---
title: "C-1 zone in Smithers: Town Centre Commercial"
place: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/smithers
zone: C-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-1.json"
---

# C-1 zone in Smithers: Town Centre Commercial

To accommodate a wide mix of retail, business and office uses, together with upper storey residential development along Main Street.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate a wide mix of retail, business and office uses, together with upper storey residential development along Main Street.
- **Main uses:** Bank; Club, fraternal lodge; Public or private school, college; Restaurant; Entertainment establishment; Institutional use; Medical, health service centre; Offices for business, professional services; Open-air produce market; Hotel; Printing, publishing; Retail sales; Studio, including artist, display, music, radio, recording, television, photographic; On-site manufacture and sale of hand-crafted small goods when totally contained; Personal service establishment; Animal hospital and veterinary facility, when totally contained in a building; Microbrewery; Cannabis retail sales
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Parking lot; Residential use (ground floor used only for permitted principal uses); Minor group home (ground floor used only for permitted principal uses); Auction of goods sold in respect of the principal use; Storage and minor repairs of goods sold in respect of the principal use; Short-term rental (ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)
- **Minimum lot area:** No minimum
- **Minimum lot width:** 7 metres
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 100% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 5.1](https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=49) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Smithers: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/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/smithers/zoning/c-1/_