M-3: Heavy Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No house: one home or mobile home per lot for the owner, manager or caretaker and their family, accessory to the industrial use (ss. 703.1, 701.1, 701.4; the zone takes M-2's and so M-1A's uses, our reading)

Main uses

Agro-industrial uses (no abattoirs), cargo handling and wharves, a ready-mix concrete plant (the only zone that allows one, s. 104.19), processing, making and outdoor storage of sand, gravel and soil products, outdoor storage of wood products, processing, making and repairing heavy machinery, equipment and transportation products, recycling depots inside a building, a container return centre, and every M-2 use but a production studio: general industry (manufacturing, assembly, repair, finishing, packaging and storage) and every M-1A and M-1B use: light manufacturing, warehousing and wholesale, building supplies and lumber yards, trade contractors' workshops, vehicle sales, rental, servicing, repair and body shops, towing compounds, service stations and gas bars, trucking terminals and transit depots, public works yards, printing, bakeries, a brewery or distillery, u-brews, restaurants, auction marts, nurseries, commercial recreation (no arcades, pool halls or casinos), dog daycare, veterinary clinics, a container return centre, parking of commercial vehicles; accessory offices, retail sales, open storage and a caretaker's home (ss. 703.1, 702.1, 701.1, 102)

Exceptions (1)

• Licensed cannabis processing, testing or medical sales on two strata lots the bylaw names

Listed in s. 703.1 9), 10) of the bylaw.

Smallest lot for a subdivision

3,716 m² (s. 110.1)

Lot coverage

No limit set in the zone

Height limit

No limit set in the zone

Setbacks

Front 10.0 m, rear 5.0 m, flanking street side 5.0 m; none from an inside rear or side line next to an industrial or commercial zone; 10.0 m from a line next to a suburban, residential, multiple family, rural, manufactured home or institutional zone (s. 703.3)

No loading or storage in the front setback; stored material at most 2 m high within 10 m of a suburban, residential, multiple family, manufactured home, commercial or P-1 to P-4 institutional lot (s. 703.2).

The zone sets no coverage or height of its own, unlike the other industrial zones; ask the Township what limits apply before you plan a building.

Parking and loading by use (s. 107); landscaping, screens and fencing (s. 111).

Short-term rental isn't a listed use in this zone.

Uses the zone doesn't list aren't allowed, even where a general clause might seem to cover them (s. 101.4).

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 Township of Langley's community development division before you buy or build.

Source: Section 703 of Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw 1987 No. 2500 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); Section 100 (definitions and general rules), Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500; zone map: Open Government Licence – Township of Langley.