{"title":"TC zone in Pitt Meadows: Town Centre Commercial","code":"TC","slug":"tc","name":"Town Centre Commercial","group":"Mixed use","section":"12.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"All types of retail, general business and residential uses customarily associated with central business districts, in an environment oriented toward pedestrian needs.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"All types of retail, general business and residential uses customarily associated with central business districts, in an environment oriented toward pedestrian needs.","quotes":["The intent of the Town Centre Commercial (TC) Zone is to provide for all types of retail,","general business, and residential uses customarily associated with the central business","districts of urban areas in an environment oriented toward pedestrian needs, and to"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Use","Child Daycare","Cultural Facility","Commercial School","Hotel","Theatre Use","Office","Personal Service","Restaurant","Indoor Recreation","Apartment"],"quotes":["Retail Use","Child Daycare","Cultural Facility","Commercial School","Hotel","Theatre Use","Office","Personal Service","Restaurant","Indoor Recreation","Apartment"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Amusement Arcade","Home-Based Business"],"quotes":["Amusement Arcade","Home-Based Business"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Plan BCS2789: townhouse use is permitted","Plan BCS 3929: commercial uses permitted on the first three storeys","Lot 1, Plan BCP33918: building height may not exceed 38 m","Lot 7 of Block 13 of Section 36, Block 12 of Section 36 Block 6 North Range 1 East New Westminster District Plan 13846: minimum building height is 5 metres"],"quotes":["c) Despite Section 12.1.2, townhouse use is permitted on Plan BCS2789.","Plan BCS 3929, where commercial uses are permitted on the first three storeys.","b) Despite Section 12.1.6, the height of buildings on Lot 1, Plan BCP33918 shall not","exceed 38 m.","for Lot 7 of Block 13 of Section 36, Block 12 of Section 36 Block 6 North Range 1 East","New Westminster District Plan 13846, where the minimum height is 5 metres."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"2,000 m²","quotes":["a) Minimum lot area shall be 2,000 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":"60% (buildings including non-landscaped roofs over parking structures); 90% (buildings and landscaped roofs over parking structures)","quotes":["parking structures is 60%.","structures is 90%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor-area ratio 2.0","quotes":["The maximum floor-area ratio is 2.0."]},"max_height":{"value":"Maximum: the lesser of 16 m and 4 storeys. Minimum: the greater of 8 metres and 2 storeys","quotes":["a) The maximum height for all buildings is the lesser of 16 m and 4 storeys.","b) The minimum height for all buildings is the greater of 8 metres and 2 storeys, except"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m from the rear lot line adjacent to a zone permitting residential use, unless the lot abuts a lane","quotes":["All buildings shall be sited not less than 6 m from the rear lot line adjacent to a zone"]},"other":{"value":["Commercial uses limited to the first two storeys of a building","First floor street side of a mixed-use building must be commercial only (except entrances, parking and passageways)","Where parking is on the first floor of a mixed-use building, at most 50% of that floor may be parking, entrances and passageways"],"quotes":["i. Commercial uses are limited to the first two storeys of any building, except for","d) Except for entrances, parking, and passageways, the first floor of a mixed-use","parking spaces, entrance, and passageways; the remaining area must be used","maximum of 50% of the total floor area of the first floor may be used for"]}},"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=141","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/tc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/tc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/tc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/index.json"}}