{"title":"C3 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core (City Hall) Zone","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Mixed-Use Core (City Hall) Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"12.3","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Institutional, commercial and residential uses at City Hall.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Institutional, commercial and residential uses at City Hall.","quotes":["1. The purpose of this zone is to allow for institutional, commercial, and","residential uses at City Hall. This zone is compatible with land designated by"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Art Gallery or Museum","Animal Daycare","Broadcasting Studios","Care Services","Commercial School","Commercial Storage","Contractor Services, General","Contractor Services, Limited","Craft Brewery/Distillery","Custom Indoor Manufacturing","Dental Services","Early Childhood Development Centre","Entertainment Facility","Extended Medical Treatment Services","Financial Services","Health Services","Indoor Urban Agriculture","Live/Work","Market","Mobile Vendor","Neighbourhood Pub","Nursery","Parking Lot","Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","Participant Recreation Services, Outdoor","Personal Service Establishment","Printing and Publishing Establishment","Professional and Business Offices","Public Administration","Public Assembly","Restaurant","Retail (Minor)","School","Social Services Centre","Tourist Accommodation","Veterinary Clinic","Warehouse"],"quotes":["a. Art Gallery or Museum","b. Animal Daycare","c. Broadcasting Studios","d. Care Services","e. Commercial School","f. Commercial Storage","g. Contractor Services, General","h. Contractor Services, Limited","i. Craft Brewery/Distillery","j. Custom Indoor Manufacturing","k. Dental Services","l. Early Childhood Development Centre","m. Entertainment Facility","n. Extended Medical Treatment Services","o. Financial Services","p. Health Services","q. Indoor Urban Agriculture","r. Live/Work","s. Market","t. Mobile Vendor","u. Neighbourhood Pub","v. Nursery","w. Parking Lot","x. Participant Recreation Services, Indoor","y. Participant Recreation Services, Outdoor","z. Personal Service Establishment","aa. Printing and Publishing Establishment","ab. Professional and Business Offices","ac. Public Administration","ad. Public Assembly","ae. Restaurant","af. Retail (Minor)","ag. School","ah. Social Services Centre","ai. Tourist Accommodation","aj. Veterinary Clinic","ak. Warehouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Multi-Unit Residential (when combined with a permitted use)","Cannabis Retail Store"],"note":"Cannabis Retail Store is subject to the use-specific conditions in Part 4.","quotes":["4. Multi-Unit Residential is permitted when combined with a permitted use.","a. Cannabis Retail Store"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"463 m²","quotes":["12. The minimum lot area shall be 463 sq. m."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["11. The minimum lot width shall be 10 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"90%","quotes":["13. The maximum permitted lot coverage on a lot is 90%."]},"max_height":{"value":"20 m and no more than 6 storeys","quotes":["Principal Building 20 m and no more than 6 storeys"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["Accessory Building 10 m"]},"other":{"value":["At least 50% of the street-level floor area must be non-residential use.","Principal building must have at least two storeys.","Off-street parking is relaxed to no more than one space per 170 m² of gross floor area for Public Administration and Art Gallery and Museum.","Exterior, unenclosed storage of goods or materials is not permitted."],"quotes":["7. A minimum of 50% of the gross floor area at street level shall be used for","16. The principal building on any lot shall have a minimum of two storeys.","required per 170 sq. m. of gross floor area for the following uses: Public","Administration and Art Gallery and Museum.","9. Exterior, unenclosed storage of goods or materials is not permitted."]}},"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=100","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/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/index.json"}}