{"title":"C-3A zone in Cranbrook: Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone","code":"C-3A","slug":"c-3a","name":"Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"7.16.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone: health practitioners, day care and professional offices.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone: health practitioners, day care and professional offices.","quotes":["NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL (LIMITED) ZONE: C-3A"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Health and social services practitioners (physician, surgeon, dentist, chiropractor, physiotherapist, optometrist, certified social services practitioner)","Group day care","Professional offices"],"quotes":["Health and social services practitioners including physician, surgeon,","Group day care","Professional offices"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use","Office accessory to a permitted use","Other buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use, subject to Section","Office accessory to a permitted use, subject to Section 7.16.1.6(b)","Other buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"700.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in a C-3A Zone shall be 700.0 m 2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 18.0 m","quotes":["less than 18.0 m in length."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the parcel","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 50% of the area of a parcel in the C-"]},"max_density":{"value":"Maximum floor area ratio 0.75","quotes":["The maximum floor area ratio in the C-3A Zone shall be 0.75"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7.6 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Zone which exceeds a height of 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 6.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 6.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.1 m","quotes":["An interior side yard less than 2.1 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 6.0 m; 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","quotes":["A front yard less than 6.0 m","A rear yard less than 2.1 m, and in the case where no developed","rear yard shall be not less than 0.9 m","An interior side yard less than 2.1 m, and in the case of an","An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Outdoor storage is not allowed","An accessory dwelling unit or office must be part of the principal building","Parking driveways may be as narrow as 3.7 m for one or two way traffic"],"quotes":["3A Zone for outdoor storage.","Where an accessory dwelling unit or accessory office is proposed, it","may be provided by a driveway not less than 3.7 min width for"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2020/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}