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Township of Langley zoning bylaw, section 712

Zone M-12: Rural Service Industrial Zone M-12

A rural service industrial zone for sales, service and repair of farm and light industrial machinery, farm auctions, nurseries, public works yards and farm product processing. One home or mobile home for the owner, manager or caretaker is allowed.

1 lots carry this zone in the Township of Langley lot records.

How many homes

  • Up to 1 home: one home or one mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the business and their immediate family. (section 712.4)
  • A caretaker's home (section 712.4)
  • Mobile homes (section 712.4)

The rules of zone M-12

What the zone allows

  • Buildings and uses that serve a main use on the same lot (accessory buildings and uses). (section 712.1 1))
  • Outdoor storage that serves a permitted use (accessory open storage). (section 712.1 2))
  • Farm uses (agricultural uses). (section 712.1 3) and 102)
  • Farm auctions (auctions of livestock and farm goods). (section 712.1 4) and 102)
  • Plant nurseries and garden supply centres. (section 712.1 5))
  • Offices that serve a permitted use. (section 712.1 6))
  • Parking of commercial vehicles that serve a permitted use. (section 712.1 7))
  • Public works yards, and maintenance and storage buildings. (section 712.1 8))
  • Homes, following Section 712.4. (section 712.1 9))
  • Retail sales that serve a permitted use. (section 712.1 10))
  • Sales, servicing, rental, leasing, repair and parts for farm and light industrial equipment, machinery and vehicles, including recycling and golf course maintenance vehicles and equipment. (section 712.1 11))
  • Light manufacturing, assembly, repair, finishing and packaging of farm products. (section 712.1 12))
  • Veterinary clinics. (section 712.1 13))

Lot size for new lots

  • New lots made by subdivision must be at least 1.7 ha (4.2 acres). (section 110.1)

How much of the lot buildings may cover

  • Buildings and structures may cover at most 60% of the lot. (section 712.5)

Height

  • Buildings and structures may be at most 12 m (39 ft 4 in) high, subject to the Langley Airport height rules in Section 104.6. (section 712.7)
  • The federal Langley Airport Zoning Regulations also limit building heights, and they apply over every other rule in this bylaw. (section 104.6)
  • Inside the Fort Langley area shown on the map in Section 104.5 3), buildings may be at most 9 m (29 ft 6 in) high and at most 2 storeys, with no room above the second storey. (section 104.5 2))

Distance from the property lines

  • Buildings must sit at least 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from the front property line and 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from the back property line. (section 712.6 a) and b))
  • Buildings must sit at least 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) from a side property line that faces a side street. (section 712.6 c))
  • Buildings must sit at least 10 m (32 ft 10 in) from any property line next to a suburban, residential, multi-family, rural, mobile home park or institutional zone (SR, R, RM, RU, MH-1 or P). (section 712.6 d))

Parking

  • Parking and loading spaces must follow Section 107 of the bylaw. (section 712.8)
  • Service, general, heavy and other industrial uses need 1 parking space for each 186 m² (2,002 sq ft) of floor area. (section 107.3 d) i))
  • Shops, service businesses, personal services (such as hair and nail salons) and liquor stores need 1 parking space for each 35 m² (377 sq ft) of floor area. (section 107.3 c) iv))
  • Offices and banks need 1 parking space for each 35 m² (377 sq ft) of floor area. (section 107.3 c) v))
  • Vehicle servicing needs 1 parking space for each 46 m² (495 sq ft) of floor area, plus 1 space for each service bay, plus 1 space for every 2 employees. (section 107.3 c) xii))
  • A home that is part of a commercial or industrial building needs 1.5 parking spaces, and one of them needs a power outlet beside it that can charge an electric car at Level 2 or faster. (section 107.3 a) iv) and note (1))
  • A house or mobile home needs 1 parking space for each home in it, and the lot needs at least 2 spaces for it. For each main home, one of those spaces needs a power outlet beside it that can charge an electric car at Level 2 or faster. (section 107.3 a) i) and note (1))
  • When a building has more than one use, the parking spaces needed for each use are added together. (section 107.4)
  • When the parking count comes out with a part of 0.5 or more, it is rounded up to the next whole space. (section 107.2 4))
  • An industrial building with 500 m² (5,382 sq ft) to 1,999 m² (21,517 sq ft) of floor area needs 1 Class B loading space. From 2,000 m² (21,528 sq ft) to 5,000 m² (53,820 sq ft) it needs 1 Class B and 1 Class C space. Each extra 5,000 m² (53,820 sq ft) over 5,000 m² (53,820 sq ft), or part of it, needs 1 more Class B and 1 more Class C space. (section 107.8 1))
  • Loading space sizes: Class A is at least 7 m (23 ft) long, 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) wide and 3 m (9 ft 10 in) high inside. Class B is at least 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) long, 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) wide and 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) high. Class C is at least 23 m (75 ft 6 in) long, 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) wide and 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) high. (section 107.7 1))
  • Loading spaces do not count toward the parking spaces the bylaw requires. Garbage and recycling must be stored and collected on the lot, without blocking a street. (section 107.8 2) and 3))

Other rules

  • All business must take place inside a fully enclosed building. Parking, loading, and outdoor storage and display areas that serve a permitted use may be outside. (section 712.2)
  • Material in a permitted outdoor storage area may be stacked at most 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high where it is within 10 m (32 ft 10 in) of a lot zoned SR, R, RM, MH-1, C or P. No storage area may be in the required front yard. (section 712.3)
  • Landscaping, screens and fences must follow Section 111 of the bylaw. (section 712.9)
  • A landscaped strip at least 5 m (16 ft 5 in) deep is required along the front property line and along a side property line that faces a side street. (section 111.3 table)
  • Along the back property line and the inside side property lines (up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) from the front property line), a landscaped strip at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in) deep with a landscaping screen 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high is required. The same is required around any permitted outdoor storage area. (section 111.3 table)
  • A landscaping screen is a solid hedge, shrubs or evergreen trees at least 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high when planted, kept healthy and neat. (section 111.1 2))
  • Every part of the lot that is not covered by a building or used for parking, loading, permitted outdoor storage or walkways must be planted as lawn or other landscaping. (section 111.2)
  • Parking lots need 1 tree for every 6 parking spaces, each with at least 10 cubic metres of growing soil, and a tree with a landscaped strip at least 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide at the end of each row of spaces. (section 111.4 1) and 2))
  • Barbed wire is allowed only on a fence or wall above a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). (section 111.7 b))

Source: Township of Langley Zoning Bylaw No. 2500, Section 700 Industrial Zones. Section numbers are the bylaw's own.

Questions about zone M-12

What is zone M-12 in the Township of Langley?

M-12 is the Rural Service Industrial Zone M-12 in the Township of Langley zoning bylaw (section 712). A rural service industrial zone for sales, service and repair of farm and light industrial machinery, farm auctions, nurseries, public works yards and farm product processing. One home or mobile home for the owner, manager or caretaker is allowed.

How many homes can I build in zone M-12?

Up to 1 home: one home or one mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the business and their immediate family.

How tall can I build in zone M-12?

Buildings and structures may be at most 12 m (39 ft 4 in) high, subject to the Langley Airport height rules in Section 104.6. The federal Langley Airport Zoning Regulations also limit building heights, and they apply over every other rule in this bylaw.

How many lots are zoned M-12?

The Township of Langley lot records list 1 lots in zone M-12, on 1 streets.

Streets with lots in zone M-12

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