Smithers, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07
In short
To accommodate a wide variety of auto-oriented commercial services.
Zone rules
Purpose
To accommodate a wide variety of auto-oriented commercial services.
Main uses
Automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat, manufactured home, and recreational trailer and vehicle sales and rentals, repair shops, and auto body shops
Vehicle washing establishment
Document and parcel delivery depot
Sales of fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood in open air market
Sales and service of tires, mufflers, brakes and automotive transmissions,
Plant nursery and sale of farm and garden supplies
Passenger transport depot
Sales, service, repair and rental of tools and appliances when fully enclosed within
Auctions other than of livestock when fully enclosed within a building
Laundromat, laundry, and dry cleaning serving commercial, industrial, and
Warehouses
Wholesale sales
Building materials supply and sales
Trucking and freight depot
Soil and rock sample preparation facility
Microbrewery
Also allowed (secondary uses)
Office use
Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)
Fuel pumps auxiliary to
Auction use of goods sold in respect of the principal use
Commercial bathrooms and showers
Retail sales of goods not otherwise permitted (limited to 4 days per parcel per calendar year)
Minor group home (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)
Minimum lot area
1,050 m²
Minimum lot width
25 metres
Maximum lot coverage
50% for all buildings and structures
Maximum height
3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less
Front setback
3 metres
Street side setback
3.5 metres
Other rules
Ground-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building
All storage areas must be in the rear or side yards
Every business must be in a completely enclosed building, except parking and loading, screened storage yards, and outdoor display, rental or sales areas
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.