{"title":"CW-3 zone in New Westminster: Community Commercial Waterfront Districts (Low Rise)","code":"CW-3","slug":"cw-3","name":"Community Commercial Waterfront Districts (Low Rise)","group":"Commercial","section":"572","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Allow pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential uses adjacent to the waterfront, at 50 units per acre (123.55 units per hectare) or 15% of the site area.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Allow pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential uses adjacent to the waterfront, at 50 units per acre (123.55 units per hectare) or 15% of the site area.","quotes":["The intent of this district is to allow pedestrian-oriented commercial and residential","uses adjacent to the waterfront, with a density of 50 units per acre (123.55 units per","hectare) or fifteen percent (15%) of the site area."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Banks","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive-through restaurants","Clubs (private)","Home based businesses","Housing units in a building with and in addition to permitted non-residential uses (nothing above the street or parking deck level, whichever is higher, may be non-residential)","Personal service establishments being barber shops, beauty parlours, dry cleaning shops (automatic self-service only), optical or watch repair shops, florist shops, launderettes (automatic self-service only), shoe repair shops, tailor or dressmaker shops, doctors' and dentists' offices","Public assembly and entertainment uses","Retail stores"],"quotes":["Banks","Restaurants, excluding drive-in restaurants and drive-through restaurants;","Clubs (private)","Home based businesses","Housing units contained in a building with and in addition to any of the permitted non-","residential uses provided that no portion of the building above the street level or the parking","Personal service establishments being barber shops, beauty parlours, dry cleaning shops","(automatic self-service only), optical or watch repair shops, florist shops, launderettes","(automatic self-service only), shoe repair shops, tailor or dressmaker shops, doctors' and","dentists' offices","Public assembly and entertainment uses","Retail stores"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses"],"quotes":["Accessory buildings and uses"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Residential portion of a building: 40% of the site area","quotes":["The portion of a building used for residential purposes shall not cover more than forty","percent (40%) of the site area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Residential: 50 units per net acre (.40 hectares), with increases for roof-landscaped enclosed parking and for coverage under 40%; non-residential portion: 15% of site area","quotes":["of land shall not exceed 50 provided that:","The portion of a building used for non-residential purposes shall not exceed fifteen percent","(15%) of site area."]},"max_height":{"value":"45 feet (13.72 metres)","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 45 feet (13.72 metres)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"25 feet (7.62 metres)","quotes":["A front yard shall be provided of not less than 25 feet (7.62 metres) in depth."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Not less than 20% of site depth to a maximum of 25 feet (7.62 metres), nor less than 20% of building height, whichever is greater","quotes":["A rear yard shall be provided of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the site to","a maximum of 25 feet (7.62 metres) nor less than twenty percent (20%) of the height of the","building, whichever is the greater."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Not adjoining a street: 8 feet (2.44 metres) plus 50% of the height up to 30 feet (9.14 metres) plus 20% of the height over 30 feet, less 8 feet (2.44 metres)","quotes":["Where the side yard does not adjoin a street, the side yard shall be as in a)","immediately above, less 8 feet (2.44 metres).","metres) in width plus an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the height up to 30","feet (9.14 metres) plus an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the height of that"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Adjoining a street: not less than 8 feet (2.44 metres) plus 50% of the height up to 30 feet (9.14 metres) plus 20% of the height over 30 feet","quotes":["not less than 8 feet (2.44","metres) in width plus an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the height up to 30","feet (9.14 metres) plus an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the height of that"]},"other":{"value":["Where the height exceeds 40 feet (12.19 metres), building width above that height is limited to 15% of the site perimeter length","Single detached dwellings and duplexes follow the RS-1 and RT-1 district rules","Usable open space of at least 10% of the gross residential floor area"],"quotes":["Where the height of the building exceeds 40 feet (12.19 metres), the maximum horizontal","boundary, shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total length of the perimeter of the","c) Where the site is used for single detached dwellings and duplexes, the provisions of","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=381","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/cw-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/cw-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/cw-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/zoning/index.json"}}