---
title: "CU zone in Grand Forks: Community Use"
place: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/grand-forks
zone: CU
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/cu/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/cu.json"
---

# CU zone in Grand Forks: Community Use

Main uses: libraries, museums, cemeteries, hospital, including medical clinic, dental clinic, ambulance station, rest home or private hospitals, post office, and 6 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** libraries; museums; cemeteries; hospital, including medical clinic, dental clinic, ambulance station, rest home or private hospitals; post office; community events centre; community use service; open space passive recreational areas; municipal, local government or educational buildings, day care centers; senior citizen complexes, senior activity centres and congregate care facilities; any building or structure operating under a Private-Council partnership agreement
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Buildings or structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Maximum height:** 10 metres (fire halls excepted)
- **Front setback:** 6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3 metres
- **Other rules:** Accessory building floor area not more than 50% of the principal structure

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 56](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=50) (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/cu/_