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C-3A zone in Cranbrook: Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone

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

In short

Neighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone: health practitioners, day care and professional offices.

Zone rules

PurposeNeighbourhood Commercial (Limited) Zone: health practitioners, day care and professional offices.
Main uses
  • Health and social services practitioners (physician, surgeon, dentist, chiropractor, physiotherapist, optometrist, certified social services practitioner)
  • Group day care
  • Professional offices
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use
  • Office accessory to a permitted use
  • Other buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
Minimum lot area700.0 m²
Minimum lot widthFront parcel line at least 18.0 m
Maximum lot coverage50% of the parcel
Maximum densityMaximum floor area ratio 0.75
Maximum height7.6 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings4.5 m
Front setback6.0 m
Rear setback6.0 m
Interior side setback2.1 m
Street side setback4.5 m
Accessory building setbacksfront 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
Other rules
  • 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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026), s. 7.16.1 (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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