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

# TC zone in Grand Forks: Tourist Commercial

Main uses: hotels or motels, recreational businesses and campgrounds, tourist facilities and related amenities, retail establishments, restaurants, and 1 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** hotels or motels; recreational businesses and campgrounds; tourist facilities and related amenities; retail establishments; restaurants; convenience stores including gas bars
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use; buildings or structures accessory to any of the uses permitted in this zone; One Garden Suite
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% for the principal building with all accessory buildings and structures
- **Maximum density:** Apartment units permitted; not more than 50% of the principal building used for apartments
- **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; No designated recreational space may be used as a permanent residence; Fences not over 2.4 metres high

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2039, 2018 (unofficial consolidation to Amendment 37, July 24, 2024), s. 49](https://www.grandforks.ca/wp-content/uploads/Zoning-Bylaw-2039-CONSOLIDATED-to-Amendment-37July2024.pdf#page=43) (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/tc/_