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CRZ zone in Abbotsford: Regional Commercial Zone

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

In short

Large format retail centres with large anchor tenants and surface parking on lands designated Regional Commercial in the OCP.

Zone rules

PurposeLarge format retail centres with large anchor tenants and surface parking on lands designated Regional Commercial in the OCP.
Main uses
  • Animal Hospital
  • Assembly
  • Automobile Body Shop
  • Automobile Repair
  • Automobile Sales
  • Brewing and Vinting Outlet
  • Brew-Pub
  • Building Supply
  • Bus Depot
  • Child Care Centre
  • Civic Use
  • Coffee Shop
  • Commercial School
  • Commercial Vehicle Parking
  • Community Service
  • Courier and Delivery
  • Drive Through Restaurant
  • Financial Institution
  • Funeral Parlour
  • Garden Centre
  • Health Care Office
  • Indoor Recreation Facility
  • Landscape Supply
  • Liquor Store
  • Manufacturing
  • Media Studio
  • Microbrewery
  • Self Storage
  • Mobile Food Vendor
  • Non-Permanent Commercial
  • Nursery
  • Off-Street Parking
  • Office
  • Personal Service Establishment
  • Pet Daycare
  • Printing Services
  • Pub
  • Restaurant
  • Retail
  • Recycling Depot
  • Tourist Accommodation
  • Trade School
  • Warehousing
Minimum lot area8,000 m²
Minimum lot widthNot specified (n/a)
Maximum lot coverage50%
Maximum densityMaximum 0.5 FSR; no more than 60% of the total floor area can be in commercial retail units less than 4,000 m² in size
Maximum heightOne storey to a maximum of 12.2 m, except 15 m or 4 storeys, whichever is less, for Tourist Accommodation
Interior side setback3.0 m, except 0 m where abutting a C or I zone (interior lot line)
Street side setback3.0 m (exterior lot line)
Other rules
  • Off-street parking use shall not include parking for Commercial Vehicles
  • Areas for Manufacturing, Warehousing, Self Storage or Printing Services must be fully contained within a building
  • Unenclosed storage is allowed for Garden Centre, Nursery, Building Supply and Landscape Supply if no higher than 3.0 m, not within 3.0 m of an exterior lot line, and on a dust-free surface

Source: Abbotsford Zoning Bylaw, 2014 (Bylaw No. 2400-2014), City's online consolidation, s. 547 (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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