{"title":"C6 zone in Kamloops: Arterial Commercial","code":"C6","slug":"c6","name":"Arterial Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"10.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial uses next to major arterial roads that serve the day-to-day needs of commuters and adjacent neighbourhoods.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial uses next to major arterial roads that serve the day-to-day needs of commuters and adjacent neighbourhoods.","quotes":["The purpose of the C6 zone is to permit commercial Uses adjacent to major arterial roadways","which cater to the day-to-day needs of commuters and adjacent neighbourhoods."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["animal grooming shop","Animal Shelter or Animal Daycare","Artisan or Photography Studio","Assembly Use","auction sales","Automobile Sales, Rental, and/or Service","Bottle Depot, subject to Section 10.8.8","Communications Facility","Community Care Facility","Contracting Services","Cultural Facility","Education/Training Facility","Entertainment Facility","Financial Institution, Minor, excluding drive-thrus where located in the","Fuel Bar","garden and nursery store","laundry and dry cleaning","Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units, subject to Section 10.8.9","Office","off-Street parking","Personal Services","Recreation Facility, Indoor","Recreation Vehicle Sales, Service, and/or Rental","Restaurant or Café, excluding drive-thrus where located in the North","Retail Trade","UBrew operation","veterinary clinic, excluding outdoor kennels"],"quotes":["animal grooming shop","Animal Shelter or Animal Daycare","Artisan or Photography Studio","Assembly Use","auction sales","Automobile Sales, Rental, and/or Service","Bottle Depot, subject to Section 10.8.8","Communications Facility","Community Care Facility","Contracting Services","Cultural Facility","Education/Training Facility","Entertainment Facility","Financial Institution, Minor, excluding drive-thrus where located in the","Fuel Bar","garden and nursery store","laundry and dry cleaning","Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units, subject to Section 10.8.9","Office","off-Street parking","Personal Services","Recreation Facility, Indoor","Recreation Vehicle Sales, Service, and/or Rental","Restaurant or Café, excluding drive-thrus where located in the North","Retail Trade","UBrew operation","veterinary clinic, excluding outdoor kennels"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Food Truck or Trailer","Fruit and Vegetable Stand","Home-Based Business within Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Unit","liquor primary licence accessory to Personal Services","Mobile Food Concession","outdoor storage/display areas, subject to Section 10.8.6"],"quotes":["Food Truck or Trailer","Fruit and Vegetable Stand","Home-Based Business within Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Unit","liquor primary licence accessory to Personal Services","Mobile Food Concession","outdoor storage/display areas, subject to Section 10.8.6"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Emergency shelter and transitional housing units with a minimum of eight parking spaces: north 120 ft. of Lot 3, D.L. 231, Plan 48, and Lot 2, Plan B1444 (271 Victoria Street West)","Food and beverage packaging and distribution, small-scale manufacturing, warehousing/Mini-Warehousing, Wholesale Distribution (Animal Shelters, auction sales, Fuel Bars and machine and welding shops prohibited): Lot A, Plan 31648 (3211 Westsyde Road)","Heating and air conditioning sales and service: Lot 9, D.L. 416, Strata Plan KAS1934 (805 Notre Dame Drive)","Indoor commercial dog kennel, maximum 30 dogs per day and six overnight: Lot 3, Sec. 36, Plan 30160 (1440 Hugh Allan Drive)","Licensee retail store not adjacent to a licensed liquor primary establishment: Lot A, Plan KAP46472 (1821 Trans Canada Highway East)","Neighbourhood Pub with a maximum of 65 indoor seats: Lot 1, Plan KAP63178 (945 Lorne Street)","Vintner's Quality Alliance (VQA) specialty wine store: Lot A, Sec. 6, Plan KAP56531 (12-1380 Summit Drive)","Warehousing: Parcel Y, Plan 6547 (1110 Tranquille Road)","Retail liquor sales: Lot 1, Plan EPP97502 (780 Windsor Avenue)"],"quotes":["Emergency shelter and transitional housing units with a minimum of eight","Food and beverage packaging and distribution; small-scale","Heating and air conditioning sales and service in the case of Lot 9,","Indoor commercial dog kennel limited to a maximum of 30 dogs per day","Licensee retail store not adjacent to a licensed liquor primary","Neighbourhood Pub with a maximum of 65 indoor seats in the case of","Vintner’s Quality Alliance (VQA) specialty wine store, but specifically","Warehousing in the case of Parcel Y, DD J3771, D.L. 256, K.D.Y.D.,","Retail liquor sales in the case of Lot 1, PLAN EPP97502, D.L. 257,"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"450 m²","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 450 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["Minimum Lot Width 15 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% (75% at Lot A, Plan 13160, 1211 8th Street)","quotes":["Maximum Lot Coverage 50%","The maximum Lot Coverage permitted shall be 75% in the case of Lot A,"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0 for commercial; 2.0 where development includes Multi-Unit Residential (3.5 within 200 m of a Transit Exchange, 2.5 at 201 to 400 m in a Transit-Oriented Area; 1.0 where property abuts Hugh Allan Drive)","quotes":["Maximum Floor Area Ratio, commercial 1.0","Maximum Floor Area Ratio, where 2.0","- 200 m from Transit 3.5","- 201 to 400 m from Transit 2.5","• except where property abuts Hugh 1.0"]},"max_height":{"value":"2 storeys; 6 storeys where development includes Multi-Unit Residential (10 storeys within 200 m of a Transit Exchange in a Transit-Oriented Area); structures 4.5 m above roof of principal building with a building on the lot, 6 m without","quotes":["Maximum Building Height 2 Storeys","• except where development 6 Storeys","• except Multi-Unit Residential 10 Storeys","• without Building on Lot 6m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"2 m (4.5 m for pump islands and accessory structures)","quotes":["Minimum Front Yard Setback 2m","• except pump islands and Accessory 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 m; 1.5 m for the portion of a building where doors exit onto a lane or rear loading is provided without a loading stall; where lot adjoins a residential zone with no intervening lane or street, 3 m for one- or two-storey buildings and 4.5 m for buildings over two storeys","quotes":["Minimum Rear Yard Setback 0.0 m","• except for the portion of a Building 1.5 m","- one- or two-Storey Buildings 3m","- Buildings greater than two 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m; where lot adjoins a residential zone with no intervening lane or street, 3 m for one- or two-storey buildings and 4.5 m for buildings over two storeys","quotes":["Minimum Side Yard Setback 0.0 m","- one- or two-Storey Buildings 3m","- Buildings greater than two 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2 m","quotes":["Minimum Side Street Setback 2m"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum floor area 45 m²","Outdoor storage only as an accessory use and screened; display areas only with automobile sales, recreation vehicle sales and garden and nursery uses","Multi-Unit Residential only with a commercial use occupying at least 40% of the first-storey building footprint, or else with a landscaped amenity area of at least 30% of the lot area","Bottle Depot materials must be stored within a building"],"quotes":["Minimum floor area 45 m2","outdoor storage areas are permitted as Accessory Uses only and shall be","outdoor display areas shall be permitted in conjunction with Automobile","of 40% of Building footprint on the first Storey; or","30% of the Lot Area is provided as landscaped amenity area:","stored within a Building."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (consolidated, as amended; amendments listed to Bylaw 55-124, adopted October 27, 2026)","url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation is placed online for convenience only; it is not the official or legal version, and certified copies are available from Legislative Services at City Hall. Zone T2 (Airport), section 11.6, is repealed and not listed. The bylaw is also published one section per file at https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/138848."},"source_url":"https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849#page=211","place":{"path":"ca/bc/kamloops","name":"Kamloops","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/index.json"}}