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title: "NC zone in Grand Forks: Neighbourhood Commercial"
place: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/grand-forks
zone: NC
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/nc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/nc.json"
---

# NC zone in Grand Forks: Neighbourhood Commercial

Main uses: convenience stores, restaurants and liquor licensed premises, personal service establishments, dwelling units above or in conjunction with the commercial operation, professional services, and 2 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** convenience stores; restaurants and liquor licensed premises; personal service establishments; dwelling units above or in conjunction with the commercial operation; professional services; post office; animal hospitals
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Buildings or structures accessory to permitted uses; One garden suite
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% for the principal building with all accessory buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** Apartment units up to 50% of the principal building first storey floor area and 100% of any upper storey floor area
- **Maximum height:** 18 metres
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.8 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; Parcels must be connected to community water and sewage systems

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 46](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=40) (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/nc/_