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C-1 zone in Smithers: Town Centre Commercial

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

In short

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

Zone rules

PurposeTo 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 areaNo minimum
Minimum lot width7 metres
Maximum lot coverage100% for all buildings and structures
Maximum height3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 5.1 (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 Town posts the bylaw as adopted on 17 June 2025; no later amendments are folded into this PDF. Schedule A (the zoning map) is a separate PDF. 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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