CS3 zone in Richmond: Steveston Commercial

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

In short

Supports the heritage character of Steveston Village while providing for shopping, personal service, business, entertainment, mixed commercial/residential and industrial needs.

Zone rules

Purpose	Supports the heritage character of Steveston Village while providing for shopping, personal service, business, entertainment, mixed commercial/residential and industrial needs.
Main uses	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
Also allowed (secondary uses)	boarding and lodging community care facility, minor home business housing apartment
Extra uses on specific lots	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
Minimum lot area	No minimum
Minimum lot width	No minimum
Maximum lot coverage	100% for buildings
Maximum density	1.0 floor area ratio (no maximum for non-accessory parking as a principal use)
Maximum height	12.0 m (not more than 3 storeys)
Maximum height, accessory buildings	9.0 m
Front setback	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)
Rear setback	No minimum
Interior side setback	No minimum
Street side setback	No minimum side yard
Other rules	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

Source: Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 (office consolidation, July 29, 2026), s. 9.2 (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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