{"title":"C-4 zone in Cranbrook: Mixed Commercial - Residential Zone","code":"C-4","slug":"c-4","name":"Mixed Commercial - Residential Zone","group":"Mixed use","section":"7.17","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Mixed Commercial - Residential Zone: commercial uses with housing.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Mixed Commercial - Residential Zone: commercial uses with housing.","quotes":["MIXED COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL ZONE: C-4"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Business and professional office","Physician, surgeon, and dentist","Other health practitioners","Social services practitioner","Medical and other laboratory","Food, beverage, and drug store","Shoe store and shoe repair store","Television, radio and stereo store - retail and repair","Gasoline service station","Sewing machine sales and service","Department store","Florist shop","Bicycle shop - retail and repair","Musical instrument - retail and repair","Camera and photography shop","Gift, novelty and souvenir store","Art gallery and artists' supply store","Antique shop","Travel service","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food service","Sports and Fitness Facility","Club or lodge","Membership organization","Church","Commercial school","Library, archives and museum","Group daycare","Nurseries","Bank subsidiary branch"],"quotes":["Business and professional office","Physician, surgeon, and dentist","Other health practitioners, including","Social services practitioner","Medical and other laboratory","Food, beverage, and drug store","Shoe store and shoe repair store","Television, radio and stereo store - retail and repair","Gasoline service station","Sewing machine sales and service","Department store","Florist shop","Bicycle shop - retail and repair","Musical instrument - retail and repair","Camera and photography shop","Gift, novelty and souvenir store","Antique shop","Travel service","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food","Sports and Fitness Facility","Club or lodge","Membership organization","Church","Commercial school","Library, archives and museum","Group daycare","Nurseries","Bank subsidiary branch"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based business","Office accessory to a permitted use","Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use","Congregate Care Apartment","Other uses, building and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Home based business","Office accessory to a permitted use","Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use, subject to Section 7.17.6(a),","Congregate Care Apartment","Other uses, building and structures accessory to a permitted use."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A, District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan EPP70400: proposed south lot at least 1500 m² and no dwelling units","Lot 2 District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan EPP80589: proposed remainder at least 1800 m2"],"quotes":["Lot A, District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan EPP70400","shall not be less than 1500 m² in area and shall not contain dwelling units.","created by subdivision of Lot 2 District Lot 4, Kootenay District Plan","EPP80589 shall be not less than 1800 m2 in area."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2500.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the C-4 Zone shall be 2500.0 m² in area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 20.0 m","quotes":["less than 20.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the parcel with buildings and structures (off-street parking not counted); 80% with buildings, structures and off-street parking areas","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 50% of the area of a parcel in the C-4","No person shall cover more than 80% of a parcel in the C-4 Zone with"]},"max_density":{"value":"80 dwelling units per gross hectare; maximum floor area ratio 1.5","quotes":["No person shall locate more than eighty (80) dwelling units per gross","The maximum floor area ratio in the C-4 Zone shall be 1.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 12.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m on an interior parcel where no developed rear lane exists; 6.0 m where the side yard abuts a parcel in a Residential Zone","quotes":["One (1) interior side yard less than 4.5 m in the case of an interior","structure in the C-4 Zone which has an interior side yard less than 6.0 m in"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 7.6 m"]},"other":{"value":["At least 5 dwelling units on a parcel, each with a gross floor area of at least 32.0 m²","Dwelling units must be above the first storey, in the principal building, with a separate outside entrance","Wrecking and repair of vehicles and storage of derelict vehicles are not allowed","Land not occupied by buildings, parking and outdoor storage must be landscaped and maintained"],"quotes":["No person shall locate fewer than five (5) dwelling units on a parcel in the","floor area less than 32.0 m².","Be located above the first storey of the building","Have an entrance provided from outside the building separate from","for the wrecking and repair of vehicles or for the storage of derelict"]}},"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/2021/#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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}