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title: "C-3 zone in Ladysmith: Highway Service Commercial"
place: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/ladysmith
zone: C-3
bylaw: Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/c-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/zoning/c-3.json"
---

# C-3 zone in Ladysmith: Highway Service Commercial

Accommodate commercial uses that serve the needs of the travelling public.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate commercial uses that serve the needs of the travelling public.
- **Main uses:** Gas Bar; Service Station; Convenience Store
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Retail Sales, limited to motor vehicle parts and accessories; Motor Vehicle Sales or Rental, accessory to Service Station Use
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 26 Symonds Street (Lot B, Plan 45624, District Lot 118, Land District 43): Motor Vehicle Body Shop is a permitted principal use; 1152 TransCanada Highway (Lot 12 and 13, District Lot 139, Oyster District, Plan 7217): Motor Vehicle Body Shop is permitted as an accessory use to a Service Station, if its floor area is no more than 33.0 percent of the Service Station's gross floor area
- **Minimum lot area:** 892.0 square metres
- **Minimum lot width:** 24.38 metres (frontage)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75.0 percent
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio 0.5
- **Maximum height:** 6.0 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 7.5 metres to the highest point of the roof
- **Front setback:** 4.5 metres
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 metres
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6.0 metres; side (interior or exterior) 1.0 metre for up to 10.0 m² and 1.5 metres for over 10.0 m²; rear 1.0 metre for up to 10.0 m² and 1.5 metres for over 10.0 m²
- **Other rules:** Any one commercial use may be up to 500.0 square metres of gross floor area

## Source

- [Town of Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 1860, Schedule A - Zoning Bylaw Text (consolidated September 29, 2026), s. 11.3](https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1860-schedule-a_zoning-bylaw-text-consolidation-sept-29-2026.pdf?sfvrsn=cf14f3db_10#page=115) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Ladysmith: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ladysmith/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/ladysmith/zoning/c-3/_