{"title":"CN zone in Richmond: Neighbourhood Commercial","code":"CN","slug":"cn","name":"Neighbourhood Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"9.1","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"A limited range of retail and services for the surrounding community, with secondary apartment housing.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"A limited range of retail and services for the surrounding community, with secondary apartment housing.","quotes":["The zone provides for a limited range of retail and services to the surrounding community, with","secondary apartment housing."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["animal grooming","child care","government service","health service, minor","office","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail, general","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","veterinary service"],"quotes":["animal grooming","child care","government service","health service, minor","office","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail, general","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","veterinary service"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","housing, apartment"],"quotes":["boarding and lodging","community care facility, minor","home business","housing, apartment"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Retail liquor 2 store: only at 3031 Beckman Place (P.I.D. 011-731-371), one per lot, floor area up to 250.0 m²"],"quotes":["A retail liquor 2 store is only permitted on the following listed sites and is limited to one per","3031 Beckman Place","P.I.D. 011-731-371","retail liquor 2 store at 3031 Beckman Place shall have","gross floor area not exceeding 250.0 m2."]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There are no minimum lot width, lot depth or lot area requirements."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There are no minimum lot width, lot depth or lot area requirements."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35% for buildings","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 35% for buildings."]},"max_density":{"value":"0.50 floor area ratio","quotes":["The maximum floor area ratio is 0.50."]},"max_height":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["The maximum height for buildings is 9.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["The maximum height for accessory structures is 9.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 3.0 m, provided that an adequate transition"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard and rear yard is 3.0 m."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum interior side yard and rear yard is 3.0 m."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["The minimum front yard and exterior side yard is 3.0 m, provided that an adequate transition"]},"other":{"value":["Convenience retail and general retail: 1,200.0 m² total gross leasable floor area","Convenience and general retail: 200.0 m² per tenancy, except one may be up to 600.0 m²"],"quotes":["1,200.0 m2.","The maximum gross leasable floor area of convenience retail and general retail in any one","tenancy is 200.0 m2, except one may be up to 600.0 m2."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026)","url":"https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/bylaws/zoning-bylaw-8500.htm","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per zone or group of zones (each zone's source_url; pdf_page counts within that PDF, and lines point into the saved combined text). The City says the office consolidation has no Council sanction, is for convenience of reference only, is not the official version and is not admissible in a court of law; certified copies come from the City Clerk. Zones listed as \"in progress\" by the City (for example ZR5, ZC30, ZA4) are not part of the consolidation and are not listed here."},"source_url":"https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/CN24200.pdf#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/richmond","name":"Richmond","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cn/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cn.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cn.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}