---
title: "C1 zone in Hazelton: Downtown Commercial"
place: Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/hazelton
zone: C1
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 478, 2015 (unofficial consolidation updated July 19, 2023; includes Bylaws 494, 518, 524, 529)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hazelton/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hazelton/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Hazelton: Downtown Commercial

Provides for the Historic Downtown commercial core

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provides for the Historic Downtown commercial core
- **Main uses:** Retail use; Service commercial; Personal establishments; Entertainment Centre; Travel accommodation; Offices; Assembly hall; Residential in tandem with any commercial use; Retail sale of cannabis (not permitted in other zones)
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m² (4,305 ft²)
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres (39.3 feet), measured from sidewalk
- **Other rules:** Commercial and residential uses in the same building each need a separate exterior entrance; Commercial storage abutting residential property needs a 2.5 metres (8 feet) solid fence built by the commercial property; Where the Flood Plain is shown on Schedule A, the Flood Plain Development Permit Area Guidelines (Schedule B) apply; Building form and design must consider the Historic Downtown Development Permit Area Guidelines (Schedules C and D)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 478, 2015 (unofficial consolidation updated July 19, 2023; includes Bylaws 494, 518, 524, 529), s. 6.1](https://hazelton.ca/?mdocs-file=629#page=26) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Hazelton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hazelton/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/hazelton/zoning/c1/_