{"title":"HC zone in Grand Forks: Highway Commercial","code":"HC","slug":"hc","name":"Highway Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"47","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: hotels or motels, restaurants, automobile sales and parts supply, service stations, convenience stores including gas bars, car wash establishments, and 9 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["hotels or motels","restaurants","automobile sales and parts supply, service stations","convenience stores including gas bars","car wash establishments","retail sales establishments","personal service establishments","liquor licensed premises","animal hospitals","building supply establishments","offices","professional services","tool and equipment rental establishments","Electric vehicle charging stations"],"quotes":["hotels or motels;","restaurants;","automobile sales and parts supply, service stations;","convenience stores including gas bars;","car wash establishments;","retail sales establishments;","personal service establishments;","liquor licensed premises;","animal hospitals;","building supply establishments;","offices;","professional services;","tool and equipment rental establishments;","Electric vehicle charging stations."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["a dwelling unit accessory to permitted uses","buildings or structures accessory to permitted uses"],"quotes":["a dwelling unit accessory to permitted uses;","buildings or structures accessory to permitted uses."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum parcel size for subdivision purposes"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60% for the principal building with all accessory buildings and structures","quotes":["The maximum permitted lot area coverage shall be 60% for the principal building with all"]},"max_density":{"value":"Apartment units within commercial activities up to 50% of the principal building floor area","quotes":["Apartment units contained within the above-mentioned commercial activities shall be","permitted up to a maximum of 50% of the principal building floor area."]},"max_height":{"value":"18 metres","quotes":["No building or structure shall exceed 18 metres in height."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"1.5 metres from a rear or side parcel line","quotes":["No accessory building shall be located closer than 1.5 metres to a rear or side parcel"]},"other":{"value":["No building, structure or illuminated sign within 4.6 metres of a lot in a Residential zone","Accessory building floor area not more than 25% of the principal structure","Fences not over 2.4 metres high","Each parcel must be connected to a community sewage and water system"],"quotes":["be located within 4.6 metres of a lot in a Residential zone.","No accessory building shall have a total floor area greater than 25% of the principal","If a fence is erected it shall not exceed a height of 2.4 metres.","Each parcel shall be connected to a community sewage and water system."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024)","url":"https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's office consolidation is not an authoritative text and is produced for convenience only; the original bylaw and amending bylaws are authoritative. Amendments 2039-A38 and A39 (January 2026) are published separately and are not in this consolidation. Sections 57 and 58 (Cannabis overlays CPO and CRO) are overlays, not zones, and are not listed."},"source_url":"https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=41","place":{"path":"ca/bc/grand-forks","name":"Grand Forks","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/hc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/hc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/hc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/index.json"}}