---
title: "C4 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core (Railtown) Zone"
place: Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/nelson
zone: C4
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/c4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/zoning/c4.json"
---

# C4 zone in Nelson: Mixed-Use Core (Railtown) Zone

Development of the Railtown core area.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Development of the Railtown core area.
- **Main uses:** Art Gallery and Museum; Animal Daycare; 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; Live/Work; Market; Mechanical Repair, Service and Sales; Mobile Vendor; Multi-Unit Residential; 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); Social Services Centre; Tourist Accommodation; Veterinary Clinic
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Cannabis Retail Store (Subject to the use-specific conditions in Part 4.)
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Warehouse at 79 Government Road (Parcel B (See 22210I) of Lots 12 to 16 District Lot 95 Kootenay District Plan 904; Lots 7 to 11 District Lot 2627 Kootenay District Plan 904)
- **Minimum lot area:** 278 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 7.6 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 90%; if coverage is below 80%, at least 10% of the lot must be permeable surface
- **Maximum height:** 20 m and no more than 6 storeys
- **Front setback:** 0 m, but 1.5 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.; Mechanical Repair, Service, and Sales must be conducted indoors, and vehicles for sale stored indoors.; A maximum of 50% of the street-level floor area of a building may be used for off-street parking.; A Parking Lot needs a development permit and extensive landscaping and drainage facilities.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3652, 2026 (adopted April 14, 2026), s. 12.4](https://nelson.civicweb.net/document/31803/#page=103) (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/c4/_