M-1: Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No house: at most one home, for the owner, operator, manager or caretaker of the use it serves (accessory residential, ss. 901.1, 2)

Main uses

Industry, wholesale and warehouse distribution, research, lumber and building supply yards, offices, servicing, testing and repair of goods, food processing, household item, tool, appliance and small equipment rental and repair, a cable hub site, a bottle depot, cannabis production and a non-medical cannabis store; retail sales as part of a listed use, outdoor storage and an accessory home (s. 901.1)

Smallest lot for a subdivision

No minimum set in the zone

Lot coverage

None set in the zone

Height limit

10.0 m (s. 901.2(b))

Setbacks

7.5 m from a line on a street (3.75 m where that strip is landscaped and not parked on); rear 0 m where not on a street, else at least 3.0 m; inside sides 6.0 m, 0 m on one side; 12.0 m from a line next to a rural or residential zone (s. 901.2(a))

Retail sales: no goods for sale displayed or stored outside a building, and a business's sales area at most 25% of the floor area it uses on the lot (s. 901.4).

Outdoor storage of salvage, scrap, junk or other material (not sand, gravel or earth) at most 2.5 m above the finished ground; a bottle depot collects and stores only inside a building or enclosed structure (ss. 901.3, 901.5).

Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 and Schedule B of the bylaw also apply here (s. 901.6).

Short-term rental (stays under 30 days) isn't among the zone's listed uses (s. 2 defines it apart from bed and breakfast); ask the District whether and how a home here may be rented that way.

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 District of Saanich's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Schedule 901 of District of Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Saanich Data Catalogue Licence (based on the Open Government Licence – British Columbia).