{"title":"C-1 zone in New Westminster: Local Commercial Districts","code":"C-1","slug":"c-1","name":"Local Commercial Districts","group":"Commercial","section":"510","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Local, pedestrian-oriented commercial uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Local, pedestrian-oriented commercial uses","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow local,","pedestrian-oriented commercial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Antique stores, charity thrift stores, clothing consignment stores, second hand specialty stores","Accessory Recycling Return Centres (in accordance with Section 170.14)","Animal Grooming Facilities and daycare","Audio recording studios not exceeding 400 square feet (37.16 square metres)","Banks","Business and professional offices","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive through restaurants","Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building","Commercial schools","Housing units in the same building as a permitted non-residential use (not on the street-level first storey or below)","Libraries","Personal service establishments","Printing and publishing","Retail stores","Small-scale production","Video stores"],"quotes":["Antique stores, charity thrift stores, clothing consignment stores, second hand specialty","Accessory Recycling Return Centres, in accordance with Section 170.14 of this Bylaw","Animal Grooming Facilities and daycare;","Audio recording studios not exceeding 400 square feet (37.16 square metres) in area","Banks","Business and professional offices","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive through restaurants;","Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building","Commercial schools","Housing units used in the same building with and additional to any of the permitted","Libraries","Personal service establishments","Printing and publishing","Retail stores","Small-scale production","Video stores"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based businesses","Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Home based businesses","Accessory buildings and uses provided that all accessory buildings:"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Retail liquor store (not required to be next to a Licensed Liquor Primary establishment), limited to 800 Twentieth Street (alias 812 Twentieth Street), LOT 1 DISTRICT LOT 172 GROUP 1 NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT PLAN 6996; PID 011-241-152"],"quotes":["Retail liquor store, as defined in this Bylaw but is not required to be contiguous to a","limited to the location at 800 Twentieth Street","(Alias: 812 Twentieth Street) (Legal Description: LOT 1 DISTRICT LOT 172 GROUP 1","NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT PLAN 6996; PID: 011-241-152)"]},"max_height":{"value":"30 feet (9.14 metres) and two storeys","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 30 feet","(9.14 metres) nor two storeys."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"1 storey, 15 feet (4.57 metres) measured from the finished floor of the building","quotes":["shall not exceed one storey or a height of 15 feet (4.57 metres) measured from the"]},"setback_front":{"value":"No front yard required","quotes":["No front yard shall be required."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"20% of the site depth, not more than 25 feet (7.62 metres) required","quotes":["twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the site but","need not exceed 25 feet (7.62 metres)."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No side yard required, except: next to a flanking street on certain corner lots, at least 12.5 feet (3.81 metres); where the site abuts a lot in an (R) District or is separated by a street or lane, the required side yard of the abutting lot, not more than 10 feet (3.05 metres); if a side yard is provided where not required, at least 10 feet (3.05 metres)","quotes":["No side yard shall be required except where:","flanking street shall be not less than 12.5","feet (3.81 metres) in width;","the required side yard of the","not exceed 10 feet (3.05 metres) in width;","feet (3.05 metres) in width."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Not in the required front yard; at least 5 feet (1.52 metres) from a rear or side site line; at least 10 feet (3.05 metres) from a habitable room window on an adjoining site; at least 15 feet (4.57 metres) from the corner of a site at a street and lane intersection","quotes":["shall not be located in the required front yard;","not closer than 5 feet (1.52 metres) from a rear or side site line;","not closer than 10 feet (3.05 metres) from a window of a habitable","not closer than a distance of 15 feet (4.57 metres) from the corner"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings: no more than 10% of the site area","In buildings with more than 10 housing units, usable open space of at least 10% of the gross residential floor area"],"quotes":["shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the site area;","units, usable open space shall be provided of","not less than ten percent (10%) of the gross","residential floor area."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026)","url":"https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1).pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the complete bylaw as a single PDF, consolidated as of June 8, 2026; it also publishes each part separately. The saved text includes the list of amendments and appendices."},"source_url":"https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1).pdf#page=293","place":{"path":"ca/bc/new-westminster","name":"New Westminster","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}