---
title: "C-5 zone in Pitt Meadows: Gas Station Commercial"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: C-5
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/c-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/c-5.json"
---

# C-5 zone in Pitt Meadows: Gas Station Commercial

The sale of gasoline along with a limited amount of convenience retail sales and a car wash.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** The sale of gasoline along with a limited amount of convenience retail sales and a car wash.
- **Main uses:** Gas Station; Retail Use; Restaurant, including a drive-through
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Car Wash
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,400 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 33% of the lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 30%
- **Maximum height:** 6 m (all buildings and structures)
- **Front setback:** 12.0 m (including gas pump islands and canopies)
- **Rear setback:** 4 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4 m
- **Street side setback:** 12.0 m
- **Other rules:** No building or structure closer to a residential zone than 6.0 m; Gas station not permitted on lots designated Town Centre in the Official Community Plan or abutting Harris Road (except where existing before July 28, 1998); Fence within a buffer strip at least 3 m wide where the lot abuts a residential or agricultural zone; Curb crossings: no more than two per side, none wider than 9 m

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 11.5](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=137) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Pitt Meadows: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/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/pitt-meadows/zoning/c-5/_