---
title: "TC zone in Pitt Meadows: Town Centre Commercial"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: TC
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/tc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/tc.json"
---

# TC zone in Pitt Meadows: Town Centre Commercial

All types of retail, general business and residential uses customarily associated with central business districts, in an environment oriented toward pedestrian needs.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** All types of retail, general business and residential uses customarily associated with central business districts, in an environment oriented toward pedestrian needs.
- **Main uses:** Retail Use; Child Daycare; Cultural Facility; Commercial School; Hotel; Theatre Use; Office; Personal Service; Restaurant; Indoor Recreation; Apartment
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Amusement Arcade; Home-Based Business
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 2,000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25% of the lot depth
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% (buildings including non-landscaped roofs over parking structures); 90% (buildings and landscaped roofs over parking structures)
- **Maximum density:** Floor-area ratio 2.0
- **Maximum height:** Maximum: the lesser of 16 m and 4 storeys. Minimum: the greater of 8 metres and 2 storeys
- **Rear setback:** 6 m from the rear lot line adjacent to a zone permitting residential use, unless the lot abuts a lane
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 12.1](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=141) (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/tc/_