---
title: "C-8 zone in Quesnel: Regional Shopping Centre"
place: Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/quesnel
zone: C-8
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1980
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/zoning/c-8.json"
---

# C-8 zone in Quesnel: Regional Shopping Centre

Larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory buildings and uses; Group day care
- **Minimum lot area:** 1 ha (2.47 ac)
- **Minimum lot width:** 50 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40%
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.4
- **Maximum height:** Lesser of 15.0 m or 4 storeys
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (5 ft); 6.0 m (19.69 ft) where abutting a RR, CR, RS or RM zone
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (25 ft)
- **Other rules:** 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.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1980, s. 29](https://quesnel.civicweb.net/document/164372/#page=118) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Quesnel: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/quesnel/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/quesnel/zoning/c-8/_