---
title: "C1 zone in Barriere: Downtown Core Commercial"
place: Barriere, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/barriere
zone: C1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 111 (consolidated July 2025 through Amendment Bylaws 127 to 258, with map)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Barriere: Downtown Core Commercial

Provide for comprehensive commercial development for the sale of consumer goods and services commonly available in the downtown core.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide for comprehensive commercial development for the sale of consumer goods and services commonly available in the downtown core.
- **Main uses:** Retail sales; Service station; Bank and financial institution; Personal service shop; Office; Clinic; Restaurant; Entertainment Establishment; Funeral Home; Motel; Hotel
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Dwelling units in the principal commercial building; Accessory buildings
- **Minimum lot area:** 500 m² (community water and community wastewater); 1,000 m² (community water but no community wastewater)
- **Maximum height:** 12 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** None required
- **Rear setback:** 5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m where the parcel abuts a parcel not zoned Commercial
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m where the side lot line abuts a highway
- **Other rules:** Retail sales do not include sale of new or used automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, farm or industrial machinery; Uses must be inside an enclosed building, except parking, loading and effectively screened storage; New lots must be serviced with community water and, where available, community wastewater

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 111 (consolidated July 2025 through Amendment Bylaws 127 to 258, with map), s. Division 9](https://barriere.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FDevelopment%20Related%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=Bylaw%20No%20111%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20CONSOLIDATED%20July%202025%20with%20MAP.pdf#page=31) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Barriere: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/zoning/c1/_