---
title: "C7 zone in Kamloops: Neighbourhood Commercial"
place: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kamloops
zone: C7
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/c7/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/c7.json"
---

# C7 zone in Kamloops: Neighbourhood Commercial

A range of commercial uses and residential development in small-scale shopping centres throughout the city.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A range of commercial uses and residential development in small-scale shopping centres throughout the city.
- **Main uses:** animal grooming shop; Artisan or Photography Studio; Assembly Use; Community Care Facility; Cultural Facility; Entertainment Facility; Financial Institution, Minor; Fuel Bar; laundry and dry cleaning; Multi-Unit Residential, subject to Section 10.9.7; Office; Personal Services; Recreation Facility, Indoor; Restaurant or Café; Retail Trade; veterinary clinic, excluding outdoor kennels
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home-Based Business within Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Unit; liquor primary licence accessory to Personal Services; Mobile Food Concession
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Maximum of six Residential Units (Fuel Bars, entertainment facilities and veterinarian clinics excluded): Lot 3, Sec. 35 and 36, Plan 23698 (1450 Highland Drive); Dwelling Unit, Office Use, florist, shoe repair, small appliance repair, upholstery repair, craft sales and picture framing (Fuel Bar and veterinary clinic excluded): Lot 19, D.L. 257, Plan 22406 (1579 Collingwood Drive)
- **Minimum lot area:** 3,076 m² minimum; 2.2 ha maximum
- **Minimum lot width:** 60 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.4 for commercial; 1.5 where development includes Multi-Unit Residential
- **Maximum height:** 1 storey; 3 storeys for Multi-Unit Residential (4 storeys on arterial or collector roads); structures 4.5 m above roof of principal building with a building on the lot, 6 m without
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (3 m where lot adjoins a residential zone with an intervening lane or street)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (3 m where lot adjoins a residential zone with an intervening lane or street)
- **Other rules:** Outdoor storage is not permitted; Multi-Unit Residential only with a commercial use occupying at least 40% of the ground-floor building footprint, or else with a landscaped amenity area of at least 30% of the lot area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 55 (consolidated, as amended; amendments listed to Bylaw 55-124, adopted October 27, 2026), s. 10.9](https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/138849#page=216) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Kamloops: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/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/kamloops/zoning/c7/_