---
title: "C4 zone in Coldstream: Town Centre Zone"
place: Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coldstream
zone: C4
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/c4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/zoning/c4.json"
---

# C4 zone in Coldstream: Town Centre Zone

Accommodate mixed-use developments within a designated village or town centre.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate mixed-use developments within a designated village or town centre.
- **Main uses:** Assembly; Civic; Community Care, Major; Cultural and Recreation Use; Education, Private; Financial Services; Food Primary; Food Primary Licenced; Hotel; Liquor Primary; Medical Office; Office; Personal Service Establishment; Pet Daycare; Public House; Retail
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Apartment; Townhouse
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 12 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 65% for all buildings and structures; 15% for impervious hard-surfaced areas
- **Maximum density:** Not more than 20% of Apartment Dwelling Units may be less than 28 m²
- **Maximum height:** Commercial 8 m or 2 storeys; mixed use 11 m or 3 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 6 m; 1.5 m if abutting a sidewalk with off-street parking at the rear of the building
- **Rear setback:** 6 m; 30 m from the ALR boundary with a minimum 15 m wide landscape buffer, where applicable
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m; 30 m from the ALR boundary with a minimum 15 m wide landscape buffer, where applicable
- **Street side setback:** 4 m; 1.5 m if abutting a sidewalk with off-street parking at the rear of the building
- **Other rules:** Minimum lot depth 25 m; pan-handle lots not permitted; lots must be fully serviced by community water and sewer; Dwelling unit minimum floor area: apartment 20.5 m², townhouse 100 m²; Apartments only on the 2nd floor of the commercial building; townhouses at least 60 m from the Main Street or front lot line; Only 1 accessory building per lot, up to 42 m²

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1838, 2024 (consolidated for convenience, includes amendments adopted up to June 8, 2026), s. 604](https://coldstream.civicweb.net/document/104562#page=136) (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/c4/_