C6 zone in Kamloops: Arterial Commercial

Kamloops, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Commercial uses next to major arterial roads that serve the day-to-day needs of commuters and adjacent neighbourhoods.

Zone rules

Purpose	Commercial uses next to major arterial roads that serve the day-to-day needs of commuters and adjacent neighbourhoods.
Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	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
Extra uses on specific lots	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)
Minimum lot area	450 m²
Minimum lot width	15 m
Maximum lot coverage	50% (75% at Lot A, Plan 13160, 1211 8th Street)
Maximum density	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)
Maximum height	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
Front setback	2 m (4.5 m for pump islands and accessory structures)
Rear setback	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
Interior side setback	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
Street side setback	2 m
Other rules	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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (consolidated, as amended; amendments listed to Bylaw 55-124, adopted October 27, 2026), s. 10.8 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. 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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