{"title":"C8 zone in Prince George: Commercial Conversion","code":"C8","slug":"c8","name":"Commercial Conversion","group":"Commercial","section":"11.8","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Provide for the conversion and replacement of older dwellings to a limited range of non-retail commercial uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Provide for the conversion and replacement of older dwellings to a limited range of non-retail commercial uses.","quotes":["The purpose of this zone is to provide for the conversion and replacement","of older dwellings to a limited range of non-retail commercial uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["community care facility, major","community care facility, minor","education","education, commercial","health service, minor","housing, single detached","office","restaurant","service, massage therapy","service, personal","service, pet grooming & day care"],"quotes":["• community care facility, major","• community care facility, minor","• education","• education, commercial","• health service, minor","• housing, single detached","• office","• restaurant","• service, massage therapy","• service, personal","• service, pet grooming &"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["bed & breakfast","home business 1","home business 2","housing, apartment (except in single detached housing)","secondary suite"],"quotes":["• bed & breakfast","• home business 1","• home business 2","• housing, apartment except","• secondary suite"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"600 m² (maximum lot area 3,000 m²)","quotes":["2. The minimum lot area is 600 m².","3. The maximum lot area is 3,000 m²."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18.0 m","quotes":["1. The minimum lot width is 18.0 m."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30%","quotes":["2. The maximum site coverage is 30%."]},"max_density":{"value":"One principal building per site","quotes":["1. The maximum number of principal buildings per site is one."]},"max_height":{"value":"10.0 m","quotes":["3. The maximum height is 10.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["2. The maximum height is 5.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["4. The minimum front yard is 4.5 m."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["6. The minimum rear yard is 6.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.2 m","quotes":["5. The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m and the minimum exterior side"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["yard is 3.0 m."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m","quotes":["3. The minimum front yard is 4.5 m.","4. The minimum interior side yard is 1.2 m and the minimum exterior side","yard is 3.0 m.","5. The minimum rear yard is 1.2 m."]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings: 90.0 m² total gross floor area","Restaurant: maximum 300 m² gross leasable floor area; office use 280 m² per tenancy","Health service and office uses: maximum 560 m² total for any site","Outdoor restaurant patios have a maximum occupant load of 16 people"],"quotes":["and structures on a site is 90.0 m².","1. The maximum gross leasable floor area of any restaurant is 300 m².","is 280 m².","office uses for any site is 560 m².","5. Outdoor restaurant patios have a maximum occupant load of 16"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026)","url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2026-10/BL7850_CONSOLIDATED_2026-10-05.pdf#page=171","place":{"path":"ca/bc/prince-george","name":"Prince George","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/c8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/c8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/c8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-george/zoning/index.json"}}