{"title":"CBD zone in Kamloops: Central Business District","code":"CBD","slug":"cbd","name":"Central Business District","group":"Commercial","section":"10.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Intensive retail, Office, residential and cultural facilities in areas designated City Centre in the Official Community Plan and the Downtown Plan.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Intensive retail, Office, residential and cultural facilities in areas designated City Centre in the Official Community Plan and the Downtown Plan.","quotes":["The purpose of the CBD zone is to encourage intensive retail, Office, residential, and cultural"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Alcohol Manufacturer’s Lounge","animal grooming shop","Artisan or Photography Studio","Assembly Use","Communications Facility","Community Care Facility","convention or civic centre","Cultural Facility","Education/Training Facility","Entertainment Facility","Financial Institution, Major, excluding drive-thrus","Financial Institution, Minor, excluding drive-thrus","funeral home","Hotel","laundry and dry cleaning","Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units, subject to Section 10.1.8","Neighbourhood Pub, Lounge, or club","Nightclub/Cabaret","Office","off-Street parking facility","Personal Services","Place of Worship","Recreation Facility, Indoor","Restaurant or Café, excluding drive-thrus","Retail Cannabis Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.13","Retail Liquor Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.14","Retail Trade","Trade and Technology Centre","transportation depot","veterinary clinic, excluding outdoor kennels"],"quotes":["Alcohol Manufacturer’s Lounge","animal grooming shop","Artisan or Photography Studio","Assembly Use","Communications Facility","Community Care Facility","convention or civic centre","Cultural Facility","Education/Training Facility","Entertainment Facility","Financial Institution, Major, excluding drive-thrus","Financial Institution, Minor, excluding drive-thrus","funeral home","Hotel","laundry and dry cleaning","Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units, subject to Section 10.1.8","Neighbourhood Pub, Lounge, or club","Nightclub/Cabaret","Office","off-Street parking facility","Personal Services","Place of Worship","Recreation Facility, Indoor","Restaurant or Café, excluding drive-thrus","Retail Cannabis Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.13","Retail Liquor Sales, subject to Division 3, Section 3.14","Retail Trade","Trade and Technology Centre","transportation depot","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, subject to Division 3, Section 3.3","liquor primary licence accessory to permitted Principal Use","Mobile Food Concession"],"quotes":["Food Truck or Trailer","Fruit and Vegetable Stand","Home-Based Business within Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Unit, subject","liquor primary licence accessory to permitted Principal Use","Mobile Food Concession"]},"site_specific":{"value":["24 Housekeeping Units and a one-bedroom caretaker’s suite on Lots 6 and 7, Plan 194 (506 Columbia Street)","Automobile Service on Lot A, Plan 42371 (137 Victoria Street West)","Car wash and oil change facility on part of Lot 3, Plan 24625 (450 Lansdowne Street)","Garden and nursery store on Lots 1-3, Plan 193 (711 Victoria Street and 225 7th Avenue)","9 Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units on the first Storey at 569 Seymour Street, 344 6th Avenue and 575 Seymour Street"],"quotes":["24 Housekeeping Units and a one-bedroom caretaker’s suite in the case","(506 Columbia","Automobile Service in the case of Lot A, D.L. 232, Plan 42371, K.D.Y.D.","(137 Victoria Street West)","car wash and oil change facility in the case of that portion of Lot 3,","(450 Lansdowne Street)","garden and nursery store in the case of Lots 1–3, Plan 193, Blk. 70,","(711 Victoria Street and 225 7th Avenue)","9 Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units located on the first Storey in the","(569 Seymour Street)","(344 6th Avenue)","(575 Seymour"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"246 m²","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area 246 m2"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Minimum Lot Width 7.5 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"95% (at ground floor)","quotes":["Maximum Lot Coverage 95% (at ground floor)"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 5.0 (6.15 at Lot A, Plan KAP76439, 360 Columbia Street)","quotes":["Floor Area Ratio 5.0","The maximum Floor Area Ratio shall be 6.15 in the case of Lot A, D.L.","232, K.D.Y.D., Plan KAP76439, Except Plan EPP81231 (360 Columbia"]},"max_height":{"value":"Structures may rise 4.5 m above the roof of the principal building","quotes":["Maximum Structure Height 4.5 m (above roof of principal Building)"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0.0 m (4.5 m on corner lots, corner cut)","quotes":["Minimum Front Yard Setback 0.0 m","except Corner Lots 4.5 m (Corner Cut)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 m (where the lot adjoins a residential zoned lot with no intervening lane or street: 3 m for one- or two-Storey buildings, 6 m for buildings over two Storeys; 1.5 m for the part of a building where a door exits directly onto a lane or rear loading access is provided without a loading stall)","quotes":["Minimum side or Rear Yard Setback 0.0 m","one- or two-Storey Buildings 3m","Buildings greater than two 6m","except for the portion of a Building 1.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m (where the lot adjoins a residential zoned lot with no intervening lane or street: 3 m for one- or two-Storey buildings, 6 m for buildings over two Storeys; 1.5 m for the part of a building where a door exits directly onto a lane)","quotes":["Minimum side or Rear Yard Setback 0.0 m","one- or two-Storey Buildings 3m","Buildings greater than two 6m","except for the portion of a Building 1.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Multi-Unit Residential Dwelling Units are allowed on buildings fronting Lansdowne Street or Victoria Street (1st to 8th Avenue), Seymour Street (1st to 7th Avenue), or 1st to 6th Avenue between Lansdowne and Seymour Street, above or below the first Storey only; the first Storey is for commercial use","Outdoor storage is not permitted","Surface parking is not permitted between the building and a front or side street"],"quotes":["where a Building fronts Lansdowne Street or Victoria Streets between","Dwelling Units shall be located above or below the first Storey;","the first Storey shall only be used for commercial Uses or a","outdoor storage shall not be permitted.","surface","parking shall not be permitted between the Building and a front or side Street."]}},"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=184","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/cbd/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/cbd.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/cbd.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/zoning/index.json"}}