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title: "AUC zone in Grand Forks: Adaptive Use Commercial"
place: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/grand-forks
zone: AUC
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/auc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/auc.json"
---

# AUC zone in Grand Forks: Adaptive Use Commercial

Main uses: professional services, personal service establishments, retail establishments, dwelling units, religious centres, and 2 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** professional services; personal service establishments; retail establishments; dwelling units; religious centres; bed and breakfast accommodations; home occupations
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** restaurants; Buildings or structures accessory to permitted uses
- **Minimum lot area:** 700 m² (subdivision); 930 m² for a two-family or multi-family dwelling
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** One single family dwelling; one two family dwelling; one multi-family dwelling; or dwelling units in combination with another permitted use
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 metres
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.8 metres
- **Front setback:** 6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 7.6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 metres
- **Street side setback:** 4.6 metres
- **Accessory building setbacks:** rear and side 1.5 m; not closer to the front parcel line than the facing wall of the principal building
- **Other rules:** Retail sales floor space (excluding storage) maximum 100 m²; Commercial use not permitted between 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.; A residential use must be the only use in each storey so used; Parcels must be connected to a community sewage and water system

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 45](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=39) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Grand Forks: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/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/grand-forks/zoning/auc/_