C5 zone in Abbotsford: City Centre Commercial Zone

Abbotsford, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

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.

Zone rules

Purpose	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.
Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Home Occupation – Level 1 Boarding
Maximum lot coverage	95%
Maximum density	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
Maximum height	21.3 m or 6 storeys, whichever is less
Front setback	0.0 m
Rear setback	Not specified (n/a)
Interior side setback	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
Street side setback	0.0 m
Other rules	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

Source: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 550 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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