---
title: "C-1 zone in Lillooet: Downtown Core"
place: Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/lillooet
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2025-026 (adopted January 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Lillooet: Downtown Core

A concentrated mixed-use commercial area along Main Street with active retail or services at ground level and residential or service/office uses above.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A concentrated mixed-use commercial area along Main Street with active retail or services at ground level and residential or service/office uses above.
- **Main uses:** Alcohol Production Facility; Amusement Establishment; Apartment housing; Art Gallery, Including Studio; Artisan Industrial; Assembly Use; Automotive and Equipment Services; Business and Professional Office; Community services; Clubs; Contractor Service; Eating and Drinking Establishment, excluding Drive-Through Restaurants; Education Services; Farmers Market; Financial Services, excluding drive-through banks; Food Trucks; Health Services; Library; Museum; Office; Parking Space facility; Personal Service Establishment; Place of Worship; Protective and emergency Services; Recreation Services; Retail store; Service Station; Temporary Markets and Vendors; Theatre; Tourist Accommodation; Veterinary Clinic
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Commercial Dwelling Unit; Home Occupation; Short-Term Rental
- **Minimum lot area:** 250 m² (subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 10 metres (subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 80%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 2.0
- **Maximum height:** Minimum 5.9 metres and maximum 16.5 metres (principal building)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.6 metres
- **Front setback:** 0.0 metres for first and second storey (subject to electrical utility approval where utility infrastructure fronts the parcel); 1.5 metres above the second storey
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 metres for first and second storey; 3.0 metres above the second storey
- **Interior side setback:** 0.0 metres (all storeys)
- **Street side setback:** 1.5 metres (may be 0.0 m where a sidewalk bulb is built to District standards)
- **Other rules:** Where there is rear lane access, vehicle access is only permitted from the rear lane; Every Dwelling Unit needs its own at-grade entrance separate from non-residential uses and at least 10 m² of outdoor amenity space; Apartments and dwelling units must be on a separate storey above non-residential uses, or on the same storey with no more than 40% of first storey gross floor area as dwelling units and none facing front lot lines (live-work spaces excepted)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2025-026 (adopted January 20, 2026), s. 19.0](https://lillooet.civicweb.net/document/94551#page=76) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Lillooet: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/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/lillooet/zoning/c-1/_