---
title: "C3 zone in Princeton: Commercial Transition"
place: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/princeton
zone: C3
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/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/princeton/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Princeton: Commercial Transition

Provide a transition area where residential and commercial uses are permitted near the C2 - Central Business zone.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Provide a transition area where residential and commercial uses are permitted near the C2 - Central Business zone.
- **Main uses:** Business service establishment; Commercial business office; Daycare centre; Dwelling unit; Professional business office; Restaurant and food take-out establishment; Retail service establishment, major
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory uses, buildings and structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m² (6,460 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** 7 m (23 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.0; 1 principal building per parcel
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 9 m (29.5 ft) or 3 stories
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (19.7 ft), except as outlined in 'other regulations' (parking spaces must be at least 3 m (10 ft) from the front parcel line)
- **Rear setback:** 0 m (0 ft) with lane; 6 m (20 ft) without lane or adjacent to RS1, RS2, RSM, RD, RM2 or RM3 zones
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m (15 ft)
- **Other rules:** Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard; sale, servicing, repair and storage of new or used vehicles, trailers, manufactured homes, boats and machinery (except as accessory to a permitted use); storage, including commercial storage lockers; Dwellings must be at the rear of the building on the ground floor, or above the first storey; No mobile home or mobile building is permitted; Each dwelling unit needs private outdoor space of at least 6.0 m² (bachelor), 10.0 m² (1 bedroom) or 15.0 m² (more than 1 bedroom)

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw Number 880, 2013 (consolidated for convenience, including amending bylaws up to and including Bylaw No. 1032, 2022), s. 19](https://princeton.civicweb.net/document/11311#page=62) (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/c3/_