{"title":"C-3 zone in Fort St. John: General Commercial","code":"C-3","slug":"c-3","name":"General Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"20.0","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Retail uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Retail uses.","quotes":["The intent of this zone to permit and promote retail uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Service Facility – Minor","Art Gallery or Studio","Brewery and Distillery – Minor","Bus Depot","Cannabis Retail","Commercial Amusement Enterprise","Commercial Printing","Commercial School","Community Care Facility","Daycare Centre – Major","Dry Cleaners and Laundromats","Gaming Facility","Gas Station","Health Services Facility","Hotel","Light Passenger Vehicle Wash","Liquor Establishment","Liquor Retail Store","Mixed-Use","Motel","Parking Lot and Parkade","Passenger Transportation Dispatch Office","Personal Service Establishment","Professional Office","Radio and Television Broadcasting, Media Production Studios and Transmitting Tower","Recreation Facility","Restaurant","Retail Store","Shopping Centre","Theatre and Cinema","Trade Contractor Office","Vehicle Sales and servicing"],"quotes":["Animal Service Facility – Minor","Art Gallery or Studio","Brewery and Distillery – Minor","Bus Depot","Cannabis Retail","Commercial Amusement Enterprise","Commercial Printing","Commercial School","Community Care Facility","Daycare Centre – Major","Dry Cleaners and Laundromats","Gaming Facility","Gas Station","Health Services Facility","Hotel","Light Passenger Vehicle Wash","Liquor Establishment","Liquor Retail Store","Mixed-Use","Motel","Parking Lot and Parkade","Passenger Transportation Dispatch Office","Personal Service Establishment","Professional Office","Radio and Television Broadcasting, Media Production Studios and Transmitting Tower","Recreation Facility","Restaurant","Retail Store","Shopping Centre","Theatre and Cinema","Trade Contractor Office","Vehicle Sales and servicing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory building","Caretaker Suite"],"quotes":["Accessory building","Caretaker Suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"555.0 m²","quotes":["Minimum parcel area 555.0 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15.0 m","quotes":["Minimum parcel width 15.0 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Maximum parcel coverage 40%"]},"max_height":{"value":"21.0 m","quotes":["Maximum principal building and structure height 21.0 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"1.5 m","quotes":["Front parcel line 1.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"1.5 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)","quotes":["Rear parcel line 1.5 m","Rear parcel line: 6 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)","quotes":["Interior side parcel line 0.0 m","Interior side parcel line: 6 m;"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)","quotes":["Flanking exterior side parcel line 3.0 m","Exterior side parcel line: 6 m; and"]},"other":{"value":["Principal buildings abutting an R, RM or P zone must keep 6 m side and rear setbacks","Residential part of a mixed-use development must be above the non-residential use and meet the RM-4 apartment requirements"],"quotes":["principal buildings on a parcel that abut a R, RM or P zone must maintain","The residential component of a mixed-use development must be above the non-residential"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2470, 2019 (Consolidated Version, listing amendments up to Bylaw 2573, 2022)","url":"https://www.fortstjohn.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidated version is \"for convenience only\"; the adopted bylaw and its amending bylaws prevail."},"source_url":"https://www.fortstjohn.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw#page=109","place":{"path":"ca/bc/fort-st-john","name":"Fort St. John","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/index.json"}}