City of Campbell River · zoning
The C-1 zone in Campbell River.
Commercial One. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From Zoning Bylaw No. 3250, 2006. General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Campbell River reads it, is always the final word.
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C-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Purpose: a range of commercial services and uses plus high density residential, in the primary commercial designation for the downtown area. Uses include: retail store; office, adult learning centre; bank; restaurant (drive-through only west of Dogwood St and north of Robert's Reach); hotel, motel (west of Dogwood St); licensed facility; entertainment centre; theatre; personal and merchandise service; health or fitness centre; medical or dental clinic; library; community hall; parking lot or structure; veterinary clinic; funeral parlor; printing and publishing; self storage in an enclosed building; church or place of worship; craft brewing; cannabis retail store (west of Dogwood St, or north of Roberts Reach and east of Hwy 19A); social service centre and overdose prevention site (west of Dogwood St); child care, acquired injury, community living, extended care, hospice; several uses limited to west of Dogwood St (bus depot, vehicle rental, gas bar, minor repair) (5.3.1, as amended by 3978) |
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| Dwelling units | Apartment and mixed use commercial/residential buildings permitted (5.3.1(aa), (ee)); residential uses existing continuously since Nov 24, 1998 (5.3.1(bb)). No unit count: set by floor area ratio, 1.5 for commercial or residential alone, 2.5 for combined commercial/residential (5.3.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 200 m² (2,153 sq ft) fee-simple (5.3.2) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | No front/side/rear yard required in general. 3.0 m (9.8 ft) side or rear yard where the lot is next to a lot zoned residential, multiple-family residential or public (5.3.5). 4.5 m (15 ft) for any yard adjoining a highway, except inside the Downtown Off-Street Parking Specified Area (Appendix 1), where no setback is required (5.3.6) |
| Height | 15.0 m (49 ft) principal (5.3.7) / ancillary s.4.12 |
| Lot coverage | 100% (5.3.4) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | s.4.12 |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | s.4.12 |
| Parking | Table 4.21.1; Downtown Off-street Parking Specified Area exceptions (s.4.21, Appendix 1) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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