---
title: "C-3 zone in Fort St. John: General Commercial"
place: Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/fort-st-john
zone: C-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2470, 2019 (Consolidated Version, listing amendments up to Bylaw 2573, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-3.json"
---

# C-3 zone in Fort St. John: General Commercial

Retail uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Retail uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory building; Caretaker Suite
- **Minimum lot area:** 555.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum height:** 21.0 m
- **Front setback:** 1.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m (6 m where the parcel abuts an R, RM or P zone)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2470, 2019 (Consolidated Version, listing amendments up to Bylaw 2573, 2022), s. 20.0](https://www.fortstjohn.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw#page=109) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Fort St. John: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/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-john/zoning/c-3/_