{"title":"C6 zone in Merritt: City Centre District","code":"C6","slug":"c6","name":"City Centre District","group":"Commercial","section":"7.18","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Financial, retail, entertainment, government and cultural services, plus high density residential and mixed use development, within the Downtown.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Financial, retail, entertainment, government and cultural services, plus high density residential and mixed use development, within the Downtown.","quotes":["The purpose of the City Centre District zone is to provide financial, retail, entertainment,"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Services","Artisan Studio","Brewing and Distilling, Craft","Business Support Services","Commercial Recreation Services","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Apartment","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Townhome","Entertainment Facility","Food Primary Establishment","Gallery and Museum","Hotel","Liquor Primary Establishment","Liquor Store","Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","Personal and Professional Services","Retail Cannabis Sales","Retail Store, Convenience","Retail Store, General","School, Private"],"note":"Many further uses (for example Assembly Place, Bus Depot, Community Care Facilities, Educational Institution, Motel, Place of Worship) need discretionary approval and are not considered on Parcels abutting Quilchena Avenue between Charters Street and Chapman Street; Drive-though Business, Filling Station and Vehicle Services are prohibited.","quotes":["Animal Services","Artisan Studio","Brewing and Distilling, Craft","Business Support Services","Commercial Recreation Services","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Apartment","Dwelling, Multiple Unit Townhome","Entertainment Facility","Food Primary Establishment","Gallery and Museum","Hotel","Liquor Primary Establishment","Liquor Store","Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","Personal and Professional Services","Retail Cannabis Sales","Retail Store, Convenience","Retail Store, General","School, Private"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Building","Administrative Office","Two Dwelling Units within a Principal Building","One Dwelling Unit in a Principal Building","Mobile Retail Vendor","Secondary Suite","Security / Operator Suite","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["Accessory Building","Administrative Office","Two Dwelling Units within a Principal Building","One Dwelling Unit in a Principal Building","Mobile Retail Vendor","Secondary Suite","Security / Operator Suite","Short-Term Rental"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot 3 Block 14 DL 123 Plan 1 (2126 Granite Avenue): Single Detached Dwelling setbacks are 6 metres front and rear, 1.5 metres each side","Parcel B Block 16 District Lot 124 Plan 1, PID 023-113-952 (1990 Chapman Street): Place of Worship added as a permitted Use; required Parking Spaces are zero (north building) and three (southern building)"],"quotes":["from the front and rear Parcel Lines, and 1.5 metres","from each side Parcel Line.","Plan 1, PID: 023-113-952 (1990 Chapman Street), despite Section 7.18.2","permitted Uses, Place of Worship is added as a permitted Use; and despite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"120 m²","quotes":["All types 120 m2 6 metres 20 metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"6 metres","quotes":["All types 120 m2 6 metres 20 metres"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"95% (up to 100% if rooftop garden Open Space is provided on at least 15% of the roof surface)","quotes":["95%, except","increased to a maximum of 100% if Open Space in the form of rooftop garden","space is provided on a minimum of 15% of the roof surface."]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 25 metres or 6 storeys; minimum Height for Principal Buildings is 3 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 25","metres or 6","b. The minimum Height for Principal Buildings in C6 Zone is 3 storeys."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Lesser of 5 metres or 1.5 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 5","metres or 1.5"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 metres","quotes":["All types 0 metres 0 metres 0 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 metres; 3 metres for Parcels without underground or under-building space for waste and recycling receptacles","quotes":["0 metres,","d. Notwithstanding the regulations in Table 7.18.7, the Rear Setback is 3 metres for"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 metres","quotes":["All types 0 metres 0 metres 0 metres"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 metres","quotes":["All types 0 metres 0 metres 0 metres"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front: Front Building Line; side 0 metres; rear 0 metres","quotes":["Building 0 metres 0 metres 0 metres"]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling Units must be above, below or behind the commercial use and have a separate entrance","Single Detached and Semi-Detached Dwellings only as part of a mixed use development with a commercial Use","On Parcels abutting Quilchena Avenue between Charters Street and Chapman Street, buildings over 4 storeys need a step-back of at least 1.5 metres on the fifth storey and 1.5 metres more on every third storey after"],"quotes":["a. Where a building contains residential Dwelling Units and commercial uses, the","commercial use.","c. Residential Dwelling Units must have a separate entrance from that of any","b. Single Detached Dwellings and Semi-Detached Dwellings may only be located","g. On Parcels Abutting Quilchena Avenue between Charters Street and Chapman","Street, buildings over 4 storeys in Height must have a step-back of a minimum of","1.5 metres on the fifth storey and an additional 1.5 metres on every third storey"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 2284, 2020 (consolidated to January 2026)","url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation does not have legal force; contact City Hall to confirm the status of the bylaw. Section 7.27 (Comprehensive Development framework) sets rules for creating CD zones and is not itself a zone. Sections 7.5 and 7.9 are deleted."},"source_url":"http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2284_Zoning-Bylaw_2026.pdf#page=141","place":{"path":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/c6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/c6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/c6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/zoning/index.json"}}