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C-8 zone in Quesnel: Regional Shopping Centre

Quesnel, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Larger shopping centres with a diversity of uses.

Zone rules

PurposeLarger 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 area1 ha (2.47 ac)
Minimum lot width50 m
Maximum lot coverage40%
Maximum densityFloor area ratio 0.4
Maximum heightLesser of 15.0 m or 4 storeys
Front setback7.5 m (25 ft)
Rear setback1.5 m (5 ft); 6.0 m (19.69 ft) where abutting a RR, CR, RS or RM zone
Interior side setback1.5 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 setback7.5 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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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