---
title: "C-1 zone in Invermere: Downtown Commercial"
place: Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/invermere
zone: C-1
bylaw: "Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 1145 (consolidation shown on the District's bylaw library; latest amendment in its summary is Bylaw 1471, 2013)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Invermere: Downtown Commercial

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.

## Zone rules

- **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; 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 (Retail trade industries are listed as sub-items under (a).)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 232 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 7.5 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 2.5
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m or three storeys, whichever is less (dwelling)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 0.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 0.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 4.5 m, rear 1.5 m, side 1.5 m, exterior side 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Consolidated Zoning Bylaw No. 1145 (consolidation shown on the District's bylaw library; latest amendment in its summary is Bylaw 1471, 2013), s. 5.15](https://invermere.civicweb.net/document/20335#page=70) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Invermere: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/invermere/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/invermere/zoning/c-1/_