{"title":"C-1A zone in New Westminster: Local Commercial Districts (Restricted)","code":"C-1A","slug":"c-1a","name":"Local Commercial Districts (Restricted)","group":"Commercial","section":"511","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Small scale mixed use development providing neighbourhood commercial and associated residential uses","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Small scale mixed use development providing neighbourhood commercial and associated residential uses","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow small scale mixed use development to provide","neighbourhood commercial and associated residential uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Business and professional offices","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive-through restaurants","Housing units in the same building as a permitted non-residential use (not on the street-level first storey)","Personal service establishments","Retail stores","Small-scale production"],"quotes":["Business and professional offices","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive-through restaurants","Housing units used in the same building with and additional to any of the permitted non-","Personal service establishments","Retail stores","Small-scale production"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and uses provided that all accessory buildings:"]},"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":["A rear yard shall be provided of not less than 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:","the side yard adjoining the flanking street shall be not less than 12.5 feet (3.81","abutting lot on the same side, but need not exceed 10 feet (3.05 metres) in width;","side yard shall be not less than 10 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","No off-street parking is required for residential or commercial use"],"quotes":["shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the site area; and","No Off-Street parking is required for residential use.","No Off-Street parking is required for commercial use."]}},"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=297","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-1a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-1a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}