---
title: "C3 zone in Coldstream: Service Station Zone"
place: Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coldstream
zone: C3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1838, 2024 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments adopted up to June 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Coldstream: Service Station Zone

Accommodate automotive services along a Collector Road, Arterial Road, or Controlled-Access Highway.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate automotive services along a Collector Road, Arterial Road, or Controlled-Access Highway.
- **Main uses:** Automotive Repair; Food Primary; Liquor Primary; Retail; Service Station
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Single-Detached Dwelling with Secondary Suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,015 m² (community water and sewer); 1 ha (community water and onsite sewage)
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 55% for all buildings and structures; 30% for impervious hard-surfaced areas
- **Maximum density:** 1 Commercial Building, 1 Single-Detached Dwelling with Secondary Suite (where applicable), and 1 Accessory Building (excluding buildings 10 m² or under)
- **Maximum height:** 8 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (principal building); 6 m (Single-Detached Dwelling with Secondary Suite)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (principal building); 2 m (Single-Detached Dwelling with Secondary Suite)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear 2 m; interior side 2 m; 3 m between buildings
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth 60 m; pan-handle lots not permitted; Principal building minimum floor area 100 m²; Fuel islands at least 30 m from the centre line of a Controlled-Access Highway or Arterial Road, and 15 m from a Collector Road; Vehicles being serviced must be stored inside the principal building overnight

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1838, 2024 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments adopted up to June 8, 2026), s. 603](https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/104562#page=133) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Coldstream: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/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/coldstream/zoning/c3/_