---
title: "C3 zone in Langley City: Entertainment and Convention"
place: Langley City, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/langley
zone: C3
bylaw: "City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300 (adopted March 9, 2026; replaces Zoning Bylaw No. 2100)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Langley City: Entertainment and Convention

An integrated hotel, convention centre and gaming facility with complementary accessory uses within the Transit Oriented Core OCP land use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** An integrated hotel, convention centre and gaming facility with complementary accessory uses within the Transit Oriented Core OCP land use.
- **Main uses:** Tourist Accommodation; Convention Centre; Gaming Activity
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Retail Sales; Personal Services; Recreational Facilities; Cultural Facilities; Eating Establishments; Offices; Liquor Primary Establishment; Parking Facilities
- **Minimum lot area:** 4,047 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Not applicable
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 95% (principal building)
- **Maximum density:** 5.500 FAR (amenity requirement applies)
- **Maximum height:** 46 m or the maximum height permitted by the Langley Regional Airport AZR, whichever is less
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Not applicable
- **Front setback:** 2.0 m (3.0 m for residential storeys)
- **Rear setback:** 0.0 m up to top of 10th storey (2.0 m for residential storeys if abutting a lane; 6.0 m for residential storeys not abutting a lane); 12.5 m above 10th storey (8.5 m if abutting a lane)
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 m to top of 8th storey; 6.0 m above top of 8th storey or if abutting a residential use; 12.5 m above top of 10th storey
- **Street side setback:** 2.0 m (3.0 m for residential storeys); above 10th storey 2.0 m (8.5 m if abutting a lane)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Not applicable
- **Other rules:** Above the top of the 10th storey, floor plate is limited to 750 m² and building length to 30 m; Auction House is restricted to an enclosed building with a sprinkling/fire suppression system complying with the BC Building Code and NFPA standards; Amenity space must be provided

## Source

- [City of Langley Zoning Bylaw, 2025, No. 3300 (adopted March 9, 2026; replaces Zoning Bylaw No. 2100), s. 6](https://www.langleycity.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2025-no-3300pdf-2#page=72) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Langley City: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/langley/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/langley/zoning/c3/_