{"title":"NCZ zone in Abbotsford: Neighbourhood Centre Zone","code":"NCZ","slug":"ncz","name":"Neighbourhood Centre Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"597","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A mix of multi-unit residential and commercial uses as neighbourhood gathering places, on land designated Neighbourhood Centre in the OCP","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A mix of multi-unit residential and commercial uses as neighbourhood gathering places, on land designated Neighbourhood Centre in the OCP","quotes":["The Neighbourhood Centre Zone enables a mix of multi unit","residential and commercial uses that function as neighbourhood"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Brewing and Vinting Outlet","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","Courier and Delivery","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Microbrewery","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"],"quotes":["Animal Hospital","Apartment","Assembly","Brewing and Vinting Outlet","Brew-Pub","Child Care Centre","Civic Use","Coffee Shop","Commercial School","Community Service","Congregate Housing","Courier and Delivery","Financial Institution","Health Care Office","Indoor Recreation Facility","Liquor Store","Media Studio","Microbrewery","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Pet Daycare","Printing Services","Pub","Restaurant","Retail","Tourist Accommodation"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Boarding","Home Child Care, Major","Home Occupation – Level 1","Lock-off Unit"],"quotes":[".27 Boarding",".28 Home Child Care, Major",".29 Home Occupation – Level 1",".30 Lock-off Unit"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"65%","quotes":["a. 65%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio 1.5 to 2.5 (minimum to maximum)","quotes":["a. Floor Space Ratio – 1.5 - 2.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.3 m or six (6) Storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["a. 21.3 metres, or six (6) Storeys, whichever is"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Principal Building 6.0 m (3.0 m from an interior lot line that meets a Street, for the first 3 Storeys; 0.0 m for a first Storey with commercial uses); Accessory Building or Structure 3.0 m","quotes":["a. Principal Building - 6.0 m; except:","m for the first 3 Storeys; and","ii) 0.0 m for the first Storey containing","b. Accessory Building or Structure – 3.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Minimum 3.0 m, except 0.0 m for a first Storey with commercial uses; maximum 6.0 m","quotes":["a. 3.0 m; except 0.0 m for the first Storey","a. 6.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment or Congregate Housing only allowed together with at least one other Principal Use","Apartment and Congregate Housing need 3.0 m² of common outdoor amenity area per Dwelling Unit, outside the required setbacks","No single commercial unit may exceed 4,000 m² Gross Floor Area"],"quotes":["is only permitted when developed in","in the amount of 3.0 m","per Dwelling Unit, and shall not be located within the required Setbacks","No individual commercial unit shall exceed a Gross Floor Area of 4,000 m"]}},"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/2014b2400597#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/ncz/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/ncz.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/ncz.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/abbotsford/zoning/index.json"}}