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Township of Langley zoning bylaw, section 704

Zone M-4: Heavy Industrial Zone M-4

A heavy industrial zone for the M-3 uses (without a ready-mix concrete plant), meat processing plants, recycling depots and sawmills, shake mills and shingle mills.

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

How many homes

  • Up to 1 home or mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the business and their immediate family. This zone allows the M-1A and M-1B uses, and Section 701.4 sets this limit for them. (section 704.1 1), 703.1 1), 702.1 1), 701.1 17) and 701.4)
  • A caretaker's home (section 704.1 1) and 701.4)
  • Mobile homes (section 704.1 1) and 701.4)

The rules of zone M-4

What the zone allows

  • All uses allowed in the M-3 heavy industrial zone: all M-2 uses except production studios (so all M-1A and M-1B uses, including one home for the owner, manager or caretaker, and general industry), farm product industry with no slaughterhouses, cargo handling and wharves, sand, gravel and soil processing and storage, outdoor storage of wood, heavy machinery manufacture and repair, recycling depots inside a building, bottle and can return depots, and cannabis uses on two named lots. A ready-mix concrete plant is left out. (section 704.1 1))
  • Meat processing plants. (section 704.1 2))
  • Recycling depots, with all recycling work and storage inside a fully enclosed building. (section 704.1 3))
  • A bottle and can return depot (refund container return centre), with all work done indoors. (section 704.1 4) and 102)
  • Sawmills, shake mills and shingle mills, with no burning of waste material or by-products. (section 704.1 5))

Lot size for new lots

  • New lots made by subdivision must be at least 3,716 m² (39,999 sq ft). (section 110.1)

Height

  • 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 10 m (32 ft 10 in) from the front property line and 6 m (19 ft 8 in) from the back property line. (section 704.3 a) and b))
  • Buildings must sit at least 5 m (16 ft 5 in) from each side property line. (section 704.3 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 704.3 d))

Parking

  • Parking and loading spaces must follow Section 107 of the bylaw. (section 704.4)
  • 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))
  • Restaurants, including brewery or distillery lounges, need 1 parking space for each 35 m² (377 sq ft) of floor area. (section 107.3 c) vi))
  • Recreation uses, including commercial recreation, need 1 parking space for each 45 m² (484 sq ft) of floor area plus 1 space for every 10 seats for spectators. (section 107.3 b) 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

  • No loading or storage area may be in the required front yard. (section 704.2 1))
  • 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-1 to P-4. (section 704.2 2))
  • Landscaping, screens and fences must follow Section 111 of the bylaw. (section 704.6)
  • 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-4

What is zone M-4 in the Township of Langley?

M-4 is the Heavy Industrial Zone M-4 in the Township of Langley zoning bylaw (section 704). A heavy industrial zone for the M-3 uses (without a ready-mix concrete plant), meat processing plants, recycling depots and sawmills, shake mills and shingle mills.

How many homes can I build in zone M-4?

Up to 1 home or mobile home on the lot, only for the owner, manager or caretaker of the business and their immediate family. This zone allows the M-1A and M-1B uses, and Section 701.4 sets this limit for them.

How tall can I build in zone M-4?

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.

How many lots are zoned M-4?

The Township of Langley lot records list 1 lots in zone M-4, on 1 streets.

Streets with lots in zone M-4

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