{"title":"C3 zone in Abbotsford: Community Commercial Zone","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Community Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"530","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A wide range of commercial uses meeting the needs of the community, in developments over 10,000 m² in size.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A wide range of commercial uses meeting the needs of the community, in developments over 10,000 m² in size.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate a wide range of commercial Uses that","meet the needs of the community, in developments over","10,000 m2 in size"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Automobile Sales","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Drive Through Restaurant","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Garden Centre","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Mobile Food Vendor","Non-Permanent Commercial","Off-Street Parking","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"],"quotes":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Automobile Sales","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Drive Through Restaurant","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Garden Centre","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Mobile Food Vendor","Non-Permanent Commercial","Off-Street Parking","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Outdoor Sports permitted on PID 025-210-866 (Lot A NWD Plan LMP52259, 36165 North Parallel Road)","Post-Secondary Institution permitted on the C3 zoned portion of PID 027-158-250 (Lot A Section 10 Township 16 NWD Plan BCP31548, 33780 King Road)"],"quotes":["Outdoor Sports shall be a permitted use on the following Lot:","a. PID: 025-210-866","Known civically as: 36165 North Parallel Road","Post-Secondary Institution shall be a permitted use on the C3 zoned","a. PID: 027-158-250","Known civically as: 33780 King Road"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"4,047 m²","quotes":["a. 4,047 m 2","Lot Size (minimum)"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Not specified (n/a)","quotes":["Lot Width (minimum) n/a"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["a. 50%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.3","quotes":["Space Ratio – 1.3"]},"max_height":{"value":"Tourist Accommodation: 15 m or four storeys, whichever is less (21.3 m or six storeys where designated Gateway Commercial in the OCP); all other uses: 12.2 m or three storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. Tourist Accommodation uses – 15 m or","four (4) storeys, whichever is less or","Commercial per the OCP 21.3 m, or six","b. All other uses – 12.2 m or three (3)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m, except 0.0 m where abutting a C or I zone; 4.5 m for storeys containing an apartment (interior lot line)","quotes":["a. 3.0 m, except 0.0 m where abutting a C","or I zone","b. Storeys containing an Apartment – 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (exterior lot line)","quotes":["a. 3.0 m","(Exterior Lot Line)"]},"other":{"value":["An apartment is only permitted together with one or more principal uses, and must have entrances, exits and lobbies separate from other uses","Common indoor or outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit for apartments, outside required setbacks","Unenclosed storage is allowed for a Garden Centre if it is no higher than 3.0 m, not within 3.0 m of an exterior lot line, fenced or walled at least 1.8 m high on sides not next to a building, and on a dust-free surface","An Off-Street Parking use shall not include parking for Commercial Vehicles"],"quotes":[".1 An Apartment shall only be permitted when developed in conjunction with","from those that access all other Uses.","common indoor or outdoor amenity area, in the amount of 3.0 m 2 per","a. not exceed 3.0 m in Height;","b. not be located within 3.0 m of an Exterior Lot Line;","solid fence or wall of at least 1.8 m in Height;","d. be limited to that part of a Lot that is surfaced with asphalt paving,","An Off-Street Parking Use shall not include parking for Commercial"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation","url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/content/coa/coabylaws/z/zoning/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per section or zone in its Civix bylaw library (laws.abbotsford.ca); each zone below has its own source_url and its pdf_page is the page within that file. The text is described in the bylaw as an unofficial consolidation for convenience; no consolidation date is stated."},"source_url":"https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2014b2400530#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/abbotsford","name":"Abbotsford","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}