---
title: "P-3 zone in Smithers: Public Use Three"
place: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/smithers
zone: P-3
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/p-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/p-3.json"
---

# P-3 zone in Smithers: Public Use Three

To accommodate places of worship, including churches.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate places of worship, including churches.
- **Main uses:** Place of worship
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Assembly use; Residential use, not more than one dwelling unit per parcel
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,100 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** Not restricted
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 3 storeys or 12 metres, whichever is less
- **Front setback:** 6 metres
- **Rear setback:** 6 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 6 metres
- **Street side setback:** 6 metres
- **Other rules:** Maximum 1 building

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 7.4](https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=79) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Smithers: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/p-3/_