{"title":"C.4 zone in Spallumcheen: Service Commercial Zone","code":"C.4","slug":"c-4","name":"Service Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"502","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Accessory buildings and structures, Educational facilities and professional studios including art studios, business colleges, dance studios, music studios, photography studios, radio studios, television studios, and trade schools, Entertainment and recreation facilities including arcades, billiard halls, bowling alleys, drive-in theatres, fraternal lodges, health spas, social clubs, sports clubs, and sports facilities, Food service establishments including bakeries, butcher shops, caterers, coffee shops, convenience stores, dairy bars, fish shops, and restaurants, Office and commerce facilities including engineers, funeral homes, management companies, mortuaries, newspapers, publishing, surveyors, and veterinarians, and 3 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures","Educational facilities and professional studios including art studios, business colleges, dance studios, music studios, photography studios, radio studios, television studios, and trade schools","Entertainment and recreation facilities including arcades, billiard halls, bowling alleys, drive-in theatres, fraternal lodges, health spas, social clubs, sports clubs, and sports facilities","Food service establishments including bakeries, butcher shops, caterers, coffee shops, convenience stores, dairy bars, fish shops, and restaurants","Office and commerce facilities including engineers, funeral homes, management companies, mortuaries, newspapers, publishing, surveyors, and veterinarians","Retail sales (including parts and accessories) of appliances, automobiles, building supplies, farm equipment, furniture, hardware, lumber, manufactured homes, recreation vehicles and similar goods, and liquor","Service and repair including automobile service and repair, car wash, mini-storage facilities, machine shops contained wholly within a building, printing shops, service stations, trade contractors' offices, truck service and repair, warehousing (wholesale and distribution) and similar uses","Transportation facilities including passenger transportation depots and taxi dispatch offices"],"note":"Only these uses are permitted; the bylaw lists many more specific retail and service uses than shown here.","quotes":["uses and no others shall be permitted in the Service Commercial Zone (C.4):","c. Educational facilities and professional studios including art studios,","Entertainment and recreation facilities including arcades, billiard halls,","Food service establishments including bakeries, butcher shops, caterers,","Office and commerce facilities accommodating engineers, funeral homes,","Retail sales (including parts and accessories) of appliances, automobiles","Service and repair including animal beauty parlours, appliance repair,","Transportation facilities including passenger transportation depots and"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Residential use, limited to one (1) dwelling unit for the owner, operator, or employee of the principal and permitted use"],"quotes":["b. Residential use, limited to one (1) dwelling unit for the owner, operator,"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Storage yards allowed in the front yard on Lot 2, Section 35, Township 8, O.D.Y.D., Plan KAP10785 (9 Ridgeview Road), adjacent to Greenhow Road","Storage yards allowed in the front yard on that portion of Lot A, Section 35, Township 8, O.D.Y.D., Plan KAP78698 (8 Greenhow Road) within the Corporate Boundaries of the Township"],"quotes":["Lot 2, Section 35, Township 8,0.D.Y.D., Plan KAP10785, Except","Road) in the front yard adjacent to Greenhow Road, and","KAP78698 (PID: 026-379-996; 8 Greenhow Road) lying within"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"560 m² (community water and sewer); 1.0 ha (community water and septic); 1.0 ha (no community water or sewer)","quotes":["560 square metres (6,028 square feet) where served by a community water","1.0 ha. (2.47 acres) where served by a community water system and septic","1.0 ha. (2.47 acres) where the parcel is not served by a community sewer"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m (community water and sewer); 20 m (community water and septic); 40 m (no community water or sewer)","quotes":["15 metres (49.21 feet) where served by a community water system and","20 metres (65.62 feet) where served by a community water system and","40 metres (131.2 feet) where the parcel is not served by a community water"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the lot area for all buildings and structures","quotes":["Lot coverage shall be not greater than fifty percent (50%) of the lot area for all"]},"max_density":{"value":"Not more than one principal building per lot","quotes":["There shall be not more than one (1) principal building allowed per lot."]},"max_height":{"value":"10 m or 2 storeys, whichever is less","quotes":["The height of buildings and structures shall not exceed the lesser of 10 metres","(32.81 feet) or two (2) storeys."]},"setback_front":{"value":"8 m","quotes":["A front yard free of all buildings and structures shall be provided with a","depth of not less than 8 metres (26.25 feet)."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"8 m","quotes":["A rear yard free of all buildings and structures shall be provided with a"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"None required, except 2 m where the lot abuts a Residential zone or is separated by a lane from one; and 4 m on at least one side where the parcel is not served by a lane","quotes":["No side yards shall be required, except that:","where a lot abuts a Residential zone or is separated by a lane","provided with a width of not less than 2 metres (9.842 feet); and","of 4 metres (16.40 feet) side yard free of all buildings and"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m where applicable","quotes":["with a depth of not less than 4.5 metres (14.76 feet) where applicable."]},"other":{"value":["Dwelling unit for the owner, operator or employee must be at least 60 m²","Storage yards or areas not permitted in a front yard, except on the two lots listed","Retail liquor sales only within a convenience store, display and sale space limited to 10% of the retail area"],"quotes":["principal and permitted use shall be not less than 60 square metres (645.8 square","f. Storage yards or areas shall not be permitted in a front yard, except on:","g. Retail sales of liquor shall only be permitted within a convenience store,","to 10% of the retail area of the building."]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 1700, 2008 (consolidated with amendments for convenience only, through Bylaw No. 2192, 2026)","url":"https://spallumcheen.civicweb.net/document/34972","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The Township marks the consolidation \"for convenience only\". The table of contents also lists L.H.2 (s. 805) and L.H.3 (s. 806) with broken bookmarks, but the body has no such sections; the body's s. 805 is L.H.4."},"source_url":"https://spallumcheen.civicweb.net/document/34972#page=42","place":{"path":"ca/bc/spallumcheen","name":"Spallumcheen","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/zoning/index.json"}}