--- title: "C5 zone in Kamloops: Shopping Centre Commercial" place: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/kamloops zone: C5 bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (consolidated, as amended; amendments listed to Bylaw 55-124, adopted October 27, 2026)" bylaw_read: 2026-11-07 review: draft canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c5/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c5.json" --- # C5 zone in Kamloops: Shopping Centre Commercial Wide range of commercial uses and multi-unit residential in conventional shopping centres and big box retail developments, in mixed-use and neighbourhood centres. ## Zone rules - **Purpose:** Wide range of commercial uses and multi-unit residential in conventional shopping centres and big box retail developments, in mixed-use and neighbourhood centres. - **Main uses:** Alcohol Manufacturer’s Lounge; animal grooming shop; Artisan or Photography Studio; Assembly Use; Automobile sales (temporary), subject to Section 10.7.9; Automobile Service, except in the North Shore Town Centre; Bottle Depot; Communications Facility; Community Care Facility; Cultural Facility; educational/training facility; Entertainment Facility; Financial Institution, Minor, excluding drive-thrus where located in the; Fuel Bar; garden and nursery store; Hotel, motel; laundry and dry cleaning; Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units, subject to Section 10.7.10; Neighbourhood Pub, Lounge or club; Office; Personal Services; Recreation Facility, Indoor; Restaurant or Café, excluding drive-thrus where located in the North; Retail Cannabis Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.13; Retail Liquor Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.14; Retail Trade; UBrew operation; veterinary clinic, excluding outdoor kennels - **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Food Truck or Trailer; Fruit and Vegetable Stand; Home-Based Business within Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Unit; sales from mobile vehicle; liquor primary licence accessory to permitted Principal Use; Mobile Food Concession - **Extra uses on specific lots:** Automobile rentals: Lot 1, D.L. 236, Plan 6387 (2121 Trans Canada Highway East); Boarding of small animals (excluding dogs): Lot 1, Plan KAP46058 (2101 Trans Canada Highway East); Casino and Lounge: Lot A, Sec. 35, Twp. 19, Rge. 18, Plan KAP58073 (1555 Versatile Drive); Financial institutions (Automobile Service, Fuel Bars and Office Use excluded): part of Lot 1, Plan 5000, Lot 1, Plan 67742 and Lot A, Plan 34568 (680 and 700 Notre Dame Drive); Motorcycle sales and service, warehousing/mini warehousing and Wholesale Distribution: Lot 1, Plan KAP73973 (1967 Trans Canada Highway East); Warehousing/Mini-Warehousing with accessory caretaker Dwelling Unit, animal grooming, printing services and Wholesale Distribution: Lot A, Plan 38537 (1967 Trans Canada Highway East); Prohibited at Lot 6, Plan 33519 (1180 Columbia Street West): Automobile Service, Fuel Bars and Office Use - **Minimum lot area:** 8,000 m² (1,500 m² for a Multi-Unit Residential or mixed-use development). Site-specific: 5,600 m² for the portion of Lot B, Plan KAP48194 west of Nina Place; 2,470 m² at 565 Notre Dame Drive - **Minimum lot width:** 60 m (40 m for a Multi-Unit Residential or mixed-use development) - **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% - **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0 for commercial; 2.0 where development includes hotels/motels or Multi-Unit Residential (3.5 within 200 m of a Transit Exchange, 2.5 at 201 to 400 m in a Transit-Oriented Area; 3.0 in the North Shore Town Centre; 1.0 where the property abuts Hillside Drive between Cariboo Place and Cascade Street, or Versatile Drive) - **Maximum height:** 2 storeys for commercial; 6 storeys where development includes hotels/motels or Multi-Unit Residential (10 storeys in the North Shore, Sahali, Aberdeen and Valleyview Town Centres or within 200 m of a Transit Exchange in a Transit-Oriented Area); structures 4.5 m above roof of principal building - **Front setback:** 6 m (3 m in the North Shore Town Centre) - **Rear setback:** 6 m (7.5 m where lot adjoins a residential zone with no intervening lane or street) - **Interior side setback:** 6 m (7.5 m where lot adjoins a residential zone with no intervening lane or street; 3 m in the North Shore Town Centre) - **Other rules:** Outdoor storage is not permitted; Temporary automobile sales allowed up to four weeks a year per property; indoor automobile sales limited to 500 m² within commercial retail units, with no outdoor display; Multi-Unit Residential needs a common landscape/amenity area of 5% of total residential floor area, in addition to the 15% landscaping requirement ## Source - [Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (consolidated, as amended; amendments listed to Bylaw 55-124, adopted October 27, 2026), s. 10.7](https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849#page=206) (read 2026-11-07) Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. 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