{"title":"C-3 zone in Parksville: Downtown Commercial","code":"C-3","slug":"c-3","name":"Downtown Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"213","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Pedestrian oriented shops and offices that meet consumers' product and servicing needs.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Pedestrian oriented shops and offices that meet consumers' product and servicing needs.","quotes":["This zone is intended to provide land for pedestrian oriented shops and offices that meet the various"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Trade and Services","Office","Bank","Food Catering Facility","Recreation Facility","Cinema and/or movie theatre","Community Use","Shopping Centre","Studio","Public Assembly","Public Administration","Bus Depot","Taxi Operation","Mixed Commercial/Residential","Hotel","Automobile Parking","Single Family Dwelling","Personal Services"],"note":"Excludes drive-through uses. Mixed Commercial/Residential: residential only above the first storey (exceptions at two named properties).","quotes":["Retail Trade and Services","Office","Bank","Food Catering Facility","Recreation Facility","Cinema and/or movie theatre","Community Use","Shopping Centre","Studio","Public Assembly","Public Administration","Bus Depot","Taxi Operation","Mixed Commercial/Residential (b)","Hotel","Automobile Parking","Single Family Dwelling","Personal Services","(a) Excludes drive-through uses."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Secondary Suites (within single family dwellings only)","Home Based Business"],"quotes":["Secondary Suites (c)","Home Based Business (d)","limited to within single family dwellings."]},"site_specific":{"value":["164 Alberni Highway (Lot A, District Lot 14, Nanoose District, Plan VIP83731): up to 50% of the first storey may be residential","187 Bagshaw Street (Lot A, District Lot 4, Nanoose District, Plan EPP119243): up to 60% of the first storey may be residential"],"quotes":["a. at the property legally described as Lot A, District Lot 14, Nanoose District,","Plan VIP83731 [164 Alberni Highway] whereby up to fifty percent (50%) of","Plan EPP119243 [187 Bagshaw Street] whereby up to sixty percent (60%) of"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"560 m²","quotes":["The minimum lot size shall be no less than 560 m2."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 2.0; 1 single family dwelling per lot","quotes":["(a) Maximum Floor Area Ratio: 2.0","Single Family Dwelling 1 per lot"]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m","quotes":["Height of Principal Buildings 11.0 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["Height of Accessory Buildings and Structures 5.0 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 0m 4.0 m 0m 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 0m 4.0 m 0m 0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 0m 4.0 m 0m 0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Principal Building 0m 4.0 m 0m 0m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 15 m, rear 1.6 m, exterior side 7.5 m, interior side 0.6 m","quotes":["Accessory Buildings and Structures 15 m 1.6 m 7.5 m 0.6 m"]},"other":{"value":["A Mixed Commercial/Residential use must not provide signage on the part of the building occupied by dwelling units."],"quotes":["(ii) not provide signage on that portion of the building occupied with dwelling units."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026)","url":"https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The PDF is marked \"Consolidated only for convenience\". Zone sections are in Division 200. CD-15 and several other CD numbers no longer exist (repealed or never used), so they are not listed."},"source_url":"https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161#page=45","place":{"path":"ca/bc/parksville","name":"Parksville","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/c-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/c-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/c-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/index.json"}}