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title: "C-1 zone in New Westminster: Local Commercial Districts"
place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in New Westminster: Local Commercial Districts

Local, pedestrian-oriented commercial uses

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Local, pedestrian-oriented commercial uses
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home based businesses; Accessory buildings and uses
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Maximum height:** 30 feet (9.14 metres) and two storeys
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 1 storey, 15 feet (4.57 metres) measured from the finished floor of the building
- **Front setback:** No front yard required
- **Rear setback:** 20% of the site depth, not more than 25 feet (7.62 metres) required
- **Interior side setback:** 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)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 510](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=293) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in New Westminster: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/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/new-westminster/zoning/c-1/_