{"title":"C-3 zone in Smithers: Tourist Commercial","code":"C-3","slug":"c-3","name":"Tourist Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.4","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate a wide variety of services oriented to the travelling public, including hotels, motels and restaurants.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate a wide variety of services oriented to the travelling public, including hotels, motels and restaurants.","quotes":["The purpose of the C-3 zone is to accommodate a wide variety of services oriented to the","traveling public, including hotels\\motels and restaurants."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Tourist accommodation including hotels and motels","Restaurant","Premises licensed for consumption of alcoholic beverages","Visitor information centre","Recreational vehicle park or campground","Entertainment and recreational uses","Microbrewery"],"quotes":["tourist accommodation including hotels and motels","restaurant","premises licensed for consumption of alcoholic beverages","visitor information centre","recreational vehicle park or campground","entertainment and recreational uses","microbrewery"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office uses","Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Where contained in a hotel: assembly, confectionery, hair stylist, barbershop, shoeshine, entertainment, retail sales, indoor recreation or restaurant uses, and premises licensed for consumption and retail sale of alcoholic beverages","Short-term rental (ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Minor group home (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)"],"quotes":["office uses","residential use, provided that the portion of the ground floor","where contained in a hotel:","Term Rental, provided that the ground floor","minor group home, provided that the portion of the ground floor"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,050 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 1,050 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 25 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 50% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_height":{"value":"3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less","quotes":["Height 3 storeys or 12 metres maximum, whichever is less"]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 metres","quotes":["front yard 3.0 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"2 metres","quotes":["exterior 2 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Ground-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building"],"quotes":["shall be is limited to one."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)","url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"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."},"source_url":"https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=58","place":{"path":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}