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title: "CC4 zone in Nanaimo: Woodgrove Urban Centre"
place: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nanaimo
zone: CC4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc4.json"
---

# CC4 zone in Nanaimo: Woodgrove Urban Centre

A regional commercial centre with a focus on intensive retail and service uses and medium to high density residential.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A regional commercial centre with a focus on intensive retail and service uses and medium to high density residential.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Dwelling Unit; Arcade; Boarding and Lodging; Home Based Business; Laboratory; Secondary Suite; Short-Term Rental
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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)
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 14 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m minimum (4.5 m where no parking is located between the front property line and the front face of the building)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 3 m
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (consolidated 2026-MAR-23), s. Part 10](https://www.nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/4500.pdf#page=93) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nanaimo: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/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/nanaimo/zoning/cc4/_