{"title":"C-5 zone in New Westminster: Community Commercial Districts (Restricted)","code":"C-5","slug":"c-5","name":"Community Commercial Districts (Restricted)","group":"Commercial","section":"531","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential uses, including hotels and charitable casinos","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential uses, including hotels and charitable casinos","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential","uses, including hotels and charitable casinos."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building","Hotels","Housing units contained in a building not less than four storeys in height","Libraries","Business and professional office","Public assembly and entertainment uses","Small-scale production","Uses customarily incidental to the above, such as personal service establishments and restaurants, where they occupy no more than 50% of the ground floor"],"quotes":["Child care in a non-residential building or portion of a non-residential building","Hotels","Housing units contained in a building not less than four storeys in height","Libraries","Business and professional office","Public assembly and entertainment uses","Small-scale production","Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses such as personal service establishments","and restaurants where these uses occupy no more than fifty percent (50%) of the ground"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home based businesses","Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Home based businesses","Accessory buildings and uses"]},"max_density":{"value":"Total floor space ratio 5.2; residential portions not more than 3.0","quotes":["The total floor space ratio on any site shall not exceed a factor of 5.2 provided that the floor","shall not exceed a factor of 3.0."]},"setback_front":{"value":"No front yard required; the part of a building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) high must be set back from the centre line of the fronting street at least 30% of the height of that portion","quotes":["No front yard shall be required.","The portion of any building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) in height shall be set back from the","centre line of the fronting street a distance of not less than thirty percent (30%) of the height"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"No rear yard required; the part of a building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) high must be set back from the rear property line (or centre line of a lane or street behind) at least 30% of the height of that portion","quotes":["No rear yard shall be required.","The portion of any building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) in height shall be set back from the","rear property line or the centre line of a lane or street parallel to and abutting the rear","property line a distance of not less than thirty percent (30%) of the height of that portion of"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No side yard required, except where the site abuts a lot in an (R) District or is separated by a street or lane: at least 40% of the building height up to 40 feet (12.19 metres), plus 20% of the part over 40 feet; if a side yard is provided where not required, at least 10 feet (3.05 metres); the part of a building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) high must be set back at least 30% of the height of that portion","quotes":["No side yard shall be required except that:","a side yard shall be provided of a width of not less than forty percent (40%) of the","height of the building up to a height of 40 feet (12.19 metres) plus twenty percent","(20%) of the height of that portion of the building over 40 feet (12.19 metres) in","side yard shall be not less than 10 feet (3.05 metres) in width.","The portion of any building over 30 feet (9.14 metres) in height shall be set back from the","side property line or centre line of a street or lane parallel to and abutting the side property","line a distance of not less than thirty percent (30%) of the height of that portion of the"]},"other":{"value":["In buildings with more than 10 housing units, usable open space of at least ten percent of the gross residential floor area"],"quotes":["In buildings containing more than 10 housing 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=342","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-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/c-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}