Village of Gold River · zoning
The C-1 zone in Gold River.
Central Commercial. 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 the zoning bylaw. General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the Village of Gold River reads it, is always the final word.
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C-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | accessory dwelling units – commercial; banks and financial institutions; business or commercial public or private school, community colleges, libraries and childcare centres (Community Care Facilities Act); club rooms, meeting rooms, social institutions; commercial, business and professional offices; community cable rebroadcast use; licenced premises that are liquor or food primary; police stations and jail cells; printing and publishing shops; restaurants, snack bars and food service outlets; retail cannabis and cannabis products; retail uses and markets; service establishments; small animal veterinarian clinic; theaters and entertainment centres incl. arcades, games rooms, billiard halls, bowling alleys (14.1.1–14.1.17; cannabis and vet clinic each listed twice) |
|---|---|
| Dwelling units | accessory dwelling units – commercial only: total ADU floor area ≤40% of the building's floor area and not on the ground floor other than access (s.2 definition); density/FAR not stated |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 900.0 m² (9,688 sq ft); frontage not stated |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | 4.6 m (15 ft) · 1.5 m (4.9 ft) · 1.5 m (4.9 ft) (rear) · ext. side not stated |
| Height | 11.0 m (36 ft) / 4.6 m (15 ft) |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | per 14.2 and s.4.2 (14.3.1) |
| Parking | s.4.13 (14.4.1): retail 1 customer space per 300 sq ft GLA + 1 employee space per 1,000 sq ft; offices 1 per office or per 500 sq ft (greater) + 1 customer space; restaurants/pubs 1 per 6 seats + 1 per 1,000 sq ft; loading s.4.13.8; landscaping s.4.15 |
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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