{"title":"C1 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core Zone","code":"C1","slug":"c1","name":"Mixed-Use Core Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"12.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Development of the city's downtown.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Development of the city's downtown.","quotes":["1. The purpose of this zone is to allow for the development of the city’s","downtown. This zone is compatible with land designated by the Official"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal Daycare","Art Gallery or Museum","Broadcasting Studios","Care Services","Car Wash","Commercial School","Craft Brewery/Distillery","Custom Indoor Manufacturing","Dental Services","Early Childhood Development Centre","Entertainment Facility","Financial Services","Funeral Home","Health Services","Liquor Primary Establishment","Market","Mechanical Repair and Service","Mobile Vendor","Neighbourhood Pub","Parking Lot","Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","Personal Service Establishment","Printing and Publishing Establishment","Professional and Business Offices","Public Administration","Public Assembly","Restaurant","Retail (Minor)","Shopping Centre (Minor)","Social Services Centre","Tourist Accommodation","Veterinary Clinic"],"quotes":["a. Animal Daycare","b. Art Gallery or Museum","c. Broadcasting Studios","d. Care Services","e. Car Wash","f. Commercial School","g. 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The minimum lot width shall be 7.6 m."]},"max_height":{"value":"17 m and no more than 5 storeys","quotes":["Principal Building 17 m and no more than 5 storeys"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Accessory Building 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Front lot line 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m, but 1 m if the lot is not served by a constructed rear lane","quotes":["Rear lot line","0 m, but 1 m if the lot is not","served by a constructed rear lane"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m; 3 m for one interior side if the lot has no constructed rear lane; 3 m next to a lot with residential zoning","quotes":["Interior side lot line 0m","If lot is not served by a constructed rear","lane, one interior side setback shall be:","Interior side lot line along lot line adjacent","to a lot with residential zoning","3m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Exterior side lot line 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Principal building must have at least two storeys.","Exterior, unenclosed storage of goods or materials is not permitted.","Existing standalone residential buildings from before August 1st, 1987 may be extended or altered and may add dwelling units."],"quotes":["15. The principal building on any lot shall have a minimum of two storeys.","9. Exterior, unenclosed storage of goods or materials is not permitted.","6. Any standalone residential building that existed prior to August 1st, 1987 is","permitted to be extended or altered so that it remains a residential building."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026)","url":"https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":null},"source_url":"https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=94","place":{"path":"ca/bc/nelson","name":"Nelson","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/index.json"}}