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title: "CT1 zone in Penticton: Tourist Commercial"
place: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/penticton
zone: CT1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 (consolidated package October 2026, amended to Bylaw 2026-35, October 20, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/zoning/ct1/"
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---

# CT1 zone in Penticton: Tourist Commercial

Commercial visitor accommodation, entertainment and services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Commercial visitor accommodation, entertainment and services.
- **Main uses:** Day care centre, major; Indoor amusement, entertainment and recreation; Liquor primary licensed premise; Outdoor amusement, entertainment and recreation; Outdoor market; Personal service establishment; Recreation equipment sales, service and rentals; Restaurant; Retail store; Security/operator dwelling unit; Tourist accommodation
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory use, building or structure
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot A, KAP 63701, 21 Lakeshore Drive West: max height 24m; front yard 6.0 m; interior and exterior side yards 6.0 m; rear yard 9.0 m; max 300 slot machines and 30 gaming tables; Lots 8 and 9, District Lot 366, Plan 5419 (970 and 976 Vernon Ave.); Lot 8, Plan 3413 (954 Vernon Ave.); Lot A, Plan KAP84491 (950 Westminster Ave. W.); Lot B, Plan KAP84491 (903 Vernon Ave.): hotel use, rental pool or time share accommodation, residential use up to 50% of hotel floor area occupied by hotel rooms, eating and drinking establishments, retail and personal services up to 100m2, conference facilities, professional offices; max lot coverage 40%, max FAR 1.75, min parcel size 0.4ha, max height 40m (subject to Penticton Airport Zoning Regulations); hotels need 0.66 parking spaces per room
- **Minimum lot area:** 930 m2
- **Minimum lot width:** 20.0 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** 1.2 FAR
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Front setback:** 3.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m; 6.0 m when abutting a residential or institutional zone
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m and 4.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Other rules:** Personal service establishments and retail stores are limited to 100 m2 gross floor area.; Recreation equipment sales, service and rentals are limited to bicycles, watercraft, sports equipment and motor scooters not exceeding a fifty (50) cc engine.; No more than one security/operator dwelling unit is permitted on a site, with a maximum gross floor area of 100 m2.; Properties in the Transitional Neighbourhood Overlay may follow either the R4-S or CT1 rules, but not a mix of both.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2024-22 (consolidated package October 2026, amended to Bylaw 2026-35, October 20, 2026), s. 11.10](https://www.penticton.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/bylaws/Zoning%20Bylaw%202024-22%20%28Consolidated%20October%202026%29%20-%20new.pdf#page=120) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Penticton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/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/penticton/zoning/ct1/_