{"title":"C3 zone in North Cowichan: Commercial Service","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Commercial Service","group":"Commercial","section":"70","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: All Uses Permitted in the C2 Zone, Accessory Custom Workshop, Automotive Repair Shop, Bed and Breakfast, Home-Based Business, and 8 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["All Uses Permitted in the C2 Zone","Accessory Custom Workshop","Automotive Repair Shop","Bed and Breakfast","Home-Based Business","Major Equipment Repair","Market Garden","Micro cannabis production facility","Mobile Food Service","Motor Vehicle Sales and Rentals","Single-family Dwelling (subject to the provision of the R3 zone)","Truck Depot","Warehousing"],"quotes":["All Uses Permitted in the C2 Zone","Accessory Custom Workshop","Automotive Repair Shop","Bed and Breakfast","Home-Based Business","Major Equipment Repair","Market Garden","Micro cannabis production facility","Mobile Food Service","Motor Vehicle Sales and Rentals","Single-family Dwelling (subject to the provision of the R3 zone)","Truck Depot","Warehousing"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"560 m² (6,028 sq. ft.)","quotes":["The minimum permitted lot size for the C3 zone is 560 m2 (6,028 sq. ft.)."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15.0 m (49.21')","quotes":["The minimum permitted frontage for the C3 zone is 15.0 m (49.21')."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the lot area","quotes":["The maximum permitted lot coverage for the C3 zone is 50% of the lot area."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m (39.37')","quotes":["(a) Principal Buildings, 12.0 m (39.37')"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4')","quotes":["(b) Accessory Buildings, 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"setback_front":{"value":"8.0 m (26.25')","quotes":["(a) Principal Buildings","Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"8.0 m (26.25') where the rear lot line abuts residentially-zoned land","quotes":["(d) Despite the foregoing, where the lot line, rear, of a lot abuts residentially-zoned land the","required yard, rear, shall be 8.0 m (26.25')."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4') (one side only)","quotes":["Yard, Side (One only), 5.0 m (16.4')"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 8.0 m (26.25'), side (one only) 1.0 m (3.28')","quotes":["(b) Accessory Buildings and Structures (Excluding Fences)","Yard, Front, 8.0 m (26.25')","Yard, Side (One only), 1.0 m ( 3.28')"]},"other":{"value":["Where a side lot line abuts residentially-zoned land, the side yard must be kept on that side"],"quotes":["(c) Where a lot line, side, of a lot abuts residentially-zoned land, the yard, side, shall be","maintained on that side adjacent to such residentially zoned land."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 1997, No. 2950 (consolidation current to September 14, 2026)","url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The cover says the bylaw was consolidated by the Corporate Officer; the repealed zones CD3, CD5 and CD7 are not listed. Suffix a or b on a zone code (for example W2a) marks a sub-zone with additional uses (s. 44)."},"source_url":"https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/blc%202950_Zoning%20Bylaw%20Consolidated%20to%203974%203989%204002%203988%204008%204016.pdf#page=100","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-cowichan","name":"North Cowichan","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-cowichan/zoning/index.json"}}