---
title: "MC zone in Pitt Meadows: Mainstreet Commercial"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: MC
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/mc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/mc.json"
---

# MC zone in Pitt Meadows: Mainstreet Commercial

A limited range of retail and business services to the surrounding community that also attract visitors.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A limited range of retail and business services to the surrounding community that also attract visitors.
- **Main uses:** Retail Use; Child Daycare; Dog Daycare; Personal Services; Restaurant; Office; Indoor Recreation; Cultural Facility; Apartment; Townhomes; Chapel
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 450 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25% of the lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 95%; 90% for a cultural facility use
- **Maximum height:** 12 m or 3 storeys (all buildings)
- **Front setback:** 1.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m (may be reduced to 1 m if the building abuts a lane)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.0 m
- **Street side setback:** 1.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 1.0 m from front and exterior side lot lines
- **Other rules:** 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)

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 12.2](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=143) (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/mc/_