I3: Heavy Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

A security or operator home, as a secondary use

Main uses

Heavy and general industry, wrecking yards, concrete and asphalt plants, recycling plants, depots and drop-offs, bulk fuel depots, heavy equipment sales and service, outdoor storage, cannabis production, alcohol production, animal clinics, utility services; a security or operator home, urban agriculture

Smallest lot for a subdivision

8,000 m², 40 m wide, 35 m deep (s. 14.10)

Lot coverage

80% for buildings; the zone sets no limit with hard surfaces (s. 14.12)

Height limit

18 m (accessory structures 26 m); 0.75 FAR (s. 14.14)

Setbacks

Front and flanking 2 m (6 m next to a residential zone); sides 0 m (6 m next to a residential zone); rear 2 m (6 m next to a residential zone) (s. 14.12)

The zone is for industry that, by its looks, noise, smell, emissions or fire and explosion risk, could harm other zones (s. 14.4).

Alcohol production: no limit on manufacturing; tasting and serving at most 235 m² per lot, except on lots fronting Richter Street, Clement Avenue, Vaughan Avenue or Baillie Avenue (s. 14.9 note .1).

These minimum lot areas apply to lots connected to community sewer; without a sewer connection the minimum is 10,000 m² (s. 14.10 note .1).

Cannabis production facilities stand 60 m from any lot whose main use is residential (s. 9.9).

Fences up to 2.4 m; an opaque 2.4 m fence around storage yards, along lot lines next to non-industrial zones and around wrecking yards seen from a street; no barbed or razor wire (s. 7.5).

On a lot beside Highway 97 or Highway 33, buildings and structures stand 4.5 m from that lot line (s. 6.4).

Setbacks from streams and lakes are those of the official community plan's riparian management areas, measured from the top of bank (s. 6.5).

Site-specific (s. 14.15, zone not named): extra commercial uses at 760 and 815 Vaughan Avenue, 810 Clement Avenue, 1171-1199 Gordon Drive and 907 Ethel Street (with apartments and child care); 15 storeys and 50 m at 3838 Capozzi Road; 18 storeys and 60 m at 3773-3795 Lakeshore Road; 2.35 FAR and 8 storeys at 155-179 Rutland Road North; a sales centre at 945 Guy Street; on Harvey Avenue (2061-2091) and Cooper Road (1840-1990) 1.5 FAR and 4 storeys, or 12 storeys and 37 m for apartments and hotels; no ground-floor commercial needed on Highway 33 at 135 Barber Road; religious assembly at 230-240 Lougheed Road; 300 m² of tasting room at 8999 Jim Bailey Road; a hotel at 860-1000 KLO Road; larger restaurants above the first storey at 675 and 683 Dease Road; boat storage at 9505 Haldane Road.

Sections 6 to 9 of the bylaw (general rules, landscaping and fences, parking, specific uses) also apply.

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 Kelowna's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 12375 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – City of Kelowna.