Clearwater Zoning Bylaw No. 133, 2016 | One caretaker home | 1 ha | No maximum | 10 m |
| Village of Clinton Light Industrial · Village of Clinton Zoning Bylaw No. 607, 2025 | None | 0.1 ha (about 1,000 m²) | 60% | 12 m |
| City of Delta Low Impact Industrial · Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 | One security guard's home, accessory to a use other than farming (ss. 16.10.3, 6.2.13); no other homes | None set in the zone (s. 16.10) | None set in the zone (s. 16.10) | 15 m for every building, to the top or to mid-roof on a pitched roof (s. 16.10.5); Section 6.2.14 adds others; farm buildings follow the A1 zone |
| City of Kamloops Light Industrial · City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 55, 2021 | An accessory home inside the main industrial building, at most 40% of its floor area and 150 m² | 1,850 m², 30 m wideExceptions (1)
| 60% | 16 m; structures 18 m |
| City of Kelowna Business Industrial · City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 12375 | A security or operator home, as a secondary use | 2,000 m², 40 m wide, 35 m deep (s. 14.10) | 60% for buildings; 80% for buildings, structures and hard surfaces (s. 14.12) | 3 storeys and 16 m; 1.2 FAR; 2.4 FAR in the Mixed Employment District and on Bay Avenue, Crowley Avenue, Ethel Street, Trench Place and Weddell Place (s. 14.14) |
| City of Langley Light Industrial · City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300 | No house: a caretaker's home only, as an accessory use, inside the main building and at most 93 m² (ss. 1.3, 2.4(g); s. 7, I1 zone) | 929 m²; no frontage set (s. 7, I1 zone) | None set, nor a floor area ratio (s. 7, I1 zone) | 30 m; none set for accessory buildings (s. 7, I1 zone) |
| Municipality of North Cowichan Industrial Light · Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 | No house: an accessory dwelling unit, attached to the lot's main use, is the only home the zone lists (s. 76(1); definition in s. 12). The zone sets no count or size for it: ask the Municipality | 1,675 m², 30 m of frontage (s. 76(2), (3)) | 50% (s. 76(4)) | None set in the zone |
| City of Nanaimo Highway Industrial · City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 | No house: one home per lot as an accessory use to the industrial use (s. 13.2.2) | 1,500 m², 15 m wide, 30 m deep (s. 13.3) | 40%; 15% more where the development meets one of Schedule D's amenity categories (s. 13.6.1) | 12 m (s. 13.6.1) |
| District of Squamish Light Industrial · District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 2200, 2011 | No house: one caretaker dwelling, as an accessory use, of at most 70 m² (90 m² on a lot of 0.2 ha or more if a tenth of its energy is made on site), never on its own strata title (ss. 33.1(q), 4.3) | 929 m², 18.36 m wide, 36 m deep (s. 33.2) | 75% (s. 33.4) | 15 m; accessory buildings 4.58 m (s. 33.3) |
| City of Vancouver Industrial, light · Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 | No homes, except a caretaker's home where it is essential to the business, a home used as one continuously since October 25, 1988 (additions up to 10% or 37 m², whichever is less), and a home with an artist studio in floor space that stood on February 26, 2013 (additions up to 10%); all conditional (ss. 2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.4) | None set in the district (our reading) | None set. Floor space ratio 3.00 for manufacturing, transportation and storage, utilities, wholesaling, some service uses and Class B artist studios, 1.00 for all other uses together (1.00 more where as much floor area goes to the first group); the Director of Planning may allow up to 4.50 with at least a third of the floor area in the first group (ss. 3.1.1.1, 3.1.1.2) | 30.5 m. Accessory buildings 3.7 m (4.6 m at the peak), in the rear yard (ss. 2.2.9, 3.1.2.1) |
Listed by local government, not ranked. "Not set" means the zone itself sets no figure; general rules elsewhere in its bylaw may still apply. Each zone's page has its uses, setbacks and the bylaw's sections.
Two lots both zoned I1 under different bylaws can allow quite different things, and provincial law sets a floor of homes on most house zones in towns (how many homes can I build?). Site-specific exceptions, development permit areas and the ALR apply on top. Find the lot's own zone with the search above, then confirm with the local government before you buy or build.
Sources: each zone's bylaw, linked from its page, summarised in our words. Other councils' zones aren't here: the zoning we cover.