{"title":"C5 zone in Abbotsford: City Centre Commercial Zone","code":"C5","slug":"c5","name":"City Centre Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"550","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A wide range of uses for the City Centre including retail, office, financial, service and residential uses in conjunction with commercial uses, in low-rise buildings up to six storeys.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A wide range of uses for the City Centre including retail, office, financial, service and residential uses in conjunction with commercial uses, in low-rise buildings up to six storeys.","quotes":["Intent: To accommodate a wide range of Uses appropriate for","the City Centre including retail, office, financial, service","and residential Uses in conjunction with commercial","Uses, in low-rise Buildings up to six Storeys"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","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","Pub","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Restaurant","Restricted Commercial","Retail","Shopping Centre","Tourist Accommodation"],"quotes":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","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","Pub","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Restaurant","Restricted Commercial","Retail","Shopping Centre","Tourist Accommodation"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"],"quotes":["Home Occupation – Level 1","Boarding"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"95%","quotes":["a. 95%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.75; where underground parking is provided, density may be increased by the ratio of underground parking to required off-street parking, to a maximum additional FSR of 1.0","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 1.75","provided, Density may be increased","by the ratio of underground parking to","maximum additional FSR of 1.0"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.3 m or 6 storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. 21.3 m or 6 Storeys, whichever is less"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["a. 0.0 m","(Front Lot Line)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Not specified (n/a)","quotes":["n/a","(Rear Lot Line)"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m for storeys containing residential uses; 3.0 m for storeys not containing residential uses, except 0.0 m where abutting a C or I zone","quotes":["a. Storeys containing Residential","Uses – 4.5 m","Uses –3.0m, except 0.0m where","abutting a C or I zone"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["a. 0.0 m","(Exterior Side Lot Line)"]},"other":{"value":["An apartment or congregate housing use is only permitted together with one or more principal uses","Common indoor or outdoor amenity area of 3.0 m² per dwelling unit for apartments, outside required setbacks","Restricted Commercial use only in conjunction with a Shopping Centre, with customer access restricted to an enclosed pedestrian mall","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"],"quotes":["shall only be permitted when","developed in conjunction with one or more Principal Use(s).","amount of 3.0 m2 per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the","a. the use shall only take place in conjunction with a Shopping Centre;","restricted to an enclosed pedestrian mall;","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,"]}},"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/2014b2400550#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/c5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/c5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/c5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}