{"title":"C-8 zone in Quesnel: Regional Shopping Centre","code":"C-8","slug":"c-8","name":"Regional Shopping Centre","group":"Commercial","section":"29","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.","quotes":["The purpose is to designate land for the development of larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Business support services","Cannabis retail sales","Drive-in food services","Eating and drinking establishments","Emergency","Financial services","Gas bars","Government services","Health services","Hotels","Licensee retail store","Motels","Offices","Participant recreation services, indoor","Personal service establishments","Recycled materials drop-off centres","Religious assemblies","Retail store"],"quotes":["business support services","cannabis retail sales","drive-in food services","eating and drinking establishments","emergency","financial services","gas bars","government services","health services","hotels","licensee retail store","motels","offices","participant recreation services, indoor","personal service establishments","recycled materials drop-off centres","religious assemblies","retail store"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and uses","Group day care"],"quotes":["accessory buildings and uses","group day care"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1 ha (2.47 ac)","quotes":["1 ha (2.47 ac)","Minimum lot size"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"50 m","quotes":["50 m","Minimum lot width"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["40%","Maximum lot coverage"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor area ratio 0.4","quotes":["0.4","Maximum floor area ratio"]},"max_height":{"value":"Lesser of 15.0 m or 4 storeys","quotes":["Lesser of 15.0 m or 4"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["7.5 m (25 ft)","front lot line"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft); 6.0 m (19.69 ft) where abutting a RR, CR, RS or RM zone","quotes":["29.3.11 rear lot line 1.5 m (5 ft)","minimum rear yard and interior side yard setback is 6.0m (19.69 ft) for buildings in"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m (5 ft); zero metres may be permitted next to another permitted non-residential use in a multi-tenant complex or next to another commercial or industrial zone; 6.0 m (19.69 ft) where abutting a RR, CR, RS or RM zone","quotes":["29.3.9 interior side lot line 1.5 m (5 ft)","an interior side yard setback of zero metres may be permitted.","minimum rear yard and interior side yard setback is 6.0m (19.69 ft) for buildings in"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (25 ft)","quotes":["29.3.10 exterior side lot line 7.5 m (25 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Minimum lot depth is 25 m.","No structure for Retail Commercial may have a floor area of less than 460 m² (4,950 ft²).","Business support services, offices (other than construction), health services and government services can each take up at most 25% of the gross floor area of the commercial complex.","Financial services are limited to 200 m² per tenancy."],"quotes":["Minimum lot depth","25 m","No structure will be permitted to be constructed with a floor area of less than 460 m2","(4,950 ft2) for the purpose of Retail Commercial.","Business support services, offices (other than construction), health services, and","government services can only each take up a maximum of 25% of the gross floor area","The maximum floor area for all financial services use is 200 m2 per tenancy and in"]}},"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=118","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-8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/index.json"}}