{"title":"C-1 zone in Invermere: Downtown Commercial","code":"C-1","slug":"c-1","name":"Downtown Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.15","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Retail: food, beverage and drug store, Retail: shoe apparel, fabric and yarn store, Retail: household furniture, appliance and furnishing store, Retail: general retail store, Retail: other retail stores, and 19 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail: food, beverage and drug store","Retail: shoe apparel, fabric and yarn store","Retail: household furniture, appliance and furnishing store","Retail: general retail store","Retail: other retail stores","beauty and barber shop","dry cleaning and laundry establishment","business and professional offices","medical and dental clinic","child care facility","billiard hall, bowling alley, dance hall and amusement arcade","theatre and cinema","financial institutions including insurance and security offices","travel agencies","school and studio for art, music, theatre and dancing","beauty and barber shop school","fitness centre, racquet club and health spa","food service","tavern, night-club and pub","hotel and motels","tourist information facility","club or lodge","dwelling units situated above the first storey of a commercial building other than a parking garage","Uses permitted under Section 3.3 of this Bylaw"],"note":"Retail trade industries are listed as sub-items under (a).","quotes":["food, beverage and drug store","shoe apparel, fabric and yarn store","household furniture, appliance and furnishing store","general retail store","other retail stores","beauty and barber shop","dry cleaning and laundry establishment","business and professional offices","medical and dental clinic","child care facility","billiard hall, bowling alley, dance hall and amusement arcade","theatre and cinema","financial institutions including insurance and security offices","travel agencies","school and studio for art, music, theatre and dancing","beauty and barber shop school","fitness centre, racquet club and health spa","food service","tavern, night-club and pub","hotel and motels","tourist information facility","club or lodge","dwelling units situated above the first storey of a commercial building other than a","parking garage; and","Uses permitted under Section 3.3 of this Bylaw"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Dwelling units are permitted on the ground floor only on the part of a lot adjacent to 4th and 6th Ave between 13th and 14th Street and 6th and 9th Street"],"quotes":["dwelling units will be permitted on the ground floor only on that portion of a lot(s)","adjacent to 4th and 6th Ave between 13th and 14th Street and 6th and 9th Street"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"232 m²","quotes":["Minimum parcel size, subject to sections 3.15 & 232 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Lot Frontage 7.5 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90%","quotes":["Maximum parcel coverage for parcels 90%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 2.5","quotes":["Maximum floor area ratio 2.5"]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m or three storeys, whichever is less (dwelling)","quotes":["Dwelling 15.0 m or three storeys","which ever is less"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory buildings and structures 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["Front parcel line 0.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["rear parcel line 6.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["interior side parcel line 0.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["exterior side parcel line 0.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 4.5 m, rear 1.5 m, side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory buildings and structures from:","front parcel line 4.5 m","rear parcel line 1.5 m","interior side parcel line 1.5 m","exterior side parcel line 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling units must be an integral part of the principal building, self-contained, with a separate outside entrance, and above the first storey","Off-street parking can be met by paying $4,500 per space to the District","Maximum one principal building"],"quotes":["Where dwelling units are proposed, it shall","be located above the first storey of the building","may be met by payment to the district of Invermere of","$4,500 per off-street parking space","Number of principal buildings One"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 1145 (consolidation shown on the District's bylaw library; latest amendment in its summary is Bylaw 1471, 2013)","url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335","accessed":"2026-11-08","note":"This consolidation is old. Many later amendments are separate documents in the District's zoning bylaw folder (https://invermere.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/111) and are not in this text, including Bylaw 1654 (short-term rentals), 1662 (CDZ-6), 1670 (CDZ-7), 1676 (CastleRock Phase 5), 1685 (R6 multi-family infill zone), 1686 (secondary suites) and 1691 (2026). The District's online bylaws are for information only; the Clerk's office has the official versions."},"source_url":"https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335#page=70","place":{"path":"ca/bc/invermere","name":"Invermere","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/c-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/c-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/c-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/index.json"}}