{"title":"C1 zone in Powell River: General Commercial","code":"C1","slug":"c1","name":"General Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"10.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Broad commercial development: retail, office and service uses with a strong pedestrian orientation","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Broad commercial development: retail, office and service uses with a strong pedestrian orientation","quotes":["The C1 zone is intended to accommodate broad commercial development. General"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail stores","Retail uses with ancillary light manufacturing and assembly","Personal service establishments","Commercial and professional offices and financial institutions","Assembly use","Entertainment use","Civic use","Traveller accommodation use","Public transportation terminals and taxi stands","Veterinary clinic","Preparation and bottling of food excluding fish or seafood products","Mushroom sorting, grading and packaging depots","Boarding houses","Dwelling units located in commercial and institutional buildings","Parking lot","Wholesale use accessory to retail stores","Restaurant","Liquor store use","Cannabis retail store use"],"quotes":["retail stores","personal service establishments","commercial and professional offices and financial institutions","assembly use","entertainment use","traveller accommodation use","veterinary clinic","boarding houses","dwelling units located in commercial and institutional buildings","parking lot","restaurant","liquor store use","cannabis retail store use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"270 m²","quotes":["Each lot shall have an area of not less than 270 square metres"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m (lot depth at least 30 m)","quotes":["Each lot shall have a lot width of not less than 7.5 metres (25 ft) and a lot depth of not less","than 30 metres"]},"max_height":{"value":"3½ storeys or 13.5 m","quotes":["The height of a building shall not exceed 3½ storeys or 13.5 metres"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6 m","quotes":["A rear setback shall be provided of not less than 6 metres"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3 m where the lot abuts an R or A zone lot without a street or lane between; 3 m on one side where there is no rear lane","quotes":["Where a C1 lot abuts a lot in any R or A zone without an intervening street or lane, a side","Where there is no rear lane, a side setback shall be provided on one side of a building"]},"other":{"value":["All business conducted within a completely enclosed building (limited exceptions)","Dwelling units must form part of a building with another permitted use, not be in a basement, and have a separate main entrance to a street","Dwelling units: residential floor area no more than 2:1 to commercial/institutional"],"quotes":["Every business or undertaking shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building","shall not be located in a basement","shall not exceed a gross floor area ratio of 2:1, residential to institutional/commercial;"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw 2100, 2006 (consolidated May 15, 2025)","url":"https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City prepared this consolidation for convenience only and does not represent that it is up to date or complete; confirm against the original bylaws and their amendments."},"source_url":"https://powellriver.civicweb.net/document/876#page=81","place":{"path":"ca/bc/powell-river","name":"Powell River","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/c1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/powell-river/zoning/index.json"}}