I-3: General Industrial

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

No house: one caretaker dwelling, as an accessory use, of at most 70 m² (90 m² on a lot of 0.2 ha or more if a tenth of its energy is made on site), never on its own strata title; here it may be in an accessory building (ss. 35.1(c), 4.3)

Main uses

Industry (processing, fabricating, assembling, storing, transporting, distributing, wholesaling, testing, servicing, repairing, wrecking or salvaging goods, with truck and shipping terminals, docks, rail spurs, heliports and seaplane facilities, sawmills, pulp mills, log booming, cannabis production and indoor food production); bulk gas and fuel loading and storage only on the lots Schedule A maps; accessory uses and a caretaker dwelling (ss. 35.1, 35.3(d); definition in Section 1). No burning of wood waste or other organic material (s. 35.2)

Exceptions (2)

• Burning of wood waste on the district lots the bylaw names, or for a biomass energy utility
• No high impact industry, and at least 30% of the lot only for accessory storage and shipping, in the Business Park Land Intensive Industrial Area of Figure 35-1

Listed in ss. 35.2, 35.12 of the bylaw.

Smallest lot for a subdivision

No minimum set in the zone (Section 35 has no lot size section)

Lot coverage

70% (s. 35.5)

Height limit

19.30 m; accessory buildings 9.14 m (ss. 35.4, 35.10(c))

Setbacks

Front 7.62 m, rear 7.62 m, interior side 3.05 m, exterior side 6.10 m; no building, storage or activity within 30.50 m of a lot zoned or used for homes (s. 35.6)

The zone is for large lots near the waterfront, rail or major routes, for intensive manufacturing and shipping of goods and bulk materials (s. 35's intent).

No odours, toxic or noxious matter, heat, glare, radiation or repeated ground vibration may cross the lot lines (s. 35.3).

Any number of accessory buildings (s. 35.10(b)). Industrial activity or storage outside a building is enclosed by a fence or landscape screen 1.83 m to 3.0 m high (s. 4.6(b)); screening and landscaping (s. 4.7), parking (Section 41) and loading (Section 42) also apply (ss. 35.7 to 35.11).

A caretaker dwelling is one a lot even if stratified and is never rented short term (ss. 4.3, 4.46(d)); short-term rental is allowed only in a dwelling unit that is the operator's principal residence (s. 4.46), so it isn't open in this zone (our reading).

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 Squamish's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: Section 35 of District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 2200, 2011 (summarised in our words, checked 2026-10-06); zone map: Open Government Licence – Squamish.