{"title":"C-4A zone in Quesnel: Highway Mixed-Use","code":"C-4A","slug":"c-4a","name":"Highway Mixed-Use","group":"Mixed use","section":"25","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial, residential and mixed-use development in the Southern Gateway area, combining housing with regional and local commercial uses in a complete neighbourhood.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial, residential and mixed-use development in the Southern Gateway area, combining housing with regional and local commercial uses in a complete neighbourhood.","quotes":["The purpose is to support commercial, residential, and mixed-use development in the Southern","Gateway area that incorporates housing and regional and local commercial uses into a complete"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Animal clinic","Apartment dwelling, subject to Section 4 below","Assembly","Assisted residential living","Auctioning establishments","Automotive and equipment repair shops","Automotive sales/rentals","Broadcasting studio","Cannabis retail sales","Civic use","Community care facility","Craft production","Drive through","Eating and drinking establishment","Equipment rentals","Financial institution, subject to Section 25.4.5 below","Fleet services","Funeral parlour","Gas bars","Group day care","Group home dwelling","Health services","Hotel","Large format retail store","Liquor retail store","Microbrewery or microdistillery","Mini-storage facility","Motel","Neighbourhood public house","Office","Personal care","Personal service establishment","Public market","Recreation and entertainment facility","Recreational vehicle sales/rentals","Recycled materials drop-off centres","Retail store","Tourist accommodation","Vehicle and equipment sales/rental","Warehouse"],"quotes":["animal clinic","apartment dwelling, subject to Section 4 below","assembly","assisted residential living","auctioning establishments","automotive and equipment repair shops","automotive sales/rentals","broadcasting studio","cannabis retail sales","civic use","community care facility","craft production","drive through","eating and drinking establishment","equipment rentals","financial institution, subject to Section 25.4.5 below","fleet services","funeral parlour","gas bars","group day care","group home dwelling","health services","hotel","large format retail store","liquor retail store","microbrewery or microdistillery","mini-storage facility","motel","neighbourhood public house","office","personal care","personal service establishment","public market","recreation and entertainment facility","recreational vehicle sales/rentals","recycled materials drop-off centres","retail store","tourist accommodation","vehicle and equipment sales/rental","warehouse"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings or structures","Caretaker dwelling unit"],"quotes":["accessory buildings or structures","caretaker dwelling unit"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"232 m² (2,497 sq. ft.)","quotes":["232 m2 (2,497 sq. ft.)","Minimum lot size:"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["7.5 m (25 ft)","Minimum lot frontage"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"100%, including buildings, driveways and parking areas","quotes":["100% including buildings, driveways","and parking areas","Maximum lot coverage"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 1.0, plus an additional 0.5 for residential use (total FAR 1.5); maximum residential density 120 dwelling units per ha (48 dwelling units per ac)","quotes":["Maximum FAR","1.0","An additional floor area ratio of 0.5 is","FAR of 1.5","Maximum residential density","120 dwelling units per ha (48 dwelling","units per ac)"]},"max_height":{"value":"16 m (53 ft) or 4 storeys","quotes":["16 m (53 ft) or 4 storeys for principal"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (15 ft)","quotes":["4.5 m (15 ft) for accessory building"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["(a) front lot line 3.0 m (10 ft)"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (10 ft)","quotes":["3.0 m (10 ft)","(d) rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft)","quotes":["(b) interior side lot line 1.5 m (5 ft)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft) (where abutting a flanking street)","quotes":["(c) exterior side lot line abutting a 1.5 m (5 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Where a C-4A lot abuts a Residential zone, the minimum setback is 7.5 m (25 ft).","An apartment dwelling is permitted only if its dwelling units have a ground level entrance separate from other permitted uses.","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."],"quotes":["Where a C-4A zoned lot abuts a Residential zone the minimum setback is 7.5","m (25 ft) for buildings in the C-4A zone.","An apartment dwelling shall be permitted only if the dwelling units are","provided with a ground level entrance separate from other entrances to other","Every business or undertaking shall be completely within an enclosed","building, except for parking and loading facilities, patios, and seating areas,","The maximum floor area for a financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy"]}},"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=107","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-4a/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-4a.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-4a.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}