{"title":"CC3 zone in Nanaimo: City Commercial Centre","code":"CC3","slug":"cc3","name":"City Commercial Centre","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Shopping needs of the community at large, as well as medium to high density residential development.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Shopping needs of the community at large, as well as medium to high density residential development.","quotes":["This zone provides for the shopping needs of the community","at large, as well as medium to high density residential","development."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist Studio","Auto Repair","Auto Sales and Rental","Car Wash","Club or Lodge","Commercial School","Cultural Facility","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Fast Food Restaurant","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Furniture & Appliance Sales","Garden Centre","Gas Station","Home Centre","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laundromat","Library","Live/Work","Medical / Dental Office","Micro Brewery","Multiple Family Dwelling","Museum","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Personal Care Facility","Pet Day Care","Pharmacy","Production Studio","Public Market","Recreational Facility","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Seniors Congregate Housing","Shopping Centre","Sign Shop","Social Services Resource Centre","Theatre","Veterinary Clinic"],"note":"Multiple family dwelling is only permitted where a commercial use exists on the same lot.","quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Artist Studio P P P P P P","Auto Repair -- P P P -- --","Auto sales and -- -- P P -- --","Car Wash -- P P P -- --","Club or Lodge -- -- P -- -- P","Commercial -- P P P P P","Cultural Facility -- -- P P P P","Daycare P P P P P P","Electric Vehicle P P P P P P","Fast Food SS -- P P -- --","Financial -- P P P P --","Funeral Parlour -- -- P -- P --","Furniture & -- -- P P P --","Garden Centre -- -- P P -- --","Gas Station SS P P P -- --","Home Centre -- -- P P -- --","Hotel -- -- P P P --","Internet Centre -- P P P P --","Laundromat -- -- P P P --","Library -- P P P P --","Live/Work P P P P P --","Medical / P P P P P --","Micro Brewery -- -- P P -- --","Multiple Family P P P P P --","Museum -- -- P -- P P","Neighbourhood P P P P P --","Office SS P P P P --","Personal Care -- -- P P P --","Pet Day Care -- -- P P P --","Pharmacy -- P P P P --","Production -- -- P P -- --","Public Market -- P P P -- --","Recreational -- P P P P P","Refund -- P P P P --","Religious P -- P P P --","Restaurant P P P P P --","Retail P P P P P --","Seniors -- P P P P --","Shopping Centre -- -- P P -- --","Sign Shop -- -- P -- -- --","Social Services -- -- P P P --","Theatre -- -- P P P --","Veterinary Clinic P P P P P --","Within the CC1, CC2 and CC3 zones,","residential shall only be permitted"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Arcade","Home Based Business","Laboratory","Lumber Yard","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Accessory A A A A A A","Arcade -- A A A A A","Home Based A A A A A --","Laboratory -- -- A A -- --","Lumber Yard -- -- A -- -- --","Short-Term A A A A A A"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Cannabis Retail Store (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 10.2.5)","Liquor Store (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 10.2.5)"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Cannabis Retail -- SS SS SS SS --","Liquor Store SS SS SS SS SS --"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,200 m²","quotes":["CC3 1200m2 15m 30m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["CC3 1200m2 15m 30m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["CC3 50% 14m N/A","Zone Lot Maximum Additional Height Minimum"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 0.45; plus 0.75 for mixed use; extra for underground parking","quotes":["CC3 0.45 +0.75 N/A N/A","Zone Maximum Allowable Additional Density","Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Mixed Use* Tier 1 Tier 2","10.3.2 In addition to the density permitted within Subsection 10.3.1 within the CC3, CC4 and CC5","Area Ratio equal to 0.25 multiplied by the percentage of the total"]},"max_height":{"value":"14 m","quotes":["CC3 50% 14m N/A","Zone Lot Maximum Additional Height Minimum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m minimum (4.5 m where no parking is located between the front property line and the front face of the building)","quotes":["CC3 7.5m N/A 3m 6m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard","reduced to 4.5m where no","parking is located between the"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["CC3 7.5m N/A 3m 6m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["CC3 7.5m N/A 3m 6m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["CC3 7.5m N/A 3m 6m 7.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"other":{"value":["Micro brewery is limited to 557 m²","Stand-alone furniture and appliance store, home centre and retail use are limited to 4,644 m²","An extra 2.5 m front and/or flanking side setback applies where a lot abuts a major road and the road widening has not been dedicated"],"quotes":["brewery shall not exceed 557m2.","exceed 4,644m2.","shall not exceed 4,644m2.","4,644m2.","10.5.3 Notwithstanding Subsection 10.5.1, where a property line abuts a major road, an additional","2.5m front and/or flanking side yard setback is required when the dedication to achieve"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)","url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw is organised by part (one part per zone family, with shared use and regulation tables), so zone line ranges cover the whole part. CD3 is deleted in the bylaw. Zones R1a and R1b are subzones of R1 (R1 / R1a / R1b)."},"source_url":"https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=93","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nanaimo","name":"Nanaimo","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}