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C-3 zone in Smithers: Tourist Commercial

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

In short

To accommodate a wide variety of services oriented to the travelling public, including hotels, motels and restaurants.

Zone rules

PurposeTo accommodate a wide variety of services oriented to the travelling public, including hotels, motels and restaurants.
Main uses
  • 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
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • 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)
Minimum lot area1,050 m²
Minimum lot width25 metres
Maximum lot coverage50% for all buildings and structures
Maximum height3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less
Front setback3.0 metres
Street side setback2 metres
Other rulesGround-floor dwelling limited to one unit, at the rear of the principal building

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 5.4 (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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