{"title":"TC zone in Grand Forks: Tourist Commercial","code":"TC","slug":"tc","name":"Tourist Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"49","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: hotels or motels, recreational businesses and campgrounds, tourist facilities and related amenities, retail establishments, restaurants, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["hotels or motels","recreational businesses and campgrounds","tourist facilities and related amenities","retail establishments","restaurants","convenience stores including gas bars"],"quotes":["hotels or motels;","recreational businesses and campgrounds;","tourist facilities and related amenities;","retail establishments;","restaurants.","convenience stores including gas bars"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use","buildings or structures accessory to any of the uses permitted in this zone","One Garden Suite"],"quotes":["dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use, and","buildings or structures accessory to any of the uses permitted in this zone.","One Garden Suite shall be permitted."]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A, District Lot 520, Similkameen Division Yale District Plan EPP61874: must not contain any use which may have a negative impact on the groundwater quality, such as a gas bar"],"quotes":["The property legally described as Lot A, District Lot 520, Similkameen Division Yale","must not contain any use which may have a negative impact on","the groundwater quality, such as a gas bar."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum parcel size."]},"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 permitted; not more than 50% of the principal building used for apartments","quotes":["permitted. Not more than 50% of the principal building shall be used for apartments."]},"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","No designated recreational space may be used as a permanent residence","Fences not over 2.4 metres high"],"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","No designated recreational space shall be used as a permanent residence.","If a fence is erected it shall not exceed a height of 2.4 metres."]}},"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=43","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/tc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/tc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/tc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/zoning/index.json"}}