{"title":"CC5 zone in Nanaimo: Hospital Urban Centre","code":"CC5","slug":"cc5","name":"Hospital Urban Centre","group":"Commercial","section":"Part 10","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Health related professional offices and medium to high density residential accommodation.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Health related professional offices and medium to high density residential accommodation.","quotes":["This zone provides for health related professional offices and","medium to high density residential accommodation."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist Studio","Assembly Hall","Bingo Hall","Commercial School","Cultural Facility","Daycare","Electric Vehicle Charge Station","Financial Institution","Funeral Parlour","Furniture & Appliance Sales","Hospital","Hotel","Internet Centre","Laboratory","Laundromat","Library","Live/Work","Medical / Dental Office","Multiple Family Dwelling","Museum","Neighbourhood Pub","Office","Parking Lot / Parkade","Personal Care Facility","Pet Day Care","Printing and Publishing Facility","Pharmacy","Recreational Facility","Refund Container Recycling Depot","Religious Institution","Restaurant","Retail","Rooming House","Seniors Congregate Housing","Single Residential Dwelling","Social Services Resource Centre","Theatre","University, College, Technical School","Veterinary Clinic"],"quotes":["CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6","Artist Studio P P P P P P","Assembly Hall -- P -- P P P","Bingo Hall -- -- -- -- 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","Financial -- P P P P --","Funeral Parlour -- -- P -- P --","Furniture & -- -- P P P --","Hospital -- -- -- -- P --","Hotel -- -- P P P --","Internet Centre -- P P P P --","Laboratory -- -- -- -- P --","Laundromat -- -- P P P --","Library -- P P P P --","Live/Work P P P P P --","Medical / P P P 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 --","Parking Lot / -- -- -- -- P --","Personal Care -- -- P P P --","Pet Day Care -- -- P P P --","Printing and -- -- -- -- P --","Pharmacy -- P 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 --","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 --"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Dwelling Unit","Arcade","Boarding and Lodging","Home Based Business","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 --","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)","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":"1,000 m²","quotes":["CC5 1000m2 15m 30m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["CC5 1000m2 15m 30m","Zone Minimum Lot Size Minimum Lot Minimum Lot Depth"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["CC5 50% 14m An additional 4m where the lot 2 stories","Zone Lot Maximum Additional Height Minimum"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio 1.00; plus 0.25 for mixed use, 0.25 for Schedule D Tier 1 and 0.35 for Tier 2; extra for underground parking","quotes":["CC5 1.00 +0.25 +0.25 +0.35","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 (an additional 4 m where the lot includes both commercial and residential uses); minimum 2 stories","quotes":["CC5 50% 14m An additional 4m where the lot 2 stories","Zone Lot Maximum Additional Height Minimum","includes both commercial and","residential uses."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m minimum","quotes":["CC5 4.5m N/A 3m 4m 4.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["CC5 4.5m N/A 3m 4m 4.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m","quotes":["CC5 4.5m N/A 3m 4m 4.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4 m","quotes":["CC5 4.5m N/A 3m 4m 4.5m","Zone Minimum Maximum Side Flanking Rear Notes","Front Yard Front Yard Yard Side Yard Yard"]},"other":{"value":["Stand-alone furniture and appliance store 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":["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/cc5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/cc5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nanaimo/zoning/index.json"}}