New Westminster, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
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
Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.