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title: "C-1 zone in Cranbrook: Community Commercial Zone"
place: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/cranbrook
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Cranbrook: Community Commercial Zone

Community Commercial Zone: general commercial uses, with housing allowed above or behind commercial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Community Commercial Zone: general commercial uses, with housing allowed above or behind commercial uses.
- **Main uses:** Business and professional office; Health and social services (physicians, surgeons and dentists; other health practitioners; social services practitioners; medical and other laboratories); Group day care; Retail trade (food, beverage and drug store; shoe, apparel, fabric and yarn store; household furniture, appliance and furnishing store; automotive sales and rental, parts and accessories; general retail store; other retail stores); Personal service and household service; Hotel and motor hotel; Motel; Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food service; Travel service; Sports and Fitness Facility; Club or lodge; Membership organization; Church; Public building; Commercial school; University and college; Bus depot and taxi business; Theatre and cinema; Upholstery shop; Mail order store; Auction sales; Publishing and printing industry; Radio and television studio; Parking lot and structures; Liquor retail outlet; Banks and financial institutions; Multiple family dwelling as part of a mixed commercial and residential use; Cannabis retail (subject to Section 4.21); Craft brewery and craft distillery
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use; Sleeping unit accessory to a permitted use; Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot 11, and Parcel A (See P9978) of Lot 10, Block 86, District Lot 5, Kootenay District, Plan 669: single family dwelling permitted; Lots 29 and 30, Block 86, DL 5, Kootenay District Plan 669 and Parcel A (See 1443671) of Lot 31: up to two dwelling units permitted below the first storey
- **Minimum lot area:** 232.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Front parcel line at least 7.5 m
- **Maximum density:** For housing in a mixed use building or accessory dwelling units: 180 dwelling units per gross hectare (written as 'eighty (180)' in the bylaw)
- **Maximum height:** 30.0 m
- **Other rules:** Business must be conducted inside a completely enclosed building, except for off-street parking and loading, screened storage yards, and display, rental or sales areas; Dwelling or sleeping units must be above the first storey or behind the commercial part, with a separate outside entrance; Multiple family dwelling units in a mixed use building must be at least 32.0 m² gross floor area; Wrecking and repair of vehicles and storage of derelict vehicles are not allowed

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.14](https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2017/#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Cranbrook: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/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/cranbrook/zoning/c-1/_