City of Campbell River · zoning
The C-1C zone in Campbell River.
Commercial One C. 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-1C at a glance
| What you can use it for | Purpose: a range of commercial services and uses as well as high density residential uses for the Waterfront Neighbourhood in the primary commercial designation for the downtown area. Uses: hotel; licensed facility, licensee retail store; retail store; office, adult learning centre; bank or other financial institution; entertainment centre; theatre, cinema; personal service establishment; merchandise service establishment; restaurant without a drive through; restaurant, drive-through north of Roberts Reach; health services or fitness centre; medical clinic, dental clinic; library; community hall or centre; parking lot, parking structure; veterinary clinic; funeral parlor; small-tool rental establishment; printing and publishing; minor repair shop; self storage units within an enclosed building; apartment; church, temple or other house of worship or religious institution; mixed use commercial/residential buildings; craft brewing; acquired injury facility; child care facility; community living facility; extended care residences; hospice (5.6.1, as amended by 3346, 3394, 3399, 3602, 3978; community care/social care facility removed by 3978) |
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| Dwelling units | Apartment and mixed use commercial/residential buildings permitted (5.6.1). No unit count: combined commercial + residential floor area ratio 5.0 on fee-simple lots larger than 9,290 m² (99,997 sq ft); 3.0 on lots of 9,290 m² (99,997 sq ft) or less (5.6.3) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 200 m² (2,153 sq ft) fee-simple (5.6.2); frontage not stated |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | No general yard minimum stated. 3.0 m (9.8 ft) side or rear yard next to a lot zoned residential, multiple-family residential or public areas (5.6.5). 4.5 m (15 ft) for a front, side or rear yard adjoining a highway, arterial or collector road, except in the Downtown Off-Street Parking Specified Area where setbacks are not required (5.6.6) |
| Height | 26.5 m (87 ft) principal (5.6.7); up to 38.5 m (126 ft) (12.0 m (39 ft) increase) where the project includes any of: underground or integrated parking; reduced lot coverage; street-front commercial; roof-top gardens; LEED design; ground-level publicly accessible landscaped open space; affordable or special needs housing (5.6.8) / ancillary s.4.12 |
| Lot coverage | 100% on lots with buildings existing at bylaw adoption; 100% up to 16.5 m (54 ft); 75% over 16.5 m (54 ft) up to 26.5 m (87 ft); 65% over 26.5 m (87 ft) up to 38.5 m (126 ft); mixed-height projects use a mix (5.6.4) |
| 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); loading s.4.22 |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
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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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