I3: Heavy Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

An accessory home inside the main industrial building, at most 40% of its floor area and 150 m²

Main uses

Heavy and general industry, car wrecking and salvage, batch plants, cannabis production, crematorium, extractive industry; an accessory home, restaurant, food trucks, outdoor storage

Smallest lot for a subdivision

1 ha, 30 m wide (0.8 ha at 1782 Mission Flats Road)

Lot coverage

60%

Height limit

30 m; structures 30 m

Setbacks

Front 6 m (30 m from a residential zone beside or across the street); sides 4.5 m (30 m next to a residential zone); rear 4.5 m (0 m beside a lane or railway, 30 m next to a residential zone); petroleum storage 30 m from a river

The main building is at least 100 m², not counting the home (s. 11.4.5).

An accessory home sits inside the main industrial building and takes at most 40% of its floor area, up to 150 m² (s. 11.4.7).

Cannabis production stays 150 m from any property outside the ALR zoned CR, R, RM or P3, with a ventilation plan against odours (s. 3.12).

Wrecking yards sit inside a solid wall or fence 2.5 m to 3.5 m high (s. 5.8.2).

Site-specific (s. 11.4.3): a recycling plant at 1782 Mission Flats Road; wholesale and retail at 1785 Mission Flats Road.

Outdoor storage only as an accessory use, surfaced with asphalt, concrete or dust-free material and drained (s. 11.4.8).

The zone doesn't list short-term rental (stays under 30 days), so homes here are let for 30 days or more (ss. 1.3.1, 2.2).

Fences up to 2.5 m in any yard (s. 5.7.1).

Fabric-covered buildings only as accessory buildings, up to 40% of the main building's floor area (s. 3.10).

Up to four for storage, each at most 12.1 m long, under the accessory building limits, never lived in and never holding fuel or explosives (s. 3.11.4).

Beside a provincial highway, buildings and structures stand at least 4.5 m from that lot line (3 m where a public lane gives secondary access); less needs the Ministry of Transportation's consent and a variance (s. 3.15).

Below the 200-year flood level, floors used for living, business or storing goods in multi-unit or small-scale multi-unit housing and in garden or carriage suites sit above that level (s. 3.16).

A lot registered before this bylaw that is smaller or narrower than the zone's minimum may still be developed to the zone's density (s. 2.1.1).

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 City of Kamloops' planning and development department before you buy or build.

Source: City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 55, 2021 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Kamloops.