---
title: "C3 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core (City Hall) Zone"
place: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nelson
zone: C3
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/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core (City Hall) Zone

Institutional, commercial and residential uses at City Hall.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Institutional, commercial and residential uses at City Hall.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Multi-Unit Residential (when combined with a permitted use); Cannabis Retail Store (Cannabis Retail Store is subject to the use-specific conditions in Part 4.)
- **Minimum lot area:** 463 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 10 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90%
- **Maximum height:** 20 m and no more than 6 storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 10 m
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026), s. 12.3](https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=100) (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/c3/_