{"title":"C-4 zone in Smithers: Service Station Commercial","code":"C-4","slug":"c-4","name":"Service Station Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.5","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate service stations and gas stations with convenience stores and/or restaurants.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate service stations and gas stations with convenience stores and/or restaurants.","quotes":["The purpose of the C-4 zone is to accommodate service stations and gas stations with"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Service stations","Convenience stores (in conjunction with service stations)","Restaurants (in conjunction with service stations)"],"quotes":["service stations","convenience stores in conjunction with service stations","Restaurants in conjunction with service stations"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Residential use, not more than one dwelling unit"],"quotes":["Residential use, not more than one dwelling unit"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1,100 m²","quotes":["Parcel Area 1,100 m2 minimum"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"25 metres","quotes":["Parcel Width 25 metres minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 40% maximum for all buildings and structures"]},"max_height":{"value":"6 metres","quotes":["Height 6 metres maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6 metres","quotes":["front yard 6 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.5 metres (side yard)","quotes":["side yard 3.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Maximum 2 buildings","Front and exterior side parcel lines need a landscape screen at least 0.6 metres high, except at entrances and exits","Fuel pumps must be at least 4.5 metres from a parcel line"],"quotes":["Maximum Number of Buildings 2","A service station shall be bounded on front and exterior side parcel lines by a landscape","screen of not less than 0.6 metres in height except for points of egress and access.","Fuel pumps or fuel devices shall not be located less than 4.5 metres from a parcel line."]}},"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=60","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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}