{"title":"CC4 zone in Nanaimo: Woodgrove Urban Centre","code":"CC4","slug":"cc4","name":"Woodgrove Urban Centre","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A regional commercial centre with a focus on intensive retail and service uses and medium to high density residential.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A regional commercial centre with a focus on intensive retail and service uses and medium to high density residential.","quotes":["This zone provides for a regional commercial centre with a","focus on intensive retail and service uses and medium to high","density residential."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist Studio","Assembly Hall","Auto Repair","Auto Sales and Rental","Car Wash","Commercial School","Cultural Facility","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Fast Food Restaurant","Financial Institution","Furniture & Appliance Sales","Garden Centre","Gas Station","Home Centre","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laundromat","Library","Live/Work","Lounge","Lumber Yard","Medical / Dental Office","Micro Brewery","Multiple Family Dwelling","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Personal Care Facility","Pet Day Care","Pharmacy","Production Studio","Public Market","Recreational Facility","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Seniors Congregate Housing","Shopping Centre","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Services Resource Centre","Theatre","University, College, Technical School","Veterinary Clinic","Wholesale"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Artist Studio P P P P P P","Assembly Hall -- P -- P P P","Auto Repair -- P P P -- --","Auto sales and -- -- P P -- --","Car Wash -- P 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 --","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 --","Lounge -- -- -- P -- --","Lumber yard -- -- -- P -- --","Medical / P P P P P --","Micro Brewery -- -- P P -- --","Multiple Family P P 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 --","Rooming House -- -- -- P P --","Seniors -- P P P P --","Shopping Centre -- -- P P -- --","Single P P -- P P --","Social Services -- -- P P P --","Theatre -- -- P P P --","University, -- -- -- P P P","Veterinary Clinic P P P P P --","Wholesale -- -- -- P -- --"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Arcade","Boarding and Lodging","Home Based Business","Laboratory","Secondary Suite","Short-Term Rental"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Accessory A A A A A A","Arcade -- A A A A A","Boarding and A A -- A A --","Home Based A A A A A --","Laboratory -- -- A A -- --","Secondary A A -- A 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)","Food Processing (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 10.2.5)","Liquor Store (permitted only on specific sites; see bylaw section 10.2.5)","Mini Storage (only where another commercial or residential use exists on the same lot; specific sites, see bylaw section 10.2.5)"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Cannabis Retail -- SS SS SS SS --","Food -- -- -- SS -- --","Liquor Store SS SS SS SS SS --","Mini Storage -- -- -- SS -- --"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m²","quotes":["CC4 2000m2 30m 45m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m","quotes":["CC4 2000m2 30m 45m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["CC4 50% 14m N/A","Zone Lot Maximum Additional Height Minimum"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 1.25; plus 0.55 for mixed use, 0.25 for Schedule D Tier 1 and 0.25 for Tier 2; extra for underground parking","quotes":["CC4 1.25 +0.55 +0.25 +0.25","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":["CC4 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":["CC4 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":["CC4 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":["CC4 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":["CC4 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","Lumber yard: no storage in the required front yard or any yard that abuts a residential zone","Wholesale use must be wholly enclosed within a building","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.","No storage shall be permitted in the","required front yard or any yard which","abuts a residential zone.","Use shall be wholly enclosed","within a building.","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/cc4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}