C-3 zone in Cranbrook: Neighbourhood Commercial Zone

Cranbrook, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Neighbourhood Commercial Zone: small neighbourhood shops and services.

Zone rules

Purpose	Neighbourhood Commercial Zone: small neighbourhood shops and services.
Main uses	Neighbourhood convenience store Drug and Health Supplement store Gasoline service station Florist shop Video equipment, movie and game rental Computer and electronic sales and services Shoe, apparel/clothing store Food and beverage store Gift, novelty and souvenir store Photography studio/store Book store Hobby / craft store Music store Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food service Barber and beauty shop Laundry and cleaner Medical and dental clinic Professional offices Group day care Automated banking machine Retail trade uses are subject to a 200.0 m2 gross floor area maximum.
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use Office accessory to a permitted use Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
Minimum lot area	929.0 m²
Minimum lot width	Front parcel line at least 30.0 m
Maximum lot coverage	50% of the parcel
Maximum height	7.6 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	4.5 m
Front setback	7.6 m
Rear setback	6.0 m
Interior side setback	4.5 m
Street side setback	6.0 m
Accessory building setbacks	front 7.6 m (and behind the front face of the principal building); rear 2.1 m (0.9 m where no developed rear lane exists); interior side 2.1 m (one side at least 2.7 m on an interior parcel with no developed rear lane); exterior side 4.5 m
Other rules	No single use may exceed 418.0 m2 of gross floor area in a building or structure Retail trade uses are limited to 200.0 m2 gross floor area A dwelling unit must be part of the principal building 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. 7.16 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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