HC zone in Grand Forks: Highway Commercial

Grand Forks, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: hotels or motels, restaurants, automobile sales and parts supply, service stations, convenience stores including gas bars, car wash establishments, and 9 more.

Zone rules

Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	a dwelling unit accessory to permitted uses buildings or structures accessory to permitted uses
Minimum lot area	No minimum
Maximum lot coverage	60% for the principal building with all accessory buildings and structures
Maximum density	Apartment units within commercial activities up to 50% of the principal building floor area
Maximum height	18 metres
Accessory building setbacks	1.5 metres from a rear or side parcel line
Other rules	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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 47 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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