{"title":"C-5 zone in Smithers: Large Scale Retail Commercial","code":"C-5","slug":"c-5","name":"Large Scale Retail Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"5.6","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"To accommodate retail uses that need large sites and exposure to high traffic volume.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"To accommodate retail uses that need large sites and exposure to high traffic volume.","quotes":["The purpose of the C-5 zone is to accommodate retail uses which require large sites and","exposure to high traffic volume."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Automotive service and parts sales","Building materials and home improvement sales","Garden centres and plant nurseries","Retail sales"],"quotes":["automotive service and parts sales","building materials and home improvement sales","garden centres and plant nurseries","retail sales"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office use","Outdoor storage","Residential use (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)","Minor group home (front part of ground floor used only for permitted principal uses)"],"quotes":["Office use","Outdoor Storage","residential use, provided that the portion of the ground floor","minor group home, provided that the portion of the ground floor"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1.2 hectares","quotes":["Parcel Area 1.2 hectares minimum"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40%","quotes":["Parcel Coverage 40% maximum"]},"max_height":{"value":"11 metres","quotes":["Height 11 Metres maximum"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["front yard 7.5 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["side yard interior 7.5 metres minimum"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 metres","quotes":["side yard exterior 7.5 metres minimum"]},"other":{"value":["Each retail sales business must have at least 2,800 m² of floor area; each food sales business at least 2,300 m²","Financial or food service use: maximum 555 m² of floor area, entirely inside the principal building","Storage must be inside a wholly enclosed building, except for plant nurseries and garden centres"],"quotes":["The minimum floor area of each retail sales business is 2,800 m2.","The minimum floor area of each food sales business is 2,300 m2.","The maximum floor area for a financial or a food service use is 555 m2 and the","Storage shall take place entirely within a wholly enclosed building, except storage"]}},"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=62","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-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/c-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}