---
title: "C1 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core Zone"
place: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nelson
zone: C1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core Zone

Development of the city's downtown.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Development of the city's downtown.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Dwelling units (combined with a non-residential use, or exclusively non-market affordable housing); Cannabis Retail Store (Combined dwelling units must be in the same building, above or behind (or below an at-grade) non-residential use, with at least 50% of street-level floor area non-residential; affordable housing must not front Baker, Hall, Vernon or Victoria Street.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 278 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 7.6 m
- **Maximum height:** 17 m and no more than 5 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m, but 1 m if the lot is not served by a constructed rear lane
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Street side setback:** 0 m
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026), s. 12.1](https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=94) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Nelson: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/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/nelson/zoning/c1/_