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title: "C-1 zone in Revelstoke: Commercial – Highway Commercial Zone"
place: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/revelstoke
zone: C-1
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 2406, 2025 (consolidated copy including amendment bylaws 2416 to 2449; latest amendment adopted September 22, 2026)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Revelstoke: Commercial – Highway Commercial Zone

Accommodation and commercial services for the travelling public, near major thoroughfares

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodation and commercial services for the travelling public, near major thoroughfares
- **Main uses:** Café; Campground; Cannabis retail sales; Carwash; Convenience store; Dog day care; Emergency and protective services; Gasoline station; Information centre; Kennel; Liquor store; Office; Restaurant, dine-in; Restaurant, take-out; Tourist accommodation
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory building; Accessory use; Employee dwelling unit; Fruit and vegetable stand
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** South Half of Villa Lot 11, Section 33, Township 23, Range 2, West of the 6th Meridian, Kootenay District, Plan 9551, Except Part included in Plan R257 (PID 013-696-173; 1891 Fraser Drive): multi-unit dwelling is a permitted use
- **Minimum lot area:** 550.0 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15.0 m (16.5 m corner lot)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% for buildings; 65% including impervious surfaces
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 1.5; 1 employee dwelling unit per lot, except within a tourist accommodation building
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m, except 8.0 m for a detached employee housing dwelling unit
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Gasoline stations cannot be within 100.0 metres of the boundary of a lot where a child care facility operates; At least 5.0 m² of usable open space per dwelling unit

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 2406, 2025 (consolidated copy including amendment bylaws 2416 to 2449; latest amendment adopted September 22, 2026), s. 7.5](https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/193929#page=135) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Revelstoke: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/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/revelstoke/zoning/c-1/_