{"title":"CS3 zone in Richmond: Steveston Commercial","code":"CS3","slug":"cs3","name":"Steveston Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"9.2","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Supports the heritage character of Steveston Village while providing for shopping, personal service, business, entertainment, mixed commercial/residential and industrial needs.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Supports the heritage character of Steveston Village while providing for shopping, personal service, business, entertainment, mixed commercial/residential and industrial needs.","quotes":["The intent of this medium density zone is to support the conservation of the heritage character","of Steveston Village, while providing for the shopping, personal service, business,","entertainment, mixed commercial/residential and industrial needs of the Steveston area."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["animal grooming","broadcasting studio","child care","education","education, commercial","entertainment, spectator","government service","greenhouse & plant nursery","health service, minor","hotel","industrial, general","liquor primary establishment","manufacturing, custom indoor","microbrewery, winery and distillery","office","parking, non-accessory","recreation, indoor","recycling depot","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail, general","retail, second hand","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","studio","veterinary service"],"quotes":["animal grooming","broadcasting studio","child care","education","education, commercial","entertainment, spectator","government service","greenhouse & plant nursery","health service, minor","hotel","industrial, general","liquor primary establishment","manufacturing, custom indoor","microbrewery, winery and","distillery [Bylaw 9490, Mar 21/16]","office","parking, non-accessory","recreation, indoor","recycling depot","restaurant","retail, convenience","retail, general","retail, second hand","service, business support","service, financial","service, household repair","service, personal","studio","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":["Boarding and lodging, community care facility (minor), home business and apartment housing are not permitted at 3866 Bayview Street (PID 003-666-387) and 3900 Bayview Street (PID 025-114-735)","Recycling depot is not permitted at 3866 Bayview Street and 3900 Bayview Street","Dwelling units at 12020 1st Avenue (P.I.D. 009-712-178) may only be used for residential rental tenure"],"quotes":["Notwithstanding Section 9.2.3, boarding and lodging, community care facility, minor, home","3866 Bayview Street [Bylaw 10372, Dec 19/22]","PID 003-666-387","3900 Bayview Street [Bylaw 10372, Dec 19/22]","PID 025-114-735","recycling depot is not permitted on the following","12020 1st Avenue [Bylaw 10014, Feb 22/22]","P.I.D. 009-712-178 [Bylaw 10014, Feb 22/22]","used for residential rental tenure: [Bylaw 10014, Feb 22/22]"]},"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":"100% for buildings","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage is 100% for buildings."]},"max_density":{"value":"1.0 floor area ratio (no maximum for non-accessory parking as a principal use)","quotes":["The maximum floor area ratio is 1.0.","There is no maximum floor area ratio for non-accessory parking as a principal use."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.0 m (not more than 3 storeys)","quotes":["The maximum height for buildings is 12.0 m (not to exceed 3 storeys) for sites zoned CS3."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9.0 m","quotes":["The maximum height for accessory structures is 9.0 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"No minimum front yard; building fronts facing a public road may not be set back from the road lot line, except for limited recesses (e.g. ground floor setback up to 1.5 m with support posts at the front lot line)","quotes":["There is no minimum front yard, side yard or rear yard.","Building front facades facing a public road shall not be set back from the public road lot line,","there shall be a 1.5 m maximum setback of a ground floor building face (to the"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum front yard, side yard or rear yard."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"No minimum","quotes":["There is no minimum front yard, side yard or rear yard."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"No minimum side yard","quotes":["There is no minimum front yard, side yard or rear yard."]},"other":{"value":["Apartment housing: no part of the first storey within 9.0 m of the lot line abutting a road may be used for residential purposes","Apartment housing: an entrance to the residential or parking area above or behind the commercial space is allowed if no wider than 2.0 m","Residential rental tenure may be located anywhere in this zone"],"quotes":["For apartment housing, no portion of the first storey of a building within 9.0 m of the lot line","abutting a road shall be used for residential purposes.","For apartment housing, an entrance to the residential use or parking area above or behind the","commercial space is permitted if the entrance does not exceed 2.0 m in width.","Residential rental tenure may be located anywhere in this zone."]}},"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/CS2-324201.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/cs3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cs3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/cs3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/richmond/zoning/index.json"}}