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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=70","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/m-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/m-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json"}}