M2: General Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No homes except one caretaker's home inside the principal building, where living there is essential to the security of the business, at most 70 m² (ss. 12.2.2, 12.2.6(a))

Main uses

Industry (making, storing, transporting, distributing, wholesaling, testing, servicing, repairing, wrecking or salvaging goods, with truck terminals, docks, railways, passenger depots and bulk loading and storage; not showrooms, nor producing, refining or processing dangerous goods; s. 4), a recycling return centre; as secondary uses one caretaker's home and outdoor storage of the business's own goods and materials (s. 12.2.2; s. 4)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

1,148 m², 27.4 m wide (ss. 3.2, 12.2.7)

Lot coverage

None set; no floor area ratio set (s. 12.2.3)

Height limit

15.0 m (s. 12.2.3)

Setbacks

Front 3.0 m, inside sides 0.0 m, street side 3.0 m, rear 6.0 m (s. 12.2.3)

Exceptions (1)

• Rear 0.0 m where the rear line runs along a railway right-of-way or there is no legal public access to the rear of the lot

Listed in s. 12.2.3(f) of the bylaw.

The zone is for general industry that needs large lots or to be near the waterfront, rail or other transportation routes (s. 12.2.1).

Wrecking, salvage or scrap kept outside a building is screened on all sides by a solid fence, landscaping or both at least 2 m high; no odours, toxic or noxious matter, heat, glare, radiation or repeated ground vibration may cross the lot lines (s. 12.2.6(b), (c)).

Fences of any height here; no barbed or razor wire (s. 5.2.12). Parking, loading and outdoor storage separated from a street by a landscaped strip at least 3.0 m wide and from a neighbouring lot by 1.5 m (s. 5.2.10).

A monopole communications tower is allowed here (and in P1): at most 25.0 m high, 100 m from any residential zone, 6.0 m from every lot line, one a parcel (s. 5.2.14).

Parking: one space per 93 m² of floor area, plus one per 50 m² of commercial or office floor area; bicycle parking under s. 6.10 (ss. 6.3, 12.2.5).

No homes but the caretaker's, so no short-term rental here; ask the City.

Lots listed in Schedule B have their own site-specific rules; ask the City whether this lot is one.

Gaming, firearms sales, adult entertainment, pawnbrokers and medical cannabis production are prohibited in every zone (s. 5.1.2).

Sections 5 (general regulations) and 6 (parking) of the bylaw also apply, and 5.2.10 for landscaping.

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 Port Moody's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 12.2 of City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – Port Moody.