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title: "HCC3 zone in Duncan: Highway Corridor Commercial 3"
place: Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/duncan
zone: HCC3
bylaw: City of Duncan Zoning Bylaw No. 3166, 2017 (with amendments to August 24, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/duncan/zoning/hcc3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/duncan/zoning/hcc3.json"
---

# HCC3 zone in Duncan: Highway Corridor Commercial 3

Allows a range of commercial, community and mixed-use developments close to the Trans-Canada Highway.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allows a range of commercial, community and mixed-use developments close to the Trans-Canada Highway.
- **Main uses:** Assisted Living Residential Facility; Community Care Facility; Dwelling, Multi-Unit; Automotive Fueling Station; Car Wash; Cheque-Cashing; Commercial Daycare; Community Use; Craft Beverage Production; Cultural Use; Dog Grooming; Drive Through; Education Facility; Financial Institution; Funeral Service Facility; Hospital; Mobile Food Vending; Office; Parking Facility; Pawn Shop; Public Market; Recreation Facilities, Indoor; Repair Service, Automotive; Repair Service, General; Restaurant; Retail & Personal Service; Social Service; Tourist Accommodation (Dwelling units or sleeping units are permitted above the first storey only; a cheque-cashing business or pawn shop must be at least 500 m from any other of its kind.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-Based Business in a Multi-Unit Dwelling
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 140 Trans-Canada Highway (LOT A, SECTION 16, RANGE 7, QUAMICHAN DISTRICT, PLAN 48762 PID 014-377-004) – Unit mix 2-bedroom 20%, 3-bedroom 8%; front and rear setbacks 3 m; underground parkade setback 0 m; parking 1 per dwelling unit and 1 per 40 m² gross floor area of commercial or community use
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m (minimum parcel frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio maximum 3:1 (minimum 1:1)
- **Maximum height:** 24 m (6 habitable storeys); minimum 2 habitable storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** 4 m
- **Rear setback:** 4 m, except 8 m where the parcel abuts land with residential zoning
- **Interior side setback:** 4 m, except 5 m where the parcel abuts land with residential zoning
- **Street side setback:** 4 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4 m; rear 4 m (8 m if the parcel abuts land with residential zoning); interior side 4 m (5 m if the parcel abuts land with residential zoning); exterior side 4 m; 0 m for structures used solely as weather protection for short-term bicycle parking
- **Other rules:** First storey must have non-residential uses (not counting required parking) of at least 60% of the building footprint area

## Source

- [City of Duncan Zoning Bylaw No. 3166, 2017 (with amendments to August 24, 2026), s. 5.21](https://duncan.civicweb.net/document/175322/#page=51) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Duncan: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/duncan/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/duncan/zoning/hcc3/_