C1 zone in Prince George: Downtown

Prince George, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Provide for a mix of uses for the central business area of the city.

Zone rules

Purpose	Provide for a mix of uses for the central business area of the city.
Main uses	apartment hotel auction, minor boarding or lodging house brewery & distillery, minor (only in C1l) club community care facility, major community care facility, minor education education, commercial education, higher emergency service entertainment, adult-oriented entertainment, spectator exhibition & convention facility greenhouse & plant nursery health service, minor hotel housing, apartment housing, congregate housing, row housing, stacked row library & exhibit liquor primary establishment, major (only in C1l) liquor primary establishment, minor (only in C1l) motel office park parking, non-accessory recreation, indoor religious assembly restaurant retail, adult-oriented retail, cannabis (only in C1c) retail, convenience retail, farmers market retail, flea market retail, general retail, liquor (in C1l only) service, business support service, dating or escort service, financial service, funeral service, household repair service, massage service, massage therapy service, personal service, pet grooming & day care service station, minor temporary shelter services transportation depot utility, minor vehicle rental, minor vehicle repair, minor (only on lots abutting 1st Avenue, not including recreational vehicles) vehicle sale, minor (only on lots abutting 1st Avenue, not including manufactured housing or recreational vehicles)
Also allowed (secondary uses)	home business 1
Extra uses on specific lots	vehicle repair, minor only on Lots 4-6, Block 21, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 1268
Minimum lot area	135 m²
Minimum lot width	4.5 m
Maximum lot coverage	100%
Maximum density	280 dwellings/ha (80 dwelling units on the consolidation of Parcel A (N24555) of Lot 8 and Lots 9-10, Block 173, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan 1268)
Maximum height	55.0 m
Front setback	0.0 m
Rear setback	0.0 m
Interior side setback	0.0 m
Street side setback	0.0 m
Other rules	Outdoor use is not permitted except for retail, farmers market; utility; vehicle, sale; vehicle, rental; restaurant; liquor primary establishment; greenhouse & plant nursery; service station, minor; parking and loading, with outdoor storage screened Outdoor liquor primary establishment patios have a maximum occupant load of 20 people

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 11.1 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City says this version is consolidated for convenience. Zone sections that share a heading cover variant codes (AR3m, RS1m, RS2m, RM9r, C1c/C1l, C2c, C4c/C4l/C4lc, C6c/C6l/C6lc, M1n, M2n, M3n, M5n). Sections 10.5 (deleted), 15.13 (Z13 not in the bylaw) and 15.18 (Z18, deleted by Bylaw 9466) are not zones. Schedule A, the zoning map, is the zoning layer in PGMap. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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