{"title":"C-4 zone in Quesnel: Highway Commercial","code":"C-4","slug":"c-4","name":"Highway Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"24","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Land for large format retail and a mix of vehicle-oriented highway commercial uses not provided for in the Downtown and West Quesnel Commercial areas.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Land for large format retail and a mix of vehicle-oriented highway commercial uses not provided for in the Downtown and West Quesnel Commercial areas.","quotes":["The purpose is to zone and preserve land for the accommodation of large format retail and a","mix of vehicular oriented highway commercial uses, not provided for in the Downtown and West"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal clinic","Assembly","Automotive and equipment repair shops","Auctioning establishments","Automotive sales/rentals","Broadcasting studio","Cannabis retail sales","Drive through","Eating and drinking establishment","Equipment rentals","Financial institution, subject to Section 24.4.5 below","Fleet services","Funeral parlour","Gas bars","Hotel","Large format retail store","Liquor retail store","Mini-storage facility","Motel","Neighbourhood public house","Office, only for construction trades industry","Personal service establishment","Recreation and entertainment facility","Recreational vehicle sales/rentals","Recycled materials drop-off centres","Tourist accommodation","Vehicle and equipment sales/rental","Warehouse","Microbrewery or microdistillery","Craft production"],"quotes":["animal clinic","assembly","automotive and equipment repair shops","auctioning establishments","automotive sales/rentals","broadcasting studio","cannabis retail sales","drive through","eating and drinking establishment","equipment rentals","financial institution, subject to Section 24.4.5 below","fleet services","funeral parlour","gas bars","hotel","large format retail store","liquor retail store","mini-storage facility","motel","neighbourhood public house","office, only for construction trades industry","personal service establishment","recreation and entertainment facility","recreational vehicle sales/rentals","recycled materials drop-off centres","tourist accommodation","vehicle and equipment sales/rental","warehouse","microbrewery or microdistillery","craft production"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Caretaker dwelling unit"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","caretaker dwelling unit"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Retail Store is permitted on Lot 1 District Lot 3140F Cariboo District Plan BCP6129 Except: Plan BCP32503.","Vapour Retail Store is permitted on Lot B District Lot 3948 Cariboo District Plan 18315 Except Plan 30571; and Lot 1 District Lot 3140F Cariboo District Plan BCP6129 Except: Plan BCP32503."],"quotes":["The use of Retail Store is permitted on the land legally described as Lot 1","District Lot 3140F Cariboo District Plan BCP6129 Except: Plan BCP32503.","The use of Vapour Retail Store is permitted on the land legally described as","Lot B District Lot 3948 Cariboo District Plan 18315 Except Plan 30571; Lot 1"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"557 m² (5,996 sq. ft.) with community sewer and water; 1600 m² (17,223 sq. ft.) with community sewer but no community water; 4000 m² (43,055 sq. ft.) with no community sewer","quotes":["Minimum lot size with:","557 m2 (5,996sq.ft.)","1600 m2 (17,223sq.ft.)","4000 m2 (43,055sq.ft.)","(c) no community sanitary sewer system"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"20 m (66 ft)","quotes":["20 m (66 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50%","quotes":["50%","Maximum lot coverage"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 0.65","quotes":["0.65","Maximum FAR"]},"max_height":{"value":"12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys","quotes":["12 m (39 ft) or 3 storeys for principal"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (15 ft)","quotes":["4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["(a) front lot line 7.5 m (25 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["(d) rear lot line 0.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0.0 m","quotes":["(b) interior side lot line 0.0 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2.0 m (where abutting a flanking street)","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line abutting a 2.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Where a C-4 lot abuts a Residential zone, the minimum setback is 7.5 m (25 ft).","Every business must be completely within an enclosed building, except for parking, loading, patios, seating areas and permitted outdoor storage yards.","Financial services are limited to 200 m² per tenancy; personal service establishments are limited to 235.0 m² and only permitted in the C-4 area along Hwy 97, south of Hydraulic Rd.","No structure for highway commercial retail stores may have a floor area of less than 460 m² (5000 sq. ft.)."],"quotes":["Where a C-4 zoned lot abuts a Residential zone the minimum setback is 7.5m","(25 ft) for buildings in the C-4 zone.","Every business or undertaking shall be completely within an enclosed","building, except for parking and loading facilities, patios, and seating areas,","and any permitted outdoor storage yards.","The maximum floor area for all financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy","235.0 m2 and are only permitted in the C-4 (Highway Commercial) zoned area","of Quesnel along Hwy 97, south of Hydraulic Rd.","460 m2 (5000 sq. ft.) for the purpose of highway commercial retail stores."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1980","url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's Zoning & Land Use page also links an excerpted zoning map PDF (Schedule B). The Schedule B pages inside this PDF are headed \"Zoning Bylaw No. XXXX of 2025\". Table 6.1 of the bylaw omits zone C-4A, but section 25 of the bylaw establishes it."},"source_url":"https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=104","place":{"path":"ca/bc/quesnel","name":"Quesnel","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}