{"title":"C 3A zone in District of North Vancouver: General Commercial Zone 3A","code":"C 3A","slug":"c-3a","name":"General Commercial Zone 3A","group":"Commercial","section":"640","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Uses of the C3 Zone, but allowing gasoline bars instead of gasoline service stations","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Uses of the C3 Zone, but allowing gasoline bars instead of gasoline service stations","quotes":["accommodate those uses in the","C3 Zone, but permitting gasoline bars instead of gasoline service stations."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artist’s studio","Auction room","Automotive repair shop","Billiard hall","Business/office support services","Car wash","Clubs","Contractor services","Delivery services","Drive-in restaurants","Equipment rental establishments","Fitness centre","Gasoline bars","Health service purposes","Household repair services","Media-related establishments","Office purposes","Parking structures","Personal service shops","Pet establishment","Professional offices","Residential purposes","Restaurants","Retail food services","Retail purposes","School, trade","Shopping centre","Vehicle sales/rental/leasing establishments","Veterinarian"],"note":"Residential units must be above the ground floor with a separate entrance from ground level.","quotes":["artist’s studio","auction room","automotive repair shop","billiard hall","business/office support services","car wash","clubs","contractor services","delivery services","drive-in restaurants","equipment rental establishments","fitness centre","gasoline bars","health service purposes","household repair services","media-related establishments","office purposes","parking structures","personal service shops","pet establishment","professional offices","residential purposes","restaurants","retail food services","retail purposes","school, trade","shopping centre","vehicle sales/rental/leasing establishments","veterinarian."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Administrative offices","Caretaker unit","Display, sales and reception areas","Outdoor customer service areas","Storage"],"note":"Caretaker unit only with auction room, pet care establishment or veterinarian; 47m2 (500 sq.ft.) minimum, 65m2 (700 sq.ft.) maximum, one per lot.","quotes":["administrative offices","caretaker unit","display, sales and reception areas","outdoor customer service areas","storage","(i) auction room;","(iii) veterinarian.","(c) must contain a minimum of 47m2 (500 sq.ft.) of floor area"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Building coverage 50%; site coverage 85% (includes exterior storage areas)","quotes":["50% of the lot area;","85% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor space ratio 1.75, exclusive of any caretaker unit; 1.00 in Edgemont Village","quotes":["The floor space ratio in the C3-A Zone is 1.75, exclusive of any","hereto shall not exceed 1.00, exclusive of any caretaker unit."]},"max_height":{"value":"12m (40 ft.); in Edgemont Village, 2 storeys and 7.62m (25 ft.)","quotes":["12m (40 ft.);","nor 7.62m (25 ft.) in height."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"Garage or carport for a dwelling or caretaker unit: 5.7m (12 ft.)","quotes":["unit and not exceeding 5.7m (12 ft.) in height and"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"Garage or carport for a dwelling or caretaker unit: at the rear of a building and not less than 3.1m (10 ft.) from the rear lot line","quotes":["of a building and not less than 3.1m (10 ft.) from the rear lot line."]},"other":{"value":["Gasoline station pump island at least 4.6m (15 ft.) from any property line","Single retail business not more than 3,716 sq. m. (40,000 sq. ft.) gross floor area","Exterior storage allowed only for vehicles for repair, vehicle inventory, fleet vehicles, equipment rental and outdoor customer service areas, screened and hard surfaced","Drive-in restaurant or gas bar: minimum lot area 1115m2 (12,000 sq ft) for that use"],"quotes":["A gasoline station pump island must be setback a minimum of 4.6m","(15 ft.) from any property line;","greater than 3,716 sq. m. (40,000 sq. ft.) on any one lot or any group","exterior storage is permitted only for:","minimum lot area","associated exclusively with such use shall be 1115m2"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"District of North Vancouver Zoning Bylaw, 1965 (Bylaw 3210), consolidated for convenience, document updated October 2026","url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for convenience only; certified copies of the original bylaws prevail. The R1 and R2 zones (Section 525, Bylaw 8799) are listed in the consolidation's zone table but their regulations are published in a separate District document, so those two zones carry their own source_url. The zoning guide for Section 525 is saved after the main bylaw in text.txt. Comprehensive Development zones that are repealed, abandoned or defeated are not listed."},"source_url":"https://docs.dnv.org/documents/bylaw-3210.pdf#page=840","place":{"path":"ca/bc/north-vancouver-district","name":"District of North Vancouver","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/c-3a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/c-3a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/c-3a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/zoning/index.json"}}