GovHandbook

C8 zone in Prince George: Commercial Conversion

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

In short

Provide for the conversion and replacement of older dwellings to a limited range of non-retail commercial uses.

Zone rules

PurposeProvide for the conversion and replacement of older dwellings to a limited range of non-retail commercial uses.
Main uses
  • 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
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • bed & breakfast
  • home business 1
  • home business 2
  • housing, apartment (except in single detached housing)
  • secondary suite
Minimum lot area600 m² (maximum lot area 3,000 m²)
Minimum lot width18.0 m
Maximum lot coverage30%
Maximum densityOne principal building per site
Maximum height10.0 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings5.0 m
Front setback4.5 m
Rear setback6.0 m
Interior side setback1.2 m
Street side setback3.0 m
Accessory building setbacksfront 4.5 m, interior side 1.2 m, exterior side 3.0 m, rear 1.2 m
Other rules
  • 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

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007 (consolidated version, revised October 5, 2026), s. 11.8 (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.

This zone as Markdown · JSON · all Prince George zones · Report an error