---
title: "C1 zone in Princeton: Local Business"
place: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/princeton
zone: C1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-08
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c1.json"
---

# C1 zone in Princeton: Local Business

Accommodate a limited range of neighbourhood convenience services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate a limited range of neighbourhood convenience services.
- **Main uses:** Convenience store; Personal service establishment; Retail establishment, minor; Dwelling unit; Home occupation, major (A dwelling unit is only permitted in a building with a personal service establishment, minor retail establishment or convenience store.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 400 m² (4,300 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 10 m (32 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.70; 1 principal building per parcel
- **Maximum height:** 10.5 m (34 ft)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (20 ft), except as outlined in 'other regulations' (parking spaces must be at least 3 m (10 ft) from the front parcel line)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m (10 ft) with lane; 6 m (20 ft) without lane or adjacent to a Residential zone
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (5 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (15 ft)
- **Other rules:** Dwellings must be at the rear of the building on the ground floor, or above the first storey; Dwellings must have separate entrances from the exterior and not share a common hallway with commercial uses; No mobile home or mobile building is permitted

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022), s. 17](https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=57) (read 2026-11-08)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Princeton: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/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/princeton/zoning/c1/_