---
title: "C1 zone in Fort St James: Commercial Core"
place: Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-james
zone: C1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Fort St James: Commercial Core

The central business district, with serviced commercial lots for a full range of commercial activities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** The central business district, with serviced commercial lots for a full range of commercial activities.
- **Main uses:** Auction house excluding livestock; Building material supply; Business or professional offices; Bus terminal for the loading and unloading of passengers; Cannabis retail store; Civic use; Commercial recreation; Commercial service; Entertainment facility, including night club; Funeral home; Gasoline service station; Hotel or motor hotel; Medical or dental clinic; Public government; Residential use – in conjunction with permitted core commercial uses; Restaurants; Retail store; Taxi office
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Day care centre, only on Strata Lot 2, District Lot 110, Range 5 Coast District, Strata Plan 51
- **Minimum lot area:** 450 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 10% (as written in the bylaw)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100%
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or three storeys, whichever is less (residential building: 10 m or two storeys, whichever is less)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5 m
- **Front setback:** None required, except for gasoline service stations
- **Rear setback:** None required, except for gasoline service stations
- **Interior side setback:** None required, except for gasoline service stations
- **Other rules:** Minimum principal building floor space 60 m² and minimum width 6 m; Mixed commercial and residential use: residential must be in the same building, have a separate entrance, not exceed the commercial floor area, and have a dwelling unit at least 5 m wide

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1101, 2025, s. 5.1](https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2026-03/1101%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20Signed.pdf#page=39) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St James: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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/fort-st-james/zoning/c1/_