{"title":"MC zone in Pitt Meadows: Mainstreet Commercial","code":"MC","slug":"mc","name":"Mainstreet Commercial","group":"Mixed use","section":"12.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A limited range of retail and business services to the surrounding community that also attract visitors.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A limited range of retail and business services to the surrounding community that also attract visitors.","quotes":["The intent of the Mainstreet Commercial (MC) Zone is to provide for a limited range of","retail and business services to the surrounding community that also attract visitors."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Use","Child Daycare","Dog Daycare","Personal Services","Restaurant","Office","Indoor Recreation","Cultural Facility","Apartment","Townhomes","Chapel"],"quotes":["Retail Use","Child Daycare","Dog Daycare","Personal Services","Restaurant","Office","Indoor Recreation","Cultural Facility","Apartment","Townhomes","Chapel"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Chapel use limited to Lot 6, BCP Plan 28560, District Lot 254, Group 1, New Westminster District","Apartment and townhouse uses not permitted on Lot 4, 5, 6 and 9 Plan BCP28560"],"quotes":["f) Chapel use is limited to Lot 6, BCP Plan 28560, District Lot 254, Group 1, New","Westminster District.","e) Despite 12.2.2, apartment and townhouse uses are not permitted on Lot 4, 5, 6 and","9 Plan BCP28560"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"450 m²","quotes":["a) Minimum lot area shall be 450 sq m."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25% of the lot depth","quotes":["b) The minimum lot width is 25% of the lot depth."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"95%; 90% for a cultural facility use","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 95%, except for a cultural facility use, which shall not","exceed lot coverage of 90%."]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m or 3 storeys (all buildings)","quotes":["The maximum height for all buildings is 12 m or 3 storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"1.0 m","quotes":["i. 1.0 m from front, interior and exterior side lot lines;"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m (may be reduced to 1 m if the building abuts a lane)","quotes":["ii. 6 m from rear lot lines, but this may be reduced to 1 m if the building abuts a"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.0 m","quotes":["i. 1.0 m from front, interior and exterior side lot lines;"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.0 m","quotes":["i. 1.0 m from front, interior and exterior side lot lines;"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"1.0 m from front and exterior side lot lines","quotes":["b) All accessory buildings shall be sited not less than 1.0 m from front and exterior side","lot lines."]},"other":{"value":["Retail use may not include second-hand stores or pawnshops","Office use not permitted on the ground floor of a building","Off-street parking not required for commercial uses","First floor street side of a mixed-use building must be commercial only (except entrances and passageways)"],"quotes":["i. second-hand stores","ii. pawnshops (prohibited everywhere)","b) Office use shall not be permitted on the ground floor of a building.","c) Despite any other provision of this bylaw, off-street parking shall not be required for","d) Except for entrances and passageways, the first floor street side of a mixed use"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)","url":"https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The consolidation is for convenience only (the amending bylaws are consolidated with the original). Deleted zones CD-A, CD-B, CD-C, CD-D, CD-F, CD-I, CD-J and CD-P (Bylaw 2986, 2024) are not listed. Site-specific CD zones are in section 16."},"source_url":"https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=143","place":{"path":"ca/bc/pitt-meadows","name":"Pitt Meadows","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/mc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/mc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/mc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/index.json"}}