---
title: "CS-1 zone in Parksville: Highway Commercial"
place: Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/parksville
zone: CS-1
bylaw: Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/cs-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/cs-1.json"
---

# CS-1 zone in Parksville: Highway Commercial

Convenient shopping for people travelling in vehicles on the Island Highway and Alberni Highway.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Convenient shopping for people travelling in vehicles on the Island Highway and Alberni Highway.
- **Main uses:** Outdoor Sales; Automobile Services; Office; Food Catering Facility; Recreation Facility; Community Use; Personal Services; Shopping Centre; Studio; Bus Depot; Taxi Operation; Hotel/Motel; Single Family Residential (Includes drive-through uses. Office is above the first storey only (in a Shopping Centre, office use above the first storey only).)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential; Accessory Parking
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 360 Pioneer Crescent (part of Lot 3, District Lot 4, Nanoose District, Plan 7435, north of the described boundary): Automobile Parking; 491 Island Highway East (Lot B, District Lot 4, Nanoose District, Plan 23567): Martini and Wine Lounge
- **Minimum lot area:** Varies by use: 500 m² (office, studio); 560 m² (single family residential); 1,000 m² (personal services); 2,000 m² (outdoor sales, automobile services, food catering, bus depot, taxi, hotel/motel first unit; plus 70 m² each additional unit); 4,000 m² (recreation facility, shopping centre)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% in total
- **Maximum density:** 1 dwelling unit per parcel; floor area ratio .60
- **Maximum height:** 7.5 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m; at least 7.5 m where the lot line abuts a residential zone
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m; at least 7.5 m where the lot line abuts a residential zone
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m; at least 7.5 m where the lot line abuts a residential zone
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m; at least 7.5 m where the lot line abuts a residential zone
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 15.0 m, rear 3.0 m, exterior side 3.0 m, interior side 0 m (7.5 m minimum where the lot line abuts a residential zone)

## Source

- [Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000 (consolidated to July 29, 2026), s. 214](https://parksville.civicweb.net/document/70161#page=47) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Parksville: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/parksville/zoning/cs-1/_