---
title: "CS-1 zone in New Westminster: Service Districts"
place: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/new-westminster
zone: CS-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/cs-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/cs-1.json"
---

# CS-1 zone in New Westminster: Service Districts

Allow commercial service uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allow commercial service uses.
- **Main uses:** Ambulance headquarters; Animal grooming and daycare facilities; Art studios; Auction rooms; Banks; Business and professional offices; Boat and trailer showrooms, sales and rentals; Commercial school; Restaurants; Car washing establishments; Commercial nurseries (retail only); Delivery and express facilities; Drive-in businesses; Frozen food lockers; Funeral parlours; Healthcare cluster uses; Hotels; Laboratories, scientific and research; Personal service establishments; Printing and publishing; Public assembly and entertainment use; Public transportation depots; Retail building supply establishments; Retail sale, rental and repair of tools and small equipment; Retail stores; Sales, rental, servicing and repairing of new or used automobiles, parts and accessories (excludes automobile wrecking or storage of damaged vehicles); Second hand stores; Small-scale production; Storage buildings and storage yards for building and other trade contractors; Taxi offices; Assembly and finishing of business and office equipment, electronics and small electrical equipment; Trade schools; Truck and trailer sales and rental lots (Some uses have conditions; offices, commercial school, retail stores and small scale production are only permitted on designated Active Frontage street portions.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses to permitted principal uses
- **Maximum height:** 30 feet (9.14 metres) and two storeys
- **Front setback:** No front yard required
- **Rear setback:** 10 feet (3.05 metres); where the site abuts an (R) District, 20% of site depth but not more than 25 feet (7.62 metres)
- **Interior side setback:** None required, except 10 feet (3.05 metres) where the lot abuts an (R) District lot; any side yard provided must be at least 10 feet (3.05 metres)
- **Street side setback:** 10 feet (3.05 metres) where the lot abuts an (R) District lot or is separated from it by a street or lane
- **Other rules:** Restaurants exclude drive-in and drive-through restaurants on portions of streets designated Active Frontage; Government institutions and education facilities under healthcare cluster uses only in the Sapperton Special Employment Area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 (consolidated as of June 8, 2026), s. 550](https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Complete_Zoning_Bylaw_No._6680_2001___As_of_June_8_2026(1%29.pdf#page=365) (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/cs-1/_