C-1 zone in Invermere: Downtown Commercial

Invermere, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-08

In short

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 (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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