{"title":"C-4 zone in Fort St. John: Highway Commercial","code":"C-4","slug":"c-4","name":"Highway Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"21.0","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A range of commercial uses that support the local and regional community.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A range of commercial uses that support the local and regional community.","quotes":["The intent of this zone is to permit a range of commercial uses that are generally intended to"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Adult Entertainment","Animal Service Facility – Minor","Art Gallery or Studio","Auction Sales - Minor","Brewery and Distillery – Minor","Building Contractors, Supply and Storage","Bulk Fuel Sales","Bus Depot","Campground","Cannabis Retail","Cartage, Delivery, Express Terminal Storage","Commercial Amusement Enterprise","Commercial Food Production Facility","Commercial Printing","Commercial School","Dry Cleaner and Laundromat","Funeral Services","Gas Station","Heavy Equipment Sales and Servicing","Hotel","Industrial Trades and Training Facility","Light Passenger Vehicle Wash","Liquor Establishment","Liquor Retail Store","Mini-storage","Motel","Newspaper Printing and Publishing","Oilfield Sales and Services","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","Recycling Materials Drop Off Centre","Refrigeration Service","Restaurant","Retail Store","Scientific and Research Laboratories","Shopping Centre","Service Station","Taxi Dispatch Office","Tire Sales","Trade Contractor Office","Warehousing","Wholesale Establishment","Vehicle Sales and Servicing"],"quotes":["Adult Entertainment","Animal Service Facility – Minor","Art Gallery or Studio","Auction Sales - Minor","Brewery and Distillery – Minor","Building Contractors, Supply and Storage","Bulk Fuel Sales","Bus Depot","Campground","Cannabis Retail","Cartage, Delivery, Express Terminal Storage","Commercial Amusement Enterprise","Commercial Food Production Facility","Commercial Printing","Commercial School","Dry Cleaner and Laundromat","Funeral Services","Gas Station","Heavy Equipment Sales and Servicing","Hotel","Industrial Trades and Training Facility","Light Passenger Vehicle Wash","Liquor Establishment","Liquor Retail Store","Mini-storage","Motel","Newspaper Printing and Publishing","Oilfield Sales and Services","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","Recycling Materials Drop Off Centre","Refrigeration Service","Restaurant","Retail Store","Scientific and Research Laboratories","Shopping Centre","Service Station","Taxi Dispatch Office","Tire Sales","Trade Contractor Office","Warehousing","Wholesale Establishment","Vehicle Sales and Servicing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Caretaker Suite"],"quotes":["Accessory Building","Caretaker Suite"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Single-Detached Dwelling only on Lot 22, Section 5, Township 84, Range 18, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River Regional District Plan 12245 (PID: 014-762-293)","Tank Farm (accessory) only on Lot 4, Section 29, Township 83, Range 18, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River District Plan 24742","Health Services Facility on Lot 2 Section 36 Township 83 Range 19 West of the 6th Meridian Peace River District Plan PGP47681"],"quotes":["Single-Detached Dwelling only on Lot 22, Section 5, Township 84, Range 18, West of the","6th Meridian, Peace River Regional District Plan 12245 (PID: 014-762-293)","Tank Farm only on the following property:","Lot 4, Section 29, Township 83, Range 18, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River","Health Services Facility is a permitted principle use on Lot 2 Section 36 Township 83 Range","19 West of the 6th Meridian Peace River District Plan PGP47681."]},"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":"50%","quotes":["Maximum parcel coverage 50%"]},"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":["A principal building abutting an R, RM or P zone must keep 6 m side and rear setbacks","Parcels with Oilfield Sales and Services must have an office associated with any outdoor storage yard","Tank Farm is limited to a maximum of 16 (125,000L capacity) aboveground storage tanks"],"quotes":["a principal building on a parcel that abut a R, RM or P zone must","Parcels with Oilfield Sales and Services must have an office associated with any outdoor","Tank Farm is restricted to a maximum of 16 (125,000L capacity) aboveground storage tanks."]}},"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=112","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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/zoning/index.json"}}