CN zone in Richmond: Neighbourhood Commercial

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

In short

A limited range of retail and services for the surrounding community, with secondary apartment housing.

Zone rules

Purpose	A limited range of retail and services for the surrounding community, with secondary apartment housing.
Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	boarding and lodging community care facility, minor home business housing, apartment
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	No minimum
Minimum lot width	No minimum
Maximum lot coverage	35% for buildings
Maximum density	0.50 floor area ratio
Maximum height	9.0 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings	9.0 m
Front setback	3.0 m
Rear setback	3.0 m
Interior side setback	3.0 m
Street side setback	3.0 m
Other rules	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

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 9.1 (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 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. 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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