---
title: "C4 zone in Sechelt: Downtown Centre Commercial Four Zone"
place: Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sechelt
zone: C4
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/c4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/zoning/c4.json"
---

# C4 zone in Sechelt: Downtown Centre Commercial Four Zone

A mix of retail, office, Tourist Commercial, cultural, and civic facilities, and Apartment units within the downtown core.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A mix of retail, office, Tourist Commercial, cultural, and civic facilities, and Apartment units within the downtown core.
- **Main uses:** Artist Studio; Cannabis Retail Store; Community Care Facility; Drop-in Centre; Funeral Parlour; Gas Station; Indoor Recreation Facility; Liquor Primary Establishment; Office; Personal Services; Recycling Depot; Restaurant; Retail; Seasonal Outdoor Market; Tourist Accommodation; Veterinary Clinic
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Apartment; Mobile Vending
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot C, Block G, D.L. 304, Plan 10030 (Wharf Ave Shelter): Shelter Residential permitted; Parcel C, Block 11, D.L. 303 and 304, Plan 8643 (TELUS Living): max lot coverage 80% at grade and 40% above the third storey; max 6 storeys or 20 metres; parking 1.05 spaces per Apartment unit; Lot 1, Block G, D.L. 303 and 304 and Block P, D.L. 303 Plan EPP97250 (Community Services): with a Housing Agreement for affordable rental housing, max height 22.0 m; Lot A, Block B, D.L. 303, Reference Plan LMP18610 (Watermark): additional uses Apartment, Fitness centre, Office, Retail & mobile vending, Personal Service Business, Veterinary clinic or dog grooming studio, Civic use, Live/Work Unit; min 167 off-street parking spaces; C4 zoned properties designated Transition Commercial in the OCP: one secondary suite allowed as accessory use in existing buildings constructed as of January 1, 2024, for long-term rental only
- **Minimum lot area:** 550 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75%
- **Maximum density:** 50 units per ha and a Floor Area Ratio of 1.4; for 100% rental housing developments, up to 100 units per ha and a Floor Area Ratio of 2.8
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 5.0 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 3.0 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory structures: front 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m, interior side 1.5 m, exterior side 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Apartment dwellings must be above the first storey with a separate entrance; Additional Height may be considered case by case through a development variance permit or zoning amendment; Properties with pre-existing automotive commercial and service commercial businesses are lawful non-conforming and may not expand without site-specific consideration of zoning

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 580, 2022 (consolidated for convenience, May 2025, to Bylaw 580-17, 2024), s. 1.15](https://www.sechelt.ca/media/rdjpiexj/580-2022-zoning-bylaw.pdf#page=41) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sechelt: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sechelt/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/sechelt/zoning/c4/_